good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us on this monday. i'm betty nguyen. so right now, we are bracing for impact. a possible historic life-threatening blizzard is set to nail the northeast. watches around warnings are already up. millions will face crippling snow and winds. we do want to start with meteorologist bill karins and really get a look at the timing of this. >> we need to protect lives at this point. we want to make it as easy as possible. we don't want people trapped in their cars on highways like in past situations and we want to make people prepared to be in

their home for up to 60 hours, with no power and that means a very cold house. be prepared for that too. so it's a time to get the flashlights done and all preparations needed to be stuck in your home. 29 million people, it's coastal maine all the way down to coastal new jersey including all the big cities in between providence, hartford new york. up to bangor mainly a tuesday afternoon and all day wednesday event for you. so here's my latest thinking with the snowfall totals. bull's-eye will be somewhere the possibility two to three feet. the worcester hills down to the providence area. i think boston and new york a chance of getting a foot and a half to nearly two feet of snow. portland, maine, same for you. hart ford, 16 to 20. a pretty steep cutoff on the back side of this. the gust potential is very high down to philadelphia. baltimore only looks like three to six for you. philly, eight to 12. now, the storm right now is over the southern and central appalachians. we have light snow out ahead of it so it's snowing in many areas

this morning from pittsburgh. you may see some light snow near new york city this morning. only one to two inches during the daylight hours. not until we get until 8:00 p.m. this is light stuff today. 8:00 p.m. is my cutoff time to be off the highways in southern new england, long island expressway and the jersey turnpike and the garden state. stay there at your destination and a lot of the roads will be closed anyways. as far as midnight this is when the blizzard will begin. midnight tonight to about noon tuesday is when the peak of the storm will be. that's when the most wind damage will be done. that's when the coastal flooding will occur. it's not about until wednesday morning that we'll be finally able to really get outside and start to access how much damage. >> that's a long period of time. >> a lot of people stuck in their houses and the windchills are near zero. you don't want to be outside shoveling tuesday. >> so from tracking this monster storm to preparing for it. a live look at finals square, check it out. this is the calm before the

blizzard. boy, is this going to change. new york city bracing for a paralyzing two feet and more of snow. >> this literally could be one of the top two or three largest storms in the history of this city. a message to all new yorkers is prepare for something worse than we have seen before. >> you heard it right there. okay, so on the roads, 2,100 plows are ready to roll out. the concern the roads can turn treacherous very quickly. city schools they are open today, but after-school activities, they have been cancelled. at grocery stores the lines are very long as you can imagine. al roker tweeted out this picture, new yorkers grabbing up what they can. and in boston grocery store shelves have been cleared out in hours in fact. 18 to 22 inches of snow is forecasted and on the roads the state is ready. more than 4,000 plows and 300,000 tons of salt.

>> and they're talking -- throwing words around like historical, monstrous. so we are preparing for the worst. >> and philadelphia more than a foot of snow could fall. the storm jitters closing schools early. students will be sent home by noon today. and at airports pack some patience because the monster storm is affecting travel. over 3,000 flights cancelled monday and tuesday. some waiving flight change fees. the united nations security council will hold emergency meetings later today concerning both yemen and ukraine. in southeastern ukraine a shelling was caught on camera over the weekend. at least 30 were killed and more than a hundred were injured from rocket fire just like this. the attacks ka ima day after pro russian -- came a day after the pro russian separatists rejected a peace deal. right now, the president is in india. they're making progress on a number of issues, the president said. tracie potts is live in washington for us. good morning to you.

so what's the latest with the president's overseas trip? >> reporter: well, the president has actually talked about yemen and ukraine on this trip. but today that focus is trade. a few moments ago we were listening to administration officials traveling with the president about how they hope to bring the two countries together more closely. this is new video overnight of president and mrs. obama greeted by tens of thousands. at india's republic day parade marking the day india became a democracy. mr. obama is the honored guest on day two of his three-day trip. india's prime minister is rolling out the red carpet. >> what he's saying he wants this relationship to go to the next level. >> our relationship stands at the new level today. >> india's cultural flair was on display last night. >> to our great nations and the friendships between our peoples.

