hi everyone. i'm kate snow. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today tuesday january 3rd deadly winter storm. at least three killed by flooding and landslides across california. now there could be more historic flooding on the way. >> collapse on the field. buffalo bills player damar hamlin remains in critical condition after a devastating hit. speaker silenced. kevin mccarthy's bid to lead the house hits major road blocks

after he fails to reach the vote threshold in multiple rounds. where the vote count stand now. and new you? may be one of the millions whose resolution is lose weight. how to make those goals stick. we begin with another round of dangerous severe weather hitting the country. >> two major storms on the move after severe weather rocked the south and california. in arkansas thousands without power now. a school in jessieville was decimated by a possible tornado. >> people on the west coast preparing for another major storm system vet to bring more heavy rain to northern california. a state yet to lean up after this past weekend's flooding that left more than three people dead. we bring in our reporter and meteorologist. how are they recovering from the last storm and getting ready for the next round? >> reporter: kate, the calm before the next storm. the national weather service in the bay area warning this is the

last day to prepare for widespread flooding that it says will likely result in even more deaths. this upcoming storm could be worse than we saw a few days ago. likely one of the most impactful systems on a widespread scale seen in a long while. in the coming days, 12 million californians under flood watch. to get an idea how dire it was this past weekend, an entire highway here under water due to an atmospheric river. drivers rescued from submerged cars, widespread power outages, mudslides, and neighborhoods flooded leaving residents to get through on kayaks or even surfboards. now the bay area still recovering from that, more rain is expected starting tomorrow forecast to reach bomb cyclone status by the morning with rain possible through the weekend. in anticipation of this we've seen cities handing out free sandbags to homeowners, urging

people to pack "go bags" and have insurance poemses ready. >> burn to bill karins. bill, walk us through your perspective on this. the threat in the south and the west. how concerned should people be? >> very concerned with both areas. active tornado warning north of montgomery alabama. through tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, everything in california. including the mudslides, debris flows, roads washed out. high winds, power outages, you name it. radar indicated tornadoes. not confirmed on the ground. mostly because it's pouring rain. storm chasers can't see them. tornado watch for atlanta continues to 9:00 p.m. and areas of southern alabama and georgia, heavy rain tonight. tonight i-90 closed. 18 inches of snow in south dakota from this storm. snowing hard in minneapolis and

15 million people, this is wednesday, tomorrow, guys, when all the heavy rain, snow and wind arrives in california. this is going to be quite the event. >> going to watch that. 'sala charles and bill karins, thanks. and a matchup between the bills and bengals. warning. we'll show you video from the game but only once. >> according to the buffalo bills 248-year-old safety damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest in the first quarter. he stood up then immediately fell to the ground. an updated releases this afternoon bills say hamlin remains in critical condition. bring in nbc news correspondent sam brock and cardiology dr. bernard ashby. what do we hear from the nfl? >> reporter: significant developments in the last hour. first time in 12 hours buffalo bills updated condition of damar

hamlin to say he's still in the icu and still in critical condition but at least there's been no back sliding here. perhaps looking to provide a level of assurance to all those worried about his condition. we don't know more than that. also we know this, however. the nfl came out, said it is not going to play this very important game, which now doesn't look all so important between the bengals and bills as they vie for top of the afc. not played this week and it's possible only one week left beyond that week 18 they don't play in week 18 either. it's not clear what's ultimately going to happen. roger goodell spoke with all involved and came to that conclusion. >> what about the players? so many in tears, shell shocked by what happened. what do we understand about the reaction today from nfl players and others? >> reporter: j.j. watt i think, aaron, sort of captured the feeling which is to say, he said the game is not important. damar hamlin's life is

important. please, be okay. please -- be okay. that's just touches upon a cord now that struck all of these players. even tee higgins. the player hamlin tackled when this happened and tweeted out thoughts and prayers to damar hamlin and i am praying for you, bro. there's the tweet. a community, a sense of connectivity and one of the most terrifying thing seen in televised sports played before our very eyes without precedent. everybody's thoughts and prayers are with damar hamlin. >> universal. doctor, go to you. a lot we don't know. wa triggered a cardiac arrest yesterday, but what stands out to you as a doctor? >> well, a pleasure to be here, but definitely wish on better circumstances and i agree with all said, people praying and hoping damar hamlin pulls

