so, i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! [cheering and applauding] >> when nobody ever has to say "me, too" again. thank you. >> oprah winfrey speaking volumes, accepting a special award at the 75th golden globe awards that included screen legends and newcomers. tonight may have set a new standard for awards shows. >> i'm with the president nearly every day. we engage in complex conversations about some of the most weighty matters facing the world. >> i don't think he's crazy. i think he's had a very successful 2017.

>> steve bannon's comments in a new book had many discussing the president's mental fitness including mentions of the 25th amendment. >> the bitter chill not letting up for most of the country just yet. >> the homeless are posing a bit of a rift for the british royals planning for harry and meghan's wedding get underway. >> we kickoff the first full week of the year. "early today" starts now. >> welcome to a new week. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. the me too movement was front and center at the 75th golden globes, many celebrities wearing black on the red carpet in solidarity with the movement. some also wearing time's up pins, the name of a coalition to fight sexual harassment and assault in hollywood, something host seth meyers didn't hesitate to address. >> good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen. it's 2018. marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn't.

>> strong female leads and their stories were honored right off the bat with nicole kidman, rachel and elizabeth. winning awards in the first half hour of the show. natalie portman had one of the most memorable moments of the evening when she pointedly co-presented the award for best director, saying, quote, here are the all-male nominees. one of the highlights included oprah winfrey honored with a cecil b. demille lifetime achievement award. >> i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! [cheering and applauding] >> and when that new day finally dawns, when nobody ever has to say "me, too" again. >> powerful words from oprah winfrey. she is the first african-american woman to receive the prestigious award. and in another first, sterling k. brown became the first black man to win best actor in a tv drama for nbc's "this is us." nbc's stephanie stanton has more.

>> reporter: frances, the after-party here in beverley hills is in full swing. and while the winners are celebrating, perhaps the biggest winner of the night is female empowerment. >> "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri." >> the story of the mom seeking to avenge her daughter's murder took best drama honors at sunday night's golden globes. and the film's star frances mcdormand won best actress. >> the women in this room tonight are not here for the food. [ laughter ] >> we are here for the work. mr. damelin: >> reporter: mcdormand's comments began with a night of stars wearing black on the red carpet to highlight gender inequality, a mood reached a crescendo with a rousing speech with cecil b. demille recipient, oprah winfrey. >> i want all the girls here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon. >> reporter: the night's other major winners included gary old

man best actor in drama for darkest hour. and james franco, best actor in a comedy for the disaster artist. >> go to city college and to jail. >> reporter: lady bird won best musical and comedy and its star saoirse ronan earned best actress. i goer mow won for shape of water and the best an mated film went to cocoa. in the tv ranks streaming series scored big. hulu's big tale won best dram a. its star elizabeth moss best actress. kudos for best comedy and best actress for its star rachel. "this is us" brown captured best actor in a drama while master of none's ansari best actor in a comedy. it was the night's overriding theme of female empowerment. >> it's really great to understand how powerful you are. >> reporter: that made this a golden globes unlike any other.

many say what we saw tonight could be a precursor of what we may see throughout awards season. but others say it's a watershed moment that could lead to lasting change within hollywood by putting more women in positions of power. reporting from beverley hills, i'm stephanie stanton. frances, back to you. >> all right, stephanie, thank you. >> georgia and alabama will battle for the national championship tonight at the mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta. and the president will be attending the big game. even before his arrival mr. trump is already stirring up some disturbances. the naacp is urging people to hold anti-trump signs and wear white to mock the snow flake label being used by his supporters to describe trump critics. another group refused fascism atl plans to take a knee before the game carrying on the nfl's national anthem protests. atlanta police and the secret service are coordinating security efforts ahead of the president's visit. >> for those looking forward to president trump's fake news awards, you'll have to wait.

the president saying on twitter, those awards will now be presented on wednesday for the, quote, most corrupt and biased of the mainstream media. the tweet coming as the new scathing new book "fire and fury" is once again raising questions in the media about the president's fitness to lead. meanwhile steve bannon is seemingly backtracking on comments he made to the book's author michael wolff. in a new statement, bannon reiterated his unwavering support for the president and his agenda and called the book inaccurate. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: brutal cold on the president's return from camp david. while a biting wind blew across twitter as the president blasted again. "i have to put up with a fake book written by a totally discredited author." adding, "ronald reagan had the same problem and handled it well. so will i." on "meet the press," that author, michael wolff, made a striking assertion that senior white house officials regularly discussed constitutional

procedures to remove a president. >> 25th amendment, they would bring up the 25th amendment? >> yes. the 25th amendment is a concept that is alive every day in the white house. >> reporter: the book's fallout and mr. trump's response has made addressing the president's mental fitness a central question. cia director mike pompeo. >> i'm with the president nearly every day. we engage in complex conversations about some of the most weighty matters facing the world. >> reporter: a more blunt assessment from senator lindsey graham. >> i don't think he's crazy. i think he's had a very successful 2017. >> reporter: ousted trump advisor steve bannon gave the author insider white house access. wolff writes that bannon accused the president's son of treasonous conduct for a trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer. >> i think that he saw this white house as, as dysfunctional, in part, in large part because it was being run by the president's family. >> reporter: but after the president cast him aside, bannon

backed down with an indirect apology. "i regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding don junior has diverted attention from the president's historical accomplishments." wolff defended his journalistic methods and alarming portrait of the president. >> this book is not about my view of donald trump. it is about the view of all of the people closest to him. >> reporter: the president has insisted he did not give the author an interview for the book. wolff says that he had face to face interactions with the president, but concedes that mr. trump may not have viewed those as an actual interview. today the president heads to tennessee where he will address a farm-related convention and that puts him back in front of a live audience in a place where he is popular, rural america. back to you. >> all right, kelly, thanks. >> the blistering cold wave that has gripped the east coast for two weeks may finally begin easing this week.

