there's a wicked weather weekend in many partsth o country. heavy snow causing havoc in a number of cities and sending a passenger plane skidding off the runway. in all there were seven deaths. we'll have the latest. >> and during the sno weekend at the white house, president trump tweeting some 27 time his targets were all over the map as new questions over dealings with russia gain new attention. >> daynm4 of the govert shutdown, and still no talks, no negotiations, and no end in sight for the millions caughtmen the gove's cross fire. >> and we now know for certain when winter is coming. a date is in place and more clues to the final chapters of "game of thrones." >> and why did this egg just

crack kylie jenner's most-liked status on instagram? "early today" start right now. good monday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> great being with you. i'm frances rivera. millions wer a in the path of deadly winter blast this weekend. the storm contributed to at least seven deathsn the midwest. some of the hardest hit areas were missouri where several enter statesnd were shutdown many drivers left stranded. a delta plane slid off the tarmac sunday morning when arriving in northern kentuck where nearly 9 inches of snow fell. fortunately, there were no injuries. conditions led to the cancellations of more than 250 flight at three major airports serving the d.c. area. and virginiaic state p say they responded to more than 230 traffic crashes. the storm knocked out power for nearly 200,000 people in virginia and north carolina. drivers are urged to stay off the roads around the nation's capital where the storm has dumpedore than 10 inches of snow in some areas and winter weather advisories are e inect

until 10:00 a.m. >> president trump facing tough questions this morning over his relati with russia following a pair of bombshell reports. "the new york tis" detailed an fbi investigation into whether ore president himself was working russia. while the washington post reported claims mr. trump conceale details about his fa-to-face meetings with russian leader vladimir putin. the president took to twitter in wake o these stories tweeting over two dozen times throughout the weekend. it sta med saturdayning with a volley of six tweets about the russia investigation, ge specifically tng the fbi and its former director james comey. the tweet storm ended with the president talking about everything from border security and the wall to his push to withdraw troops from he also poked fun at one of his 2020 competors, senator izabeth warren, and took jabs at amazon c.e.o. and "washington post" own jef bezos who he dubbed jeff bozo. nbc's susan mcennis joining us from washington, d.c. susan, good morning. now we have this russia cloud hanging over the longest

government shutdown in history. >> reporter: that's right, philli 24 days for the government shutdown and the president spending much of his weekend lashing out and defending himself against those two reports in "the new york times" and the washington post both dealing with the president's behavior regarding russia. "the new york times" said the fbi opened an investigation into the firing of james comey whether the president was operating on behalf of russia and againstinmerican rests, and then "washington post," the president reportedlyoing to great lengths following meetings with president putin, going so far as to snatchingack notes from interpreters and telling an interpreter not to discussny details of the meeting. here's reaction from bsides of the aisle. >> why is this president trump's best buddy? i don't get it. >> it's pretty much up to him in terms of who he wants to read into his conversations with world leaders. >> you had trump say only nice things about putin. he never spoke ill abo russia. >> the democrats have this massive ac

massive infatuation with russia and putin. stalemater: the continues with president trump demanding border wall funding in order to reopen the government. democrats insisting thepe government r first, and then talks continue then. to beessure does seem building on the white house with the most recent polls, showing that republicans are suldering most of the blame for this government shutdown. we do haveneenior republican coming out saying he has a suggestion. how about opening the government for three weeks while talks continue, and if that does not happen, phillip,si the pnt can then exercise that threat he made to declare a national emergency and have the wall built himself. >> it's been two dozen days now. susan, thank you. >> meanwhile, new reports this morn dg of aferent kind of showdown during shutdown talks. according to ntaxios, presi trump lashed out at his acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney during a bipartisan meeti with leaders earlier this month.

