good morning. less than zero. the polar vortex plunges the nation into a dangerous deep freeze. nearly 100 million people waking up to record-breaking extreme cold. >> it's so cold, the gloves seem not to be doing anything. >> minus 4 in 1 detroit, be lowe in chicago. a jaw d-dropping minus 27 in minneapolis. the deadly b arcticst slowly moving east. just ahead, we're live from the u.s. cities colder than anrctica, siberia and mt. everest and everything you need to know to protect yourself.

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for an unprecedented sixth ring and the countdown to the super bowl rolls on today wednesday, january 30th, 2019. , 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to to "today." thank you for joining us on a wednesday morning. some parts of this country are colder than antarctica right now? >> the coldest weather in the coldest weather in decades. >> a lot of people are feeling it. 230 million ofus, 85% of the emtion facingratures below freezing today, and it's just iceberg.f the see what i did there? nearly half of those folks could see it dip to zero or lower. >> among the cies likely to break recor lows, chicago, minneapolis, des moines, cleveland andsa kcity.

>> guys, it is so cold, even postal workers wl not be completing theired appoint rounds. mail delivery had to be suspended in 11 states. we've got this cold covered with every angle. dylan is toughing it out in st. paul, mi resota. orter: good morning, guys. make fun of my getup all you wi, but when it's this cold you have to cover every inch of your body ifnd you're sg any extended period of time outside. between the frostbite and hypothera, you doot mess around with this kind of cold. we brought our thermometer out again this morning. it quickly dropped here to 30 degrees below zero. that's not accounting for the windchill which is actually at minus 52 right now. it's certainly the coldest i have ever been. schools and government agencies are closed. people are canceled a are urged to stay inside. an arctic outbreak for the, ages the coldest in over a half

century. an 80-hour stretch of life-threatening temperatures, exacerbated by piercing windchills, plunging to as low as 70 degrees below zero in some cities. it's so cold outside the u.s. postal service, which almost never stops delivering, suspending service in 11 midwestern states because of safety concerns. >> within a matter of minutes, you can develop frostbite on exposed skin. making sure you are going to venture out, hats, gloves, mitten, blankets, food and water on your vehicle. >> even a quick w dogk can become dangerous. >> sorry, your ears are like -- >> go inside. >> in illinois, the governor issuing a disaster proclamation as chicago claims to challenge et cetera all-time coldest temperature on record, negative 27 set in 1985, the cityddg extra beds to area shelters in

an attempt to keep residents safe. >> no one in need of aafe or warm place to stay will be turned away. no one. >> reporter: the deadly fsoeze making for treacherous driving conditions. this 24-car pileup i michigan sending at lst eight to the hospital according to fire officials. the bone-chilling cold gripping the country's mitd section and giving some a run for your money. >> your eyelashesnd your sweat freezing. why are you running today? >> it's either this or go to the gym. the gym is half a mile from m house. >> are you going to run tomorrow? >> delphly no. >> one man turned this sup ozen banana into a makeshift hammer. >> reporter: this is the winter carnival in spall. it start in1886. that's a. teapot with ice on they're not expecting anyone to come out here today.

this weekend they'll be back up and running, back in action. in fact, the feels-like temperature between right now and saturday afternoon will increase by 90 degrees. it's going to be mmeh w this weekend. >> feels like a long way away, dylan. inside. thank you so much. as dylan said, the city of geicago could chall its all-time low. that's where we find nbc's ron mott. good morning. that's where we nbc's ron mott. >> a'mdylan was just saying trying to stay covered as long as possible. it is brutalhere. the air temperature 20 below. we've got wind gusts of 25 -- >> that was ron mott in chicag o, wd if that was weather related but you can see our correspondents fanned out. i think he was just about to say when you have anir temp of 20 below, you're talking about a windchill much lower. that's what it really fls like. >> and there are warnings out there about talking

>> there are warnings about talking outside, just some basics. >> some of the advice is don't talk outside, don't take a deep breath. al is monitoring this as well. >> i've been in temperatures like that where the cables break because they become brittle. they m have had some malfunctions. right now chicago is at minus 22. the all-me recordow minus 27. this is the coldest it's been sinc 1994. in fact, where dylan , it's the coldest it's been since 1996. 62 million people atisk from montana. but all the way down to northern georgia windchill warnings and into the northeast. 16 windchill in eed.c., like 52 below in minneapolis, minus 49 in chicago, minus 26 in s louis. even beckley, west virginia, 3 above. tomorrow morning that comes east. new york city is going to feel

like minus13 minus 18 in burlington. louisville minus 6. chicago minus 44. warms up in minneapolis to minu9 in fact, by friday morning we start to see the beginning of the entd ofthis. minus 16 for windchill in minneapolis, 10 degrees in washington, d.c. zero i new york city. here is the good news. friday, we start to seehat cold depart, building warmth in the west, so we seeemperatures still a little below narmal, but above zero incleveland, 14 in minneapolis, 25 in philly. rapid city,51 grees. look at the weekend, as we get into super bowl on saturday, temperatures warming up. minneapolis, you'll be 39. break out the bermuda shor. looking at 57 in st. louis.w rk city 33. on sunday, super bowl sunday everything warms up. chicago 46 degrees, new orleans 71, atlanta, 59. there is good news. we just have to hold on for

