vitamins, minerals and herbs. airborne. weather whiplash, on the heels of deadly frigid temperatures that claimed a least a dozen lives. mother nature is about to pull a fast one. >> and a are drug so powerful that is killing more americans than any other. and it was captured on the u.s./mexico bored. >> revealings from the president, giving his thoughts on the house speaker and much more. >> and a preview of this yea super bowl commercials ahead of sunday's big game. "early today" starts right now. good morning. >> hey, warmer weather is on the way for the midwest, which will

be a welcomed another day of sub zero temperatures. continues that were blamed for 12 deaths. in rochester, minnesota where wind chills dropped to negative 54 degrees. it was too cold for the city buses to run. after three or four hours on the road. fuel and break lines started to freeze. firefighters across the midwest have been responding to house fires and becoming encased in ice as they work in the cold. what an amazing picture. this father and daughter duo lent a helping hand by clearing away snow that was blocking the fire hydrants. people found different ways to keep their spirits up. this girl throwing her pants up in the freezing air and managing to stick the landing. there was an entire family of frozen pants over in st. anthony village, minnesota, where the temperature there had, aroundti.

nbc meteorologist tracking the temperatures for us, good >> will have to try that frozen pants thing, right? >> who know how many tries that took too. impressive. >> this has been a bitter cold, biting down on 2/3 of the nation. still, cold here. minneapolis 15 below, you can see out to the east, still, new york city, we are at 3 below, but the air temperature better this morning. also the wind chilled warnings and advisories they have subsided now, limited to michigan. all the way in to northern new england as well as up-state new york. we will talk about the warm up. that is in weekend story, coming up. >> more reason to be excited for the weekend. thank you. new signs on of a stalemate in the battle other the border wall with the government funding set to dry up in mid february and another shutdown on the line of. president trump is doubling down on his demands for wall funding. in an interview with the "new york times"de predicted that the negotiations with congress would fall through, pinning the blame on

speaker nancy pelosi. we have more about the president calling the border talks a waste of time in the interview. >> it's an extension of what he said yesterday in the oval office and made the point that he will go ahead without congress and use executive powers to declare a national emergency, here is what he had to say about speaker pelosi. >> -- i think nancy pelosi is hurting our country very badly. i think i set the table nicely. >> he went on to say that he believes the speaker is doing a disservice to the country and if she does not approve the wall, the rest is a waste of money. he will in fact go around congress and he has been saying that is not off the table. hinting that it's on his mind. he said, you will have to see rderwall.r not he will declare a

>> thank you. >> long-time trump adviser rodger stone is due back in fede c the first status case. he is facing a slew of charges stemming from special council roberter mueller's investigation. trump is opening up about his relationship with stone. in that "new york times" interview he claims he never spoke to stone about wikileaks and the stolen posts. nor did he direct anyone to do so. he said that he always liked rodger, calling him a character and insisted that the fbi agents charging a house like they did at 6:00 in the morning i think that was a very sad thing for the country. we have more. >> reporter: robert mueller's prosecutors say the evidence they seized in the early morning ostone's home was complex and voluminous, multiple hard drives, computers and cell phones and e-mail accounts and bank records going back several

years were seized. >> it's so trial is literally impossible. we stipulated to that. >> reporter: prosecutors charged stone, a former trump adviser on seven counts, including lying to congress about his efforts to obtain hacked e-mails from wikileaks. the white house said that the charges have nothing to do with the president. stone insists he is not guilty. asked if he would cooperate with mueller? >> call i can tell you today is i will tell the truth. i don't possess any knowledge of any wrongdoing by the president of the united states. >> the fbi could be in a position of identifying other people that they may charge with crimes. or other crimes beyond that which is already charged in the indictment. i think that, there's likely to be a treasure trove of information. >> reporter: the latest twist in an investigation gripping the n. the white house of. >> federal agents made the largest seizuro of fentanyl at

the u.s./mexico border. 100 packages of the substance were found. rlighing it's worth an estimated $3.5 million. officials found the drugs in a truck trying to come through a border check point in arizona. a drug sniffing dog alerted officers when the truck set out of suspicions when driving through a check point. >> now to the crisis in venezuela, are where the u.s. backed on opposition leader that declared himself acting president has warned police to stay away from his family. we have more. >> reporter: opposition leader greed by supporters outside his apartment, after armed agents came to his home, asking for his wife with his 20 month old daughter inside. they will not intimidate this family. he is backed by the u.s. and most latin american countries is locked in a showdown with the

