. >>> and aj mccarron's girlfriend can't bear to watch the play unfold. >>> and is ben and jerry's cashing in on legal pot in colorado. >>> it's friday, january 3rd, "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. a strong winter storm with near-blizzard conditions is slamming the east coast. 90 million people between the midwest and new england are in its path. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here in new york. and richard lui is in boston. let's get to it, shall we? bill, this seems like a double-whammy, snow and bone-chilling cold weather. >> and the wintertime in the northeast gets usually one or the other. you can get the snowstorms or you can get really cold air. this is a combination of the two. something that hasn't been seen in maybe a couple of decades in this region. we are looking at the highest snowfall totals just north of boston. 24 inches reported in two feet of powdery snow in boxford, massachusetts. boston, 14 inches, albany, providence, philly and new york, ranging between five to eight inches and the nation's capital has picked up an inch and

. >>> aj mccarron hoped to play in that national championship game.ver but we are still talking about something he did during the season but off the field. take a look. >> i always remember him watching football through the cracks of our fence so we could see a filglimpse of the team. we had got ten done with practice and i saw two buses starting to pull away. i saw aj and i saw that he had a type of disorder and he tried to raise his hand and it started to rain. i felt bad. >> i heard someone say hey do you need a ride? >> i had a big smile on his face and he said yeah. >> he got closer. >> i'm taking him home and he lives down the street i said i'm aj mccarron. >> i said i know who you are. >> if that wasn't a message from above i don't know what is. >> i heard his story about how he had cerebral palsyy and how i just started ball iing crying. i couldn't handle it anymore. i called joe anunzio who was director of football. i said is there any way we can get him a job here. he called me back the next cay and said he's going to help in the equipment r

andrea mccarron, wusa9. >> howard county police are also assisting mall security in providing grief counselors to employees. they will help reunite employees and shoppers with personal belongings left behind when the mall evacuated. >>> inspectors with the faa are adding the 767 to the list, saying elevators need to be replaced on the planes. a movable part on the tail. the current parts could potentially cause the piloted to lose control if they are not fixed. the mandate requires the airline to replace the faulty parts within six years. >>> a university student has been charged with possessing and building a weapon of mass destruction. penn state university student 18-year-old myth cough was arrested after police found drug paraphernalia and bomb making materials. officers reportedly went to the man's home to investigate an alleged marijuana growing operation, that is when they found a homemade bomb and bomb making materials in a suitcase. officials say the pennsylvania state police bomb squad was able to safely destroy the device. an indiana student was arrested last week after it was disco

. >> andrew mccarron has more on the shooter's background. >> reporter: police say darren aguilar hadd a personal journal from his home in college park, which may help answer the most troubling question. why? >> reporter: beyond darren ago already's smile in this driver's license photograph was a clearly troubled life. less than three hours after the bloodshed, aguilar's mother filed a missing person report on her son. investigators became concerned for the 19-year-old's safety after reading an entry from his journal. >> there is a journal. he does express general unhappiness with his life. >> reporter: police pinged his cell phone, which revealed aguilar was inside the mall. only later did investigators determine the missing man and the shooter were the same person. police have not been able to establish anything for the known violence. >> no relationship between our shooter and our victims. >> reporter: in early december, aguilar purchased his pump action shot didn't legally -- shotgun legally at a licensed deal in rock hill. he apparently brought that, ammunition and crudely made e

mccarron. >> i said, yeah, i know who you are. my name's a.j.e, i don't know what is. i was holding tears back, hearing this story of him having cerebral palsy and how it happened to him. umbilical cord got wrapped around his neck when he was in his mom's stomach, cut off his a airway. >> having cerebral palsy, it's kind of hard to go out into the real world and sort of meet people. >> he got out of the car and i start eed bawling, crying. i couldn't handle it anymore. i called our directors of operations and told him the story and said is there any way we can get him a job here? he called me back the next day and said he's going to help in the equipment room, getting all the stuff ready for the games. he's not going to get paid. and i told a.j. that. he said i don't even want to get paid i want to be here, be around the team. >> i was so excited. that i get to be around the football players and just interacting with all the guys. i'm so thankful for all a.j. and this organization has done for me. >> i feel like he has taught me more or given me

pre-season preparations got underway at the spanish so i could have had their own cheers day for orient mccarron unveiled their new cars as the team's gear up three twenty fourteen season with wanted ranging changes to the rules ferrari hope the return of turbo engines will help the italian team win its first title in six years while returning mclaren chief executive ron dennis is keen to see their new car revive the english team's fortunes after a disappointing twenty thirteen. now to a stunning game of basketball where moscow region side him beat the buzzer to clorox a dramatic ninety points to eighty seven win over john. doesn't die but up off reports. despite some inconsistent formed says god confidently rolled into the game a team game as if they were the hosts their attack looked formidable the army man merciless scoring one basket after another and increasing their lead to double digits early in the second quarter to try to keep pace but seemed sad for the fifth with the red and blues militia dominating on the hardwood but the game was far from over i think discuss the release of we were