another 48 hours. >> we'll be waiting f sunday. al, thank you. now to a startling rift tied to national security. e nation's top intelligence officials openly contradicting president trump on everything from korea, isis and iran. kristen welker has the story. good morning. >> reporr: this is yet another extraordinary moment, the nation's top intelligence officials publicly disagreeing with president trump on key foreign policy and national security issues, everything from north korea to russia and it comes at a critical moment wh aajor summit on the horizon. with just weeks before president trump is poised to have his second nuclear summit with kim jong-un, this stunning public rebuke, sharply disagreeing with the president's recen declaration, that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. >> we currently assess that

north korea will seek to maintain i wmd capabilities and is unlikely to give up nuclear weapons and productions capabilities. >> the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear armed missile that wou pose a direct threat to the united states. >> reporter: and on isis, just a month after president trump declared victory. >> we have won against isis. >> reporter: intelligence officials contradicting the presidhet saying terror group iste weakened, not def >> while they're nearing erritorial defeat in iraq and syria, they're continuing to plot attacks and direct supporters world wide. >> reporter: already the president pushing back this morning tweeting, wn i became president isis was out of control in syria and running rampant. since then tremendous progress made, especially over last five weeks. on iran u.s. intelligence agencies say tehran is still not restarting its nuclear program despite the u.s. withdraw from

accusing theeal, country of withdrawing the agreement. >> at the moment technically they near compliance. >> reporter: a striking difference over one of the ig bi guesues looming over the white house, russia. >> thete wouse still targeting the u.s. -- >> we expecta rus will continue to wage its information war against democracies and social media to attempt to divide our associates. >> the president agahis morning tweeting about north korea, kristen. what's the headlinethere? >> reporter: the president is shifting its toneth on norea after the previous declaration that the country no longer poses a nuclear threat. ,ecent chance of denuclearization time will tell what will happen with north carolina. i look forward to seeing kim jong-un shortly. this is a much more measured tone from the president. the softer language aimed at lowering expectations as he prayers to meet with the l nort koreder sometime next month. hoda and savannah. >> kristen welkertet the w

house, thank you. we're going to switch gears, bring craig in. >> good morning. as the roster of potential f candidat the 2020 presidential race grows, so too does the backlashofgainst some them. former starbucks eoc howard schultz now getting it from all sides. peter alexander at the white house with more on that. >> reporter: good morning to you. howard sch >> reporter: good morning to you. howard schultz is distancing himself from his democratic roots, publiclyhe criticizing extremes on the right and the left. in the process opening himself em to a fierce backlash, largely from liberalrats who want him out. >> howard schultz, the former starbus ceo getting a shot of democraticestain for floating a 2020 independent presidential bid,yi ig fears he'd be handing the' tloeks

>>nald trump. ouse speaker nancy pelosi dismissing schultz as a potentia spoiler. >> i'm not for anybody that stands in the way of a democratic victory for president. >> reporter:cross the aisle -- >> run, howard, run. >> other discounting schultz altogether. >> with both sides already dug in, schultz argues he can appear to disaffected voters i the middle. >> i think there are lifelong democrats and lificong repus who i believe are looking for a home and perhaps after the next few months i can provide them one. >> reporter: still a potential run by the self-made coffee billnaire isn't making democrats jittery. it's also exposesing rifts about the direction of the party. senator liz wealth warren's annual tax on the wealthiest americans panned by another likely 2020 candidate michael

bloomberg who compared it to socialism and schultz who called it ridiculous. warren who is eyeing a run of her own firing back, what'sdi lous is billionaires who think they can buy the presidency to keep the system rigged for themselves while opyrtunity slips awa for everyone else.d an kamala harry, an early favorite among progressives, arked controversy by endorsing a medicare for all. >> let's eliminate that. let'son move >> i don't agree with the policy she stated last night by wipinge out insurance agency. it would lose millions ofbs >> schultz says he's as concerned about progressive policies. he says as false as president trump's promise that mexico would pay for the border wall. onef his aides told me it may not be until summer or fall before he makes a final decision. hoda, craig and savannah. >> tlpeter alexander, thank you

ncs the hype around super bowl liii, the match-up between the patsnd the rams iour days away. much of the attention is focused on this up and comer, new england star quarterback tom brady. morgan radford is in atlanta. >> all eyes on superstar quarterback, at age 41 playing in his ninth super thwl. is an age that has a lot of fans impressed, a lot of haters talkingnd everyone asking just lau he does it. with super bow week in full wing, all eyes are on the spectacle's biggest star. >> i don't care as it ends, as long as we finish with more points than them, i think i'll be happy. >> reporter: tom brady saying his desire to play the game is still burning. >> a lot of family and friends over the years supported me to this point. i want to make them proud and play my best. >> repupter: thatport system inuding his wife gisele

bundchen and his children who cently cheered the pats on. ribrady's patriots prepang to face off against the high-powered l.a. rams. the young star quarterback jared goff playing in his firstis sup bowling the future hall of famer. >> he's a tremends player and a guy being able to do it for so long. >>vaeporter: his unriled longevity has fueled his career nearly two deck cases in, pats fans can't help but marvel at the 41-yeallold. >> he has a few more years left inhim, rejuvenated for sure. >> reporter: if the five-time super bowl champ needed any extra motivation he got it from his opponents. rams defensive player robyin colemang age has taken a toll on brady. trying to clarify those comments, calling brady the greatest of all time and saying.

