and a very happy up in year from us here at msnbc. right now on "first look," the world rings in 2014 with style. ♪ ♪ times square, the crossroads of the world, we'll take you to celebrations around the world. a health scare for first lady barbara bush, who has been hospitaliz hospitalized. plus the mighty brave take the new year plunge into freezing

seais and a whale of a head to football fans everywhere. >> from massive fireworks displays to solemn ceremonies, people ringing in this new year in a variety of traditions and ela elaborate ways that did not disappoint. >> reporter: midnight in new zealand brought fireworks over auckland. over a million people celebrated with pieks over the city's opera house. it was temple bells in japan, ringing eight times, a solid tradition in the new year. 2014 was welcomed in with a bang

by the chinese from the great wall to shanghai. and if that wasn't spectacular enough, dubai's new year's celebration was one for the record's book. literally. the world's tallest building at an attempt for the world's largest display. at the same time, moscow rang in the new year in red square. if paris, tens of thousands celebrated at the eiffel tower while in london big ben rang out the old and rang in the new. and in new york city millions in times square celebrating the famed ball drop and the coming new year. stephanie stanton, nbc news. >> former first lady barbara bush is in stable condition at a houston hospital for possibly a

pneumonia. she was hospitalized also in 2008 after suffering a perforated ulcer. >> late last night, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. gave the obama administration until friday to respond. >> and monday's derailment of a mile-long train carrying crude oil sent fire balls and huge

plumes of smoke into the air. it burned so hot, the mayor did not even try to put out the flames. the mayor wants the government to make oil transportation safer. the ntsb is on the scene but has yet to evaluate the wreckage. >> russian president vladimir putin has called for a crackdown after two bombings and as the olympics approach. we report from russia. >> reporter: by the thousands russian police swept through volgograd's shops last night hunting for those connected to the bombings that killed 34 money vladimir putin backed the show of force with a strong

warning. >> translator: we will confidently, consistently continue the fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation." a 26-year-old russian, russian and foreign media reports say his parents posted this message to his son after he left six months ago. "come home," his mother pleaded. we see how many people die because of people like you. "don't harm people," said his father, no what their religion. but in a video of his own, pavel told his parents he had made his choice. "it is not easy to go this way, the way of jihad," he said, "but jesus makes us strong."

>> officials in utah have identified an illness that has killed more than two dozen bald eagles. >> the bald eagle is just what america stands for. >> reporter: tests show the eagles are suffering from west nile virus. it's believed they contracted it by eating waterfowl found on the great lake. >> there's not much we can do. we'll have to let the disease run its course. >> reporter: with no risk to human, officials believe the species will show no long-term

effects from the virus. for schulte and connor, relief. this iconic bird is again a symbol of hope and strength. >> all right, sports now. it was football that johnny football dreamed about pop johnny manziel was down by 21 at the half nen he -- and then he poured it on and they edge out duke in a come barks the highest scoring in the bowl's history. when asked if this game was a near career ender, he said "i don't know." and bret sundly had four

touchdowns. ucla crushes virginia tech 42-12. the after care b-100 bowl had a similar score, 42-19. arizona routs boston college in the battle of the nation's top running backs. cadim carey won that one. rice falls to mississippi state. mississippi state's quarterback dominated with five touchdowns, three passing and two running. so it looks like penn state coach bill o'brien will be the texans' new coach. multiple reports say it's a deal for the former patriots assistant coach. >> rory mcilroy and caroli inii wozniacki are engaged.

>> and working in television can be tough work. a field goal kick bounced off the uprights. he caught that ball with his left hand, as you see there, and still was able to get the ref's call smoothly on camera. well done. >> and 8-year-old jarvis's wish came true, becoming the youngest member of the team. even got to join them in practice. he was right in there, blowing the whistle, calling plays. who wouldn't want to be an nba player for a day. >> that's pretty cool. >> want to talk weather, cold stuff? >> let's talk snow. how much shoveling will you be doing? let's start with temperatures. they're plenty cold enough for snow. they were bitter cold in the northern plains. look at the wind chill volumes.

much of the storm is going to be all snow. already snow in the ohio valley, portions of iowa. this is kind of like the warmup act, the appetizer to the bigger storm coming in laert tonight and then during the day on thursday. here's my latest snowfall map and snowfall totals. i have upped the totals of area of eastern new england, now you have getting probably a solid foot of snow. this is going to be a light, fluffy snow, probably easy to shovel. new york city, tough forecast, right on the edge of the snow to your north, northeast. chicago totals over two, three days, 5 to 7 inches and much of the ohio valley 3 to 6 inches. thursday and friday night are the worst of it in new england, even talking about blizzard

