. good morning. winter woes. a massive storm system causing a big mess for more than 30 million people from kentucky all the way to new england. snow, freezing rain, icy roads, a huge pileup in tennessee. hundreds of flights delayed or canceled. now a deep freeze is coming. dylan is traing it all. political stress test. president trump gets a clean bill of health while dealing with a firestorm over vulgar language he used in talking about immigrants from haiti and africa. democrats in the room in disbelief. >> he said these hate-filled things and he said them repeatedly. as a bombshell new report claims the president's lawyer paid an adult film star more

than $100,000 right before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. police announced they have a suspect in custody after an ivy league student's body was found in the woods. all that plus a little boy fights for his life after he contracted rabies from a bat. will an experimental treatment save him against the odds? no laughing matter. the government warning teens from entertaining those internet pranksters putting laundry pods in their mouths. a 21-year-old is the biggest lottery winner in history after winning that $450 million jackpot. jud why he says positive winning helped him win. >> announcer: from nbc news,

this is "today" with sheinelle jones, craig melvin, and dylan dreyer live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. good morning and welcome to today. thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. >> glad to have you with us. how would you like to be 20 years old and retired already? >> when i was 20 years old, see, my first job was in a day care, so 20 kids. >> do you finish college at that point? >> no. >> you should. then you can pay it off. >> that's right. you don't even have to pay it off. you pay it off in the beginning. >> we'll have more on the kid who will never have to work again in just a bit. let's get to our top story. this wintery mess of snow and ice, dropping temperatures. it's affecting people along most of the east coast. dylan, everybody wants to know what it's looking like. >> it's very messy. take a look at some of these

pictures coming out of henderson kentucky. we had a similar scene? the midwest. these pictures coming out of iowa and north dakota where visibility was greatly reduced at times almost causing those white out conditions. let's take a look where this storm is right now. we've had a lot of rain up and down the east coast. that's moving away. on the western side of it we have heavy snow falling but it's right in between where we have some ice across vermont and new hampshire, up across central maine as well. we are going to see the possibility of icing remain an issue as we go through. if we could just get this to advance here for a second, we've got winter weather alerts for 32 million people. winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories. these will remain in effect as winds become gusty out of the northwest and start to cool things down for areas where it's

been mild the last couple days. as we go into early this afternoon, most of the snow and ice will exit northern new england but we are going to see a refreeze possible on the back side of this system. so even though nothing is falling from the sky as we go into sunday, we still could deal with very icy conditions. i want to point out the ice accumulations. a quarter of an inch to possibly three quarters of an inch of ice in maine that coats the streets. we also can see downed trees and power lines. another major story we're following, fallout continues from president trump's racist remarks about certain countries in an immigration meeting. congressional leaders are speaking out. all of this as the president gets his first physical since taking oice. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. a long holiday weekend will be

no easy escape from the stinging fallout here and in places around the world over the president's divisive and demeaning comments that lawmakers say he made during a heated conversation about immigration. all of this comes and continues to be sorted out as the white house says the president has a clean bill of health. the political stress test. president trump returned to the comforts of palm beach friday night after his first follow exam in office conducted at a military hospital. when he landed, the white house released a comment from the physician, a rear admiral. the president is in excellent health, but his political condition is not as clear. tense questions about race as the president paid tribute to dr. martin luther king, jr. >> we pledge to fight for his dream of equality. >> but dr. king's friend, congressman john lewis implored

the president. >> stop putting people down because of their race, their color, or their nationality. >> he's the furthest thing from a racist. >> reporter: the president claimed he used only tough talk but not racially offensive comments attributed to him at a thursday closed -door meeting o immigration policy. >> he said these hate filled things and he said them repeatedly. >> reporter: the white house pushed back. >> the language was not used and it's very clear that this is the democrats trying to derail this process. >> reporter: in current talks for an immigration bill the president wants to reduce certain programs for poor and disaster ravaged countries including haiti and some in africa. house speaker paul ryan was low key. >> first thing came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful.