>> i just mentioned his age as a factor of he's different from now to here. >> reporter: one reason forbr ady's success atge an a when most athletes are retiring is his health. audiences getting a sneak peek at his diet regimen in hiss docu-ser"tom versus time." >> people would think, you're 41, what are you doing? >> i'm doing something i love to do. >> reporter: shooting for the stars, brady says he's gunning sixth super bowl championship wing. win or lose weekend, he says he has no plans to retire. back to you guys >> going to be warm in atlanta. >> yeah, 60. a sneak peek for the game's big commercials. we hadoros -- >> i was in your neck of the

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it's a chilly srt out there. a few icy patches out there.yo ev reporting a temperature below freezing right now. the winds will pk up after about 9:00 a.m. windchills only in the teens in therning, 20s this afternoon and they plummet tonight into the steens,gle digits and below zero later tonight. wind advisory in placetoday. gusts up to 50 miles per hour possible with power outages. e we'll t a look at frostbite and hypothermia coming up in the next half hour, a really dangerous situation. >> al, thank you so much. was the sta from the show mchl empire" the victim of a hate attack? ke> how a group of women are fighting l from the mountains of montana. a fascinating story.

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it is it is 7:30 on wednesday morning, january 30th, it is so cold in chicago. >> how cold is it? >> it is so cold they have to set the train tracks on fireo ep them from freezing. he is 20 below and that is how they keep trains moving. >> when you have weather that cold, that is the news of the heday. that's t headline. nearly 100 million people waking up thisorning to dangerous record-breaking cold. it is 22 below in ccago right now. minus 27 in minneapolis. those aren'twindchills. those are air temps. more the same in milwaukee, des moines and cleveland. it is so cold that the u.s. postal service had to suspend mail service in 11 midwestern school has been canceled for millions of students. now this deadly arcti blast is

moving east. al will be back in a few with the latest on the temp the nation's top intelligence officials are openly contradicting president ump on issues ranging from north korea to russia. on tuesday, the heads of the f ci and other agencies testified before a senate panel of the annual worldwide threats hearing. ther direc of national intelligence sharplyisagreed th president trump's recent declaration that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. >> we currently assess that north korea will see to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and oduction capabilities. >> meantime the intelligenc chiefs did not mention the need for a wall along the southern border which president trump has portrayed as the inning slost pressing need facing the country. this morning we're hearing from the hig school freshman who may have discovered that facetime privacy glitch people are talking about. 14-year-old grant thompson said he first noticed the glitch in

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miguel almaguer has the latest on this story. >> reporter: good morning. jussie smollett said the attack happenedust a short distance from here. today police don't have any suspects or a solid description of the men. a reported crime that has rattled hollywood and just about everyone else. ♪ >> reporter: jussie smollett, a long-time actor and star on the hit show mpe" tells police he's the victim of a brutal kbeeting that took place onch ts ago street. investigators say they're treating the reported attack as a possible hate crime. early tuesday morning smollett says he was approached by two men yelling out racial and homophobic slurs. nnvestigators say he was attacked, unknown chemical substance was poured on him. police adding at some point one of them wrapped a rope around the victim's neck. smollett told police the men yelled this is ma, make

america great again country. the actor took himself to a hospital. >> you didn't deserve, nor anybody deserves to have a noose put around your neck, to have bleach town on you rsh lee daniels, "empire's" creator, posted and later deleted this photo ott smol with no suspects or even a description,ve detectives expanded the search area for cameras, but thus far, no video of the alleged assailant or a vehicle has been discovered. one of's smollettriends says he spoke to the actor hours before the reported incint. >> it's just further evidence of the vitriol that is going on in our country and that is growing. smollett who recently appeared on "today" with his brother and sisters is an outspoken social justice activist and an advocate for the gay community. he came o to ellen in 2015. >> i get ignorant tweets every

once in a while. >> reporter: this morning a flood of support from well-wishers and big names on social media. kerry waington, reese witherspoon, viola davis. steve harvey tweeting this video. >> this is about coming to the aid of another brother that has tasted the brutality of hatred, rasm and bigotry. >> reporter: the naacp and glaad also among the chorus condemning the heinous crime, the one smollett says took place on these chicago streets. this morning police still have not classified this as a hate he crime because investigation is still on going. smollett is said to be recovering well according to h family. guys, back to you. >> miguel, thank you. let's turn back to mr. roker for more on the weather and this brutal cold. >> it's got real medical consequences as well as we look, 210 million people are belil freezing. 58on folks are below zero

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as our weakest link. on any given day any of us can be the weakest link. >> this ismp thetant question. do you hate me? >> yes. no, i do not. >> repelter: many may bieve they can't be tricked, but the truth is we are all nancy. w are targets of opportunity. attackers can send out 100,000 phishinge-mails, that's a thousand people we've infected. >> reporter: it's turned into an entire underground industry. >> they have people come in from 9:00 to 5:00, their employee, real people, they don't see it reaking into your organization. they see it as work, the s te way you g work, they go to y work and the phish people and they get passwords and they try to take your money. >> reporter: theest way to stop the thieves is to think like them. the fascination with hacking started in college when she and her c issmates brokeo buildings instead of computers

