richard sherman. how about that? >> richard sherman's rant after the seahawks beat the 49ers to advance to the super bowl retracted? why the best cornerback in the game is trying to make nicy nice. and jersey's war of words. lieutenant governor firing back allegation that's the state was holding sandy relief funds hostage. will she give that same denial under oath? then what telecom giant wants to offer you a cheap steal? break out those google glasses. this is "way too early." hey there, everybody. good morning. tuesday, january 21st. welcome to "way too early." this is the show where major flight delays means a nice bump in the rating so we'll take it. yeah, as long as you're safe and warm. that's how we want you watching this show. let's get to it. we have a major storm that is rolling up the east coast and anarctic chill which is making its way south from canada.

a lot of the delays and cancellations already on the board. we want to go over to check with bill karins standing by. bill, this is a major impact coming off the holiday weekend for a lot of people thinking they were getting back to work today. >> three day weekend and parents scrambling what to do with kids. some schools are already canceled. early dismissals on the east coast. a lot of people won't have school tomorrow. as far as travel goes right now, the worst of it is in chicago. this lake effect band is right over the top of the city. wind chills minus 18 with heavy snow in chicago. so keep in mind there is what it looks like in chicago right now. it's a cold, cold snow. it's blowing all over the place, too. so you can see everyone's off the roads at this hour 4:30 local time. indianapolis, two inches on the ground. a coating in st. louis. i-70 is snow covered. the storm will get stronger as the day goes on. that's why the highest totals will be found right on i-95. this is a big city special with winter storm warnings from d.c. to richmond all the way up to

boston. blizzard warnings out of cape cod. heaviest snow, 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and tomorrow morning when you try to clean up from this wind chill zero to minus 20, trying to shovel tonight if you can. i know it will be cold. a lot better than early tomorrow morning. again, the highest totals from d.c. right up along the coast. it doesn't go far to the north. central and northern new england not really getting the snowstorm. it is southern new england. the highest totals, cape cod and long island. boston, new york, philly, baltimore, d.c. 6 to 10 widespread. someone will get possibly up to a foot of snow. if i had to pick one city, philadelphia has a better chance of getting higher. >> and is this different than the snow we've seen before? >> this is a light powdery snow. it will be so cold wednesday. >> stay ahead of it if you can. >> all right, thanks so much. we turn to governor chris christie. he is set to be sworn in to a second term today. the tone is different than when he was elected weeks ago. the latest flack, he is accused

of trying to muscle a land deal at the governor's request. dawn zimmer says the second highest officer threatened to cut off sandy funding last may unless she agreed to a new development in hoboken. she pushed back accusing the mayor of misrepresenting their conversation. >> mayor zimmer's version of our conversation in may of 2013 is not only false but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. standing in union beach as we are today with some of the mayors whose towns were devastated by sand y, and also being a sandy victim myself, makes the mayor's allegations

particularly offensive to me. >> when you look at the documents, you look at the letters that i've written, you can see it wasn't illogical at all. it is actually a progression in leading up to something where they wanted to send me a very direct message because they felt like i wasn't getting the message clearly enough so she was sent in. after she said to me that, you know, you have to move ahead with the rockefeller project. i said is any other town being asked to do develop. in exchange for help for the flooding? and her answer was well the shore brings in $8 billion. so she was the one connecting, you know, she very clearly was connecting the develop. with the sandy aid in our conversation. >> okay. so the hoboken mayor claims the city received just a fractionst money it requested in recovery aid. yesterday the state's coordinator for sandy relief announced that of the $100 million requested, $70 million went to hoboken. and another old claim of

intimidation resurfaced against the governor yesterday. olympian sprinter said he was slated to become new jersey's youth fitness ambassador. he claims the governor killed that job when he decided to run for state senate. what followed is a legal battle over his residency in new jersey. a judge ruled in his favor. the attorney general at the time overruled the judge. lewis said christie himself called at one point to dissuade him from running adding, i felt like he was trying to intimidate me, absolutely, but i definitely didn't feel intimidated. everyone is calling governor christie as a bully. i see it more as someone who is insecure. he's governor now and has got the power. at the time the governor's office disputed the claims and beyond the garden state, there appears to be a growing political toll for governor christie. his favorable score has fallen two points in a new pugh poll, his unfavorable rating doubled from this time last year. as far as the george washington

