. good morning, the president's putin problem, two bomb shell reports raising new questions about president trump's ties to russialu incng news of quote extraordinary lengths he went to to hide his conversations with putin. >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. >> where does this g from here? we are live at the white house. pain and protests. >> with more americans feeling the impact of the government shutdown, a key republican tells the president it's time to talk. >> open up the government for a short period of time. >> so what it will take to strike a deal. slammed tens of millions from theidwest to the

mid-atlantic cleaning up from a werful and deadly winter storm, aasty mix of snow and ice causing accident closing airports, and knocking out power, and al islrdy tracking what could be the next big storm. all that, plus reunited, 13-year-old jayme closs back in the arms o her family after her kidnapping ordeal. >> wonderful that she's back. >> another thrvivor, elizabe smart on the young girl's road to recovery. pratt falls in love. overnight superstar chris pratt announces his engagement to katherine schwarzenegger his o eet message to his bride be the final four, tom brady and the new england patriots roll past the chargers while the new orleans saints survive a scare from the eagles. >> the throw is intercepted! >> a each team moves one step t closer tohe super bowl, todayan monday juary 14th, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news,

thy" is "to with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody, welce to "today." thank you for joining us on a monday morning. good morning hoda. >> well, well, well. cgratulations on the saints winning. we savannah and i, we made a wager, depending on who whe t game someone was going to have to go down into the subway of new york cit and put on a little show. >> and sing to utcommers, and i think we know who that was. >> oh, my, what a fun day. >> so many people calli 911. who are these two crazy people in the subway. first let's get rht to our top story, and the president facing some new questions and possibly neti invtions over his behavior when it comes to this ae government shutdown s ssia. moves into day 24, the longest ever and no end in sight. we've got the latest on both. we'll start with nbc's chief t

white h correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: good morning to you. the point that we have now is this, the president of the united states asked directly on fox news whether he is a russian agent. that is part of the white house's reality this morning after a series of stories about his relatnship withhe kremlin. the white house and some republican allies are slamming siose headlines, but not democrats r more questions this morning. >> president trump today heads na with the is storm of russia-related headlines battering his white house. that prompted t extraordinary question to a sitting commander in chief. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. i think it's the most insulting written.'ve ever had >> the president's pushing back on a "new york times" repo that the fbi opened an investigation into him in 2017 to determine if the president was knowingly working for russia or had unwittingly fallen under

moscow's influence. critics arguing the president did not answer the question directly. >> if you read the article you'd see they foundut absy nothing. >> the investigation prompted by the president firing former fbi director james comey and tieing that to the russia investigator direction from russian government officials. t>> the notion t president trump is a threat to american national security is absolutely ludicrous. >> "the washington post" also reporting the president worked to hide details of his talks with vladimir putin preventing high ranking officials in his own administration from fully known what he has told one of the united states main adversaries. >> it's up toim in terms of who he wants to read into his conversations with worldle ers. >> democrats find it deeply disturbing pledging to hold hearings into what as the mystery swirling around the president's bizarre relationship with putin and how

those darkt dealings aff our national security. >> i think it's less did the fbi overreact.st i think the qn is this, they had to haer ay deep level of concerns about t president to take this step. >> why is this president trump's best buddy? i don't get it. >> the white house calls the reports absurd and outrageously inaccurate. >> reporter: one of the president's republican allies and head of the senate judiciary committee lindsey graham is promising his own investigation into the fbi, but democrats have questions of their own. they may, for example, try to talk with that interpreter who was in the room for those private talks between p asidents trum putin. lots more on this savannah and hoda. >> thank you. >> we're going to bring in nbc justice correspondent pete williams. why did the fbi take this apparently unprecedented step?f >> onee things that mueller has been investigating is whether donald trump was in tany way trying help russia. now it turns out that the fbi started looking at that several days before mueller was named special atcounsel.

came during the days of chaos at the fbifter trump fired james comey. that was a factor. another was the president's took t to russian officials away great pressure because of russia and the fbi was worried about that comment h to lester holt saying he fired comey because of the russia investigation. >> for o folks us who don't understand the ins and os of how the fbi does its work they're thinking all that stuff already was being investigated, so what's the signifithnce of revelation that the fbi was also doing what ty call a counter intelligence as wigveat >> s investigating possible obstruction. that's a crime. gecounter intele investigations on the other hand look at whether somebody iei helping a f government and harming national security, and according to theestimony of the fbi's former general counsel that was leaked, james baker, he fbi thought that firing comey could obstruct the fbi

investigation and that would threaten national security. now, some are saying that's a stretch because the constitution gives the president, not the fbi, the power to decide what is in the national security interests of the u.s., but the fbi's defders say that if the president was secretly engaged in trying to help the ssians, that would justify taking at least some preliminary steps to find out and no doubt william barr, the president's nominee for attorney general will be aske for his opinion about this tomorrow when his confirmation he>>ings begin. ll right. pete, thank you so much. also this morning, the pressure is growing object president from members of his own party to end the longest government shutdown in.s. history. nbc white house correspondent kristin welkert is on t story this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. with the government shutdo now entering its 24th day, a new poll shows more americans blame the president and his party for this historic standoff, and now the message from some top s republicans, iime to make a

deal. >> this morningli fng the heat. with the government shutdown now the longest in u.s.puistory, top ican senator lindsey graham on sunday pressing the president to reopen the government and then try to hammer out a dea with democrats on his border wall. >> i would urge the gofvernment for a short period of time like three weeks before h pulls theplug. see if we can get a deal. >> graham adding if that streem, fahen the president should declare a national ergency going around congress to fund the wall with pre-existing federal fues. thresident who at one point seemed close to declaring a national emergency now backing would tressing he, to rather make a deal. >> other presidents have called many national emergencies for things of lesser importance frankly than this, and i have the right to do it. i'd rather see the dcoocrats back from their vacation and act. signs ofats showing no giving in. >> he boxed himself in a corner.