just for fun. >> hackit m.i.t. was a physical exercise. we physically went ofs the r and the tunnels and we would have to avoid the campus police. th definitely did a lot to prepare for for my working world. >> reporter: how she turned her uniqueraining into cyber security business is the subject of a new book, breaking and entering.im spending with her is an education and can be a little scary. >> we're entering a time period where our homes will be with malicious software. it's not just your files locked up anymore, it's you lighting system and your heating system and your refrigerator. they y,okay, we want $750 for you to have your house back. that's where we're heading in the next decade. sleep tight. >> that's right. funny, or not so funny. the biggest and most important tip is think before you click. xi has this wrist bands that she ople. out to

i've got a few for you guys just in case you're inclined to click on everything that comes your way. >> what are you supposed to do? >> a remier, look out for phishing e-mails. >> is it unusual a female to be in this -- i think people think of hackers as -- > incredibly male dominated field. she told me when she goes to conferences and there are a lot of cyber security conferences, she makes sure she wears a name tag that says ceo because otherwise she's quickly dismissed. this is a great read. she came in at the very beginning of this industry before anyon knew what cyber security even was. >> i love she was breaking into buildings, practice for her future career. >> we're also happy that nancy doesn't hate you. >> we are all nanc as you said. we've got a lot more tips on cyber security if you want too keour family safe.

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. 7:56 is your time on this wednesday, january 30th, 2019. good morning. i'm eun yang. it's a storm team 4 weather y. alert montgomery county schools are closed. that was a change from earlier today. the full list of closings and delays are on the bottom of your washingtonin the nbc app. let's check on your commute with melissa mollet and your first traffic. brand new problem inner loop of the beltway at you can't access river road. slow through that area. outer loop before connecticut, top of the beltway delays still hanging around. westbound 66 at the dulles sh connector, a c there westbound. taking a look at bethesda, inbound clara barton parkway, the ramp to macarthur is blocked. >> we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back. .

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slope. >> oscar winning across gwyneth w sued over a skiing accident, what she's saying over the alleged hit-and-run. today january 30th, 2019. from houston to celebrate my rthday. good morning to our dad from woodland, texas. kids in out to my denver, have a great day at school. ♪ >> hi mom and dad in michigan. stay warm. >> to my parents in l.a., my brother in syracuse, i love you> frozen in in fargo, north dakota. >> greetings today. we're the thompson family from frigid st. paul, minnesota. >> wow. that is d botionause they're outside to shoot their mytodayplaza video. is crowd really the word to use. >> we're hap they're outside. >> if you want your face on to

"today" show. facing a level of cold they may have never experienced before. this is a o live shot chicago. look at that. it is 20 below zero right now. that is on the thermometer. the windchill is worse. dylan is feeling the s in minnesota. before we get to them, though, al has got the numbers that are fathom.ard to even >> take a look. this is chicago right now. minus 23. that's the air temperature. 4 degrees away from the all-time record low of minus 27. right now temperatures around the region and around the northeast and midwest, we are looking at windchills of 30 below in marquette, 50 below where dylan is, minus 28. even cincinnati is at minus 15. washington, d.c. 14. tomorrow morning, this ishere we bottom out. new york city' windchill 13 below. minneapolis minus 39, minus 44

in chicago. but theood news is, we are going to start to see a warmup. by saturday, minneapolis, you're going to be at 39 degrees. jackson, 66. st. louis 16 and on super bowl suay, hallelujah, 51 in a washington 6:00. chicago at 46. kansas city at . 71 in new orleans. dylan, i know you're in st. paul. th sunday rmup can't come soon enough. >> reporter: oh, al, those mbers sound so nice right now. we've got our handy-dandy thermometer. it's below 30 degrees below zero. mostly because we're at the winter carnival and we' surrounded by snow and ice. we did a little eeriment here, obviously water is going the freeze below 32 degrees.ed it's the s at which this froze. in less than ten minutes. it is a solid block of iesz. it's just so, so cold out here this morning and dangerously so. we've been keeping ourselves completely covered up until we

talk with you. frostbite can kick in in less than five minutes. hypothermia is a major concern for anyone stuck outdoors as well. schond government agencies are closed. mail is not being delivered across 11 states because of the dangerhe of cold. flights have been canceled and it really is a ghost town at this point because people are heeding the warnings and staying inside. that warmup arrives here by saturday, like you said,al. we can hear the wind blowing on your microphone. get inside and warm up. let's head back over to thank you, mr. roker. for the second time this week, a natiwide chicken nuggets recall to tell you about. tyson recalling white meat panko chicken nuggets that could be contaminated with bits of rubber. they were sold in five-pound packages, a use-by date of november 26th. on monday, purdue recalled nuggets because milk was not listed o the label. that could cause a serious reaction on people with milk

allergies. gwyneth paltrow is being suit by a man who claims the actress injured him in hit-and-run crash onhe ski slopes. >> reporter: one of hood's mos famous stars gwyneth paltrow is being sued for a 2016 ski accident. the lawsuit filed by retired optometrist kerry sanderson accuses her of a hit-and-run crash in park city utah, known as a powder playground for the rich and famous. >> iseard absolutely horrifying screech, a scream, like you never hear at a ski slope. >> rorter: sanderson says it happened on a beginner run but admits he never saw paltrow. his attorney provided video of this witness who waskiing with sanderson that day. >> i heard a yell or something, a noise. i looked over to see it and that's when i saw her --