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some stories making news on this new year's day for you. you're looking at st. peter's basilica where the hope will say mass. >> and a woman was crushed beneath a draw bridge. the woman was in a blind spot where the woman could not see her leading to that accident. >> and vitamin e may slow

progression of mild to moderate alzheimer's. doctors were quick to point out this is not a cure but the new results are exciting. >> some behave souls in maine raising money by participating in a 5 k/polar plunge. >> and president obama treated his to an icy treat. the s&p ending the year posting its largest gains in 16 years while the dow handed investors their biggest returns in 18 years. target starts the new year the same way they finished the old one, apologizing, doing damage control because some holiday gift cards were not activated

correctly. >> southwest airlines finished last on the latest monthly list for on-time performance. the data comes from the department of transportation. it's southwest's first time on the bottom of the list. >> netflix will test out a new price package for customers. customers at walgreens who may encounter trouble with their obamacare prescription plans can rest easily. walmart plans to provide prescriptions with no up-front cost through january. >> and people share their love and wishes for fourn. >> it's nice to come to the end of the year, take stock and hope that the next year will be better. ♪ in auld lang sine

>> i'd love world peace or the pinnacle rolex. you know what, screw world peace, just bring me the rolex. >> residents in rhode island not happy with the renovations taylor swift is doing her homes. >> and if you want to make a box office hit, you better cast jennifer lawrence. the actress was named the most bankable actress. according to the ap, bon jovi has the top grossing tour of children raking in $259 million, and beyonce came in second with

just $168 million. >> leonardo decaprio had to learn how to act like he was on quaye lewds. he said "a lot of the research that i did really came from watching this one video on loop, it's on youtube." >> and going to mars, we have the details there. you're watching "first look" on msnbc.

leading the news in the "l.a. times," mars one: 1,058 applicants still in contention to start mars colony. 55% of candidates are male, 45% are female and 63% have a bachelor's degree or higher. and on nbc news.com, kim jong untours his newly built luxury resort. looks like it's built for one. >> just after midnight, bill de blasio took the oath of office as the new mayor of new york city, sworn in by former

president clinton. >> and charles rangel is running for reelection. he said it's going to be a rough one, it's like shooting craps, either you win or lose, you just can't stay even with the first shot. >> and on the republican side, reince priebus says his resolution is to, quote, continue holding the obama administration accountable for obamacare and create steps needed to repeal it. a new pew poll saying 67% of democrats belief in evolution and 43% of republicans believe the same. >> going on vacation is good for the soul and apparently approval ratings to boot. president obama's approval rating increased by 5 points

since the time he's been in hawaii. it was 44% as the year ended. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics" in 2014. lynn, first of all, happy new year to you and thanks for waking up to chat with us on first look. >> happy new year to you. >> as you probably know,supreme court just sonia sotomayoror issuing the stay for groups that provide abortion or sterilization. >> this is just a very temporary order that she did almost just to keep things in place. so until a fuller response from the government comes. so it's just very temporarily

enjoined from the -- >> was it a surprise to you? >> well, no, because usually when you have something kicking in, a judge -- this doesn't signal how the final ruling may go. usually there is a judicial inclination just to maintain the status quo and not require anyone to do anything new. so i don't know how -- what the ultimate ruling would be on this. >> there are also some cases the supreme court could rule on obamacare, similar to what we were talking about. how might these challenges be as we look toward march and june where the supreme court might make some decisions? >> well, i think the court already has decided on the fundamental -- they upheld the ability of the government to have a mandate and for people to

have this penalty. so you just can't -- we can't get very far sometimes in predicting what the judges may do, but i think they had a chance to dismantle the law and they didn't. so i think there could be maybe changes and tweaks but if anyone there thinks that this court is going to dismantle or stop the law, i think that's not the case in these cases. >> lynn sweet from the "chicago sun times," always a pleasure. thanks for joining us on this first day of 2014. have a good one. >> thank you. bye-bye. >> okay. let's do some "first buzz." bill carons is here with us. >> i'm not doing the typical new year's resolution. >> you always take option b. >> let's talk about upcoming movies to look forward to in

2014. >> i want to see more movies in 2014. >> this is going to be a list of the top five listed by fandango. number one, "the hunger games," the second is "the hobbi it." and then three, "x-moun ", "and spider man 2" and "divergent." >> this is the one you and i are looking forward to the most. >> go ahead, what is it? >> never be more needed than it is today.

>> and there it is "godzilla." this needs to be done well. >> the trailer with the longest reveal. this is the "first look" on nbc.

and a very happy new year from us here on msnbc. right now on "first look," the world rings in 2014 with style. times square at the cross roads of the world. we'll take you to celebrations around the globe. a health scare for former first lady barbara bush, who has been hospitalized. another target apology, this time for holiday gift cards not activated. plus the mighty brave take the new year plunge into 42 degree seas. a