>> reporter: today, mr. obama meets indian lawmakers. there have been discussions about climate change. about terror and trade. the white house brought in american ceos for a round table and business summit later today. >> and the last few years, trade between our two countries has increased by some 60% toward the record $100 billion. we want to trade even more. >> reporter: there were protests ahead of the president's visit, security is tight. 40,000 officers are in place, plus extra security near the border with pakistan. and also this morning, we heard administration officials talking about why they're cutting this trip short. the president's going to make a stop through saudi arabia, not only to pay his respects to king abdullah who died last week but to meet with saudi arabia's new leader. >> thank you for that report. overnight we want to report four lucky people were rescued after crash landing in the waters between the hawaiian islands. the coast toward says their

single engine cessna sent a distress call before running out of fuel. the three adults and a child are now safe. hours earlier another rescue near hawaiian islands. this time it was for a pilot flying one of these. cirrus cr 22. that pilot also ran out of fuel and he's in good condition. then of course we want to tell you about this midair scare for passengers on board three separate commercial flights. first, delta flight traveling from los angeles to orlando was diverted after an unspecified security concern. an airline passenger said that the pilot at one point said there was a bomb threat made on twitter. the fbi is investigating and does confirm that delta received an internet-based threat. then at seattle's airport a sky west and a jetblue flight were both delayed as a result of bomb threats. thankfully all three flights were cleared and continued on their trips. less than a week to the super bowl and over the weekend

new england patriots coach bill belichick defended his team over underinflated footballs, but this time with his own scientific explanation. but one famous scientist is not buying it. nbc's richard louis has details. >> over an extended period of times, in other words -- >> reporter: this was the reason -- >> climatic reasons -- >> after this play -- >> intercepted by jackson. >> this ball is getting the squeeze. temperature change was why the nfl found 11 patriots footballs below proper pressure. >> those temperatures -- >> so argued the never effusive coach bill belichick. here's another bill who is a scientist. >> to change the pressure you need one of these. >> but maybe bill of the belichicks has hinted to the more detailed hypothetical life of a patriots football one week ago. so let's back up. belichick says their tests started indoors with the football. he says there the conditions

reach the feel and texture that tom brady likes. that includes rubbing with hands with an average body temperature of 98.6. heat transfers and raising the ball temperature to 90. next they read 12.5 psi, after which the ball goes outside where last sunday temperatures averaged in the mid 30s. that causes the ball's temperature to drop 60 degrees. >> the true equill rib ree yum of the ball -- >> for every ten degrees expect a 2% tire pressure change. that equals belichick's science of a 1.5 psi drop in the temperatures. the problem is it's the patriots that did the study. leaving us on this monday before the super bowl with at least six ways to sunday. richard louis, msnbc, new york. >> all right. that clears everything up, right? not at all. now to sports and college hoops. coach "k" is mr. 1,000. mike krzyzewski became the first division i coach in history with

1,000 victories. the blue devils came from back from a ten-point deficit. and taking down virginia tech, 50-47, and the cavaliers improved to a perfect 19-0. at the australian open top ranked serena williams had a nice come back victory to advance to the quarterfinals. she will face the champion who defeated azarenka. and islanders center john tavares tied the all-star record with five, beating team toews. but gusof goes through the legs and how can you not stop

watching that? how did he do that? this year's pro bowl was captained by chris carter and michael irvin. team irvin trailed, but matt ryan's pass sealed the win. 32-28. do you think he's happy? i would say so. seahawks cornerback richard sherman spoke to the media and he did not hold back on the deflate controversy. >> their present is what the present is and will they be punished? probably not. not as long as kraft and goodell are still taking pictures at their respective homes, you know? i think he was just at kraft's house before the afc championship. you talk about conflict of interest. brown's wide receiver josh gordon failed another drug test. gordon is in line for a one-year ban.

gordon has been suspended twice before for substance abuse violations. the u.s. figure skating championship, just beautiful, took home her third title. and on the men's side 20-year-old jason brown won his first u.s. skating title. breaking news on a device found at the white house that has secret service scrambling. plus a narrow escape by some as this massive billboard comes crashing down. when we come back we'll talk more about the historic blizzard on the way and who could be the bust? who could have their forecast be completely wrong? you're watching "first look" on msnbc.

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welcome back. let's dive into what some of the computer models are telling me is going to happen with this forecast. i'll let you know why i came down with the models. the model is saying that a foot to two feet of snow from the hudson valley to northern new jersey all the way through all

of new england. the bull's-eye being a possibility of two feet there. anywhere from central mass to north. this kind of event is rare, but this is our adonis model. this follows the american models pretty closely. notice it only has four inches in albany and new york. so the bust factor is high for hudson valley, northern jersey and philadelphia. still a big question of how much of that moisture the heavy snow comes inland off the ocean. we know for sure, betty, eastern new england and southern new england and long island is going to get crushed but how far inland does that go? >> thank you very much, bill. we have breaking news overnight. >> there is a device that's been recovered by the secret service at the white house. it does not pose any sort of ongoing threat right now to anybody at the white house. but as the secret service has more information about what they have been able to learn about this, they'll share more information on this. >> all right. so what is he talking about? we have just learned in fact that the secret service is

investigating a device found on the white house grounds. the secret service as you heard is investigating and we will keep on top of that and bring you the latest as soon as we know it. but in the meantime, look at that. yes. keep an eye on that car what you saw right there in the middle. it just barely escapes in time as that billboard came crashing down. this happened in southern california during a heavy wind storm. as you can see, the two other cars were simply crushed. but thankfully no one was hurt. we do want to give a shout-out to miss usa. she came so close to winning the pageant. the crown went to miss colombia. the other finalists were ms. jamaica and the ukraines. well, the state department is frozen out. and which band literally hates governor scott walker. scrambled politics is next.