he d empower his negotiators. >> the stalemate comes as a new "the washington post" abc news poll shows the majority of americans blame the president and republicans for the shutdown, 53% compared to 29% who hold democrats responsible. on friday some 800,000 federal works didn' get paid. some of the hardest hit in many western stat that voted for mr. trump, including south dakota, west ,virgin and alaska where air traffic controllers are feeling the pain. >> it's hard to explain to your kids why you can or can't dome sothing because you don't know when you're going to get paid. >> reporter: still, frustioning bubblfrustration s bubbling across the country, with recent protests in boston and d.c. adding to the pain, some fda food inspections have stopped,u n and miami airports forced to close check points because of a shortage of tsa agents. in the d.c. area some furloughed employees are relying on food

banks. two small bright lights, the tsa sent worrs $500 bonuses and oneday's pay to help ease the strain and craadian airic controllers sent pizzas to their u.s. counter parts. >> reporter: the president continued to hamme his point overnight tweeting out a dire warning. quote, amica's southernorder is eventually going to be militarized or defended or the united states as we have it is going to cease to exist. with no meetings scheduled between the white house and congressional leaders there's no end in sight. orth noting that even i the government were open, there was a major snowstorm over the weekend so feral offices are closed today. >> thank you. we turn to craig now, got another breaking story. >> good morning to you. a meeting that has b n closely watched around the world this morning, secretary of state mike pompeo in saudi arabia for talks with the country's king and crown prince, front and center in those discussions, the mder of "the washington post"

columnist jamal ka shkhashoggi. >> secretary of state mike pompeo and the saudi crown prince meeting today, the young leader close to the president's son-in-law jared kushner and the president who has not accepted the cia's conclusion that the rown prince knew about t murder plot of journalist jamal khas hggi. >> may did. maybe he did. >> saudi critics say mr. trump's support has strengthened the crown prince's hand at home. pompeo tol us he raised the issue with the crown prince today.gl >> every s person who has responsibility for the murder of jamal khashoggi nee to be held accountable. >> since the khashoggi killing there has been a backlash here, a noticeableg tightenon freedom of expression and human rights. saudi arabia was already being accused by human rights groups of torturing women protestors and their male supporters who may. been jailed since

this weekend an 18-year-old saudi was granted asylum in canada. >> a very brave new canadian. >> she escaped from w claimed was an abusive family barricading herself in a bangkok hotel room pleading for help on twitte after not discussing human oights on much of his mideast tour, today pom said he did discuss the women activists in saudi prisons awaiting due process. also this morning, cleanup is underway from the powerful winter storm that swept acrossc thetry. leading to fatal accidents, airport lays and widespread power outages. al is here onthat. >> in d.c. one of the cities impacted by this system, we saw a ton of snow. they areoing to beetting more before it's all over. here is what we're looking at

for storm totals. biggest in st. louisn five years. d.c., three years. some of the bigger totals, 23" in columbia, missouri, wilmington, 9" of snow. the next big storm. after the west gs unded, a secondary storm comes out through the rockies. rain and windalonghe west coast. snow develops on friday from colorado all the way into indianapolis. this thingen shens as it gets through the plains making its way saturday into the northeast and nengland. snow stretching from kansas city, new york, all the way up to boston. a storm threat and flood threatu down to the. here is what we're looking at into the weekend. too early for accumulations. we look for a swath-of-heavy snow from eastern indiana,l centew york and western pennsylvania. moderate snow from boston, new york,heyracuse all way back to st. louis. we're going to be watching this very, very closely. but it's the potential to be a

crippling storm t if thisck proves correct. back to you guys. >> al, thank you. oves correct. in the meantime, aer her dramatic escape, wisconsin teen anger jayme closs is now beginning t readjust to life. new details are emerging about r kidnapping ordeal as her alleged abductor prepares to face a judge. nbc's ron mott is following delatest ils. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're expecting to see this 21-year-old suspect in court late this afternoon. in the meantime, for jayme' family their focus is squarely on her, and they say she is in surpringly good spirits. >> it was sot good to j hug her, you know, felt wonderful that she was back and i could hug her again. >> reporter: this morning jayme closs i safe a surrounded with love. her grandfather and aunt relieved recall the emotional phone call. >> i will never erase those voice mails. >> jayme's beenfound. she's alive. she's okay. >> the wisconsin teenager shen

in photos smiling with her aunts, reunited with her dog molly. >> she smiles. sh laughs, she talks. not a lot, but -- and then she'll be, you know she's off into another world. >> these images taken by the daily mail allegedly providing a look inside the remote cabin where authorities believe jayme was held. the photos not verified by nbc news sw stuffed animals tossed across an area with a crumpled floral bedspread, other images allegedly of the living room show an posed ceiling, a television, and a wood stove. authorities have not verified the authenticityf the photos. >> after witnessing the brutal murders of her parentnd james denise in october and surviving 88 days in captivity. >> this was a very shy, quiet girl who was the most loving girl, and she becames fighter. sh brave. she's strong.

i mean, she overcame tremendous odds. >> reporter: the man accused of killing her paren holding her against her will for nearly three months, 21-year-old jake thomas pattersons now behind bars. patterson's neighbors shocked. >> just seems like your average teen, you know, growing up. there was nothing different than him than any other child in the neighborhood. >> reporter: authorities say three years ago patterson worked at the same turkey plant as jayms parents forne day. but authorities don't believe he had any other contact with the family before the murders. >> we didn't havusthect on the our radar. that's kind of unique in this case. i'm saying that he randomly picked her. >> patterson is due in court later today where he'll be charged with kidnappingnd murder. his lawyers calling it a tragic situation. >> we have a job to do in terms of, you know, representing our client and protecting his rights andis interests, but we also understand the pain and the emotion that has been generated

within this community. skblo >> reporter: with signs of support all over her wisconsin town welcoming her home, the legal battle for justice and answers is now underway as jayme ttles int a life without her mom and dad. >> roas he thinkas mentioned tht toda be in court later what do you expect? >> reporter: we were initially told he would appear on a video monitor. his lawyer said last night that fwic given the seriousness of these alleged offenses he wants him in the courtroom physica in front of the judge. >> thank you so much. just ahead, elizabeth smart will be with us. she's talk about the closs case and how survivors such as hearse mo -- herself move forward. two big playoff games on sunday including the saints and the eagles. let's start with thean patriots the chargers. new england scoredfirst, and they scored often. in fact, the patriots scored a touchdown on each of the first

ur possessions. tom brady and comny could n be stopped. they took a 35-7 lead into the locker room at halftime. the chargers did score in the second half but itould be too little. the pats will take on the chiefs next sunday in the afc title all right, to the late game. >> this is the goo game. >> this one was all philadelphia early on. nick foles finds jordan matthews for the 37-yard touchdown. dhe eagles would go up 7-0. later they woake it 14-0. the saints would take the lead late in the third quarter on this drew brees touchdown. mimaael t there, the eagles had one last chance, but nick foles, that pass was intercepted, that one right there. the saints win it 20-14. ey'll face the rams in the nfc y ampionship next sunday. >> this real means that

