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just ahead. encouraging sign. the bills' damar hamlin reportedly showing improvement but still in critical condition this morning. his family revealing he was resuscitated twice after going into cardiac arrest on the field. >> my nephew died on the field and they brought him back to life. that's heartbreaking. >> overnight fans holding emotional vigils at the hospital in cincinnati and back home in buffalo. we will he have the latest. wild weather. a new round of powerful storms taking aim at both coasts today. in the south a threat of more tornados. in the west, new flood watches as california braces for more rain. we are tracking it all. day in court. the idaho college murder suspect set to return to face charges after waiving extradition just ahead, what we're learning about his arrest and body cam video showing the accused killer's brush with police weeks earlier. >> it's a long haul. >> what's next in the case that

has captivated the nation. all that, plus on the mend. after jeremy renner seen for the first time since that scary snowplowing accident, his emotional message to fans and new details on the moments that led to his injuries. and going up. with no winner overnight, the mega millions jackpot closing in on $1 billion. people already racing to get tickets to the next drawing. today wednesday, january 4th, 2023. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. >> we have a really busy one ahead, including new details on damar hamlin. his uncle is opening up about

that collapse on the field. he said that the young buffalo bill was resuscitated twice as new questions emerge about what is next. we have that covered this morning. >> some encouraging signs. we start with this chaos at the capitol. that's what it is. house republicans failed to elect a speaker of the house on the first day of the new congress. that hasn't happened in 100 years. republican leader kevin mccarthy repeatedly came up short of the 218 votes he needed. now the next vote is set for later today. nbc's garrett haake is following it. yesterday we said there was suspense. there really was, and still today. >> reporter: yeah, the suspense builds today. the congress as you said hasn't had a moment like this in 100 years. there is no speaker, no rules. members can't even be sworn in. all of this as republicans fight amongst themselves about who should lead them and take the job that is second in line to the presidency. this morning the new republican house in chaos. failing to elect a speaker on a single ballot for the first time in century. house republican leader kevin mccarthy facing a right-wing

revolt, falling short of 218 votes needed to secure the job after three rounds of balloting. >> a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. >> reporter: the house adjourning to noon today with republicans huddling behind closed doors trying to break the impasse. im >> i think we will find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate and might not happen on the day we want it but it's gonna happen. >> reporter: former president trump in an exclusive interview with nbc declining to say whether he will stand by mccarthy and adding we will see how it all works out. a small fraction of right-wing members digging in their heels against mccarthy. >> what do you want? i want the tools or i want the leadership to stop the swamp from running over the average american every single day. >> reporter: the hold-outs have already extracted major concessions from mccarthy and have more demands, including

prime committee seats, commitments to vote on specific legislation and rules changes, including some that would make it easier to oust a speaker. >> this is just a game to them. >> the republican rebels' choice, jim jordan, says he doesn't want the job. >> i think kevin mccarthy is the right guy to lead us. >> reporter: the house is constitutionally bound to elect a speaker before taking up other business, including swearing in new members. now house democrats are rallying behind hakeem jeffries who received more votes than mccarthy, though he has no path to the speakership. asked if democrats could get behind a moderate republican candidate for speaker -- >> we are looking for a willing partner to solve problems for the american people, not save the republicans from their dysfunction. >> garrett, this is just so really unprecedented. how are you hearing about how this could play out today? is there a consensus candidate out there? how is this going to be resolved? >> it's impossible to know yet,

savannah. we could be in this for quite a while. the rebels are dug in. mccarthy lost more votes on the third ballot yesterday than he did on the first ballot. he has the support of 90% of republicans. but that 10% say they won't support him under any circumstances. but mccarthy is dug in, too. he is already moved into the speaker's office. he says he is not going anywhere. he will keep them on the floor and voting as long as this takes. >> could be long nights and days there. thank you very much. another story we are closely watching, the condition of buffalo bills player damar hamlin. the 24-year-old remains in intensive care after going into cardiac arrest on the field monday night. a family member says there may be good news. maggie vespa is at the hospital in cincinnati where hamlin is being treated. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, as you said, from buffalo to cincinnati so many across the country hoping and praying damar hamlin makes a full recovery and new this morning members of his

family telling reporters they are seeing signs of improvement. this as doctors inside that icu work around the clock to save hamlin's life. this morning we are learning new details about damar hamlin's injuries and how doctors are helping him fight for his life in the icu where he remains in critical condition. hamlin's uncle telling cnn the bills player is flipped on to his stomach in the hospital trying to help with blood in his lungs. hamlin is still on a ventilator but his uncle says he is requiring less oxygen than initially and the next goal is for hamlin to start breathing on his own. >> he is sedated right now. they just want him to have a better chance of recovering better. it's heartbreaking seeing him like that. >> reporter: the family sending a message of gratitude to the fans showing their support. writing in a statement, your generosity and compassion mean the world to us. outside the hospital and in

buffalo outside the stadium, fans echoing prayers across the nation for hamlin's recovery. >> this was just like a gut punch. >> reporter: football fans across the country stunned when hamlin fell back after a tackle and had to receive cpr. >> this is the last thing you want so see. >> reporter: the bills say the 24-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest and his heartbeat was restored on the field. >> had they not been there, he would be gone. >> reporter: hamlin's uncle revealing he was resuscitated a second time at the hospital. hamlin grew up just outside pittsburgh. the high school standout went on to play college football for the pitt panthers. >> good coverage by hamlin the safety. >> reporter: before getting drafted by the buffalo bills in 2021. the young player now in his second pro season. >> he worked very hard for a career in the national football league and then when he achieved it he e wanted to o go back inis cocommunity hehelp other p peop achieve things. >> reporter: hamlin passionate about his family who regularly cheers him on from the sidelines. >> my mom, my dad, my little brother, like that's pretty much

