, january 11th. coming up on "early today" rock 'n' roll legendary david bowie dead at the age of 69. next, mexican officials want to talk to sean penn about his secret meeting with drug lord el chapo. the biggest night of the year the winners and what happened behind the scenes. plus the jewel thief that stole millions is finally captured. "early today" starts right now.

breaking news, legendary singer david bowie dead at the age of 69. he had been battling cancer the last year-and-a-half. his album was released on his birthday this past saturday. bowie was a primary innovative of shea mon of rock 'n' roll. >> he was an artist as much as he was a musician with such creations, he released a young album with the number one hit "fame." he added, very sorry and sad to say it's true, i'll be offline for a while, love to all. british prime minister david cameron tweeted, i group listening to and watching to pop genius david bowie.

he keeps getting it right. david bowie is dead at the age of 69. switching gears now, it was a golden night at the beverly hilton. right here on nbc, everyone turned up for the golden globes. on the red carpet, jennifer lopez sparkled with diamonds. inside, ricky gervais kept everyone on their toes and a bleep filled chat with mel gibson. >> "the revenant." >> that epic was a revelation at the golden globe. three major wins, including best practice ma, best director and best actor for leonardo dicaprio dicaprio. >> this film was about survival, adaptation. >> for the first time, it went to bree hop kens and a double

and comedy and best actor matt damon. jennifer lawrence spoke to her directer after winning best "joy." >> i want to work on the next . i really do. >> it could be the alter ego who "empire." >> cookies for everyone tonight. >> john hamm for his final season and first year computer hacker series "mr. robot" caught best drama and "mo skart in the jungle. "and ra chel plume was surprised, too. >> oh my god. >> winning best actress for crazy ex-girlfriend. the heims included a standing

for best supporting actor in "creed." >> i'm going to thank my imaginary friend rocky balboa for being the best friend i ever had. mexico has bego under the process of extraditing drug lord el chapo to the u.s. more on the lead up to his capture, it's all starting to sound like a bizarre hollywood script. >> reporter: the mexican law enforcement officials say mexican authorities want to speak as to sean penn and a mexican soap opera star about their secret trip to meet drug lord el chapo guzman. it is believed to be his first article in decades, published by "rolling stone" magazine overnight. guzman admitted that drugs destroy but says unfortunately, where he grew up, there was no other way to survive.

violence, his mom says, all he does is defend himself. guzman only agreed to take the questions and after a previous seven-hour face-to-face meeting days before a failed october raid. according to penn, this picture authenticates that meeting. in the rest of the interview conducted by blackberry messenger, he was supplying methamphetamine and cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. on friday, the attorney general send guzman a sire to meet about a movie and interaction with movies and actors eventually led to his arrest. another mexican official says investigators were able learn details from his whereabouts from intercepted phone calls. >> i think the mexican authorities want to identify as many people closely associated with el chapo as they can.

tells nbc news, authorities were aware that penn was there to meet with him in october. a planned arrest delayed to assure the two would not be harm. it wasn't until friday morning the mexican navy chaptured el chapo following a bloody shoot out, this is the drainage tunnel where he tried to make a last ditch effort to escape. we reached out to both and neither commented. on social media, many want them to face charges for not alerting authorities with their meeting with one of the most wanted criminals in the world. now, to the iowa caucus, three weeks from today. it is tight. the republicans are if a statistical dead heat while

neck an neck themselves. with so much on the line, what can we expeb from this week's republican debate? >> good morning. expect a lot of fireworks, actually, candidates trying to sew they can be the ones to become president they're trying to shine above the rest with three weeks to go. as you saw, the new poll shows democratic and front runners are in a dead heat. pressure grows in the presidential race for the white house. hillary clinton picked up a key endorsement, from former congress woman gabrielle gifford an her astronaut husband. they say clinton is the only candidate who can stand up to the gun lobby. >> it's the only industry in our country where we have given that kind of cart blanche to do whatever you want to do with no fear of legal consequences. >> r. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders says he can be tough on gun manufacturers. >> when gun manufacturers, for example, are selling guns into

