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y339by y16fy dangerously cold temperatures, large areas well below zero, with the wind. power out for many, heavy snow, sleet, and icy conditions ahead nsr mill the dreamers are drawn into the shutdown showdown by donald trump as we begin day 31 of closed government. sobut could tuesday deliveme progress? > the national cathedral is a community. because dad sai thene institution that must keep the flame of hope burning and alive is the church. >> on this 33rd national observance of martin luther king jr. day, we'll look at the events of the day and the state of our nation. to a frightening scene out of northern ooild. surveillance cameras capture a
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driver leaving a car outside a courthouse when moments later, a massive explosiohe we'll havelatest. did you happen to catch the odectacular super b wolf moon overnight? we'll tellou what makes it so special. "early today" startsight now. good monday morning. i'm marlie hall. >> i'm phihap men millions of people are feeling the impact of a major winter storm system. the middletown, connecticut, police department confirming that a worker was killed by a fallen tree sunday afternoon ile repairing an electrical line. >> winter storm warnings are in effect for areas from ohio to maine today. the national weather service urging people to stay inside. roads in many areas are covered in snow and ice, and windchills could cause hype therapy yeah. for more nbc's kathy >> good morning, marlie. the arctic blast has officially arrived. anything that melted fiernight has ally frozen over.
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deep ratures are taking dive. if you're outdoors for an extended period of time, it could be extremely dangerous. a blast of winter weather buried parts of the midwest and northeast, dumng nearly a foot of snow in albany, new york. even plow drivers bowled over. t how does this storm compared to othert you've had to cover? >> biggest one for me. >> reporter: nearby, a stunning sight. n'e hudson river frozen. where there wast snow, water was a problem. heavy rains floodedre aas of new york city. rong waves slamming the eastern seaboard. parts of coastal massachusetts are under water. overnight, a major drop in n temperatures i some cities will mean an icy mess on the roads and possible power outages as trees and power lines freeze. the windchills life threatening. international falls,a, minnes will feel like 40 below. cleveland, windchills of minus 11. chicago, negative 9. the cold adding to the misery. slick conditions to blame for
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hundreds of crashes and dozens >> got to be careful. because people think that they got four-wheel drive, they can stop. >> reporter: trouble at the ai over 1,600 flights canceled. 2,700 delayed. crews out here in albany have been working throughout the night. they have beenorking eve since the storm began. they'll continue to monitor the situation out on the roadways, watching for any flash freezes and any snow that might be drifting onto the streets as we. pack to you, marley. michelle grossman is tracking the storms. what else can we expect? >> we're going to see that all throughout the da it's not going anywhere. frigid temperatures, dange cold, potentially deadly cold airchut there. wil warnings, windchill advisories with cold temperatures along with 30, 50-mile-per-hour winds. it makes it feel a lot colder on the body. windchillso 15 30 below zero. so this is what it looks like as morning kiws. up to 4 in milwaukee. it feels like 8 below zero.
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detroit minus 1. losville 9. pittsburgh 2. it feels like 13 below zero as you head outng this mor we're not going to warm very far throughout the afternoon. afternoon highs 13 inoi de louisville 25. pittsburgh 16 degrees. this is the coldest air felt in a very long time. you want y to prepareourself as you head out. >> all right, michelle, thank you so much. 31 day into the government shutdown, and 800,000 federal waiting to still find out if they're going to get their next paycheck. overre the weekenddent trump dangled a deal to protect dreamers in exchange for border wall money. but democrats are calling the offer a nonstarter. afterwards the president slammed house speaker nancy pelosi on twitter calling her a radical democrat and saying she's lost control of the party.s nb tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with the very latest on this. goodmorning. it looks like this compromise is going to hit a wall withcr des? >> it certainly has. they're calling it not only a nonstarter,ome even say the president's trying to boost his poll numbers with what they say
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are old deals that have already been rejected. essential lly in new packaging. what the president is offering are 1 million immigrants temporary protection up to three years for dreamers, immigrants brought here illegally a children, and refugees in exchange for the li$5.7 b he's been asking for for his border wall. the president's getting slammed left and right on this one with democratst rejecting and also conservatives who argue it's amnesty for immigrants. the vice president defending it this weekend. >> what the american people want us to do is to work on their priorities, and the american people want us to secure the border. >> what it really shows is his lack of compassion and empathy for peoe that are suffering. and i think it's a nonstarter. >> reporter: definitely a nonstarter in the house. the senate is supposed to vote on this tomorrow. but again, it's likely to go nowhere in the house, which ans we are still in a shutdown stalemate and expecting more protests here on wednesday.
