angry. i don't want them to see the bad part of it. i want them to come turn that bad situation into something positive. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. it is monday, january 6th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. lots of headlines to get through today. we begin with president trump's latest threats against iran, warning against retaliation for the assassination of its top general cass sem soleimani. while on saturday the president tweeted, quote, let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranian sites representing the 52 american hostages taken by iran many years ago. now, some at the very high level of government and important to tehran and the iranian culture

and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. the u.s.a. wants no more threats. he also tweeted the united states just spent $2 trillion on military equipment. we are the biggest and by far the best in the world. if iran attacks an american base or any american, we will be sending some of that brand-new beautiful equipment their way. and without hesitation. and talking to reporters last night while flying back to washington from his 17-day vacation, the president was asked about his threat against iran's cultural sites which many experts say would actually constitute a war crime. the president had this to way. they are allowed to kill our people, they are allowed to torture and maim our people, they are allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up their people and they are not allowed to touch their cultural sites. it doesn't work that way. >> tehran would retaliate directly against u.s. military

sites. iran's former defense minister said, quote, it may be argued that there could be proxy operations. with he could say mr. trump has taken action directly against us so we take direct action against america. he said this, our reaction will be wise, well-considered and in time request decisive deterrent effect. the only thing that could end this period of war is for the americans to receive a blow equal to the blow they have inflicted. >> the articlement passed a resolution asking washington to withdraw u.s. troops on their country. on the heels of that vote president trump is threatening to impose new sanctions on iraq. on board air force one the president told reporters if they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it on a friendly basis we will charge them sanctions like they have never seen before. it will make iranian sanctions look somewhat tame. the president also said we have an extraordinarily expensive air

base that's there, it cost billions of dollars to build long before my time, we are not leaving unless they pay us back for this. iraq's prime minister scheduled to meet with the u.s. ambassador in the country. two familiar with the planning tell nbc news the prime minister is expected to tell the ambassador that u.s. troops will have to leave the country and is expected to ask for a timeline. >> meanwhile, the u.s. is sending about 3,000 troops to the middle east following last week's air strike that killed iranian general cass sim sole moan. they say they will join others already deployed to the regi region -- with several top officials. this was a previously unplanned visit that only came about after the air strike that killed soleimani. joining us now from qatar cal perry for us. thanks for joining us on this. give us a sense here, cal, as we have just had a flurry of

developments over the weekend, give us a sense here more of the reaction in the middle east, especially as you have the president escalating threats of military action and those 52 cultural sites with regards to iran. >> reporter: i'm not entirely sure people can believe t what's going on. i mean, it seems like a slow march to war except it's not very slow. you can't threaten cultural sites in iran and not have a response. this is a country that lost a million people in the iran/iraq war, it is why the quds more existed, it is why soleimani is drawing such huge crowds in tehran, crowds we haven't seen in the capital of that country since 1989. it's a seminole moment in the region, people can feel that is correct they can feel the buildup of u.s. troops. for qatar it's very frightening, countries that have been caught in the middle if things sort of

entirely kickoff. when you threaten iraq with sanctions you're threatening a country that has seen sanctions before, a country that has been crippled by sanctions. when you threaten that country with sanctions the likes of which iran hasn't seen, iran has seen sanctions, too, they're under sanctions right now. we have to sort of review the history of what's going going on in the past five to ten years in order to report this story. donald trump for up the iran nuclear agreement, it is what ended what had been a thawing of relations between the u.s. and iran and now we see this bombastic rhetoric coming from an american president, it's the same we are used to seeing with iran dictators. civilian populations that have suffered greatly in the past, that's the reaction from here, guys. >> let me pick your brain and talk to you about iraq. the president signaling at least that he is opening another front of a diplomatic crisis with that country after the politics and the diplomacy offer the weekend.