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renowned designer kat spade created an iconic brand and became one of the most perful forces in fashion. she tragically took her own life.o we'll talk long-time best friend, elise aarons and kate's niece, rachel brosnahan. they're here with a personal tribute to kate and talk about a u in collection where her creative vision lives on.e first, mn the woman behind the brand. >> kate spade was the woman and name behind a multimillion dollar empire, famous for iconing handbags, a status symbol for young women behind the country. she started the company with her husband andy i 1993 after working as a magazine fashion editor. >> i felt i hadli good feeng for what was going on, but stilt coulind a lot of the things i was interested in wearing or what i needed for a lot of photo shoots. >> reporter: after turning the brand into a household name, the couple sold their stake in the company for nearly $60 million

to spend tim with their newborn daughter. >> it was a great time for us to take a break nd it was much-needed. reporter: a decade later they launchedon a new fas line named after their daughter, francis valentine. later, the world wa shocked by kate's untimely death, committing suicide at the age of 55. her brother-in-law and comedian david spade posting this photo saying she could make me laugh so hard, i still can't believe it. her niece, the marvelous mrs. isel star rachel brosnahan recently paying tribute to her aunt on instagram. her name and legacy live on through out her work. her last designs nearly selling out within a day of her passing. now francis valentine is out with its latest collection, love katie, a tribute to her memory, style and creative commission. >>e're so happy to have you with us this morning. good morning to both of you.

te spade was so interesting because so many of us felt like weenew her because carried one of her items. you obviously knew her in such a differentway, her nie and her best friend. tell us about the kate we didn't know, the one you knew. >> she had the best sense of humor of anye i've eve known. she was a practical joker and we had so much fun together. we constantly played practical jokes on each other. >> it'snly been seven months. i was thinking about how quick time goes. i remember when i lost someone close to me, i remember always reaching to pick up the phone. you almost forget. she was that close to you, do you still feel her -- >> i still want to pick up the phone, often, yes. >> what would you want to talk to her about? >> it could be anything. it could be anything. the daily things that you call your friend about, your best friend about, you can'twh belie just happened to me. i do miss that. >> rachel, you posted something nd social media that struck me,

e you said she was exceedingly kind, beautifully sensitive, insanely nted, funny as heck and one of the most generous people i've ever known. she had an effervescent hug. please hug your lovednes tight tonight. what did you lose the day that kate pass? >> one of the closest members of our family, certainly. as i said, one of the and most generous people i've ever had the privilege of knowing. we were so muchd, iar think g -- in the wake of this unthinkable tragedy that we all experienced together, how many other people have been touchedt by her personally, by her work, by her sdesigns. it wething that really meant a lot to us and still does. >> she does live on through her work. she was such aiv cre force,

and there is sort of a new line that's out there and is it vintage kate spade. tell us a littleitbout it. >> it is vintage modern. keeping kate's designs and creativity and spirit alive through francis valentine with beautiful bags. they're really classic. they're somethi you couldear ten years ago or ten years from now and still pull that piece out of your closet and say, i love that piece, i love it. >> do you remember, rachel, the first piece you ever had of kate's? >> yearshere was a rachel bag. i think that was probably my rst one. but again, i said this, but it was so lovely to hear all these tories about everyone's first bag. and francis valentine as the latest endeavor. the bags are just stunning. a they're brind colorful and have beautiful shapes. i know kate always talked about

being inspired by my grandmother june, h mother, ripping things straight out of her closet. s where ite tha lives on as well. it's lovely to see those special pieces of our family reflect rough this collection and the ones before. >> why did you think it was important to be the face of this? people wl be seeing you with is line. >> when elise asked, it seemed fit. the most natural when you lose someone you love very, very much, you spend aot of time trying to think about how to keep their spirit alive, how they can live on for you, and that's throughkatis case, so much of her left behind, and th was an opportuni for us to celebrate her life and her legacy and how much shemeant, not only to us but to so many other people and the i she's had on the fashion industry. it was a really special experience and the collection is just beautiful. >> i can't help but think as

wee sitting here talking about this, there are a lot of people watching probably at thisery moment who are struggling with mental illness. they watch and they wonder h toind strength. is there -- what thoughts do you have for anyone who b m going through a really difficult time maybe in ts very moment. >> life is hard. m there are sy of us who have highs nced the ohio high and low lows, and i know it can be so difficult to reach up out of the darkness, that you're absotely never, never alone, and please do reach and everyone reach out to the people you love and remind them that you love them. >> thank you,guys. that was beautifully said. we look forward to this new line, love katie. thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it today. >> thank you. > we'll move over to al roker

for a check of the ather. >> basically the record cold going on, there are snow squalls happening up around western new york into upstate new york and new england. t 'll look at that in the n half hour. mild and dry out west for the most part. a beautiful day out there. showers down around the central gulf. that's whauns going on a the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. well, weee could a few snow squalls around our area, as al was saying. again, maybe quick burst of snow that could create low visibilities lat this afternoon. no additional accumulation. temperatures chilly. we'ren the teens and 20s right now. we've got some pretty strong winds on the way. ok at this. by the time we head into the afternoon, they're starting to pick up now. we have the potential to see nd gusts gusting up do 40, 50 miles an hour. they stick with us the f ost partf tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning, windchills below zero. >> that's your latest weather. mr. tulnk you. we smention savannah had to leave early for an assignment.

