♪ ♪ from one of the biggest moments to one of the biggest winners, a huge night at the grammys including some politics and a hillary clinton surprise. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> president donald trump state of the union address will focus on five key points, but could side show no shows members of congress overshadow the night? >> speaking of side shows, this was the scene in california overnight involving more than 200 cars and kept police plenty busy. >> the shot of the weekend has

thrilled fans and went viral to thousands. >> mother nature's way of jamming up the east coast rivers. "early today" starts right now. >> good monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. it was a night of powerful performance ands statements at the 60th annual grammy awards in new york city with politics taking center stage. beginning with performers and nominees sporting white roses in support of the time's up movement on the red carpet before the show. and it continued with powerful performances like five-time winner of the night kendrick lamarr who opened the show performing a fiery medley of songs from his current album tackling racism in the united states. to me too moment of the night. ♪ ♪ >> becoming one of the most talked about moments as she performed her current single praying joined by cindy lopper, camila ka bello, julia day, and

more with the resistance revival chorus. a cuban immigrant spoke about dreamers. >> tonight in this room full of music's dreamers, we remember that this country was built by dreamers, for dreamers, chasing the american dream. >> she went on to introduce u2 who performed an ode to immigrants on the hudson river with the statue of liberty as a backdrop. >> politics brought some laughs when james core don held auditions to best seller "fire and fury." contenders like john legend, cardi b. and even former presidential candidate hillary clinton. the show took place in new york for the first time in 15 years. fellow performances country artists to broadway legends and louise and danny brought down the house to their hit, de

despocito. snagging best new artist, and carrie fisher won her first grammy for best spoken word album, her memoir, the princess diaress. star co-host mark ham he will celebrated the win on social media. the big hit was bruno mars surprising some when he took home six awards for album, record and song of the year along with best r & b performance, r & b song and r & b album. as it stands this morning, donald trump is just hours away from delivering his first state of the union address. the speech centers on one central theme, building a safe, strong and proud america. there are sentiments the president echoed last night tweeting about the economic gains made under his presidency, saying the country is on, quote, the right track. while this won't be his first joint address before congress, it will be the most-watched political event of the year and it will serve as the chance for mr. trump to hit the reset button and forge ahead into the second year of his presidency. or remain dead locked with democrats on a litany of issues.

nbc's edward lawrence has more on what we can expect. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the first big question he is will the president stick to the script. he is a different speaker on the teleprompter off the teleprompter. he is trying to use the speech to push past the russia probe touting the success of the economy, saying the unemployment is near record low. you'll hear this over and over again for the next two days. >> we're doing incredibly on an economic basis, financial, stock market just hit another new high. we've had 84 since the election, 84 new market highs. what happened is we passed a tax bill, not easy to get. many people have tried to do it, they weren't able to do it. and this is the biggest one we've ever passed, bigger than the reagan bill and it's had a bigger impact than anybody even thought. >> reporter: and the student will talk about the economy. obviously the president will

al ak push forward for a bipartisan solution. now, these are some of the other themes here that the white house has said will be in the speech. obviously economy, infrastructure, immigration, atiotrl security. the president believes that immigration and infrastructure are two areas where democrats can work with republicans and his administration to come up with a deal. frances? >> all right, edward, thank you. >> and while the president is sure to tout wall street's success in recent economic gains, it's the russia investigation that could overshadow the evening with the prospect of mr. trump's testimony and robert mueller's propofol expected to hang over the evening. as the administration fights back reports that the president sought to fire mr. mueller in june. >> i'm not aware the president ever intimating he ever wanted to fire robert mueller. let's keep in mind a couple things. robert mueller is still the special counsel. don mcgahn is still head of white house counsel office. taxpayers have spent millions and millions of dollars on a

investigation that has not proven any collusion thus far with russia. >> it all comes as some lawmakers urge republican leadership to take up legislation protecting mueller from being fired. but there seems to be some disagreement within the gop about whether that's even necessary. >> i've got legislation protecting mr. mueller and i'll be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> it would certainly -- wouldn't hurt to put that extra safeguard in place given the latest stories. >> i don't think there is ray need for legislation right now to protect mueller. if there is an issue that arise, we'll take it up at that time. but right now there is not an issue. so why create one when there isn't a place for it? >> the white house made sure to point out that mueller remains at his job as special counsel and has no intention of removing him. >> police have arrested a man suspected of pointing a laser at a california highway patrol helicopter in oakland. the helicopter was responding to a report of multiple illegal side shows in the city early sunday. authorities say up to 200 vehicles were involved in the side show along with reports of

fireworks and gunshots. the chopper monitored from a safe distance but police say it was struck by green laser light multiple times. the crew was able to find the suspect and ground units later arrested him. the 23-year-old from pittsburgh faces $11,000 fine for each strike if convicted. >> the growls are growing as delta airlines tightens the leash on service and support animals allowed on flights. citing an 84% increase in reported animal incidents like urinating, biting and attacks. delta announced that passengers hoping to fly with animals must provide proof of the animal's training and vaccinations 48 hours before traveling. that starts on march 1st. >> tiger woods just capped off his first major tournament of the year and says he is very pleased with his performance. woods finished final round of the farmers insurance open sunday at an even 72 par, tying for 23rd place overall in the tournament. it is his first pga competition since having spinal fusion last

april. erratic performance, he said he was very pleased fighting hard for every hole. >> one high school freshman made a name for himself in illinois. they were taking on maine south friday night when a maine player misses a free-throw. he grabs the rebound and launches the ball full court and that miraculous shot went in. the crowd goes crazy, everybody storms the floor. they won by one point, 45-44. video of this remarkable buzzer beater is now going viral with over 111,000 views on youtube. what a shot. >> temperatures rise, so do concerns about ice jamb flooding in pennsylvania. the susquehanna a river that runs through lancaster county has frozen over and the national weather service has issued a flood advisory as rising water levels threaten to flood neighboring towns. the flood alert was labeled as a level 4 on a five level system. rescue crews are standing by in case residents are forced to

evacuate. >> let's bring in meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. >> we're still dealing with a lot of rain exiting the southeast. there is a little snow in the area of the great lakes. the next 24 to 48 hours, a snow will clip areas from boston to the cape possibility of an inch or two. as our clipper comes through the great lakes, areas from northern ohio through pennsylvania, especially near lake erie and ontario getty little enhancement there. not a big ordeal but a change from the warm weather we have been having. a cold outbreak has begun in the northern plains. we'll see the snow showers monday. wednesday quiet weather across the country. by the end of the week we'll watch rain and snow a full-time contract

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count down to history. the eagles soar into min indianapolis and just days until the super bowl. repairing the roads. an effort to make your driver smoother. a driver hits and kills worker on the highway and then tries to speed off. coming up on 4:00 a.m. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today first look at 4:00. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm dray clark. the big count down to super bowl 52. checking it out. tracking some rain showers this morning. that's cape may with a light

rain falling in south jersey and rain, too. light rain in southern delaware and a few showers in cape may. the rest of the area is looking cloudy and dry for most of the day today. 42 in new jersey. it's cooler in the suburbs and the in the lee high valley while it's 44 in philadelphia, dry right now in nourn delaware, 43 degrees. and we will see temperatures climb into the 40s in those chillier spots in the lee high valley. i'll show you which neighborhoods are more likely to see ray rain during the day with our hour by hour forecast. but first katey zachary has your first alert traffic. this is the schuylkill expressway right where it meet up with the vine street expressway. no overnight construction on the schuylkill or the vine is effective your drive to work. 95 southbound between wood haven and the vine average speeds in

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