i know you spent a lot of time covering iraq, especially in the early days of that country's war and the following years of the insurgency, but what will the challenge that is unfolding now in iraq with the iraqi parliament requesting this nine nonbinding resolution from the prime minister to force the americans to potentially leave from the country what does that mean for the u.s. military's presence and the u.s./iraq relationship? >> reporter: well, look, first we have to say the parliament voted for that without the kurds and without a number of sunni politicians. that said it's hard to imagine that iraqis are going to want u.s. troops in that country after the rhetoric of the u.s. president. look, i was there with you answering the phones in 2003, we were much younger then and one thing that has remained the same is this anti-american feeling over sanctions that were sort of imperial-like sanctions that really crippled the country and you remember this as well as i

do, saddam hussein used those sanctions as an excuse to build for war, to hold things back from the iraqi population. he used the sanctions as a way to demonize the united states which is what really sort of put the two countries on a track for war. the other thing that needs to be said is the two sort of powers that were influencing iraq were iran and the united states and it's clear now that the american influence is not only waning, but is going to be escorted out of the country possibly by the iraqi government. worth mentioning as well, the u.s. troops that are there in iraq are standing next to iraqi troops. we are supposed to be there on an advising mission to fight isis. there is now a void that isis will likely step in and fill again. that has to be of concern for iraqi officials and for officials inside the pentagon, but if you are an american soldier and you wake up this morning in baghdad and you are standing near iraqi security forces, that has to be a very

tenuous relationship to say the very least, guys. >> it seems as if officials here basically are forcing the iraqis' hand to choose sides here, cal, whether it be between iran and the united states. it seems very much so that they are actually choosing their neighbors. >> reporter: and why wouldn't you? i mean, there was that bloody conflict with iran, iran stepped up and like the u.s. was instrumental in fighting isis. you know, we talk so much about soleimani having killed u.s. troops, he did. about having killed syrian civilians, he did. but in iran he was viewed largely as the man who kept isis out of iran, viewed as a stabilizing force, viewed as a man who took the fight to iran's enemies outside of iran so civilians wouldn't be in the line of fire. that is why the crowds are so big in tehran. i think that's the point that the u.s. president is frankly missing this morning. >> and to add to that really

quickly there is no doubt that iran's president in the southern part of iraq which has almost two-thirds of the population of shia have been instrumental. iran single handedly has been attributed with the reconstruction of southern iraq after it was neglect add and destroyed under the rule of saddam hussein. it gives you an idea how complex all of these loyalties and lines are. >> and iran on its final day of that three days of mourn after the killing of the general. cal perry for us. thank you very much, my friend. many of america's closest allies are urging restraint from both the united states and iran following last week's air strike. british prime minister boris johnson urged president trump to deescalate tensions but also gave implicit support to his decision to kill iraq's top general. he was reported to be angry with trump not informing him or other allies about the decision. mike pompeo said u.s. allies

should rally to support u.s. following the killing of soleimani. >> they all need to understand what we did, what the americans did, saved lives in europe as well. qasem soleimani led assassina assassination campaigns in europe. this was a good thing for the entire world and we are urging everyone to get behind what the united states is trying to do. >> interestingly enough i was going to say quickly the saudi deputy defense minister is arriving in washington precisely to sold meetings. he's bringing with him a message from the other gulf countries many who house american troops with the explicit message that the u.s. should also restrain itself and not get plunged into war. >> i think that's what's so interesting about all of this is you have secretary of state mike pompeo, you have the president of the united states basically appealing for support from around the world from people that are necessarily from countries that are commonly allies of the united states, but, in fact, that support is not being heard. >> yeah. at least for now. >> exactly.

so president trump yesterday claimed that his tweets are sufficient notice to congress of any possible u.s. military strike against iran. trump tweeting these media posts will serve as notification to the u.s. congress that should iran strike any u.s. person or target the united states will quickly and fully strike back. congressional democrats, however, argue trump does not have the authority to go to war with iran with senate minority leader chuck schumer warning on friday, quote, if he plans a large increase in troops and potential hostility over a longer time, the administration will require congressional approval on the approval of the american people. efforts will start today to pass a new war powers resolution introduced by senator tim kaine on friday. in the house speaker nancy pelosi announcing a similar plan in the letter to colleagues yesterday writing that the chamber this week, quote, will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution to limit the

president's military actions regarding iran. pelosi states the resolution, quote, reasserts congress' long established oversight responsibilities by mandating if no further congressional action is taken, the administration's military hostilities with regards to iran cease within 30 days. the effort will be led by freshman congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan who will join the conversation ahead on "morning joe." few republicans in congress have raised questions about trump's claim that he has authority to attack iran. just one example coming from gop senator rand paul of kentucky who tweeted this on friday, a war without a congressional declaration is a recipe for feckless intermittent interruptions of violence with no clear mission for our soldiers. 2020 presidential candidates are slamming president trump for the timing and motive in the killing of qasem soleimani. >> i find it very disturbing that we have a president who has greatly expanded military

