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Good morning, everybody. Police have confirmed to nbc news that this selfie video shows the unnamed suspect Walking Around a book fair in the city apparently just days before the attack. And the american who survived the shooting is speaking out about the entire ordeal. Richard engel reports from istanbul. Reporter a hunt is on for this man. Turkish media broadst this selfie video he reportedly took days before he ran into a nightclub and unloaded into the crowds on new years eve. 27 of the 39 People Killed were Foreign Tourists from israel to lebanon, india and beyond. Among the Dozens Injured was american jake raak. He told us thousands just welcomed in the new year when the gunman burst in. Raak is recovering from a gunshot. I find myself very fortunate. I was with dying people, seven of us were shot. Reporter hiding under a bench pretending to be dead, raak suffered through the pain fearing any sound or move would betray him to the gunman. He was walking on a bench above my head where my head was underneath. When he shot me, i didnt move. I just let him shoot me. Reporter isis said the attacker was a soldier of the brave caliphate. The gunman was firing at victims inside the club for seven to ten minutes reloading multiple times and still managing to escape, even though theres a Police Station just up the street. Isis appears set to be on the offensive in 2017. Isis said it killed dozens in a bombing in baghdad. Just last month, the deadly truck attack in berlin and now in istanbul. Richard engel reporting there. 44 people are dead and more than 100 people in isis explosions in baghdad and iraq. Five car bombs and five ieds hit various locations in the city, this comes after 30 people were killed in ten other bombings on saturday. In a few hours the 115th congress will be sworn in and ready for worse. After facing harsh odds, republicans defended their majority this election season with 241 republicans i the house and 94 democrats. There are 52 new members including 27 incoming republicans and 25 democrats. Republicans have a much slimmer majority in the Upper Chamber, 52 republican senators to 48 in the Democratic Caucus with incoming Vice President mike pence to break ties. Joe biden will administer the oath to new officers, a tradition he has enjoyed. A majority of the incoming members of the u. S. Senate are women, the total number reaches an alltime high of 21, 16 democrats and 5 republicans. The only new face in leadership is Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer who wants to work with the president elect. And some of schumers congress would be working with the Democratic Caucus as ten are from states that trump won. Meanwhile,he New York Post says trump told schumer he likes him more than candidates because several others wanted him to lose. According to the washington post, the company told them that this Vermont Utility company apparenis not a target of russian hacking. The report says the officials are continuing to investigate. Meanwhile, kellyann conway is explaining his recen statement on russias aims in the election saying he learned at meetings with intelligence officials they cannot be sure adding he knows things that other people dont know. Is he referring to things hes learned in briefings . Or things he just knows prior to even becoming president elect . Well, every president of the United States in this case, imminent president of the United States donald trump, aught to know many things that the rest of us do not know. And that is to what hes referring. Will he actually announce what the information is tuesday or wednesday as he said he would . After being briefed . He didnt necessarily say he would announce it, what hes saying is that well find out, hell find out, i think it is very contingent on what intelligence officials reveal in their briefing, anderson. Everybody should be happy that the president elect is open to receiving that briefing. Well, president elect donald trump is set to announce this morning his choice for lead negotiator on International Trade deals. The senior transition official says trump will nominate Robert Lighthizer to become u. S. Trade representative. Lighthizer served as a deputy during the Reagan Administration and spent decades as a litigator on trade issues for large corporations. The appointment leaves three major cabinet positions remaining, secretary of veterans affairs, secretary of agriculture and the director of national intelligence. According to politico, sonny perdue is the leading candidate for ag secretary. And the field for veteran Affairs Secretary has narrowed down to two. We are told that luis has removed his name from the list. Scott brown and pete hegseth are in the running still. And new video filmed by a guest and obtained by cnn shows trump speaking to the new years party at his mar laalago reso in florida. Last night senior trump adviser kellyann conway rejected the claim that trumps private business is interfering with public office. I mind to be so ridiculous and specious. This