bridge scandal, 32% believe the governor's explanation of what happened, 58% said they did not. hanging in the balance are his presidential ambitions. asked by yahoo if he's better prepared now, he said yeah, i'm readier, if that's a word. he said, i will learn things from this i know i will. i don't know exactly what it is yet but i'll learn from it. when i get the whole story and try to understand what's going on here, i'm going to learn things. for the second straight day, there are new concerns about security for the winter olympics in sochi, russia. nbc news learned authorities are searching for up to four black widow who's may be plotting attacks. wanted posters are posted around sochi for one woman who may be there right now. the 22-year-old was married to an islamic extremist killed by russian forces last year. officials say she may be looking to avenge his death. a warning comes one day after video emerged of two islamic militants promising to carry out attacks. and the pentagon told russia it

would send military planes and ships to help with security preparations. a gathering of world powers looking to put an end to syria's civil war will begin tomorrow. after a last minute controversy put that conference in a lot of doubt. the united nations disinvited iran from the talks after rubble groups threatened to walk away entirely. the u.s. and other western nations had voices of protest. iran is one of the main military and financial supporters of the assad regime. the united states and european nations struggled with how to weaken the syrian government without getting directly involved in that conflict. more than 100,000 syrians have been killed since the fighting began three years ago. and millions are taking refuge in neighboring countries. for now, iran's role in the syrian crisis will have no impact on the nuclear deal with the united states. tehran suspended part of the uranium enrich. program. as a result, the u.s. and other european nations have begun loosening economic sanctions on the country.

both sides are hoping that this short term deal will result in a more permanent solution to iran's nuclear ambitions. in the u.s., four people are dead and at least 18 more injured in two separate explosions in the plains. in omaha, nebraska, witnesses heard a loud bang and then a blast at a feed plant. part of a building collapsed and burst into flames. as family members searched for loved ones, one woman received a text from her fiance. >> john sent me a text saying i love you. i'm trapped. and that was it. i thought he was kidding. he hasn't answered me back. he came back and said let's go. >> three hours later, she learned he was alive but with broken ribs and deflated lung. the omaha company has been fined twice in the past for safety violations. now later in the day, two more people died when a furnace exploded at ed in a facility in oklahoma city. now we move on to business. wall street is prepping for the fed to make the second cut to the stimulus program in six

weeks. this could come as early as next week during ben bernanke's final policy meeting. we're live from our headquarters over there at cnbc. jackie, explain. what can we xpeexpect? >> they could trim the program by $10 billion to about $65 billion when it meets next week. "the wall street journal" reporting that the move comes in the wake of last month's disappointing jobs report. but that hasn't exactly curtailed the fed's belief that the economy will post solid growth this year. now the fed has been buying treasury bonds and mortgages in an effort to kind of drive down interest rates and spur some spending, hiring, and invest. . another story that is really interesting this morning, the global wealth gap continuing to widen. a new report by oxfam finding that the world's 8 arichest people control $1.6 trillion of the world's wealth. that is as much as the poorest half of the population combined. they're concerned this is fueling political instability

and driving up social tensions. the group is calling on attendees at this week's world economic forum in switzerland to tackle the problem of head on by pledging not to dodge taxes or use their wealth for political favors. thomas? >> fill us in on this steal from telecom. what company is trying to get more companies to come over? >> it's verizon. they're the latest one. launching a new version of the share everything plan. $20 cheaper. so it is $60 a month. the plan coming with just 250 megabytes of data which verizon says is aimed at people who don't really need that much data or still sort of using the basic cell phones. verizon letting customers trade in their phones for a new one just 30 days after 30 days instead of every six months. there is a catch. the customers are still on the hook for 50% of the phones retail price. sometimes that can be a lot. >> thanks so much. a good deal for those who read the fine print. there was a special wakeup call in space.

certainly excited back here. those officials with the european space shot operation center broke into cheers as the satellite came back up to speed. it was sleeping for nearly three years. this wakeup call this h. to travel 500 million miles to reach it. the satellite tweeted out, hello world and did in numerous languages. it's expected to orbit a comet this summer. what would you do after a three-year nap? tweet us your answers. we'll use the best answers later on in the show. still ahead, seattle's coversticover controversial cornerback apologizing saying he regrets going off after the game. also special honors under consideration for robo cop in detroit. how motown may honor its fictional hero. "way too early" will be right back. it's hip-hop.