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>> and all those people still without their paychecks. breaking news out of west africa where a militant attack killed ten u.n. peacekeepers and wounded at least 25 others. according to the united nations, armed gunmen stormed the u.n. camp in a northern mali village. an al qaeda-linked islamic group claime responsibility for the attack. the u.n. says peacekeepers did fend out the tackers. an interaction between native american activists and a oup of high school students went viral as thousands gathered for marches in d.c. the video shows young mear some weing make america great again hats, surrounding a native american troupe. ♪ >> the teen seen in this video is nick sandman, a junior at vington catholic high school in kentucky. many are criticizing him for what was perceived as him smirking at nathan philli, a
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vietnam war veteran and prominent activist. witnesses allege the teen made derogatory comments to the native american group. nick allegese's been mischaracterized and released a statement saying in part, i am mortified that so many people have come to believe something at did not happen, that students from my school were chanting or acting in a racist fashion toward african-americans or native americans. i did not do that. other videos of the incident suggest there were jeering by a different group. the catholic diocese of covington is investigating the incident. today we're honoring the life andf legacy dr. martin luther king jr. markets are closed, but par bes wi held in cities all across the country. it was just 56 years ago that dr. king delivered his "i have a dream" speech from t lincoln memorial. his eldest son was at the nati calhedral in washington, d.c. reflecting on his father's legacy. >> dad said, the one institution
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that must keep the flame of hope burning a alive is the church. that was true in 1955hen he delivered it. that was true in 1965 when we gt the vot rights act passed. that was true in 1968 when fair housing legislation waspassed. that is true this morning in 2019. >> and here in new york the national action network will be holding their d mlk celebration featuring rever d al sharpton. if you looked to the sky last night you may have gotten a rare treat. people from around the world are sharing images of a superod b wolf moon. to understand how this weekend's total lunar eclipse earned such a unique name, let's go to nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: it soundsind of frightening. a super blood wolf moon. >> super blood wolf moon, say it three times fast. >> sounds le a horror movie. >> reporter: astronomer jackty feherty says it'he opposite.
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>> what you get to see is this beautiful thing which i would call the moon in totality in all of the sunrises and ssets that e going on across the earth. >> reporter: the entire united states treated to this very special total lunar eclipse aoo the sun, and earth line up. >> that excites me. >> reporter: why the strange name? well, it's super because this full moon's a bit closer to earth than usual. it's a blood moon because it turns red. and wolf? well,it folklore has in winter, hungry wolfs howl their loudestt themoon. >> i'm not making should stuff up. >> never. >> super blood wolf moon. >> no. >> sounds epic. >> reporter: here at new york's american museum of natural history, our fut astronomers are all excited. what do you think it is? >> it's a red moon. >> when the moon tur red. >> y got it! >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, new rk. something was in the air. super bowl liii is set.
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we have a pairf overtime thrillers. in two weeks the los angeles rams will face off against, who else? >> second and goal to burkhead. burkhead to the end zone. hello super bowl! new england is heading back again for the third straight year. >> tom brady has done it again. he led the patriots to a huge win over the red hot chiefs in kansas city. let's show you how it happened. new england got on thfi board rst in this handoff to sony michel. just before the half, brady would throw a 29-yard bomb to philip dorsett. that would put the pats up 14-0 going into the break. coming out of halftime, patrick mahomes would get started, heated up with this conneion to travis kelce. in the fourth mahomes would find damien williams on the screen pass here and the w chiefsld take their first lead of the game 21-17. now tiling by three, the chiefs would get this 39-yard field goal here to send the game into overtime. in over sudden death.