man is allowed to have a new years eve celebration with his Business Partners and acquaintances. The idea hes giving a speech recognizing his friend and beautiful wife and people are going to twist it around to be a business favor, weve got to get ahold of ourselves here. I think donald trump said it best when he said that, you know, if it were up to some people, he would never talk to his children again. Its not going to happen. One can disentangle his business interest. Hes 100 committed to the president of the United States and yet still have a relationship with his children. Just following up last month president elect trump canceled a press conference to address how he would sever business ties. And now a new date is apparently set. I believe it was rescheduled for january 11th originally. And if the lawyers and compliance officers feel were ready, well stick to that date. It is really up to them. Tanuary 11th News Conference date would have the president elect speaki tohe media just after president obamas january 10th farewell address. Well, president obama is set to head to capitol hill tomorrow to preserve one of the key pieces of his president ial legacy, obamacare. But he wont be the only visitor talking about the law. Vice president elect mike pence will meet with the full House Republican Conference Tomorrow to discuss how to repeal the law. The republican lawmakers have vowed to make overturning obamacare one of the Top Priorities as the new Congress Begins today. But democrats have argued puicans should not repeal it and risk the health care of millions of americans until they have offered up a replacement plan. The republicans face hurdles in their bid to overturn the law beyond democratic opposition. Senate procedural rules allow the gop to impart subsidies on the exchanges, but it would leave core pieces of obamacare in place including the illegal mandate. And president elect trump has vowed to preserve other key parts of the law such as a ban on insurers denying coverage because of preexisting conditions. And fourhour outage for u. S. Customs and border created massive lines at airports across the country. Technology disruptions began at 5 00 p. M. And were revolved around 9 00 p. M. At miami, boston, atlanta and more, travelers took to social media to share photos of the long lines. One person at Miami International airport told local nbc affiliates that two people passed out while waiting. There were babies cries, littleriids were running around, older peop in wheelchairs were trying to get through and nobody was budging. The moment i knew this was a big panic, it got to like the top level, was when somebody passed out. And my dad is a doctor, so he ran to try to help them. Can you imagine waiting that long and you pass out . Officials say theres no indication the outage was malicious in nature. And president elect trump is speaking out about north Korean Leader kim jong uns claim that his country is in the final stage for a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. In a tweet he said, north korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a Nuclear Weapon capable of reaching the u. S. It wont happen. Trump followed it up a short time later saying china did not help out on the crackdown of Nuclear Weapons. And Officials Say several victims were beheaded or dismembered me brazil. It started as a fight between large drug gangs. The prison holds more than 1200 inmates yet was built to hold less than half that. Meanwhile, four inmates were killed at a different prison. Investigators are trying to determine if theres a connection between the two incidents. Still ahead, a Major Jewelry heist on new years eve caught on camera. Now police are looking for a trio of burglars. Plus, were taking a look at the damage caused by Severe Weather hitting several stes across the south. Well bring in meteorologist bill karins for a check on the weather when we come right back. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. Fountains dont earn interest, david. You know i work at ally. I was being romantic. You know what i find romantic . A robust annual percentage yield thats what i find romantic. This is literally throwing your money away. I think its over there. That way . Yeah, a little further up. 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A federal judge ruled that dylann roof can serve as his own attorney during the murder trial. This is the second time the judge said hes mentally competent to stand trial. The original phase was supposed to be held today but has been moved to wednesday. He was found guilty for 31 counts at the charleston ame church. And police are searching for three men who stole millions of dollars of gems from a Jewelry Store saturday night. As many focused on the new years eve celebration in times square, the men stole 6 million in diamond rings, necklaces and bracelets from two safes located on the sixth floor. The suspects had been waiting inside the building since 10 00 p. M. And originally entered through a freight entrance. Five deaths are blamed on