convenie current president, who is backed by russia and china. speaking with cnn, he is saying, as self pointed president, he wants to reconstruct his country and restore its liberty. >> our country, our liberty. >> reporter: mmp odoro retains the backing of the military and his charges about officers appearing at his home are false. >> now, to a startling new study. a new rt report finds that half of all americans 121 million adults have some sort, form of heart disease. this number released by the american heart association is alarming. it's largely due to changes in blood pressure guidelines. the overwhelming presence of high blood appreciapressure can dismissed. cardiovascular disease is the

number one cause of death in the un here on early today, we are wearing are red, it's national heart awareness day. >> why i look like crocket and tubbs had a son. >> a confrontation with police officers in the american airlines arena. the man began arguing with several bulls fans as the officers try to get the guy to comply, somebody starts to record the struggle and it starts escalating. you can see both officers are trying to subdue the fan and the fighting intensifies and more officers start to arrive. they were able to take that man away. the 23-year-old was eventually booked on charges including battery on an officer, and intoxicated. this one, you have to watch this. caught on video, this tennessee woman refuses to l on a

high-speed chase. the sheriff's department released the dash cam video showing julie myers speeding away from officers here. at one point, she crashes in a ditch and gets away again. and eventually coming to a stop, she gets out of the vehicle, along with her pass engpassenge proceeds to chug her beer while being handcuffed. she admits to drinking an entire fifth of liquor before switching to beer and getting on the road. she is going down drinking, chug it. she owned it. >> she owned it. now she will have to pay for it. good morning. >> and the changes in the weather, they are going to make you smile this morning. we see that dip in the jet stream here, it's a change more to the south here and that will allow if for the warm--up. look at the, billings about 12 degrees above

average. this afternoon. for your saturday, afternoon hello, we are back in the 60s, out to the south, st. le temperf about 50 degrees throughout your that is a look at the big upper 40s out towards billings. >> always good news when we can talk about sunshine and warmer temperatures. but we have a bit of snow. >> just a bit is good. after what we have all been through. >> right, need it. fiji water girl stole the show. she became an internet sensation, when she photo bombed celebrities on the red carpet.

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in celebration of black history throughout february. there's a series called "she this. -- we recognize the woman of time-s up. the movement to stop sexual harass. . recently was going to the wnba fighting for women to have a place in sports. go to nbc news.com/she thrives. >> good to see you this week on "sunday today." my guest, actress amy adams. we talked about her role in lynn

cheney and her other five academy nominations and why she cringes at the term movie star. a sunday sit down latest news a or set the dvr and watch us any time you like. for now, back to you frances and philip and we will see you sunday morning. >> thank you, willie. see you then. in today's top story, another big named democrat is fwe-- is gearing up to throw his hat in the race for the white house. cory booker has started to call members of congress to tell them he is running for president. three congressional sours has said that he is reaching out for their support, and plans to announce sometime in black history month. he primary that has

many of his colleagues. >> a purse snatcher is becoming fap us for his pose. -- name -- he stole a purse and before he performs the crime. he does this pose. it was made famous had in the "karate kid," he is wanted for petty larceny and driving under suspension. >> made it easy to get the surveillance footage. >> going to sweep the leg. >> that is what is happening. singer harstyl hes turns 25. and big boy turns -- and garrett morris is 82. thanks for starting your morning

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we )re tracking stormy weather friday, february 1st, and we are anticipating some rain headed our way, but we're getting a break this morning, which is a nice thing for your morning commute, and a good way at least to start our friday morning. thanks so much for getting up early. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now, we want to get a look at that weather this morning. cool outside. >> yes, it is cool. it starts out humid. we're getting readye here later this morning, into the afternoon, so as you make your plans for friday, whatever you can get done early, that's a good thing, because we will see the rain spreading bay area by late morning into early afternoon as this storm system oa once again have another one right behind that. it will be a busy weekend in terms of wet weather