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rex burkhead u punches itp the middle for the touchdown. pats win the afc. to the nfc championship in the big easy. the saints we already up 6-0 on a fair of field goals when drew brees would find garrett griffin in the corner for the first touchdown of the night. and in the second, late in the second quarter, a big run from todd gurley. this would put the rams within three. l.a.'s quarterba jared goff, i refused to let thes sai go marching away with then came the play that has everyone talking this morning. >> quick snap. brees. pass is -- incomplete, no flag. for tommy lee lewis. officials tal to each other. crowd's going crazy as there's no flag right on the saints sideline. clearly contact befe the ball got there. >> it is the no call heard around the world. the rams would go on to win the game in overtime on a 57-yard kick. it doesn't matter much to the
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saints but leagueources say the nfl will admit the refs missed that call. saturday, fruary 2nd. that is groundhog day, but the next day's going to feel likeou hog day as well because the patriots are in the super bowl once again. they will face offgainst l.a. super bowl liii kicks off at 6:30 eastern. michelle grossman is back c withlly temperatures. >> it is so cold today. our faceng to hurt when you walk out. we're looking at frigid temperatures. ures, ot just the temper though. we're looking at some winds gusting 40, 50 miles per hour. we hav the fearf power outages. the cold air and the power outages, it's not going to be a great day f many. milwaukee 20. detroit 13. that's 18 degrees colder thans t his time yesterday. new york 50. today we're going to be closer to 18de ees. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer loo at the d ahead. all right, bundle up today. you want to wear light, loose layers but a l of layers. we're looking at single digits in the northeast. 2 degrees in burlington. the warmer weather is downso to
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e body of offir sean tudor was transported overnight in this ambulance driving through the streets escorted by fellow officers. this large procession marking a day of mourning for a fallen hero. >> he's made the ultimate sacrifice of laying down his life for others. people he did not >> police say officer tudor was gunned down by a suspect with asior warrants. tudor 30 years old and is the second mobile officer to b killed since february 2018. authorities say the 19-year-old suspect is in custody facing capital murdercharges. disturbing cctv video out of northern ireland. police released footage showing the moment a car bomb exploded londonderry. the explosion happened last night outside the city's courthouse. the video shows the driver of a car wearing dark clothing and parking before rning away from the vehicle. a crowd o people are later seen walking past the parked car before it exploded. luckily no one was hurt. police saytehey have arr two men who they believe are connected to the bombing.
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police are l alsoking into whether the new ira militant group was responsible. boxer manny pacquiao is proving age is not a factor. the pac man jumped into the ring in t las vegas for first time 40.e turning he took on adrian broner, who's 11 years younger. in the end pacquiao was declared the winner by unanimous decision. unfortunately manny may be returning home to los angeles to a crime scene at his house. police are reportedly investigating a burglary at the fighter's home where the block has been roped off. it is clear what items may have been stolen. > just ahead, check your freezer. details on a major chicken recall. then "glass" shatters the competition at the box office. how much the new m. night shyamalan flick hauled in opening weekend. people everywhere
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welcome back to "early today." we're looking at some very frigid weather today,at tempes well below what is typical this time of year. winds 40 to 50 miles per hour, rutal out to be there. look at these temperatures for today. 18 in minneapolis. 14 in chicago. further to the north and east we're looking at temperatures around 13 degrees in new york city. it's going to feel a lot colder than that, so bundle up as you head out toda lots of light, loose layers. and we're looking at temperatures abo 10 to 20 degrees below what is typical for this time of year. we're going to warm up by wednesday, good news. it's a short-lived cold spurt here. >> just ahead, rbg is awesome. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg gets the treatment in "the lego" sequel. he news around here. ♪
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it's a bitter cold but nice to be here on this marn luther kiholiday. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell on this weather alert day. dangerously cold out there. >> i wish i got the memo to take today off. it would have been a perfect morning to stay under the covers. if you don't have to spent any time outside, just don't. it is frigid. temperatures are down in the low and mid teens everywhere. 16 in washington. 13 at dulles airport. only 10 in winchester. a very cold start this morning. and the northwest wind continues to blow. windchills between 5 and 10 below zero for most areas. minus 6, the meals like s
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