with of all u.s. troops from the country. nbc's richard engel reports live from the region. > targeting tebi thwarts an allo attacks out disturbin moving forward, the family of kidnapping survivor jayme s openi up about the 13-yeas roa to recovery as her friends flood socialh media messages of love and suppor we're s happy you're bac > razor burn. gillet finally responds to the firestm over its controversi new ad aimed at men in this time of metoo. the company calling the t will tkl bh end up hurtin their bottom line. , january 17, 2019. welcome to "to dwa" on this thurmorning. e happy you're with us. the snow is coming. >> it is. it's already in the midwestnd head this way. >> we've been talking about these p serful winterms all week. this morning the first round of snow and ice is spreading.l weet straight to al. good morning. our friends on the wt coast gettg hammered ri here is the firstystem coming across. 33 million people under a winter weather advisory oratch the northeast.akotas int it's a quick hit and it's out. this is the one we're really watc of for tomorrow, snow spreg for the southwest, aha, chicago. then oklahom city, st. louis, cincin, buffalo as we move into saturda with an icy mix there and heavy rain along the coast. then sunday the system pulls out. return flow of air brings in cold air. what starts as rain will end as snow. is what we're looking at as far as ak couple dagaccumulation as we get into thenortheast, he is where the numbers start to pile up. for boston and n york, the storm track turns. generay 18 inches from bing to bangor. talking three to nine inches snorth of and west of appala. saturd, look for airport delays, major ones in st. louis, indian, pittsh for snow. we're looking at atlanta and memphi new ors f in. and then i-70, kansas city to balt mover big problems.ay su boston, new york, washd.c., snow along i-80, i-90 and i-95. big problems as far asnd rain snoi. we'll fine-tune the forecast as we get into the day today and lots ofrt moving al, thank you. in the meantime this is day 27 of thest lon government shutdown i u.s. history. all signs point to the p and democra being further away, not closer to a deal that ended. address, will it happe orth not? we've got two reports starting with nbc corrt peteralexander. good morning. >> rep good morning to you. th morningfhe state disuni over the president's upco state o th now less than two weeks away. now this, a power play from demo nancy pelosi, the house speaker flexing her muscles in a move that seems to deprive the prest of a high-profile platfo to attack democrats and sell his border wall. show over the state of the union heating up. stat. speaker, the president o >> rep spoker nancy pelosi urging the president to delay his annual address or write a letter, citing secu the shutdow depa of homeland security and secret sur vis have been hamstr. the state of the union is off? >> the state of the union is steny hoyer' aides sh act he misspoke. like the speaker and keep her word like she invited her. secury it's not a security issue. that's politicno and you it. >> rep the white house not speaki out, changing his argume abo the russia invest i never sais no colln bet the campaign yes, you have. y giuliani dire contradicting. no collusio whatso. e never has been. the last thing i want is help fr. russ there's been no collusion. there's been no obstruction. it's all a made-up fantasy. it's a witch hunt. giuliani in that heat exchange wasn'ted fini of e's n a single bit evid the presis committed the oy crime you can commit here, cons with the russians to hack the dnc. the president has long targ robertmueller's inven as a witchan hunt d a hoax. his investigati has led to indis of more thanpe 30 including four members of mr. trump's campaign, among them former campaign chairman paul manafo.ul apparently trying to move the goal posts in that interv a fact check,here are mult examples of the presidt and his lawyer, rudy giulia, that the trump did nothing wrong. no collusion with the russians peter, thank you. each day thas pas without a deal brings more hardship to mill of family who rely on a govern paycheck and new conc about the overall impactn t economy. nbc's tom costello has more o thatstory. good morning. >> rep goo morning. this is the iconic view fro d me. the white about five minus that way. caught in the middlet the r of the country. f contractors and wor their famies have since last mo. many fear the next oneould be a long way off. on either end of pennsylvania aven no sign of compromise in a fight that has everyday amers struggling to get by. theru adminis has call back to work tens of thous of governmt workers in critical jobs, but without pay. in columbus ohio, faa aircraft inspr john jeffries is back