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individual and taking the attention away from the fantastic game by my teammates. that was not my intent. after receiving praise and scorn, he turned to his occasional column to explain his antics and spoke also with espn radio. different tone here. >> i could have word things better and had a better reaction and done things differently. it is what it is now. and people's reactions speak for themselves. >> the extra point may be a thing of the past. mr. roger goodell says they could consider doing away with the point after attempt with only five missed attempts all of last season. he pointed out the extra point is almost automatic. one proposal involves a touchdown being worth seven points with the potential for an extra play from the scrimmage that will yield in a point. big upset in college hoops. unranked crayton at number four villanov villanova. they had a big east record. 21 three pointers shocking the

wild cats with a vuktry, 96-68. to hockey, vancouver canucks head coach john tore he will tn hot water again. his team was involved in a full on brawl with the flames. calgary started the game with the fourth line. something tortorella wasn't too happy about. of course, during the first intermission, look at this attempted to enter the flames locker room to confront their coach in an altercation ensued. for that, the league suspended him for 15 games. how many hockey players can you fit in a hallway there? if you don't know tortorella, this isn't totally surprising. he's had memorable moments with press conferences and confrontations with reporters in the past. >> maybe this could help your power play which struggled in the series. >> i'm not telling you. >> i'm not taking any questions. we sucked from head to toe. and we need to move by it. i'm not going to dissect it with you guys. i know you have to do your job

but i'm not answering any questions. >> i'm not sure if nbc got together with the refs or what to turn this into and overtime game. >> i'm not answering any questions for you. >> you're not? >> good. >> we'll speculate. >> you're as sarcastic as you usually are. go ahead. >> get that through your head? >> i guess so. >> a waste of time. >> then get the. [ beep ] out of here then. >> he's a sweet sound bite machine that man. it's going to be cool running for the two man jamaican bobsled team heading to the olympics. fans donated the dollars to send the team to sochi. >> it's bobsled time. "cool running!" >> coming up on the top of the hour, shocking numbers about the uneven distribution of wealth. then when we come back here, we huddle around the water cooler. jimmy kimmel is comparing nfl

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okay. so at the top of the show we talked about the claims made by the mayor of hoboken against the christie administration which centers around a real estate project. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that

hoboken has seen a 36% price increase. it's up from $557,000 through 2011. decent price there. so enough of the real news. let's get around the water cooler now and detroit. we take you there. it could be good news these days. we have just the story for you. the city is in the process of approving a ten foot monument to robocop. the class sick making its return to the screen next month. ♪ >> time to wake him up. >> make him more tactical. >> let's go with black. >> quality control. em-208 versus tin man.

>> wow. >> we are going to make a lot of money. >> pretty good. nice to see michael keaton, mr. mom back on the big screen. all right. kick start a campaign collected more than $60,000 for the project. the city has yet to decide where that statue would actually stand. it's the video you have to see to believe. a grizzly bear wrapping his whole mouth around the trainer's head. check it out. >> clark? up. good. that's good. up. good. good. >> i hope he had a tic-tac. >> he is a hollywood heavyweight. i is working with stars like brad pitt and morgan freeman. putting your head in there?

i don't know. i'm not going to do it. let's get a couple of the late night shows. we start with stephen colbert. he is learning a lot from the denver broncos and peyton manning. >> omaha! omaha! >> every time he said that yesterday, a group of companies in omaha, nebraska, donated $800 in manning's foundation for at risk youth. he said it 31 times. that's $24,800. folks, it was worth every penny to omaha businesses because according to hotels.com, searches for hotels in nebraska's largest city increased 21% since last sunday's game. folks, that's how i plan all my family's vacations. i had to turn on the tv and i booked tickets for the first city i hear someone shout. and since i watch nothing but

fox news, kids, get ready for spring break in benghazi. >> jimmy kimmel spent time watching football. he sees a lot of similarities it another american passion, reality tv. >> i watched the nfl games yesterday. and then, of course, tonight i watch "the bachelor" with my girls. i realize not so different as far as the shows. both of them have someone who is hungry for attention. okay. both of them have competitors bad mouthing each other. >> i just don't know if she's ready to be a stepmom. she seems like a baby. >> i'm the best one in a game. that's the result you're going to get. >> and on both of them, someone goes home sad at the end. >> this sucks. >> yeah, i didn't play good enough to win. i turned the ball over three

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all right. we asked you what is the first thing you would do if you were able to take a three-year nap. wake up. what do people say? >> dario would need to catch up on the season finale of "breaking bad." >> which is really good. he would have a lot to catch up on. >> exactly. >> and then tamara says make coffee, lots of it. and then here's another one a lot of people said, brush my teeth. that must be so disgusting. >> we got a lot about, you know, bathroom, teeth. >> i can't imagine. >> if you want, we're going to be on the web. if you got up a little late

today, don't worry. and "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> after the game game yesterda russell haythorn was after the stadium in denver after the game. the big news reporters are looking to get people screaming and jumping up and down. not russell. if enthusiasm is infectious it would seem that russell haythorn has discovered a vaccine. >> give us your best broncos. >> broncos, world champs! >> let's go broncos! >> thanks. >> good job. >> i like the face paint there. come on over. how was the game? >> oh, it was great. it was awesome. >> good job. >> back to you in the studio or not. i really don't care. >> good morning. it is tuesday, january 21