the u.s. nay vl ship john lewis, a whole new class of u.s. naval ships called the john lewis class, all of which will be named after civil rights heroes. come on. best new thing in the world today. world today. "first look" is up next. it's thursday, january 7th. and right now on "first look," powerball is now a whopping $675 million and growing after no one had all of wednesday's winning numbers. the birther argument gains political capital among republicans as vice president biden reveals a major regret of his career. have you seen this woman? the fbi joins the hunt for the female jewelry thief who has stolen millions. plus more reaction from the white house and around the world on north korea's nuclear test. investors are running for cover as china's tanking stock market is having a huge impact here at home. and leah strikes again, inspiring king james to new heights. "first look" starts right now. and good morning everyone. thanks for being with us.

i'm shannon mulaire. no jackpot winner. you still got a shot. that is the word on last night's $524 million powerball drawing. no one matched the winning numbers 2, 11, 47, 62, and 63, with the powerball number 17. in the sixth largest jackpot prize ever offered in north america. that means the jackpot will roll over to an estimated, wait for it, $675 million and growing. for saturday's drawing. it will be the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. your luck may not be any better if you're invested in stocks. as the chinese stock market continues to bring down markets here in the u.s. cnbc's landon dowdy has the very latest for us. >> good morning to you. there could be a lot more red arrows on wall street today due to turmoil in china. for the second time this week, trading in china's markets was halted after stocks tumbled more

than 7%, triggering automatic circuit breakers. the markets have gone up and down as chinese regulators gradually withdraw emergency measures imposed after stocks plunged in june. the sell-off there spreading to the rest of asia, and european markets today. it's also pulling down oil prices, off another 5% this morning to levels not seen since the early 2000s on concerns about a lack of global demand. meanwhile, macy's is cutting 4800 jobs and closing 40 stores after reporting dismal holiday sales. about 2700 of those cuts are store employees. although, some will be relocated. macy's blames warm weather, which discouraged sales of winter clothes and the strong dollar, which kept tourists from visiting and spending money in the u.s. shannon, back over to you. >> all right, landon, thank you. for the first time after dozens of unsuccessful attempts, congress has sent an obamacare repeal bill to the president's desk. tracie potts is live in washington for us this morning.

and tracie, the president has already made clear he's going to veto it. but is this still a victory for republicans? >> well, they certainly seem to be calling it that, shannon. i mean, they have tried for years, dozens of times, to get this done. this time the senate kicked in, and that's why it's been sent to the president's desk. but you're right, it's a sure veto. and there don't seem to be enough votes here to override that. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: republicans are celebrating today after finally sending the president an ultimatum. a bill to repeal obamacare. >> this marks a significant step in the fight for patient-centered health care for all americans. >> reporter: democrats call it political theater and a waste of time. >> everybody knows that this will take about a nano second for the president of the united states to veto. >> exercise something your constitutional right and power to legislate is never wasted if we're fighting for principles your constituents believe in. >> reporter: the bill would also strip millions from planned

parenthood, after kvds argued taxpayers should not fund a group that performs abortions. >> people have waited for years for this moment to destroy a bill to put 22 million people out of reach of medical care. >> reporter: there don't appear to be enough votes in either the house or senate to override the president's veto. >> ultimately this is going to require a republican president. >> we can do much better. we will do much better. >> reporter: republicans are promising to outline a replacement health plan by the end of the year. but if they do it's unlikely that new plan would get a final vote before the president's out of office. shannon? >> tracie potts live for us in washington. tracie, thank you. the birther issue is back, thanks to donald trump. ted cruz is once again defending himself about whether he's actually eligible to run for president. cruz was born in calgary, canada, but his mom was born in delaware, an american citizen making cruz one, too. most legal experts agree that makes him a natural-born citizen

