a major winter storm making its way to the mid atlantic

after walloping the heartland with blizzard conditions. how much snow to expect. that winter blast not expected to disrupt today's certification of the 2024 election by congress in d.c. exactly four years after the january 6th insurrection. how security is ramping up. the fbi releasing new video showing the new orleans attacker visiting the city in the weeks before the attack and planting improvised explosives the same night he ran the truck into the new year's crowd. show gun and emilia perez are winners. all the night's highlights are ahead. plus, we introduce to you a florida doctor delivering words of affirmation to each newborn he helps bring into the world. it's monday, january 6th. "early today" starts right now.

hi there. glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. we begin with a massive winter storm. driving conditions described as impossible. reports across kansas, missouri and kentucky of semi trucks sliding and stranded drivers. today schools will be closed in washington, d.c., philadelphia and many other cities as blizzard conditions move east. amtrak has canceled trade routes in the mid atlantic and northeast. and more than a thousand flights have already been canceled nationwide today after nearly 1800 cancellations yesterday. nbc's maggie vespa kicks off our coverage. >> reporter: from blinding blizzards across america's heartland to thundersnow and thunder sleet. even a confirmed tornado in

arkansas. a colossal winter system has turned america's mid section into a chaotic, frozen tundra. >> we've got rollovers that happened in times past. we're still going to wrecks. a lot of these first responders are getting stuck. >> reporter: 65 million americans from the great plains to the east coast are under winter storm alerts. in kentucky, this car frozen shut, and this squad car destroyed. the state trooper inside it injured after a driver crashed into him. in kansas city, interstates lined with cars in ditches. some struggling uphill. and sliding through traffic. and watch as this semi slams into another. this after a drone captured this massive pileup. highways already coated in ice now buried in snow. >> a lot of people around here have low cars and don't have the right tires. >> reporter: plow drivers working around the clock. >> hey, everyone, city manager

here. >> reporter: the kansas city city manager even pitching in as snow continues falling followed by frigid temperatures for days to come. you saw this and thought what? >> this is going to be one everybody the most historic, significant storms we have seen. we haven't seen ten inches in 32 years. we'll be out here for days. >> our thanks to maggie for that report. now let's get an update on the conditions this morning from michelle grossman. so much to watch. and so many people were supposed to head back to school or work today. >> i know, that's so true. my kids have off today. we are looking at this big, powerful storm not only impacting the morning commute but most likely the evening we are talking snow, ice and severe storms as we go throughout the later part of today. this is what it looks like on radar. you can see the blue, which is the snow falling. you see heavy rain on the warmer

side of this system falling throughout parts of the southeast. and sandwiched in the middle is the purple and pink. that is ice. we're going to see moderate ice in some spots, causing power outages and really dangerous conditions. we're looking at 50 million people impacted by this storm as of this morning. we're looking at the pink which is a winter storm warning, an ice storm warning in the purple. in the meantime, we're going to see freezing rain for the central appalachians, heavy snow in northern virginia, and then tomorrow it is just plain cold. we're going to see blustery winds really cranking up the lake-effect snow machine once again. we'll look at the week ahead in just a few minutes. >> we'll need to hear it. thanks so much, michelle. today is january 6, and it's been four years since a mob of trump supporters stormed the capitol building while lawmakers were certifying the election of joe biden. this time when congress meets it

is certify the reelection of donald trump. capitol police aren't taking any chances with security this year. >> reporter: fencing and barriers around the u.s. capitol. four years after a mob of pro-trump forces attacked it. stopping the counting of electoral college votes and delaying the certification of joe biden's victory. >> the eyes of the world will be on the united states capitol to see what happens here often january 6. >> reporter: this time, a clear perimeter established around the capitol complex. police shutting down multiple streets for midday proceedings. where vice president kamala harris will oversee the counting of president-elect trump's 312 electoral college votes and her own defeat. unlike in 2021 when prominent republicans objected to the results. >> there will be no election denying on the part of the democratic caucus. >> this is very exciting. >> reporter: this weekend trump

on stage at mar-a-lago still admonishing his former vice president mike pence for not rejecting electoral college votefour years ago. >> as they should have been able . >> reporter: trump speaking at an event saturday night that included some of his most prominent backers in those efforts to overturn the 2020 election. those included jeffrey clark. john eastman, rudy giuliani, peter navarro and michael flynn. trump giving each man a shout out from the stage. >> rudy's going to come out on top. it's just a question of time. >> our thanks to vaughn for that report. chilling new details in how the suspect in the deadly new orleans truck ramming prepared for the attack. shamsud-din jabbar wore special

glasses. >> were the glasses recovered? and did jabbar wear them? >> we believe he was wearing them throughout the evening. >> he was recording the entire time? >> we don't have any indication he he was recording, but he was wearing those glasses. >> jabbar placed two homemade bombs in the area before the new year's day attack. though neither detonated, one moved out of the way by unidentified people. today the white house says president joe biden and first lady jill biden will visit louisiana to grieve with the family as community members. antony blinken has arrived in seoul meeting with south korean officials to discuss how they can, quote, strengthen efforts to promote a free, open and prosperous indo-pacific. it comes as hundreds of south koreans braved snow and freezing

