nor'easter. just how bad is it going to get? and chris christie's new interview. is the governor's garden state scandal growing every time he talks about it. super bowl is setting new records and how vegas scored millions in lost bets. the house always wins, baby. this is "way too early." hey, hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas rob berlts. it is tuesday, february the 4th. welcome to "way too early," the show where my microphone is always on no matter what the weather conditions. and this song is a little inclination about what we're talking about. don't want to give it all away. we'll talk about it later. we want to start with this latest round of nasty weather to hit the country. it left two people dead. there was a state of emergency in new jersey one day after nearly 50 degree temperatures

for the super bowl. airline travel should go much smoother today than yesterday. more than 6,000 flights were delayed or canceled because of the storm. arizona governor jan brewer were among those affected by the travel problems. want to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins to explain this. >> my back still hurts from shoveling snow. >> your back is snow? >> heavy, wet snow. i need a snow blower. a big bad boy. >> we'll get you advil. we have to get you back in, working condition because this weekend we need you. >> yeah. hopefully not this week end be. no matter what, we have this big storm coming in the next two days moving across the country. already start to go blossom here throughout oklahoma and kansas. the white on the map is the snow. this is going to have ice with it, too. watch out oklahoma into northern arkansas, southern missouri with ice today and a lot of freezing rain. as far as how many people, there's like 118 million people that will be affected by this storm. the pink shows you winter storm warnings. the white shows you winter weather advisories. we're going all the way from the

rockies to new england. if you draw a line pretty much from kansas city to boston, that's where the quarter of the heaviest snow will be. that's where i painted the white on the map. that's where the snowstorm is likely. south of that is the icy weather. watch out, unlike the last storm, philadelphia to new york city ice will be a problem. snow totals, highest can be somewhere up there in the cat skills maybe even getting up there to a foot and a half. cities, kansas city, des moines, indianapolis. that's enough to plow and shovel. detroit, oklahoma city watch for ice. early forecast totals for new england, this is a special from albany to boston. that looks like the highest totals. a little less new york city to philadelphia. snow and then ice. >> all right. just when we got rid of it, too. those temperatures over the weekend. >> we could have one coming up this weekend. >> bill, we'll talk to you soon. new jersey governor chris christie is speaking publicly.

he denied having any knowledge. he said he only learned that there was an issue with the bridge after reading a wall street journal article. he was unequivocal in denying he had any involvement. >> i have a responsibility for 8.9 million people and i'll be damned if i'm going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. i took an oath a couple weeks ago. i had nothing to do with this. no knowledge. no authorization. no planning. nothing to do with this before this decision was made to close these lanes by the port authority. secondly, though i am disappointed by what happened here, i am determined to fix it. i've told people all the time in this job, i can't promise you that we're going to be perfect but what i can promise you is we're going to do our best and when there are mistakes, that we're going to do our best to fix them, and that's what we're in the process of doing. >> now the documents from the

legislature's probe began to come in on monday but bridgette anne kelly's attorney says she won't be offering up any paperwork. she invoked the fifth amendment right. she famously wrote time for some traffic problems in fort lee. there is some political news for the governor. after being snubbed last year, he will speak at cpac this year. the political cost is growing for christie when it can comes to looking ahead at 2016. he trails hillary clinton in a head-to-head match up 55 to 39. last year he led 48 to 46. and the for the gop field at large christie was the main man to beat in november leading by 11 points. when the poll added mike huckabee this time around that looks a lot different with christie falling to the middle.

after having one of the best years, wall street is struggling to find traction in 2014. yesterday the slide continued as the dow fell by more than 300 points. so far it's been the dow's worst year -- worst start to a year since 2011 and that year losing 1.2 trillion since january the 1st. cnbc's jeff cutmore is live in london. explain why we're seeing such a dramatic contraction. >> this is a real head scratcher for the mom and pop investor who's just going back into the markets after the strong year that we had in 2013. the problem is, we had a very weak u.s. manufacturing number for january. in fact, it was the biggest decline in the new order for 33 years. what that all boils down to is markets are nervous anyway over a selloff we've seen in the emerging market space. now it appears that there is some stuttering in growth in the u.s. economy. that's got these man on the

street investors really quite nervous here. what do you do at this point? a lot of the professionals are saying keep your eye open for a correction here, but they believe the growth is real in the u.s. economy at this stage and they say the weaker manufacturing number could just be weather related here. so don't rush out and sell off on just one data point. hold yours for a bit and watch these markets because it does appear after we saw that stronger gdp number for the u.s. economy that there is real growth happening right now after, what, five years off from the global financial crisis. so the professionals saying hold your nerve and keep your eye on these markets. we've opened a little weaker in europe but we'll have to see if the u.s. traders can basically stabilize the ship. as you put it, thomas, a very weak start to the equity markets for january and that's rolled over into the early february session. back to you. >> okay. we'll keep our eyes open for a