>> reporter: and two republican senators who were in this original conversation say they do not recall the president using this vulgar language. other republican leaders have avoided any comment at all and remember we are in a midterm election year now and some of this is already beginning to play out with challenges between candidates and incumbents in some congressional races. >> kelly o'donnell for us. thank you. elise jordan is a form policy adviser to republican senator rand paul. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> "the new york times" out with an editorial. it says in part where to begin? how about with a simple observation. the president of the united states is a racist. it went on to say he's a liar. is this a shift in how media outlets are reporting? >> you have seen hesitation in the past for major mainstream

news organizations hesitating to call outright donald trump a racist. at this point after a contentious campaign, judging from donald trump's lifelong host of statements, the fact pattern is there. the definition of a racist is someone who makes judgment calls based on ethnicity or race and that is what donald trump's reported comments from this meeting this week with hill leaders represented. >> kelly o. just alluded to senator cotton being in that meeting, not recalling whether the president said this or not. lindsey graham apparently chastised him right after he said it to his face but hasn't said anything publicly. we heard that response from paul ryan. why have we not heard from more republican leaders screaming from the roof tops, shouting down this kind of racist rhetoric? >> well, it has been a slow evolving story and it has been a he said/he said and it started out with senator durbin talking about the comments and being

open. then you are slowly seeing senator tim scott said he spoke with lindsey graham and told a south carolina newspaper that yes, senator graham said those comments were said and then you see senator graham not outright denying but said i said my piece in the meeting and donald trump knows what i think of the language. you're seeing the slow trickle build effect. >> let's talk about what happened on thursday night. supposedly president trump working the phones, calling his friends to assess the damage, some of them saying he was, quote, dlbelligerent. talk about the timing of this and as far as damage control for the white house, what if anything can they even do? >> donald trump cares the most about what is being said about him in a given moment in a given day in the news. that is his primary concern. so he was doing essentially a victory lap of sort because he thought that hey, this rhetoric might even res naonate with my e which i think is so insulting to trump supporters for the

president to say he is actively trying to use this kind of sentiment to appeal to them. i think that's insulting on the part of the president. >> the conversation will certainly continue. thank you. president trump is also facing new questions this morning on a personal front. following a bombshell report that his lawyer paid an adult film star more than $100,000 for her silence right before the presidential election. nbc jeff bennett is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's long time personal attorney is denying mr. trump had a sexual encounter with an adult film star while he was married to melania. it comes after a report alleging the act trress received a six figure payout to keep her from going public. new fallout following a bombshell report from "the wall street journal" based on anonymous sources saying trump lawyer arranged for a $130,000

payout about an alleged sexual encounter with mr. trump. alleged to have come a month before the 2016 election around the same time the trump campaign was nearly derailed by the now infamous access holiday tape in which mr. trump can be heard bragging about being able to grab women. lewd comments he later dismissed. the journal says stephanie clifford told sources she met the president at a celebrity golf tournament in july, 2006. mr. trump was already married to me la melania at the time. the white house responding saying these are old recycled reports are which are denied. michael cohn denying the sexual encounter took place. president trump once again denies any such occurrence as

has ms. daniels. in a statement provided to nbc news which cohn says is signed by daniels, she calls the journal article absolutely false. adding rumors that i received hush money from donald trump are completely false. nbc news has not independently verified the statement. and neither the white house nor cohn deny or acknowledge the six figure payment. while there is no allegation of nonconsensual behavior in this instance, more than a dozen women have come forward with claims of sexual harassment and assault against president trump, allegations he vehemently denies. >> jeff, thanks. now to that devastating scene in california where search and rescue crews are working around the cck hoping against hope to signed survivors in this week's mud slides. an 18 accouvictim was found. >> reporter: good morning,

sheinelle. this is still very much a search and rescue operation. no one is the ground is calling this a recovery effort. we are well beyond the first 72 hours which means every single second now is so crucial and even then search crews know what they have to hope for. in the face of fading hope, this is what day five looks like in mo montecito. firefighters going branch by bra branch, sorting for any sign of survivors. >> this one really has hit close to home. >> reporter: the firefighters belong to this community. some scouring for their own neighbors. >> is that what it would be at this point? >> we've all seen before these miracles of survivors after several days. we're hoping we can have one of those miracles. >> reporter: crews are searching for by. among them 17-year-old jack.

