this morning iranians are holding a funeral for general qasem soleimani as the nation says they will no longer abide by the nuclear deal. plus, the late comments from president trump on what comes next australia remains in a state of emergency as firefighters work to contain over 150 wildfires. evacuations continue, we'll have the latest this week jury selection begins as harvey weinstein goes on trial in new york the top charge in the case carries a maximum sentence of life in prison a big night at the golden globes along with some fantastic one-liners and memorable moments.we've got yo the dating scene is happening right now. are you a part of it

it's monday, january 6th "early today" st and a good morning to you. i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news from iran where mourners have packed the streets gathering in tehran for the main funeral for the top iranian military commander, qasem soleimani. he was killed at an american airstrike ordered by president trump. the ceremony comes as iran fully ends its commitment to the limits created by the 2015 nuclear deal for the latest on this, we are joined by chris in beirut. i hope you can hear me among those bells tolling. what's the latest fallout and response from iran >> reporter: yes, frances. life goes on as usual in the middle east. you can hear the church bells behind me. nevertheless, everybody is on edge waiting to see what happens next following the assassination of soleimani starting in iran they wasted little time in electing a

successor to soleimani, a man by the name of esmail ghaani. he wasted no time in announcing he would avenge th predecessor. and it was no longer going to abide by the iran nuclear agreement. long derided by trump and then the trump administration which eventually pulled out of that agreement in 2018. the deal was still there there were other countries that had signed onto it there was the european union, russia, china. however, iran now says following the death of soleimani that it will no longer live up to the limits on its nuclear ambitions. meanwhile, just across the border in iraq, the parliament there has voted to remove u.s. troops from the area now this comes as a shocking development where the u.s. military has long provided stability in the area. and it was also what soleimani d t. troops from

it's also what hezbollah and its neighbor in iraq other terrorist organizao achie. seems to have achieved what he could not achieve in his life, frances. >> chris, thank you. all right. bringing it back to washington, d.c., president trump is keeping firm in his stance on iran, doubling down on his threats toward the country's cultural sites, warning iran not to retaliate after the death of their top military leader. meanwhile, congress is back in session this week, and iran has been added to the agenda, of course, top of mind, as you can imagine. congressional leaders upset with the president's decision not to consult them before ordering the strike on soleimani. nbc's tracie potts joins us now from d.c. with the very latest tracie, what is nancy pelosi's next move here, i guess, after she was not consulted by trump on all of this >> reporter: exactly neither were the rest of the democrats and the so-called gang of eight, the top lly get a

heads up on these things so now in a letter obtained overnight, nancy pelosi says this week congress will vote on a war powers resolution to limit what the president can do when it comes to iran, specifically that if he doesn't get the okay from congress, he has to scale back and end these hostilities within 30 days that she says are threatening american lives, our troops, and our diplomats with iran promising retaliation as you noted, cori, one of the key issues is that congress was not consulted in advance >> there is usually a congressional consulting process. it's both constitutionally required, but it's also important because, one, you potentially get members of congress to buy in ahead of time and, two, they may ask that hard question that's not asked in an insular group. and, three, you consult your allies because we don't want to go this alone.

>> reporter: overnight on airforce one, president trump doubled down on what he said will be major retaliation if iran tries to retaliate against that drone strike on its top military leader. he include sites among the 52 sites or targets he says that they have for iran, even though some republicans think that's inappropriate also when, it comes to iraq, kicking the u.s. out of their country, the president says we are not leaving unless they pay us back for defending their country against terrorists cori >> all right, tracie potts for us in washington thank you. three americans were killed in a terror attack in kenya. it happened after al shabaab militants ambushed a u.s. airfield nea american servicemember and two contractors died u.s. and kenyan forces were able to kill five attackers this is the group's first attack against u.s. forces in the country. leaders of the group say the assault has nothing to do with the current situation in the middle east. we are alsore

about one of the victims in the attack u.s. army specialist henry mayfield jr. was from the suburb of hazelcrest in chicago he was 2n 2018 a massive evacuation is underway in australia in the wake of those devastating bush fires. the smoke has gotten so bad, in fact, that it's blocking out the sun turning the skies blood orange some call it apocalyptic with one official calling it an atomic bomb. so far 24 people have been killed 2,000 homes have been destroyed. and more than 12 million acres charred. meanwhile on the front lines of wildlife rescue are bindi and robert irwin they are continuing their father's legacy saving and treating over 90,000 animals throughout their wildlife hospital and al lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike have reopened this morning after a crash that claimed the lives of five people and hurt 60 others the crash involved a tour bus,

three tractor-trailers and a passenger vehiclstr bus headed cincinnati to new jersey hit an embankment and rolled over >> it was also hit by two tractor-trailers traveling behind it. a third tractor-trailer and a car then collided. two of the deceased are identified as ups drivers. most suffered nonlife-threatening injuries two patients remain in critical condition. just two years after the start of the metoo movement, jury selection will begin in the criminal trial of harvey weinstein. he is charged with raping a woman in a manhattan hotel room in 2013 and forcing a sex act on a different woman in 2006. one of his most prominent accusers is planning on attending the trial. and ro mcgowan says that she may also make an appearance. weinstein has pleaded not guilty and claims that the encounters were consensual.

ricky gervais didn't sugarcoat his feelings at last night's golden globes. >> our next presenter starred in netflix's "bird box," a movie where people survive by acting like they don't see a thing, sort of like working for harvey weinstein. you did it >> the evening was predictably star-steaded, but unpredictably historic with multiwale winners break barriers >> i'd like to dedicate this to my dad, wallie i told you i'd get a job, dad. >> aquafina became the first and joker became the first nbc's jinah kim has the rest of the golden moments >> reporter: the night began with netflix looking to dominate both the film and tv categories with 34 total nominations.

but in the end the big wins went to a good mix of both epic and bioptic films as well as hbo >> 1917. >> a world war i epic scored major upsets at the golden globes, winning best drama and best director for sam mendes >> there's not one director in the world that is not in the shadow of martin scorcese. best a in a drama went to judy's renee zellweger and best actor winner hoaquim phoenix. >> once upon a time in hollywood! >> reporter: it was a big night for quentin tarantino.

his film won best supporting actor for brad pitt. >> i wanted to bring my mom but i couldn't because any woman i stand next to they say i'm dating >> reporter: elton john in "rocket man. >> this role has changed my life >> reporter: and the music legend won best original song. >> the first time i've ever won an award with him ever >> reporter: another first-time winner aquafina, best actress for the farewell >> if i fall upon hard times i can sell this. >> hbo's "succession" won best drama. and best actress for phoebe waller bridge. also lifetime achievement awards for both ellen degeneres and tom hanks adding laughter and emotion to hollywood's golden night. in a first for the golden

globes, all the guests were served a vegan menu. the decision to go all plant-based foods according to the organizers was to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of meat production in beverly hills, jinah kim, frances and cori, back to you. >> i want to go back and see what everybody was wearing on the red carpet >> all of the great outfits. you definitely have to go back and watch tom hanks' acceptance speech let's get a check of our weather with nbc's janessa webb. >> thehis rning alonhio valley into central new york now we are forecastingility of but where squalls persist, you could see heavier amounts of snow accumulation is on the light side in eron this afternoon.

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