Survived is that horrific shooting in sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. It will be their first time back to class since the massacre three weeks ago claimed 26 lives. Jay gray is live in monroe, krlt , where the students will be attending a different school. Jay, good morning. Reporter good morning, mara. School seven mile in monroe. It was an empty middle school that crews for the last few weeks have been working to refurbish, just one of many changes here since the tragedy. A fresh blanket of snow covers the spot where a mountains of stuffed animals candles and flowers once stood. A sign was pulled from its hinges but this morning will will be school again. Im not sure how were going to react to it. Its going to be hard. Reporter most is going to be difficult for for a event that killed 26. In a town seven miles away, survivors will be here again. They want to get back into their routine. Reporter furniture and book bags but back in the same exact places when the students rushed out. The student outside has been changed. If we can do something to bring some type of normalcy or normal Living Environment for these teacher that teach in it, were happy to do it. Reporter still, most in the struggling community understand. Little will be normal. Weve actually installed numerous different security devices at this school. Were going to remain in our presence on location until further notice. Reporter counselors will as be in place as teachers, students and family all try to find a balance between whats been lost and how to try and move on. And today, its expected to be a big part of that process. Now, it could get a bit crowded in nut school. Parents will be allowed to stay with their kids as long as necessary so they can help each other with the transition back to class here. Live in monroe, im jay gray, mara, back to you. Thank you, jay, an emotional day to be sure. In aurora, colorado, families of the movie shooting victims say theyre, quote, disgusted for the Movie Theater to be reopened. Cinemark plans to show a movie in the theater. In a letter, eight of the victims families say plans to go back to business as usual are repawling and that returning to the theater would be like entering a slaughterhouse. None of us are interested in ever stepping foot in that theater, that killing field, ever again. And to assume that we would warm to that idea is really astonishing to me. The families say theyre organizing a boycott of the event. City Officials Say a Community Survey showed support for reopening the theater. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is out of the hospital after several days of treatment for a blood clot in a vein near her brain. Clinton left the hospital with bill and chelsea by her side. She was admitted during followup care for a concussion after fainting. Clinton will be need to be closely monitored in the coming days and weeks to make sure that the blood clot is growing. Today, the 113th congress will be sworn in to start its two year term. The house will vote to see some john boehner will remain its speaker. Tracie potts is live in washington. Tracie, will this new congress be able to get up to speed quickly . Reporter well, they dont really have a choice, mara, because they have so much on their plate as you mentioned including the debt ceiling and the deficit. 113th Congress Takes its oath this afternoon with 56 new democrats, 38 new republicans and a Record Number of women. The youngest, hawaii yaes kelsey gabbert, a 31yearold iraq war vet and the first hindu ever elected. John boehner is expected to be relegislated speaker today but 17 conservatives could derail that. Hes already announced the first order of business a vote friday to provide billions to victims of superstorm sandy. The bottom line is between friday morning and january 15th, those two votes will bring in 60 billion thats absolutely necessary for new york, new jersey and connecticut. Reporter also tops on their agenda, raising the debt ceiling so america can borrow more to pay its bills. Republicans will imsift on cutting spending first. The president is addicted to spending. He wants to spend. He wants a new credit card after hes maxed out the last one. President thinks hes not going to negotiate. He better think again. Hes president of the united states. Reporter the last Time Congress got over the debt ceiling the u. S. Saw its first credit downgrade. It may take a default. Another downgrade. The serious economic consequences that flow from it to jolt us back to some kind of reality. Reporter a new congress with old issues, still undecided. And on a short deadline, too, because it looks like we could hit that debt ceiling in just a few weeks, mara. All right, tracie potts, thanks for that. For a look at the weather heres nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, happy new year. Happy new year to you. Did you enjoy some minor time off. A little bit. I got to sleep in one day. Good morning, everyone, its a very cold weather pattern across the nation, theres no big storms to talk about. And a little light rain to deal with down there in louisiana. Portions of southern mississippi and definitely the southern half of alabama but thats really about it. Temperatures are more or less the story. The big question