Steve bannons comments in a new book had many discussing the president s Mental Fitness including mentions of the 25th amendment. The bitter chill not letting up for most of the country just yet. The homeless are posing a bit of a rift for the british royals planning for harry and meghans wedding get underway. We kickoff the first full week of the year. Early today starts now. Welcome to a new week. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The me too movement was front and center at the 75th golden globes, many celebrities wearing black on the red carpet in solidarity with the movement. Some also wearing times up pins, the name of a coalition to fight Sexual Harassment and assault in hollywood, something host seth meyers didnt hesitate to address. Good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen. Its 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and Sexual Harassment finally isnt. Strong female leads and their stories were honored right off the bat with nicole kidman, rachel and elizabeth. Winning awards in the first half hour of the show. Natalie portman had one of the most memorable moments of the evening when she pointedly copresented the award for best director, saying, quote, here are the allmale nominees. One of the highlights included Oprah Winfrey honored with a cecil b. Demille Lifetime Achievement award. I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon [cheering and applauding] and when that new day finally dawns, when nobody ever has to say me, too again. Powerful words from Oprah Winfrey. She is the first africanamerican woman to receive the prestigious award. And in another first, sterling k. Brown became the first black man to win best actor in a tv drama for nbcs this is us. Nbcs Stephanie Stanton has more. Reporter frances, the afterparty here in Beverley Hills is in full swing. And while the winners are celebrating, perhaps the biggest winner of the night is female empowerment. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. The story of the mom seeking to avenge her daughters murder took best drama honors at sunday nights golden globes. And the films star Frances Mcdormand won best actress. The women in this room tonight are not here for the food. [ laughter ] we are here for the work. Mr. Damelin reporter mcdormands comments began with a night of stars wearing black on the red carpet to highlight gender inequality, a mood reached a crescendo with a rousing speech with cecil b. Demille recipient, Oprah Winfrey. I want all the girls here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon. Reporter the nights other majorne man best actor in drama for darkest hour. And james franco, best actor in a comedy for the disaster artist. Go to city college and to jail. Reporter lady bird won best musical and comedy and its star Saoirse Ronan earned best actress. I goer mow won for shape of water and the best an mated film went to cocoa. In the tv ranks streaming series scored big. Hulus big tale won best dram a. Its star Elizabeth Moss best actress. Kudos for best comedy and best actress for its star rachel. This is us brown captured best actor in a drama while master of nones ansari best actor in a comedy. It was the nights overriding theme of female empowerment. Its really great to understand how powerful you are. Reporter that made this a goldlo many say what we saw tonight could be a precursor of what we may see throughout awards season. But others say its a watershed moment that could lead to lasting change within hollywood by putting more women in positions of power. Reporting from Beverley Hills, im Stephanie Stanton. Frances, back to you. All right, stephanie, thank you. Georgia and alabama will battle for the National Championship tonight at the mercedesbenz stadium in atlanta. And the president will be attending the big game. Even before his arrival mr. Trump is already stirring up some disturbances. The naacp is urging people to hold antitrump signs and wear white to mock the snow flake label being used by his supporters to describe trump critics. Another group refused fascism atl plans to take a knee before the game carrying on the nfls National Anthem protests. Atlanta police and the secret service are coordinating security efforts ahead of the president s visit. For those looking forward to President Trumps fake news ar the president saying on twitter, those awards will now be presented on wednesday for the, quote, most corrupt and biased of the mainstream media. The tweet coming as the new scathing new book fire and fury is once again raising questions in the media about the president s fitness to lead. Meanwhile steve bannon is seemingly backtracking on comments he made to the books author michael wolff. In a new statement, bannon reiterated his unwavering support for the president and his agenda and called the book inaccurate. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has more. Reporter brutal cold on the president s return from camp david. While a biting wind blew across twitter as the president blasted again. I have to put up with a fake book written by a totally discredited author. Adding, Ronald Reagan had the same problem and handled it well. So will i. On meet the press, that author, michael wolff, made a striking assertion that senior white house officials regularly discussed constitna president. 25th amendment, they would bring up the 25th amendment . Yes. The 25th amendment is a concept that is alive every day in the white house. Reporter the books fallout and mr. Trumps response has made addressing the president s Mental Fitness a central question. Cia director mike pompeo. Im with the president nearly every day. We engage in complex conversations about some of the most weighty matters facing the world. Reporter a more blunt assessment from senator lindsey graham. I dont think hes crazy. I think hes had a very successful 2017. Reporter ousted trump advisor steve bannon gave the author insider white house access. Wolff writes that bannon accused the president s son of treasonous conduct for a trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer. I think that he saw this white house as, as dysfunctional, in part, in large part because it was being run by the president s family. Reporter but after the backed down with an indirect apology. I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding don junior has diverted attention from the president s historical accomplishments. Wolff defended his journalistic methods and alarming portrait of the president. This book is not about my view of donald trump. It is about the view of all of the people closest to him. Reporter the president has insisted he did not give the author an interview for the book. Wolff says that he had face to face interactions with the president , but concedes that mr. Trump may not have viewed those as an actual interview. Today the president heads to tennessee where he will