gigi, you're back. gigi, what do you have? >> this is my roommate's and she loves it and i'm going to rip it up just for that. >> jimmy: this is what, her homework? gigi. >> no. she actually really loves this book. >> jimmy: oh, all right. and kimmie, what do you have? >> i have a "sports illustrated" which she's going to hate that i'm about to destroy. >> jimmy: okay. well, do it. destroy it. and let's see. [ cheers and applause ] all right. all right. now burn your apartments down. [ laughter ] all right. your next challenge -- i'm going your team's mascot on the wall yes. the bigger the better. ketchup. this challenge is always called the lose your security deposit challenge. [ laughter ] okay. yeah. you've got to do it so we can see it. okay. there you go. all right, kimmie. what are you drawing with there, kimmie? >> oh. lipstick. >> jimmy: okay. keep drawing. keep going. and if gigi ever gets back, she should start drawing also. >> i'm here. >> jimmy: kimmie, you're not an art major, are you? >> no. i'm an engineer. >> j

. >>> good morning, i'm gigi stone woods. more than 86 million people across 16 states are bracing for a monster winter blizzard. storm preps from mississippi to new york are under way at this moment, as some areas are expecting more than 30 inches of snow. five states plus parts of georgia and washington d.c. are already under states of emergency. federal offices in the nation's capital are set to close early today ahead of the storm, which could break records set all the way back in 1922. the d.c. metro has canceled service starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight, through sunday. now some drivers on i-495 decided that they would test the ice when their cars got stuck, although this one didn't have much better luck. all baltimore schools are closed today and nearly 2500 flights have been canceled for friday. thousands more have already been canceled or delayed for this weekend, impacting at least 40 airports around the country. the storm is starting to make landfall in some states in the south. this drone footage shows snow instead o

gigi? gigi thomas. >> hi, jimmy. >> jimmy: hello, gigi. what are you majoring in? >> restaurant, hotel management and modern computer science. >> jimmy: computer science. restaurant -- so you'll either be a computer scientist or work in like a shaky's, right? >> correct. >> jimmy: you're a big alabama fan i presume based on your -- >> born and raised. >> jimmy: what's that, bear >> mm-hmm. the man himself. >> jimmy: you're not kidding around. let's meet your competitor tonight. she's a ph.d. student at clemson coming to us from her apartment in that very city. please say hello to kimmy. hello, kimmy. [ applause ] >> hi. how are you? >> jimmy: i'm doing well, kimmie. you are all decked out in your school. >> i am. >> jimmy: is that what you wear to the games? >> that is what i wear to the games. all 14 of them. it will be the 15th this coming monday. >> jimmy: so you're a little bit superstitious, huh? >> i'm very superstitious. >> jimmy: what are your game day rituals? >> besides wearing th

. >>> good morning, i'm gigi stone woods. the east coast continues to dig out from this weekend's historic storm that brought record snowfall to much of the area. at least 14 states got more than a foot of snow, with parts of west virginia getting an amazing 42 inches. although that didn't stop the west virginia swim team from holding practice. very dedicated. both of new york city's major airports broke records. laguardia got nearly 28 inches and jfk international had 38.5. while central park was 0.1 off the previous record. nearby newark, new jersey, on the other hand was 0.1 above the city's previous record. farther south along the jersey shore, several areas experienced record flooding, with chunks of ice flowing with the water. the town of north wildwood was flooded with half a foot more water than during superstorm sandy. and the town's police shared this picture of a rescuer carrying a little girl after her home was flooded. federal government offices in the nation's capital will remain closed monday after getting near

let's head to germantown and check out gigi. >> gigi? molette green, how is she doing? we want her to be comfortable. that is germantown gigi. today is the day to make your own snow girl or snow guy. that's the big thing. we're on germantown road where things are a lot icier. you've got the ice that's the issue. plow driver after plow driver coming and going, telling us about their tough times. we even caught some video a little while ago of one big truck stuck in this ice out here, and they're telling us basically the main roads, the secondary roads are the priority, but getting to those neighborhoods is really giving them a tough time at this hour as all that snow and ice has just piled up. >> we're all having problems catching up. >> reporter: take a look at the icicle there. just an example. it's cold out there. it's about 18 degrees at last check where we're standing at our location. and germantown gigi once again wants you to know thatn worked on her hair and on her eyelashes. my sharpie froed up on me. do not get on the roads. it's just too tricky at this time. t