through. so basically in terms of what happened, a lot of doctors including myself were very concerned when we initially saw it, because of the way he collapsed, and it was in proximity to that hit in the chest and then him collapses why we thought it may have well been commodeio cordis. a small period of time, 10 and 20 milliseconds. freak accident. generally don't see it in football. more commonly see it in baseball when the baseball hits the chest. any blunt trauma can cause that including a car accident. my model here. the heart. see how it's supposed to look when beating normally. when you unveil the heart here and can see the electrical circuit controlled by your natural pacemaker. see here.

just another -- version of that. when you go into something called ventricular fibrillation it causes your heart to stop. cardiac arrest, we all get that at some point meaning we pass away. it's important that he gets, got a defibrillator and cpr early on, because if he maintains oxygen to the brain and organs his chances of recovery of pretty good. >> could i ask one follow-up question? is it likely you can recover from something like this? >> yeah. that's why i mentioned earlier that it's so important. this is kind of a moment that folks know cpr, know importance of aed. the difference between life and death. pressing the heart, you're pushing -- the brain, appreciate a brain injury and defibrillator resets the heart causing it to pump on its own.

only time will tell. >> doctor and sam brock, thanks to you both. breaking news on capitol hill. high drama in the house on the first day of the new congress. republican leader kevin mccarthy appears to have failed to get enough votes to become the new speaker in multiple rounds of voting. the first time in 100 years the speakership election took more than a single round of voting. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali joins us. a few hours into the new congress. off to a rocky start. take us through what's happened so far. >> reporter: technically, kate, can't even begin the new congress yet because they haven't elected a speaker. so that means everything is on hold until they figure out how kevin mccarthy is either going to get the votes he needs or someone else has to step forward as a sort of consensus candidate, because right now in finishing the second ballot or being very close to finishing it, the 19 people who were against kevin mccarthy are still against kevin mccarthy. they might have changed who they

voted for in the second ballot series, but the person they voted for, jim jordan, and ally of kevin mccarthy urging people to vote for the top republican. at this point it's unclear what will shake these folks loose, but clearly something's going to have to happen here, because both sides vow to continue on these tracks which doesn't bring the house closer to electing a speaker. >> i used to cover where you are, cover capitol hill years ago and stand there. i wonder, horse trading going on right now? do you expect maybe some, hey, if you do this for me, i'll do this for you? >> reporter: look, it's the house. that's how this place works. look, kevin mccarthy has also been playing that game for weeks now. he has made many concessions to the conservative members in his caucus on everything from how the rules are done, how long it takes before a bill can be voted on, who can be chair people what it takes to be on a committee. most importantly this idea of ousting a speaker. he's made concessions making

that easier. not what conservatives want exactly but further than kevin mccarthy wanted to go. he's running out of things to trade at this point. >> ali vitali watching it all for us. thank you. following breaking news in new york city. sam bankman-fried the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx appearing in fraught court this afternoon and bleeding not guilty to fraud charges. nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter following this and joins what hn court? >> reporter: exactly what we thought would happen. a brief appearance probably more action than you're seeing right there with sam bankman-fried entering the court of 500 pearl street. basically what happened an opportunity for sam bankman-fried to appear before the judge enter a plea of not guilty, expected, and a trial date in october set by the judge as well. you're looking at the whole host of charges that he faces shortly

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tribute. pretty much same as yesterday and twice as many as the number expected a couple days ago meaning a lot more people were fond of the pope than was expected. let's listen to what of the mourners today said, to me, i loved him. almost like a people's grandfather. very humble. very simple. not the big evidence -- biggest personal at but more, like, caring. >> reporter: that feeling was probably shared by many of the people who are cues outside the vatican city today, aaron. >> i understand learning particulars about the funeral thursday. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we know that after the funeral on thursday, pope emeritus will be buried under the basilica in the vatican crypt. also learning about the people will attend. apart from pope francis, of course, there will be the vatican said 400 bishops, 4,000

