if you launch enough spearfishing attacks no matter how sophisticated you are in defense, adversary like russia is going to get in. reporter: the hearings will take a bigger picture look against all cyberthreats against the u.s. gregg? gregg: caroline, thanks. the new year brings big changes to state laws. nevada joins the growing list of states legalizing recreational marijuana. and in colorado, licensed medical marijuana growers can now sell it as well. minimum wage hikes also kick in today for colorado, maine, arizona and washington state. california gun owners facing new restrictions after governor jerry brown signed a law banning semiautomatic rifles equipped with, quote, evil features such as pistol grips. amazon is requiring online retailers to charge sales tax to utah residents rather than relying on the honor system. three new subway stations opened in new york city along
gregg: all right, some of it was funny, and some of it was gross, but we hope you enjoyed it. pair of protesters risking life and limb in today s vikings-bears game in minneapolis, somehow stealing the rafters urging u.s. bank to divest from the dakota access pipeline, the demonstration did not interrupt play, they had to remove six rows of fans in case the protesters whoops, fell. until the game was over, they arrested them, go directly to jail, do not pass go. the matchup for the college football title is set. highlights from the peach bowl, is it peachy? what s next for the advancing eight teams. queen elizabeth raising new concerns about her health. what buckingham palace is saying about the q q q q q
russia stands with turkey in fighting terrorism. the white house also called this a horrific terrorist attack. the first terrorist attack in 2017. gregg? gregg: john huddy in the middle east. thanks. the international community reacting to a new provocation from north korea. this, after leader kim jong-un suggested a long-range ballistic missile test may be imminent. elizabeth prann has the latest. reporter: hi, gregg, in annual new year s address, north korean leader kim jong-un hinted to north korea and the world his country is close to testing intercontinental blimp and tests have reached the final stages. research and development of cutting edge weapons have become active, and the intercontinental rocket missile test fire preparation got to the final stages. reporter: kim did not explicitly say whether the tests were imminent but has a date on january 8th and
question these intelligence agencies. i just want them to be sure because it s a pretty serious charge, and i want them to be sure, and if you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong. so i want them to be sure. reporter: he also said that he would advise people not to use computers when discussing or sharing sensitive material he. also said that cybersecurity would be a, quote, very important priority for his administration, and he also really said that interestingly enough, that all this comes a week after he has said he was encouraging people to move on from this hacking situation, and now the announcement that there could be more of a new announcement from him about the hackings. gregg? gregg: well, he says he knows more about isis than the generals. maybe he knows more about hacking than the 17 intel agencies that said it was russia. in the meantime, you know, he and surrogates continue to
a new reality, they will be in control of the white house, which means for the president, a chance to unpack the remaining vestiges of his legacy items and in particular, listen carefully to how they try to promote the protection of signature legacy item, gregg, that is the affordable care act, obamacare. the president talking about this at length. republicans are committed to repealing and replacing the affordable care act, but the president is hoping to remind everybody that that means kicking millions of people possibly off the health care rolls, and that could be a political loser for the gop and attack point possibly for democrats. you can almost hear the president selling his legacy in his weekly radio address. keep america moving forward is a task that falls to all of us. sustaining and building on all we ve achieved from helping more young people afford a higher education, to ending discrimination based on preexisting conditions, to