gigi peck/tax preparer "it's a refund anticipation loan. they take your tax information and average it out and figure out what you're going to get" we've all heard those claims of getting your tax refund immediately. "it's given to you same day and then no upfront fees with that." gigi peck/tax bank involved and once it's can get x amount of dollars back, you get 100, 300, 500, 750." and.... preparer "there's interest rates, there's finance fees and that will hit you actual tax return and get the rest of that's right, you money you were going to get back any way. but you don't get it all at gigi peck/tax the full amount. this year i believe the most anybody can offer is $750 dollars." vanessa bennett has tried for years to take advantage of the quick cash option. vannessa bennett "i pay all my bills when i get my refund money, get everything caught up." bennett says it's tough waiting but some people really need the refund. vannessa bennett "they have bills they have to pay and they need that money right away." here's why it's not a good id

>> gigi, it's gun control t. president outlined gun control, as the most important issue he wants toing that him this year remember he plans to bypass congress to do it. president obama fresh off his hawaiian vacation and taking aim at gun control. he meets with attorney general loretta lynch to talk about ways to increase backgrounds checks for people who buy guns. the president during his weekly >> it's a policy that is supported by some 90% of the american people. it was supported by a majority of nra households. but the gun lobby mobilized against it and the senate blocked it. >> reporter: democratic front runner for president hillary clinton applauds the move to use executive orderers to increase background checks, republican candidates disagree. >> now this president wants to act as if he's a king arc dictator. the fact is, if he wants to make changes to these law, go to congress and convince congress they're necessary. >> so he will sign another second order, ving to do with the second amendment, having to

i'm gigi zone woodsstone woods. overnight a philadelphia police officer was ambushed and shot three times in his cruiser. 33-year-old jesse hartnett is lucky to be alive after a just before midnight eastern he was driving through a philly intersection. the suspect opened fire shooting 13 times, walking closer and closer until he was actually shooting from inside the driver side window of the police cruiser. >> i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> the commissioner says the suspect emptied his entire handgun. but the officer returned fire and hit the shooter at least three times. now police caught the a salient a short distance away. the assailant. >> 23-year-old of sacramento is fight in the civil war and then lying about it. and 24-year-old omar faraj syed of houston was also indicted. he was charged with trying to provide material support to extremists. both entered the u.s. as refugees. according to the fbi one said he would have joined isis if not for the group's killing of other muslims. he did fight alongside the

i'm gigi stone woods. no generatejackpot winner last night. it is the sixth largest prize ever offered in north america. over to an estimated $675 million and growing for saturday's drawing. it will be the largest jackpot in u.s. history. if you do win, do the installments. too many cautionary tales out there. and the chinese stock market continues to bring down markets in the u.s. cnbc's landon dowdy has the latest. >> that's right. there could be a lot more red arrows today due to the turmoil in china. for the second time this week trading was halted as the stock markets tumble for more than 7% triggering automatic circuit breakers. gradually withdrawing emergency measures imposed in june. and the european markets and asia today. and also oil prices off another since the early 2000s. and macy's is cutting jobs and closing stores after reporting abysmal holiday sales. about 2700 cuts are store employees. macy's blames warm weather which discouraged sales of winter clothes and the strong dollar. >>> thanks landon dowdy. hammering parts of cali

the telegram reports that is the same apartment where 2-year-old gigi brown died. no charges were ever filed in that case and investigators have not said how the little girl died. the apartment where both incidents happened is leased by gigi brown' s grandmother. as we' ve reported city inspectors had expressed concerns about conditions in the apartment. the child in this most recent case is recovering and is now in dcf custody. investigators say narcan is used in opioid overdoses but in this , case inspectors say a heart medication may have been involved. we' ll bring you more as we get it. frank holland, newscenter 5. randy: the opioid crisis in massachusetts is expected to be one of the issues governor baker talks about in his first state of the commonwealth address tonight. we have some numbers now epidemic. 57% of those who died of overdoses last year were 25 to 44 years old. 83% were white or non-hispanic. most of them, three quarters, were men. it' s the first time we' ve seen a real demographic breakdown of s state of the commonwealth tonight right here on