carson daly is here for "pop start." >> joanna gaines opens up about struggling wh social media. she discussed the worry she felt an tore and more people b comment on her posts as she gained pop lafrt. she said i could i feelecurity start to creep in. posting a photo was no longer an act of enjoying the in the moments of life but rather a calculated decision. now she's add ed, when i hear myse saying move slightly to the left to get the perfect angle, that's when i know it's time to check myself. for more on that, head to today.com. you can pick up the issue next week. courtney cox yesterday chatting with ellen about social media. mentioning she wanted to join instagram. elledecided to el her out by suggesting they take a selfi together on the "friends" set as her very first post.

het's see what happened. >> gu oh, he's not here. >> he's not here. no, it's a set. >> i wish lisa kudrow was here. this is the actual couch. >> is really? [ cheers and applause ] >> the reaction from the crowd. >> amazing to see how fans react to "friends" this many years later. cox thanked her former co-star for coming in. she quickly responded, i wanted to be there for u. >> we've got a little more. >> this week, our super bowl commercials. we'll kick off a new one as we inch closer to the big gam on sunday. giving you the closer look at some of the biggest ads. this morning, a sweet treat. a first look at the m&ms add. >> get your foot out.

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>> what are you doing? ak morphing into disgust as mom isg that silly sound. >> her mom says she recovers fast but hates that noise. you know what we're excited about? a double dose of daly. you know who is here? >> quinn. >> what a queue. let's go. >> carson's sister will make that now infamous chicken pot pie. >> let me mention, quinn is not intelevision, not a professional cook. >> come on over, quinn. >> so this thing happened fast this week. i called her and i said so many people online want this pot pie because it broke the j. lo challeng a >> it's good reason to break a challenge. >> if i lop off the top part, can i get a fork and get in there with the other stuff. >> you're lopping off the top part of life. >> what's the point? >> i want to participate. >> there's still the cream and stuff in there any way.

>> she doesn't cook -- she's very healthy. >> i'm a very healthy. >> her husband is vegan. when i went friday night, i thought maybe i can get away with notse eating this bec i'm on this stupid challenge. then i saw it and i said this is one of the best pot pies i've ever had. we'll check it in a minute. look at your local weather.

good morning everybody. 8:26 on thisy, wednes january 30th. let's get straight to lauren ricke rickets. >> the win temp now in the teens and 20s. we've got the south wind at nine miles an hour. it's going tour start to to the west as we go through 8:00, 9:00. we'll see 4 gusts to 50 miles an hour throughout the day today. windchills through much o a the da the teens and 20s tonight and teens and single digits. >> we'll have a look at your commute when we come back.

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oh, yeah, it's 8:30 on a wednesday morning, january 30th, 8:30 on wednesday morning, 20 degrees outside. look who came inside. our awesome crowd. we are going to have a crowd moment. i am looking for a flight attendant named brook from happy valley, oregon. hi, brook. come over, come over. brook watches our show on layovers and everywhere. >> everywhere. i record onit. >> you watch alone? >> i watch it with my whole family, but my daughter. >> what's her name? >> riley. >> can we facetime her. >> how>> old is she? she'll be 13 in a week

riley, hi! is so fun. carson, look at riley? >> here is al roker, here is craig. riley! >> it's like 5:30 in the morning there. >> thanks for waking up, riley. we love you. >> we kidnapped your mom. >> i'm staying, not coming home. >> eat candy now. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> we love you, riley. >> thanks to all of you guys. we're happy you made i out here today. >> up early. coming up, some help getting your finances in order as well. to do that we're putting ourselves to the test when ito comes filing taxes, managing credit card debt. we'll take a littlequiz. you know that achy feeling in your back or your shoulders or hips, get ready to move. we'll teach you super stretches.

>> my sister quinn is here today. there she is. she's making herde t. we'll make thatic ason had to abandon the j. lo challenge. so many people online wanted the recipe, w invited qui in to make it. on the third hour of "today," sophia the rob bot is stopping by. the daughter of rosie the rebot from "the jettisson'sjetson's." >> that's not true. >> you've got a check of the weather, al. we've got some real lake-effect snow starting to set up and snow squallshat will be blowing through. we're seeing streamers already starting around western new york, buffalo, into watertown. snow existing northern new england, jeply about an inch or two. in the tug hill plateau between watertnd syracuse, we could see up to three feet of snow.

that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. well, temperatures are in the teens and 20s right now. the winds are starting to pick up. they'll continue to increasehe through morning. that's why wind advisory is in place. we couldav gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour as we head into the afternoon. this afternooneeling more like the teens and 20s. right now temperatures in the teens and 20s, but definitely feeling like that this afn. today's temperature will reach into the low 30s. watch out for t icy patchtion. they could be with us all through out the day, especially untreated surfaces. just ahead, everything you need to know to get thosees finan order in 2019 including some major tax changes. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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"resolutonn revolu series. if you're worried about your bottom line, you're not alone. who better to help than financial planner kristen o'keefe maher. good to see you. >> thank you f i having me. always wanted to be a game show host. here we go. >> i put my money on al roker. >> we'll launch into the most glamorous topic, taxes. queson one, if you're expecting a tax refund, when should you file your taxes a, as soon as pobls, b, it doesn't matter, c, april 15th, or d, use as a saving trick. file an extension. get check ler in the year. >> i'm saying asap. get it in. >> well do, guys. >> there's a few things going on in the world right now.

there's a lotf things going on in the tax world. first of all, this is the first year where we're filing under the new tax reform. there's a lot of complicions if you're uncertain. it's a good idea to find a professional to hel the problem with the shutdown has caused a backlog at the irs and they will likely not answer your call if you try to call them. the idea is to if you need help, hire a professional or go to one of the places wherelk yo n and get your files -- >> let's move on to a toic you sayust about everyone that comes into your office, this is a question they have. why c't i save money. >> you spend too much. >> not a multiple choice. raise your hand if you used cash in the last 24 hours? as>> i pay a lot, a lot. >> old school. >> it is old school?