savannah and i had this bet, do you guys remember the bet? >> okay. the loser had to go down in the subway dressed in the winner's gear and sing a little song. >> i'm the loser. >> it was so much fun. we are going to see exactly how that went down in a new york city subway on monday morning. >> i'm a woman of my word. >> oh, come on. >> those are collectible. >> at least i wasn't alone, hoda did it with me. hoda had a will the of energy. >> this might have been one of my favorite days ever. >> al, you say the>> yes, that'. let's see what we have going on around the rest of the ctntry rinow. rain and mountain snow in the west coast. we're going to look at that in more detail in the next half hour. sunshine in the gulf into florida. look for pley of sunshine currently in the midwest but that will be changing as well with some flurries in the mid-atlantic states. we yl get tor local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning, everybody. there's a view from city camera this morning. all the snow has come to a stopo and theses are moving on out. we'll be left with a decent amount of sunshine for thehe re ofday. it's a cold one, though. if it looks wet, assume it iss ice tmorning. everyone is below freezing now. we will be above freezing during the coursethe afternoon. high temperatures today in the mid-30s. tomorrow sunshine and back up close to 40 degrees. our next chance of a little rain is thursday. that could end up as a wintry mix early fray. you're feeling good about

next week, aren't you? >> i'm feeling kind of good.y look, i have hat. i'm ready, baby. >> i'm not going to wear that. >> super bowl huh? >> there will be no living with her for the next couple of weeks. al, thank you so much. coming up as rementioned, w going to talk to elizabeth smart. she has a really unique perspective on the case of jayme closs who went missing, and she'll talk about how survivors recover and find healing. new questions about amazon's future being raised byhe pending divorce of ceo jeff bez

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first4traffic. >> chopper 4 headed right now, lanes blocked becse of icy conditions. 370 before 270, right lanes vehicles off the ad. montrose, shut down, 270 at 370. take a look. it is still very slick. >> melissa, thank you. there's a new nationwide push to change the way police officers collect evidence and lin crimes. >> tonight on news 4 at 5:00, the iteam gets access to show you how it works and why some departments aren't using it. >> we'll check on your forecast after this.

f aezing cold tart. all that snow, 8 to 12" nowhere any time soon. but sun is coming up. afternoon temperatures will be in the mid-3s. so above freezing with sunshine

today. so a lot of melting this afternoon. a big freeze coming up for tonight and more melting over the next couple of days. >> thank you, chuck. another update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to the "today show" after this short break. (music throughout)

back now, 7:30 on this monday morning, january the 14th, 2019. check that out. a beautiful sight. the white house lawn covered in a blanket of snow. al says there may be more where that comes from. two bombllhepr sidenort'sep. the president pushing backiass "new york times" report that says the fbi opened an investigation, a security investigation into the president in 2017 to determine if hwas, quote, knowingly working for russia or had unwittingly fallen under moscow's influence. "the washington post" is also reporting the president worked to hide details hf conversations with vladimir putin. the white house calls the

reports absurd and outrageously taccurate. >> white house last fall asked the pentagon for options fortr militaryike against iran. that's according to a report in "the wall street journal." the requestamafter a group of militants aligned with iran fired mortars inside baghdad's green zone. the request led by john bolton sparked concern among pentagon and state department ificials. not clear if president trump knew about the request or if attack plans were ever formulated. >> a piece of milwaukee's skyline went up in smoke sunday. >> that's thete bradley c there, the former home of themi aukee bucks basketball team. arenalay at a brand new next door. for 30 years the bradley center hosted countless basketball a hockey games along with concerts, rodeos>>and circuits.

thank you. now to the road ahead for jayme closs after the 13-year-old wisconsin girl's dramatic escape from her alleged abductor. we're joined now by elizabeth smart. she founded the elizabeth smart foundation to provide resources to people who have had experiences similar to her. she of course was abductednd found. elizabeth, good morning. it's so good to see you. >> fwoorgood morning, thank you having me. >> i can't think of anybody who would bek better to t to and better help us understand what this young woman is going throughe and what s needs from her family and all of us. thank you for getting up ear and doing this. first, what went through your mind when you heard jayme was nd and found alive and she ved herself? >> i was so happy, and it just -- for me it felt like it was a reconfirmation of my beoef that it's important that we always keep our eyes and our ears open because there are

people, there are still children who ee al who are missing, and this just seemed to be another confirmation of that, and i'm just so happyea to that she is alive and she's well, and she's back with her family. >> elizabeth, again, you are one of the fewou people who understand exactly what jayme's going through and you may know what jayme needs in these early days. what do you think her family and friends should be giving herni during theseal few days? >> honestly right now it'd almost what ll a sacred time because so much has happened over the last few months, and she's been through so much that kind of rebuilding that foundations going to be of prime importance, rebuilding those relationships with her , famireconnecting with her support group because support is everything and especially in the coming weeks and months. >> it musbe so shocking, elizabeth, to suddenly have everyone in the whole world know

your namery and so edy wonder about what happened to you. how does -- how do you even get through that? how do you begin to take even just the first step k tod of return to normal life? >> i think you just said it, normal life. you don't go backo the old normal. there's only a new normal, and coming to terms with that and accepting that, that's is onof bigstll, at least for hardest steps was accepting that there was a new normal and then coming to embrace it a hopefully making your new normal better than the old normal. >> yeah. i'm looking at you, and we're looking at you. we see this healthy and happy girl, and you've got a family. when i look at end of this road. take us through some of the healing prgess and how lt took for you to get where you are today? >> i so wish that there was a formula that could work for

every survivor,k that could w for every victim because i spend a lot of time with victims and with suivors, and t one thing that i learned is that there is no one size fits all. there's not a magic formula. each one of us has to figure out what works for each one of fous. me where it was, you know, the spor from my family. it was music. it was horse back riding. i had lots o therapies that worked for me. that might not be the case for her. the important thing is to know tht's what you want. to know that you want to be better, to know that you want to be happy, and to be moving towards and if something doesn't work, having the courage to say that doesn't work for me and trying something else. >> elizabeth you are in a positi, i don't know if you will speak to her, but if you could speak to her what word of encouragement would want to give her about what the rest of her life can and will be? >> all right first of all i just

want to tell her i think she's a hero. i think she's incredible, mazing, so strong. wow, what agirl, and i'd want her to know thato matter what happens down the road, if anyone ever makes her feel guilty in any way, right now you think, new, no one could ever do that, but as som who has survived kidnapping, as someone who has spokeno countless survivors, i know that a lot of times a l of survivors do deal with feelings of guilty and a will theim lot of it comes from questions from others. i would want her to know she did nothing wrong. she did everything righ she survived. that'samazing. as big ass feels right now, it doesn't have to define her life. yes, certainly c it hasnged her life. certainly it will continue to affect her life, but it doesn't have to define her life. she can choose who she wants to be, and she can choose where life takes her.