good morning. >> hi, gigi, good morning to you, as well. goldman sachs will pay $5 billion as part of a state and federal probe into its role in selling off mortgages in the years leading up to the financial crisis. as part of the settlement the wall street bank will offer $1.8 billion in relief to consumers in the form of mortgage forgiveness and refinancing. >>> the white house unveiling a plan thursday to spend nearly $4 billion over a decade to speed up the development of self-driving cars. the government aims to unveil a model state policy on autonomous cars within the next six months. and that could lead to national guidelines down the road. meanwhile, there's a big deal in the consumer product sector this morning. china's air is buying general electric's appliance business for more than $5 billion. ge had a deal with electrolux but that fell through. haier has a large presence. >>> the latest on the powerball winners next. i know you want to know more. does your makeup remover every kiss-proof,ff? cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutroge

good morning i'm gigi stone woods. did you win? there are three winning tickets for last night's historic $1.5 billion powerball jackpot. one winning ticket was sold at this 7-eleven in chino hills, california. where, as you can see, a huge crowd has already gathered. the other two were in tennessee and florida and for more let's go to nbc's morgan radford who is actually live in chino hills. morgan, i'm guessing it wasn't yours. >> it wasn't me, gigi. but i can tell you that inside this 7-eleven where the winning ticket was sold, the mood was absolutely electric. people were coming just to get an inside look at the store and a glimpse of the glory. we're talking $1.5 billion. that is the largest amount in all of powerball jackpot history. and it's going to be split now in three different ways. one right here with the winner in california. one also in tennessee. and one in florida. but now that these winners have been chosen, they're going to get to do the choosing now, gigi. they get to decide whether or not they want this in annu

i'm gigi stone woods. the east coast continues to dig out from this weekend's historic storm that brown record snowfall to much of the area. at least 14 states got a foot of amaze amaze amazing 42 inches. major airports broke records. laguardia got nearly 28 inches and jfk international was hammered with 32.5 breaking the old record by more than 4 inches while central park was one-tenth off the previous record. newark, new jersey, was one-tent on the other hand while farther south along the jersey shore several areas got record flooding. the town of north wildwood was flooded with half a foot more water than superstorm sandy. the township's police share this picture of a rescue carrying a little girl after her home was flooded. >>> federal government offices in the nation's capitol will remain closed after getting 20 inches of powder. no word yet if there will be a round 2 of yesterday's epic but it's a pretty good bet that the obama dogs beau and sonny will be dreaming of playing in the snow. >>> the roof

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good morning, london. >> gigi, good morning. it has been a roller coaster and the markets could come under more selling pressure today but maybe not as severe as wednesday. the dow was down as much as 560 points before reversing course. the index traveling 1100 points during the session. oil could drive action again with crude dipping below $27 a barrel yesterday on reports of a big increase in u.s. supplies. all investors are feeling the pain. the average 401(k) has lost $10,000 since the markets' peak last year. traders say there aren't many sectors to stash your money but they are encouraged as the market opened sharply lower wednesday and recovered some of that lost ground. meanwhile, most of walmart's hourly workers are getting a raise. more than 1.2 million employees will see higher pay this year. the retailer's also offering basic short-term disability insurance at no cost. and will allow workers to include paid time off, gigi. back over to you. >> good for walmart. thanks, landon dowdy. >>> florida woman certainly earned

i'm gigi stonewoods. it's officially 2016, so finally at long last question start talking about the race for president. today hillary clinton gets a major jolt as her husband hits the campaign trail in new hampshire fort first time on her behalf but donald trump's attacks on them are getting sharper and we start with nbc's kristen welker. donald trump increasingly looking beyond his gop rivals and taking aim at the democratic front-runner. no holds barred. >> they've created isis. hillary clinton created isis with obama. >> reporter: hillary clinton firing back in new hampshire. >> you know the republicans seem to have a particular fixation on blaming president obama and me for everything that happens in the world. >> reporter: trump is also tying clinton to her husband's past sexual infidelities. >> it hasn't been a pretty picture for her or bill. i'm the only one willing to talk about his problems. i mean, what he did and what he has gone through i think is frankly terrible especially if she wants to pl