Severe Weather across the south. Four people were killed when a tornado touched down in southeast alabama. According to one newspaper, the individuals were killed when a tree crashed through a mobile home. A 70yearold man in florida also died after drowning in the water off the florida panhandle. Storm damage was reported in mississippi and louisiana. According to the National Weather service, the storm system is expected to hang around until early wednesday over georgia and florida. Lets get the latest on this, i want to bring in meteorologist bill karens. This is not the way to start out the new year. It is what we were afraid yesterday. We had 12 tornado reports. We started yesterday morning with storms over east texas and right through louisiana. All the blue dots here are wind damage reports. All the yellow dots are the tornado reports. We had a couple here in rehoboth and numerous along the border of florida, georgia and portions of alabama. Where are we at now . The Severe Weather threat is over with but heavy rains are moving up the coast. There are thunderstorms in north florida. Near the gainesville area and jacksonville, they are getting storms that are not severe, but theres lightning with those. And just a steady rain now pushing through ohio, West Virginia and through the carolinas. If we get any isolated severe storms today, it would be out there for the outer banks near the Virginia Beach and norfolk area. Nothing widespread. Heres the timing of it at 8 00 a. M. Steady rains over the top of washington, d. C. That will mean travel delays there. By the time we get to about the noon hour, the heavy rains arrive near new york city and philadelphia. 10 00 to 11 00 a. M. For you. Boston, around 4 00 to 5 00 p. M. For you. And across new york state, theres not a lot of cold air in place. This is green, all rain. The snow in the mix is confined to canada, in the mountains of New Hampshire and also northern portions of maine. Youll get a good deal of snow and ice mixed in areas of maine, especially away from the coast. Thats the pretty rural section there where they like the snow and ice. The storm exits by midafternoon wednesday. And then were done with this. Then it will just get cooler. As far as travel delays, theres a lot of gray and a lot of low ceiling, almost like fog and drizzle out there ahead of the steady rains. So we are going to see airport delays continuing throughout the day. And then when it pours, it will get worse this afternoon. So i95 corridor, only a half inch to an inch of rain. But it will be this time of the year for rain to cause travel delays, especially at the airport. Then the next thing to track will be the cold throughout the middle part of the country coming down from the dakotas to spread tomorrow into areas of the great lakes. Notice minneapolis, a high of 3. So that is the cold air that will move through the great lakes on wednesday. Thursday and friday that spreads into the northeast. This is typical midwinter cold. No records set here. Then all the attention is to the west coast. Betty, we are still expecting the possibility of 10 to 20 feet of snow in the sierra mountains going throughout the next seven days. Thats the highest elevations. And this will put an end to the drought in Central California and northern california. Its a drought that has gone on for three to four years now. A good 10 to 20foot snowstorm is exactly what they needed. Im sure they dont want the storm but will take it. Its mostly unpopulated areas and ski resorts. Bring it on. Okay. Still ahead, the college bowl continues with the granddaddy of them all. Plus a shakeup on the alabama sideline one week before the national championship. We have it all covered next in sports. Hey, searching for a great used car . Yeah you got it. Just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the all new carfax. Com. 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The granddaddy of them all, no. 9 usc and penn state in the rose bowl. Th lived up to be a backandforth battle that totaled 101 points. The highest score in rose bowl history. Penn state returned from the 217 deficit in the Second Quarter building a14point lead in the third. The trojans stormed back tying the game with 1 30 left in the fourth quarter. The Nittany Lions take over with a gamewinning drive with 38 seconds left on the clock. Oh, no, that is not what you want when going for the gamewinning drive. That picked off and returned 32 yards the other way. So this is it, usc kicker matt moore missed earlier. That one is good. 46yarder as time expires. He waited 4 1 2 hours for a good ending, 5249. The trojan qb had five passing touchdowns in the game, the most in rose bowl history as usc earns the title for the 25th time. Well, meanwhile, some change in tuscaloosa as the crimson tide prepare to defend their National Title against clemson in the championship next week. Alabama heads into the game without lane kiffin to focus on head coaching duties in atlanta. Steve sarkisian will take over for the championship game. And other sports continue in the new