ultimately it's our choices that make us who we are. >> elizabeth, you are a shining example of that. you're so generous to open up your heart and spend thi time and share your perspective and yourve wisdom that you earned. so thank you, thank you so much. >> thank you.izabeth. >> we appreciate it. >> we're going to switchan gear d go back to al with the okay, guys. let's take a look. we've got storms in califoia. this i not how you sonic. so much snow, one of the awnings dropped down crushing cars. thankfully nobody was hurt and no roller-skaters hurt either. but more snow coming. all that snow on the roof causing that collapse. we have anotherig storm system coming in off los angeles, coastline, all the way up to san francisco. we've got flash flood watches, high surf,st wintem warnings, winter weather advisories and wind advisories up for this syst o. system comes onshore, windswept reyna flood threat,n heavy snowe sierra.

then a second storm comes on in and that's going to keep that in and snow going on. another storm off the coastline as well. heavy rains up to 1" per ho, flash flooding, debris flows possible. winds up to 70 miles an hour. ngalkious driving conditionnds a av g windsstr creating whiteout conditions in upwards of 2' of snow in the upper elevations. that's what going on around the couny, here is w good inmo i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the snow is coming to an end. clouds are moving out. we'll have enoughunshine today to bring temperatures from thes mid-20here most of them are, 25 manaas, 25 gaithersburg, 25in clinton, maryland, up to 35. not a very warm day but with the aln out and temperatures above freezing for sevhours, there will be melting. a big-time refreeze tonight and a chance for more winter weather

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friends. jeff bezos and his wife mackenzie announcing their split after 25 years. the divorce potentially having an impact on who controls amazon and netting mackenzie bezos billions of dollars. experts say multiple scenarios are in play. the stock coulde split 50/50, making her an equal shareholder in the company. the stock could be transferred into a single entity over which they would have joint control. a trust could be created where mackenzi and the children have ownership but not control, or the nuclear scenario, a cash payout that forces a stock of se potentially putting mr. bezos' control of aman in jeopardy. >> i don't think she gets 65 billion, maybe it's 10, maybe it's 20 billion, and it will probably be over a long period d time so itoesn't affect his control of amazon. >> regardless of the financial split,he divorce has many wondering who is mackenzie

bezos. >> even before she could say what's the internet, she said great, aet's go. >>side from her unwavering support an initial role in amazon's beginnings, mackenzie has mostly avoided the spotlight instead focusing on her passion forng wri and raising their four kids. >> one of the fun aspects ofit g fiction is the research because it's so different from the rest of the work you do as a writer. >> the couple promising an icable divorce, though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends. but with reportsf mr. bezos new relationship with former news anchor lauren sanchez and llions of dollars and control of amazon at stake, onlyime will tell. >> so a lot of people may ou concerned amazon as a business and what might happen to it. what do the expertssay? is this really something in play? >> most experts we spoke to think amazon is too big and too

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after a solid 8 to 12" of snowver theweekend, skies are clearing. temperatures below freezing, a lot of icy roads. be careful. we'll be above freezing, start the mel ng process this afternoon. a refreeze tonight and more melting tuesday and wednesday e before s winter weather chances later on into the week and the weekend. >> all right, chuck. thank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. for now back to the "today show." her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up.

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insulting thing i've ever been i think it's the most insulting article. >> reporter: the president is pushing back o a "new york times" report that the fbi opened an investigation into him in 2017 to determi if the president was knowingly working for russia or had unwittingly fallen under moscow's influence. theimes said the investigation was prompted by the psident firing james comey and tieing that to the russia investigion. the times adds no evidence tt mr. trump was secretly in contact with russian officials. democrats are now promising potential investigations into all of this. it comes ashe government enters its 24th day of this partial shutdown, the longest ever as new polling shows more americans blame the president than democrats for it. savannah. >> hallie jackson at the white house. thank you. a federal judge has blocked new trump administration res

that would allow more employers to opt out of birth control coverage on religious or moral grounds. those rules would have taken effect today. 13 stas and washington, d.c. filed a legal challenge. a judge in california agreeleto put the on hold while that case moves forward. it has been one year day since police discovered a house of horrors in lifornia. 13 children imprisoned in their home by their parents. david and luis turpin. today seven of the 1echildren adults. their lawyer sat down with miguel almaguer to talk about their life on the outside. take a look. >> they didn't have a lot of freedom as you knowbefore. they had none, and so they have been trying out new things. they've been trying out going places. they've been trying out public transportation. they have been shopping for their own groceries. they have been dealing with simple things like what do you do when you get a cold. all of those things are new

experiences for them that they've been doing just a great job with, and enjoying thoroughly. >> we'll have much more of miguel's exclusive interview with the turpin's attorney and how those kids are coping. teachers in los angeles said they were ready to carry out their strike threat ts morning. negotiators met for several hours on friday that said no progress was thde. e union said it had not received any new contract offer over the weekend. it's beenar 30 s since teachers last walked out in the nation's second largest school dirict. ty officials vow schools will remain open. they'll use substitutes and district employees with teaching >>credentials. we've got the news covered. you ready for a boost? >> give it to us. surprises do not always the way you expect. some boys in australia were told by the getting a big surprise so they started guessing. >> ihelmet? >>t's not a helmet. >> water pistol? >> a new swimming pool? >> a baby?

