evacuations for almost 190,000 people have been ordered. search and rescue helicopters are ready and 23,000 california national guards are on alert as officials hold their breath that a dam holds. a major winter storm packing two feet of snow and 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts are headed to the northeast today. a wild night for music's biggest stars as gaga wowed the crowd and adele's must-see do-over as she went head to head with beyonce for most trophies. north korea sends donald trump his first major foreign military test by launching a successful missile test. great news for drivers this morning. "early today" starts right now.

good being with you, i'm frances rivera. disaster looms over the nation's tallest dam. almost 190,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area's downstream from the oroville dam in california. authorities say that unexpected erosion in an emergency spillway threatens to unleash uncontrolled floodwaters from the dam's massive reservoir. the officials have been releasing controlled amounts of water, reducing pressure on the structure, and they plan to drop large rocks from helicopters into the eroded spillway to help stabilize it. 70 miles south of the oroville dam, the state's capital, california's governor issued an emergency order to help coordinate the responding teams. they're preparing for incoming storms that could affect this complex and rapidly changing situation. nbc news will bring you updates throughout the day. it is music's biggest night of the year. we're talking about the 59th annual grammy awards. the night arguably belonged to

adele. the british songstress kicked off the show with "hello" my opinion us in the glitches from last year's performance. adele was one of the night's biggest winners, taking home all five wourds she was nominated for including song, record, and album of the year. she is the only artist ever to sweep the top three twice after also winning them in 2012. it wasn't all smooth sailing for adele who literally stopped the show during her tribute to the late george michael. >> i'm sorry for swearing and i'm sorry for falling, can you please start again? i'm sorry. >> adele calling it like it is. metallica front man james hetfield's microphone wasn't working at the start of the band's performance with lady gaga. some of the shows highs included beyonce, who of course performed a medley of songs and gave a moving speech after winning the grammy for best urban contemporary album. >> it's important to me to show images to my children that

reflect their beauty so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror and see themselves and have no doubt that they're beautiful, nett intelligent, and capable. this is something i want for every child of every race. >> chance the rapper won best new artist. david bowie's last album "black star" won five rewards. bruney mars brought the house down with a rocking tribute to prince, mimicking the legend from his style to his guitar. katy perry wore an armband reading "persist" as she performed in front of a "we the people" backdrop performing with a tribe called quest. busta rhymes called president trump president agent orange. singer joy villa wore the make america great again dress on the red carpet with trump on the back. the u.n. security council now will convene an emergency meeting today after north korea

launched a ballistic missile test this weekend. one the country hailed a success. the u.n. meeting comes at the urging of japan, the united states, and south korea after japanese prime minister shinzo abe condemned the missile launch with president trump by his side. how will new york respond to all of this? let's turn to keir simmons who joins from us seoul, south korea, for more. was this missile launch really meant to rattle the trump administration? or something much more? >> reporter: good morning, frances. the timing was certainly interesting. it does appear aimed at the trump administration. happening just as trump was meeting with the january nees prime minister and the missile fired toward japan, though it only traveled around 300 miles before landing in the sea, short of the japanese sea. but that said, north koreans are saying it was a successful launch, that they tested a new missile that they're describing as a pu kux song 2, a medium to

long-range missile, nuclear capable, and they say it was a successful test. as you mentioned still, though, a number of nations calling on the u.n. security council to have consultations over this test. china saying it impoopposes the test, so international criticism of what north korea has done. many experts think again the aim was to rattle the trump administration. frances? >> certainly interesting to hear the president's seemingly limited and measured response to that. nbc's keir simmons, thank you. now to washington where the white house prepares to move forward on its temporary immigration ban. mr. trump saying he could deliver a new executive order on the issue as soon as today. white house senior policy adviser steven miller tells "meet the press" moderator chuck todd all options are on the table. >> the bottom line is that we are pursuing every single

possible action to keep our country safe from terrorism. i also want to be clear, we've heard a lot of talk about how all the branches of government are equal. that's the point. they are equal. there's no such thing as judicial supremacy. >> meanwhile, worldwide protests against the president continued for a third straight week. major crowds spilled into the streets of mexico taking on the president's immigration ban head-on. that as immigration and customs enforcement agents carried out a number of raids across the united states. i.c.e. agents targeting at least six states, arresting 160 undocumented immigrants in california alone. the department of homeland security says these raids were routine, but the president himself contradicted that with this tweet saying, "the crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. gang members, drug dealers and others are being removed." that all comes amid news the president could take action soon concerning national security adviser mike flynn after reports surfaced flynn had discussed u.s. sanctions against russia

