might actually get done around here. that appears quantitatively to now be provably true. lesser cut of meat or not. we'll see you again tomorrow. or not. "first look" is up next. good morning. right now on "first look" the coldest day of the entire winter is likely today and that means hunker down, bundle up and by all means if you are on the roads stay vigilant. is america one step closer to sendings u.s. ground troops into iraq in the fight against isis? rudy giuliani doubles down on his obama doesn't love america comments. the ucla superbug is worse than we thought. nascar gets ugly ahead of this weekend's daytona 500. the dose of cuteness right here to warm you up on a friday morning. a cold one at it. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for joining us. speaking of the cold today could be the coldest day of the

entire winter. parts of the u.s. are colder than places in antarctica. a nasty bitter freeze has an icy grip on the eastern half of the country. up north, niagara falls is an ice castle. large portions are entombed. probably won't melt entirely until may. it is brutal down south as well. nashville hasn't been above freezing since last weekend. of the 15 weather-related deaths, 11 happened in tennessee. take a look at this a parked jeep pulled away leaving behind its frozen casing. yesterday's coldest temperature in the lower 48 negative 42 degrees, and that was near cotton minnesota. you can thank the siberian express for all of this. arctic air from northern russia passing through the north pole 5,000 miles away. it is rough on the roads too. a michigan police officer is recovering. you see that? after being hit by an out-of-control car right there. bill karins is here and he's going to have the latest on the weather forecast coming up including what we can expect

with this next winter storm. it is not over just yet. we want to talk about this because a spring offensive is underway to take back the iraqi city of mosul from isis fighters and it could involve american boots on the ground. a senior official from the military central command said the move would be a last resort. u.s. ground and special operations forces would join as many as 20,000 iraqi military and kurdish forces as early as april. this would give u.s. officials time to train the iraqi and kurdish fighters. president obama has previously said that he would be willing to authorize ground troops if necessary. the u.s. is considering providing air support, intelligence and logistics. some 2,000 isis fighters are occupying mosul. a new cbs news poll shows for the first time more than half of americans support boots on the ground in the fight against isis up from october when 47% were in favor of the strategy. an nbc news/marist poll released last week showed 66% of americans in favor of boots on

the ground. health officials in california are trying to reassure the public this morning, they say there is no threat to public health from a superbug the cdc has called a nightmare bacteria. cre has infected seven people and potentially contributed to the deaths of two ucla hospital patients. the associated press cites an attorney saying an 18-year-old student is in grave condition at this hour. cre is incredibly resistant to antibiotics. letters have been sent to more than 170 patients who may have been exposed. bacteria can get trapped in the tip of a dees vice used to clean the upper intestine. >> this is really the perfect storm. you have an instrument that on the whole is difficult to completely disinfect and at the same time you have a bug that has become more and more resistant to antibiotics. >> the l.a. county department of public health says ucla followed the recommended procedures for cleaning the scopes. all right. if you are sitting down for breakfast, go ahead, treat

yourself to another cup of coffee or extra eggs. a government health panel has proposed new federal dietary guidelines. experts have eased some of the restrictions on fat and cholesterol and recommending new limits on the amount of sugar we eat. nbc's tracie potts is breaking down the guidelines. tracie? >> you might not want to put as much sugar in your coffee but the fact you can have three to five cups of coffee a day as recommended by this panel is something that's new. they not only say it's okay but the research seems to indicate that it could actually reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. another big change meat less red meat not a big surprise there, but lean meats as part of a healthy diet the panel recommends that's okay. the biggest surprise here is cholesterol. for years, we have heard watch those eggs watch those foods high in cholesterol, but what the research is showing is eating foods high in cholesterol does not necessarily raise the