doug mccarron. he is the president of the united brother is of carpenters. dot harris. we have known as a great friend and ally at the department of energy. don lauren who heads up veterans for energy. sean mcgarvey who had the old in construction trade department who leads our labor-management group in the gas industry that oversees 15 labor unions. at our other table, many of you know general jim jones. thank you for being here. the general was a national security adviser to the president and has numerous other long-listed credentials to service of the country. tom donohue you heads up the u.s. chamber. as bob costello, the chief economist and vice president of the american trucking association. don santa, the current ceo of the international natural gas association of america. marty durbin we all know well. we hated to see him leave the api. paul connors, the trade commissioner of the canadian embassy. last and certainly not least, area russell who has up the independent petroleum association of america. let us give all of these vip's a round of applause. [applause]

. >> aj mccarron scored but the sooners shocked alabama to win 4 # 5 to 41. has facebook add strategies gone too far? they have heated up over invasion of privacy. for that let's turn to lauren simonetti. >> they are being sued for maining data from your private messages and sharing it with advertisers. right now a marketer can only send ads to you when you have a connection to their brand. but a shared link in a private message also counts. it is invading privacy by reading personal messages without our consent. they want to give monetary awards to users whose messages were scanned. they will sell cheerios without modified ingredients. they are making changes to use only none genome products. it is an iconic brand and one of the first foods given to babies. what a surprise. the nfl has the colts extensions to sell playoff tickets before their games get blacked out on tv this weekend. they have until 5:00 p.m. eastern today after the week of 40,000 tickets available for sunday's game the bengals have until 4:00 p.m. and the colts have until 4:30 today to sell

>> mccarron's girlfriend favored a derogatory tweet. >>> sad breaking news.kier lindsey vonn has withdrawn due to injury. von repaired the right knee competing two weeks ago. she posted on her facebook today that said i am devastated i will not compete in sochi. i'm having surgery soon so i can be ready for the world championships at home next february. this is sad. von was going to be the face of the team in the olympic games. sad she's not going to be there. she tried so hard to come back from knee injuries. >> hopefully she'll take the season off and her knee will be repaired and she'll be healthy. >> andy thanks so much. next hour starts now. good morning. thank you so much for being with me. record shattering cold grips much of the nation. we may see some of the snarled air travel begin to unknot. jetblue says, starting now, it is ramping up its operations after its drastic move to shut down for 17 hours in some of the nation's busiest airports. the company says it canceled about 4200 flights stranding tens of thousands of travelers. some of the passenge

mccarron tweeted am alisti listening to english. here is what winston said during the interview which aired. >> after struggling through the first half, what was the bigst adjustment. >> we had to go back to playing florida state football. we were us be bigger than the game. we were kbbigger than the game. can't nobody be bigger than this game. we did that. we came out victorious. >> you had an embrace with your coach. what did you guys share in that moment? >> we champions. can say we a champions together and through everything we went through, through all that haters, through every single thing, we came out victorious and god did this. i'm so blessed. he's so blessed. all the stuff he handle with ethan and he coach us. that touch me. it's nobody but god. >> ethan being the reference to his son. you said it once, you said if we're going to do it big. how big is this moment? >> happy birthday. my cousin is in afghanistan watching this game. i'm proud to say i'm a florida sate s state seminole. >> she deleted the tweet. a lot of peop

mccarron and returning the fumble for a touchdown. to check out mccarron's girlfriend, katherine webb in the stands. she was stunned by this result. not the way she or mccarron envisioned his college career coming to an end as alabama get beat by the sooners, 45-31 in the sugar bowl. >> trending all over social media and on "bleacher report" right now, it's going to be a cold game on sunday for the packers and 49ers. i mean like ice bowl cold. the low temperature for sunday night in green bay is negative 20 degrees with the wind chill somewhere around negative 40. this could actually go down as the coldest game in football history. that's probably the reason why there's still about 3,000 tickets left for this game. and if they don't sell those 3,000 tickets by 5:00 eastern today, the game's also going to be blacked out in the green bay/milwaukee area. ana, the fans will have to be hunkered down inside on their couches will not be able to watch this game. >> you feel for them. it's like a lose/lose situation. >> it's a major dilemma. s