my whole world. >> reporter: and of course the latest from the nfl. the league saying the game between the bengals and bills will not go on this week. it's unclear at this point if and when it will be rescheduled. all the rest of the games for the last week of the regular season will go on as planned. hoda, savannah. >> maggie vespa in cincinnati, thanks. a little more from nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. good morning. so the uncle gave us a few more facts that he was resuscitated twice on the field, he is on oxygen, it's lower now and they have him in a prone position to help with breathing. when you hear that, what more can we glean from in situation? >> i think what we are seeing is the normal progression of what is happening when somebody is in a situation like this and they completely sedate them, let the body's energy be used to try to make sure that they heal the heart, the lungs, the brain, the three organs we are concerned

with. they slow him bring out of sedition. they will bring him down to 50% sedation, see how he does, and if he has any issues, push back to 75 or maybe 100% and that goes back and forth as far as the flipping on to his stomach, what they are trying to do is make sure his lungs aren't fighting gravity and they can do everything they need to repair themselves. this is not an unusual sequence. we will see what happens over the next day or two here to see if his condition improves or doesn't. >> and can you drill down a little bit, they said they resuscitated him not once on the field, also a second time. what does that tell you? >> that's a little bit more concerning, hoda, because what happens is the heart is driven by its electrical synchronization, electrical circuit through the heart. that was disrupted by the hit and that was the initial resuscitation, initial defibrillator and for that to happen a second time says that the heart initially didn't take hold as long as we'd like it to. luckily or at least we haven't heard about him being resuscitated more than that.

having it a second time is a little more concerning, but not having it extend beyond that is encouraging. we are seeing encouraging signs that, hopefully, he is continuing and will continue to improve as time goes on. >> so good they had the medical treatment to him so quickly on the field, too. also this morning, guys, tens of millions are waking up to new threats of severe weather from coast to coast, including a major storm that could unleash a new round of historic flooding in california. dylan has been very busy good morning >> we have had storm after storm impact california and the west coast. as the next storm moves on, the ground is saturated and it leads to the threat of mudslides and flooding san francisco is about to see that heavy rain. this is going to affect central california over the next several hours but still bring some of that heavier rain all the way to southern california, too we could see north of the bay area, north of san francisco up to 8 inches of rain. this could lead to mudslides and also all that runoff that could lead to flooding as well not just the rain.

the wind is going to be a factor as we could see gusts up to 50 to 60 miles per hour it is just going to be an absolutely miserable day in california just something to keep in mind and then on the east coast we have tornado watches in effect lots of cloud-to-ground lightning, severe thunderstorms, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, isolated tornados are possible as well and a risk of some hail although the wind and tornado threat will be the biggest concern, especially through georgia into the panhandle of florida as well we will keep an eye on those throughout the afternoon. >> thank you. and in the meantime, with americans heading back to work and school there is a concern about a post-holiday surge in flu, covid and other respiratory viruses. so to guard against it some cities are bringing back mask mandates at least temporarily for children returning to the classroom after the long break dasha burns joins us from paterson, new jersey, this morning. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. for a lot of students across the country, the start of 2023 may look a little bit more like 2020 with districts asking students to mask up as they return from winter break but even with a threat of all of these viruses, medical experts say that we are in a very different place today than we were at the start of the pandemic this morning it's back to school and back to masking for hundreds of thousands of american students >> rsv, i have had covid myself. he has a cough now we are dealing with it. >> reporter: in cities like philadelphia, boston, camden and paterson in new jersey, schools are asking kids to temporarily cover up their faces. >> we think we are making the right decision, not withstanding what other school districts may or may not be doing. >> we want to stay with in-person instruction. we are following the data and science at this point. >> reporter: medical experts say this isn't the same as last year's surge but do believe in places of high spread masks in schools could be beneficial,

especially after time away for the holidays what do you say to parents, to administrators who say, look, we did this for a long time, we thought we were done why go through this masking thing again? >> yeah, i think of it as having umbrellas in a rainstorm they don't need it every single day, but times they do this is one of those times. >> reporter: it comes as a the so-called tripledemic, flu, rsv and covid, has spelled disaster for hospitals in recent months a federal team deployed to albuquerque, new mexico, to help with the surge of sick children, pediatric centers overflowing. while hospitals have recently ticked up slightly in the u.s., overseas covid has been hammering china for weeks. janis mackey frayer is in beijing. >> reporter: resources are stretched so thin, patients are advised to bring their own beds. it's going to get worse with

china's own experts saying 800 million people would be infected by spring. >> reporter: in this country, an omicron subvariant is becoming the dominant strain. >> it's a smarter variant at infecting and breaking through walls of immunity. >> reporter: and the latest cdc data shows that this new variant makes up about 40% of covid cases sequenced here in the u.s. the good news is though that it's not yet leading to spikes in hospitalizations or deaths. savannah. >> dasha burns, thank you very much. 7:15 more to get to good morning to craig. >> good morning to you some new details are emerging about the snowplowing accident that landed actor jeremy renner in the hospital with some serious injuries the marvel star now posting a selfie and a message of thanks to fans as he continues to recover. nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us with more on this story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. many were relieved to see the 51-year-old actor since a 14,000-pound piece of machinery rolled over him leaving him

