william gay ran in this mark sanchez fumble to give the steelers this 21-point lead. and a lot of people turned the off their tv. but the second half, a completely different story. the steelers did not score after half time and the jets chipped away at the lead. full highlights and reaction of this later in the show. chicago bears quarterback jay cutler getting a lot of heat online for sitting out in the second half to a close game with the packers. he says the coaches pulled him because of a bad knee. the packers didn t look all that great. that was the difference. you ll hear bears start brian urlacher rip everyone who is questioning cutlers injury later in the show. first, though, let s get to the news live at 5:00 a.m. ahead of tomorrow s state of the union address, republican leader ves drawn the battle lines on republican spending, they say. the president s speech will call for investment in key areas like education, infrastructure and technology. republicans insist t
this is first look on msnbc. and we begin this morning with bone chilling cold. this morning, old man winter has a stranglehold on much of the nation from the northeast to the midwest. temperatures have gone into a free fall, hitting dangerous lows. nbc s francis coe has the latest. bundling up, the latest defense for by in chicago and the northeast. obviously, can t be overdressed. layers, layers, layers, and i don t care how i look. winter s latest cold snap means dipping and dangerous lows in some parts of the country. when you consider the air temperature and the windchill, if you have exposed flesh, you could get fros bite in as little as ten minutes. and it s that danger that s forcing people in from the cold. some people cower from the cold. there are some who, well, revel in it. in maryland, where temperatures tank to the 20s, hundreds of people in bathing suits ran into the freezing river saturday. but the sixth annual polar bear plunge on the potomac.
screwdriver. nbc bay area s bay area s monty francis is live in oakland with the story. this kind of shooting is very rare for a school district. in fact oakland unified says this is the first time ever one of its officers has been involved in a fatal shooting. now the shooting happened at about 9:15 last night near san joaquin miller park where officer were patrolling the area to make sure no one crashed the dance. where they came upon a parked honda on san joaquin miller road that was stolen. according to district officials, the 20-year-old man inside the car started fighting with one of the officers. he was being attacked with a deadly weapon. according to district officials, the 20-year-old man inside the car started fighting with one of the officers and pulled out a screwdriver and tried to stab the officer. that s when another officer fired his gun at the man, killing him. the officer who was in the attack was not hurt by the screwdriver bass he was wearing a prot