spending and i have to tell you i have voted against all of trump's military budgets. >> the question is why now? why not a month ago? why not a month from now? and the administration simply can't keep its story straight. it points in all different directions. >> let me make it clear. president trump has no authority to take us to a military conflict with iran, period. >> and we will be getting reaction from former mayor pete buttigieg when he joins "morning joe" for a conversation later this morning. al shabaab attacked an airstrip used by the u.s. killing one american servicemen and two american private contractors according to the u.s. military. the "washington post" characterizing the attack as, quote, rare since it occurred outside of somalia where the group usually operates. al shabaab said it inflicted,

quote, severe casualties claiming responsibility for the attack. u.s. forces training kenyan soldiers at a base attacked the airstrip, that was attacked, which is also used for missions against the militant group in somalia. the latest on the impeachment fight as senator lindsey graham argues that senators have to take matters into their own hands. joe biden has a slue of endorsements coming out of key states. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. k joe biden has a slue of joe biden has a slue of

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welcome back. so the impeachment battle is continuing on capitol hill as senate judiciary chair lindsey graham says that senate republicans are prepared to take matters into their own hands to proceed with the impeachment trial against the president. >> the founders never envisioned you would have a speaker do something like this, withhold the articles, demanding the senate bend to her will. it's not going to happen so i

hope she sends them over soon so we can get on with the trial. if she does not, i would urge senator mcconnell with my colleagues to change the rules of the senate so that we could proceed to the trial without nancy pelosi being involved. and my goal is to start this trial in the next coming days, not let nancy pelosi take over the senate. >> graham's comments coming after house speaker nancy pelosi said she is waiting to see what a senate trial will look like before sending the two articles of impeachment the house passed last month to the chamber. currently the senate trial cannot proceed without those articles. and former vice president joe biden has picked up the endorsements of three house democrats in key battle ground state districts. the trio lawyer i can't of virginia, carter lam and houlahan of pennsylvania are representatives who flipped republican held house seats in 2018, all three cited biden's electric ability and foreign policy experience amid escalating tensions with iran as a key factor in their

endorsements. loria told nbc news people here pay close attention to that because that's their husband, their wife, their neighbor, their child that is in harm's way. we need someone like joe biden who can reset our position on the world stage, regain respect with our allies and step in on day one as the experience he has as vice president and go to work. the endorsements come as biden hopes to pick up momentum ahead of next month's primaries. still ahead the latest on the growing wildfires in australia and how the country is getting international help to fight the deadly flames. we are back in a moment. e deadl. awere back in a moment.

wildfires in australia this past weekend burned so hot they created their own thunder and lightning. a firefighter in the town of wingalo said the phenomena when the cloud forms from the fires and rain down lightning. new zealand even that saw some of the effects of the fires taking place. it turned the skies there orange in what one auckland resident called proper apocalyptic. after this weekend 150 fires are still active with 64 uncontrolled. according to the rural fire service the wildfires which have been burning now since september have scorched a staggering 12 million acres, destroying more than 2,000 homes. the fires have claimed

unfortunately 24 lives and an estimated 480 million animals are believed to have been killed. this is according to the university of sydney. cooler temperatures on sunday brought some relief, but australia will deploy 3,000 defense force reservists and at least more water bombing planes from overseas, the first time the country has called for backup troops in response to a wildfire disaster. >> the numbers, images, videos coming out of australia with regard to these wildfires completely devastating. >> i saw someone make the point that this was australia's largest defense mobilization since world war ii so it gives you a sense of how serious it is for the country. let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i don't think you're ready for this yet but pyrocumulus clouds, a cumulus cloud is thunderstorms, the ones that look like cotton balls, the fires are so hot they send this warm air rushing up into the atmosphere, it forms these clouds and then those clouds will turn into thunderstorms are more lightning and form new fires and it's like this

repeated cycle that's ongoing. yeah, it's pretty crazy stuff. >> the video of that what appeared to be a tornado of fire. >> firenado. >> it was just absolutely scary just to see that. >> we've had those -- we know this all too well. that's why we relate to this because we have had so many instances in california where we've been watching horrific fires consuming so much land. all right. let's go back and talk what's going on here now, it's been a pretty quiet weekend around the country. overnight we did have a burst of know, anywhere from western pa through jersey, southern portions of new york through the hudson valley a half inch to an inch of snow, some of the colder surfaces will be slippery. still some snowshowers around syracuse. additional snowfall today will be mostly heading north of syracuse up to the hug hill plateau, a little snow through the green mountains of vermont, a coating to an inch or two and that will be about it. let's talk about your week ahead forecast. today notice the whole southern