mulvaney suggested a cpromise suggesting the president and democrats find a middle ground and reopen the government. mr. trumpak didn't too kindly to the suggestion saying, quote, you just [ bleep ]ed it all up, nick. the white house official down plted the exchange, calling an exaggerated account of what happened. >> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is in riyadh putting pressure on saudirs leao hold the killers of "washington post"og killer jamal kha accountable. his visit is part of the tour of the middle east. our chi affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is traveling with the secretary. >> reporter: good morning, frances and phillip. the secretary of state is here in saudi arabia meeting with the young. crown prin the young leader who is being blamed by many, including u.s. innglligence, for the killi of jamal khashoggi. secretary pompeo is in saudi arabia. his first trip here since the c.i.a. conuded that the country's powerful crown prince was responsible for the brutal murd of "washington post"

journalist jamal khashoggi. an assessment presint trump s not accepted. >> we will continue to have conversation with the crown prince and the saudi about ensuring that the accountability is full and complete with respect to the unacceptable murder of jamal khashoggi. >> reporter: but despite u.s. sanctions on 17 of the alleged killers, including one of the crown prince's closest aides, the powerful leader is unrestrained. saying multiple current and former u.s. officials and foreign diplomats. president trump and his son-in-l son-in-law jared kushner see the crown prince widely known as m. b.s. as a key ally and customer for u.s. weapons. but his country's human rights abuses are prompting worldwi criticism. this weekend, a young saudi woman, 18-ye-old rahaf, escaped to canada. >> a very brave new canadianhe >> reporter:aid she was fleeing an abusive family and barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room pleading on twitter for help.

>> i'm not leaving my room until i see u.n.h.c.r. i want asylum. >> reporter: on his nine country mid east tour, pompeo is factig qus about president trump's sudden decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria. an a new regional challenge. iran is threatening to restarti enrich nuclear fuel. that would violate the nucle.s deal the uquit last year. what do you think uran is to with the enrichment? what do you think they're up to? are you going to see m. b.s.? >> reporter: tha meeting with the young saudi leader is happening today. it remains to be seen just how tough mike pompeo is willing to be with him about khashoggi given their shared interestg in gofter iran. frances and phillip, back to you. >> andrea mitchell askinghe questions. thank you. >> the suspect in the disappearance of 13-year-oldja e closs is due in court today. jake thomas patterson is accused of shooting and killing parents bunch abducting her back in october. she was found last week just 70

miles from her now investigators are piecing together evidence to build their case against patterson. nbc's kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: these are the first photos of jayme closs.sm ing with family and cuddling with pets after her three-month ordeal. >>s eating well, she's happy, she's smiling. >> reporter: kloss managed a dramatic escape thursday from a home in rural wisconsin, endingi anense search for the 13-year-old. with heen at home aunt, nan emotional reunion aftr the teen's allegedbdtion and brutal murder of her parents. accused of both crimes, 21-year-old jake patterson now in custody. the move, a mystery. >> i don't know. if he just s o her what the connection is, but there's been no contact like everybody thinks. >> reporter: ahead of patterson's first court awpearance monday, his lyers released a statement to th associated press, saying they are relying on the integrity of our judicia system to treat him fairly. one of patterson's neighbors

said she was shocked by his arrest. >>just seemed like a typical kid, you know new york city different than any other kid in the neighborhood. >> reporter: back in kloss's hometown gratitude for her safe return. >> we believe she was going to come home as a matter of time l >> reporter:g awaited home coming for a community that never gave up hope. kathy park, nbc news. >> we have nfl playoff action just ahead. but firs on saturday kan city was battling some snowy weather. it managed to get chiefs offensive lineman jeff allen stuck in the snow on the way to the game.av along came cochran. he's living out of his suv with hisirlfriend and a small dog. cochran helped pull allen's car out of the snow so he was able to get to e game on time. >> after he got done helping me, a told me he's a chiefs player. i didn't loo him as a chiefs player, i looked at him as a normal person. i hope he would do the same for me as i did for him. >> as a thank you, he gave the good samarit two tickets to next week's afc game against the