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this morning on today's talker. something special that happened at nfyesterday'playoff. i wonder what it was. >> it wasn't the saints. we're not talking about the saints. we're talking about a referee who made history. >> she made history, she a made herstory. sarah thomas isn't your average nfl refe she's a mother of three who tucks her hair into her baseball

cap to blend in when she's on sthe field. day she added yet another first to her already ground breaking career. >>. >> how about a nod to sarah thomas. >> sarah thomas is no stranger to breaking barriers. >> she's well-respeined in the stry, and i tell you, it's got to be a big day for her being out here. that's specl. >> as th chargers and patriots faceff sunday, the nfl's first ever full-time female official added yet anotherle mistone to her already impressive resume. thomas becoming the first woman to work infl playoff game as an on field official. with ahistle around her neck and a penalty flag at the ready, thomas achieved a goal years in the making. >> justt to be the b official i can be on the field, and in turn that will bri hopefully a playoff game. >> tennis icon billy jean king tweeting out her congratulations writing in part, you have to see it to beit, and little girls

everywhere are watching, way to go sarah thomas. >> time-out, time-out! >> known for her competitive drive on the basketball ascourt an accomplished student t athletmas turned to football officiating in the '90s workg her way up the ranks as a peewee, high school, and collegiate ref. a decade ago thomas became the first female official to work a college bowl game, and in 2015h whenfl came calling, the mother of three tellinge willie sh jumped at the reaction. >> when that phone rang at 10:47 a.m. central time, i almost was spchless, and i know a lot of people that know me would find that hard to believe. >> w thomas'skend gig on the field is anything but ordinary. her role as age down j has a lengthy list of responsibilities in every pha of the game. the mississippi native putting her toughness on fulldisplay proving herself week after week. >> and sarah thomas, the line juige who hopped r back up.

>> a trailblazer paving a path r others to follow. >> whether it's coaching, or ase broa booth, or the officiating world, you're seeing more and more women get significant roles. i think this opportunity on a playoff stage is one of the women moments for involved in the nfl. but she is not the only one breaking barriers on the gridiron. also etching her name, terry first , she became the replay official to work a playoff game. >> i love billy jean king. >> i love that. >> little girls seeing that everywhere. >> let's get over to mr. daly. he is in the orange room for a dierent kind of record breaker. >> for nearly a year, kylie jenner has hel theecord for the most liked photo on instagram, it was this one here, the first photo of her daughter stormy, it's been liked 18 million times. that was before world record

egg, an account with that very name posted this single photo. it's a picture of an egg. the caption reads let's srd a world reogether and get the most liked post on instagram beating the current world rldord by kylie jenner, 18 million, we got thisia while smedia users accepted that challenge, the egg not only beat jenner's record it crushed it. the egg currently has 26 likes and counting. one of those even from jenner herself who also in response she shared this video r.ht he it's her cracking an egg on the pavement using the caption take that little egg. writing i don't know whether to be proud or saointed with the world record egg. this person posting whoever made theorld record eggage on insta, we thank you. buzz feed trackedown the creator of that account. it was told that it's actually run by chicken. >> that's not true. >> named henrietta.

and the chicken when f ask comment, and i quote, the power of the egg is strong. >> which came first? a little pop star for us. >> internet, right? >> some really exciting news we're going to share and start ofpop start right now. that's of chris pratt and katherine schwarzenegger ade engaged. pratt sharing this sweet photo of the couple embracing. the act captioned the photo saying sweet katherine, so happe you say i'm thrilled to be marrying you. cat r katherine is the daughter of arnoldchwarzenegger and maria shriver. duchess kate 34imiddleton's brother is going public with a very private struggle. >> good morning, carson. jas, kate's littlrother is telling the world now about what he calls his secretillness, a long-timeit battleh

debilitating depression. he's rich, he's royally connected but underneath it all, james middleton says he was suffering. in the daily mail going public with his mental issll blessedne live a privileged life, but it did not make me immune to si depr. it's not merely sadness. it is an illness, a cancer of the mind. middleton sayse spiralled into ut eep depression shutting his closest friends and family. he says his dogs helped him cope. now after a yea of treatment, middleton says he's talking publicly about his struggles because of sister kate, prince william and prince harry. the three royalsave been fighting the stigma o health with their heads together campaign. i feel i have a duty to spet james wrote, so i can help others who are sufferi as i did. middleton says his dog ella, who helped him recover, is now a full-pledged therapy pet. the two volunteer together to

helprs ot.ys james saince getting help he's a more confident person and has a new zest for life.nd >> his message is already having an impact. fromnstagram feed has gon about 4,000 followers to more than 100,000 just in the lt couple of days since he went public. carson. >> that was very brave of him. thank you ver much kelly. we've got an exclusive announce announcement about one of our favorites, joanna gaines who's coming out with her first children's book. you guys want to see it? drum roll, please. the book is called "we are the gardeners" and it's about the gaines' family journey to building their own family garden. while that may not sound too difficult, the task does come with tricky obstacles like warding off hungry bunnies. joe for more information you can

go to today.com. it's released march 26th but available for preorder now. and finally, one broadway g audien a huge surprise saturday night when carole king rself decided to surprise the crowd by appearing in her own show beautiful for its fifth niversary. ♪ ♪ >> how about that? >> wow. >> it was the first time in the show's history that she stepped into the role of herself performing that last number, obvisly a standingovation, and during the curtain call she took time to thank all the fans for all of the support, anday theree more cameo appearances from the music icon

in the future. nice?'t that >> yeah. >> so nice. >> wow. >> going to that show on saturday night. >> crazy. a quick daly click, shoutout ucla gym caitlin ohashi, her stunning floor routine on saturday. s a freshman wowing the crd nailing all of her tumbng passes, adding her own special fir throughout,ven the judges were impressed, sharing this video online, it's been liked more than 300,000 times. it was so fun to watch her te teammates in the background. there's the perfect ten, a freshman at ucla. good on you. >> she's amazing. >> it was a lot omichael jackson. >> very ol. >> congrats thank you. and mr. roker what you got? >> i'm weather making its way into the

pacific northwest, southern california, pacific going to be on the dry side. we're looking at fairly calm weather today across the midsection of the country but we are going to see some changes rnhappening. afn highs, it's going to be 20s from the plains into the upper midwest and northern new england. an awfully chilly day. 50s downgh the golf course, only 70s in southern florida. it's a little othe cool side there. for today, you can see, again, biggest activity going on in orntral and southern cala with rain and mountain snows. a few flurries around the onpalachians. that's what goinround the country, here is what's > and right here at home, we're about to start the ermeltdown. teures below freezing now. should be below freezing by 11:00 or noon. above freezing all during course of the afternoon. 8 to 12" of snow that fell over the weekend shod start the meltdown later in the day. highs in the mid-30s today. not terriy warm. every degree above freezing helps. tomorrow a refreeze tomorrow morning, likely to have a lot ol