half of the country you are dry, pleasant, temperatures pretty mild, no complaints. northern plains you're fine. stormy weather continues in the pacific northwest, that's been by far from the worst weather has been. tuesday into wednesday a little weak system goes through the east, a little snow and light rain, no at big deal, southern half of the country still fine. even on wednesday the problems are in the west. by the time we head towards next weekend getting to friday another warm surge of rain coming up through the south, kind of like what we went into this past weekend and this will be over many areas of the east come saturday, too, guys. it looks warm, doesn't look like any snowstorms on the horizon and it may be 60 to 65 degrees on the east coast come saturday. >> wow. surprising stuff there. >> something just feels off. >> it doesn't feel like winter. >> thanks, bill. still ahead on the heels of last week's air strike that killed iranian general qasem soleimani iran has announced it is ending its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal. we will talk about what that

means for already heightened tensions. vice president mike pence is facing criticism for a series of tweets trying to link qasem soleimani and the september 11th terrorist attacks. a bit of a stretch on that but we will have a fact check coming up next. we will have a fact check coming up next.

welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour, let's start with the morning's top stories. we begin this half hour with the latest in the escalating conflict with iran with

president trump and tehran trading new threats. a top adviser to iran's stream leader telling cnn its response to the assassination of general qasem soleimani will be directly against u.s. military sites and not proxies. the major general said our reaction will be wise, well considered and in time. meanwhile, president trump is warning against retaliation tweeting that the u.s. has targeted 52 iranian sites symbolic of the 52 american hostages held at the u.s. embassy in tehran during the islamic revolution back in 1979. the president's threat included cultural sites in iran which many experts say would be a war crime. while flying back to washington from mar-a-lago last night the president was asked about the threat. he told reporters this, quote, they are allowed to kill our people, they are allowed to torture and maim our people, they are allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people and we are not allowed to touch their cultural sites, it doesn't work that way.

>> so the iranian government announced yesterday it is all but abandoning the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. the decision comes in direct response to the u.s. air strike killing iranian general qasem soleimani abandoning the nuclear deal means there are no restrictions on iran's nuclear program including uranium expansion. john bolton tweeted a response to iran's decision yesterday writing in part, quote, another good day, iran rips the mask off the idea it ever fully complied with the nuclear deal or that it made a strategic decision to for swear nuclear weapons. >> so meanwhile secretary of state mike pompeo was out in full force defending the decision to kill general soleimani. he appeared on saul five sunday shows and was pressed on the

administration's claim that the u.s. had to take out the top iranian general when it did because of an imminent threat. >> why are you convinced if there is an imminent operational attack getting put together against american interests why are you convinced that taking out soleimani has done anything to stop it? >> we would have been culpably negligent had we not taken this action. the american people would have said we weren't doing the right thing to protect and defend american lives. >> is it that imminent? is what the attacks he was putting together so imminent and so big it would have been seen as that kind of negligence? >> we made the right decision. there's lots of intelligence, you've seen some of it's out in the public, the death of the american on december 27th. the president made the right decision. >> so what is the justification in that he has been this destabilizing force in the region for so long or was the justification this imminent threat? >> chuck, it's never one thing. you've been at this the long time. it's never one moment, one stands, it's a collective.

it's a full situational awareness of risk. >> when you say the attacks were imminent, how imminent were they? days, weeks? >> if you are an american in the region days and weeks this is not something that's relevant. we have to prepare. we have to be ready and we took a bad guy off the battlefield. >> not necessarily giving a direct answer there to say the least with regards to an imminent threat. a senior u.s. official telling the "washington post" that pompeo spoke with the president about killing soleimani months ago but neither the president or pentagon officials were willing to countenance such an operation. they say pompeo spoke to trump several times after the attack on the embassy in baghdad and the secretary along with mike pence urged him to make the move. pompeo, mark esper and the chairman of the joint chiefs traveled to mar-a-lago where they presented possible

responses to iranian aggression including the option of killing soleimani. the reports says trump's decision came as a surprise and shock to some officials briefed on his decision given the pentagon's long standing concerns about escalation and the president's aversion to using military force against iran. >> joining us now nbc news correspondent cal perry who is back with us, also with us is christopher life say in beirut. chris, yesterday the leader of hezbollah spoke at a rally in southern beirut. a lot of people watching closely what he says, what his organization does next because they were so closely aligned with iran and especially qasem soleimani. what did he have to say about qasem soleimani and a possible response to his killing? >> reporter: well, guys, it was a fiery mix between eulogy and skreed throughout his sermon