critically injured authorities say it happened after he set out to help a family member in need. this morning we're hearing from actor jeremy renner for the first time since the snowplow accident that left him critically injured posting a photo of himself showing the two-time oscar nominee lying in a hospital bed, his face swollen and bruised the caption reading, thank you all for your kind words. i'm too messed up now to type, but i send love to you all a heartfelt message met with an outpouring of love and support from hollywood and beyond. the reno sheriff disclosing details of how renner was run over by a large piece of snow-clearing equipment the morning of new year's day. that snowplow seen here in a video obtained by tmz, appearing to be towed away. >> we don't believe he was impaired at all and we believe this is a tragic accident. >> reporter: the accident

happened after renner used his sno-cat, weighing more than 14,000 pounds, to help free a family member in a vehicle stuck in several feet of fresh snow. >> he got out of his pistenbully to speak to his family member. at this point the pistenbully started to roll. in an effort to stop the rolling pistenbully, mr. renner attempts to get back into the driver's seat of the pistenbully. based on our investigation, at this point mr. renner is run over by the pistenbully. >> reporter: before first responders arrived, neighbors rushed to renner's rescue with towels the kind of compassion authorities say often showed by renner to others in his community from serving as a volunteer firefighter to supporting local charities. >> he has been very generous and he is one of those individuals i can tell you most of the time you don't know he is doing it, but he made a tremendous impact on this community. >> reporter: now his community, his family and friends are rallying around him to support his recovery as authorities push

on with the investigation. the sheriff says part of that investigation will look at whether there was a mechanical failure that contributed to the accident nbc has reached out to pistenbully for comment. they have not yet responded. >> erin mclaughlin for us, thank you. the rest of the forecast, dylan. >> good morning. coast to coast we are dealing with pretty messy weather. this storm system moving through california is going to bring the threat of flooding and some mudslides, too, in the southeast we do have the chance of severe storms which are occurring right now and will continue for the next several hours in the northeast we could approach record high temperatures though out ahead of this frontal system. we will see those warmer tetemperatureses behihind it its s much more e sl in t the 20s and 30s that's a look at the weather across the country we will get to your local foforecast in n the next 3 30 s. s thatat are not t taxes. s thatat are not t taxes. see e if not taxes makes you laugh...or cry.

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tarp on their homes because of what happened here saturday. they don't want to get caught again if there is going to be flooding again here today, they don't want to be caught with the water in their homes. and this is video from up north where the fire protection district has their swift water boat rescue teams on the ready, they are concerned that the storm will be severe enough that there could be the risk or loss of human life. for more, we'll send it over to kari hall. and the storm has intensified and we're seeing it coming in waves. it does get a little bit lighter at time, but impacts are about 2 to 8 inches in total rainfall by the time this wraps up tomorrow evening. but later this afternoon, we'll see the winds increasing, 40 to 60-mile-per-hour gusts. that will continue through tomorrow morning. in all, we're looking at

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moscow for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this is a jail here that the prime suspect, bryan kohberger, will be held when he is transferred back to moscow, idaho. kohberger's public defender in pennsylvania tells us that his client hasn't even seen the charging documents against him, has not seen the case laid out in those documents and he won't until he is extradited back here to idaho. >> bryan! >> reporter: seen for the first time since his arrest at a hearing, bryan kohberger awaiting highly secure transport to the state where he is accused of murdering four college students. >> we have security concerns, obviously, to move any prisoner. >> reporter: the suspect's family, including his mother and sisters, at tuesday's extradition hearing where he agreed to be transported across the country to idaho. kohberger's pennsylvania public defender has said he expects him to plead not guilty. >> he is being very calm. he is very aware. he understands the proceedings.

he said this is not him. he believes he is going to be exonerated. >> reporter: kohberger was arrested last friday at his parents' home in eastern pennsylvania. local officials sharing new details about that early morning raid involving a substantial show of force. >> tactical assets on scene were probably in the neighborhood of 50. >> reporter: in december, weeks after the murders, kohberger and his father drove cross-country from washington state to their hometown in pennsylvania. their journey was briefly paused by two apparently routine traffic stops in indiana. body-cam footage released by state place showing the father and son driving the same model car, a white hyundai elantra, that idaho investigators have been looking for. >> you guys scared of airplanes? >> reporter: for now, kohberger

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new year, and americans are feeling the pain at the pump again. what's to blame? sweeping winter storms shutting down refineries sharply driving up gas prices for the first time in two months. >> i just got screwed. >> reporter: the national average reaching $3.26 today that's up 13 cents since just last week with some states seeing larger increases. >> there is still time that we could see falling prices by mid and late january much of what is also going to be contingent of china's oil consumption as they reopen and could potentially offset price relief >> reporter: experts say accelerate gradually and reduce speed on highways. avoid leaving your car idling. use apps to find the cheapest gas stations near you. >> this is 3.09. there are days it's 2.80 >> reporter: the recent spike in

prices a one-two punch for families who dealt with sky high energy bills driven in part by russia's ongoing war in ukraine. natural gas forecasted to cost 28% more for the average family this winter, and heating oil up 27%. though experts say the new year is ushering in some relief. >> we are at the, close to the peak i wouldn't say we are at the peak yet. >> reporter: relief business owner perez says he and his customers have yet to feel, weary from months of wild energy costs. >>, unfortunately, we have to raise our pris prices to stay competitive. >> reporter: when it comes to home heating, experts say consider investing in better insulation, look into a space heater, and install a programmable thermostat to automatically adjust the temperature so this winter doesn't wash away your savings >> good tips there obviously, folks driving around the holidays noticed the price increase