schools and closures again tomorrow. more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. and that's your >> that's your latest weather. savannah. >> al, thank you. dressed for the day right now, you may want to listen to this >> dr. oz and his team at the dr. oz show took a look at whether some of the most popular items in your closet may do mor harm than good. the results may surprise you. you broke it down into three things, shapewear, athleisure and high heels, all drutrouble spots? >> let's start withhape wear. they're so popular.of a loomen are doubling up. they're literally putting on two pairs. what does that actually do to your body? it does a couple things. it weakens you m corecles, which is a concern. i had one of had my correspondents wear a double layer of share wear and go for 12 hours through the day. and then i look at their lung

function. their lung function was 20%ce re which is basically what happens when you're pregnant. everyone who's had babies noekn it's hard to take a deep breath. you don't have to give it up, but you want to do a couple of things. doubling up doesn't make sense. >> i hav't donetwo, but i might get a smaller size to try to get it sucked in. >> not a good idea. if it starts tooll overn the top. >> mine does that. what do you do with that? if it rolls over like this, it's not the right size. it shouldently roll against your skin. >> once you take it off and you go back to business, everything -- your lung function's b yk in order. can wear them for the show. i don't know if you guys wear them now. you can wear them at night, but you don't want to wear them 12 hours in the day. >> and don't d. ble >> athleisure. >> don't attack our athleisure. >> the biggest problem with athleisure is people don't do athletic things in them. two-thirds of people never do

yoga in yoga pants. have you heard of the sos problem, the stretched out syndrome in. >> these pan be worn a couple of times. after a year of continuous wear they stretch out,hbout an i whgger than when you bought them. people are wearing something an inch bigger they tart to act like they're thin soy start eating more than they would normally eat. we did a study, for five days they wore athleisure or jeans. people who wore jeans, 300 calories less a day. >> they're harder to y button. >> tow they're eating the wrong things. >> you're calling out yoga pants fos women, what about g and their sweatpants. >> sweats and scrubs the reason people wear scrubs all the time, is you can't tell you're gaining weight. >> b they' and stretchy and an elastic band so you eat more? >> if you have stretched out

syndrome, one other little tip for you, every once in a while, put on real pants. make sure you're not gaining weight. when you go shopping, people try these on in the dressing room bd they put themk if they don't fit. which means whatever's in their ea of concern gets into your area of concern. we sent one of our reporters into a store, we cultured ten different pairs of under garments. always watch them before you wear >>em. okay. definitely. >> it's like und basically. wash it. high heels. >> this isstaple. >> i notice you're both wearing beautiful high heels. >> because of the way you wear high heels, thes, phys you're putting on a dozen more pounds per square inch of pressurehan an elephant walking around. >> why did you use analogy?phant that was unnecessary. >> it can cause not just knee it can cause back pain if it works its way up. you shorten your achilles'

tendon and the calf muscle behind it you have less blood supply. you can get weak ankles. if you'r going to wear high heels, only wear them part of the day, ideally less thhree inches of height. the big take away if you're noth wearing two i heels or shorter, when you're done, sit down, get a towel, grab your feet, stretch out your calf, tretch out the achilles' tendon, loosen theup. that way you're not walking like this when you're >> thank you so much. you can see more of dr. oz on the dr. oz show. where else. check your local listings. coming up next, how savannah had to pay off our friendly wager, the saints eagles game down in the subway. >> savannah, did you like it? i had the best time.

8:26 now is your time on this monday january 14th, 2019. i'm aaron gilchrist. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. just about every school distrint our area is closed today. the full list of closures and delays on the bottom of the screen, also the nbc washington app. let's turn to meghan markle. she that has look at first4traffic. busy morning, melissa. >> busy. metro alert, singleac ng, blue, orange, silver, no longer single but now we have delays both directions. gaithersburg southbound 270 local lanesro at shady road, a crash has cleared, delays and debris still hanging around. northbound gw parkway, vehicle off the road. >> all right, melissa. we'll have a check on your foreca stay with us. back.

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we'll beit left a reasonable amount of sunshine. temperatures in the upper 20s now. high temperatures only in e low- to mid-30s, back into the 40s tuesday quince, tracking some winter weather later in the week and weekend.

oh, it's 8:30 on this monday morning. it's a little chilly. great to see theseng smili faces on the plaza. >> i know, great morning out ehere. a litit chilly. guys, we always love to celebrate a birthday out here, don't we? can i introduce you to my friend dorene. dorene, happy birthday. >> thank you so much. happy birthday "today" show. you are soind.

we have a happy birthday mom. how old are you? >> 60. 6-0. as your sign says today is also the birthday of the "today" show. >> i celebrate with you guys every year. >> 1952. >> 67 years ago today a bouncing baby "today" show was born. it weighed ten tons and six ounces. where are you from? >> rehoboth beach, delaware. >> tt was awesome. >> one of our producers informed of us birthday earlier in the show. >> the only reason w i knew lady. of that nice >> how old are you? >> we're 67 today. >> what do you get a 67-year-old who has everything? >> a new tv. just ahead, the eagles did give it their best shot. so sad. >> so sincere. >> you don't mean it. >> savannah and i are goingn t

go dto the subway. nothing to see here. we're going it help you declutter yr life. the home edit team is here with really great tips to help you get organized. an all star tribute to willie nelson. i got to spend a little time with him tns weekend nashville where some of music's heggest names came tog to celebrate the life and songs of this american lend. >> heck of a concert. coming up on the third hour ofpitoday," some ition if you want to change up your life. this morning we're going to introduce you to two women who did just that, one, a forme ceo who traded heror desk f turntables. that's right, she became a dj theny a comed writer who wanted to get rejected. she wanted to get rejected over and over ag an. >> there story there. >> flurries in the appalachanns,