on the job. i'mo out here perform a safe functn to help the folks out and keep then aviat in safe, but i would like to be compensated for it. >> in ck trujillo, an irs worke going back wit pay. c i only survive two to three weeks, two at the most befo i'm evicted. >> rep have been showing up for a free wheel off by the world centl kitchen. >> i felt ashamed, i did, because i'm a working woman. i love to go to work every day and i can justake care of myself. at dfw airport in dallas, federalarrison guds, epa and tsa workers rallyg in shutdown.the meanwhe the tsa chief says final hardship is the comm reason screening officers are faili to show up to work, some unable to afford child care or put gas in their car now taki second jobs. after 90-mute lines in atlanta on monday, the tsa sent in a rapid response team to shore up the staffing, though this morng checkpoints in houston and atlanta remain closed. now tlat is preparing for this weekens mlk holiday crowds and the super b travel crush in atlaa on february 2nd. tsa officers are supposed to staff ttadium as well as the airpor kesha lance bottoms is satlant mayor. get here as early as you possib can andspecially f the super bowl. we'll have a record number of passen coming in but it will be over a ten-day period. mass exodus monday, we expect a reco numr of passengers, poss up to 120,000 pass leaving on monday. >> how real ishis worry, that if this goes on and on, you'd have tsa officers, even air trafc controllers walking off the job. is that likely? >> rep there has been open discus about that betwn tsa officers and air traffi stake. if they walk the job, they could get fired, lose their pension. if you've been on the job for years and years and years andu' uilt up a pension, that a lot to lose. that said, that can be a real hard inflection point, a pres point for the govern, if tda workers walk off the jobs, if air traffic conts do that, that's not happen now. there b haven grumblings and rumblis over the last few days that that could be a possib you'dy rea see such a tankg on the economy if that happen us posted, thank you. >> craig joins the table. another story we're keeping an eye on. pre trump's plans to with troops from syria claimi new questions tk that left four americans dead. richard eng gal is in iraq near the syrian border. goodmorning. >> rep good morning, craig. the military is still investg this attack which bears all the hallmarks of isis tryi to reassert itself after the president's announcemen u.s. troops will be coming home. overnit n details and more fallou a a deadly attack on americs in syria. witness s u.s.s forere near a popular restaurant on this street in the city of menn bed w man in civilian clot approached. he a suicide bomber lying in weight. americans, two u.s. service member aontractor and civi working for the dod were kied. witness tel nbc news the americ forces had set a danger pattern here, repe coming to the same restaura isisn unsud cla of respon, the group p is wrong.orld president >> we've beaten them badly, we've taken back the land. now it's timero for ours to come back home. >> rep president used to say he'd never telegraph u.s. troop in a war zone, often presidentmer oba for it. >> america's enemies must never know our plans orelieve they can wait us out. this time anno future troop deploy and that ha the kurds wh theyl soon beon aed at may be emboldening isis to atta now so they cim c to have forced america's pullout. even one of president trump's clost republin alliesg arul out the remag troop in syria too my concern by the statements made by president t is that you've set in motion enthusiasm by the enee're fighting. you mad people we're trying to help wonder about us. >> he's not alone. >> this rapidithdraw without a plan or a strategy puts our troops in danger. >> richard, president says that the troop withdrawal has already start there. you're along the border. 's confusion about this. the into gone also put out a st dra has begun. can see the fight dense isis with u.oo-led , kurdish troops is as intense as ever. we've seen no sign thaal is hav. now a stunng in georgi young man in custody charged targets ning to attac in washi including the house. s justice corresponde pete will has the latest. pete, g rning. >> hoda, investigato say the man they arrested talked for mont about attacking the white hoe and even sketched out floor plans of the building but he never had any weapons a he was under investigati for near a year. overni policndederal agen searched a home in suburb atlanta where the manhey arrest lived. the 21-year-oldad become this inves and arrest was a direct r of a tip from the community. another example of how important it is to contact law enforce if you see or hear something