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in. here's what to expect in terms of potential flooding. >> we are getting a brief break from rain before the next storm system comes in. we already have a flood watch that has been issued for the entire bay area. we're going to see this go into effect for wednesday into thursday. all of this new round of rain is going to come on top of the saturated ground, and that could cause a quick rise in creeks, rivers and streams as well as street flooding heading into wednesday. the timing of the rain starts very early in the morning and gets heavier as we go into the afternoon to evening. we'll continue to see waves of rain in the forecast through thursday before this tapers off. i'll have a look at what to expect in the seven-day forecast as we are expecting three storms in seven days. coming up in 30 minutes. >> all right. thank you. with that major storm coming in tomorrow, people are doing what they can to prep for the problems. for many, that means getting sandbags. but as nbc bay area's bob redell shows us, it is getting more

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you're looking at a photo of andrea flores. she's three feet tall, brown braided hair and blue eyes. she was last seen in millbrae on sunday. police believe she was taken by her father during a scheduled visit. the sheriff's office said he didn't return her as expected and could be taking her to mexico. they believe the two might be in san diego at this moment. police there are now helping in the search. all right. thank you for joining us. that does it for this edition of "fast forward." i'll be back in 30 minutes with much more news. some things are good to know. like, where to find the cheapest gas in town. and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know? if you have medicare and medicaid, you may be able to get more healthcare benefits through a humana medicare

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bottom of the hour. some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> 22 people hurt after an suv crashed into a new york city sports bar overnight. police say that suv was rear-ended hard enough to jump the curb and crash into the bar's front window. none of the injuries is life threatening and police are still searching for the other driver. four people rescued after a tesla plunged 250 feet off a cliff in california. the car carrying two children and two adults. it was traveling down the pacific coast highway when it went over the cliff landing near the water below. helicopters were able to lift the survivors out of the car and

transport them to the hospital. the children were unharmed, while the two adults suffered non-life threatening injuries but remain in critical condition. and spacex, a landmarked 200th flight. the falcon 9 orbit sent into space this morning carrying 114 satellites onboard. after the launch the rocket's boosters successfully touches down back on earth. happening today, an extradition hearing for the suspect charged in connection with the murders of four university of idaho students. cameras rolling at bryan kohberger was led into a pennsylvania courthouse earlier today. arrested last week at his parents home. today's hearing is about sending kohberger to idaho to face murder charges. nbc news correspondent dana griffin is in moscow, idaho for us again today. kohberger is not expected to fight too extradition to idaho. what are the next stech s intep? >> reporter: the next step,

likely to sign papers to waive extradition at that hearing that's taking place in pennsylvania, and once that's done, idaho law enforcement are free to bring him back here to moscow, and that's where we will see an arraignment happen. we still are waiting to figure out when that's going to happen. what time what day. i spoke with the clerk here at the latah county courthouse. she has no information when he will appear but he will come here. kate? >> what are we hearing from kohberger's attorney? >> reporter: he's had several conversations with kohberger and kohberger thinks he will be exonerated in the case. he spoke a little more about that this morning on the "today" show with savannah guthrie. listen. >> has he reacted to the charges at ale? one can imagine being accused with something like this and wait. why are they coming after me?

seen any kind of behavior from him? that kind? >> it is a little out of character. he said, this is not him. he believes he's going to be exonerated. >> what about his family. >> they don't believe it to be bryan. they can't believe this and are obviously shocked. this is certainly completely out of character. the allegations, and, really, they're just trying to be supportive with the understanding -- >> reporter: according to the public defender the family, kohberger's family, will be in court during that extradition hearing. kate? >> and dana, have we learned anything how police finally zeroed in on kohberger? i heard dna evidence played a part? >> reporter: you're right. we have confirmed that forensic genealogy was used to connect him, let's say, to these four murders, but exactly how police got that evidence and where it was pulled from we still have not been able to confirm that. i will say that using forensic genealogy is common in a lot of

cases. you may remember the golden state killer case. they were able to find the suspect using that same kind of technology. so we're pretty certain, can't say for sure that that may have been a similar situation in how they were able to link this suspect to these murders. >> dana griffin, thank you. now to a frantic hunt for two dozen prisones after a deadly assault there. prisoners stormed the prison and in the chaos 29 prisoners escaped. what do we know? where are we in the search? >> reporter: appears authorities were outgunned. inmates two nor government angts killed, mexican government announced that detail today. that's on top of the 19 people who were killed in the initial assault on the prison. 10 officers, 7 prisoners 2