address a farmrelated convention and that puts him back in front of a Live Audience in a place where he is popular, rural america. Back to you. All right, kelly, thanks. The blistering cold wave that has gripped the east coast for two weeks may finally begin easing this but the impact still lingers. The cold snaps and temperatures plummeting to new record lows over the weekend. The frigid temperatures caused more chaos for travelers. According to the flight tracking website flight aware, as of sunday night more than 500 flights at new yorks jfk were canceled or delayed arriving and departing the airport. Lets see how were going to do weather wise this start of the week. Heres bill karins with whats in store. Good morning. Chicago first time above freezing since december 23rd, two days before christmas at 33 degrees. The warm air is coming in, but unfortunately we have to get this weak storm system out of the way before we get a really significant warm up. We have freezing rain and snow depending on your location through the ohio valley. Detroit is all snow, pittsburgh is mostly snow. But there is a period of freezing rain even as far south as areas of tennessee and north georgia. We have a little bit of wintry precip. Because its a weak storm, there arent winter storm warnings or anything like that, but advisories that go from detroit to atlanta, philadelphia, washington, d. C. 82 Million People affected and it is mostly going to be during 7 00 a. M. Over ohio the blue is the snow, pink is the freezing rain. Brief periods of freezing rain. There is washington, d. C. Around noon today that could be breaking out over yu. Thats a look at the big weather story of the day. Now heres a closer look at your day ahead. You can see the warm up. Denver 57 degrees, kansas city 49 and sun is going to feel like a heat wave after the cold snap. The ohio valley after the icy stuff this morning, afternoon temperatures in the mid 30s. The ride home should be no problem. So, its mostly for the evening commute it is going to be the i95 corridor more slick travel. Bill, thank you. In todays quick hits, this morning there are fears of an explosion after a tanker carrying iranian oil collided with a chinese freighter and caught fire off chinas east coast. The Chinese Government said 32 crew members on the tanker were missing, most of them iranians. Official say the crew of the chinese ship was rescued. Also in china a collision sent a commuter bus plunging into a river. Fortunately the bus driver and three passengers suffered only at the Sistine Chapel sunday, pope frances told mothers they should feel free to breastfeed their babies there. Well be right back. Shawn evans its 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. 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Leading the news, a fundraiser f 150,000 after her house was burned down in alabama last week. Thousands of people have contributed to a go fund me page to help tina johnson after her house went up in flames tuesday. The blaze is being investigated as possible arson. But Authorities Say they dont believe its linked to her allegations of Sexual Misconduct against the former judge and senate candidate. They are speaking to a person of interest. As the new year gets underway, gas prices are on the rise, up about 3 cents over the past three weeks. The National Average is now about 2. 50 per gallon, according to aaa. And oil prices are jumping due to tensions in iran and libya. Experts say gas could go up another 10 to 15 cents, but the highest price is predicted for the east and west coasts. As usual, prices are expected to top out for the year during the busy spring and Summer Travel season. 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I dont know whats better or worse, sitting or standing when youre on the train for them and for us. Probably i dont know. Crazy tradition. All right. Taking a turn now to north and south korea, theyll come face to face tomorrow for their first highleft diplomatic talk in more than two years. The discussion will focus on the norths possible participation in the winter olympic games. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said they might touch on north Koreas Nuclear on korea with the upcoming meeting. Bill, what can we expect . Reporter yeah, good morning, frances. Its pretty cold here, too. And theres been a chill in relations between north and south korea, of course, for decades. But signs of a thaw. Tomorrow morning at 10 00, on the worlds most dangerous border in a place called the peace house, five delegates from each side will sit down for the first talks in two years. Now, on the agenda, item number one will be the olympics. Being held in south korea next month, north korea would like to send a delegation, two world class skaters. They have to negotiate that. But its really item two thats the important one, and thats relations between the two koreas. It doesnt mean that north Koreas Nuclear program will be discussed, but the man who will lead south koreas delegation said today he hopes to broaden the talks to talk about, well, things like families tha split by the korean war decades ago, and also broader humanitarian issues. But really, this is about politics. Its about decreasing tensions on the korean peninsula. President trump says he supports the talks. Hes 100 behind them. People here a little more skeptical. Theyre worried about kim jonguns motives. Theyre not sure whether his real intention isnt to divide south korea from the united states, or perhaps to use these talks as a stepping stone to washington. That may be a good outcome. Thats what President Trump is hinting at. 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Dont have much of an issue for the first part of the day but a little bit of rain later today. It will be a struggle to get good morning everybody. Im chris lawrence. Yes, red again behind me. Its hard to believe that nearly every day this year so far mass been a weather ale to red. May as well. This one is different, though. No matter who it looks like as you head out the door this morning, its probably going to look different by the time you come home. The issue is, arctic air is really hard to scour out of the area. Cold air is dense and heavy, so it sticks down to the ground. Now with a little moisture riding over the top of that, we could face a little bit of iciness around here. Not for the morning commute. Im not worried about the ride in. More of a concern for the ride home later. T Winter Weather advisory starts at 3 00 p. M. Until 9 00 p. M. Its the evening commute were concerned about. Main kefconcern is a little per of freezing rain. Weve been super cold for a super long period of time. As a result, anything that falls, even if its falling as liquid raindrops, its going to hit the ground and freeze solid. Current temperatures are at
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