suspic. > neighbors reacted to news of the arrest. >> they keep toem lves, are pretty quiet. >> court documents say fbi underc operatives began meetg with him last fall. the documents say he asked them to get weapons, rifles and expl and even an antitank rocket. desire was to attack the ohite today, but they say he had actual plan the explosiv and never even fired a gun. the whitehouse, but was there a threat at all, pete, to the general public. no,nd probably f probably not much threat to the white e either because hey had been watching him so closely for the last sev months. the fbie sayss arrested yesty mor when he receiv weapons from the unde operatives. he has not yet responded in courto turn to al for the rest of the forecast. >> let's see what the rest of our frien are looking at acro the rest of the country. heavy snow making its way t the sierra, mountains, cascades. we'll look at that in more detail coming up in the 7:30 half hour. pleasa mild all the way up to the mid plains. we've got light snow cocking northern new england and plenty of shine from the gul coast into the southeast. we'll get to your forecast comi good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologibel. skies turningostly oudy. a chance for wet snow coming our way after sunset this evening. be prepa for that. there's a winter weaer advi in place for northern mary and parts of northern virg as well. a chance for wet snow after 4:00, 5:00 and continuing into the evening. one to maybe s twoshy inches is possible. then dry weather tomorrow an >> that's your latest weather. coming up. the family of kidnapping surv jimmy closs on how theye helping her move forward and their message to her alleged abduct> gillette responding to upro over its controvnesi ad. first, this is "today" on nbc. just ahead, the billionaire founder of the popular 23 and me dna test kits the billionaire founder of 23ane opens up, a rare intew about her company's next big ing. > how is your back feeling this morning? why your work desk could bo blame for your pain this mornin >> sit up, craig. we're trying. after your local news. things change. apartments become houses, cars become mini vans. as we upgrade and downsize, an allstate agent will do the same for our protection. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands? ♪ seed to the oat, to the o ♪ ♪ to the honey in each bite ♪ ♪ healthy hearts make life sweeter ♪ so you can live it right ♪ ♪ the good goes around and around and around and around ♪ where the sun soaks the f aves with 4,000 hours onshine... ...before we pick them at the peak of freshness, for a smooth, refreshingaste and aroma in every cup of lipton. heyi'm craving somethingkin! we're missing. the ceramides in cerave. they help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture... and keep us protected. we've got to have each other's backs... and fronts. cerave. what your skin craves. 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near branch avenue has just about cleared out of the way.66 95, nothing in your way. 270 looking good. going about 45 miles per hr headsouthbound. aaron? melissa, thank you. americs spend more on pres drugs than people > today at 5:00, san hogan is working with you for four ways to help you save at the pharma. we'll good morning. cloudy,d and dry to start off your thursday. we do have a winter weather advi for this evening and into the late hours of tonight for the northern parts of the wash viewing area here. do keep that in mind. a slushy inch or so around town, across parts of northern.hree starts after the sun goes down today. we'll be back to dry weather tomorr. highs in the0s. lots of rain over the weekend whh could either start or end with a ltle snow ahead of a big drop in temperatures next week. >> chuck, thank you. anothe local news update in about 25 minutes. back to the "today"w . ♪ when was the last time you felt... free. it's time to uncover that feeling again. with the 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hardes in just a couple minute> a new fight has eruptede the president's state of thaddre ho speaker nancy pelosi is urgi the president to postpone the s iech or deliver in writin she says the department of omela security and secret serve have been hamstrung by furlou n says they're fully tjen prep for thetate of the union. british prime ministea thay is reaching out to oppo parties in a battle e managed to survive a crucial no confidence vote on witness one day after the uk government overwh rejecte her deal. it barrels towards a march 29th deadli wit a planve to l the european union. ts morning the family of ki survi jayme closs is sutaking out a how the 13-year- is doing and addr reports that suggests ecthe sus father tried to reach out to