patriots. it will be cochran's first time attending a chief game. the big easy and superbowl champs philadelphia eagles took a commanding 14-0 lead before the saints offense would finally get it going. new orleans wouldn't get their first lead until late in the third quarter oas this t.d. ps wo michael thomas. then with t minutes to play, gles down six, quarterback nick folesires a bullet to al shon jeffries. it goes right through his hands to marshawn lat more. the saints advance, the eagles' season is over 20-14. now to foxboro and pats, the chargers would match right away. philip tivers dropping back pass and chucked it deep to keenan allen. that is3- a 4yard touchdown. a good game.e it is going to be but it wasn't. the patriots would go on to pummel the visitinger chargs 418 and it wasn'tven that close. there is also someis hry made on the pats' field sunday. sarah thomas became the first iate an nflto off

playoff game. she was among the officials working that pats/chargers game. thomas was the first full-time female official in the nfl and she is now in her fourth season. >> a winter wonder land, epean-up crews in austria have beenyed to a ski resort in the alps. they are using every ounce of muscle to dig out a ski area completely snowed in. following a week of intense blizzarding that brought tons of snow, the resort h been iced over and officials are warning the likelihood of avalanches. >> i don't think we have to go to ausia to find snow. >> that's a lot, snow at a ski resort. we are getting done, we're just about finished completely with our snowstorm from the weekend. let's fast forward into thursday. we go into the rockies with our next big storm, west coast is going to get nailed with a heavy flood threat. we're talking about snow and ice orom this storm. it freds from co to the plains. by the time we get to saturday,

snow thrghout the ohi valley possible, icy mess in the southern ohio valley and the northeastt looks like saturday night and through sunday you're going to have to deal with snow, ice, possibly rain. s'll pinpoint t as we go throughout the week. keep your travel plans ier mind. will be a lot of disruptions. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer loyour day ahead. well, today is not tooad of a day. we're still cleaning up from all our snow, maybe playing in it from st. louis t indianapolis, cincinnati. some cities got 6 to 10 inches of snow this pa weekend. not a bad day at all down along the gulf coast.>> the week ahead is going to be very active and impacting a lot of people. >> we'll be ready for it, bill. thank you. this is such a new york city oing. around herer the weekend you may have witnessed a partial nude it on the subway this weekend. sunday marked the 18th annual no pants subway ride. so, look, what everybody does. 's an event organized by the comedy group improve everywhere. at 3:00 p.m. commuters took off

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physical before escalating to a shooting outside a motel leaving at least one dead. in all, three women and three men suffered gunshot wounds, including the 18-yeaold woman who died. the suspect is reported to be among the inred, but authorities said their still searching for a possible accomplice. >> we have an update forou about the lie on air jet liner that crashed in october killing all 189 on board. the indonesian navy has confirmed that the voice recorder fro hthe jet been found. lion air flight jt 610lunged into the ocean october 29 shortly after take off. authorities say a dive team found the cockpit recorder over the weekend along with human remains. if undamaged it can provide valuable informaon to vestigators. a news conference is scheduled for later this morning. >> now to a charity tn into a night of horror for a poland mayor who was attacked on stage a knife-wielding man. here is video shoepg the moment the man came on stage and attacked the mayor powell. we won't show the actual

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good moi'ing. aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. ng out.g up and dig three weeks into the new year and already a massive winter storm hits>> snow fell late into the night and roads are treacherous this morning. we have team coverage for you, beginning.ith chuck be >> yes, indeedy. lots of icy t roads around area this morning. we'll be above

news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> the first winter swstorm of 2019 proved a force to be reckoned with. know plows and cleanup crews

work through the night as snowflakes continue to fall. in some areas, nearly a foot of snow accumulated. >> i didn't think it would ever stop snowing. reaganfast look from international airport. the storm has moved on. but icy conditions has forced e closure of schools, businesses and government offices. you may not havek to w today but you may be outside with a ovel, cleaning up from the worst snowstorm that our area has seen since 2016. you need to shovel and shovel again. and there's still snow. >> that's what i hear. you homeowners have i rough. >> i do miss apartment living for that reason only. >> my car, not a lick of snow on it all weekend. >> i am never going to see the prius. i'm eun yang. >> i'm iraaron gilchrist.ni good m to the people that are watching this morning. this is all for the essential personnelhis morning. things appear to be settled outside.