there were chants of death to america from the thousands of people in attendance and he went on to make a series of condemnations against president trump and the u.s. military. he threatened the military and said they would leave iraq in caskets. he also made a veiled reference to 1983 here in beirut when a suicide bomber killed hundreds of marines at a marine barracks and that eventually led to the reagan administration removing the military presence from lebanon. so he was making a sort of prophecy that the same kind of reaction would follow in iraq and throughout the middle east. it's important to note, of course, that around the same time the iraqi parliament voted on a provisional resolution to remove the u.s. military from iraq. this is something that general soleimani had petitioned and fought for as he was alive as a general. now it seems like he may have achieved it in his death.

guys? >> terrorischris, lebanon has f internal strife since october, many protests we've been covered for quite some time now. how are tensions between the united states and iran impacting conditions domestically within lebanon? >> reporter: well, you know, as he was making this speech during that hezbollah rally we were out in the streets talking to people who were watching the speech, it was televised here, you would be hard pressed to find anyone in lebanon or the middle east at large for that matter who really wants to go to war. but many feel like donald trump fired the first shot and they simply have no choice. their backs are against the wall specifically in lebanon. it's going through a massive economic crisis, there are about $80 billion in debt, that's a huge amount of money for a country the size of lebanon. in the last couple days there have been several runs on banks, people are feeling desperate and a war would absolutely exacerbate that depression and fear. nevertheless if your back is up

against a wall and you don't have very many other options a lot of people here say that war is inevitable. guys. >> not to mention the u.s. had suspended some aid to lebanon and lebanon's military for the past several months which had a lot of people questioning what that was all about at a very critical time for that country. let me play both of you guys this sound bite from secretary of state mike pompeo he is responding to critics who say president trump's threats to target iranian cultural sites would constitute a war crime. watch. >> we will behave lawfully, we will behave inside the system. we always have and we always will, george, you know that. the president was getting to this point, in the past previous administration also allowed shia militias to take shots at us and at best we responded in theater trying to challenge and attack everybody who was running around with an ak-47 or a piece of indirect artery. we made a different approach. we told the iranian regime enough. you can't get away with huesing proxy forces and think your homeland is safe and secure.

we will respond against the actual decision-makers. >> let's talk about this for a moment. it's important to put the timeline here. the president tweets out they have 52 targets including cultural sites. mike pompeo says we are going to respond -- >> respond in theater. >> try to make it somewhat ambiguous. the president last night doubles down on that saying, no, no, i really meant cultural sites. >> if they can do it why can't we. >> i wasn't saying i'm just responding in theater. cal, what do you make of this? >> reporter: well, i think first it's worth noting it's their theater, responding in theater would seem to be the thing to do. i think this is sort of the core of why the middle east is on edge, this is why the middle east is very concerned at this moment. when you look at sort of the history again of these conflicts it is the civilians that are paying the price. you look at iraq or syria or even lebanon, it was interesting to hear hassan necessary ral la says we are not going to attack

american civilians, that is playing into donald trump's hands, we will only attack members of the american military. we heard the same thing from the iranians on iranian state t. have, the head of the irgc saying we are going to respond at military targets. it's a way for the iranians, people in this region to take the high road. it's fascinating that you have somebody like soleimani who was responsible for so much death and who was killed and right now in the eyes of the middle east it is america that is the rogue nation, it is iran that is seemingly taken the moral high ground. it's sort of fascinating that the u.s. president has conceded that ground because as this region prepares for a possible war it is exactly that conversation that people are having here on the ground, guys. >> cal, quickly talk to us about the qatari foreign minister. do we have any understanding as to what was spoke about? >> reporter: yeah, well, so the

qatari seth made it clear what they want a stability, stakt is what's most important to them, they want a ratcheting down of the tensions. it gives you an indication of what is happening in the gulf. we've heard the kuwaitees say similar things, including that they had nothing to do with that assassination, we've heard the saudis say their air space was not used. the qataris are in a particularly difficult situation, theres a lot of talk where did the drone come from. a lot of people are speculating that it came from an air base here in qatar, the largest military air base in the region, houses 10,000 military personnel. it puts them in a difficult position which is why i think we saw that first bit of diplomatic activity originating from here in qatar. still ahead much more on the tension with iran including the financial impact it's having across the globe. plus the false claim about the 9/11 attacks that the vice

president of the united states trying to make to justify soleimani's killing. your "morning joe's" first look is back in a moment. lling. your "morning joe's" first look is back in m aoment.