mild bounce on this tuesday. jeff, thank you, sir. philip seymour hoffman's autopsy results could come today but the actor's death is exposing the ugly underbelly of the fight against heroin in the united states. more than 70 bags were found at the apartment, 49 of them full. also on hand a powder believed to be cocaine and a number of prescription pills including an addiction treatment drug. health officials warn that heroin's popularity is growing doubling over the last five years. last summer "glee" star cory monteith overdosed pushing it back into the spotlight. you're asking why the resurgence? it's inexpensive. the crackdown has sent many looking for alternatives. unlike prescription drugs, heroin is far from regulated. it's often cut with unknown substances. investigators found baggies marked with ace of spades and ace of hearts. common street brands of drugs are known as these ace types. police are looking at whether

the heroin was tainted. former second lady joan mondale has passed away. described as a traditional political wife, she was known as joan of art. former vice president walter mondale served under jimmy carter from 1977 to 1981. yesterday he released a statement about his wife's passing saying, quote, he is grateful for the expressions of love we received. joan was greatly bofd by many. we will miss her dearly. joan also advocated for equal pay between men and wimp. she is survived by her husband and two sons. joan mondale was 83 years old. for hillary clinton, any chance she'll be hearing the phrase madam president in the near future may rest on one word, inevitability. it's that very idea that could prevent her from returning to the white house. according to buzz feed, several democrats believe his ri is repeating the same mistakes from six years ago. the president's chief campaign

pollster just says i don't see any strategic value in stories positioning her as inevitable or the preemptive nominee. i don't think people out there talking about this help her. i think she should make that clear. his national press secretary for the 2012 campaign added activists and candidates like to see everybody fighting. if they see they're not it could have unforeseen consequences. people are concerned about clinton's potential campaign saying, quote, she doesn't have a compelling rationale for his candidacy. meanwhile, maryland's governor, martin o'malley, has been open about his political aspirations. when it comes to lying, americans are a for giving bunch, a really for giving bunch especially when it comes to former president bill clinton. 43% of bill clinton's supporters said they'd be willing to pardon

his transgressions. we all have been forced to bend the truth at one point or another in our life. we want to know from you, your most forgivable lie. tweet us your best answer using #waytooearly. wisconsin the latest battleground state in the fight for marriage equality. four same-sex couples have filed a suit. they want to eliminate a marriage evasion law that makes it a crime to leave wisconsin to get married. scott walker and other state officials are named as defendants. wisconsin's republican attorney general is promising to fight this lawsuit. the aclu filed a challenge on behalf of the couples. >> we only want what every married couple wants, to express their lover, commitment in front of friends and family and the security and dignity that marriage provides. >> 17 states in washington, d.c., currently provide marriage equality. homer simpson, he never met

a sweet snack that he didn't like. >> the land of chocolate. >> if you identify with homer like i do, there's a new study out that has troubling information. too much sugar can kill you. they found the chance for heart disease increases dramatically when the amount of sugar exceeds 15% of the total calories. having 1 soda a day can have a 33% increase in heart disease. they suggest picking items that are naturally sweet when you have a craving. cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of men and women in the united states. still ahead on "way too early," it was one of the most

lopsided super bowl wins in history, but that did not stop any of you from tuning into the game. the surprising numbers from nielsen. and then one of the most surprising commercials, bob dylan pitching for chrysler. conan has something on it. a look ahead to a weekend nor'easter. say it isn't so when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ ♪ >> ms. hearst was dragged away last night after two black men beat up her fiance and a neighbor who tried to help. she was dragged out to the street by the men who were armed with rifles. the fiance said from his hospital the abductors acted like commandos. when you only have one hand,

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>> everybody. my mother switched over to downton abby. that makes it the most watched television show in american history. the broncos/seahawks match-up barely edged out the giants/pats by 2,000 viewers. the world champs returned home after a couple of weather-related snafus. seattle will host a celebration parade on wednesday. now to the real action. nevada casinos report taking in nearly 120 million super bowl bets. >> that's why so many people watched the game. >> yeah, the bets. >> the betting public generally liked the broncos, meaning the seahawks blowout was a boom for the house. they reported making $20 million in profit on the game. that's an unprecedented number. keep in mind. these are just the bets made on the books. so the side bets, all that stuff, some speculate illegal gamblers may have wagered ten times that amount. the good news was not as good

for one furniture owner in houston. his promotion promised to give away free furniture for anybody who spent more than 6 grand during super bowl week if seattle won. it cost mattress mack 7 million bucks. he's on his back. too much. randy and it is -- yes. >> look at that. denver's randy force sinks a deep three at the buzzer for the win, 116-115. that's your final. kings hosting the bulls. see what happens when derek williams gets out in the open. >> here's a steal. you are the not so plays of a

week. >> williams trying show off with an alley-oop. >> they were winning by 30. >> the win is 99-70. let's get back to bill for a look ahead at this part three of winter and the fact -- >> this is two. no, sorry -- >> it says three in my prompter. everything in that word box is right. >> no, you were right. three is upcoming this weekend. >> yeah, three. we're going to break out that rodent. >> yeah, phil may have gotten crushed by the snow plows yesterday. >> we're getting somebody in here. >> sunday into monday, this is kind of the depiction of it. the good trend overnight is for the storm to be a little further off the coast. the last seven days all of our long range has been saying a possibility of this nor'easter. last night was the first time the trend has bins been a little further off the coast. still with snow, but not a high impact event. that would be more the monday time frame. let's hope this trend continues and that we push this out to sea. the potential is still there.

