here's to mizzou fans and his teammates knowing and never caring. here's to the defying of expectations in a good way. best new thing in the world today. good tuesday morning. olympic challenge cans. today shaun white impose for his third gold in the half pipe. plus live updates from russia. georgia is pulling out all stops to prepare for a storm while ice and snow are headed pr the southeast. hilary's world. one of her best friends chronicled the relationship in great detail. plus a new round of subpoenas in the chris christie investigations. also the field of perfectly primped pooches narrows. and the challenge of man versus nature.

seven gold medals are up for grabs today. and shaun white, the flying tomato, will be looking pr one in the half pipe. he could make history as he becomes the first american man to win the same event at three consecutive olympic winter games. right now canada and the netherlands lead the way with three gold medals. then norway with two gold, seven total. and the u.s. in fourth with two gold, five total. jay gray is live in sochi. the pressure is on shaun white. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. let's focus on shaun white. he pulled out of the slopestyle event to focus on the halfpipe. he wants his third gold. now he's having problems like the rest of the halfpipers with

the course here in sochi. problems and organizers have altered the halfpipe schedule hoping for better conditions. it's getting warm and creating a mess up on the course there. so instead of qualifying runs originally scheduled for 2:00 local time this afternoon, the riders will compete in a semifinal at 6:20 later in the day and the 12 top riders will go to the full-times. that will be in the evening so it will be cooler. they will be able to work on the course and get it good enough to have a strong run. breaking news and unfortunately bad news when it comes to curling. the women's curling team taking on you shall russia here and losing their second match in the round 9 howard fineman 7. a tough go. they came into this with high hopes. julia mancuso added another

medal to the mix. a bronze in the super combined. she has twice as many medals as any women skier in history. the downhill is one of her strongest events on wednesday. the women's hockey team. 9-0 over switzerland. they are 2-0 in their draw. they have a tough match against canada. they got into a scuffle in october when the two teams met. hs the official jacket for team russia. it has the crest on one side. we have the colors on the back. and the thing you can't buy in the stores is this part. russian olympic team. we're trying to give you a little behind-the-scenes look at some of the things you don't see during the praft. this is the kind of jacket you'll see the athletes wearing around the village. they let me wear it for a little while. >> you have switched to team russia? >> reporter: purely for reporting purposes. >> exactly.

it's research. personal details belonging to the woman that hillary clinton described as her closest friend. they revealed what was going on behind the scenes during the lewinsky affair. anwar al awla andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: the clinton's first overnight guests were their closest friends from arkansas. diane blair and her husband jim. for years she cataloged the reactions to the press. all available at the university for four years getting little notice until excerpts were posted last night on an anti-clinton website. >> it's very selected. >> reporter: blair quotes clinton saying "i'm a proud woman.

i'm not stupid. i know it confuses people when i change my hairdos. i'm used to winning and i intend to win on my own terms." their friendship ran deep. the women shared everything. >> their friendship was originated here at the university of arkansas as young professors, moms and they met for lunch regularly and they were two of the only female faculty on campus. >> reporter: september 7th, 1998, bill clinton finally admi admits. she says to his credit he tried to pull away. blair did not survive to provide context for her diary. her notes are fair game. >> everything is on the table. i don't know sooe how someone gets a pass on pecially in toda politicians.

we're going to have a truckload of research. >> reporter: rand paul has called bill clinton a sexual predator. even before hilary announces if she'll run. >> that's good politics that doesn't have any candidate to match up with the strengths of hillary clinton. >> reporter: hillary clinton had no comment on a campaign brutal two years before it's begun. andrea mitchell, washington. house republicans are movering forward toward a debt ceiling vote and had time, as in the past, time is running out. the deadline is more than two weeks away on february 27th. sources say there wasn't much agreement within party ranks. tracie potts is live in washington. good morning. i hear a e vote could come as soon as wednesday. >> this is a big if because of the tension that you just mentioned within the party. there was a conference yesterday. and the leadership put this idea on the table. let's extend the debt ceiling so