them. nbc'sristen dahlgren has more on this. >> for 88 days jayme closs' family held out hope she' home . they're looking forward, nck saying they want nothing to do with the alleged kidnapper or his family.k ago family andf nds o jayme closs were . morning they'reng celebrati the 13-year-old's safe return. we are all just so happy that you are back. >> rep her friends posting a video to the light the way home for jayme facebook page. it's expected that not ever will be easy from now on. it's okay so many people suppt you. her aunt jen who is w her legal guardian saying jayme lov seeing this it put the biggest smile on her face. she loves her friends. messag of love and support as she tries to move pasthe chil crimes she's faced. the teen hit in a loc d bathro with her mother before being heldtive for 88 days in a remoteus this week patterson's father repo tried to give a note to jayme's family. it's not clear what it said. r aunt jen telling nbc news sayi i honestly have nothing to say to that fily or ever plan to communicate with them. best for jayme and to keep her shielded from all of this right now. patters attorney says the 21-yeas family is heartb >> his heartleeds for them for according to the oing through. crim complaint,is father visited the home where jayme was e 21-year-old saying he would barre her underneath his bed, turning up the radio in his room to coverp any noise jayme mit make.au orr patterson's she was there. he has not responded to our requt for comment. her family trying to stay strong for her as she adjusts to her new normal. just be patient and take each kay as itcomes. a new chapter being written one day at a time. >> family members say jayme was eager to see them when she return home. seeing her friends will come with time. pattern is being held on $5 milln bail, schedul back in court next month. his family says they mo >et the trial move en to another locati. let's turn to mr. roker stan by with a look at nastins out ywest. tave been getting hamm for the last couple weeks. anotr big storm makingtsay onshore into central and south earn california. there'e its way into the pacifi this weekend. take a look at this checkerboard of watches and warnings. winter sto warnings, wries in t southw flash d watches up and down the coast. high surf a wind advisories as well. he comes the first front that brin in rain and mo those will start to taper off as we get into the day today and tomorr. another storm syst, the impacts to be felt, particular risk at the burn scars where they hav the wildfires for deborr flows, mudslides coin mo snows, risk for blizs in therr s nevada. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your ne of the woods. > here at home the storm team 4e a winter weather advisory for after 6:00 this evening. loudoucounty, northern mont county, fred, hagerstown, e a slushy inch to maybe as much that starts probably just after the sun goes down this tempere we're stuck in the upper 20s and low 30s. not a big jp in temper today. we'll stay in the 30s all day todas over the weeken that's your latest weather. al, thank you. still ahead. a rareh interview wit the woman behi 23andme. how her popular dna test kids that reveal 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she wrote it. >> planted on the plaza. we want you to be part of this moment. it's easy. all you have to do, recordk qu shout-out, keep it clean, share iter on twir instagram and use az#mytoday that's how we can find it. sit back and watch every day becae you may just see l get right to your news at lo 8:00. the snow and icy rain that will cover a good stretch of alread down now. they're making a mess o the morng commute. al is tracking how this thingy will p out. still a changeable situation, but we're watching right now, snow devel from southern minna into indiana. we have 33 millioneople under wint weather advisories, winter storm watches, a quick hit of about maybe one inch or two upper midwest into thert second storm, this is the one we're really watching friday. m the rockies, omaha, chicag wichita, k4r0e78 city as saturday. gusty win with blowing snow. avy rai along the coast. as the system moves past, it brings in colder air. that means rain ends as snow we're expecting about one to three inches, maybe six inches from sioux falls, des moines into columbus. as you get into the northeast, that's where the numbers rea ra. could 18 inches or more from nortni pennsyl into nort new england. the impacts of this system will be traveldelays, a real mess, especi as you get down south. a lot y more of the same. airport delays in the northdst ain along the i-95 corridor making tral very difficult. guys? thank you, al. in washington the shutdown that disrupted airports, parks, even the coast guard