when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. just don't worry about it. they're tough. we have to be tough. it's time we're going to be a little tough, folks. >> president trump confronting foes and friends alike, possible new sanctions on iran, changing course with israel, and new developments overnight to kill dodd-frank. rex tillerson is about to take on america's biggest foreign policy challenge, russia. and before the patriots take on the falcons in super bowl li, we have the battle of the late-night jimmys. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on this friday morning. a surprising turn of event, the

israel to stop announcing plans to build new settlements in the occupied west bank. the statement clarified that the administration is concerned specifically with the construction of new settlements, not the existing settlements, which it does not view as an impediment to middle east peace. this could signal fault lines in the otherwise warm relationship between president donald trump and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who is expected to visit the white house in two weeks. developing overnight, the white house may hit iran with new sanctions as early as today. officials say they would be in response to iran's terrorist activity and repeated ballistic missile tests, and there are strong support for sanctions in congress, as leaders from both sides of the aisle are encouraging the white house to punish iran. we had put on notice first, now word of new sanctions. what's the reaction where you are? >> reporter: well, frances, exactly. this nuclear deal is barely a ye

on notice and is facing fresh sanctions for a ballistic missile test, which was probably launched to measure president trump's response. although, the president is uncharted territory for iran, animosity and friction with america isn't. in fact, anti-american in iran is a defining characteristic of this islamic republic since it was founded four decades ago. the ruling establishment here, they fired back yesterday. they lambasted president trump. they promised more missile tests. in reality, they're trying to figure out now what their next move is in this long-running chess game with the united states. hostility with america gives hard liners in iran more of a platform, which could spell trouble for president rouhani. he was voted in on a promise to seal the nuclear deal, bring security to iran, and lift sanctions in order to get their economy going in the country. if he can't deliver on that, he's in real trouble. it could give hard liners a big platform in may's

which would spell more confrontation with america, which is something president rouhani has hard tried to avoid. frances? >> certainly a complicated chess game with very high stakes at that. ali, thank you very much. secretary of state rex tillerson spent a busy first day on the job calming the nerves of foreign allies and employees within the state department over the president's recent executive actions. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has details. >> hi. i'm the new guy. >> reporter: rex tillerson no longer the powerful oil executive, now a freshman diplomat confronting challenges on all sides. that flash point in iran, russia where the president wants better relations despite a sharp spike in russian-sponsored fighting in ukraine, and even mexico, where mr. trump told the president, you have a bunch of bad hombres down there. the white house says he was being light hearted. >> no cabinet secretary wants to be in the position of cleanup aisle eight. he's going to have his

president that wants to be very active on foreign policy. >> reporter: first, tillerson trying to reassure thousands of state department employees angry about the president's immigration orders. >> i know this was a hotly contested election, and we do not all feel the same way about the outcome, but we cannot let our personal convictions overwhelm our ability to work as one team. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. house minority leader nancy pelosi isn't mincing words when it comes to describing president trump's senior adviser. pelosi slammed breitbart exeexec exeexec exec stephen bannon. >> what's making america less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the national security council as a permanent member while the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told don't call us, we'll call you. it's a

white supremacist, bannon, would be a permanent member. >> so far there's been no response from president trump or the white house. a community is in mourning today following the murder of sergeant steven floyd, a delaware corrections officer with 16 years of experience. floyd was found dead at the prison yesterday after authorities ended a dramatic hostage crisis there. they used a backhoe to smash through a barricade of foot lockers and then stormed the building, saving the other hostages from the inmates. they had sharpened their weapons. the guards union president said floyd yelled out a warning during the prison takeover, saving his co-workers' lives. firefighters in virginia are battling a massive blaze at a recycling center about 20 miles outside of washington, d.c. the two-alarm fire broke out around 9:00 p.m. last night, tearing through the roof of the fairfax county recycling and disposal center. fire officials say about three stories worth of trash is burning inside an incinerator. ab

control. no injuries have been reported, and the cause of the fire is still unknown. all right. super bowl sunday will feature the patriots against the falcons. we know that. but late night had a battle of its own. both jimmys sharing special nfl segments. fallon had puppies, and kimmel had nfl stars tackling mean tweets. take a listen. >> welcome to puppy predictors super bowl li edition. here's how it works. we have nine puppies and two bowls of kibble. one representing the new england patriot, the other representing the atlanta falcons. whichever bowl gets the most puppies will be crowned the super bowl champs. let's release the puppies. i think it's a no-brainer. it's whoever is in this bowl right here, which is the atlanta falcons. >> all right. cuteness overload

and here's kimmel's super bowl edition of "mean tweets." >> j.j. watt kind of looks like a fat macklemore. >> von miller looks like an 80-year-old man from 1974. >> joey bosa looks like a dude who wanted to be a magician but his parents made him focus on football. >> rob gronkowski is one of the dumbest people in the world. i have no problem with tweeting this because he probably can't read it. i just read it. you're dumb. >> all right. what was the better hit for you? the puppies or mean tweets? i love fallon, but let me tell you, the mean tweets are something else. >> it's hard to top the mean tweets. you and i, we've all gotten them. frances, the big story is the cold that has returned to areas of the country. we're not seeing a lot of bad weather, but bundle up. it's a big change. this is how it should be in the middle of winter, but it's been so warm of late, this feels