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condition. >> that rapid response from the emergency providers who were there on site, that did give him a chance, and they may have saved his life. >> fans hold overnight vigils at the hospital and the bills' stadium. details straight ahead. plus, off label, on track. new studies showing a decades old drug being used inside a new way to treat depression. >> that dark, deep depressive cloud started to lift. >> a closer look at clinics using ketamine and some critics sounding the alarm. and ready for a reset. it's t the first week of the new year and with resolutions in full swing we are showing you how to tackle your debt, manage your health and where you can get away with the top five trendiest spots to travel. today wednesday, january 4th, 2023 ♪

celebrating our first year married. >> tennessee. >> sending love to my dad in burlington, north carolina love you, papi >> hello, alabama. >> georgia. >> and kentucky. >> sisters trip from boston, massachusetts. >> for rose marie's 70th. >> from san antonio, texas, today is our 20th anniversary. >> all right happy anniversary. and welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning thank you for joining us sheinelle has joined the party savannah and hoda have headed to the stock exchange because they are going to be ringing in the opening bell they are going to be celebrating five years of co-anchoring together five years the anniversary was on monday. we are celebrating today but, yeah, five years. >> we will check in with them in a bit. meanwhile, tune in tomorrow. we are calling it shania twain

thursday, folks. >> i'm here for it >> the country pop icon joining our 8:00 hour to celebrate the release of her first new album in five years. >> she is my go-to karaoke we will talk about her upcoming tour, influence on other artists and after that conversation she will help us out with a few fashion and cooking segments it should be a good show >> maybe she will let you sing with her >> a dream right now, to your news at 8:00 we could see more chaos on the capitol where republican leader kevin mccarthy was denied the house speaker's chair yesterday by members of his own party several times. garrett haake picks up the drama for us from there. good morning. >> reporter: we haven't seen a moment like this on capitol hill in 100 years there is no speaker, no rules. members can't even be sworn in as republicans fight amongst themselves about who should lead them and take the speaker's

position second in line for the presidency so after three votes yesterday, kevin mccarthy is losing 20 republican members that's a problem he can only afford to lose four. his opponents want rule changes, some want prime committee spots, others want votes on specific legislation, some just don't want him expect so see a lot of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors before and after voting starts that will be sometimes in the noon hour. they say they won't help mccarthy and the mccarthy rebels are dug in saying they will never support him. mccarthy has dug in, too he has already moved into the speaker's office he says he will keep this going as long as it takes to win this morning he is getting a big public endorsement from donald trump, something that eluded him a little bit up to this point. craig. >> senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake for us. thank you. this morning a cautiously

hopeful sign for the buffalo bills safety damar hamlin who collapsed on the field monday night after suffering a cardiac arrest the 24-year-old remains in critical condition this morning in cincinnati where the game was being played but his uncle said last night that hamlin is now getting only 50% of his oxygen from a ventilator, down from 100% meantime, as fans continue to pray and hold vigils, hamlin's family sent out a message of gratitude for all of the love and support they have been receiving. now to a disturbing story in california why a man drove his tesla off a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean with his young family still inside. amazingly, they all survived the rescue was caught on camera. but that driver is now facing serious criminal charges nbc's gabe gutierrez is here with more on this one. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what started as an incredible survival story has taken a horrifying turn. a doctor is now accused of the unthinkable. this morning after a dramatic rescue of all four passengers in

a tesla that plummeted off a 250-foot cliff in california, authorities have arrested the driver of the vehicle, charging him with attempted murder and child abuse. investigators with california highway patrol say the man, dharmesh patel, a doctor in radiology, drove the tesla carrying his wife and two children ages 7 and 4 off the cliff as an intentional act. >> we had four survivors in a collision where there should not be any survivors it is a miracle they are alive. >> reporter: devil's slide, known for scenic views and a sharp dropoff. witnesses horrified to see the car going off, frantically calling 911. >> i could see in my rearview mirror the car being straight like this and then all of a sudden just disappeared down. >> reporter: rescuers rappelling down the cliff saved the children first then the helicopter hoisted the two adults from the mangled vehicle. all were rushed to the hospital. >> the damage to the vehicle

indicated it hit -- we put plan in place to lower rescuers to the vehicle to get eyes and assess what we had. >> reporter: authorities saying it's rare for people to survive such a steep fall and that the children's car seats may have saved their lives. >> we were actually very shocked when we found survivable victims in the vehicle, so that actually was a hopeful moment for us >> reporter: according to the california highway patrol, the driver was arrested at the hospital investigators have not said why he may have done it. incredibly sad twist to this daring rescue. >> thankfully, they were all okay gabe, thank you. that's the news. let's take a turn to the morning boost. >> since hoda is not here, i'll carry on some people think of haircuts as an unfortunate necessity, and more than a few dogs feel the same way this is mocha. getting her first home haircut there.