is now causing a shutdown over an amer institution, the state peter joins us with the latest on that. peter, good morning. >> this morng it's best describ as the state of disunion the latest flash point, the address, now just 12 f days away. house speaker nancy pelosi is ur president t t e government shutdown es or deliver i in writing. in a letter she wrote to the presid pelosi cites security concer. due to the shutdown department of homeland se secret serveave bee hamstrung by furlou says the president can speak from the office. republ a blasting thisla powers a political stunt. dhs secretary kerstin nielson tweeted her department and secret service arepr fully eou hasn't the state of respon preside visits the penttoday. he's going to be unveiling a new strate for upgrading the nation missile defense system. he's expected to call for a layer of sensors in space to quickl detect and track enemy misse launches. the pentagon wants more research into space based missile inte. it's the first review in almost a decade. crate cal to guard against threats from north a and iran a >> married tennessee teacher who kis 15-year-old studt a spent weekends the run sentenced to 20 years in prison. 52-yead tad cummings set off a nation search. they were living in a remote cabin in northern california. he pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex. he did apologize to his own daught an explosion and giant fire rocked a college campus in lyon, france, overnight. officis say it was an accide. a gas bottle exploded on the roof of a scienceib lry that was bei venerated. studen were able to be safel evacua i got a boost for you. texasni christianrsity play owen asher thought he was in real trouble because his coachal in, a police r walked into thiset mein but the officer, the coach, thelayers were a in on a wonderful surprise. >> we got a problem here, guys. >> sorry to interrupt y'all's meetin i'm looking for owen asher. can i see you just a minute. justoing a followup. i wanted to make sure i've got the right person. is this you, sir? 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>> no, never, ever. i'm very persistent and i'm very stubbo. never a question. it w just a question of how. wojcicki worked years to earn fda approval and won. 23andm can now screen stom dna for nine diseases includg parkinson's and the first ever at-home genetic test for some kinds of cancer. but the massive data base that has so much promise for science also poses questions about privac >> f those who don't consent, does any third g party ever acce to their dna? >> no. >> so let's say someone submits their dna and says, you know what i'm really uncomfortabl i just want it yoback. ever get it back? >> yes. just e-mail and you can delete your account. if you don't want to participa are you absolutely confident that the database can't be there's no such thing as a data that can't be. hack for us it's a top priority in the company to make sure we're doing everything we can to prott people's privacies. >> people like lila, a former fost child who didn't know her genetic origins n living with parkin inule and announced a $300 million partnership with pharma giant cure to find a i wanted to help others by partic ify someb else coul spared having you know to suffer or prolong aagnosis. >> a bonus she didn't expect a year after e-mailing her dna e from another ey got t custom. 23andme had found her biological i have parkinson' but i lyhave a fa if i had to get one to get the other, i'd do it again. >> rep wojcicki tells us it's stories like lacey's, not the money, though she made a lot it, that drives her. >> that billionaire club. i think about success fo and the company is the impact we n human life. last week nature published two studies that use 23andme data. suggests that genetics may nudge peopleards morris i can behavi it's fascinating. >> wow. >> sounds like a cool place to worktoo. >> let's not get our hopes up folks. it's harder to get a job by 12 times than it iso t get a jobali harvard. 1.5% of the people that apply. one out of five employees has a that's really cool. you. al, what have you got? >> are you ready for a big drop in temperatures? s do it. all you folks who get some kind of snow on sunday, whatever is out there is going to stay. fo sunday afternoon 6 in burlington, 37 in boston, 20 in columbus. look at this 12-hour temperature drop. by monday morning it's going to be 6 below in columbus, 1 in pittsb, 6 in new york city, minus 10 in new york city. those e windchills. to 40-degre tempere drop in 12 hours. whatev i onhe ground, what precip, that is going to flash freeze on monday mornin ind the commute not going to pretty. that's what's going on around the country. here's that sunday night into mond