amount of cholesterol in your body, in your bloodstream. the recommendation before was 300 milligrams. the panel says it's openi'm quoting here not a nutrient of concern. they think you should avoid and watch your saturated and transfats. what that means, eggs more than the 1 1/2 they recommended a day before that and shellfish may be okay but things like butter and ice cream, and fried foods, the good stuff, still need to watch that. betty? >> all right. i was just hoping for a little bit of good news with the good stuff, but we'll stay under those guidelines. in the meantime, though, police have made an arrest in the deadly las vegas road rage shooting and looking for one more suspect. police arrested 19-year-old erich nowsch after a two-hour standoff, charged with murder attempted murder and discharging a firearm in a vehicle. they believe he is the only person who shot and killed tammy meyers. she and her son went looking for him two days after she and nowsch had a confrontation

during her driver's driving are license. nowsch lives a block away from meyers' home. her husband gave this emotional interview to reporters after his arrest. >> made my wife look like an animal and my son. there's the animal a block away. are you happy? >> he says his wife used to give nowsch money and tried to lead him in the right direction. so have you ever walked into school or work with a new hair style and hoped everyone would notice? this morning, the world is noticing. the supreme leader of north korea. the central news agency released this photo of kim jong-un and his new do. it's a little high top fade little blowout with just a touch of overly shaved side burns. people on social media were wondering if he was a "jersey shore" fan saying he looks like a deejay we know pauley d. others thought of a guy in this clip of "rocky iv" the soviet

muscle man boxer. whatever the case at least he won't have to worry about the re-election re-election. wonder if the barber is getting a raise? let's get down to business with cnbc. >> good morning to you. it's been a week since reports surfaced about apple's plans to build an electric car and now it appears that venture is shifting into a higher gear. reports say apple aims to begin production in 2020 and assembled a team of about 200 people. it typically takes designers five to seven years to develop a car. apple isn't comments. youtube will release a new app for kids next week and feature age-appropriate content and a kid-friendly design with big icons. the free app will have parental controls including a timer to limit a child's screen time. and walmart plans to give 500,000 workers a pay raise. average pay for full-time employees will now be $13 an hour and $10 for part-time workers. walmart will make changes to how it schedules and trains hourly

workers. the company is the nation's biggest private employer. back to you. >> thank you. have a great weekend. s the latest in sports from frances rivera. good morning. >> happy friday to you. to sports we go this morning, trading places in the nba. disgruntled suns point guard dragish got his wish. he has been shipped off to south beach and the miami heat. the nets kevin garnett returns to minnesota sending thaddeus young to the nets. he spent 12 seasons with the wolves. the 5th duel at daytona the top 15 finishers from each race will fill out the top 30 positions for sunday's daytona 500. dale eastern hard jr. finishes first followed by jeff gordon and the second duel with four laps to go watch the crash, denny hamlin in the back of danica patrick's number 10 car. bad blood there. hamlin wrecked patrick's car in wednesday's practice session. patrick will finish in tenth. afterwards she had a heated

exchange right there with rival hamlin. both hands up. >> she had her hands on him too. >> yeah. >> the deglatsgate sag ka continues. the colts gm says the team contacted officials before the afc championship game to raise questions about the patriots' game balls. grigson did not say how the team was tipped off. officials have not yet provided any updates on ted wells' investigation of the controversy. and the nhl released this very cool time-lapsed video here. shows the transformation of san francisco's levy stadium from football stadium and watch it turn into a hockey rink. part of nhl's outdoor stadium series. the sharks take op the kings saturday only on nbc sports. >> that is cool. >> any time you time lapse anything it looks cool. check this out here. an artist made a dress entirely what do you think that is? here's a hint what she's holding, a bat. she used new york mets baseballs. jennifer hitchner. >> i see.

>> made the dress from the covers and guts of 130 baseballs. the dress will be autographed by players and auctioned off to benefit the port saint be lucy little league association there. that looks great. >> it's gorgeous. while we're watching that bill karins over here is going, she looks ripped. look at those arms on her. he wasn't looking at the dress. >> bill karins watch my eyes. rolling back. i roll to you. >> all right. thank you, frances. rudy giuliani on whether he is a racist. los angeles may inherit two nfl teams. the sudden death of one of the members of the hit show "parks and recreation." if you love cold and you love snow this is the winter for you. it's going to continue not just this weekend but even next week. details on the weekend snowstorm coming up here on "first look."