are going into the hands of criminals, st. louisly, those gun manufacturers should be held accountable. >> reporter: a new nbc news-"wall street journal" maris poll shows iowa closer than ever with three weeks to go. within the margin of error, clinton slightly leads sanders, the same with republicans, senator cruz has a lead over trufr trump. trump took aim at cruz's eligibility to be president. >> from ted's standpoint and the party's problem, he has to solve this problem. the democrats will sue him if he's the nominee. >> cruz believes the matter is settled. senator ted cruz was born to an american mother, he says that makes him constitutionalally eligible to be president. >> thanks so much for that. there are new allegations that the man behind the assassination attempt last week, a philadelphia police officer, jesse hartnet is a part of a

this according to an anonymous tipster who said the shooter is not the most radical of the group. the alleged shooter said he pledged allegiance. they say the gun used, officer hartnet is expected to make a full recovery. meanwhile, one of the officers working security detail was attacked on duty at the hospital by a man with aat the present timed to grab the officer's handgun. the man later said he wanted the gun to rob a stomplt police say the attack i anyway. one woman's alleged nine month multi-million crime spree has come to an en. the fbi arrested this woman seen here in a mug shot from 2012, wanted in connection with at southeast. most recently in north carolina. she made little attempt to hide her identity. the footage often shows her

disguise, in total, she is accused of stealing more than $4,000 in jewelry. don't be disappointed in the powerball drug, we hope you have a great monday. the largest jackpot in the history of the world t. prize is now at an unmeevable $1.3 billion and growing, after being rolled over a wroping time since november 24th. it's now the largest for if previous record holder for biggest lotto prize. few thought it would ever reach a billion dollars. they are fought equipped to show sa second big payout. the odds of winning are one in 292.2 million. the next drawing is 11:00 p.m. eastern time on wednesday. so make sure you get your powerball ticket. now, we will be here for a winning forecast. how about that, be ill? >> yes, if you like cold, if you like winter, maybe even a little snow.

we saw the cold yesterday if you minnesota. it was bitterly col. that has made it across the great lakes. definitely heavy snow bands and that favorite snow about erie and buffalo. the possibility of 2 feet of snow here. the best snowmobiles, they're smiling this morning. if you have to travel anywhere interstate 90, that will be a difficult ride. by sides the snow, the cold pretty much encompasses everywhere to the east. we will see another snowstorm tuesday night into wednesday morning up in maine. winter storm watches. wind chill 14 in atlanta. the worse is the right near chicago this morning. it is negative 15. that arctic air is going to continue to get to the south, moving all through new england. temperatures are only running five to 15 below average. it's a warm winter. it's still a little shock to the system. thankfully, most people are

in chicago, in the 40s, by the end of the week. that's a look at national. here's a closer look at your week ahead. the real heart of the cold is duluth and green bay. you will need improvements to go through the afternoon of a high of 23. it's a cold day in the ohio valley, highs in the 20s. it's cold but it's mid-january right now. >> it is time for that. bill keirens, thank you so much. do you know you have a threat for the monitoring? plus, affluenza teen's mom is in court today. she's up next. you are watching "early today." tion fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members? is your success due to a filing system only you understand? does printing from your tablet to your wireless printer give you a jolt of confidence? if so, you may be gearcentric. someone who knows that the right office gear helps you do great things.