time frame will be an ugly stret of weather here as well. today we have a winter weather adviso, s near cincin, ohio are coming inio our dire likely to move in late in the afternoon and into the eve hours. could a couple of slushy inch of snow, especially north and west of the city. northe montgomy county, loudoucoun, toward martin all won't b at much, but enough to slush up the roads a bit late this eveng into the overnight hours tonigh >> you can catch more of "today" on serm channel 108. "today confidential, the brinol and mr. maze. > a blast from the past. somethg is about to return that we've all been waiting for. ishat safe to say, carson? >> hello. s there. >> theotorola razor, offi making a comeback. the on popul device is being revived as a smart phone with a fold screen. th reboot could launch as early as next month. expe starting price about why?0 >> i guess starting t back squa run. this is 2017, motorola filedhe patents that folds inward. s and screen sizes unclea here is mark who writes i had an igin razr, i dig this comeba. lorett i do miss that feeling of dramatically ending a conv with a click shut. another o writing, i le the comeba, but the price is killg it. not in a good way. motoro iy't the o company brin back t folding fun. samsung recently un notrs that apple and lg are far behind. you guys ever have one of these? >> yeah. i always wanted one. i never had one. >> motorola sidekick? th flipscreen? >> no. >> it's all coming back around. > "pop start," last week the duchs of sussex has been annod a royal patron to the may huhn animale scooped up the her arms but could be heard saying she couldn't take on a new dog right now as she and prince harry have the hands quite full. the dech us was wearing cream fromead to toe. her dress got a lot of buzz onli bec it's a maternity rs from h&m and cost 35 buck of course, it sold out good luck with that. > up next, a little music for this one. earlier this week, it was annod a third ghostbusts isn the works. not a reboot, but a followup to the '89 s"ghostbust 2" movie. jason n will direct follg in the steps of his fath who directedhe first two films. no word on whether the original cast m abers willear in the new installmt. overni t first teaser for the film was released, giving us ♪ >> yes, roker! >> that's the echto one baby. being taken out -- >> look at roker. >> are you excited? >> i cannot wait. there you are in it. >> was that the real one from the movie? >> from the second ghostbusters movie, the one with the female cast. >> my 4-year-old ghostbusters, t-sht for christmas. we showed the movie at halloween and he w fell in lovh it. knows the song word for word. belts out ray parker jr. every other day. third installment expected to hit theaters summer 2020. alex rodriguez shaefrd a video of himself pulling a prank on a studio. a woman mti to him, hey, you look a lot like a-rod. here is what happen next. >> yeah, a-rod rodriguez. who ? >> he looks like me? >> yeah. show me his face. >> it does look -- >> not a very good picture. >> looks nothing like me. oh, that guy is hat some. >> whapp to the guy ine th pajamas. you're not, right? >> no. that can't be. >> oh, my god -- [ bleep ]. couldn't keep up the act for toolong. to today.com. a good sport there. y betty ite, the legey actress' 97th birthd. a lot people want to celee wit betty. curreny the number one u.s. tren term on twitanr. we to wish her a very, very happy birthday. one ofur faves. you have a click? r >> sometl benefits to beine older sibling. the same can be said for dogs. is puppy struggling to get over a safety gate, continually fallg short. the older dog w befo f taking steps -- that's how you do it. poor puppy lefte confused m than ever. a look how dejected th >> right. thank you, carson. stra ahead, simpleio sol for your sore back. what you're doing at work that may causing that pain. > we're cooking an affordable good-f meal with the star behind "f men cook." all that coming up after your good morning everybody. it's 8:26 on this thursday, januy 17. i'm aaron gilcsist. for your first. 4 traff gw par pothe causing flat tires in the left lane. a warnie if you headed out there. 