>> it's monday, 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 e 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

genius david bowie. he was a master of re-invention. 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.

to bree hop kens and a double min for "the marks" best musical and comedy and best actor matt damon. jennifer lawrence spoke to her directer after winning best actress for their collaboration "joy." >> i want to work on the next project. 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.

ovation for sylvester stal loan for best supporting actor in "creed." >> i'm going to thank my d rocky balboa for being the best friend i ever had. mexico has bego under the process ofg 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 >> 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 lord el chapo guzman. it is believed to be his first article in decades, published by magazine overnight. guzman admitted that drugs destroy but says unfortunately,

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

tells nbc news, authorities were aware that penn meet with him in october. harm. it wasn't until friday morning the mexican navy chaptured el 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 andcommented. on social media, many want them to face charges for not alerting authorities with theirne of the most wanted criminals in the world. now, to the iowa caucus,

the republicans are if a statistical dead heat while their counterparts are running neck an neck so much on the line, what can we expeb from this week's republican debate? >> good morning. expect a lot of fireworks, ates 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 mocratic and front runners are in a dead heat. pressure grows in the presidential race for the white house. hillary clinton picked up a key m former congress woman gabrielle gifford an her astronaut husband. they say clinton is the only candidate who can stand up to the gun 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 >> r. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders says he can be tough on gun manufacturers.

an area and know that those guns are going into the hands of criminals, st. louisly, those gund 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 inton slightly leads sanders, the same with republicans, senator cruz has a lead over trufr trump. trump took aim at cruz'sigibility 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 theruz believes the matter is settled. senator ted cruz was born to an american mother, he says that makes him eligible to be president. >> thanks so much for that. there are new allegations that the man behind the assassination attempt last week,

jesse hartnet is a part of arger group with radical beliefs. this according to an anonymous tipster who said the shooter is not the most radical of the the alleged shooter said he pledged allegiance. they say the gun used, officer hartnet is expected to makerecovery. 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 the man later said he wanted the gun to rob a stomplt police say the attack is not related to the shooting of officer hartnet in 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,nted in connection with at least six jewelry riefts in the southeast. most recently in north carolina. she made little attempt to hide

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it's still a little shock to the thankfully, most people are recovering this morning. 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 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 ey, 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 threat for the monitoring? plus, affluenza teen's mom is in court today. 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?om your tablet to your wireless printer give you a jolt of confidence? if so, you may be gearcentric. ows that the right

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check out bud grant the former head coach headed out in the coin toss in what is be the third coldest nfl game on record. vehicleings football, providing all the scoring for minnesota, hitting the third field goal 47-yarder. putting minnesota up 9-0. seahawks battle bag with thisort pass. then with the season on the >> 27 yard attempt.

week to take on the panthers. the redskins gave them an 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 final score 35-18, green bay will face off against arizona on saturday. just ahead, we'll give you a hottest new cars at the detroit auto show. plus the most buzz worthy moments at last night's golden globes up

. now to some entertainment news. at the box office, "star wars" "the force awakens" pulse and the best saturday or sunday ever there. the "revenant" took 2nd place with $38 million for its forceand "daddy's home" earned 15 million and 3rd place. one of the most buzz worthy moments happened when lady gagan and ran into leonardo dicaprio, whose reaction has been blazing around the ehave longer you and miss america had fun when she

>> i, i'm ehave longoria, nota men dead. >> i'm america ferrara, not gina rodriguez. >> neither of us are rosario >> well said, selma. >> thank you, char ro. >> and during her acceptance speech for best actress, taraji channelled her empire character, cookie. please, rap, wait a minute, i waited 20 minutes, you going 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.hat anywhere else, it's all one big family. they all know each other. >> it's consuming, hat's why they rambled on a bit long. >> ricky gervais didn't get as many headline, he didn't familiar him some feathers. >> maybe next year. i'm dara brown. this is "early today."

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