temperatures calling for the arrest of president yoon. for more let's bring in matt bodner. >> reporter: it comes after weeks of political turmoil. south korean president yoon has been impeached following his surprise declaration of martial law last month. there's currently a warrant out for his arrest. law enforcement once again attempted to detain president yoon, but their efforts were foiled by the security service who formed a human chain. the warrant expires in just a few hours at midnight tonight in south korea, but investigators say they will extend the warrant and continue their efforts to arrest him. meanwhile, demonstrators continue to come out in support of his arrest. washington has expressed, quote, serious concern over political events in south korea over the past month. and blinken in seoul said that the response so far has been one that is, quote, peaceful and fully consistent and in accordance with the constitution

and rule of law. meanwhile, north korea has conducted another missile test, coinciding with blinken's visit. the missile was an intermediate ballistic missile and flew about 700 miles out to sea. blinken said it underscored the importance of collaboration between the u.s., south korea and japan in the region and noted that pyongyang's relationship with moscow has been growing. >> matt, thank you. funeral observances have begun fofor form president jimmy carter. on saturday, a motorcade transported mr. carter from the medical center where he died a week ago to his hometown of plains, georgia. the late president will lie in state at the presidential center then be flown to washington where the public will be invited to pay respects as he lies in

state at the capitol. all living former presidents, including president-elect trump are expected to attend the ceremony. let's get another quick check on the weather for the week ahead with michelle grossman. hi again, michelle. >> hi there, frances. we're watching the storm today. also watching really cold air from the northern plains, central plains into the southern plains. waking up this morning to below-zero temperatures. the wind chills are going to be rough today as well. we're looking at lower elevation rain, some higher elevation snow in the pacific northwest. also light snow into the rockies. as we look towards wednesday, we are looking at well-below-average temperatures throughout the midwest, ohio valley into the northeast and new england. the lake-effect snow machine still churning on central

plains, cold, too, in the northeast, mid atlantic, portions of the ohio valley. that will set the stage for some snow and a lot of it in some spots. all right, that's your monday forecast. >> okay, thanks so much, michelle. it was touted as a clash of juggernauts. but one team, just one, emerged as the true king of the nfc north. >> got an opening. the acceleration! jahmyr gibbs, touchdown detroit! >> the detroit lions locked up the division and the top seed in the conference for the first time in their history on the season finale of sunday night football. jahmyr gibbs pillaged the defense of the minnesota vikings with four total touchdowns, while detroit kept their rival out of the end zone and on the road for the playoffs.

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investigation found jetblue operated four chronically delayed flights on the east coast, arriving more than 30 minutes late more than half the time, for at least five straight months. the fine, in part, will go towards compensating jetblue passengers already impacted and those who see flight cancellations and lengthy delays in the year to come. >> it's a stress and inconvenience. it should be compensated, definitely. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg says the action puts the entire airline industry on notice as investigations into other companies for the same issue take off. all of this, part of the biden administration's broader crackdown on airlines amid record travel. but jetblue says half of the blame lies with the u.s. government. urging the incoming administration to prioritize modernizing outdated atc technology and addressing chronic air traffic controller staffing shortages. >> we definitely know there are pain points, but there is no

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just babies. kate snow has the inspiring story. >> so today is your birthday. >> reporter: it was a birthday celebration unlike any other. >> that's your mother, and that's your father. they're the foundation to your whole life. >> reporter: powerful words from the doctor who just delivered baby baker. some of the first words he would hear. >> i need you to know that you're the link in an unbroken chain that goes all the way back to your forefathers. >> reporter: his parents taking in the precious moment and singing. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: dr. richard bridgewater, an obgyn in florida makes a habit of giving affirmations. >> this is the lady who gave you everything. you are 100% blessing. you are prayed over, and you're precious. >> reporter: why do you do this? >> i look at my life, and i have been so blessed. i had the affirmation of a good mother and father who always told me my value.

always told me that i could. >> reporter: an empowering message he's paid forward to every baby he's brought into the world. >> i've delivered about 5,000 babies. >> reporter: wait, 5,000 babies? have you made videos 5,000 times? >> as long as, once the technology became available, yes, i've been doing videos. >> reporter: every affirmation is slightly different, but all have different unifying themes. >> i love holding them and saying, this is you. the world will never be the same now that you're here. and i honestly believe everyone can change the world. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: the result, a timeless treasure. >> when jianna is 16 years old we can pull the video up and show it to him. >> reporter: as you're speaking, i can see that you're feeling things what. >> are you feeling?

>> i felt blessed, heard, important to him. >> we deliver roughly 4 million babies a year in this country. if the majority of them heard good words when they were born, i think the world would be different. i honestly believe so. >> making an already-emotional beautiful moment even more so. our thanks to kate snow for sharing that inspiring moment. >> reporter: it it is a bitter sweet week here. we are saying good-bye to hoda kotb and looking back at special moments from "today". she literally is the light in this building. thanks so much for starting yo

right now at five, a peaceful transfer of power. congress is just hours away from certifying the election results. the heightened security in place