270 southbound tuckerman, lookg good there. the inner loop and outer loop we have slow spots, inner loop apprg the woodrow wil . we vel a check of the foreca. good morning. winter weather f advisor loudcounty, frederick county, maryland, up into the panhe ofiaest virg a chance for wet, slushy snow to fall to just after midnight tonigh it's cold. temper in the low 30s. we'll da chance for w snow arriving after 5:0 and continuing up until aft midnight. it will be dry around here tomorr. a lot rain and cold over the you can get the latest news and weather on the nbsh hi. good mor good mvoi. it's 8:30, thursday morning, the 17th of january, 2019. a butiful cold day on the plaza. love saying hello to everyb ne crowd out here. where is johnston? >> right here. s a 6thad .ago you were >> look at you with meredith. it's the #ten doosh year challe >> come on, carson, get >> there you go. >> ten years agoite bit shorte you look great. thank much. awesome to seeyou. come back and see us in anotr ten years. ten years looks good. better thamine, that's for sure. welcome back. coming up, guys, how to ease the pain you can cause in you back by doing stuff you do all day, staring at a computer, log at you phone. we'll address that with dr. azar coming up. als ead, the rising dema for denim jean sales way up. with so many styles and cuts, which one should you buy? we'll show you the hottest jeans of the season. >> low-riser. nobody likes -- >> unless you have six-pack abs. >> maybe we'll introduce it and kill it. we've got the social media sensatn behind fit men cook. we'll get his recipe for eating well on a budget. > comg up in a few minutes on the third hour, beauty icon lessons lea series, a woman thout show found the man of her dreams until she found a secr that changed everything. t good. we'll find out in the next hour. let's look ahead to your weeken see what weu. snow in northern new england,w and cold in the mids of the country. mild in the southeast.r anot storm comes in. a lot of wet weather in the northwest. arctic blast in the plai. snowy travel through the missisi and ohio river storms i the gulf. aysunday! heavy snow in northern new englan arctic settles in over the central plains. the midwest and down into even the gulf. that's what's going on around the country. here's whas happening in your of thewoods. > cloudy and cold. dry for ost of theday, but those s nea bycin, they will be here about 5:00, 6:00 this afternoon into this evening. keep i the a winter weatr advisory,ould pick up a slushy inch or snow around the city. amountsht a little higher closer to the penn border. 20s now.ly in the low not much of rise in temper. possible after about 4:00. maybe one to three inchele near e berg, frederick nd a slushy inch around here. > look who1- is ar-old today? little jolene. is she named after the song? >> no, d but we like it. >> happy birthday sweetheart. little birthday hat. we like that. >> thank you, al. are you waking up with an achy back? it might not be how you slept last night but more how you worked yesterday. more peopl headi to the doct with pains from sitting behi a computer screen all day. lucky for us, dr. nieat alsolut. good to see you. >> good to see you guys. s hoda is staringt a screen, w wou that affect your back? >> first let's tk about the conc neck. you heard of this? it's the posture you get from lookg downt a hand-held device or sitting scrunched up at your desk. al head adds about ten pounds, every inch forward you flex ads ten pound to that. it causes neck pain, back pain, headac, fatigue, et cetera. when you're on the hand-held, it one thing. whenti you're s at the comp -- >> is it a posture screen or where t screen should be? >> all ofhe above. i want hoda to push her tush ba to the back. you wan the back of the chairw to fol the natural curve of your back. you wan the legs parallel to the floor. you want your feet ofl the r. if your legs are short, you put th on a footrest. up here you want s to be at the same level of the monit and you want the font to be comf incr it if you need to.t you don't wo scrunch forw her head is just in line wh her neck. >> exactly, you want to have th goi down. it's not really comfortabl we have to get used to it. >> all week long as i've been pr for this, i've been dog it. it makes a big, big difference. okay..y there and practice. i'm go >> a lot of people say how sig is the new smoking. maybe ifry i stand eing is goin to get better. a little aside, you don't bu that many more calories wh you're standing. but whetht -- >> al, don't you stand? >> i haveg a stand desk, a trl desk. you have a treadmill and a stan desk. the question i that going to soe all my problems if sitting is so bad? i like the30-minute rotation, sit for 20 minutes, stand for eit minutes, move around for two. e messaging here is it doesn't other.o one or the mixi it up is probably the be thi to do. for some people, standing . for other people, it may not be comf principles apply, you want your head in line with the moni your legs hip width apar stand on the balls of yr feet, not on the heels. try it out. the adjustable option lt. the d youm zittingo standing. op lt to makju it work mix it up. hoda, you're over there. a lot of pe working on thr laptops, the same thing, you want your eyes flush with your monitor. a, a little gadg. r assistant alyssa is wearing