his sister lauren was rescued after being trapped for six hours. their father david did not survive. >> it's all gone. >> seeing what's left of her neighborhood for the first time. >> it's hard to almost position myself because there's so little left. >> her cousin rebecca was killed along with two of her neighbors. >> this is awful. it will be so sad not to have this house, but my cousin rebecca died and i can't replace that. >> 18 victims now identified, entire families torn apart. last month we met this family evacuated to a nearby shelter during the massive thomas fire. 2-year-old lydia and her brother waited for the disaster to end. this week pasta was discovered dead. lydia still missing. a community buried under insurmountable grief still digging for a miracle. there are more than 1,200

personnel engaged in this rescue. if there is a miracle waiting to happen, someone will be there to find it. >> so heartbreaking. >> it's hard to get your head around that. >> just the magnitude of the damage. >> our prayers continue to be with them. also this morning a major break in a murder investigation in the death of a university of pennsylvania student. police in california say a suspect is now in custody with the connection of killing 19-year-old. it is his high school classmate. good morning. >> good morning, craig. according to a search warrant the suspect told police he dropped off blaze bernstein. when they questioned him they couldn't remember his girlfriend's last name or where she lived and now he's been

arrested. >> orange county sheriff's deputies marched him into custody. once a classmate, and now a suspect in the untimely death. >> based on inconsistencies of the story of the friend, our investigation focused on this individual as a person of interest. >> bernstein was a premed student at the university of pennsylvania home on break in california. >> we do believe mr. woodward was acting alone. >> reporter: the suspect told police he picked up bernstein at his home. they drove to several places before ending up at this park where bernstein's body was found one week later buried in a shallow grave. >> the friend who admitted to being the last person with blaze at the park. >> reporter: police did not release details as to the cause of death or possible motive. prosecutors have not charged woodward. his arraignment is expected early next week. the case attracted widespread

attention from celebrities including kobe bryant. blaze bernstein's grieving parents thanked police and everyone who helped in the search and released a statement through their lawyer. >> by honoring blaze's memory, we hope you'll make the world a better place. >> now some other clues detectives noticed, several cuts and scratches on woodward's body that he told them were from a fight club. they also say he pulled his jacket over his hands to prevent his fingertips from touching any of the doors as he left the police station. >> thank you. some other news making headlines. the flu has hit every u.s. state except hawaii. but the cdc says it appears to be peaking with fewer doctor and hospital visits this month than in december. the flu has hit epidemic levels with doctors warning this strain is taking a drastic toll on children and the elderly.

and he's not even old enough to buy a beer to celebrate. but a 20-year-old guy in florida has come forward as the only winner of that $451 million jackpot. shane messler quit his job, wants to pursue his passions, help his family, and do good for mani. he also said that he had a feeling he might win because he's a positive person. he's going to take that one time lump sum payout of ny $282 million. >> how about that? if i think positively that it's going to get warm. >> congrats, shane. if you want ever to swing by the show and give some cash to people you've never met and don't know, feel free to swing by. i'm sorry, about you your positive thoughts aren't working temperature wise. it's going to get quite chilly.

the warmest part of the day for the northeast is occurring now. the snow and ice will wind down this afternoon. morning freeze along the gulf coast and more snow and ice good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. let's run through that falcons/eagles forecast, kickoff this afternoon at 4:30 you're going to have to layer up if you're going to the game. 29 will be the temperature at kickoff. by about halftime 28 degrees. and end of game it only gets worse. 25 in the fourth quarter. those feels like temperatures will be down between 20 to 12 degrees though as those winds sustain around 15 miles per hour with gusts at 25. make sure you bundle up and go eagles. still ahead, a 6eay fightin getting rabies from a bat. but his family has great hope thanks to a new treatment. plus a daddy daughter reunion you won't want to miss. just have a box of tissues

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we're back on a saturday morning with the download, our look back at the week that was. >> the headlines were dominated by the mud slides in california and president trump's racist comments. there were other stories as well starting with a big change for his former adviser steve bannon. steve bannon out at breitbart news. >> a breitbart bombshell for steve bannon stepping down less than 48 hours after trying to diffuse his verbal grenades published in a new tell-all book, his comments slamming the president's son and son-in-law. a massive pay disparity in hollywood causing outrage. mark wahlberg reportedly pay

paid a king's ransom, his co-star michelle williams a fraction. >> he he hearn >> jessica chastain tweeting she conservatives more than 1% of her male co-star's salary. a louisiana teacher put in handcuffs outside a school board meeting spoke out. >> i teach fifth and sixth graders so i wasn't sure how they would feel. >> she says she questioned the superintendent's $30,000 raise standing up for teachers who have not had a pay increase in about a decade. >> it was like a slap in the face to everyone i work with every day. >> i'm a navy s.e.a.l.

