Girl. The claim the palace denies. Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz accused in the same suit speaks to us monday, january 5, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Hail, hail, the gangs all back for the new year. Good time . Good time. Happy new year. I love the script says were all back, even carson. Yeah. A shocker. The mystery man is back in the house. I thought he was filling in for tamron. Ouch. Happy new year. We love you, carson. Well talk to everyone in a little while. Our top story, it involve this is guy here. Its going to be brutally cold for the first week of this year. Absolutely. Not only that we have snow to deal with and lakeeffect snow, 40 Million People or more dealing with winter storm warnings, wfrp advisories and warnings. Stretching from coast to coast today. Look at these temperatures right now it feels like 25 below in minneapolis, it is zero in chicago, feels like 17 below. Highs today will get to 11 in chicago, 21 in watertown and this is the beginning of the cold air. Tuesday it starts to make its way to the east. New york 27. Ashtabula 25, in chicago, its going to be 14. Thats 17 below average. Chicagos high 1. 30 degrees below normal. Buffalo, 14. New york, 10 degrees below average. And thursday we settle in with that cold air. This is the bulk of it from minot to the northeast. Plus a clipper across very quickly. Its going to spread 3 to 5 inches of snow from minneapolis, chicago, cleveland tonight, lakeeffect snow will set up later this afternoon. Into tonight. Generally about 6 to 9 inches from billings through minneapolis, but look at what sets up in western new york today on to the next 72 hours. Two feet of snow to the north of syracuse and from east of cleveland to buffalo were talking a foot to a foot and a half of snow, guys. This is a long lasting lake effect event involving three lakes, so were talking about a lot of snow over the next 72 hours or more. Welcome to january. Here we go. Happy new year. Nearly two years after the terrible Boston Marathon bombings the trial begins today for the surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams is covering it for us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Dzhokhar tsarnaev is now in federal court for the start of his trial, and jury selection could be a long process because of whats at stake. The seat 12 jurors and six alternates from the area. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have twice asked the judge to move the trial somewhere else, far away from the city where a terror attack near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon killed three people and injured 260 more. Dzhokhar tsarnaev is accused of killing an m. I. T. Police officer, his older brother also implicated in those crimes died in a shootout four days after the bombings. And because the government will seek the Death Penalty if tsarnaev is convicted the law requires a special process to get whats known as a death eligible jury. What you want to make sure you dont have a jury that will not impose it no matter what the law says. Reporter the judge summoned a large jury pool, 3,000 people each required to fill out a questionnaire and begin reporting to the courthouse today for the start of a long selection process. The trial will move very slowly, it could take two weeks just to select the jury, and the entire trial may last four months or more. Matt, savannah. Thank you. Here in new york city ves investigate the death of a 200 Million Hedge Fund founder and want to know if his son played a role. Jonathan leads the team of our wnbc in new york. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. Thomas gilbert seniors wife found his body in their apartment. His death has not been ruled a homicide and police havent named his son a suspect. But the son is in custody and they have been questioning him for hours. The founder of a hedge fund worth 200 million was found dead in his bedroom sunday. One gun shot to his head. Overnight police questioned his son, Thomas Gilbert jr. Investigators say they think he was the only person with his father around the time of the shooting. At about 3 30 sunday Afternoon Police say Thomas Gilbert seniors wife found him in their apartment, handgun the fatal weapon used, was found near the body. Police led his crying widow away from the building in the exclusive beekman enclave. A neighbor below the shooting scene says there was a loud noise at the time of the incident. Almost as if somebody dropped something heavy like a glass on the floor from the apartment above us. Reporter gilberts son tommy is being questioned to see what he might know about his fathers final moments. His Facebook Page shows a smiling handsome man who like his father, attended princeton university. But a close family friend says in recent years gilbert jr. Had become volatile. On sunday afternoon investigators say they believe the father and son got into an argument. Witnesses say gilbert jr. Left the building with his hooded sweatshirt pulled up. The 70yearold gilbert was the founder of the booming hedge fund wainscott capital partners, his sudden death jarring for residents of the affluent neighborhood. Its awful. I dont know what the facts are but it scares me. Very shocking. Very shocking. Reporter since the gun was found near the body, police have not ruled out suicide. But detectives continue to question the son trying to get some answers. Thank you very much. Were learning more this morning about the sole survivor of that tragic plane crash in kentucky. A 7yearold girl managed to free herself from the wreckage and then walk nearly a mile for help. Investigators hope she can tell them what happened in the accident that killed her parents, her sister and a cousin. Gabe gutierrez has the latest on all of it for us this morning. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Investigators with the National Transportation safety board have moved the planes wreckage to try and get a closer look. These woods were pitch black the night of the crash. But somehow that little girl made it out alive. This morning 7yearold sailor gutzler is recovering with relatives. She is one remarkable young lady. Reporter investigators are hoping the secondgrader will soon be able to provide clues what caused her familys aircraft to plunge into the cold kentucky woods friday and how she was able to make it out alive while her parents, 9yearold sister, and 14yearold cousin were killed. This virtual video from pimer aircraft shows the interior of a similar plane, one of the things the ntsb will try to confirm is where sailor was sitting, hoping that may suggest how she survived. Cell phone video from a First Responder shows the path she took. She had to crawl over tree tops, crawl through briar patches, weeds, she had to do this in the dark and she took the best route she could have took, and she did this in sock feet, in shorts, in a tshirt. Reporter she saw a porch light. The man who answered the knock called 911 and sheriff kent murphy was the