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it's fda approved as anesthetic and illegal street drug used for psychedelic effects. now a growing number of studies found ketamine used off label can be effective for people with treatment-resistant depression. >> patients say this changed my life i feel like i can breathe again. >> reporter: mike is a psychotherapist. ketamine affects the brain, boosting feel good chemicals, reducing inflammation and creating new neural pathways that is associated with new habits and behaviors patients also undergo a psychedelic experience that can feel spiritual why do you think ketamine might be more effective than other drugs? >> other drugs sort of deal with the surface level, the symptoms. ketamine works so much better because it's getting to what is underneath. >> reporter: 66-year-old lynette has been battling severe depression for nearly 40 years she tried dozens of antidepressants and other therapies.

>> i just couldn't see a way out of the pain. >> reporter: in 2016, before many people had heard about ketamine for depression, her therapist suggested it. >> i said, yes when and where i was very anxious to try it. >> reporter: why would you say yes to something that you don't know much about and you don't know if it's proven? >> i was so desperate to feel better i thought trying something is better than not trying anything at all and ending up taking my own life. >> reporter: lynette says each 45-minute infusion felt like a dream where she saw vibrant colors and shapes. after her first three treatments she started to feel better. >> i started to feel like i could get up and get out of bed. that dark, deep depressive cloud started to lift. >> reporter: but now as ketamine clinics continue to spring up across the u.s. and psychedelics become more popular, some doctors are worried it's too unregulated. >> my concern is that people who need treatment will spend time, money and energy in these

ketamine clinics that aren't well proven and there is also risks associated with that. >> reporter: side effects include changes in mood and blood pressure, nausea and drowsiness treatments cost between 400 and $800 on average and are not covered by insurance at field threup trip, the treatments are supervised by medical professionals and happen in conjunction with the psychotherapy. we watched as sharie prepared for her latest session, meditating at first, then receiving a dose she vividly remembers her first trip last winter. >> what happened the first time? >> i saw myself as a little girl and i was in the woods that i loved to be in when i was a child. and then i saw my mother i felt this unconditional love for her that i couldn't quite feel when she was alive. once it was over, that deep sadness that was in my body for so long was just gone. >> reporter: both sharie and lynette say ketamine brought

them not just relief, but a new found happiness. >> i know it has changed me. >> reporter: in what sense >> i am happier. nor confident. >> reporter: what did ketamine do for you overall >> it saved my life. ketamine brought back the joy. >> so doctors we spoke to really stressed that ketamine should be medical professional who has psychiatric training that does happen at field trip where we were. the drugs effects can last as little as a couple of weeks for some people the change can be permanent. for many clients they have to keep going back for maintenance treatments. >> wow it's so fascinating. i can't imagine this is a treatment is for everyone? >> it doesn't work for everyone. something else to keep in mind some clinics market ketamine treatments for conditions other than severe depression and the doctors that we spoke with said if you look at the medical evidence there is not a lot of medical evidence that it works for other things other than severe depression that's

treatment resistant. >> these clinics are popping up everywhere >> yes. >> she said it saved her life. >> thank you. all right. switching gears to dylan and the latest forecast. >> good morning, guys. i am on the plaza. there are a lot of sweet people, but we found some sweet treats from that sweet woman right there. is it true that this is just a hobby for you? >> yes i am a teacher by trade. >> and you happen to bake beautiful cookies? >> i do. it's like therapy for me. >> there is not a bakery >> no. >> these are awesome look how beautiful these are thank you so much. where are you from >> chicago. >> awesome thanks for being here. let's take a look at -- i have a box of cookies now let's take a look at what's going on out west. we have flood watches in effect for 33 million people and it's not just the fact that this storm is coming in we also have had a lot of storms recently the ground is saturated. we will likely see mudslides, debris flows north of the bay area as much as

8 inches of rain on top of what's already fallen recently then the wind is going to be gusting up to 50 to 60 miles per hour in the higher elevations, we could see gusts near 100 miles per hour this a very powerful storm for the mountains we could see up to five feet, especially across mammoth mountain through the sierra nevada mountain ra birthdays, too you are turning 10

who is turning 50? >> yes happy birthday to both of you. guys, back to you. >> happy birthday. morgan and michael. as mr. roker will say on friday, mr. daly, best part of the morning. >> that's right. we start with elvis. it's been a big year for the king thanks to the golden globe nominated performance in the biopic here is a little bit of that if you missed it. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> there is acting like somebody who was a real person in history and then like becoming that person >> that's a good point >> that's what austin did in that role. incredible by the way, this weekend the

elvis movie celebrating what would have been the king's 88th birthday ten cities host the show on sunday it streams on hbo max, just a boy from tupelo and graceland will be packed they have festivities, too presley's family home set to host four days of celebrations including an exhibition and appearance by lisa marie. next up, the grammys what do these tracks by harry styles and doja cat have in common ♪ ♪ ♪ >> craig is more familiar with the former number as opposed to the latter but there was as it was and woman, both those songs nominate ford record of the year at the grammys. if either win, it will be the shortest track time-wise to take home the trophy more than five decades.