>> m missouri governor admitting he did have an extra marital affair but denying he blackmailed his miss stress releasing a statement through his lawyer. there was no mack blblackmail a claim is false. he does not look happy with that. >> as solid as i skated and to get those scores, i am furious. >> figure skater ashley wag lne not backing down from her criticisms of her scores at nationals. she spoke out on "today". >> are you sorry you spoke out the way you do? >> no. what you see is what you get with me. i pride myself on being honest and open. >> some remarkable moments caught on camera. a massive crane collapses on camera. no one was hurt. after taking home a "w," alabama senior bradley boseman

popped the question to his girlfriend and she accepted. snow in the sahara. a rare coating of the white stuff in one of the hottest places on earth. finally a homecoming surprise. 7-year-old natalie was caught off guard when her dad, deployed for the past year, came home three weeks early and surprised her at school moving her to tears, but happy tears. >> those are my favorite moments. >> absolutely. >> never get old. >> when they wrap their little arms around their father or mother's neck. >> you see their face light up. >> still ahead, an important safety reminder about a silent killer. carbon monoxide. a government group warning teens about

good morning. i'm rosemary connors. it's 7:26 on this saturday. we have a first alert in effect because of the crashing temperatures. want to make sure you're prepared. this is a live look over center city. you can see the comcast center there. cloudy out there this morning and those temperatures are starting to drop. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the change to our weather. krystal. >> yeah, rosemary, we're looking at the entire area through tomorrow morning looking at rapidedly falling temperatures, somize e icy spots falling throughout the day as temperatures fall below freezing and single digit feels like temperatures by tomorrow morning. right now that cold air is spilling in from the northwest. only 15 in mt. pocono and 30 in reading. now at 42 in philadelphia and now 47 atlantic city. but the 40s you see they will tumble into the 30s over the next couple of hours.

look at radar and satellite. just a few little spotty showers down over the southern edge of our viewing area. i think for the most part our area will remain dry, but again, any wet spots on roadways from yesterday's rain could start to turn more slick. and there's the run through of your temperatures as we get into the afternoon staying right near freezing at best, but feels like temperatures in the low 20s. it is game day. let's take a live look inside lincoln financial field from our eagles nest camera. you can see the linc covered up there from the rain that fell overnight. just about two hours from now gates will open for eagles tailgating. that will lead to late this afternoon when the eagles and falcons faceoff in the playoffs. 4:35 is kickoff time. nbc10 is your official eagles station, the only place outside the linc to watch the battle of the birds. we have coverage all day long starting at 9:30 this morning with inside the eagles. we'll pick things back up at noon taking you straight to the start of the game. stay with nbc10 after the game for exclusive interviews. i'm rosemary connors.

now back to the "today" show. have a good one.

we are back on this saturday morning, january 13th, 2018. we are happy to have you with us as we kick off the weekend. >> let's begin with a check of the headlines. new allegations against president trump. hush money and explosive report from the "wall street journal" claiming a lawyer for donald trump paid a former adult film star $130,000 one month before the election. the reason? to keep her silent about an alleged sexual encounter. the white house and the president's lawyers denying an affair or payoff. in the meantime the president is getting his first physical in office. a doctor saying he's in excellent health. here we go again. a massive winter storm rolling across the country this morning bringing snow, rain, and ice to

millions. roads are slick and clothing layers thick as temperatures plumb m plummet. a report released on friday showing the las vegas reporter planned his attack and took extraordinary steps in an attempt to cover his tracks. going for gold. david wise and matty bowman will defend at the upcoming games in south korea. the freestyling skiers locked in their spots on the olympicm. ap of gorillas, expected to rise. good news for conservationists. also this morning new hope for the family of a 6-year-old florida boy who is fighting for his life. he's undergoing a new treatment this morning after he was diagnosed with rabies and his family is holding out hope that

the specialized treatment is going to work. nbc mia rodriguez is outside the orlando hospital where that little boy is being treated. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. doctors here are using an experimental treatment hoping he might become the third person in the u.s. to survive rabies with it. it all started because of a bat infecting 6-year-old riker infecting him with race bees too late to get the vaccine. >> i picked him up and he fell to the floor. i said walk for me and he couldn't walk. >> reporter: now at an orlando hospital. doctors are trying an experimental treatment known as the milwaukee protocol. >> there is no known treatment for rabies, so what we do is we support the patient medically. >> reporter: that support means placing riker in a medically induced coma and administering a

