tune in tuesday night right here for nbc's coverage of the president's state of the union address. if it's sunday, it's "meet the address. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good monday morning. right now on "first look," mall shooting. new details over a deadly shooting spree at a popular mall. grammy whammy. a huge night with incredible acts, memorable moments and a chance to psy i do. gas explosion. it erupts in flames amid frigid temperatures. plus, the cold going from cold to worse. a new nate mayor to cruise ship passengers. and a marathon where eating kris pi creams is part of the marathon. a shotgun, that's what

officials say a mall shooter brought with him. darian aguilar entered near the skateboard shop and then went downstairs to a food court. he returned less than an hour later, dumped his backpack in a dressing room and started shooting. shoppers fled in panic or barricaded themselves inside a mall. those victims are identified as 21-year-old brianna ben lolo and 21-year-old tyler johnson. >> right now we don't have any type of known relationship between the shooter and our victims. not saying there's not one, we just haven't uncovered one. that's what our investigators are working very, very hard at trying to recover. they found a journal at his home which say expressed general

unhappiness but left no real clues as to the motive. the mall is expected to reopen this afternoon. brutal and record blasting temperatures are slamming parts of the country for the next two days or so they'll range from the teens to below zero. wind chills even worse. minneapolis, 43 below. minus 23 in milwaukee and chicago's public schools are closed today. hundreds of flights already canceled. that brings us to wendy wolfo who is live for us in chicago at the navy pier. >> hey, veronica. this is the fourth arctic blast of the season and it's supposed to be the coldest one yet. this part of the country hasn't thawed from the first round with the polar vortex and now we're bracing for yet another. as you mentioned, the public schools are canceled here in chicago and surrounding suburbs. public transportation schedules as well as train schedules are

modified because it's just too dangerous to stay outside for long periods of time in these conditions. there is also a propane shortage across the midwest so many people are looking for heating alternatives. this relentless weather pattern is really starting to wear on people in this part of the country and it's only january. the temperatures are falling here in chicago and the temperatures are supposed to remain below zero for the next two and a half days. meantime, the wintery mix is supposed to reach the deep south part of this country by tomorrow. brutal even for winter's standards. live in chicago, i'm wendy woolfolk, back to you. nbc's bill karins on this deep freeze? >> wendy looks way too good and way too comfortable. >> she looks good. >> must have jumped out of a warm truck or something. >> i was going to say that. >> they are canceling school in the midwest because the winds are nasty. all of that is headed to the deep south. that's the big story.

minneapolis to green bay, this has been a brutal winter. top five all time cold winters. minus 45 in international falls. all of that cold air is heading into kansas city, indianapolis. soon into pittsburgh. i circled the area in the deep south from houston to new orleans to atlanta to areas around south carolina because you have a winter storm heading your way. winter storm watches from houston to the outer banks. already winter storm warnings for myrtle beach where they could get three inches of snow. wilmington could get three inches of snow. somewhere out in eastern north carolina including the outer banks could end up with six inches of snow. that's a big deal for that area of the country. as far as our snow maps go, my computer is telling me 1 to 3 inches as far south as mobile, alabama, through southern georgia. that does not head up into the northeast or mid-atlantic. it's a on event. it's in and out before we get to wednesday. this has been a rough stretch.

this is going down as one of the coldest januarys we've seen. >> we're really getting it this year. >> just the opposite of the west coast who has record highs. >> 83 degrees. a natural gas pipeline in canada that exploded saturday is expected to be operating at full capacity this afternoon. the blast sent flames hundreds of feet into the air. evacuated residents said they could feel the heat from the blaze. >> it was like being at a barbecue, at a bonfire, but the wind was as hot as that. >> no injuries reported but more than 5,000 customers lost their gas supply because of the explosion. well, the family of a brain dead pregnant woman in texas is preparing for her funeral. the court battle over keeping her on life support for the sake of her unborn fetus ended sunday. john peter smith hospital in fort worth obeyed a judge's order to stop life sustaining treatment. they issued a statement saying

the munoz and machado families will now precede with the somber task of laying marlise's body to rest and grieving with the loss suffered. music's biggest stars got together for 56th annual grammy awards. macklemore and ryan lewis helped marry 33 couples. ringo and paul got together for a song. that is a tiny part of the almost four hour long show. nbc's rafael seth has details. >> random access memories. >> daf punk got lucky. >> generosity. they're generous of spirit. >> the helmeted men who don't speak in public performed with stevie wonder and then claimed record of the year. >> the robots would like to

thank -- you know, honestly, i bet france is really proud of these guys right now. >> royals. >> song of the year went to new zealand teen lorde. >> this is the one thing that i did not expect the most about tonight. >> hip-hop duo mcle more and ryan lewis scored four grammys including best rap artist and new album. >> i want to thank our fans, the people that got us on the stage. >> they got on the stage again to perform their gay rights song gay love joined by queen latifah and several couples for an emotional in show wedding. >> that was one of many memorable performances. jay z and beyonce opened the show with drunken love and paul mccartney and ringo starr shared the stage for the 50th anniversary of the legendary group's arrival in america. rafael seth, nbc news.