but the impact still lingers. the cold snaps and temperatures plummeting to new record lows over the weekend. the frigid temperatures caused more chaos for travelers. according to the flight tracking website flight aware, as of sunday night more than 500 flights at new york's jfk were canceled or delayed arriving and departing the airport. >> let's see how we're going to do weather wise this start of the week. here's bill karins with what's in store. good morning. >> chicago first time above freezing since december 23rd, two days before christmas at 33 degrees. the warm air is coming in, but unfortunately we have to get this weak storm system out of the way before we get a really significant warm up. we have freezing rain and snow depending on your location through the ohio valley. detroit is all snow, pittsburgh is mostly snow. but there is a period of freezing rain even as far south as areas of tennessee and north georgia. we have a little bit of wintry precip. because it's a weak storm, there aren't winter storm warnings or anything like that, but advisories that go from detroit to atlanta, philadelphia, washington, d.c. 82 million people affected and it is mostly going to be during the daylight hours today.

7:00 a.m. over ohio the blue is the snow, pink is the freezing rain. brief periods of freezing rain. er the cold snap. the ohio valley after the icy stuff this morning, afternoon temperatures in the mid 30s. the ride home should be no problem. so, it's mostly for the evening commute it is going to be the i-95 corridor more slick travel. >> bill, thank you. in today's quick hits, this morning there are fears of an explosion after a tanker carrying iranian oil collided with a chinese freighter and caught fire off china's east coast. the chinese government said 32 crew members on the tanker were missing, most of them iranians. official say the crew of the chinese ship was rescued. >> also in china a collision sent a commuter bus plunging into a river. fortunately the bus driver and three passengers suffered only minor injuries.

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nbc's bill neely is in south korea with the upcoming meeting. bill, what can we expect? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, frances. it's pretty cold here, too. and there's been a chill in relations between north and south korea, of course, for decades. but signs of a thaw. tomorrow morning at 10:00, on the world's most dangerous border in a place called the peace house, five delegates from each side will sit down for the first talks in two years. now, on the agenda, item number one will be the olympics. being held in south korea next month, north korea would like to send a delegation, two world class skaters. they have to negotiate that. but it's really item two that's the important one, and that's relations between the two koreas. it doesn't mean that north korea's nuclear program will be discussed, but the man who will lead south korea's delegation said today he hopes to broaden the talks to talk about, well, things like families that were

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>> reporter: james is the kind of character you rarely read about in fairy tales. >> i'm not here by choice. i don't want to be on the streets. >> reporter: when prince harry and american actress meghan markle parade through the streets of london for their wedding this spring, some worry the royal spotlight will shine brightly on poverty hiding in the shadow of queen elizabeth's castle. a local leader asked the police to remove the homeless. it is an epidemic in windsor. it sparked an outrage. they are demanding police leave them alone. the prime minister weighing in. >> i think it is important that we counsels work hard to ensure they are providing accommodation for those people who are homeless. >> reporter: no comment so far from the prince and his american fiance, but the royals have a history of fighting homelessness. prince harry's brother william even sleeping outside on london's streets in 2009. a prince exposing the paupers just outside the castle walls.

matt bradley, nbc news, london. >> it's a tough situation. >> it really is, and the contrast there, you have a castle right there literally the fairy tale of the royal family there and the reality of the homeless right next to it. >> it's like that in a lot of places throughout the world. >> it sure is. >> now to red bull's latest extreme sport, a french speed rider named valentine, he sores the glaciers. this is europe's highest mountain lit only by the moon and that l.e.d. ribbon you see on his sail. the 25-year-old skims over the ridges and flies off the cliffs. he descends almost 5,000 feet down there. so, after 7 months of planning, the journey down, it only took 4 minutes 20 seconds, boom, you see him hit there. the speed riding is the extreme sport that combines para gliding and free skating as if both of those alone aren't exhilarating both. >> combine them both. >> makes for a beautiful sight. >> what a high. you come down, it's like back at it. >> i'm alive. >> do it again. >> video proof.

thanks for tarting your day with us. i am phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. your news continues right here on nbc and right now at 4-30..

we )re under a microclimate weather alert. a wet and windy morning right now at 4:30. we're under a microclimate weather alert. a wet and windy morning commute for you this morning. taking a live look outside at palo alto as the biggest storm of the year whips through the bay area. full coverage straight ahead. good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm marcus. >> you will need the umbrella today. it is a soggy one no matter where you are across the bay area. times of rain rolling through and it is going to be pretty much all day long, even into most of the day tomorrow. so, expect a steady downpour but at times it will be heavier starting to pick up, e