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impressive and dangerous windchill numbers this morning. some of these are jumping off the map.

lexington, kentucky of all places is at negative 29 windchill. that's a windchill i tell you about in the middle of winter in fargo or like international falls. the lowest windchill i could find anywhere right now was wellsville, new york, not often new york gets the lowest in the country, negative 34. obviously this is hopefully the coldest morning we are going to see for a long, long time. all the circles here jacksonville, florida, raleigh, washington, d.c., new york, and detroit, have set new record lows for the day. not many down there in florida. looks like the cold air hasn't settled quite this morning. maybe 34 33 in orlando. winter storm warnings up and ice storm warnings for areas of central tennessee. this is how it's going to look as we go throughout saturday. saturday morning during the day, ice storm possible freezing rain and sleet from missouri through tennessee. then as we go through saturday fight, we watch a lot of that heading up here with the snow mixed with ice throughout the ohio valley. doesn't look like a lot of heavy

snow with this but areas like new york city will take up two or three inches d.c. two or three inches and a mix on top of it. not like a heavy snowstorm. i'm concerned with missouri and tennessee with another ice storm. they got done with one and people just got the power back on. >> we are worn out with this cold weather. >> another cold blast behind that and another storm possible on wednesday. >> stop there. we don't want to hear more about it. >> we'll take it one day at a time. a member of the nbc hit show "parks and recreation" has died. condolences are pouring in for harris wittels, he was one of the program's executive producers. wittels was found dead at his home from a possible drug overdose. police say there was drug paraphernalia in the house. the 30-year-old had spoken openly about his battles with drug addiction and had gone to rehab twice. "parks and recreation" last episode will air next week. at an event for "variety" magazine star amy poehler eulogized him saying i lost a friend. sarah silverman tweeted he was my baby i am so mad at you,

harris. doctors in atlanta are preparing to take bobbi kristina brown out of a medical coma. sources tell nbc news they have inserted a track yost my tube in her throat to prevent infection from her breathing tube. she will also be weened off of coma medication. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is doubling down on comments he made about president obama's patriotism. at a fund-raising event for wisconsin governor scott walker giuliani said the president didn't love america because, quote, he wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and i was brought up through love of this country. but in an interview with "the new york times" he says, quote, some people thought it was racist. i thought it was a joke since he was brought up by a white mother white grandfather, went to white schools and he learned mostly from white people. this isn't racism. this is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism. los angeles is about to go from no nfl teams to two. it's part of a plan by the

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. coming up on 20 minutes past the hour. serving up your friday edition of scrambled politics. the white house turned to twitter yesterday to tout president obama's announcement of three national monuments. the tweet ended with the #obamalovesamerica. it was a not so subtle reference to rudy giuliani saying that the president doesn't love america. dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz slammed giuliani for the comment. she said, quote, if thep arep party really wants to be taken seriously, really wants to avoid its problems of the past, now is the time for its leaders to stop this kind of nonsense. from the hill defense secretary ashton carter mistaken for kutcher. at the pentagon carter told a story about how he had been confused with the tv star. >> the last time i was in this auditorium, i was departing. i thought for the last time.

and marty dempsey mistook me briefly for ashton kutcher. >> yeah. we all see the resemblance, don't we? from e on-line the queen's looking for a driver and yes, it is the perfect job. buckingham palace wants someone who can stay calm under pressure and give strong attention to detail. for about 24,000 british pounds a year around $37,000. you would be required to work 48 hours per week benefits, though, include 33 vacation days, a place to live and royally prepared meals. and in canada yesterday a legislature pat martin was called out for leaving his seat during a vote. he offered up a pretty original and somewhat uncomfortable excuse. >> i realize i did inadvertently leave my seat briefly in the middle of the debate. i can blame it on a sale at the hudson bay. they had men's underwear on for half price.