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mexico after missing a meeting with his probation officers. she told her husband he would never see their son again. . an authorization for the use of military force, the tie the president has behind his back is not something i would want to do to a new president who has to clean up this mess. >> president obama proposed to expand isis beyond u.s. borders. the walk post is reporting there is a new way police are surveiling sprkts by calculating their threat score. similar to how bank run reports, police are running data, to calculate a suspect's threat level from least to most dangerous. with 14, yellow and red. just ahead, the nfl season started with 32 took place and this morning just three remain. sorry, vikings fan, no, it

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>> first in minnesota, minus 6 degrees. check out bud grant the former

coin toss in what is believed to be the third coldest nfl game on record. vehicleings football, providing all the scoring for minnesota, hitting the third field goal of the day, a 47-yarder. putting minnesota up 9-0. seahawks battle bag with this short pass. then with the season on the line. >> 27 yard attempt. and the kick is no good! seattle heads to carolina next

the redskins gave them an opening. kurt cousins gets a touchdown and an 11-point lead. with this pick to james stark who runs right and cuts left, the packers took the lead for good. final score 35-18, green bay will face off against arizona on saturday. just ahead, we'll give you a glimpse at the hottest new cars at the detroit auto show. plus the most buzz worthy moments at last night's golden globes up next.

. now to some entertainment news. at the box office, "star wars" "the force awakens" pulse in more and the best saturday or sunday ever there. the "revenant" took 2nd place with $38 million for its force weekend and "daddy's home" earned 15 million and 3rd place. one of the most buzz worthy moments happened when lady gaga won and ran into leonardo dicaprio, whose reaction has been blazing around the internet. ehave longer you and miss america had fun when she misidentified as gina rodriguez. >> i, i'm ehave longoria, not

>> i'm america ferrara, not gina rodriguez. >> neither of us are rosario dawson. >> well said, selma. >> thank you, char ro. >> and during her acceptance speech for best actress, taraji dehanson channelled her empire character, cookie. please, rap, wait a minute, i waited 20 minutes, you going to wait. you going to give me a little more time. >> it's a fun night. you get the tv people and movie people all mixed together. you don't get that anywhere else, it's all one big family. they all know each other. >> it's consuming, too. >> maybe that's why they rambled on a bit long. >> ricky gervais didn't get as many headline, he didn't are you familiar him some feathers. >> maybe next year. i'm dara brown. this is "early today." pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. we're ready to start off our mud morning and our week here on "today in new england." >> sarah: we're following breaking news out of gloucester. a large house fire. we'll have the very latest. stars are never sleeping >> christa: the the music world mourning a legend singer david bowie has passed away from cancer. >> sarah: act your sean penn under fire for interviewing the drug lord el chapo before the authorities took him down. >> christa: and some interesting comments at rickie

>> sarah: i can't wait to watch it. >> christa: let's start off our week. hopefully we're drying out after the monsoon. i'll call it that. i know technically it wasn't, chris. >> jeremy: tropical-like downpours continuing it's january. edging 60 degrees out there. millford over two inches of rain. plymouth close to two. the city of boston over an inch of rain. a strong wind gusting at times 40 to 50mph. 37 in boston. 30 in worcester. the good thing tact winds last night, helped dry out a lot of the roads. temperatures fill above freezing for many of us, but the wiz still gussy this morning, at times 25 to 30mph. we'll keep this strong breeze throughout the day. it's a hold on to your hat type morning in the city of boston. some patches of clouds still around. we also have breaks in the action. scattered snow showers back into the berkshires. this is downwind of the great lakes. very cold air passing over the

so the lake-effect snow machine has kicked in. what we'll be tracking for tomorrow a weekend system coming out of canada that will go through the great lakes and work into southern new england. it will become a potent storm. too far north and east to give us depressiontation, but down east maine, they'll have a snowstorm on their hands. for us rain and snow shower activity working through late tomorrow. i'm thinking the rain showers along eastern mass will transition over to snow showers. the best chance of accumulating snow the further north and west you go. hillyer train, worcester county, southern new hampshire, perhaps an inch or two of snow tomorrow late into the afternoon into the evening hours. maybe a coating to an inch in the city of boston. not a big storm system for us, but with inter back into the forecast. keep the wind all day long. kiddos heading out the school. final bill, mid-40s. "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: we have breaking news first up at 5:00 a.m. on your monday. legendary musician david david bowie

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