is, is this the coldest week of winter . Who knows how its going to play out but its been really cold especially in the Northern Plains and a cold blast up in new england. But the weather pattern is going to change dramatically as we go into next week. Right now, temperatures are in the teens, actually not that bad for what is minneapolis and chicago. Boston at 8, Northern New England very cold. This is tracking the arctic air. The blue is the cold air. Another chunk heads to new england by next week, middle of next week, theres really no cold air in the lower 48s. Amazing. Thats a quick look at your national forecast. How, lets take a look outside your window. So, today, with the exception of being down there along the gulf coast, especially southern alabama, panhandle of florida, it looks like a dry day everywhere. Could have snow showers in the cold air of the great lakes, but overall, youre at beautiful weather. That is beautiful weather for traveling. Good news after some bad news the last few weeks. Around christmas, at least people are getting home. Thats a good way to start the new year. Thanks so much, bill. Well, a pair of u. S. Drone strikes killed a taliban commander today. Stocks soar but issues are a warning. And thieves try to steal atm machines all caught on tape. Plus iowas field of dreams from the Kevin Costner classic has been sold. Youre watching early today. Welcome back, here are some stories making news this morning. In northern pakistan today, u. S. Drone missile strike reportedly hit a house near the Afghan Border killing a taliban commander and eight others. Speaking of drone attacks, a new york judge rejected a request by the American Civil Liberties union to obtain the Obama Administration legal justification for such strikes for suspected terrorists overseas. The United Nations said the death toll for the war is now more than exiting,000, thats even higher than estimates made by rebel groups during the syrian army. Interesting in buying a civil launchpad. Nasa is selling space in the building first used to put together rockets in the apollo program. And for a first time, scientists discovering a newformed star have found details forming around it. Giant gas in the disk of materials surrounding the star using gravity surrounding the gap helping the star to grow. Well, the first day of trading for 2013 had stocks on a tear following the fiscal cliff deals on capitol hill. The dow opens at 13,000412 after surging 308 points yesterday. The s p shot up 36. And the nasdaq leaped 92. Over assess, the nikkei was closed for holiday, but the hang seng rose 86. Moodys Investor Services warned that a viable plan to shrink our deficit in the next few months, the governments Credit Rating could be at risk. Al jazeera could be coming to a tv near you. Al gore plans to use existing distribution to broadcast. One interesting note, as soon as the deal was announced Time Warner Cable said they would drop the channel from their 12 million subscribers. Developing a new business plan. The company will be opening several retail shops called photo bars where people can come in the store to download pictures. If you build it, they will buy it, the famous iowa baseball diamond from the iconic movie field of dreams has been sold for 3. 4 million. The new owners plan to transform the land mark into 24 youth baseball fields. Water levels have dropped ten feet in the last six months along americas shipping superhighway. If parts of the Mississippi River dont rise soon, shipping could come to a halt along with 8,000 jobs for the month of january alone. Mighty mishandles cargo. A tip can tow boat loads about 15 loads of barges. 16 locomotives or 1,000 tractor trailer with the same amount of goods. Thats how important this river is. One of the nfl most dominant and fierce of the player is calling it quits. A dolphin that picks College Football winners. And cowboys and redskins produce ratings gold. Plus, not one but two different sets of thieves try to steal atm machines. Details as we go across america. Youre watching early today. Welcome back. Heres a look at some other stories making news across america. In texas, Surveillance Video captured a brazen atm smash and grab. You can see a pickup truck plowing into the building before the thieves made off with the machine packed with 4,000 cash. Even worse, the damage to the store is estimated to be between 10,000 and 20,000. No arrests have been made. It was a similar scene in tennessee when a van backed through the front door of a market. Security cameras captured two men jump ought and loading the atm into the van. Authorities later recovered that stolen vehicle minus the atm machine. The two men are still at large. Police in georgia have released security video of a school board official intentionally running down a 15yearold girl in a walmart parking lot just to get a spot. Authorities say the teen was trying to save the space for a teen when she got hit. Forngtly, she was not injured. The 41 driver was champed with reckless conduct. Finally in washington state, were getting an aerial view of tons of japanese tsunami debris that washed up last month. Among it, an entire dock with japanese writing on it. Theres no word when it will be removed. Another dock washed up in oregon earlier this year. In