we can borrow more money and pay off the bills at the end of february. the tradesoff for that would be rolling back the cut in pay for military retirees and their pensions. to pay for that, they want to extend cuts that already had been built into the budget from the sequester earlier this year. it three quarters of the republican party according to those inside that room are against the plan. the leadership is pushing it trying to get it up for a vote as early as wednesday but that's still up in the air. >> thank you. wo weeks after a few inches of snow and ice brought atlanta to a halt, state officials are doing their best to stay ahead of the storm. schools are closed today and tomorrow. workers are told to stay home. the governor declared a state of emergency. this all in response to the forecasted freezing rain that's expected to hit over the next couple days. the governor says they won't be

caught by surprise this time arnold. >> certainly ahead of the game this time and that's important. we are trying to be ready and prepared and react as quickly as possible. >> bill karins is tracking the storm. >> in the atlanta area, this has the potential to be worse. maybe not on the roads, but as far as the power outages go. this storm could be the storm of the winter movering up the eastern sea board. we're going to see the worst of it not today but as we go into wednesday and thursday and friday morning. you can see the path of the storm up the coast. snow likely west of i-95. a lot of ice many the deep south. that ice storm georgia, south carolina is the target zone. how much snow are we talking? heavy snow into the deep south. areas from northern georgia near atlanta, possibility of 1 to 3 inches of snow after the

freezing rain. raleigh, a lot of sleet for you. richmond, 4 to 8 inches of snow. the heavier snowfall totals has a chance of getting over a foot. d.c. at 8 to 12. new york about 4 to 8. and boston 4 to 8. it's a big i-95, huge travel impacts thursday into friday morning. >> seems like we see this every week. >> this one is going to be worse. >> thank you. now to veronica. >> an epic battle in college hoops. kansas state upsets kansas. just seconds left in the game. then andrew wiigens shoots and misses and gets the rebound for two points. overtime, a wide open dunk to keep it close. wildcats win, 85-82. iowa state man handled by

west virginia. at one point the second half the west virginia led by 32 points west virginia wins 102-77. syracuse is trying their hand at some olympic-style curling. nice try. this could be their secret to their undefeated 23-0 season. the finalists for the westminster dog show face-off today. how cute. we'll find out who will be best in show. this year's show is going to have 190 different brands. theed is poodle won in the nonsporting group for the 29th time. no other breed has more victories. it's always the poodle. >> i had a poodle growing up. they are great dogs. and it was a perfect storm in the united kingdom for wind

surfing. make that three storms creating 80 mile per hour winds. superb conditions for the event. gutsy. look at that. and did you hear about this one? at the olympics in sochi, there's a beer fridge at the canada olympic house that only opens by scanning a canadian passport. what about everybody else? >> find some canadian friends. >> cheers to team canada. the most powerful woman in american business speaks out today for the first time. plus a reporter confused samuel l. jackson with lawrence fishburn and the reaction exploded across the globe. [announcer] word is getting out.

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business, we turn to bertha coombs. janet yellen will be testifying about the economy for a house panel. she's expected to reiterate plans to taper the stimulus program that is cut back on the bond buying program despite some recent weakness in the economic data. kraft singles are going all natural. the company is removing artificial preservetives from their cheese slices. the move comes as americans try to stick to diets with food with natural ingredients. burger king firs the latest shot in the burger wars. it's beefing up their big king burger making it bigger than the big mac. the price is not. the big king will still sell for $3.69. i'm not sure how they can afford to do that. beef prices are through the

roof. >> i'm geting hungry. thank you, bertha. some stories making news this morning. a group of suicide bombers in iraq won't get to carry out their plans because they were accidentally killed during a training exercise in what can be seen as a form of dark justice. 21 members of a training class were blown up with their al qaeda instructor set off the explosive charge. new york senator gillibrand regard i regarding new details on sexual assault cases in the military according to the associated press, there were more than a thousand reports of sex crimes in japan between 2005 and 2013. gillibrand has been fighting to change the military justice system regarding sexual assault. and sam reuben, he was on the receiving end of samuel l. jackson's smackdown. this after reuben confused the actor with the matrix star

lawrence fishburne. >> the super bowl commercial, did you get a lot of reaction to the super bowl commercial? >> what super bowl commercial? >> you know what, my mistake. >> you're as crazy as the people on twitter. i'm not lawrence fishburne. we don't all look alike. all black and famous. >> i bet he won't make that mistake again. a full helping of scrambled politics, that's next. has alway. and addresses all these other areas as well. take your oral health to a new level. i am not gonna stop using pro-health. [ male announcer ] with the brand you can trust. go pro with crest pro-health.

