the texans brian bremen may disagree. no helmet, but that doesn't stop him. take a second look. his head hits the player. although he claims to be okay, some would argue that before that play he wasn't okay to begin with. that's a look at sports on "early today." >>> "war horse" gains traction. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. and in tampa, a couple welcomes twins born a year apart. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to monday. the first monday of the new year. hope you had a wonderful weekend. forecast wise, not many issues. slight chance of showers moving on shore. northern california, coastline of oregon, up toward the seattle area. a slight chance of showers. not going to be a lot of rain out of the system. very mild air around l.a., san diego, palm springs, california will be gorgeous, along with arizona. tuesday, that storm system continues to move to the north. showers around the seattle area. mild air continues throughout much of the area. and salt lake city, up to 46. enjoy it while it lasts. >>> knbc, nbc 4 on?

the texans brian bremen may disagree. no helmet, but that doesn't stop him. take a second look.is head hits the player. although he claims to be okay, some would argue that before that play he wasn't okay to begin with. >>> "war horse" gains traction. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday morning. as advertised, the door is finally open to all that really cold air from the arctic to come down from canada. now it's heading our way. this is the temperature in canada right now. some of the coldest air out there is now in central canada. that's the air that's going to be surging down over the east as we go throughout the next couple days. here is a look at what we call our temperatures a little bit off the surface. this area of white is the core of the coldest air surrounding by the pinks and the purples and the blues. you notice there's really no cold air at all in the west. as we track it through the next five days, we watch the peak of it tuesday and wednesday it begins to mov

the texans brian bremen may disagree. against the titans, mark mariani returns a punt. that's breman without his helmet. but that doesn't stop him. his head hits mariani's helmet. breman was okay, although some might argue after seeing that play that mark was never okay to begin with. that's a look at your sports on "early today." >>> steven spielberg's "war horse" gains some traction. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. if you're just joining us, i hope you had a wonderful ringing in of the new year. if you're near the great lakes, you're getting some lake-effect snow and the cold air is arriving in the northern plains, especially up there in the dakotas. minnesota through wisconsin and chicago. eventually, that cold air will work its way all the way to the east coast and you'll feel it as the gusty winds will bring in that cold air. tuesday, lake-effect snow continues. notice that chunk of cold air. the coldest part of it will be over the eastern great lakes up through n