now to sports. in a bitter sweet return for kevin garnett and paul pierce back to boston. check this out. check out the taunting. check it out. check it out. check it out. that same focus as paul pierce nails this jumper. gave the nets the lead 78-70. garnett steals the ball from rondo and he takes it to the hole. the nets get their fifth straight win 85-79 in boston. college hoops, arizona remains unbeaten. it was not easy. utah kept it close. 31-26. the wildcats pulled away in the second half to get a school record 20th win. 65-56. what's been shaping up as a snow bowl, head coaches pete carroll and john fox are concerned that the practices for the super bowl might be held indoors. why? check this out.

the frozen fields. the real test is going to be how well will they play on thursday. a wind chill of 7, the rangers took on the devils in a high scoring battle that was delayed by an hour because of, get this, too much sun. too much sun. early in the game tied 1-1. jaromir jagr sets up . a terrifying crash. he was sent to the hospital and broke his back. they're awake and communicating. a quicker way to shop maybe. check out this bike racing event in prague which happens in a shopping mall complete with high flying flips. racers speed down escalators and over ramps with onlookers within

reach. brave souls. what's making over 600 passengers and crews so sick at sea? plus edward snowden on assassination fears. mount etna's lava flows in all of its glory. released doves become a predator's prey. we'll have details next.

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good morning and welcome back. now for your first look at business we turn to cnbc's bertha coombs. >> good morning, veronica. sam's club division is laying off 2300 workers. as for the markets, u.s. stock futures are pointing to a lower open right now after last week's declines. earnings season continues with about a quarter of the s&p 500 companies reporting this week. all eyes on the mid week when they could announce further cutting of its bond buying program. meantime, another possible data breach, this time at michael's craft stores.

the biggest arts and crafts retailer in the u.s. no word yet on how many customers' data might have been stolen, but payment card info is at risk. this is one of these things these days we're going to hear a lot about. >> people are not happy about that. thanks, berth that. some stories making thus this morning. a cruise ship will be returning to port early after more than 300 people fell ill from a possible neural virus. passengers and crew members on board roy caribbean's "explorer of the sea exquisite" prompted the ship ton sanitized before returning to new jersey. the cdc says the cause is unknown. the u.s. military carried out a missile strike in somalia on sunday against a suspected military leader with ties to the al qaeda. in an interview with a network nsa leaker edward snowden said there are, quote, significant threats to his life and they would love to see him

assassinat assassinated. leading the news, the ukrainian justice building was stormed on sunday adding another government building to the list of those occupied. italy's mount etna erupts. it erupted with smoke and spectacular lava streams. the eruption temporarily closed a local airport. check this out, more than 500 hungry runners took part in the krispy kreme donut dash. participants had to run the race while eating a dozen donuts in an hour or less. all for a good cause, of course. all for a children's charity. a jam packed scrambled politics, monica lewinsky, john mccain sen sured and john mccain secured. lls a little white lie now and then.

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women and how it could impact hillary's run in 2016. >> someone who takes advantage of a young girl in their office and then they have the gal to stand up and say republicans are having a war on women. it's a factor. it's not hillary's fault but it is a factor in judging bill clinton in history. >> quickly coming to hillary's defense, illinois democratic senator dick durbin. >> the issues that were raised by my colleague, senator paul, have been litigated in the public square for over a decade. for goodness's sakes, let's judge hillary clinton based on her talents and her vision for america should she choose to run for president. a record number of people say they deserve representation 46%. only 17% say most members of congress deserve to be re-elected. senator john mccain censured. they're calling his voting record insufficiently conservative. the resolution saying mccain has

campaigned as a conservative but has lent his support to issues associated with things like immigration reform. looking ahead to president obama's state of the union address tomorrow, the white house says three words will sum it up. opportunity, action, and optimism. but for the first time before a state of the union address, more americans disapprove of the president than approve. 50 to 46 according to a new abc/washington post poll. it's even worse in congress. 27% say they have confidence in democrats. just 19% in republicans. and "saturday night live" not holding back when it comes to poking some fun at the tea party. >> utah senator mike lee will deliver the tea party response to president obama's state of the union address next week. it's expected to be the exact same text of obama's speech but delivered in this voice. >> and that's going to do it for