attackers kills. a convoy of armed people connected to a brutal cartel rolled up to the prison and overwhelmed guards with heavy gunfire. right now 25 of those prisoners remain on the loose. they're there on your screen. among them a known gang leader. he's the one you see there with the eye patch, was serving more than 200 years on multiple charges including kidnappings and murders. so crowds of people gathered outside that prison after this attack unfolded and can westerned about the inmates inside and guards tooshs. they found a v.i.p. zone in that state-run for money inside. back in august of this past year 11 people were killed after a riot inside the prison.

it spilled out into the surrounding neighborhood there. two inmates were killed and four members of a radio station were killed at a nearby restaurant. violence, frequent in several mexican prisons including in somewhere authorities only maintain barelily in semblance of control. clashes regularly erupt among inmates of rival gangs in prison there, all confined together. >> a lot of questions to answer once they find these guys. thanks. the 118th congress has officially convened in washington and a new class of lawmakers set to be sworn into office today once a new speaker is picked. among them controversial new york congressman-elect george santos. he will enter congress facing state and federal investigations after he admitted he lied about key parts of his background including his education and job history. he has since apologized for embellishing. nbc news reached out to george santos and received no response. out in mineola, new york, a

community congressman-elect santos would represent. remind us about the investigations he faces and what impact those could have on his future? >> reporter: kate. mr. santos is in some legal hot water. right now prosecutors at the state and federal level are investigating him, and the new york attorney general's office is also investigating mr. santos. and while he has told all kinds of fibs and embellishments, what they're zeroing in are on campaign and financial filings. looking for discrepancies, irregularities and things that could lead to criminal charges. of course, his lies included remarks about his heritage, or remarks, claiming, for example, his mother died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. those are not the kinds of things that prosecutors are going to care that much about, until their maybe used to back up other evidence of potential fraud or discrepancies that are seen in those filings they're

going to be more interested in. because he's a federal candidate he could be held accountable at a federal level. >> and at the train station, talking to commuters and people who live there. he represents them. you've talked to voters. what are you hearing? i'm curious if you've talked to some who voted for him, maybe? or maybe not. what are you hearing from voters? >> reporter: we talked to people on all sides including folks who did vote for him, but i can tell you i haven't yet met someone who is happy that he's going to become their congressman today. people are pretty disgusted, exhausted, turned off by this whole thing. i mean, honestly, a number of the conversations i've had have included people saying they understand that sometimes politicians don't tell the whole truth. that's not necessarily new to them, but the nature of these lice just go a step further. shocking on a deep level for people and they're alarred by the number of investigations and the criminal charges out of brazil. people are aware of all of this and frankly for the most part

upset he's not going to represent them. take a listen. >> there's nothing we can do about it. >> you don't think voters will have his back end of two years? >> absolutely not. unless he doesn't something miraculous that really helps us. >> the system is really broke and we have to do a better job of screening the candidates has one for office are and not just on party lines. >> reporter: that idea you hear there, sort of defeatist sense, there's not much voters are able to do now is reflected in reality. there's no recall mechanism here in new york. voters themselves can't force santos out of office now. he's going to become a congressman and then up to the narrow majority. have to about two-thirds majority vote to expel him. that's rare. most voters expect he's going to get to serve two years and they patiently wait for the

opportunity to vote him out in two years. >> thanks for being there. could be a rough year on capitol hill for so many reasons, and, of course, thanks to the split in congress. republicans coaled house with start of the new year. new session, rather, delayed as they work to pick a speaker. same time, democrats wield and expanded 51-seat majority in the senate and presidency. our reporter is joining us from his post. keeping lights on increasing debt ceiling, two of the big battles in the year ahead there in congress. how could these play out with this split on the hill? >> reporter: aaron, what we're seeing today is a preview of chaos still to come in the house republican majority over the next two years. remember, electing a speaker is the easy part. harder, what comes next. the speak hear to earn confidence of majority of the house every day lest he or potentially she get overthrown by majority of the chamber. this is kevin mccarthy's first big test. he's failed both of those tests