sog on her ck. i think of this as the tech vers of your mom telling you to stand up strait all the time. basically -- >> how do you know? >> it's a wearable device that tr how your posture is. is it on your phone, melissa? >> yes. it links to an app. it ai you, too. every time you flex forward -- >> youet an electric shock? >> no. o's a vibrati buzz, a co reminder to stand up stra he you felt the buzz? >> not yet. good. you' g good posture. >> this is something available, le than $100 if youan train yourself to co sta up straight, th great. if you need a reminder, thi coul som that really work how is al'sre pos right now? >> al, feet off the table. thank y very much, dr. tae azhar. coming up, from pain to pant w to fd the rightair of jes f your body type. first this is "today" on c. you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. so, if you lose your network connection... ♪ ♪ you won't miss the deadlines. having the confidence of something that's never gonna go down would be priceless. one more way we go beyond. call today and pay just $49.95 a month for fast, reliable internet. comcast business. beyond fast. this morning on "today's styl" b jeans are back. i didn't kno they ever left. i didn't either. maybe fashion staple didn't anywhere, but suddenly the sas are soaring. you see denim everywhere you look so many styles, so many fi, so many options. >> when it comes to denim in 2019, eect the unexpected. stra, slouchy, boot cut, wi leg. famous faces fawning over an we havehe kendall ge tneralers the u.s. sales of women's jes increased 8% to 8.9 bin with skinny jeans ac for more than half of all purchases, slo sng thees of leggings and a leisure wear it becomes an accepted dress interesti when you see brands try c to compete in this market. you in lululemon, they're ad to the new demand. the demand for sdenim. what are the secrets for bu jeans that are on trend and alsoigure flattering? "tod" contribut and style exelsa garcia has the scoo you have jeans for everybody. ws tren for 2019. i assure you there's something for everyone, starting with the rise. >> i can't with the low rise. >> we know britney ss was the queen of low rise. theye coming back. i almost fell off my chair when ieard this. we see them here. they actua coming back in a great w becausehey've added mor stretch. we all know when you bend over or s down, we want everything to stay in contact. fitted, contour waistband. if y totally agree. i'll sit this one out, but gis -- >> if y're not a supermodel li our friend here -- you look s,b. cut je i can get excid a this. look. 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>> you're doing a good job. for three minutes each k. side. in the oven eight to ten ak in the oven after that? >> we don't want to have raw chic you' be sick. >> kevin, you throw that whole pan oven? >> babs. what we're going to do is add th top. if you're doing kito c you go ligh can do a small dollop. a little t cheese s is to keep di low carb. you don't have to have pasta. we'll have shaved brussel spro it's with turkey bacon. i neverre knew tas turkey baco how do you shave the bruss use a gillette razor. >> before with a sharp mandolin when they're cold. yeah, when they're raw and sae them in a pan. the whole meal is delicious, lo million e why a few peop are following on so media. >> delicious. >> to find out more about kevis book, today.com . e back in a moment. first t moment. so you finally got fios, huh? yep. you wanna know what the best part about it is? gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies in 4k? nope. the best part about it is, right now, my mom is streaming classes... my dad is streaming games... and because the fiber-optic network gives you insane speed and capacity... they don't have to ask you to get offline. exactly. you owe me so big time. right now is your last chance to get fios internet for just $39.99 per month and a $50 amazon gift card when you switch. hurry, this offer ends january 30th. all right. we a. we arere back, al. do ywhat that music mean >> birthday. >> let's start. roll those smuckers jars. first up, happy th100 birthday di heights, maryland. loves spending time with family andfriends. mr. charlie mattea celebrati 100 years. he says the secret to longevity, drinng red wine. happy100th birthday to mary wats, maroved to the of her life more than 50 years. ms. jny talbot, 101, fulfilled a lifelong dream at82 traveling to italy. ruby is 102, a fashionab la of miprentiss, issipp loves getting drepd up and never 100th birthday . jewe. salute you for your service. if you know someone celebrati a milestone birthday, drop us a line, include picture at 20 > tt wraps it up for us. >> today all day. 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