weather whiplash, on the heels of deadly frigid temperatures that claimed a least a dozen lives. mother nature is about to pull a one. >> and a are drug so powerful that is killing more americans than any other. andt was captured on the u.s./mexic bored. >> revealing comments from the president, giving his thoughts on the house speaker and much more. >> and a preview of this year's super bowl commercials ahead of sunday's big game. "early today" starts right now. good rning. >> hey, warmer weather is on the way for the midwest, which will be a welcomedan .

millions were gripped by another day of sub zero temperatures. w continues the blamed for 12 deaths. in rochester, minnesota where wind chills dropped to negative 54 degrees. it was too cold for the city buses to run. after three or four hours on the road. fuel and break lines started to freeze. firefighters across the midwest house en responding to fires and becoming encased in ice as they work in the cold. what an amang cture. this father and daughter duo lent a helping hand by clearing away snow that was blockingre t hydrants. people found different ways to keep their spirits up. this girl throwing her pants up in the freezing air and managing to stick the landing. ofre was an entire famil frozen pants over in st. anthony village, minnesota, where the temperature there had, around minus 27 degrees at the time. nbc meteorologist tracking the temperatures for us, good morning.

>> i wol have try that frozen pants thing, right? >> who know how many tries that took too. impressive. >> this has been a bitter cold, down on 2/3 of the nation. still, cold here. minneapolis 15 below, you can see out to the east, still, new york city, we e at 3 below, but the air temperature better this morning. also the wind chilled warnings and advisories they have subsided now, limited toig mi. all the way in to northern new england as well as up-stark new we will talk about the warm up. that is in weekend story, coming up. >> more reason to be excited for the weekend. thank you. new signs on of a stalemate in the battle other the borde wall with the government funding set to dry up in mid february and anotr shutdown on the line of. president trump is doubling down on his demands for wall funding. nin interview with the "new york times" the president predicted that the negotiations with congress would fall through, pinning the blame on speaker nancy pelosi.

we have more about the president calling the border talks a wasti of time the interview. >> it's an extension of what he said yesterday in the oval office and made the point that he will go ahead without congress a use executive powers to declare a national emergency, here is what he had to say about speaker pelosi. >> -- i thi nancy pelosi is hurting our country very badly. i think i set the table nicely. >> he went on to say that he believes the speaker is doing a disservice to the country and if she does notpprove the wall, the rest is a waste of money. he will in fact go around congre and he has bee saying that is not off the table.t hinting t it's on his mind. he said, you will have to see whether or not he will declareal natimergency to get the billions on of dollars for the

border wall. >> thank you. >> long-time trump adviserer rotone is due back in federal court today for the first status he is facing a slew of charges stemming from special council roberter mueller's investigion. trump i opening up about his relationship with stone. "new york times" interview he claims he never spoke to stone about wikileaks and the stolen posts. nor did he direct anyone to do so. heaid that he alwa liked rodger, calling him a character and insisted that the fbi agente charging a h like they did at 6:00 in the morning i think that was a vy sad thing fore thuntry. we have more. >> reporter: robert mueller's prosecutors say the evidence they szed in the early morning raid of rodger stone's home was complex and voluminous, multiple hard drives, computers and cell phones and e-mailnd accounts bank records going back several years were seized. >> it's so voluminous and

complex, that a speedy trial is literally impossible. we stipulated to that. >> reporte prosecutors charged stone, a former trump adviser on seven counts, including lying to congress about his efforts to obin hacked e-mails from wikileaks. the white house said that the charges have nothing to do with the president. stone insists he is not guilty. asked ife would cooperate with mueller? >> call i can tell you today is i willell the truth. i don't possess any knowledge of any wrongdoing by the president of the united states. >> the fbi could be in a position of identifying oth people that they may charge with crimes. or other crimes beyond that which is already charged in thee indi. i think that, there's likely to be a treasure trove of information. >> reporter:he latest twist in an investigation gripping the nation. nbc news, the white house of >> feder agents made the largest seizuro of fentanyl at the s./mexico border. 100 packages of the substance