with a right-ring revolt in his ranks. 19 republicans splitting from him, refuing to support him meaning nobody has majority to get elected speaker. upcoming legislation, keeping government open, avoid a shutdown this fall. we don't know when, a more consequential vote to lift the countries borrows authorities to pay its bills known as a debt limit. that needs to get signed into law to avoid a catastrophic debt default. of course, this house republican majority has to do this in conjunction with a democratic controlled senate. get signed into law by president biden. difficult to see how that all happens in a house republican caucus that is dominated by the right-ring members. >> before the election we heard so much about investigating the biden administration once republicans took control in the house. is there any talk about that

now? is there a real plan to actually make those investigations happen? >> reporter: a lot of talk about that. the committees cannot officially get going on investigations until electing a speaker. antsiness among would-be chairs of committees, specifically james comer in line to share the oversight committee. a powerful one. has big plans to hold investigations, of the administration's handling of immigration and the border. he plans to hold a hearing on the covid response, eventually bring dr. anthony fauci for questioning, hut him in the hot seat and jim jordan, right-ring ravel rouser this time supporting kevin mccarthy as he is in line to chair the power fpful judicial committee. complaints regarding political, plit taization of those departments, there's a lot republicans want to do in terms of investigations and new subpoena power, but first they need to elect a speaker.

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>> a lot of us need to and it can be difficult. here to help us, "today" show contributor stephanie. appreciate you being here. need the help. people make these decisions trying to stay healthy, be healthier in the new year. how do you stay on track or get on track for some folks? >> this is the time to can do it. we're all in that energy, yes! it's my time, i want to start the new year off right! one mpt biggest problems i see as a health ant fitness experts, we set the goals to high. set an all or nothing mentality. okay. i'm not going to, you know, eat carbs any day at all in january. >> i just told you that during the break! >> or we say -- we say we're going to exercise every single day of the week. you know, and when we go through 0 to 100 like that we set ourselves up for failure. tip one, set managerable goals for ourselves. >> i didn't say i wasn't going

to eat any carbs. >> you didn't, kate. >> all the good stuff. >> bread, pasta, cut some of that. how do you figure out what a healthy eating plan is for you? >> i like to do habit stacking. already got a habit that you like and you're consistent with, say you eat breakfast every morning. right? if we can build on fop of that. maybe add more protein. maybe add more fiber. maybe add more greens, making a smoothie, throw spinach in there. or maybe you eat really healthy dinners and are great at cooking at night. why don't you make leftovers to have them for lunch the next day. add a habit on top of something already working for you and in terms of those carbs, if you are a carbo holic i was before getting into health and fitness, healthier carbs. sweet potatoes, quinoa. nuts can save you with carbs. don't make it feel like a

punishment. >> and pure calories. cinnamon bread. finding a good brand that works for me. >> low-carb wraps are pretty good. >> love those, yeah. >> ways to do unhealthy things. unhealthy dieting, too. what do we avoid or look out for? >> first, calorie counting while it can be helpful sometimes is very detrimentdetrimental. so many people come to me want to lose weight, tracking calories, weight-loss is stagnant because of no nutrients bep have to fire things up inside of our bodies so our bodies don't get worried we're not going to feed them. instead our bodies, when's shez going to feed me again? burn more fuel? have more energy? that sets you up for success. looking at different diets i recommend to focus on something that sounds appealing to you. so whether that be, keto. if you like healthy fats, avocados, nuts, salmon. or maybe it's something like low-carb but still having the

healthier carb options. i always tell people protein is king and protein is queen when it comes to stabilizing blood sugar levels and cutting those carb and sugar cravings. eating protein with a snack, and as a meal every three to four hours will help you have steady blood sugar levels so you don't drop too low and crave those sweets or crave that junk. >> really. >> tip. quickly, if you're a family and you want to eat healthier together, feeding a family, what's to do? >> one of my clients, love we set this up for her. every night was a different theme. meatball monday, taco tuesday. walk wednesday. in wok. making a sister fry. have a theme and pick flavors, maybe do zucchini noodles rather than pasta noodles, change it up and let your family know it has a theme, tastes good and look

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