>> is that bad? >> it's not necessarily bad. at's happening is everything has become extremely transactional inhe way where you can use your phone to pay for starbucks, uber, your seamless order -- >> the problem is that every transaction we have now, there's no exchange of money. and when there's no exchange of money, you don't remember -- >> you don't keep track. >> it's s aprise when you see the bill. >> your mind is saying everything is free, but your checking angount is screa help, help. >> how do we get around that? >> you have to track ite you ho go back and look at what you're spending. >> don't get receipts when you pay cash. on the credit card, i can see what was a business expense, what was personal. >> cash, you're spending it and you knowha you're having transaction. mindful transaction. here is your $20, this is for a your goo services. you can go through an entire day, spend $100 and have no idea

where it's ne. >> let's talk about another reason a lot of folks can't itve. crard debt. >> before you can understand credit cards, you have to understand compound interest. it's a pretty fundamental thing we all need to understand. i needed 1,000. you're very kind. you lend i to me >> i'm not going to give it to you. >> in this situation, you're giving it to me. but you're going toeha m rg sae have the money, can i rolls t into next year. you're very kind an generous, yes, you can, but you owe me that interest compounded. >> instead of$1,000 plus, $1100. i'll pay interest on interest. over time, this compounds. quiz question. get your boards. >> no one is going to loan you money after that, by the way. >> how does your credit card compound? does it compound annually,

quarterly, monthly or daily? how doesour credit card compound? >> annually. >> nually, quarterly, monthly. >> when my wife uses it. >> mr. roker. >> we have an annual, we have a when my wife uses it and >> all of them are wrong. >> all wrong. it's a daily compound. it's carson daly compound. you're not spending 10% a day. ur interest rates being divided by 365 days.y every ou're paying a little tiny amount which gets added to the principle for theext day. over time this can eat you alive. >> kristin, thank you. >> is cash better tn credi as long as you track it? >> yes. >> just ahead, three ercises and stretches that can make a big difference if you suffer from back, shoulder or hip pain. but first, thiis "today" on nbc. w

>>are back with your health, and if your resolution was to get fit we're back with "your health," we have good news. there are simple moves you can do at home that may have you ck in the game in no tim dr. jordan metszel is from the hospital of special surgeries. >> a lotd of us think, i have a problem, we should go see a doc. >> everybody these days go to dr. google. right only about 30% of the time. we want people to educate themselves. there are definitely some of the aches and pains you can start treating at home. when you go to a doctor is important as well. >> let's talk about back pain. that's a sensitive won. what would you dof meone like craig melvin had back pain? >> back pain is the most common orthopedicause for people to miss work in the united states. it's a very common thing we see.

someone like craig with an achys back, craig going to have a seat right down here. >> you can see that red bulging disc. the bones are the vertebrae. between thosere bones the disks. the little red guy there is pushing on the when somebody comes to see me with an achy back, i want to gi them exercises. craig, let's say he comes in with an achy back. we'll work on stretching out the muscles. no we're going to start with something called the cac cusst tch. he's going to stretch this up. you' feel that starting to twist the spine one way or the other. what he's doing is loosening those muscles. you can do this first thing in the morni you have an achy back. this is a foam roller. roll a little up and disn on thing.gr this is a eat way to start loosening the muscle. >> i like to use this on my

quads. eople know about it for their legs, often don't think about it for their spines. >>elan this with sciatica? >> it can, if that nerve is pushing. >> thank you craig. >> what does al have? shoulder pain? >> the shoulder is a very common problem we see. the key with shoulders, it's a e the er that sits ins joint. when people get achy shoulders, they often don't move them. they can get very stiff. al with start with a pendulum. he'll bend over at the waist. start making big circles. we'll start this shoulder los loosening up. the second exercise, he'll stretch the muscles on the back, he's stretching out these scles on the back o the shoulder. that can make a difference. the final exercise is youan amazon. of these up on this is called a theraband.

he'll bring his arm out here. work on strengthening the muscles. >> up and down. i see. >> these are great things people with do at home. >> when you think it's sore, you think i shouldn't do anything, youi should let it heal >> especially keeping the shoulder moving. >> if you have a shoulder pain, g it good to a massage? >> especially if the pain is right here. >> you can start right over here. >> we'll move down to sheinelle pain.as hip >> the hip, again, like the shoulder, you can see on the screen is a ball and. sock it sits inside the acetabulum, the head of the femur. i'll nekneel down here to shcl. the m support around the joint makes a different. she's starting with an isometric bridge. she'she strenng her glute muscles. >> for how long? >> hold that for -- a minute would be great. once she starts to do that, the

second thing is to loosen the muscle. she'll come right back down. she'll bend hernee and pull right up. >> that's painful. >> that's areat one. >> start loosening those muscles on the back of the hip joint.s shoing to happen up on the knees, the last one is a hip flexor stretch. >> she's the flexorn the left side. stretching out the muscles on the front ofhi the again, the first stretch is to stretch the back. >> she should do this at least once a day. >> once a day. >> dr. metsel, thank you so much. more exercises on to fix what ails you. >> myd sister s we should be having cocktails with this. we're related for sure. the inspiration behind my j. lo challenge fail. my sisterquinn's home made chicken pot pie. trust me, if she can make it,o