as required by the constitution. trump has used the birther argument before, against president obama. that's why yesterday white house press secretary josh earnest called it ironic that gop voters could eventually nominate cruz. but it's not just democrats, senator john mccain, the 2008 gop nominee, has his doubts. and he was born in a u.s. territory in panama. >> yeah, it was a u.s. military base. >> yeah. >> that's different from being born on foreign soil. so they think -- i think there is a question. i'm not a constitutional scholar on that. but i think it's worth looking into. i don't think it's illegitimate to look into it. >> republican rhetoric was a big topic of discussion at a nevada democratic party dinner co-hosted by senate minority leader harry reid last night. >> insulting each other won't solve anything. you cannot make our country great by tearing our people down.

>> there is one democrat who wishes he was up on that stage. vice president joe biden, talking to our nbc affiliate in connecticut. >> sure i regretted every day, but it was the right decision for my family and for me, and plan on staying deeply involved, and we've got two good candidates. >> the next republican debate is one week from tonight. there are rising doubts about north korea's claim to have detonated a hydrogen bomb. most experts say the explosion felt from the detonation simply wasn't large enough for it to have been a hydrogen bomb explosion. early estimates put the power of the explosion at a few kilo tons, compared to this, the first u.s. test of a hydrogen bomb in 1952, which had 10.4 mega tons of power, or about 1,000 times more. some experts are suggesting that the north koreans actually detonated an atomic bomb made of uranium or plutonium enhanced

with a small amount of hydrogen gas which would make the explosion larger and could lead them to call it a test of a hydrogen bomb. north korea is the only nation that has tested a nuclear bomb since 1998. yesterday, united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon condemned the test saying it violated several u.n. resolutions and destabilizes the security in the region. right now another el nino-fuelled storm is hammering large parts of california with soaking rains, burying roadways with floodwater and mud. the rain is, of course, much needed in the water-parched west. but as nbc's dan schenemen reports, it's triggering major problems across the state. >> reporter: in southern california, heavy rain turned freeways into waterways, cars and trucks navigated the high water on i-5. one of the busiest routes on the west coast. more than 19 million californians faced the threat of severe weather. near san diego, a woman had to be rescued from her car while one man traveled by pad. board. 911 has been swamped. >> we're getting inundated.

our dispatch center is taking on heavy volume of calls. >> reporter: in other communities, mudslides. hills have started to erode and threaten homes. >> we worry. but we've done a lot of preparation. there's a whole bunch of sandbags around the house. >> reporter: further inland, winds were strong enough to blow out windows, and peel back roofs. >> and this big thunk, and it was just -- and then we heard like moving around. >> reporter: in northern california, snow. drivers have been warned to be careful. and be prepared. >> make sure you have a full tank of gas, in case you get stranded. extra blankets. extra food. you never know. >> reporter: all of this weather blamed on el nino. the warm water has whipped up a steady stream of storms moving west to east. and there is more to come. forecasters say there may not be a break in the weather until friday. and another storm system could arrive this weekend. dan schenemen, nbc news. chipotle, you've been served. the owners of the popular mexican food chain revealed a

california grand jury served a subpoena asking for all documents related to the norovirus outbreak that sickened 18 workers and spread to 189 customers in southern california last summer. the investigation is the first related to foodborne illness at the schan which saw an e. coli outbreak across twelve states last fall and another norovirus outbreak near boston college in december. chipotle has declined to comment on the investigation but did say they would offer full cooperation. the december sales fell 30% and stock dropped to a two year low. authorities are hunting for a brazen thief who is shocking investigators. the woman has been robbing jewelry stores, mostly at outlet malls, for the past 9 months. as you can see, she doesn't bother wearing a mask or disguise. looking into security cameras, almost directly, only wearing gloves to conceal her fingerprints. since april she's stolen jewelry worth $4 million at up to six stores across georgia, florida,