mountain and snow in the southwest into southern california. but a wekts into midweek, we've got another big storm getting together in the rockies. agold blast com out of the plains and snow showers in the western great lakes. on friday we're looking at snow making its way into new englyd. henow that's going to be developing in the rockies and central plains and that's going to make its way east into the wegoend. that's wing on around the > good morning, everybod wn below freezing this morning. 30 in arlington, 27 now in lorton, 27 dulles airport, 2 in gaithersburg. certainly a cold start this morning. be on the lookout. a lotf the sidetreets are still very slushy and icy. near 35 for a high temperature today. tomorrow another mostly sunny day. a big refreeze coming our way tonight. highs near 40 tomorrow. a small chance of wintry weathda early and that could linger into the weekend. >> and tha is your latest

weather. mr. roker, thank you, sir. we've been talking about it all morning, savannah and hoda's friendly bet. been talkinge have about it all morning. >> who won again? > anyway, savannah and i had this be we had an early morning date. we went down into the subway to pay it off. >> that's right. >> check i out. >> you guys remember the bet, right? the saints won. that means ms. guthrie needs to don herself in saints gear head to toe and hand out coffe and cookies. >> you are annoying. >> let's practice. ♪ oh,hen the saints go marching i ♪ ♪ when the saints go marching when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ oh, when the saints go marching in oh♪ ♪ how i want to be in that number when the saints go

marching in ♪ >> is that all there is to that song? >> no, get ready because the people are coming. you've got to hand out cookies and coffee. hold on. >> all right, a bet's a bet. now i'm going to go meet new york. who dat. >> oh! >> ready? >> now we need some here comes a wave. a wave is coming. >> wave of people. this feels desperate. this feels desperate. he wants a cookie. >> hi, the saints won. would you like a cookie? ♪ when thents go marching in ♪ >> i lost a bet. i lost a bet. >> ♪ saints go marching in >> go saints, oh, when the saints go marching in. >> ye, oh. would you guys like a cookie? oh, my gosh.

♪ go marching in >> go saints. would you like a cookie? >> yes. >> yes! >> would you like a cookie? all slide it right under there. would you lik cookie to celebrate the saints? can you say who dat? >> who dat. >> yes! >> would you like a cookieth celebrating saints winning? >> take two. i have to give them all out. ♪ when thents go marching in ♪ >> i thinklo we got i think we really -- okay. wait a minute. you work here. ♪ when the saints in that number, blah blah blah ♪ >> oh, gosh. now, who's going to clean that up. ? we can't dirtysu the ay. here, i got you aok . >> you're a good sport. al she played g. >> we didn't show all the rejections. it's hard to give a cookie to

new york commuters. they're like who are you, and what do you want? >> they might be suspicious. >> we're honorable. >> you've got to pay up wh enthusiasm. >> thank you, you are awesome. >> what team are you betting on next week? >> i'm with thellaintshe way to the super bowl. you want to lose to the ultimats winner, so now saints to the super bowl. >> i like it. >> on the band wagon. coming up next, useful tricks to help you clean the clutter out of your home. but first this is "today" on nbc. hey! havertys is having a big sale.

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organizing moore, emma roberts, reesewitherspoon, it goes on and on and on. od morning. >> thank you for having us. >> so nice to meet you. i follow you on instagram andis think i my house looked like theirs. you guys have three top rules organizing. what are they? >> i would say the three general rules, number one, it, edit edit. the more you can purge the less you have to organize. rgmber two, the things that you have toize create categories based on like items. pair them together. number three and this is really important, never let your home exceed 80% maximum capacity. you do not want to get up 100%. you have no room to grow. >> you can't stuff it. >> when iy open closet and things fall out? >> right, that's a sign. >> 80% full. that's a good let's start in the kitchen. >> what are some of your tips here? >> we always love to maximize the space by utilizing a door. sometimes that's a closet door or p itry door,this case it's a cabinet. we hung this two-tier spice rank

on the do>>. can it sit on the shelf. this is a great way. it's hangable. the tiered risers for cans are amazing as are turntables. you can actuallyee what you have other than this mess over here. everything's visible and accessible. the under shelf basket is a great way to maximize the height of each shelf. you have your turntables and you can use that negative space. >> what about down here? >> canisters, whether they're on the countertop, in a pantry or whatever it might be. we like to use them for staple items, dry goods and pasta, serials, snacks. what do i do about expirations? you cut it out from the box and tape it on the back. you can do that with directions too. >> my spices are from the '70ll >> not pantries are walk-s in. we usell drawershe time. >> we love setting up a snack station or a breakfast station. >> i love this. >> it's your own little mini bar. >> if you fill up canisters,

fill up your drawer, what do you do with the rest of the stuff? an overflow bin. >> it's a i great place you go to the grocery store, you have too many things, stick it right in there. >> over here is what? did we show the pantry? i think we had kim kardashian's pantry. >> khloe kardashian? that is chloe's. >> that's insane. >> we love all of them. >> just wanted to show that picture. let's talk about the bedroom. >> let's talk about the closet. one of ourri favorites is using a magazine divider to store clutches and small handbags. it's a simple office solution but it stands everything up and oks great. >> and you can easily grab it. >> we also use a variety of special specialty hangers in a closet. >> we love a tote hanger or tie hanger. >> all your hangers aret matching. >> different purposes are important. so the slim hangers are great for storing many clothes as comfortably fit, and these blanket hange a good for linens or chunky scae es.

let's m the dresser. >> oh, yeah. >> whose drawers look like this? i know, khloe ankardas for scarves that are lightwght, cottons linens, we love making these scarf cinnamon rolls. >> how do you do it? you roll and twist, roll and twist, and tuck it up the for the t-shirts we like the marie kondo metd of folding. i'm going to do one side. you're going to follow along. we chose orange for today. > fold one side over and make sure to keep your t-shirt sleeve tucked a little. >> jxat halfway. doly -- >> i really want to do this. how's that? >> great job. >> you're hired i your down time. so then what you do is tand the bottomring it up 3/4 of the way, leave a little gap. and i want you to take this bottom and meet the hem. >> okay. you're almost done. >> then you tuck it over, and you have a perfect little

rectangle that can be file folded. >> and now you don't have to reach the bottom ofour drawer. >> and you see what you have. >> you take it out, and it's not going to make everything unfold. >> this is a game changer. it's a simple system but i'm telling you it works. >> let's go over to kid spaces. that is always a tricky spot. >> it is. >> if you'reme like messy art is a scary situation in any home. itaike to c it on a cart, you know? >> like an art cart. 't >> who doe want an art cart? >> everyone wants an art cart. >> you can keep it stored away under lock and key if you want. it only comes out when the glue and glitter is under supervision. >> this is good for paint, things that you knit. >> slide it in, slide it out. >> out of sight, out of mind. >> and you can supervise. another thinge end up dealing with is easel paper, craft paper, we use ancric trash can to store it upright. put it in a corner and it looks