specialized drug cocktail forcing his body to creates its own antibodies against rabies. >> the plan was to shut it down long enough sfor the response t come in. >> it's worked twice in the u.s., 18 times around the world according to the doctor who came up with the protocol. while rabies deaths are rare, only a handful of cases annually, around the world the virus kills about 60,000 a year. it's nearly almost always fatal unless a vaccine is administered. it was too late for the shots. >>e's my buddy, he's my boy, he's my everything. >> reporter: this morning his family is holding on to hope that he will become the third person in the u.s. to beat the odds with this experimental treatment. >> he tells all his friends my daddy will fix anything. i can't fix that. i've never loved anything or anyone so much in my life, ever.

>> reporter: the doctor confirms that just two days ago this treatment saved another rabies patient, a 14-year-old boy in brazil. riker's parents hoping for a repeat. >> not just his parents. >> when he said he felt helpless, like he couldn't fix it, my heart goes out. >> mia, thank you. you have another check of the weather? >> yes. we have very cold temperatures that are working into the northeast. take a look at where we were just 24 hours ago. temperatures have been tumbling. we've seen an 11 degree temperature change in indianapolis that is at 13 degrees right now. baltimore 22 degree temperature change. 37 right now. yesterday high temperatures were up around 60 degrees and today we're going to see them only in the teens back across pittsburgh. 13 right now. that's a 41 degree temperature change. buffalo has dropped 46 degrees.

12 degrees colder right now than it was this time yesterday morning. as we go into tomorrow morning wind chills will be brutal. raleigh will feel like 14 degrees. on monday morning it continues to settle in to the northeast. boston will feel like 1. rimond richmond virginia will feel like 9 with a temperature of 16. we'll try to rebound as we go into tuesday andednesday but w good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. let's run through that falcons/eagles forecast. kickoff this afternoon at 4:30. you're going to have to layer up if you're going to the game. 29 will be the temperature at kickoff. by about halftime 28 degrees. and end of game it only gets worse, 25 in the fourth quarter. those feels like temperatures will be down to 20 to 12 degrees as winds sustain around 15 miles per hour with gusts at 25. make sure you bundle up. go eagles.

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this morning on rossen report update, the silent killer, carbon monoxide. there have been new cases of it striking across the country. >> is your home equipped to alert you if there's a g leak. jeff rossen has some important tips to keep your family safe. >> good morning. this is an primportant one. it's called the silent killer for a good reason. over 10,000 people every year and this month has been especially dangerous. dozens of people poisoned by the gas. the worst part, they had no idea they were breathing it in. no warning at all. this morning we're about to show you how to protect your family. just days ago a terrifying scene in new jersey. >> we can't take the batteries out. >> carbon monoxide flooding this apartment building killing a teenage girl, poisoning 41 others. tragedy in arizona too. this couple and two of their kids died while vacationing in

this cabin. authorities suspect carbon monoxide was to blame. and in this church and iowa, 15 poisoned from carbon monoxide. and these cases common. in fact, most deadly carbon monoxide leaks happen inside our homes. >> try this house right here. >> to show you the danger, we teamed up with retired st. paul minnesota fire marshall steve zucker to see if they have carbon monoxide. >> do you find they do or do not have them? >> we find they do not. they don't know they're supposed to. >> this man invites us in and right away we find this. >> we're in a hallway which is an ideal spot to put a carbon monoxide alarm. i don't see one here. >> you're supposed to have one on every level. since you can't see or hear it, that detector may be your only

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we're back on a saturday morning with rock legend eric clapton opening up about some serious health concerns. >> speaking out about a new documentary about his life. he is also talking about racist comments he's made in the past. lucy cavanaugh is in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. after decades of performing, eric clapton has revealed that he may be going deaf. one of several new details we're learning about the legend as his documentary hits theaters here. he is a music legend like no other. but years of rocking out hard and loud are taking their toll on eric clapton.