doja's track at 2:52 and harry's shorter than that. >> give me some perspective. what's normal? >> 3:40. >> wow >> maybe more. that's probably the average. >> i feel like older songs - >> like older songs used to be a lot -- >> fifth dimension in 1967 was the shortest to win record of the year at the grammys. up, up and away was the name track. >> you amaze me with your knowledge. >> no, that was written in we have that graphic i didn't come from the dome with that one they were called the versatiles in 1965. >> you knew that >> i did know that martha stewart, the food and lifestyle expert offering tips for folks participating in something called dry january never heard of it. in a hilarious new ad for tito's, she shows off ways to

use a bottle of vodka for anything other than drinking >> if you have cheetos lying around, don't just stare at it use it say good-bye to musty smells add it to pasta sauce for a little extra kick. maybe a little bit more. spice up your friday night by cutting through dirt and grime and nothing tenderizes your favorite meat like tito's. >> that's funny. >> that is cute. >> it's the theme for martha's next segment here. >> you remember a few weeks ago she came and made that eggnog. >> my gosh everything but vodka in it. >> right that was the long island ice tea of eggnog. and if you don't like dry january, try a damp january. >> what is that? >> less than dry. finally, new year, new you check out these pictures here. we start 2023 off with people trying to hit their fitness goals. shay mooney, dan + shay, the star there, a side by side 50-pound weight loss i changed my entire world in six months if that tired guy on the left can do it, so can you. you are my superhero, man.

not everybody is having the easiest time getting into shape. blake lively poses alongside a trainer joking, been doing the workout for three months something isn't working. poking fun at the baby bump. she and ryan reynolds expecting baby number four that's "popstart" for today. >> thank you. look who is in the house, y'all. stephanie ruhle is here. she has timely tips for tackling your debt that may have built up over the holidays thanks to all that shopping. we'll be back in just a moment first, your local news and weather right after these messages

good morning. it is 8:26. i'm scott mcgrew. a live look at san rafael and richmond. we are in a micro climate weather alert with the first bands of a strong storm moving through the bay area. kari hall here with a look at conditions right now. >> some of us have taken a break from the rain. so far, much of the bay area's gotten about a tenth, a quarter inch of rain. even that small amount caused problems on the roadways this morning. now that we are getting a break, we are turning out attention to the brunt of the storm set to arrive later this evening into the evening. we have all of this that has to

work into the bay area today and tomorrow and we'll see it become more scattered between now and 2:00. look at this red. it's going to be lit up this evening with high winds, heavy rainfall as well as the potential of more power outages. we're going to see that continue through 8:00 to 9:00 as that heavy rain spreads across the bay area. even early tomorrow, we're going to see the waves of some heavy, intense downpours coming through and then finally, this will taper off by tomorrow evening. so looking a little bit better for the next couple of hours. gl. >> thank you. we'll have a local news update at 11:00.

♪♪ and welcome back welcome back to "today." 8:30 this fourth day of january. so we have stepped outside to greet our crowd. looks like a lot of fun. >> extending a little bit more. >> we got a lot to get to this half hour to get you ready for the year ahead. >> we will start with your money, if you don't mind a lot of you may be carrying extra credit card debt after the holidays

have no fear, as we say, steph r ruhle is here. coming up, tips and tricks to help you pay down those bills and ditch that debt for good. >> and the doctor behind the superwoman podcast will reveal health trends in 2023. >> and then after saving money and improving your diet, how about a nice vacation. let's take a trip. our friend, mark ellwood is here he has fun and some affordable options, including cruises with a twist. destination family reunions and much more. new travel trends coming up. >> and then in our third hour, our new year means a lot of new movies and tv shows are about to drop grab your popcorn. we look at great pics coming this month. >> and a check of the weather? >> no jackets for you gentleman? >> this is nice. >> yeah, we are loving the warmup we have some storms that come along with the cold front helping to bring the warmup. we do have tornado watches down across georgia and into the panhandle of florida those red boxes closer to florida we have tornado warnings right now. these storms are very strong,

producing at love torrential downpours, dangerous lightning, gusts up to 60 miles per hour and we can't rule out tornados so it's that area down through georgia, into the panhandle of florida we could see some of the stronger storms continuing through the morning into this afternoon, too it's ahead of this cold front. we also have the potential to at least tie or come close to record highs in the mid-atlantic into the southeast up across the northeast, too, and once that cold front clears temperatures settle back into what you expect for january. we will drop into the 30s and 40s. sunny and mild in texas today and a big, big storm into california lots of rain, up to 8 inches north of the bay area and also up to 5 feet of snow possible in the er elevations. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are still continuing to monitor for the impacts of this storm. right now, we are seeing much of the bay area taking a break, but the brunt of the storm will hit us later this evening with high wind, heavy rain and you want to be prepared for the potential of

flooding and power outages. the scattered showers continue through tomorrow and a brief break on friday before a second storm system comes in for the weekend and maybe another storm system moving in on monday. and that's your latest forecast hi, trevor i just met trevor. >> i wrote a note to him on his paper. i said, you can read it on plane. he said, i didn't take a plane you drove. that's a long drive. kudos to his folks. >> trevor is adorable. we got to see his dimples. up next, who is ready to ditch that holiday debt? many americans facing big bills in the weeks ahead stephanie ruhle is breaking down the best ways do that.