again, we're still four days away. our european commuter model over the next ten days shows the snow from today's storm. it adds the potential up to 12 to 24 inches in central new england. that would be the combination of both storms. we'll wait and see if it all comes true. you notice d.c. south wards, nada. >> bill, thank you. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," governor christie facing down the latest accusations against him in a radio interview. what does he have to say and his strategy moving forward. when we come back here, you probably saw the red hot chili peppers during the super bowl halftime show, but did you really hear them? that's coming up next in the cooler. ♪ ♪ hurt you. what if you didn't know that posting your travel plans online may attract burglars? [woman] off to hawaii! what if you didn't know that as the price of gold rises, so should the coverage on your jewelry?

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at the top of the show we talked about the nasty storms hitting the north eats and the south. if you want to sound smart, say the polar vortex cost the u.s. economy $5 billion. it doesn't end there. it is estimated that 60 million households across the country will see their heating bills jump 50% this winter costing $4.5 billion. that's a lot of cash. let's head over to lewis. he's at the cooler. >> bruno mars was universally praised for his super bowl halftime performance. his special guest wasn't so lucky. the website fan side pointed out

the red hot chili peppers looked to be performing without plugging in their guitars. while they often use wireless guitars were absent on sunday. some were speculating that the band may have concerned that the cold weather could have affected the tuning of the instruments. the band has yet to respond. >> it did not affected the shirtless dancing of the 50-year-old. >> or the mobility of the staged performance. you can give the chili peppers a break. they were cool in the '90s, they were still cool today. it may have been the most memorable super bowl ad but it's creating a lot of buzz online. >> when esurance told me they purchased the first ad after the game they saved $1.5 million. sings they like passing on their savings, that's what they're going to do now, with this, what? yeah, tweet esurancesave30 they'll give all of this to you. >> looks like my coffee table.

>> the contest generated more than 2 million entries in the first 24 hours after the commercial aired. #esurancesave30 continues to be one of the top trending topics in the united states at this hour. >> wow. hopefully john cashed in on that. hopefully his price went up. >> sticking with the super bowl commercial theen. conan got his hands on an alternate version. bob dylan chrysler ad. >> is there anything more american than america? because you can't even hold it, so let germany brew your beer, let switzerland make your watch, let asia assemble your phone, let france make your water, let denmark make your cheese, let i india answer your tech support. >> let chile catch your sea bass, let mexico make your pin

yacht tas, let costa rica sew your cargo shorts, like yemen manufacture your chia pets. we will build your car. at least the parts that aren't built in canada or mexico. >> i just got a chia pet actually. i shouldn't admit that on air. finally, let's go over to russia where dash cam videos provide us with an unlimited wealth of entertainment. apparently this is how to parallel park. it's difficult to find a parking spot in russia. the driver manages to cross three lanes there, do a 180 and wind up perfectly parallel parked. >> no way. >> not bad. >> yeah, completely wrong direction. but, still, that was pretty incredible. but also kind of -- >> should we recreate that?

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so earlier in the show we asked you about your most forgivable lie. who's lying to us? >> well, lucy said the answer to any question that includes the inquiry does this make me look fat, that's the worst lie. >> worst. set up for failure. >> then kevin said that mowing the lawn would be fun. my parents tricked me at 12 to want to do that chore. and then this is a good one. i think some people in our office might do this. dave said a slice of pie with your name on it in the fridge, i have no idea what happened to that. i swear it. >> another one from john about food telling his mom when he was 7 years old of course i ate all my beats and used the red stain

to draw a picture. >> i think i'm one of the people who thinks beets tastes like dirt. >> "morning joe" starts right now. tweetable in a moment. "morning joe" starts right now. >> explosive new allegations of the bridgegate scandal. david wildstein says christie knew about the lane closures as they were happening. >> oh, pulp just got real! >> i can't wait to see the media tear into this one. >> we must wait and see for the emphasis to come out. >> we are waiting on the evidence. >> right now, no smoking gun and no evidence. >> everybody needs to take a breath and let the fact come out. >> it's very much wait and see. >> we are all in wait and see mode. >> we have to wait and see what the proof is. >> who are you people? the swift impatient justice and the court of public opinion?