the 72-year-old telling bbc radio this week that he is worried about his health. >> i'm going deaf. i've got tinnitus. my hand's just about work. >> reporter: even so clapton still hasn't lost his determination to keep rocking on. >> i'm still going to work doing a few gigs. >> i've never met a better man than my friend. >> the british guitarist is promoting his new documentary, "a life in 12 bars." a roller coaster biopic that pulls no punches. an outside to his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction as well as the tragic death of his son. >> there was a way to turn this dreadful tragedy into something positive. >> despite his friendship with african-american icons like jimmy hendricks and b.b. king, the film also delves into

clapton's racist past. >> you were racist on stage? >> full tilt, yeah. >> clapton says he found the film difficult to watch. >> music saved me. >> but wants viewers to see that change is possible. >> it's like a redemption conceco concept. >> you don't have to come all the way to london. the film gets its u.s. television premier next month on showtime on february 10th. >> i'll be watching it. i've been a clapton fan for a long time. >> he's very open, isn't he? >> yeah. dylan, what's coming up next? >> we have the story of the 11-year-old news junkie whose love of the "washington post" has turned into an extremely funny story for her family. we'll have that. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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back now on a saturday morning with a story of a viral tweet. >> 11-year-old katie is a budding news hound and her brother shared her story writing today i learned my cousin's 11-year-old daughter somehow downloaded "the washington post" app at the age of nine and has been a royal greeter for the last two years. when people asks what she wants to be, my cousin said her 11-year-old daughter tells them she wants to study journalism and work for "the washington post" adding it's paerapparentle most specific in her class. telling them she has an open invite. liam also works for a newspaper. it just so happens to be "the washington post" biggest competitor, the new york ti"the times." the listen-year-old says when her cousin found out he started laughing and said get her a

subscription to "the new york " thittle she was when she downloaded it. how funny is that some. >> good for her. we need some good journalists. still to come, the latest on this major winter storm and the big temperature drop coming along with it p. >> also a dangerous new game with teenagers putting laundry detergent pods in their mouths. why they're doing it and what's being done to stop them. first these messages. fast acting zzzquil liquicaps help you fall asleep fast,

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good morning. i'm dray clark. your time now 7:56. we are in a first alert for plunging temperatures and subfreezing chills. let's get right to nbc10 first alert meteorologist krystal klei with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. krystal. >> good morning, dray and everyone with us. the entire area under a first alert through the rest of today into tomorrow morning for those rapidly falling temperatures. icing possible. this morning north and west neighborhoods, but as we go through the day and into tonight we are going to have the falling temperature trend. so everywhere could see these slick spots with single digit feels like temperatures by tomorrow morning. look what it feels like right now. down to 24 in philly. 17 in pottstown and 14 in reading. still feels like 37 in atlantic

city but i expect that to fall through the next couple hours. those strong winds cranking gusts now to 38 miles per hour in philly and in wilmington. 25-mile-per-hour gusts mt. holly and 31 millville. expect continued windy conditions and temperatures that feel below freezing throughout the afternoon. all right. thank you, krystal. well, fans are ready to follow the eagles on the road to victory. we are just hours away from the team's big playoff game against the atlanta falcons. ♪ fly eagles fly nbc10 was at xfinity live last night for the authentic fan friday launch party. eagles nation is ready. nbc10 is your official eagles station and the only place outside the linc to watch the battle of the birds. kickoff is at 4:35. we'll have coverage all day long starting at 9:30 this morning with "inside the eagles." i'm dray clark. we're back at 8:30 with a full hour of news and weather.

for now back to the "today" show.

good morning. winter woes. more than 30 million people under winter weather advisories this morning. more than a half foot of snow in the east as ice covers roads from kentucky to maine. hundreds of flights already canceled. dylan will have more on the storm's path. political stress test. president trump gets a clean bill of health after his first physical since taking office. this as his administration deals with a firestorm of controversy after alleged racist language he used to describe immigrants from haiti and africa. now another controversy with a bombshell new report that his lawyer paid off an adult film star just before the presidential election.

and no laughing matter. a major warning out for teenagers who are putting laundry pods in their mouths. why would they do something so dangerous? today, saturday, january 13th, 2018. go eagles, we're number one mt. >> >> we're on tv. >> we left ten kids at home and it's my 30th birthday. >> all the way from arkansas. >> it's my 18th birthday. >> happy birthday. good morning to you. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. we'll get outside in just a bit. >> absolutely. right now it's not so bad here in new york city, but the look in dylan's eye tells us it's going to change. >> it's colder now than when you

came in. >> we've got a lot to get to. let's start with the latest round of winter weather. you're tracking another winter storm. >> well, this current one that's moving through right now. oh, that's what you meant. >> last week as well, yes. >> exactly. they all run together after a certain point. yes, we have seen very dangerous conditions. icy roadways. also snowy roadways as l. look at this in tennessee. a couple of tractor trailers collided causing a major pileup on i-40 having drivers be very careful out there. there could still be a lot of ice because temperatures have tumbled and it won't melt. in the midwest several inches of snow fell in both north dakota and iowa and the plow drivers were out scooping it up. now it's going to get very icy. we've got snow through upstate new york. most areas are starting to clear out right now. even where it was all rain up and down the east coast, ice is going to be an issue.