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we are back. 8:35 "start today." holiday shopping season may be over as the new year starts the debt hangover just setting in for a lot of folks. >> wah-wah-wah. >> come on according to one survey, nearly three quarters of americans paid for gifts with a credit card charging on average more than $600 a third of shoppers still have bills due from last year so we brought in the expert. stephanie ruhle is going to tell us how to tackle that debt always good to see you. >> don't open the mail don't open the mail. just let it roll. >> i don't think that's the financial advice we should be giving. >> it's not. what is the best way to pay down that debt? >> it depends on what your financial picture is if you are in good standing, if you can pay down your credit cards, pay them on time, a credit card is a great way for you to build your relationship with lenders, build your credit,

get those perks over time. however, if that is not you, let's work on it let's say you just have one bill, one month you are behind need to make sure you are paying the minimum on time, okay? you don't want to pay late fees. pick up the phone. call the credit card companies cost nothing to ask. try to negotiate down that rate if it's just going to be short term and over time you have been a good customer. >> you can haggle with them? >> why not try you definitely can't if you don't call. >> okay. >> next one, plan for it if you have a bill and you know it's going to take a few months to pay it down, i love an automatic transfer that means every single month i take a little bit of money directly out of my paycheck, i don't touch it, don't look at it, and it goes directly to that bill if you have that money sitting around the house, you might spend it. go with the automatic transfer if you can >> so if you dealing with more than one debt, how do you manage that avalanche and snowball >> our favorites let's say you have multiple credit card bills, multiple loans.

there are two ways to do it. first things first, make a list which a lot of people don't like to do of every single bill you have a lot of us like to forget write them down. there are two approaches avalanche is the first one you are taking the bill you have with the highest interest rate and start paying that puppy down first. if you do that one, you are actually going to save the most money. snowball, take your smallest bill, the smallest amount, start paying from smallest to largest. that means, hey, i'm getting one done, now the next, right? if you like a checklist -- >> that's the pay down the debt dance. >> works for me. >> what other tools? >> let's think about debt consolidation. you hear advertisements for zero interest rate credit card. if you think you have some money, okay, transfer over get a zero interest rate card. transfer all those balances over start paying them down however, make sure you actually can do it.

if you get cute and a zero interest rate, i don't have to think about it, that zero period ends and you have to pay up. make sure. you've got to read the fine print. >> and in terms of moving forward, a lot of folks, here we are starting the new year, making new resolutions, a lot of folks resolve no new debt. how do we avoid dealing with debt moving forward? >> i call this the al roker special. al, as you know, is the best planner we know. look at december check out where you spent money on gifts, decorations, whatever you spent on that's probably what you will spend next year. now let's plan for it. take that number and divide it by the amount of paychecks to the end of the year. if i spent 500 bucks in december, then from now to the end of the year that's 40 bucks a month. 40 bucks a month, you can do that but instead of it being next

january and you are going, man, i owe $500 >> right >> planning. i feel like you are not a great planner. when i say these things, you haze over. just sayin'. >> you know me well. can you give us the debt dance again? stephanie, thank you find more advice at today.com/onthemoney sheinelle jones. >> are you kidding me? that debt dance. i'm on it. from sleep to sugar, wellness expert and podcast host dr. taz bhatia shows us 12 health trends

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"wellness wednesday" with health trends for 2023. if you are among the millions resolving to get healthier in the new year, five trend you need to know dr. taz bhatia is an integrative medicine physician and host of the superwoman wellness podcast. thank you for coming in this morning. >> happy to be here. >> these are good.

i think a lot of us can adapt. the first is cycle synching. >> this idea of adapting your exercise, your food even your beauty routine to what's happening with your cycle. i think we don't pay enough attention to this. we drain our energy reserves, increasing our stress response we are stressed out because we are not paying attention to what our cycle is asking us to do. >> and during ovulation, why is it more fiber, fruits and vegetables >> as our cycle starts we want to stay away from alcohol, sugar and fatty foods. those makes estrogen symptoms worse, things like floating, headaches, not feeling good, low energy estrogen is up, progesterone is up more fiber and fruits and vegetables to break that down. food matters the food we are eating matters at different points in the cycle. same for exercise and beauty with beauty, for example, the

skin is really sensitive in those first few days of the cycle. so day one by the way, might be confusing people, day one is the first day of your cycle. >> i feel like the younger women, because they have apps and phones and a little bit more aware, i think a lot of us are just living. >> we all need to dial into this and understand what's happening. day one is the first day of your cycle. the first few days the skin is sensitive. moisturize don't exfoliate. as you approach ovulation we are producing a lot of oil clay masks, exfoliation, a lighter moisturizer is more appropriate. with exercise, for example, that first few days is okay to do weights and also okay to do weights in the middle part of the cycle. cardio is great approaching ovulation. that week before your cycle you need to slow it down a little bit. so lower impact exercises, walking, yoga, swimming, things that are not as stressful to the body. >> i never knew there was a

trend in that. talk about exercises and how you need to do them, for men, too. >> we are talking about face yoga remember the face is a reflection of your overall health, right? and it's really telling us a story. we want procedures and things that we can do at home before we are thinking about fillers and lasers and the more expensive stuff, right face yoga is a part of the trend where we learn to sort of manage this on our own. there are exercises we can do. >> can men do this >> everyone can do this. my daughter is doing this. anyhow, face yoga is taking these exercises, doing them like twice a day, ten minutes at a time i will show you one or two one is the forehead press. take your hands, put them on top of your head, push down on it for ten and then rub side to side like this we are releasing tension you are relaxing these muscles in your face you can bring your heads to your