year, nbas last nights action last night in chicago, jimmy butler with a second career 50point outing dropping 52 on a way to a 118108 win over the hornets. That matched the nbas single game record. And finally to Busch Stadium for the winter classic matchup between the blackhawks and the blues. The fifth time since 2009 that the blackhawks played a game while exposed to the elements. But all the outdoor experience doesnt help the hawks. A pair of goals for st. Louis as the blues made their home fans very happy beating the blackhawks 41. I am still trying to get over the rose bowl game. I watched for like two hours and didnt see half the ga. It was so fantastic. Even down to the end. Thank you, bill. Still ahead, were learning new details about president obamas final speech before he leaves office. Plus, we continue to follow the latest on the manhunt for the istanbul shooting suspect. Well have a live report coming up next. Its just a date. I can stay. Im good. I wont be late hey mom. Yeah. No kissing on the first date, alright . Life doesnt always stick to a plan, but with our investment expertise well help you handle whats next. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. The itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout. Down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. Luckily the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. Water completely destroyed his swedish foam mattress. He got full replacement and now owns the sleep number bed. His sleep number setting is 25. Ll geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. Welcome back, everybody, on this tuesday. Im betty nguyen. Lets start with the mornings top stories. Authorities in turkey are still searching for this man identified as the gunman in last weekends terror attack on a nightclub in istanbul. At least 39 people died in that shooting and police have confirmed to nbc news that this selfie video shows the unnamed suspect Walking Around a book fair in the city ape parentally just days before the attack. Joining us now live from istanbul, nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent richard engle. What is the latest on this manhunt . Reporter well, the latest is that police have identified him by name, identified him as a 28yearold from kyrgyzstan. Hes been described by Police Forces to us as an isis militant who trained in syria who last entered turkey in november. We have quite a bit of video of him now, that selfie video you just aired. Also cctv camera footage of him getting into and out of a the accident see, just after the attack. But the main question is, where is he now . A manhunt is still continuing now that police have released his name, that they have been putting out the pictures. There is hope in this country that someone will identify him and alert authorities. Isis has claimed responsibility, says that the person who carried out the attack was one of its, quote, soldiers of the caliphate. So far, Turkish Police have arrested 12 people but dont have the main suspect, the gunman, in custody. That hunt is still ongoing, but you did report there is a Police Station right across from the nightclub. Is there any indication that the gunman had help inside the club or perhaps coconspirators working in the police . Reporter well, thats a main point of the investigation. Thats why they have detained and are Still Holding 12 people to see if there was a Larger Network in play if he was, in fact, as isis said, an isis militant. Isis had a network. Isis has roots in this country. As we have seen with isis attacks in europe, particularly in paris and brussels, they were Large Networks to support an attack of this kind of scale. So this is probably an investigation that will take several more days if not weeks. We also spoke to a witness in the club who was there and obviously hes not a forensic investigator and was under extreme duress at the time. But he believes that the gunman, as he was moving through the Club Shooting people, had help inside the club, that he was communicating with others inside. But that is just his perspective. He cant be sure. But isis certainly is a network and has a network of operatives in this country. Indeed. Richard engel, thank you so much for bringing us uptodate on that. Meanwhile, isis is also claiming responsibility for a series of 20 bombings in baghdad, iraq, over the past several days. At least 44 people are dead and over 100 more wounded after five car bombs and five ieds exploded in various parts of the city yesterday. Now this comes after at least 30 people died in separate attacks on saturday that included two suicide attacks on a market in the center of the city. Back at home in just a few hours the 115th congress will be sworn in and ready for work. After facing harsh odds, republicans defended the maj majorities in congress this election cycle. A 47vote advantage in the house with 241 republicans to 194 democrats. There are 52 new members including 27 republicans and 24 democrats. And a slimmer margin in the senate with 52 republicans and 48 in the