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all right. to a presnowstorm edition of scrambled politics. chris christie takes another step towards a presidential bid. he's created a political action committee called leadership matters for america and this will allow him to raise money for a potential campaign. scott walker might be a fan of the irish punk rock band the drop kick murphys. he used one of their songs as an entrance music during iowa's freedom summit. the band doesn't seem to be a fan of his, tweeting, governor walker, please stop using our

music in any way. we literally hate you. love drop kick murphys. sarah palin was one of the many speakers at the freedom summit and she gave a speech many called confusing. sheaf talked about everything -- she talked about everything from the president to her family energy, the film "american sniper" and so much more. so much so that the new york daily news called it a bizarre, improvised rant. the democratic national committee had a simple response following her speech -- thank you. speaker of the house, john boehner was on "60 minutes" last night. to sit behind the president knowing that 30 million americans are watching you for an hour, do you practice that scowl? >> no. i stare at the back of the president's head and my goal is to make no news. >> the state department is hoping to use "frozen" to teach kids about climate change.

the u.s. special representative to the arctic met with a disney executive to discuss using the characters. disney though declined, telling him that the company likes to quote, tell stories that project optimism and have happy endings. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined now by msnbc reporter jane tim. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> well the gop hopefuls spent the weekend in iowa. looks like chris christie is one step closer to possibly running in 2016. >> yeah. i mean, christie's pac is a really, really sure sign that he's heading this way. now this pac, there's a limit on donations, about $5,000. that sort of indicates this is less about fund-raising though i'm sure they'll bring in some funds and about nailing down his campaign staff. he'll find his campaign manager and they'll be in roles in this pac for a head of his eventual declaration. >> and there are a lot of speeches, sarah palin was one of them. plenty of others as well. how do they try to differentiate

themselves, these gop hopefuls for 2016? at least we think maybe hopefuls. how do they differentiate themselves from each other? >> so iowa is real deep red territory and this is the unofficial kickoff of this campaign. there's people there trying to prove something. christie was one of those peoples. he comes from a blue state, he's more moderate, he was seen talking about his anti-abortion views in hopes of shouldering up that conservative base he is conservative enough to run as they would say. other people were there trying who are farther to the right of him, trying to shore up the support they have. there were two past caucus winners. the iowa caucus winners, santorum and huckabee. and they're definitely looking at this. >> jeb bush and mitt romney wasn't there. what does that tell you? >> that they're running farther to the left than say of santorum. which is no surprise. mitt romney is expected to run slightly to the right of jeb bush. but both of them were there saying, you know, we're not in it yet. we are not going to be as they

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27 minutes past the hour. look at this, balloons, they were released into the skies over the vatican yesterday as a gesture of peace. until last year this had featured doves but that changed after a seagull swooped down and attacked the doves.

"american sniper" has crossed the $200 million mark. the second highest grossing war theme film ever following "saving private ryan." that's not making headlines today. first sarah palin was pictured with this sign standing against film director michael moore. then moore took to twitter asking quote what would jesus do? oh, i know, hide on a rooftop and shoot people in the back. and then bill maher compared it to "hurt locker." >> "hurt locker" made $17 million because it was ambiguous and thoughtful. and this one is just american hero. he's a psychopath patriot and we love him. >> and at the screen actors guild awards "birdman" got the by prize, earning the big cast award. julianne moore won for her role. and eddie redmayne won for her

portrayal of stephen hawking in the theory of everything. he is really amazing in that if you haven't seen it. well thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. don't go anywhere, because "way too early" starts right after this. my message to all new yorkers is prepare for something worse than we have seen before. >> blizzard of 2015 a storm of possible if not likely historic magnitude. set to blast the northeast. i'll have the latest on the 250 mile stretch set to receive as much as three feet of snow. cattle call likely republican hopefuls for 2016 show up in the hawk eye state. two years before the iowa caucuses. what did the contenders say? and to each other? and the race for the oscars heats up as winners are announced in the screen actor guilds award. this is "way too early."

good morning. nice quiet 72 hours ahead for me. thomas roberts did a great job last night. it's monday january 26, welcome to "way too early," the show with perfect timing and a meteorologist filling in for your anchor because paralyzing monstrous, historic some of the words describing this winter storm set to pound the northeast. tomorrow, the region will get crushed with snow. an estimated 29 million people will have to deal with the blizzard now in less than 18 hours and for new york, this has the potential to partialise -- paralyze the city. here's where things stand right now. we're dealing with the storm in about 18 hours from now and the worst will be happening from midnight tonight all the way through