first to spot the downed plane upside down. Some people dont believe in miracles, they think its luck and stuff like that. But to me its a miracle. Reporter a miracle that has captivated the familys hometown of nashville, illinois, and as it mourn as devastating loss. Sailor judging by the way she handled herself is a fighter and will be well taken care of in this community. Reporter amazing. The First Responders say sailor tried to light a branch in the burning wing so she could see. That didnt work but it didnt stop her. This is a girl that wanted desperately to help her family. Matt and savannah. Gabe, thank you. Natalie here, shes got the latest news on that airasia tragedy. Good morning to you. Good morning everyone. A navy ship recovered three more bodies believed from flight 8501 that crashed in the java sea eight days ago. Investigators think they found a key piece of that plane overnight. Katy tur is in indonesia with the latest. Reporter that key piece of plane could be the tail. Investigators havent been able to confirm this, but if it is and if it did not break up on impact, they could find those black boxes within. Its now been more than a week since airasia lost contact with radar and crashed. No visual on the bulk of the wreckage. Divers repeatedly thwarted by rough seas and low visibility. Weather conditions so uncooperative searchers are even having trouble with the submarine. But hopeful news as reports one team may have found the tail section which would likely still house the black boxes. The head of the search and rescue said our difficulty is now to locate the black box. Its not easy even though we have the tools and the system. We deployed vessels to find the ping but up until now we havent succeeded. Jakartas agency said that weather was most likely the trigger. Though experts say no cause can be determined until they are able to analyze the flight recorder. Its now been eight days and though some bodies are recovered and identified most are still missing. At this viewing grieving relatives mourn for a 10yearold, still waiting for the familys grandmother, grandfather, father, and two other children who are still unaccounted for. With news that this plane wasnt supposed to be flying from indonesia to singapore sunday there have been consequences. Authorities have moved the officials who were in charge of the takeoff including air Traffic Controllers to other departments, much in the same way you would move a cop to desk duty if something went wrong. Natalie. Katy tur, thank you. Back at home, Police Officers from across the nation joined grieving family members on sunday to pay tribute to a Slain New York City Police officer. A sea of blue uniforms flooded the streets outside of a service to remember wenjian liu, his widow sobbed. Lie and partner rafael ramos were killed sitting in their patrol cars. Some turned their backs as the mayor spoke. They blame bill beblas yofor supporting protests they say are antipolice. Reality tvs Theresa Teresa giudice began her sentence early this morning at a federal prison in connecticut. On sunday the real hus house wives of new jersey star attended Church Services. She and her husband joe pleaded guilty bankruptcy fraud charges last year and her husband will begin his 41month sentence after his wifes prison time is completed. And hundreds of travelers happen to be back on the ground after a nightmare 2 hate hour flight. The flight was scheduled to take off saturday from abu dhabi headed to San Francisco, but due to heavy fog they were stuck on the tarmac for ten hours. Passengers called it the flight from hell and they complained about not getting food or water. Apparently they werent allowed to get off the flight. Eventually the plane did take off and had to make that 16hour journey to california. The airline apologized for the inconvenience but said the delays were beyond its control. No food or water during that time. Ten hours for some of the travelers. Wonder why they couldnt have been brought back to the gate. Children on that flight . Painful. Thank you. Mr. Roker. All righty. Lets show you what weve got for today. Around much of the country, sunshine, southeast chillier than usual. A lot of wet weather. Big storm system coming into the Pacific Northwest. Well look at that coming up. Sunshine to the gulf, even there temperatures will be chillier than usual. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning to you, happy monday. Im meteorologist christina loren. We have some haze out there. Its definitely spare the air day. The immediate coast youre going to find the best air quality for today. Its chilly out there 30s and 40s to start. No real temperature separation as we head into this afternoon mid 60s all across the board. The good news is if you want warmer weather, weve got it for you, tuesday into wednesday, temperatures into the mid 70s in the south bay. Hope you have a great day. Former Vice President ial candidate sarah palin is back in the spotlight responding to criticism over a Controversial Photo of her son trig standing on the family dog. Nbc correspondent Peter Alexander fills us in. Good morning. Good morning to you. Sarah palin and Animal Rights groups have had differences in the past. After palin posted photos of trig getting a leg up as it were with help from the family dog she and peta got into it again, with palin this time accusing the group of hypocrisy and taking a swipe at the president in the process. Sarah palin is fighting back with a message for peta. Chill. The feud was sparked by these photos that palin posted last week of her 6yearold son trig who has Downs Syndrome stepping on the family dog to reach the kitchen sink. Palins message read may2015 see every stumbling block. Peta pounced insisting palin had no sympathy for the dog and the group is used to the hard hearted seeming obliviousness of this callous woman. The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull, lipstick. Once john mccains Vice President ial attack dog sarah palin sank her teeth in peta. At least trig didnt eat the dog, did you go as crazy when your heroic man of your lifetime revealed he enjoyed eating dead dog meat. Mlting this photo of a child on a dog post bid the groups past woman of the year last summer. Did you get all weeweed up. Palin who adopted the dog for trig last summer has been up front about the challenges raising a child with special needs. When we hold trig and care for him we dont feel scared anymore. Retruly feel blessed. Still, palin called petas criticism a shame because as she wrote i hope we agree on what is the true meaning of your mission, respect in gods creations and critters. In a statement to nbc use peta said palins response shows she knows peta about as well as she knows geography, going on to wish the palins a peaceful 2015. The original Facebook Post now has more than 70,000 likes. Peter alexander, thanks very much. You can read sarah palins statement on our website today. Com. Emotion alresponse. 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