vice president mike pence is facing criticism over a series of tweets earn yusly tying qasem soleimani iran's military leader who was killed in the u.s. air strike last week to the september 11th attacks. on friday pence tweet this had out sagt soleimani had, quote, assisting in the clandestined travel to afghanistan of ten of the 12 terrorists who carried out the september 11th terrorist attacks in the united states, but that tweet was factually incorrect. to start off with there were actually 19 hijackers not 12 as the vice president suggested. a spokeswoman for pence later clarified the vice president was referring to a subset of 12 of the attackers who are known to have traveled through iran into afghanistan, yet the official 9/11 commission report did not

mention soleimani by name and clearly stated that the iranian government never knew anything about the attacks or helped to facilitate them. >> so on the heels of qasem soleimani's killing global stocks slid and oil prices rose. on friday the s&p dropped and the dow and nasdaq fell .8%. oil prices surge with brent crude gaining a record high since september. investors abandoned u.s. stocks on friday opting for gold, soft bonds and the japanese yen. in another sign of nervousness stock prices slumped with saudi aramco falling to its lowest level since its market debut last month. president trump threatened to add tariffs on iraq telling white house reporters on air force one this, if they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it in a very friendly basis we will charge them sanctions like they have never seen before ever.

it will make iranian sanctions look somewhat tame. >> i'm not sure if that makes sense to say charge them sanctiones. >> i'm not sure it makes sense, either. actually, i'm pretty sure it doesn't. let's switch gears and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins with a quick check on your weather. >> good morning. we are going to start off with two weak snow systems, by the end of the week it's going to feel like spring or maybe fall, i'm not even sure. we haven't even really had winter yet. last night we had a little burst of know? areas of pennsylvania, over top of new york city, new jersey, light snow? northern new york heading to vermont as we go throughout this morning, not a big deal. probably won't get any school delays out of it. a little light snow in morning in areas of nebraska. today snowshowers up through portions of maine, new hampshire, vermont. tomorrow that storm system that's in nebraska dives to the south, light rain as we go throughout tuesday morning and notice a little bit of blue on the north side, that's where some snow will be. as we go throughout our tuesday

we will track a little light snow over west virginia, the mountainous areas of virginia. by 2:00 p.m. we may see snowflakes close to washington, d.c., the ground will be way too warm to get accumulations there. the higher terrain west of d.c. by a half hour to hour we may get a coating of snow. let's fast forward to 6:00 p.m., possibility of some light rain in new york city tomorrow afternoon, rain on the jersey shore, a little snow heading for the poconos areas from philadelphia into northern new jersey. by about 11:00 p.m. there will be a little light snow on the north side through southern portions of new england, may be a half inch to an inch or two of snow in some of the higher terrain of connecticut, northern rhode island and also there probably around the worsting hills. for today's forecast not a lot of problems, southern half of the country looks great, again, the snow in areas of the northeast will be ending, middle of the country looks fine. so this gets to the end of the week and our big question of where is winter? because it hasn't felt like t at least not for any extended

period of time. as we go throughout the day today very mild air in the middle of the country. i can't call it a january thaw because it hasn't been that cold yet, 55 memphis, minneapolis is 10 degrees warmer than normal, 34 is not warm but typically they're freezing this time of year, chicago 39, raleigh at 57. as we go into changes no changes, oklahoma city near 60, st. louis near 48 and by the end of the week as a big rainstorm heads to the east it will be unusually warm. look at raleigh on friday, possibility of 68 degrees, new york jumps into the 50s on friday and should be the same on saturday. it's been a nightmare early ski and snow season. >> not to be selfish, but it's not good if you are a skier. >> ski resorts can make snow in new england but the snowmobile trails, they're just sitting there, it's brown. >> thank you, bill. so we need a bit of relief, i think, in this news cycle that we've been in. >> from the past 72 hours, seriously. still ahead, history made at