south carolina, tennessee, and most recently in north carolina. police are also looking for this man believed to be her accomplice. stores throughout the south are on alert armed with a police description and now offering $10,000 for her capture. all right to sports now. headed for the hall. seattle saluting their favorite son ken griffey jr. who was voted into the baseball hall of fame after receiving 437 out of 440 votes, beating out the great tom seaver for most votes ever. the man called the greatest hitting catcher of all time, mike piazza, who played for the dodgers and mets, was also voted in after being named on 83% of the ballots. congratulations to them both. lebron james credits his 34 points and 10 rebounds to being motivated by cancer survivor leah still, daughter of lineman devon still. he posted these images on instagram overnight. the cavs beat the wizards for

their fifth straight. tampa bay has fired head coach lovie smith after going 8-24 in two seasons even though they ranked in the top ten in total offense and defense for the first time. new orleans head coach sean payton says he's not interested in coaching anywhere else after a decade with the saints he hopes to finish his career right there in the big easy. the latest controversy from the ten commandments judge roy moore, and this one might be a big problem for him. plus, beyond the galaxy. "star wars" goes where no blockbuster has gone before. you're watching "first look."

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well, welcome back to "first look." california continues to be the bull's-eye of all our storms over the last week or two and it will continue. the big one we just showed you pictures from the top of the show, that is now moving into arizona. still some leftover heavy rains but all the problems with mudslides, debris flows and any flash flooding is pretty much ended. one strong cell that exited los

angeles. but this should be diminishing. we have flash flood watches from san diego just outside of los angeles. those will be expiring as we go throughout the morning. so the snowfall forecast, as that storm moves into arizona, heavy snow, northern arizona, a nice coating of fresh powder for the weekend, telluride, colorado springs, even denver. then a little light snow through the northern plains. the storm loses its punch as it moves across the country. the other story, into this weekend, we have a lot of extremes temperaturewise. a huge shot of cold air is going to be coming down from canada. out ahead of it very mild temperatures. 10 to 15 degrees above average. then by sunday all of that warm air heads into new england. it's going to be 58 in new york city. when it's only 33 in tulsa and 1 in fargo and 4 in minneapolis. all eyes are still on the that ball game played outdoors in minneapolis with a windchill of about negative 20 for the vikings/seahawks game sunday afternoon. >> bring your long johns. >> portable heater. tape those little heating pads

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all right time now for your thursday edition of "scrambled politics." as other candidates drop out suddenly there's a new name joining the 2016 race. former new mexico governor gary johnson will run as a libertarian. he was the party's choice in 2012, receiving nearly 1% of the vote. high honors for civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. the united states navy says it's naming a first of its class ship after him. they'll begin construction in two years. president obama posted a preview of his final state of the union address that he'll deliver on tuesday. >> not just the remarkable progress we've made, not just what i want to get done in the year ahead, but what we all need to do together in the years to come. the big things. that will guarantee an even stronger, better, more prosperous america for our kids. the america we believe in. >> another world leader, british prime minister, might be wishing he could take this one back.

a slight slip-up during parliament's weekly questioning. >> since i've become prime minister income equality has actually fallen whereas it went up under labor. those are the facts. >> did you catch it there. his party even tweeted it out. income equality, instead of inequality, mistakenly giving credit to the rival party, of course. this tweet has since been deleted. checking in on a third world leader, russian president vladimir putin on ice again, catching up on some hockey yesterday in sochi. just throw that in there for you. last night on the late show, stephen colbert asking rand paul the tough questions. >> what about drug policy reform? >> you're not going to talk about pot, are you? >> are you a cop? because if you're a cop you have to tell me that you're a cop or this is entrapment. >> i thought we said before we would not talk about pot, stephen. >> you tried to sell me pot backstage. >> no. that was --

