Successfully tested a small Hydrogen Nuclear device. The announcement coming after the u. S. Geological survey reported a 5. 1 magnitude seismic event last night. Officials in south korea say it took place 30 miles from a site where north korea has conducted Nuclear Tests in the past. The norths last nuclear test took place in 2013. If this new claim is true, it would be the Fourth Nuclear test conducted by the country since 2006. With the first involving a Hydrogen Bomb, which is more powerful than an atomic bomb. A spokesperson for the White House NationalSecurity Council issued a statement saying in part, while we cannot confirm these claims at this time, we condemn any violation of u. N. Security council resolutions, and again, call on north korea to abide by its international obligations, and commitments. For more on this lets bring in nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely live in london. Bill, whats south korean intelligence saying this morning . Was it an hbomb . Well, south korea is confirming that a test took place of 5. 1 magnitude. And anything that big certainly is dangerous. It would be certainly enough to wipe out a city. What the South Koreans are not confirming is that this was a Hydrogen Bomb test. And that will not be confirmed by international experts, possibly for weeks or even months. What the North Koreans are saying was that it was a Hydrogen Bomb test. A smaller hbomb. And that it was a total success. Again, we dont know whether that is true or not. But, if it is a Hydrogen Bomb, this is a dramatic step up in what north korea has been capable of. Until now, as you say, theyve tested in 2006, 2009, and 2013. An atomic weapon. But a Hydrogen Bomb is something quite different. Its four times more powerful. And its causing a great deal of alarm among north koreas neighbors. Japan, south korea calling it a provocation. China clearly concerned, as well. But it will be, as i say, sometime before we can confirm exactly what north korea has tested. Bill neely, thank you so much. Joining us from london. Lets turn now to the president ial race. Donald trump rallied at a high school in rural New Hampshire last night where he talked about the depths of his support and jokingly brushed off an audience member who called president obama a muslim. My people are the most intelligent of the people. I tell you that. And you know what else . Theyre the most loyal of the people. Theyre loyal. Did you see one of the things that came out in the one poll, nobodys ever leaving me. I can be the worst person in the world, theyre not leaving. I was up here, did some really inappropriate things, my people stay. I love you people. I love you i love you. I love you. Im winning with the smart people. Im winning with the not so smart people, too. Im winning with everything the people are smart. The people that are representing them are either dishonest, not smart, incompetent, or they have some other agenda that we dont even know about. And some of these things you think they have another agenda because you would say things that they do, deals that they make. Like the iran deal. Who would make this deal . During the what did you say i didnt hear it . A muslim. Okay. I didnt say it. I didnt say it i refuse to get oh, im supposed to reprimand the man. Who is the man who said that . I have to reprimand. How dare you. Have i okay. Ive reprimanded him. Also yesterday, donald trump raised the question of whether ted cruz is eligible for the presidency. Trump told the Washington Post there could be a legal challenge hanging over the race because cruz was born in canada. Cruzs mother is an americanborn u. S. Citizen, which many in the Legal Community believe makes him a naturalborn citizen. And therefore eligible to serve as president. Trump had more to say when he recorded an interview with joe and mika yesterday. Let me ask you something about ted ted. I actually i theres a legal mind on the conservative side that has been saying that he has concerns that ted cruz may not be qualified to be president of the united states. He may not meet the qualifications because of where he was born . Because of where he was born. This is something, obviously, you talked about before with barack obama. Its something that i suspect were going to be hearing more about in the next couple weeks. Is there any validity to those claims . Well, i mean, honestly, i hope its not the case. I hope thats not going to be a problem for him. But ive been hearing a lot about it, and youve been hearing and i guess everybodys talking about it now that hes doing better. And i think that they are looking at it, and its a problem for him, and its a problem, obviously, for the republicans, because if the democrats lets assume he got a nomination, and the democrats bring suit. The suit takes two to three years to solve. So how do you run . So its certainly a concern, i guess, for the party. But i hope thats not the case. Im not involved in that. But a lot of people are bringing it up, absolutely. Cruz had a unique reaction to the news. He tweeted footage from the tv sitcom happy days, the scene where the fonz literally jumps the shark. Sparking the catch phrase in pop culture. Cruz said more to reporters on his tour bus about it yesterday. I tweeted out a response to Donald Trumps raising questions about my naturalborn citizenship. It was a link to fonzi jumping the shark. And i think im going to let my response stick with that tweet. I do it because the best way to respond to this kind of attack is to laugh it off and to move on to the issues that matter. By the way, you can catch the complete interview with donald trump in the 6 00 hour of morning joe. Bernie sanders traveled to new york city yesterday where he delivered an impassioned speech on banking reform. Speaking just blocks away from wall street, the democratic challenger vowed to break up the nations largest banks within his first year in office. He also said Hillary Clintons plan doesnt go far enough. Let me be very clear. Greed is not good. And here is a new years resolution that i will keep if elected president , and that is if wall street does not end its greed, we will end it for them. Secretary clinton says