sports, bigup set in College Football. Number 21 louisville returned an interception on the first play and scored four more times as they knocked off third ranked florida 3323. Tonight, its the fiesta bowl in glendale, arizona with fourth ranked oregon facing number five kansas state. And a dolphin named flipper who correctly predicted Florida States win is predicting a winner in the National Championship game monday. Flipper says notre dame will beat alabama. In college basketball, number 7 syracuse rolled over rutgers 7853. Coach jim behar of the orange passed bob knight for second lace on the alltime win list trailing on coach krzyzewski. Ray lewis says he will retire after the season. And the regular season prime time nfl broadcast in the washington, d. C. Market since 1987, and nationally the highest after on nbc. And redskins coach Mike Shanahan was interrupted during a News Conference by quarterback Robert Griffin iii who asked his coach a question. What did you do for new years . Tried to put a good game plan together. I wasnt sure how healthy you were. So it was hard without you calling me. You got me good. And by the way, the redskins won. They moved on to the playoffsle. The cowboys go home. Just ahead hunger games actress lawrence the truths about acting. And millions of views, well explain why next on this thursday morning on early today. We are looking at Winter Weather conditions developing in all areas of west texas over the next 24 to 36 hours. Winter storm warnings for el paso here, down along the river. Also midland and san angelo have Winter Weather advisories. Thats more for later today into tonight. Edge where else, though, were looking at pretty decent weather. Clouds and showers continue along the gulf coast from mobile to pensacola. And chilly air through the great lakes. One of the coldest mornings weve seen in a long time from boston to new england. As we go into tomorrow, thats when we start to turn the corner. Well be able to warm it up in the midwest. By the end of next week, this cold snap is all over. Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence doesnt think too highly of her profession in an interview with vanity fair, the actress said quote, not to sound rude but acting is stupid. Kwoshgts im making movies, its stupsd. Speaking of stupid, sales of Kim Kardashians sex tape have spiked 80 since her pregnancy an mouns. The recent spike is the biggest in sales since she married kris humphries. Pop and Country Singer patti page died on new years day at the age of 85. Page sold more than 100 million albums over her career. Including how much is that dog in the window . And tennessee waltz. News has dumb out that simon cowell is not happy with Britney Spears who wanders around aimlessly and acts like shes in her own world. And were surprised with this . Simon promised a lot on that and hasnt lived up. Maybe he needs his paula. He needs to find his counterpart. I dont know. Been there, done that. This next one comes from to us from wabc news in for the myers, florida. One chick may its debut. An eagle nest racked up more than 1 Million Viewers who followed ozzie and harriet. Last month, harriet laid two eggs and harriet was found feeding her baby eaglet. That is touch warming to me. Anything involving baby animals. Have you ever put up the small popup window on your desk and watched the baby eagles. And ive done. With puppies. Its very calming. Just watch them play. Ill try it. Im mara schiavocampo. This is early today. Just for first stop of the day on your nbc station. Oh progressoh oh oh oh oh what do you know . Oh bacon . Oh oh oh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your story for a chance to win a progressoh makeover in hollywood. Go to facebook. Com progresso to enter. Straight ahead, an emotional day ahead for the community of newtown as the kids of Sandy Hook Elementary School head back to class. A Traffic Alert you need to know it. The major roadway youll find blocked off after a water main bursts. Good morning, everyone, im aaron gilchrest. Im eun yang. Welcome to news4 today this thursday, january 3, 2013. In adamsmorgan, police are trying to identify a body found on biltmore street. A man has been missing since new years eve. Megan mcgrath with more. Reporter the discovery was made last night. The body found at the bottom of a light shaft at an apartment in biltmore streets in adamsmorgan. Theres a rooftop patio at the top of this building. Were told by neighbors there were people up there celebrating on new years eve. Police were on the scene until about 2 30 this morning collecting evidence and piecing together exactly what happened. Of course, also trying to identify the body that was found at the bottom of that shaft. One of the things theyre looking into is the possibility that its 23yearold michael poe of poolesville. Hes been missing since new years eve. His family and friends canvassed adamsmorgan yesterday posting flyers and looking for information on his whereabouts. Poe was celebrating new years eve in adamsmorgan with a group of about 20 friends. He left shenanigans bar at 12 30. Thats when he parted ways with his friends. He did make a cell phone call at 2 30 in the morning. But that is the last time that anyone heard from him. Again, police were here on the sc