>> i'm sorry, you tried to sell me on the idea of changing sentencing guidelines for pot. i should have said the entire sentence. >> i love it. hilarious. so that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." let's bring in political analyst and best-selling author ellis henican a special treat on a thursday. >> what are you trying to sell me? >> he was funny. i love it. we have so much to talk about. we're going to start with a topic i know you love here, trump and cruz going at it, because there was a time when they were pals. now that's gone. >> the birther thing? >> yes, the birther thing. >> i thought we were done with that with obama, right? >> well no, we're bringing it back again. and of course cruz, who was born in canada, is really considered by most scholars here to be a naturalized citizen because his mother was american. >> he seems to be. but did you notice who was poking at him. >> john mccain who weighs in on this who himself was born in panama, but in a military base. >> on a military base. here's the backup you've got to understand, most other republicans in the senate are not particularly fond of ted

cruz. >> so he's just taking a shot? >> so he found a little way to make a shot. my situation is completely different. nothing like cruz. i don't know, it's a legitimate question to ask. it's not the kind of thing you say about a fellow politician that you like. so i think that's really the undercurrent there. it's kind of funny, actually. >> it's a little bit silly. is it going to go on or is this just going to be the weekly cycle and we don't hear -- >> i'm not sure it's done. listen, there's so many opponents, so many people to poke at you, so it's going to come up again, probably. >> all right, let's talk a little bit about hillary clinton here and actually about north korea. we're slowly getting more details here on what exactly it was that they were doing. is this going to be a problem for her? >> it plays a couple of different ways. i mean, certainly it gives the republican opponents a chance to beat up on obama, which has some sidestream impact on her. but you look at hillary, she was the secretary of state, she's clearly a serious person used to dealing with complex issues. the more that voters feel like, hey, the world is a dangerous

place, you know, who do you wouldn't to turn to at a time like that? so i'm not sure it's a negative, but you know, it's got so many angles in it that, hey, a lot to talk about. >> it's going to have to address it at some point. ellis henican, thank you much. >> great to see you. >> just ahead, janet jackson revealing some very personal news about her health. plus, fifty shades star dakota johnson suffers a bit of a wardrobe malfunction. stick around for that. details next. ♪ melodic, calm music. princess is the only cruise line that offers discovery and animal planet shore excursions for truly meaningful travel.

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noon eastern. leading the news in the "l.a. times," dakota myer filed for joint custody of bristol palin's baby. medal of honor winner and former fiance is seeking joint custody of their newborn daughter. sarah grace was born december 23rd. the couple abruptly called off their nuptials one week before the wedding. janet jackson publicly dispelled rumors yesterday via twitter that she has cancer. gossip around the pop icon's health swirled after she canceled several concert dates due to illness. and at last night's people's choice awards, fifty shades of gray's dakota johnson accepted the ford for favorite dramatic actress but had a little onstage drama of her own with a dress malfunction. >> leslie just broke my dress. okay. so, well, it's not like nobody here hasn't already seen my boobs. >> got to own that moment. >> that's the way to play it.

>> doesn't it make you wonder? did they plan that? >> no! >> you don't think so? >> if they planned it, it would have really malfunctioned. >> well played. >> i'm shannon mulaire, this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. in my view it is unacceptable that americans are paying four or five dollars in fees every time they go to an atm. >> yes! >> lower atm fees! and that's just the beginning. >> in my view supermarket receipts are too long. there are too many coupons for the things i don't want. i don't even use nivea. >> stephen colbert isn't the only one talking about bernie sanders. the vermont senator wins major praise from someone who hillary clinton would love to have in

her corner. and at first, ted cruz joked off trump's birther questions, but now it seems the texas senator is starting to wipe off that grin. the big question is whether trump will keep pressing the issue. plus, a scandal brewing in michigan over the city's water, after an internal e-mail claim that residents who claimed of lead were basically being ignored. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." good morning, it's thursday, january the 7th, i'm louis burgdorf. there was no powerbowl winner last night which means you still have to go to work today. this morning north korea is facing broad diplomatic condemnation after claiming to have tested a hydrogen bomb. the united states says