forehead, push hard on the forehead, move side to side. releasing all the tension. a lot of us store it in here. >> when you get a facial, do they do that. >> exactly one more, the cheek lifter put your thumbs under the chin, fingers here, smile and we are puffing out the cheeks just like this we are lifting the cheeks. we are puffing this area out you are giving mobility to the muscles in the face. that's great as well jade rolling is in this category have you seen these? >> i have a couple i haven't used them because i didn't know if it was gimmicky. >> $10 this is literally breaking up the trigger points in your face. so many patients i meet have like jaw tension or forehead tension. this is breaking that up it's improving circulation. >> does it have anything to do with face wrinkles >> definitely. wrinkles are where we hold too much tension that's why it works. do that morning and night. >> around here >> around your eyes as well. tapping is a part of that, too where do we hold tension, tap at

the top of your head, between your eyebrows, under your eyes, your nose and chin putting all of this together is releasing face tension taking stress down and forcing us honestly to take a break so that we don't walk around like tightened up with high cortisol. >> we went through these quickly. we have more information on today.com. hoda did a thing on tapping. it really works. thank you so much. come back because we have so many others. thank you for coming up next, to five of the top travel trends of the new year with our guy mark ellwood. af will do that right

we are back now. it is 8:49 with today travel. if one of your new year's resolutions is to get out and about more, mark ellwood is here with fun ideas, some ideas that

won't break the bank as well good to have you. >> nice to see you, craig. >> folks who traveled over the holidays know this to be true. hotels are up. air travel is up everything seems to are more expensive. is that a trend we can expect it continue in 2023 >> it is i am going to follow the rule, if i can say that, and say if you are staying at a hotel and you are worried about the price, especially independent hotels, email and say, hey, i'd love to make a booking now can you work with me on the price? you'd be surprised how a little polite negotiations saying, look, you work with me on this, i'll give you my business, they could do that. >> never heard that. you can call the front desk and say we want to come. >> what kind of deal be nice about it always. let's talk about these new travel trends. a few of these surprised me. my wife has talked about this first one, perhaps unsurprisingly

solo female travel. >> they surveyed 5,000 women and two-thirds wanted to do an independent female group trip. in other words, not single women, but women who want to travel singly like your wife i feel like traveling with my girlfriends, me time. >> what kind of options? >> about 18 months old, i call it a posh hostel in portland, oregon great food and beverage. what's important is there is female areas it's very much a gender divided, you can choose to be in an all-female dorm room, four friends, four beds together, really like sleep away camp as a grown-up 125 for a private room 35 for -- >> i am eligible for this one. retro travel. >> so booking.com surveyed people about their plans for 2023 and basically everybody

said i want to go on a nostalgic trips that takes in all american classic locations. a classic olympic location, lake placid we love east wind. this is an amazing hotels from the 1950s, a retro motor lodge if "happy days" was a hotel. 200 bucks a night. enjoy the classic olympic details. the museum has been redone all of the winter sports that was an olympic destination you can do them. >> we haven't been to that place. love lake placid this something that my family and i have talked about doing this year. camping. glamping. >> glamping. this is all about our return to the outdoors during the pandemic travel really embraced the chance to be in the fresh air, individual out in nature. we are seeing people really

still want to do that. but if you are like you and me, we have a little few creature comforts, i want a bathroom. so this gorgeous french camping company. i call it -- this is ready to camp these tents, i mean, look at this, they are put up in locations where they will not impact the environment they don't cut trees down to put them up. if they move from the location within six months, 80% of the land looks like virgin land. there is a handful of them around the country they are also opening in northern california and florida and it starts at 85 bucks a night. >> that's a deal. >> right >> that's a deal okay. >> maybe >> hot-topia we say it with a french accent.

>> family reunions making a comeback. >> two trends coming together. during the pandemic we didn't travel in the way we were used to travel and everyone has family far-flung in the country, overseas, hard to see. we are seeing people put that together and say meet the grand parrots in the caribbean, bring my cousin over from jamaica. i say salt lake is a great place to convene because it's a delta hub. there are almost 100 non-stop flights from salt lake on delta around the country did you know that? >> i did only because we were in salt lake city last year. >> i recommend salt lake you have park city, amazing new hotel with -- they are studio common rooms put them together. starts at 189. >> 30 seconds left cruising is back. >> it is back. it didn't happen as much during the pandemic of course they reconfigured themselves what does cruising mean today? they thought about history, they thought about engagement holland america starts at $579 per person per room per trip

great engage am with places like juneau in alaska the boats have dutch high teas and even better there is a throwback happy hour, could be 75 cents for a drink. >> five -- 75 cents? >> 75 cents. >> okay. mark ellwood, thank you. always good to have you. folks, stick around. we have something really special and cool on the "3rd hour. savannah and hoda ringing this morning's opening bell on wall street in fact, there they are. they are in place. we are going to chat with them, bring you the moment live. we are celebrating their fifth anniversary co-anchoring the show we will do that after your local news, weather and a quick check of these messages.

right now, we are under a micro climate weather alert as we are seeing the first round of rain coming in and a series of a lot of heavy rain ahead. we are starting to take a break in some parts of the bay area. just getting light showers as we track it with storm ranger, but the storm has intensified off the coast and we're going to see

the brunt of the storm hitting us later on this afternoon. we're going to start to once again see some breaks, little bit more time to prepare, but we'll see the heaviest rain around 5:00 to 6:00 this evening. we also have a chance of thunderstorms and also gusty winds. we may have power outages and flooding. we're preparing for all of those impacts as the storm

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