your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me from washington, washington post reporter david nakamura. always good to see you. good morning. >> hi, veronica. >> let's start with the state of the union tomorrow night. the washington post has been breaking down the president's talking points i've been reading. i know you've written a little bit about it. what can we expect to hear? >> overall, you showed the poll that shows president obama's approval ratings down. he's going to talk about this year of action. that means getting away from last year where he didn't get much done. he's going to try to talk a lot more about what he's going to do in taking executive actions. in terms of bigger picture pieces, the president won't say he won't deal with congress at all. he'll push for immigration reform, he'll push for solving the question of inequality, income inequality and talk about pushing for a raise of the minimum wage which is a big white house agenda. he'll talk about climate change

where the president will do more without congress's approval in terms of executive actions. what they're trying to get across is last year was last year. this year there's a lot more to do before the election cycle. the white house won't wait for congress if congress is not going to act. >> meantime, the gop has prepared not one, david, but three different responses to the president's speech. what do you make of this? i mean, what does that say about how divided the party is? >> this is something the party has clearly been wrestling with. the gop spent a lot of time after the 2012 election saying what did we do wrong? we have to broaden our reach. we have to find our way. this explains all the problems they're facing. you have kathy mcmorris rogers doing the official response but then you have mike lee giving the tea party response. rand paul will shoot his own response to his e-mail list and twitter. as republicans such as rand paul started looking towards the white house race in 2016,

they'll be angling to do their own thing. this is a problem for john boehner. he's signaled he wants to move on areas like immigration but bringing along the rest of the party will be difficult for him. david knack a meuer ra with the washington post. stick around, my friend. don't go anywhere. david and bill will be together with first buzz including a grammy night with racy and revealing moments. that's coming up next. good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ]

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i'm not too concerned with the election anymore. after all, we can't keep living in the past. >> can't keep living in the past. this coming from the guy who got

videotaped last week doing the gang number style dance. ♪ oh, sexy lady >> oppen gangnum style. it is time now for first buzz. we're going to go back out to washington and check in with david nakamura to see what he's watching this morning. what have you got this morning? >> high, veronica. this story will make you shake your head. the pope was talking about peace efforts in ukraine. as a gesture for peace he released some doves for children. >> it's the devil's work. >> no sooner than they were released they were attacked by sea gulls. it was traumatizing for the kids. >> that crow was mean. >> there's not much you can say other than look at these pictures. one of the birds made it out. >> at least one. >> not clear what happened to the other one. maybe they should do some see

gu sea gull removal. >> bad day for peace. >> bill, what have you got? >> the grammy's, the thing that opened the show and the thing that closed the show were the two most talked about. beyonce, she's had quite a month with a new release of all of her hits, 15 in a row. she opened up the show singing with her husband "dplung love." they're calling it the performance of the night but they're also calling it the cheeky -- >> she really is walking the line with this one. i was shocked. think about it, she is a role model. >> she's beautiful. >> no one's arguing that, but for opening the show, was it a little too revealing for the beginning of the night? >> yeah. like i was saying, a new parent, you don't want your kids watching something like that, you know. >> yeah. >> but, you know, we're talking about it and that's exactly what she wanted. the other thing a lot of people are talking about is pharrell. he was wearing this hat. it was super tall and now it has

its own twitter page. that. pharrell's hat almost 14,000 followers, can you believe it? >> people will buy it, too, i bet? do you like it or hate it? >> i think hate it. sorry, pharrell. i'm veronica de la cruz. and the grammy goes to -- random access member ross daft punk. >> psyche. she goes from the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat all on camera. we have the real winners. then senator rand paul doubles down on feelings that hillary clinton bears responsibility for her husband's wandering eye. are they jumping on board. and sochi security. vladimir putin tries to enhance a ring of steel around the

games. this is "way too early." hey there, everybody. hope you had a great weekend. good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, january 27th. welcome to "way too early." the show where tailor swift's disappointment gets higher billing than the cruise ship. we start off with the grammys. daft punk took home album of the year, record of the year, and best pop performance. they also got best helmet award of the night. some of the other big winners, lorde won for best performance. macklemore and ryan lewis came away as winners. we have this mass on stage wedding that took place. we turn now to the news for you this monday morning. senator rand pas