we just need to impose a few more fees and regulations on the financial industry. I disagree. My opponent says that as a senator she told bankers to quote unquote cut it out. And end and end their destructive behavior. But in my view, establishment politicians are the ones who need to cut it out. Clinton attacked sanders proposals before he even clintoned them yesterday, saying her plan is more comprehensive. And sanders later responded on, with all due respect. I think bernies giving a speech today in new york about what he wants to do to shut down the big banks in a week. Everybody whos looked at my proposals say my proposals are tougher, more effective, and more comprehensive. These huge Financial Institutions have got to be broken up. That is not secretary clintons position. Right. She wants them to do this, she wants them to do that, thats fine. What we can say is that Hillary Clinton has been a very significant recipient over the years of wall street money. We can say that her husband was very sympathetic to the idea of deregulating that. That i guess is their philosophy. Thats what they believe. And youll be able to hear much more from senator sanders when he joins joe and mika later on morning joe. In one of the most emotional speeches of his presidency, barack obama not only condemned the gun violence plaguing america, but also Congress Lack of action. Speaking from the east room of the white house yesterday with victims of gun violence and their families all around, the president outlined his executive action plan. Most notably closing the socalled gun show loophole and enforcing more background checks. But what stood out more than the details of the president s plan was his tone. And when talking about the tragedy in newtown in which 20 first graders were killed, the president was unable to hold back his tears. Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in blacksburg and santa barbara, and from High Schoolers at columbine. And and from first graders in newtown. First graders. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way it happens on the streets of chicago every day. The president also rejected accusations that his plan would lead to a gun grab, even using the words of past republican president s to make his case. As Ronald Reagan once said if mandatory background checks would save more lives it would be well worth making it the law of the land. Republican president george w. Bush once said, i believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere to make sure that guns dont get into the hands of people that shouldnt have them. Even the nra used to support expanded background checks. And by the way, most of its members still do. Most Republican Voters still do. How did we get here . The most recent poll on this issue found that 89 of voters support expanding gun background checks, including 87 of republicans. President obama described his executive actions on gun control as modest, commonsense steps in the absence of congressional action. But even senator pat toomey, who sponsored the doomed background check bill, denounced the president s actions. And virtually the entire republican president ial field had another word for it. They say its illegal, and promised to repeal it. Im going to go to the oval office on that first day, and i am going to repeal every single one of Barack Obamas unconstitutional executive orders. So the executive order he issued today that undermines the Second Amendment, on my first day, its gone. He doesnt have the right to do it. Hes doing it without the executive authority to do it. And every time he does that, you know, look, heads explode and people get very angry. I do, too. I just think that the constitution is worth protecting. President obama is announcing new executive orders to try to go after our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Well i can tell you right now those executives orders are not worth the paper theyre printed on, because when you live by the pen, you die by the pen, and my pen has got an eraser. Ted cruz also used the occasion to do a little fundraising, writing in a tweet, quote, fight back against Barack Obamas unconstitutional executive actions with a link to this gun rights page on his campaign website, featuring a photoshopped image of the president wearing combat gear warning that he is out to take away americans guns. Up next, the first lawsuits connected to that al jazeera report that accused Peyton Manning of doping. And after being holed up in that federal wildlife refuge for five days, the leader of the armed protesters is now sharing his exit plan. Well have the latest from oregon. Plus, record rainfall in southern california, all thanks to el nino. And the Severe Weather isnt over yet. Bill karins has that and the latest brutal shot of cold weather when way too early comes right back. 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Were legalzoom, and for over 10 years weve helped families just like yours with wills and living trusts. So when youre ready, start with us. Doing the right thing has never been easier. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. Today marks five days since a group of protesters took over a wildlife refuge in oregon. The protesters still say they have no plans to leave any time soon. Leader ammon bundy said members of the group heard that five arrest warrants had been signed. That has not been confirmed by the fbi as of yet. Bundy said last night he hoped attention will move away from him and toward the issues. Basically, the plan here is to take all of these property titles, and transfer them back to the people. Take them out of the federal governments hands, because theyre not constitutionally allowed to be there, and to transfer them, do a title transfer, back to the people. The local Sheriffs Office is planning a Community Meeting for tonight to answer questions from all of those concerned residents. Federal authorities are now asking for the publics help to file an 18minute gap in the time line of the two suspects who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last month. After executing 39 search warrants and conducting more than 550 interviews, Law Enforcement officials said yesterday that they have already accounted for 3 hours 42 minutes of the shooters time. But those missing 18 minutes, that gap there, after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik stormed the Inland Regional Center is critical. Officials say to determining if the couple stopped anywhere, or contacted anyone else. Lets turn to business now. Chinese stocks are still down amid concerns about asian markets continuing after north korea announced its first test of a Hydrogen Bomb. Cnbcs Steve Sedgwick joins us live from london. Steve . Shiba, thanks very much, indeed. Im just looking at the live futures prices for u. S. Markets, and theyre down between 1 and 1. 