nicees >> and it t up no space. this is a good space sa ng solution. >> seems like you guys are in the vertical. >> for over here, for art pplies that you don't mind your kids having access to, coloring, drawing spliupplies, love a divided turntable. >> where do you get something like this? >> the container store. whenever we have these drang supplies. we like to have any kind of bin that you can throw your discarda is whaens when your kid does one line, you don't want to throw out the whole page. they can reuse it. >> my whole closet is that. >> last but not least. you know we love a rainbow. it's not just for aesthetics, this isct aually a system. color coordination is really intu.ive for kids they know exactly whether to put things away when they're done and find it when they need it. >> who doesn't want to put something away when it looks like that. >> rather than all books and all

cars, you're saying organize by the colors and the kids will get into it. >> they do. at least the kids we've trained. send them to o house. >> i'm sold on it all. i'm taking it all home and you with me. thank you so much. >> really appreciate it. >> if you want the tside scoop home edit team's celebrity home makeovers go to today.com. it's really cool. tomorrow we're going to show you how to handle and clean up toxic relationships in your life. how about that. talk about clutter. front row up, al's seat to the legendary willie nelson. first this is "today" onbc.

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months ago and again now. we got to sit down on willie's infamous tour busnd talk with the icon about his life and music. >> musician, singer, song writer and activist, country music legend willie nelson, an american icon. ♪ well the bottle is hall of empty ♪ >> 18,000 fansilling the arena in nashville for the texas native all star tribute concert. >> it really is a big night tonight? >> looks like it. >> i mean, you look at the list of people who are performing tonight. people said, yes, we want to pay tribute to willie, and we want to sing some of his songs. how does? that fe >> well, it's a great feeling to have all these great artists coming out andti w to sing your song. >> how about a big nashville welcome for jimmy buffett. >>er pl cast of musicians

paying homage to willie cluding jimmy buffett, sheryl crow, george strait. >> what doese wil nelson mean to this country, and to music? i think he's hands down the face of it >> i can't think of anybody who deserves to be honored for his body of work. >> willie nelson was born in abbott, texas, in 1933. in 1975 his first number one hit, a cover of the 1945 song "blue eyes crying in the rain". >> ♪ blue eyes crying in th rain ♪ >> and the hits continued over the yea crossing musical genres. he's done duets with ray charles, even snoop dogg, today considered one of the greatest singers song writers. >> you've played you've played the great american song book. is the common denominator just music? >> yes, absolute's. th what people drive a long y, pay a lot of money to come

clap their hands and hear me or anybody singing good music, and it's therapeutic. it's healthy. that's why they do it. >> here's willie nelson! >> along with neiloung and john mellencamp, he set up a benefit concert, far aid in 1985 and has been a proponent for the legalization of marijuana. >> you know, i just instinctively knew that once th figure it out, compare with dangerous drugs, that they will be the first to say,w, wait a minute, maybe willie had something. >> willie, a cultural icon, beloved by many. >> sometimes a lot of people say, well, you know, whens ther tribute concert that means it's all over. but you're going stronrhage tn ever. what's the secret? >> i don't know. you know, when loretta lynn did her big movie about her life, coal miner's daughter, everybody said, well, her career must be

over. it ain't over yet. >> you ever think about that? who would you want to play you in the movie of your life? i don't know. you want to do that? >> now that would be interesting. ♪ >> the 85-year-old singer continuing to hinspire wi music? >> he's really about as good as we have to represent what a singer and song writer should look like. >> he's always such a a hero and mentor. he's an icon. >> he's a true american patriot. he's outspoken. i admire him on soer many dit levels. when you hear him sing it, it's special. ♪ i can't wait to get on the road again ♪ >> what do you want your legacy to be? >> that the people got their money's worth. >> nothing more than that? that'sretty much a good thing. >> that's a good thing to

they come as an add yeudience, heard what they liked, and they went home happy. >> last year willie releas three albums. he's working on music. he's writing music right now for a couple more albums that will be released this year. >> i hosted farm aid years ago. there was a big line out the door. i i thought thi cool, some fans are meeting willie. it wasn't fans,t was all the other artists on the bill in line just to meet him. >> that's why they all showed up. he is beloved for great reason. >> and his concert was >> it was terrific. you saw all that was crazy. you can catch the full willie nelson tribute concert later this year on a&e. >> cool. that was great. >> thank you mr. roker, we're back in a moment. first thi is "today" o nbc. ♪ on theoad r

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if you're lookingor more stories you'll love all day, check out today.com/allday. the secrets behinel crity pantry makeovers. the latest on our get fit today challenge, al and i are trying to bike for 1,000 miles. al, hows your sidegoing? >> we're not doing 10,000 miles. >> oh, we're doing 1,000. all right, good. >> 8:56 is your time nowda on this m january 14th, 2019. good morning to you. i'm eun yang it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. just about every school dis oict in area is closed today. that full list is at the bottom of the screen and on the nbc washington app. now i want to check on your commute. it's been a rough morning. meghan markle has your first4trafc. melissa. >> good morning.el

gree beltway to southbound bw parkway. lanes blocked, icy conditions there. inner loop after university boulevard have a crash and northbound gw pkway before the beltway vehicle off the road. >> all right, melissa. thanakyou. we'll t a break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good morning. we do still have lingering oudiness overhead. these clouds will be clearing out and we'll be left with enough sunshrie to temperatures back above freezing. right now still everybody below freezing across the. ar highs around 35 degrees. sunshine and a lot of melting the next couple of mornings. refreezes are likely the next couple of mornings as well. another chance for winter weat weekend.eek into the ry

today jan 14th, 1952, 7:00 a.m. eastern standard time. well, here we are, and good morning to you. the very first good morning of will beope and suspect a great many good mornings between you and i. >> and good morning, everybody. how cool is that. back 67 years ago, january 14th, 1952, our first broadcast. >> were you watching? >> i was not watching. i was still -- my parents weren't even married at that point yet. >> that's special. >> i just think that's kind of cool. >> did you see that microphone like sticking out of his belly? >> it was this almost horseshoe collar went around. but you know who was in the