democratic claucus. And House Democrats decided to put an end to the oversilent. Last night they put the office of congressional ethics, a watchdog created by the democrats, under the jurisdiction of the house Ethics Committee. Now that move forces pitts investigators to watch the members they are monitori. The members who spoke out in favor of the decision said it would restore accountability and due process for members accused of wrongdoing. The new rules prohibit the caucus from considering anonymous allegations and say the investigation must stop if members of the Ethics Committee order it to, prohibits investigative activity before 2011 and cannot share information with Law Enforcement without the committees approval. Democrats in the Upper Chamber responded. Senator Elizabeth Warren saying, tell us, gop, who exactly thinks that the problem with washington is that we have too many rules requiring the gov to act ethically . And Chuck Schumer says, house gop votes to turn independent Ethics Office into an unread complaint box. Why wont gop keep their Party Promise to drain the swamp . And a new years eve toast has many questions the business ties of president elect donald trump. New video filmed by a guest and obtained by cnn shows trump speaking to the party and singling out billionaire hussein sajwani. He is at work building a second golf course expected to open next year. Last night kellyann conway rejected any possibility that this is interfering with Donald Trumps public office. I find that to be so completely ridiculous and specious. This man is allowed to have a new years eve celebration with his business friends and acquaintances. The idea hes giving a speech recognizing a friend and his beautiful wife and people are going to twist that around to somehow its a business favo we have to get ahold of ourselves here. I think dond trump said it best when he said that, you know, if it were up to some people, he would never talk to his children again. Thats not going to happen. Some can disentangle their business interest from the fact hes 100 committed to his job as president of the United States and still have a relationship with his children. And just following up last night president elect trump canceled a press conference to address how he would sever his business ties and now a new date is set. I believe it was rescheduled for january 11th originally, and if the lawyers and compliance officers feel were ready, well stick to that date. It is really up to them. That january 11th News Conference date would have the president elect speaking to the media just after president obamas january 10th farewell address. And the president will continue a tradition that stretches all the way back to George Washington in 1796 when he gives the farewell address. From chicago next week, president obama announced his final speech before he leaves office. It will be on tuesday, january 10th, at the mccormick place, the same venue of the 2012 Election Night celebration. Obama said in an email to supporters hes just starting to write his remarking but quote, im thinking about them as a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey to celebrate the ways you have changed this country for the better these past eight years. And offer some thoughts on where we all go from here. Now, many speculate the president will use the speech in part to make one last Public Appeal to preserve the signature achievements of his presidency like the Affordable Care act. And as donald trump prepares to take office, a new gallop poll finds amerins are less confident in him than his predecessors. According to the numbers, less than half of americans are confident in trumps ability to use military force wisely. Handle an International Crisis or prevent a major scandal in his administration. The poll finds that at least 7 in 10 americans were confident in barack obama, george w. Bush and bill clinton in these areas before they took office. Americans expressed more competence in trump to work effectively with congress to handle the economy effectively, to defend u. S. Interests abroad as president and to manage the executive branch effectively. Well, with just 17 days until the inauguration, president elect donald trump is facing fire from both sides of the aisle over russias alleged interference in the election. Kristin welker has those details. Reporter new fallout after the cryptic news statement by president elect donald trump that he might have more information to reveal about the hacking allegations against russia. I also know things that other people dont know. And so they cannot be sure of the situation. And i want them to be sure. Reporter the president elects team pressed for details about what mr. Trump knows and whether hell make it public for his midweek meeting with intelligence officials. What does he know, sean . You know, well wait until tuesday or wednesday. What were really trying to figure out is how certain are they of the intelligence, number one, and number two, how proportional is the response to what happened . Reporter on sunday a