it's 3 windchill in chicago. 1 in buffalo. windchill of 26 in nashville this morning. the nation's kind of split right now. below freezing in the northern half. cooler but still mild to the south. a high of 27 in chicago. 16 in bismarck. if you want warm, go to the sunshine state. even the gulf is starting to cool off. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. so for today, we mentioned that cold air. there's also a really intense band of lake-effect north of syracuse and south of watertown. that's the only big weather story as far as snow and rain is concerned in the east today. you can see the temperature difference between oklahoma and florida today. and frances, the one thing about the cold, it's not here to stay. big warm-up this weekend in the middle of the country. we'll talk more about that coming up. also, don't try this at home. we show you these videos. look at this guy. police in japan have been searching for this biker since late december. how does he not fall? this video on twitter showed him standing up while riding on the

police caught up with the man, who they say did show a little bit of remorse. he was fined only $62 for violating safe driving laws. that's it. 62 bucks. >> at least he was wearing a helmet, i guess. just ahead, seems the only wall president trump doesn't like is the one between church and state. plus, beyonce's latest reveal burning up the twittersphere. you're watching "early today." more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper listerine® kills 99% of bad breath germs. this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth. just ask listerine® users. the very people we studied in

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a moon walk on the catwalk. some calling it a giant leap for former nasa astronaut buzz aldren. he and bill nye made their debut at new york fashion week. they look pretty good, right? also tweeting, someone said science never looked cooler. i kind of agree on both sides. leading the news in "the new york times," trump's u.n. envoy nikki

actions. she blamed them for a new wave ofighting in ukraine and called for an immediate end of russia's occupation of crimea. >> i consider it unfortunate that the occasion of my first appearance here is one in which i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. it is unfortunate because it is a replay of far too many instances over many years in which united states representatives have needed to do that. and you all keep liking it. beyonce's record-breaking twins pregnancy photo is now up to 9 million likes on instagram. the singer continuing to celebrate her baby bump, sharing a series of shots and videos from an underwater maternity shoot, captioning them, i have three hearts. and even more big news in the beehive. billboard confirming the singer will perform at the 2017 grammy awards on february 12th. beyonce is the leading nominee for the show with nine nods.

the most nominated female oartit in grammy history. president trump made waves by taking a detour from his prepared remarks to taunt his reality show successor and doubled down on a promise to eliminate the wall between church and state. kristen welker reports. >> reporter: president donald trump at the national prayer breakfast unleashing his most extensive defense yet of his controversial order halting travel from seven predominantly muslim countries. >> we will not allow a beachhead of intolerance to spread in our nation. we want people to come into our nation, but we want people to love us and to love our values, not to hate us and to hate our values. >> reporter: the president vowing to repeal a regulation that prevents political endorsements from the pulpit, the johnson amendment, one of the clearest lines between church and state and most americans support it. >> i

destroy the johnson amendment. >> reporter: meanwhile, mr. trump couldn't resist going off script after being introduced by the creator of his former reality tv show "the apprentice," mark burnett. mr. trump still an executive producer of the nbc show joking -- >> they hired a big, big movie star, arnold schwarzenegger, to take my place. the ratings went right down the tubes. it's been a total disaster. and i want to just pray for arnold, if we can, for those ratings, okay. >> reporter: the remarks drawing sharp reaction. >> why don't you switch jobs? you take over tv because you're such an expert in ratings, and i take over your job and people can finally sleep comfortably again. >> reporter: and for the president once known for firing people -- >> you're fired. >> reporter: telling the long-time senate chaplain barry black, who delivered stirring remarks, his job is safe. >> i don't even know if you're democrat or republican, but i'm appointing you another year. >> that was nbc's kristen

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chapo guzman will appear in a federal courtroom in new york city. guzman, who was extradited from mexico in january, has pleaded not guilty to 17 counts of manufacturing and distributing drugs over a period of almost 25 years. president donald trump meets with his business adviser and council for the first time. and also today, actor ryan reynolds will be honored at harvard university as the hasty pudding man of the year. today we'll get the first jobs report of donald trump's presidency. wall street is expecting 175,000 jobs, but that's certainly to be overshadowed by the effort to halt dodd-frank. good morning, steve. >> good morning, frances. payroll very important, but as you say, trump is always the headline news at the moment. he's basically going to roll back on regulation and the dodd-frank rules. he's going to start out with the fiduciary rule. basically, it would have restricted how brokers can give information to their clients and what they can do and what

so they're rolling that one back. mr. cohen said to comply with rules, companies would have been forced to offer products with the lowest fees, even if it wasn't in the best interest of their clients. elsewhere, he's meeting his advisory panel today. is he going to face some heat over immigration policies? that remains to be seen. plus, snap chat worth up to $25 billion now. they're preparing their ipo. the revenue has gone through the roof. and did you know, the average user opens the app 18 times a day. back to you. >> yeah, if you have children, steve, then double that, especially with the whole puppy filter with the tongue. we can't get enough of that one. cnbc's steve sedgwick. thank you. just ahead, the flying sharks are back. >> plus, just two days until super bowl li, and the festivities are already under way. we'll go live to houston next.