were found.ng weig nearly 254 pounds. it's worth an estimated $3.5 million. officials found the drugs in a truck trying to come through ab er check point in arizona. a drug sniffing dog alerted officers when the truck set out ofuspicions when drivingh thro check point. >> now to the crisis in venezuela, are where the u.s.ba ed on opposition leader that declared himself acting president has warned police to stay away fro his family. we have more. >> reporter: oppositio leader greed by supporters outside his apartment, after armed agents me to his home, asking for his wife with his 20 month old dainhter de. they will not intimidate this family. he is backed by the u.s. and most latin american countries is locked in ashowdown with the

convenie current president, who is backed by russia and china.ng speaith cnn, he is saying, as self pointed president, he wants toreconstruct his country and restore its liberty. >> our country, our liberty. >> reporter: mmp odoro retains the backing of the military and charges about officers appearing at his home are false. >> no to a startling new study. a new rt report finds that half of all americans 121 million adults have some sort, form of heart disease. this number released by the american heart association is alarming. it's largely due to changes in blood pressure guidelines. the overwhelming presence of high blood appreciaessure canno rddismissed. caiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the

united states.cl ming more than 840,000 lives per year. so, you will notice all of us here on early etoday, we wearing are d, it's national heart awareness day. >> why i look like crocket and tubbs had a son. >> a confrontation with police officers in tmerican airlines arena. the man began arguing with several bulls fans as the officers try to get the guy to y starts toeb record the struggle and it starts escalating. you can see both officers are trying to subdue the fan and the fighting intensifies and more ficers start to arrive. they were able to take that man away. the 23-year-old was eventually booked on charges including battery o an office and resisting arrest. officers suspect that the man may have b intoxicated. this one, you have to watch this. seught on video, this tennessee

woman re to let go of her e.er after leading police on a high-speed chas the sheriff's department released the dash cam video showing julie myers speeding away from officers here. at one point, she crashes in a ditch and gets away again. and eventually coming to a stop, she gets out of the vehicle, along with her pass engpassenge proceeds to chug her beer while being handcuffed. she admits to drinkingn entire ngfth of liquor before switching to beer and get on the road. she is going down drinking, chug it. she owned it. >> she owned it.l now she wave to pay for it. good morning. >> and the changes in the weather,hey are going to make you smile this morning. we see that dip in the j stream here, it's a change more to the south here and that will allow if for the warm--up. look at the temperatures,

billings about 12 degrees above average. this afternoon. for your saturd, afternoon hello, we are back in the 60s, out to the south, st.lewis, almost temperature difference of about 50 drrees throughout y weekend. that is a look at the big weather story for toder. here is clook at your ahead. >> still very cool air across upper midwest in to up state new york, we are in the teens, but a lot of sunshine out towards colorado, hey, we are back in the 50s. upper 40s out towards billings. >> always good news when we can talk about sunshe and warmer temperatures. but we have a bit of snow. >> just a bit is good. w after whathave all been through. >> right, need it. fiji water girl stole the show. she became an internet sensation, when she photo bombed

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good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eu yang. >> we're taking you to the scene where firefighters battled to put out the flames. chuck? good morning, everybody. a storm team 4 weather alert day. it's cold this emorning. weacing a chance for some ow. just isnn

news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather ert. >> we begin with morning as we haveve nearly morning this week, a live look outside and a warning about the but unlike the rest of the week, we have good news this morning.

relief may be in sight. if you squint your eyes and look really hard, you'll be able to see it. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. mo reasonable temperatures may be around the corner. at this poin 30 seems reasonable. but how dangerously thesere temperatures telling us. >> delays have been announced. inla ma, allegany schools will be two hrs late. warren, prince william, manassas city,er loudon, fauq and culpeper schools are two hours late. onhave the full information the nbc washington app. jim taylor is in for melissa is morning. but we begin with chuck bell and what to expec day. >> winter weather advisory for half of the news 4 nation here on a friday. tracking for chances of