with that country's ambassador before inauguration day. perhaps violating at least one law and could have lied to vice president mike pence about the alleged discussions, creating a potentially difficult situation. when asked about the controversy the president said he would look into news reports on the matter. ivanka tramp is back in the headlines following "snl's" brutal takedown of the white house and plugging of her fashion brand. melissa mccarthy returned as sean spicer, hawking the daughter's accessories. >> and light terrorism this week when nordstrom's decided to stop selling ivanka trump's line of clothing and accessories. okay? and that's nordstrom's loss. because these are high, high-quality products. in fact, i'm wearing one of her bangles right now. it's beautiful. it's shimmery. it's elegant. and at $39.99? and don't even get me started on her shoes.

because these babies are a real head-turner. >> this morning the president wakes up in the white house returning from a weekend at his mar-a-lago resort, preparing to welcome canadian prime minister justin trudeau for the first time. nebraska's edward lawrence from washington. trudeau's had harsh words for president trump in the past. >> we're told the canadian prime minister will discuss places where they agree with president donald trump mainly. there's many stances where the two countries take very different positions. in fact, on muslim immigrants the canadian prime minister said that muslim-canadians are an important part of success for canada. he vows to take in the refugees that the u.s. turns away. this will be the first visit by the canadian prime minister to the white house since president donald trump has taken office there. the two will also talk about trade here. president donald trump has said that he wants to get rid of

nafta, renegotiate the contract during the campaign. this is something that affects canada so the two are expected to talk about that. >> certainly getting this day over with and then looking ahead to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on wednesday. edward lawrence, thank you. just ahead, it was "fifty shades darker" versus the caped crusader at the box office. who came out on top? sleigh riders are enjoying the snow but a major winter storm is brew until the northeast that could bring up to two feet of snow and 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking weather. is this mostly a new england event? >> mostly a maine event throughout the day, that's where the worst of it has been. 6 to 12 inches portsmouth to augusta. this area will be easily seeing another 6 to 12 inches throughout the day today. the boston area is only about another inch or so. the hardest-hit areas where the blizzards will be down east maine. high wind warnings and advise riz here going from the

mountains of the appalachians through southern new england. these winds will gust today up to 50 to 60 miles per hour. that will cause significant airport delays. hopefully not too many power outages. that's a have you seen these pictures? a rescue effort with mixed results. in new zealand hundreds of whales stranded themselves off the waters of golden bay. rescuers linked arms in an effort to prevent 200 pilot whales from stranding themselves again. the effort did succeed in turning many whales away from shore but from the pictures you can see a few hundred still perished in the stranding. sad for those people trying to spend the time to rescue them. >> we first reported on that on friday, and tough for them, really emotional to see these

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your carrier. meanwhile, meteorologist bill henley tracking conditions with the neighborhood forecast. most accurate forecast in town. we've already seen wind gusts of more than 40-mile-an-hour. now 36 in dover. the strongest winds, we will see them this morning. the temperatures, they're in the 30s, but the windchill is going to be a factor this morning. certainly, 32 degrees right now in the suburbs. feels like the 20s. 26-mile-an-hour steady wind with higher gusts. philadelphia 38 degrees. above freezing for new jersey. lehigh valley and delaware. sunshine, yes, we'll see some of that. the wind. strongest winds will be this morning. steady at 30-mile-an-hour at 6:00 this morning. starting to come down a little at 9:00. very strong wind. sunshine, 36 degrees at 9:00. we will see sunshine, the winds

will come down some during the day. not a lot. 38 this afternoon. 36 in lehigh valley. and 40s for new jersey. at the shore up to 46 degrees. break these down hour by hour and take a closer look at wind through the day when i come back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington has first alert traffic. starting off this morning on the schuylkill. we're going to start around girard avenue. see right now no big problems or delays at 13 minute trip if you're headed eastbound from the blue route to vine street expressway. speeds in the 60s there. watching the pa turnpike as well. construction angtive on the westbound side between delaware valley and street road. just the right lane closed. no big problems or delays especially on westbound side. still 23 minutes. the vine street expressway is open this morning. not dealing with any construction. good drive through center city