i bought a bunch that was clearly too small for me. i find it difficult to sit for any length of time. mr. speaker. i apologize if it was necessary for me to leave my seat briefly, but i did not mean to for fit my right to vote. >> got to give it to him. that was pretty original. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined by kevin, reporter from the hill we're not going to ask about how tight your underwear is. we are glad you are here with us on this friday. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for not asking that and happy friday betty. >> all right. let's get to something very serious because first it was no boots on the ground. then when requesting war powers president obama said he would be willing to authorize limited use of ground forces if necessary. is this at a point where it's necessary? >> you know that's a great question. and i think that this is a debate that lawmakers are going to have in congress when they return next week. you've got to remember that congress is set to debate the

authorization for use of military force in the coming days when they return. folks in the democratic party say that this use of -- that this bill they're going to take up is, you know perhaps not the direction that they would like to see it going in. they say that it doesn't have a timetable for the conflict overseas against isis. a lot of republicans say that this doesn't go far enough. that debate and that it's limiting our military. so that debate is going to be on full display next week. >> you know a senior u.s. official told nbc news, i'm quoting here isis is in decline militarily. they are losing every ground -- losing ground that is every day. that is the quote. that doesn't exactly sound like a cry for boots on the ground. >> betty, i think that when you look at what's happened over the past week, look at the horrific images coming from oversees of the beheadings of 24 egyptian christians, look at, you know what's happened with kayla

mueller, you know i think that americans increasingly in polls seem to suggest this as well are more in favor of tackling isis with boots on the ground. in fact, senator john mccain recently called for more troops on the ground 10,000 troops on the ground so the fact that we're now having this debate and the fact that president obama is now saying that he is open to perhaps that and his -- the bill next week does not include that i should say, you know i think is a signal that the administration both parties are taking this threat very, very seriously. >> indeed. kevin as always thank you so much. have a great weekend. >> thank you betty. stay warm. >> try to. just ahead iggy azalea fights back against bullies and why frozen's queen elsa is a wanted woman.

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now to entertainment news. pop star iggy asquall ya is fighting back after bullies poked fun of her backside in vacation photos and tweeted in part, quote, i am taking some time away from social media. i need to be happy and it is too negative. >> get off of it. take a break. you're beautiful. >> yeah. reaction now from bill cosby about news that eddie murphy refused to impersonate him in at condition snl 40 sketch. he said i'm appreciate of eddie and applaud his actions. elsa here has a bit of a past. >> well, don't let her cuteness fool you. she's been known to do this a time or too. >> what? they are talking about queen elsa from "frozen." kentucky has issued an all points bulletin on elsa for allegedly casting an icy spell

and endangering everyone's welfare. >> love melts it all. all we have to do is have more love. >> if you would spread love and be nice to me. >> i would be more kind to you. >> maybe it would melt everything around here "way too early" starts right now. >> that's how it works. ♪ ♪ girl fell into a frozen pond. she's perfectly fine. but scary as you will learn from the neighbor's eyewitness account. >> from there i mean they came and rescued her. it's pretty sketchy. hearing noises like that and not knowing what's going on. came around got her out and she seemed to be okay by the end of it. >> she seemed to be okay in part of her body maybe her leg was slightly in the water? >> yeah. her leg was slightly in the water. when they were coming out like dipping in it was pretty rough out there.

i didn't know for one thing -- what were we talking about again? >> that's the definition of brain freeze. the world closes in on isis. obama doubles down in a dangerous deep freeze stretching across america. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." let's start overseas as libya is dealing with a setback in its efforts to fight islamic state militants. the u.s. and britain are rejecting the country's request to lift a u.n. arms embargo. they say libya needs a national unity government first to resolve the fighting in its own country. the u.s. has announced an agreement with turkey. we are going to arm and train moderate rebels fighting isis with the help of turkey who hasn't always been the best of allies. senior pentagon officials are confirming there are major plans for an offensive to regain control of the second largest city in iraq. officials say the battle for mosul