we have winter storm warnings. wins are going to get gusty. wind chills will be brutal. as we continue through the day, the rain and the snow and the ice will exit most of maine by the time we get into early this afternoon and then it's all about the cold air that is surging in with temperatures dropping by as much as twe20 to degrees. we could see up to a quarter to even three quarters of an inch of ice that could cause significant power outages and downed trees and very, very dangerous roads. we're also looking at additional snowfall, about 1 to 2 inches across upstate new york. then this whole storm system will pull away. it's the cold temperature objection b behind it. >> also this morning there is more fallout from president trump's alleged racist remarks about certain countries during an immigration meeting as the white house scrambles to contain the damage. promine prominent congressional leaders are speaking out.

all of this has the president gets his first physical since taking office. kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. she's near his mar-a-lago estate in florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. the president's fitness has been the subject of conversation and criticism. both his medical health and his leadership style. first the medical report. president trump was examined at the walter reed national military hospital friday. the physician who has treated three presidents is a rear admiral. dr. jackson told the white house that the approximate the is in excellent health. they put a report but the doctor will be in the briefing to provide details about the president's medical status. the job is known as the most stressful job in the world. the president is at the center of controversy over his words and attitudes on race. he says he used, quote, tough talk but not derogatory language debating with lawmakers,

potential changes to a specific immigration program aimed at certain countries that are often poor and in crisis. a democratic senator dick durbin of illinois said the president used a vulgar slur to describes countries in africa and also talked about admitting fewer haitians under the temporary protected status program. this all comes as president trump is negotiating with republicans and democrats on capitol hill an immigration bill to fund border security including the wall and also to provide certain protections to young immigrants who were brought here without documentation as children. that is making this conversation about his words and attitudes all the more consequential because it may have real policy implications as well. breaking overnight, a suspect is in custody after a high speed chase involving an apparent armed suspect and the greyhound bus across straight lines. a passenger on board the bus describes the terrifying ordeal.

>> we tried to get him to calm down. there was four or five people telling him you need to sit back down. he refused to. that's what i was actually on the phone with 911 begging for help. >> he went on to say the suspect threatened to kill passengers. the police chase started in wisconsin. spikes were deployed to flatten the tires with the bus coming to stop in illinois. about 40 people were on board. rchl a 20-year-old man has been arrested in the murder of a u. penn student. he was taken into custody after dna evidence linked him to the death of college sophomore blaze bernstein. according to authorities the 20-year-old high school friend of bernstein was the last person to see him alive. investigators are still seeking a motive for the murder but won't release any details of the crime. spectators at a cycling event in australia were treated with a different kind of show.

a reporter was there when moments after a group of female cyclists loaded with hay takes out the finish line. that truck finally came to a stop later down the road. no one was hurt. i'm not sure whether i love the unexpected action or the reporter's reaction. check out the reporter'sreactio. >> so many layers to dreyer plaza. >> good morning. i feel like everyone's celebrating a birthday. big old happy birthday. i love this group over here. how many kids are watching at home? >> ten kids. >> we have ten kids at home and it's her 30th birthday. >> you guys issue just a little excited to leave them at home, right? >> yes. >> let's take a look at what's going on for the weekend. we'll see the snow and ice come to an end in the northeast.

cold, cold temperatures are working back into the midwest. tomorrow mild and sunny back through the rockies and down south, but we are looking at those very chilly temperatures with wind chills in the single digits and heavy snow as the clipper system moves in and the east coast will see temperatures in the 20s and good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. let's run through that falcons/eagles forecast. kickoff this afternoon at 4:30, you're going to have to layer up if you're going to the game. 29 will be the temperature at kickoff. by about halftime 28 degrees. and end of game it only gets worse, 25 in the fourth quarter. those feels like temperatures will be down to between 20 to 12 degrees as the winds sustain around 15 miles per hour with gusts at 25. make sure you bundle up. go eagles. and speaking of birthdays, this whole group is turning 50. happy birthday to all of you.