5 for the dow, for the s p. This follows a touch session for europe where were down by similar margins. Because of a whole host of reasons from concern about Nuclear Tests in north korea, concern about iran and saudi and its intentions there, concern about china and its economy and the Oil Prices Falling aggressively as we speak between 3 and 4 lower. So, by and large markets under a lot of pressure at the start of the year. One area thats not under pressure, gun sales. Gun sales are going through the roof. In fact, in december, there were record background checks, and black friday sales were through the roof, as well. Smith wesson is one thats benefiting from it. Would you believe, shiba, it saw its profits triple in the three months to october in this latest set of figures, as well. So big increases of gun sales, background checks, and profits for the gun industry. Back to you. Steve sedgwick, thank you so much. Were going to check on sports now. Phillies first baseman ryan howard and nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman were among a group of current and former pro athletes linked to performance enhancing drugs in an al Jazeera Documentary that aired last sunday. The two players are now taking legal action against the Cable News Network and the reporter suing over what they say are false allegations, and criticizing the documentary as irresponsible reporting. Major League Baseball is conducting its own investigation. The claims stem from the same documentary that accused broncos quarterback Peyton Manning of p. E. D. Use, an allegation which he has vehemently denied. In the nfl a day after announcing he is stoeping down as new york giants head coach, tom coughlin gave an emotional farewell press conference, absolving quarterback eli manning, who said the giants had failed their now former coach. Hes extremely polite, hes extremely competitive, hes what you want a son to be made out of, because what i mean he thinks hes the reason. Hes not the reason that im eli, its not you. Its not you. Its us. We win, we lose together. Number one. We lose, i lose. When we win, you guys win. Thats the way it is. Thats the game. I know what it is. I got the game. I got it. But what i would tell him, hes going to be right back in here in about two days starting to work on next year. Just like he always does. And thats never going to change. God bless him for it. Tough times for the giants. You can see it in elis eyes there. Those tears. Team owner john mara took the podium in a separate News Conference saying the team was preparing to dismiss coughlin before his resignation. He added that coughlin had been asked to consider remaining with the organization in a different role. Turning now to the nba, and some brighter news. In dallas the mavericks trailing the kings by two in the final seconds of double overtime. Goes to darren williams. Out of the corner. Darren williams wins the game le. Right down to the wire there, bill karins. Darren williams sinks the goahead three pointer at the buzzer to give the mavs a onepoint lead and theyre all over each other. So excited. He never did that once when he was with my Brooklyn Nets just thought id throw that in there. You know what . Thats a good point. Looks a little more exciting to play there. Well said. Lets show you some of these pictures. Yesterday the storm went in to california, its hard. We need the snow. We need the rain. Its just, with the topography of california its hard to get these rainstorms without getting some flooding and especially in the burn areas we get debris flows and mud flows. We got a lot of beneficial rain and snow yesterday but obviously as you can see from the pictures we did have some damage done and there are still some problems that will be experienced during the day today. So as far as the east goes everyone yesterday was obviously the coldest day of the winter so far. Coldest since last march. Its a chilly morning. But instead of windchills in the negative numbers were mostly in the teens. Northern new england still a little cold. One thing we have to Pay Attention to, we get a little bit of a break. We warm it up across the country. This is the 32 degree line. I caused this on sunday. This weekend another shot of very cold air comes in from the north. Minneapolis at about 1 00 p. M. Sunday, negative 5 degrees. I point that out because thats the kickoff sometime for the start of the wild card game outdoors between the Seattle Seahawks and the vikings. If that does come true it will be the fourth coldest nfl game ever. That would be something to watch on tv, and not fun to be sitting in the stands at, either. And then by tuesday the whole country really locks in to the cold. As far as the west goes we still have warnings and advisories out there. We still have about 18 Million People in the flood watches and about 4 Million People under some sort of winter storm, either watch or advisory. So we still have problems in california. It shouldnt be as bad as yesterday. But thats probably the worst weather in the country. Yeah its gotten really bad out there so hoping for some relief for those folks still. 12i8 ahead, how can you tell were on the verge of the iowa caucus . Caucuses, the knives are out over everything, even one candidates footwear. Marco rubios boots. Yeah, coming under attack. Theyre nice, huh . Way too early back in a moment. Does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism . Then you might be gearcentric. 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