mccarron's mother had an apology tweet that followed saying she's basically not racist. >> the game isfor him and his family i'm sure. >>> dennis rodman in a rage. why? because of the questions he was asked. you've heard him before. why so angry now? the men around him speak in defense of rodman and the mission there. they want to spread exchange. what about the man rodman calls his friend? straight ahead. >>> numbers stop you in your tracks, flights cancelled in the last seven days. airlines blame the bad weather. that may be a part of it. a lot wondering if air travel in america has simply reached the breaking point. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy. [

not the way she or mccarron visioned his college career coming to an end.ners shock the tide 45-31 in the sugar bowl. it is going to be a really cold game sunday between the packers and niners. i mean, like ice cold cold. the low temperature for the game in green bay sunday night is negative 20 degrees with a windchill somewhere around negative 40! this could actually go down as the coldest game in football history. guys, that is probably the reason why they are still 3,000 short of a sellout for the game. if they don't end up selling the 3,000 tickets by 5:00 eastern today the game is blacked out on tv for the market. so not only can you not stay in in your warm home, you can't watch the game on your coach! big dilemma in green bay right now. >> you have to think green bay has the edge given they are used to the cold and san francisco ho come up and put to that. that is a shock to the system. >> but green bay is a passing team and can you imagine how hard that football is going to be in negative 40-degree weather? >> i just like the shirtless fans! >> guar

mccarron would throw for 387 yards.. >>> philadelphia police going undercover as saints fans. police will be in full force against the eagles and saints, keeping an eye out for unruly fans. some will be wearing saints jerseys. of course they're going to get harassed. look out, eagles fans. you better be under control or you'll be tossed out after paying thousands of dollars for tickets. >>> yesterday i got news on george washington secret six, it is surviving christmas. it remains number four. >> that's fantastic. >> thanks so much to everyone who continues to look at george washington's secret six. >> congratulations. that's terrific. while you were doing the football, i was thinking to myself, so here we are in new york city during a blizzard, just imagine if we had this weather for the super bowl. >> oh, my. >> they have a plan to delay it a day or two, but -- >> is that right? >> can you imagine? >> seeing the old footage. >> they play in the snow in this. why not play the finals? >> i think it would be more fun. >>

. >> mccarron, pressure from behind and the ball is out. it is scooped up by oklahoma. touchdown.e. sooners upset alabama 45-31, your final. last time 'bama lost back-to-back games under nick saban, have to go back six years. oklahoma, a big win last night. rose bowl from the previous night, when michigan state beat stanford. keep you updated. patti ann: not following it. bill: two well-played football games. patti ann: excitings, absolutely. all right. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in israel right now meeting for a second day with prime minister benjamin netanyahu trying to broker a peace deal with the palestinians. connor powell live in the middle east bureau. conor, what is the goal of this trip? >> reporter: secretary kerry is here for the 10th time in the past year. immediately upon landing he said the time is near for tough decisions to be made by both parties. secretary kerry faces a monumental task to get a framework to lead to a more permanent final agreement here. he is meeting again with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and prime minister mahmoud abbas a

mccarron and stripping him of the football and returning it for a touchdown.ere is his girlfriend. she's stunned. and they lose to oklahoma, 35-41. >>> it's going to be cold on sunday for the packers-49ers game. this is a live look at the field. the low temperature for sunday night in green bay is negative 20 degrees with a wind chill around negative 40. this could go down as the coldest game in football history. that's probably the there is still about 3,000 tickets still unsold for this game. and if they're not sold by 5:00 p.m. eastern today, this game will be blacked out in the green bay area. that's a huge dilemma. going and watching it in negative temperatures or staying at home and not seeing the game at all. >> isn't that unbelievable. what a dilemma. >> when the games like this get down to below around 2,000 tickets, usually the team will pick up the tab. >> that makes sense to me now. i appreciate that. >>> the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning, i'm fredricka whitfield. carol costello has the day off. for about 100 million am

doug mccarron. he is the president of the united brother is of carpenters. doc harris --. harris.we have known as a great friend at the department of energy. don lauren who heads up veterans for energy. sean mcgarvey who had the old in construction trade department who leads our labor-management group in the gas union that -- in the gas industry that oversees 15 labor unions. at our other table, many of you know general jim jones. thank you for being here. the general was a national security adviser to the president and has numerous other long-listed credentials to service of the country. tom donohue you heads up the u.s. chamber. as bob costello, the chief economist and vice president of the american trucking association. santa, the current ceo of the international natural gas association of america. marty durbin we all know well. we hated to see him leave the api. paul connors, the trade commissioner of the canadian and the sea -- canadian embassy. last and certainly not lead -- not least, area russell who has up the independent petroleum association of america. as give all of t