plane carrying 35 expelled Russian Diplomats left the United States, part of president obamas retaliation against russia after he says the country hacked the emails of some top democrats. All of it setting up a potential showdown to be mr. Trump who has cast doubt on russias involvement and congress, including some members of the republican party. It is clear that russia has attacked the United States of america. All of our intelligence agencies will affirm that that is the case. Reporter president elect trump wishes the russia issue would go away, but republican hogs on capitol hill like senator john mccain, they are going to make sure it doesnt. Reporter the president elect is also drawing battle lines in other areas making his intentions clear at a new Years Eve Party at his florida resort over the weekend. Were going to see regulations coming off, we are going to get rid of obamacare that was Kristin Welker reporting. All right. Well turn now to business, overseas markets are getting a boost this morning as traders here in the u. S. Are set to return for the first day of the new year following the holiday weekend. Cnbcs Nancy Hungerford is joining us live from london. In addition to stocks, oil is on the rise. Thats right. Oil prices are climbing more than 1 in the first trade of the new year. This as the opec cuts officially took hold on sunday. Elsewhere, were seeing strength in Global Equities as well. Right here in europe were talking about the highest levels of more than a year. U. K. Stocks continue to touch fresh highs. And the futures point to a strong open for the dow industrial average, right now pointing to an open of 140 points to bring the blue chip index closer to the 20,000 market that investigators were disappointed they did not hit in time for christmas. But look for that to take hold today. Elsewhere, investors are keeping an eye on tesla as elan musk tweeted updates to the Autopilot Software on newer tesla vehicles will start to kick in for a thousand vehicles. These are the newer models that had Different Software because the idea is the software they hold will eventually allow them to be fully autonomous selfdriving cars. For now the updates include features such as traffic aware, Cruise Control and foreign collision warning. Although we have not heard officially when the company will reveal what the features entail. And Many Americans were heading to the box office, not just ove the christmas period, but throughout the year because it was a record year for box office figures. Were talking some 11. 37 billion taken in for the north american box office. Those are figures coming from comscore to show the improvement from 11. 37 billion last year. And it was a stellar year for disney claiming four of the top five films including finding dory with 486 million. 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Further north across the great plains, another severe system dumping snow and ice. Crews having trouble keeping up with the slick roads. Typical weather this time of the year for the dakotas and minnesota, but in the pacific northwest, seattle saw its first subsntial ow on new years in five decades. From the west to the deep south, the notsowarm welcome to 2017. Aint that the truth . That was jacob rascon reporting. Bill karins, have you seen an improvement on the horizon . Theres a lot of to people dealing with travel delays. Today is the first full day back to school and work for everyone. Theres a lot of fog issues and a lot of rain. And the south is still recovering from the Severe Weather. All the severe storms are over with, 135 reports of damage from winds and even tornadoes. We had 12 tornado reports. As far as the mississippi area went, we did get significant wind damage in mississippi. We didnt see a ton of horrible tornadoes. We didnt have any fatalities there, but you can see what the damage did. Some of the barn structures, they just got destroyed and shredded. And they are going to be doing a lot of this during the day today all through the deep south. As far as the rain goes, its just about over with. Theres one little line now around pensacola and theres steadier rains near raleigh. Richmond is getting soaked and d. C. , grab the umbrella. A good, steady rain for you all morning long. Well time this out for you. Next up after d. C. This morning at 8 00 a. M. , it will be philadelphia. It looks like the rain is moving in around 10 00 a. M. Or so. New york city, right around the lunch hour for the steadier rains. Hartford and boston, probably Late Afternoon and a soaking rain during the evening commute. Obviously, travel delays with that. The other big story after we get rid of the storm in the east is going to be out in california. Were already getting the snow in the high elevations of the central sierra. Rain around san francisco. But the moisture stream will stay with us through the upcoming weekend to lead to epic snow totals in the mountains. And well also deal with flooding problems at the lower elevations, too. We are expecting the possibility over the next seven days, rainfall