>> thank you. >> i love that. thank you. now to a dangerous new challenge that has serious health consequences for teenagers taking part. officials are warning that teens are putting laundry pods in their mouths. all for a laugh that could have serious consequences. morgan ratford is here with more. >> this is one of those online fads, one of the internet challenges that's been posted and tweeted millions of times. teens are actually eating these laundry detergent pods just to get a little social media street cred but doctors say the laughs aren't worth it because when they're ingested they can be far more deadly than you might think. you may have seen the videos. or the memes. young people all over the internet shaking, stirring, even cooking pacts of laundry detergent. all so they can eat them as part of a new internet challenge. it started as a joke making fun

of how much those little pacts looked like candy. but the head of the consumer products safety commission says this fad is no laughing matter. >> it started out as a joke and a prank on the internet and it's gone too far. and the teenagers that are doing this need to understand that this is reckless, that this is a poisonous substance that they're putting into their bodies. >> according to the cpsc at least ten people have died from ingesting laundry pacts, a risk that's especially serious for young children who often mistake them for something sweet. l last year poison control centers received reports of kids five or younger being inappropriately exposed to the laundry pods. >> it was the most horrifying moment of my life. >> exposure that can cause serious eye damage. >> the side effects of ingesting something like this can range from some vomiting and coughing all the way to a loss of consciousness. >> that's why some companies

have made their packaging more child proof and launched ad campaigns for the risk. and for kids who are old enough to know the dangers, experts say the online praise isn't worth the craze. in a statement to nbc about the internet craze, proctor & gamble says laundry packs are made to clean clothes. they should not be played with even if maept eant as a joke. they're running an ad campaign with rob gronkowski to appeal to teens and warn them of the dangers. >> they're just not thinking. they're being silly. coming up next, some of the most unusual finds at this year's consumer electronics show. you were there. >> it was fun. >> when does high tech become just too much? >> plus how julia louis-dreyfus's family

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worth the cost. here's one. a smart toilet. it can be yours for about $5,000. it's yovoice activated t. it connects to the internet and can connect to internet assistive devices. >> you said earlier you have somebody with disabilities. >> right. it's important to point out it can be helpful february people with disabilities. if you do not have a disability, would you drop five grand on a toil sunset. >> i would not. >> luxury toilet. >> do you have five grand to drop? >> if it self cleans so i don't have to clean the toilest ever, that wi that would be nice. >> there's another one. skin smart underwear. the underwear, bras, and boxer briefs have sensors that can track heart rate, body fat, hydration levels. i don't know if i need my

underwear telling me i'm fat. >> if my abs look like that i'll put them on. $349 for eight pair. >> no. >> isn't that what the fitbit is for. >> exactly. it tells you everything you need to know. >> do that again. >> let's move on. >> there's also a new product for those of you who hate folding clothes. it's called the folding mate t. claims to fold 20 to 40 items of clothing in two to four minutes. the catch is you have to do most of the work including each piece into the machine. >> gladly feed each piece. >> i tested one. it's a lot bigger. it looks like that. so that's the smallest they can get it. you throw the laundry in the

bomb bi bottom bin, turn the knob, come back in about 30 minutes and come back. watch this. you can watch a live feed of your laundry being folded. and then watch this. we had so much fun. >> but it folds everything the same size and you can slide it right into the drawer. >> but it makes 30 minutes? >> it takes a while. ear's wh here's whey think. think about how long it takes to wash your clothes and dry your clothes. it would be a new normal. >> how much it was? >> right now it's $16,000. >> you could hire a person to come in and do your laundry. >> that's because it's a prototype. the man who invented it has four kids and he asked what would you lying like me to invent and she said something to do laundry. he's been working 16 years. pop start, first up, a

touchdown for carrie underwood. the two teamed up to write and record a new song called the champion. we just learned the super bowl will open with a video for the song. take a listen. ♪ ♪ >> you'll hear a lot more during the winter olympics. you can watch the official video during the super bowl. moving on we have the new "saturday night live" lineup. it returns tonight with musical guest sam rockwell and halsey. jessica chastain will make her first appearance. and on january 27th will farrell will return to his old sketch comedy stomping grounds. he'll be joined by chris stapleton. and finally great news for everyone's favorite, julia lieu

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