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>> all right, we are back with "today" food. as you know, hoda and i a we're back with "today food." hoda and i are supposed to be in thef middle our general forelopez no sugar, no carb challenge. i fell off the wagon as soon as it began. wagon. ever got on the the challenge for me, by the time i got home, i got a text from my sister who invited my family to her family's house. she madeidual chicken pot pies. what am i supposed to do? not eat that. show up with my o bag of broccoli, i can't have any carbs. it's friday night. saturday we went to my favorite restaurant. >> i caved in a matter oho s. thanks to my sister's amazing

chicken pot pie. after that, viewers started asking questions. there's the chicken pot pie and the win there. cracked up at carson daly. i agree the "today" show needs to have his sister on to make that pot pie. i called quinn and called the show. here she is making her debut with the chalnge-busting chicken pot pie. quinn daly. >> yea! >> whate we'll do bef we get into this, i want to quickly say publicly to myisr a quick thank you, as many of you know, about a year and a half ago my parents passed away about a month my sister lived in california next to my folks. after that devastating nevent, qund i looked at each other and went, we're all we have y left,nly family left. life is too short. quinn, her husband joel, my nieces have sin moved acros the country. they live a block awa from me. our kids go to school together. our family time is at the top of

our priority list. i want to thank you for making that move. it's literally saved my life. so tnk you. another reason why the challenge on friday was so hard. dinner with family, forget about it. to think i'm not making a chicken p pie my sister made. when did you learn to cook, was the first question? you were a terriblecook. >> i was a terrible cook. we lived on beans and rice since we lived together. long way.a if i can do it, anybody can do it. >>ou've got veggies, chicken. what's great is you can aually do store bought pie crust so it's even easier. if you don't he time to cook the chicken here, you can buy store bought chicken and sled it. it's so easy. get the pot really hot and then you'll put your chicken in, kind of golden it for maybe a couple minutes on each side. then you put in your broth. >> is tha just chicken stock? >> chicken stock broth.

there's so many different kinds. you can'to wrong. you'll let that cook for about eight minutes. >> this must be torture for you, hoda. you can't eat. >> i can't. i love quinn. >> i made a special one for you. the ft off the crust at top. >> oh, look at this. show everybody at home. >> it's just broccoli. >> i made tha one special for you. >> that is cruel. >> especially for you and jennifer lopez. the recipe for that is on the website. >> you're cooking the veggies and put in your flour and let that cook for a little bit. >> mom we so proud if she was watching because you just don't cook and you killed this >> then you put your broth in. you're going to kind of let that get nice and thick. you've got yourmilk. >> you always do substitutes. you cook so healthy. >> ido. hyt you were coming over.

there were no hea substitutions. it was the full monte. >> that does this. >> you've shredded the chicken. this is bubbling and thick. you put the chicken in. >> it feels like there's heavy cream and butter. >> there's no, no butter. >> this is fantastic. >> you stir it all in. it's going to get nice andth k. >> this may be the beginning of something. >> no. it's really not. >> tell everybody what you do for a i can't answer that question. >> i just smart. >> s's really smart. does all this high tech pr and all this crazy stufee never b on tv. you didn't make the pie crust. >> store bought. double them up so they're nice and thick. egg brush on here so it's nice and golden. cook at 35 minutes. it is so good. >> especiallyf this kind weather.

this is perfect. >> i jusd tos a salad on the side. lots of wine. >> we used to eat marie calleder's. >> thank you. it's over now. >> it'ser over, quinn. >> thank you, quinn daly. you can get the recipe at today.com/food. right now, hoda, you can enjoy t >> next week i'm going to have this, quinn. >> for now it'sol bro for you. anyway, go to tod it is day six.ay. i've got a confessional there. jump on board for the last few days. ifou're more interested in your super bowl sunday feast, we have that haned as well -- talking with my mouthful, some tricks to make avocado

guacamole. t third hour of "today" coming up. nks, quinn. hour of "today" com up next. 8: t is yourime on this wednesday, january 30th, 2019. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. let's get right to your commute with melissa mollet. >> in alexandria, the ramp to van doorren has an overturned trash truck, a littlede y. outer loop slow from an earlier

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watch out for isolated icy spots out there this morning, especially secondary roads and bridges, goverpasses. tory today, the wind absolutely. power outages, we're seeing some in loudoun county. i think thee will be m as the winds pick up. the warmup is coming our way as we head into sunday an early next week. watchut for passing snowshowers. no accumulation today. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app.

from nbc news,his is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and a good morning to you. welcome, craig herealongside sheinelle and al. >> good morning. we herever you watching us, hope that you're staying warm. million people awakening to record breaking extreme cold this morning. this is a look there in chicago. this is chicago, illinois, negative 23 deees. that's lake michigan steaming, right? er that's right. the water teure, which is in the 30s, i mean, the lake hasn't iced over yet, when you're getting condensation there. >> meanwhile inth ndakota, colder than the north pole by ab