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welcome back. it was a big night for hollywood at the 77th annual golden globe awards. director sam menendez's drama "1917" took home awards for best drama and bet director. rapper and actress awkwafina

made history when she became the first woman of asian dissent to win a golden globe for her performance in the family drama "the farewell." patricia arquette won for her supporting role on "the act." during her acceptance speech she alluded to the rising tensions between the united states and iran. >> we're not going to look back on this night in the history books, we will see a country on the brink of war, the united states of america, a president tweeting out a threat of 52 bombs including cultural sites. young people risking their lives, traveling across the world, people not knowing if bombs are going to drop on their kids' heads and the continent of australia on fire. so while i love my kids so much, i beg of us all to give them a better world. >> and ellen degeneres reflected on their career during her speech as she became only the second recipient to be honored

with the carol burnett award for excellence in television. >> i feel like you've all really gotten to know me over the past 17 years. i am an open book. we all think we know someone, there is a connection when we watch someone on tv for as long as we are on tv, and that's what it was like for me with carol burnett. i felt like i knew her, i felt like she showed us who she was every week, she was larger than life. i feel humbled and honored to receive this, the first person after carol burnett is quite an honor so thank you so much. and tom hanks accepted the cecil b. demille lifetime achievement award and appeared to break down before addressing his wife, actress rita wilson. >> a man is -- sorry. a man is blessed -- a man is blessed with a family sitting down front like that. a wife who is fantastic in every

way, who has taught me what love is. five kids who are braver and stronger and wiser than their old man is and a loving group of people who have put away with me being away months and months and months at a time, of course, otherwise i wouldn't be standing here if they didn't have to put up with that, so i can't tell you how much your love means to me. >> it was the cecil b. demille award. a lot of emotional speech to say the least. i want to say succession winning best drama series, a show i am obsessed with, one of the best shows i've seen in a long time. >> a lot of incredible moments highlighting how good tv has become. people talk being more of the tv shows more so than the films that won last night. congratulations to all the winners out there as well. switching gears from the golden globes but staying on somewhat of a light note, time for sports and wild card weekend and the nfl highlights. we begin in the nfc where in philadelphia last night the seattle seahawks downed the

eagles 17-9. quarterback russell wilson still got it, throwing for 325 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass to d.k. metcalf and led the team in rushing with 45 yards on the ground. seattle running back marshawn lynch also had a rushing score, philadelphia qb carson wentz making his first career playoff start lasted two series before being knocked out of the game in the first quarter after a controversial helmet to helmet hit by the seahawks defensive end jadeveon clowney. the victory sets up a matchup against the packers next weekend. on saturday the houston texans erased a 16-quarter deficit defeating the bills in overtime. the texans will face the kansas city chiefs in the divisional round. the afc new orleans the saints season ended in overtime at the super dome for a second straight year trailing the minnesota vikings by ten points at the start of the fourth quarter.

new orleans faced ot with drew brees' 20 yard touchdown pass to hill and a 49-yard field goal with two seconds left on the clock. after winning the coin toss and opting to receive, minnesota quarterback kirk cousins pulls through for the vikings leading his team down field and hitting kyle due dolph with a four yard fade on the third and goal to secure the 26-20 victory. minnesota moves on to play the san francisco 49ers in that divisional round. and then of course the big game everyone was watching on saturday, the defending super bowl champions new england patriots fell in an upset to the tennessee titans, 20-13. while the titans advance to face the baltimore ravens next weekend now questions are surrounding the future of new england quarterback tom brady. one of the greatest if not the greatest to ever play the game. the loss marks the patriots earliest elimination from the playoffs in nearly a decade. and this, believe it or not, could have been the last game for the baed/belichick era in new england. it has over 20 seasons, seen six

super bowl wins and 17 afc east titles. i think a lot of people who are hitting the panic buttons in boston this morning are probably going to say like chill. >> i have to say i wish mike barnicle was here in morning because i need a breakdown, even i'm interested in this as to whether or not brady is done. >>'s pro probably recovering from the upset over the weekend. >> coming up next, we will go live to tehran where the conflict with iran is escalating as president trump and iranian leaders continue to trade threats. back in a moment. s continue to d threats. back in a moment on't have time go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

this morning, tensions are on the rise following the u.s. air strike that killed iranian general qassem soleimani. president trump spent the weekend issuing threats on twitter if iran retaliates. iraq's parliament has voted to expel u.s. troops from the country. iraq's prime minister is expected to tell the u.s. ambassador today that american troops must leave. all of this comes as the impeachment fight ramps up on capitol hill. senate judiciary lindsey graham says