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time for a deep dive into this morning's mix of scrambled politics. they are filling matchup the bridgegate scan call. 18 more ranging from the reelection campaign to the new jersey state police. nbc news learned records of chris christie east helicopter rides. small businesses getting a big break on obamacare. the treasury department announcing companies with under 100 employees will not be required to offer health insurance to workers until 2016. well, how majority leader eric cantor is not having it. another day, another delay. that's the failed lighting of the olympic rings at the opening ceremony in sochi. the state of nevada will no

longer defend its ban on gay marriage. the republican governor agreed with the democratic attorney general's motion. it does remove the state as an opponent to the ban. michelle kwan has gone from figure skating to stumping in sochi. her hubby is running for governor of rhode island. he's reportedly asking notables to pose for photos holding up a pin supporting her man. if you ask marco rubio if he's ever spoked pot, good luck getting an answer. >> if i tell you that i haven't, you won't believe me, and if i tell you that i did, kids well say look, he smoked marijuana so i can do it too. we have your inside guide to the state dinner. expect a french-inspired theme courtesy of the guest of the

french president. gearing up pr the state dinner. none other than bo and sunny obama. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by analyst ellis henikan. >> who is he bringing? that's the question. >> we'll have to wait and see. we're not waiting too long to see what's happening in the christie investigation. 18 new subpoenas. what is this all about? >> as the other subpoenas have produce produced new information, investigators are finding little tid bits that are raising their curiosity. one involves a helicopter ride from ground zero right in the middle of this huge traffic jam down to trenton. the question is might that

helicopter have flown over the george washington bridge in a way that the governor would have seen the traffic mess and i don't think we have proof of it, but someone has a tip that's worth exploring. >> aren't they also trying to figure out if another player in this scandal was maybe on some of those helicopter rides as well? >> we know david wildstein, the man who pointed the finger most directly the at the governor, was with him down at ground zero that morning. there's a lot of wondering, no proof yet, questions about whether he had taken that ride as well and had some quality time. >> so maybe there would have been a conversation. >> you see how these investigations go. it's half information, little nuggets that with the power of subpoena, you can make people answer. >> in the meantime, chris christie is heading to chicago to raise funds for the governors association. is he getting the same kind of

recepti reception? i would assume people aren't looking at him in the same light when it comes to 2016, but are they? >> none of them want to have their picture taken. the republican candidates, there are four of them in illinois where he's heading. maybe one, but probably not. he was in florida a week or so ago. the republican governor did not want to be seen in public. and the whole point of that is to help these local candidates raise money and it's been tough going so far. >> we'll see how it plays out. thanks so much. coming up, bill and veronica on the biggest stories of the day including a remote-controlled snowplow. you may want to use that this week. how good is it and what does it cost? that's next. box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach.

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veronica and bill are joining me for first buzz. we continue to talk about the storm. a lot of snow. how about this? if you don't want to get out to shovel all the snow, we have a remote-controlled snowplow. this could be one of the best inventions out there. it runs off a battery. it's a pneumatic platform. it's a hefty price tag. >> it looks like it's really small. >> it's kind of like the rumba. it costs $8,000. >> you have to be incredibly lazy to pay that. >> i don't think it's getting through the ice. >> we have a new addition. >> seth meyers, they did a lot of music with jimmy fallon. look who is going to be his band

leader. he was in a punk band in the '90s. he was a backup drummer. >> so he has skills. >> we will be watching. "way too early" is taking over and starting right now. robo cop comes out on wednesday. they did things a little differently this time around. devoted fans of the original might take issue with. i think they hit it out of the park. >> a hero built for one purpose. to control a city's most dangerous man. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> get ready. >> mayor ford, please stop this. >> for the ultimate crackdown. >> roboorderocop.

>> stumbling into theaters wednesday. coming to a theater near you. do not confuse one of the stars with lawrence fishburne. how one reporter learned that the hard way on live tv. did chris christie use his helicopter to get a view of the traffic snarl? why his records are facing subpoena. and papers from the former first lady's first friend. what's old is new again. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. good to have you with me. it's tuesday, february 11th. welcome tow wa"way too early." the show that already has its valentine'