amounts in excess of 15 to 25 inches in the mountains. This is just through thursday when you notice the 7 inches of rain, if you do a ratio of 10 to 1 or 12 to 1, 1 inch of rain equa equals or 1 inch of snow equals 12 inches of rain. They need it, though. The drought in california could be over in the next week. We have been talking about this for five years. Thank you so much. Bruce springsteen spent time campaigning for Hillary Clinton before the 2016 election. And in an interview for the wtf podcast with mark maron, he spoke about why donald trump worries him. Are you scared now . Yeah, yeah, of course. How could you not be . Right, have you felt this fear before . No. Ive felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now. Right. And its as simple as the fear of, is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job . Right. Forget about where they are ideologically, do they simply have the pure competence to be put in a position as such, you know, of responsibility. And what is your biggest fear of it as we enter it . I suppose that a lot of the worst things, and the worst aspects of what he appealed to comes to fruition. You know . When you let that genie out of the bottle, bigotry, racism, when you let those things out of the bottle intolerance. Yeah, intolerance. They dont go back in the bottle that easily. If they go back in at all. Whether its a rise in hate crimes, people feeling they have license to speak and behave in ways that previously were considered unamerican and are unamerican. Thats what hes appealing to. Still ahead, two very different rescues, one involving a fiery crash in california. And the other involving 2yearold twin boys. We have the mustsee video coming up next. M raph. My name is anne. Im one of the real live attorneys you can talk to through legalzoom. Dont let unanswered leg questions hold you up, because were here, were here, and weve got your back. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. Legal help is here. Whats the best way to get v8 or a fancy juice store . S . Ready, go hi, juice universe . One large rutabaga, with eggplant. Done thats not fair. Glad i had a v8. The original way to fuel your day. Welcome back. The new year means new laws in effect. And in france, a new law is making it illegal for bosses to allow employees t respond after clocking out for the door. Keir simmons explains. Reporter france has long been the land of love, leisurely lunches and napping. We are not living to work. Reporter adding the right disconnect to host of friendly licies. What we want to change is the habits. The professional habits to send emails outside normal working hours. Reporter in the film the Devil Wears Prada Ann Hathaways fashionista ends torment by throwing her phone into the nearest fountain. Some soon to follow suit. I hope its part of a bigger trend. Reporter but going cold turkey could be harder than it seems. Some have found checking emails twice a day does reduce stress, but just the anticipation of emails after hours leaves many employees drained. That could start a new fashion. Im not going to lie, i like that law. That was keir simmons reporting. And a ban was trap in a burning suv. This happened around 3 30 on new years day when a videographer came across a stalled suv on the 110 freeway in south los angeles. He was rolling when the truck was rearended by a speeding car and burst into flames. Then he dropped his camera and flung into action. He managed to get the drivers door open, removed his seat belt and dragged him to safety as the smoke and flames continued to engulf the suv. The driver was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive his injuries. The man was uninjured. Wow, incredible there. And then theres this, a 2yearold boy came to the rescue of his twin brother after a dresser toppled over. The entire incident was caught on camera. We do want to give you a warning here, some of it may be hard to watch. In the video, you see the two boys playing when the dresser then falls over. Youll see it come right here. There it goes, trapping the boy underneath. This is so frightening to watch. After 30 seconds, the one brother is able to push the dresser just enough to let the twin wiggle free. The boys are both fine and the dresser is now securely fastened to that wall. The boys mother debated whether to release the video but decided to share it and raise awareness about safety. 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The 115th congress is set to get underway in just hours. They will vote on a speaker expected to go to paul ryan again. Meanwhile president ial candidate jill stein and Wisconsin Chapter of green party will hold a rally for how the state votes. Should only use paper ballots counted by hand or scanners. Thats going to do it for me. Im betty nguyen. Now, morning joe. I just think if you have a fight, a battle, youve got to do it on twitter. You have to respect your boss at some point. Yeah, exactly. Theres an element of that. Youve got to know who the man is. Youve got to know who the top dog is. Youve got to