it's thursday, january 7th and coming up on "early today," powerball is now a whopping $675 million and growing after n none had all of wednesday's winning numbers. vice president biden reveals a major regret of his career. have you seen this woman? the fbi joins the hunt for the female jewelry thief who has stolen millions. plus more reaction from the white house and round the world on north korea's nuclear test. china's tanking stock market is having a huge impact at home. and inspiring king james to new new heights. "early today" starts right now. and good morning everyone. thanks for being with us. no jackpot winner.

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on fear that the yen may rapidly decrease even more. after hours trading on u.s. markets are down sharply. the dow is down ruffleoughly 1 1/2%. right now another el nino storm burying roadways with flood water and mud. the rain is much needed in the rain panchrched west. >> reporter: in southern california heavy rain turned freeways into waterways. cars and trucks navigated i-5. more than 19illion californias face the threat of severe weather. near san diego a woman had to be rescued from her car while one travelled by paddle board. 911 has been swamped. >> we're inundated. >> reporter: in other

hills have started to erode and threaten homes. >> we worry but we've dubone a lot of preparation. >> reporter: further inland, winds were strong enough to blow back windows and peal back roofs. >> there was a big thump and then we heard moving around. >> reportete in northern california, snow. driversave been warned to be careful and prepared. >> make sure you a full tank of gas, extra blankets, extra food. you never know. >> reporter: all of this weather blamed on el nino. the warm water has whipped up a steady storms from weses to east. forecasters say there may not be a break in the water until friday and another storm system could arrive this weekend. for the first time after dozens of unsuccessful attempts, congress has sent an obama

the president has already made clear he'll veto but is this still a victory for republicans? >> reporter: this is something they've been trying to do for years. dozens of time the house has voted. what made the difference this time is that the senate went along. listen to what house speaker paul ryan had to say about why they're claiming this as a victory. >> reporter: >> we are confronting the president with the hard, honest truth, obama care doesn't work. the people deserve a truly patient centered health care system and ultimately this is going to require a republican president. >> reporter: and that's why ultimately this is a very political issue. there is a certain veto where the president will veto. and it comes back to capital hill where neither the house or senate have enough votes to

so, what is the point a lot of democrats argued and where do we go from here? by the end of the year, republicans have promised to unveil a new health plan but it's unlikely it will get aote before president obama is out of offifi. >> tracie, thank you. thebirther issue is back. ted cruz is defending himself about whether he's actually eligible to run for president. he was born in calgary in canada but his mom was an american citizen, making kroousze cruz one too. trufrm has trump has used the birther argument before. and they call it ironic that gop voters could eventually nominate cruz and senator john mccain has doubts and he was born in a u.s.

>> yeah, i was on a u.s. military base. that's different from being born on foreign soil. so, i think there is a question. i'm not a constitutional scholar on thaha but i t tnk it's worth looking into p. i don't think it's illegitimate to look into it. >> republican rhetoric was a big part of the dinner hosts by harry read. >> you cannot makeur country great by tearing our people down. >> there is one democrat who wishes he were up on that stage, vice president joe biden talking to our nbc affiliate in krk connecticut. >> susu, i regret it every day but it was the right decision for my family and f me and i plan on staying deeply involved. we have two good candidates.

one week from tonight. there are rising doubts about north korea's claim to have detonated a hydrogen bomb. most experts say the explosion felt simply wasn't large enough for it to have been a hydrogen bomb explosion. early estimates it put it as a few kilo tons. compared to this in 1952 which hah 10.4 mega tons of power or about a thousand times more powerful. some are saying that they actually detonated a bomb enhanced with a small amount of hydrogen bomb and could lead it to call it a test of a hydrogen bomb. north korea is the only country to have tested a nuclear bomb since 1988.

a chipotle, you have been served. the owners of the popopar food chain showed that the california grand jury called for a subpoena for information on the virus that infected customers. the investigation is the first related to food born illness at the chain that saw an e.coli outbreakak across 1 1 states last fall and another outbreak in boston college in december. they said they would offer full cooperation. the december sales fell 30% and stock dropped to a two year low. authorities are hunting for a brazen thief who is shocking investigators. the wiemoman has been robbing jewelry stores, mostly at outlet malls, for the past 9 months. she doesn't bother wearing a mask or disguise.

worth $4 million across six stores across georgia, carolina, tennessee, and north carolina. stores throughout the south are on alert armed with a police description and now offering $10,000 for her capture. ll right.t. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. >> the mud flow and debris flow is too much rain too fast and it keeps happening every day. they have a weaker storm saturday and then another one on monday and then on wednesday. the worst of it is over with. we still have heavy down pours. and you get up in the mountains and hills outside of l.a. and you have possibility of thunderstorms this morning. we don't do have anyone in any

the flash flood watches will continue and then they should be discontinued as the storm moves into arizona and colorado. heavy storms expected near the border of new mexico and arizona. and then lighter snow from nebraska tonight into areas of minnesota and even northern wisconsin is going to get a nice little coating of snow. the rest of the forecast, rainy weather all the way down near new orleans back to batten rouge and even around houston. now a closer look at the day ahead. well, much of texas will be clearing out today after rain yesterday and all that rainy weather will be in the northern gulf. further to the north, the cold air is holding on long enough for winter precip. all the east have dealt with the keld cold too.

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