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earlier. >> reporter: the party has started in houston. >> slime! >> it's amazing. i love it. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of fans are already in the super city, and the crowds are expected to grow as we get closer to game day. >> we'll have over a million people come through this event. it's a free family friendly, fun event. the nfl experience is next door. you can go into that too if you want. they're having record numbers. >> reporter: the super bowl is a bucket list event for a lot of people here, and they're taking it all in and taking a lot of merchandise home. >> it's great, yeah. we came in yesterday. long day traveling from boston. today we're just seeing the sights and taking advantage of picking up some more gear. get ourselves ready for the game. >> reporter: lady gaga is getting ready for the game as well. >> myself and my dancers have been training for months. >> reporter: there are rumors she'll float in from the roof of nrg stadium, then be joined by a

>> oh, we have some things planned for this weekend. >> reporter: but she won't share exactly what we'll see during the halftime show. >> it's going to be a good time. >> reporter: or i guess you could say a super time. >> okay. bill and i are writing our predictions. okay. you go -- you're still writing. i'll do mine. i don't know if you can see. pats, 22, falcons, 17. that's what i'm thinking. >> that's probably -- that's a little lower. >> 42-0? what are you talking about? >> i'm a jets fan. i refuse to root for the patriots. they cannot beat the patriots by enough. >> i have lived in boston for a really long time. so i know how die hard -- especially after everything they've been through with deflategate. >> my weather producer is a pats fan. i can't deal with him if they win. >> we're going to both be here monday morning. we'll talk about it then. just ahead, much more on "early today." more "doing chores for mom" per roll

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neighbors, the district and the country. what could happen as early as today in the d.c. mansion murders case. and incinerator fire hours after the first call for help where some people may smell smoke as they walk out the door this morning. >> and the maintenance that could put a kink in your super bowl plans. good morning, everybody. 7:26 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> you made it to friday. >> 4:26. not 7. 4. >> oh, that would be a problem. happy friday. now we need to get through this day so we can start celebrating. >> let's check in with melissa

a minute here. first let's get started with chuck and sheena. hey, guys. >> good morning. and unlike last friday when on this friday on wear red friday, even i got the memo. >> you look very nice. we all like to have the red together. >> we're all color coordinated on this wear red friday and it is going to be a chilly one to be outside early this morning. skies partly to at times mostly cloudy. it's a lot colder than we've been the last couple of mornings. not much of a windchill to worry about today. could be a little bit on the windchill issues for your friday evening plans but just know that your weekend, still cold tomorrow. improvements on that super bowl sunday forecast. all the details on that in just a second. for now let's talk temperatures for the day. >> yes, and i like to see those improvements on the super bowl forecast because now you don't have to worry about the weather when you're heading out to your plans. starting off on theol

district. 30 in gaithersburg currently. quantico 36. and as we go through the day today, we're going to peek at temperatures right around the low 40s but then look what happens as we go to tonight. 9:00 p.m., around 30 degrees. we drop into the 20s and like chuck was mentioning that windchill is going to make it feel a lot coulter when you wake up saturday morning. let's check the roadways this morning. good morning, melissa. >> i do have something here in lanham where we do have all roads shut down because of a police investigation. whitfield chapel road north of mlk jr. highway, again, all lanes shut down there. taking a look here at the beltway, you can see inner loop and outer loop, everything is just fine on the beltway right now. 66 and 95, no worries and same thing here looking up top, 29, route 1, 95, bw parkway, everything rolling o

fine. brand new this morning some breaking news in prince george's county. >> good morning, you just heard melissa mention the police activity investigation going on in lanhan so we can now tell you that police got a phone call lying unresponsive on a sidewalk. so police show up there. we are hearing that that man was found unresponsive with no trauma to the body. this was around 1:00 this morning. you're looking at what appears to be the intersection of whitfield chapel road and route 450 where that investigation was going on. this is in lanham. one man found unresponsive in that area and that's where you've got that police activity. >> thank you. it is now 4:29. now to this developing story near alexandria, virginia. fairfax county police are working to find out how a woman was hit and killed by a

intersection last night. they've not released her identity but say she was hit at little river turnpike and braddock road. police are questioning the driver of that truck. some of the biggest names in business get their first chance to speak to trth today. leaders from testa, pepsi and walmart will take part in his first economic advisory group meeting. uber's ceo quit the group yesterday after facing criticism from customers and employees. taking a much tougher stance with both israel and iran. the white house is warning israel that new settlement construction may not help efforts to achieve peace with palestine. israel is planning to build 3,000 new homes in disputed territory of west bank. many international organizations including the united nations and the european union view those settlements as illegal and beyond israel's borders. president trump could also unveil new economic sanctions against iran as erl