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

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 snow as west virginia got an 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 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 snowball fight at dupont circle, but it's a pretty good bet that the obama dogs beau and sonny will be dreaming of playin

good morning, i'm gigi stone-woods, it's officially 2016. so finally at long last, we can talk about the race for president. today hillary clinton gets a major jolt as her husband hits the campaign trail. dominican republic's attacks are getting sharper. >> reporter: donald trump increasingly looking beyond his gop rivals and taking aim at the democratic front runner. no holes 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:t to her husband's past sexual infidelitys. >> it hasn't been a pretty picture for her or for bill, because i'm the only one willing what he did and what he has gone through i think is frankly terrible, especially if she wants to play the woman card. >> reporter::t now counting on the former president to bolster her campaign on monday in new hampshire. >> he is so exci

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i'm gigi stone woods. last night's dueling gop events with donald trump hosting a fund-raiser during the fox news debate. megyn kelly wasted no time. >> donald trump chose not to attend the debate. what message do you think that sends to the voters of iowa? >> let me say i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we have gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> it's not about donald trump. he's an entertaining guy, the greatest show on earth. but this campaign is about the greatest country in the world. >> i kind of miss donald trump, he was a teddy bear to me. i kind of miss him. i wish he was here. >> trump speaking at his event three miles away. he didn't hold back. >> i didn't want to be here. i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away. you have to stick up for your rights. when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. you have to do it. i have to go a little step further and say that fox has

i'm gigi stone woods. iowa voters will caucus in six days. democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders and martin o'malley made their last pitch and the war of words between up donald trump an ted cruz heats up. edward lawrence has the very latest. what do you have for us this morning? >> reporter: well, good morning. the first contest is on monday. and not only are the candidates desperate to show why they should win, but they want the momentum of a win. in iowa the temperatures may be cold but the race to be each party's nominee is heating up. the candidates highlighted their difference from one another as they made a pitch to the people of iowa. >> i led the effort against wall street deregulation. see where hillary clinton was on this issue. >> we tackled income inquality and produced results that's what i'll do as president. >> ted cruz is doing one thing and saying something different. >> reporter: meanwhile, the race is getting nasty on the republicans especially between donald trump and ted cruz. >> i won't respond in kind, because

. >>> 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

. >>> 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

i'm gigi stone woods. the biggest storm in a century. that's what some cities faced this weekend as a monster winter storm makes its way to the eastern part of the country. 100 million people are in the nor'easter's path with the upwards of two feet of snow in some areas. last night, upon returning to washington from detroit, president obama's motorcade got all backed up as slick roads delayed the commander in chief's return to the white house. baltimore and washington, d.c. are already under blizzard watches starting friday afternoon. winter is trying to catch up on what's been a pretty mild season so far. and nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storm. >> good morning. >> give us the latest. >> overnight a slight shift to the south. we've also added some colder air. now we're getting southern cities added to this mess. that's why we're up to about 100 million people. winter storm watches from memphis to tupelo all the way now to areas around new york city and as far south as raleigh, charlotte and greenville, south carolina. i

i'm gigi stone woods and this is "first look" on msnbc.arly" starts right now. >>> you have a big lawsuit over your head while you're running, and if you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can even serve an office. >> well listen i've spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court and i'll tell you, i'm not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. >> you don't have to. >> i hate to interrupt this episode of court tv. >> you already had your chance, mark, you blew it. i hope the president is watching tonight, here's what i'd like to tell him. mr. president we're not against you we are against your policies and we are going to kick your rear end out of the white house come this fall. >> i will gladly accept the mantel of anger. >> my name was mentioned here. my name was mentioned as well. everybody needs to discount some of the things you're going to hear in these ads and discount the back and forth here because every person here is better than hillary clinton. >> neil, i was mentioned, too

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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

experience life well lit®. ...upgrade your lenses to transitions® signature™ >>> i'm gigi stone woodshour's top stories. the death toll from this weekend's historic snow storm has climbed to 30. the latest fatality, a 54-year-old man from allentown, pennsylvania, who collapsed after shoveling snow. >>> hillary clinton has won the "boston globe's" endorsement for the february 9th primary in new hampshire. the paper says hillary is best positioned to continue the things that president obama got right and fix what the paper calls the president's failures. especially on gun control and immigration. now back to "lockup." >>> as fierce aspell can bay's main line housing can be there's a place that inmates fear even more. in prison slang it's known as the hole. while pelican bay houses some of the worst inmates in the state of california, the security housing unit, or shu, has always housed the worst inmates in pelican bay. >> now this might look kind of creepy to you but it's not compared to that shu program. everything is concrete. >> no ground, no grass. lights all the time. noisy. the ya