we want to show you this video coming to us out of downtown st. louis. take a look here. is a five-alarm fire that has broken out apparently at an apartment building in downtown st. louis. pictures coming to us from ktvi-kplr, our affiliate. you can see it there, certainly plenty of smoke. hard to see the flames. not sure what's going on inside of that building but that's some pretty dramatic footage. you see all that heavy smoke. we've been following these pictures. moments ago there wasn't even this much smoke. certainly a battle for these firefighters to try and get this under control. you see the hoses there. we'll continue to keep an eye on this. >>> let us also now take you to more breaking news out of blacksburg, virginia and the campus of virginia tech. you see it there. we are following breaking news from that campus. the campus website saying that they are on lockdown there because oflockdown there because of reports of shots fired, describing the suspect as a white male, gray sweatpants, a gray hat with a neon green brim. wearing a maroon hoodie and a backpack.

this is in downtown st. louis. that fire may have begun as a result of an explosion. smoke could be seen for miles. no one was injured in that fire. >>> a man in portland is in critical condition this morning after a taxi cab crashed through the front window of a hotel room where he was in bed. the driver of that cab suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel, causing that car to crash into the building. a veteran police officer along with several bystanders helped move the car off as the -- move off the man so paramedics could get to him. the taxi driver was taken to the hospital, however, he was later released. >>> popular lights display in oklahoma city turned into something much more for one lucky couple. for three years the neighborhood has come together, creating a beautiful holiday light display. it started small and now contains more than 150,000 synced and blinking to music heard over the radio. now it's enjoyed by thousands. on a chilly december night, the twinkling and the dancing of the bulbs illuminated something more special. it was a proposal b

the purpose of the city arch river 015 is to better connect downtown st. louis with the gateway arch and the jefferson national park. the project also involves building elevated walkways across the river to illinois. senate jonet -- joint resolution 2 gives congressional approval to this amendment. the judiciary committee marked up its companion, house joint resolution 70, on september 1. the senate joint resolution contains one amendment, regarding the effective date. with this amendment, senate joint resolution 22 will be effective upon the date of enactment. in conclusion i'm pleased to see this feature of our federalist system at work. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution and i look forward toits swift passage. with that, i reserve the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman -- mr. conyers: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: members of the house, under the constitution, a

downtown atlanta museum. but the 1886 formula itself remains hidden from view. so, you're out of luck there. >>> coming up, albert says so long to st. louis. the nba says no way. and a very embarrassing moment at baseball's winter meetings. plus, big ben takes a licking but comes back to lead the steelers to a victory. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and the weekend forecast is looking great. chillier than we'd like but overall no travel trouble. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, quite simply the los angeles angels spent more money in a day than any team has in the history of baseball. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. albert pujols made a decision and he's heading west. agreed to a ten year, $254 million deal with the angels. angels definitely the dark horse in the pujols race but when the marlins dropped out and cards offered him $220 million, the angels upped the ante to $254 and pujols couldn't turn that down. they also signed the best free agent pit

downtown atlanta museum. but there's a catch. the 1886 formula itself remains hidden from view. so you're just going to have to wait. >>> coming up, albert says so long to st. louisa says no way. and a very embarrassing moment at baseball's winter meetings. plus, big ben takes a licking but comes back to lead the steelers to victory. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. the droid razr by motorola. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. when you're a sports photographer, things can get out of control pretty quickly. so i like control in the rest of my life... especially my finances. that's why i have slate, with blueprint. i can make a plan to pay off big stuff faster... or avoid interest on everyday things. that saves me money. with slate from chase, i'm always in control. financially, anyway. get slate with blueprint and save money. call 855-get-slate today. >>> welcome back to "fi