i'm francis rivera. 30 inches and not finished yet. the coast is not clear for snow slammed, new england. some areas will get more snow. in massachusetts the sound of snowblowers was everywhere. people digging out from three feet of blinding snow. the travel ban was lifted but more than 21,000 are still without power. 30 miles outside of boston, this is the problem. in marshfield the seawall collapsed, the atlantic ocean roaring and coming ags shore. it looks like an ice town homes and vehicles covered in a thick layer of ice. >> my roof caved in, the roof collapsed, side wall. >> this is the worst i've ever seen. >> and new york city and new jersey dodged the bullet. the bad news is they lost 2ds 00 million in economic activity. one model said new york would see 22 inches a european model said 15. a new u.s. model had it right, just under ten. >> we've always heard so much about the superiority of the european model as opposed to the american model. in this case the american mod 'em actually handled it a little bit better. >> what we

i'm francis rivera we have breaking news out of paris. just this past hour gunfire in off the fiss of a satirical news magazine "charlie hebdo." nbc news has confirmed ten people dead in that attack. a witness on the scene says he felt several masked men armed with automatic weapons enter the building. this office has been the target of trouble before. in 2011 it was set on fire in response to published cartoons of the prophet muhammad. france's president is calling this shooting a terror attack. the country raced its alert to the highest 4re68. stay with nbc news for the very latest on this breaking story as we follow it. >>> the first major wreckage of airasia flight 8501 is found. inside the search zone these erie images the tale of the missing plane. numbers on the wreckage identify the airbus a320. finding the tail is huge. the black boxes should be in it. >>> more heart ache for families as more bodies are found. number recovered is 40 with 24 identified. 162 were on board. the "wall street journal" reports the airline is offering t

i'm francis rivera. in france the controversial new edition of "charlie hebdo" magazine is sold out. that's 3 million copies with the cover showing the prophet muhammad. it happened within the first couple hours of hitting the newsstand. now publishers are scrambling to print an additional 2 million copies. this comes as concern grows. an influential islamic group in egypt has already warned. yemen's top al queda leader says they orchestrated the attack at "charlie hebdo." french officials say the weapons came from abroad and they're now looking at people who provided the three gunmen with substantial financial backing. >>> what's happening in paris is having an impact at home. lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev are asking to delay jury selection for a month because of comparisons being made to the two attacks including the comparison of brothers being involved in each attack. >>> meanwhile the fight against isis intensifies. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and others met with president obama yesterday

. >> now to francis rivera and sports. good morning. >> hi, bettiment let's get started with the australian openment serena williams defeated 19-year-old madison keyes. she faces maria sharapova who beat makarova. the women's single final is saturday. >>> to the nba. kyr are kyrie irving scored 55 points including 11 threes on 19 attempts. the cavs win their eighth straight game 99-94. >>> in college hoops an acc showdown ends with an upset. duke fell to notre dame. 77-73. >>> real madrid star rinldo got a suspension. he kicked one opponent and then goes so far as to hit another in the face with his forearm. he will be elable to return february 7 versus atlantico madrid. >>> a statue offer any banks is on display now. the statue was taken out of storage to give fans a chance to remember the former player. he passed away of a heart attack. he was 83. a fitting way to remember. >> absolutely. all right. thank you. >>> hearings for america's newest attorney general got heated. plus former arkansas governor mike huckabee compl

. >>> now for some sports news and my friend francis rivera. good morning to you. >> hi, nice to see you this morning. we start with muhammad ali who was released from the hospital after recovering from a severe urinary tract infection. he has been hospitalized since december 20th. >>> and everything big -- this is for you, betty. not necessarily in texas. >> what? >> that's where you're from. the packers fans snacked on kielbasa. look at the big game burger. that consists of 1 1/2 pounds of meat including bacon, beef and venison. it's a whopping 3 1/2 pounds. imagine how many calories though. all that deliciousness is just for 20 bucks. >> how much is it when it comes to heart burn though? >> too much to count probably. check out this woman on antique road show. she inherited a collection of baseball cards and letters featuring the boston red stockings. check out her reaction when she finds out what it is all worth. >> i'm going to value this as an archive, everything here. if you're going to insure it, i would insure it for at least $1 millio

. >>> i'm francis rivera. >>> it has been and still is a hard time for many. >> reaction pouring in from both sides of the aisle after president obama's sixth state of the union address. coming up why some feel energized after his speech. others, though feel left out. >>> and a bay area freeway partially shut down for much of the morning after police investigate a shooting that left one car covered in bullet holes. >>> plus terror in tel aviv. >> a live book outside. beautiful bay bridge illuminated this morning. halfway through your workweek. it's january 21st. this is "today in the bay."

. >>> let's get the latest in sports from francis rivera. >> good morning. day three of the australian open. on the men's side roger federer eventually won in four sets. andy murray dominated australia 6-1, 6-3 6-2. second seat maria sharapova bounced bank against alexandra panova. she finished strong taking the final set 7-5 to advance to the third round. the nfl is experimenting a change for sunday's pro bowl game by making the extra point attempt harder to convert. the uprights will be at 18.6 feet for field goal attempts but squeezed down to 14 on extra points. the kick will be moved back from the two yard line to the 15 essentially making it a 33.5 yard attempt. >>> the lombardi trophy arrived at the arizona science center ahead of super bowl xlix at the university of phoenix stadium on february 1st airing on nbc. >>> you'll remember this iconic movie scene from 1976 hit "rocky." sylvester stallone making those steps in philly famous when he used them to train in the movie. a group of tourists were running the steps for fun and they got this treat right

i'm francis rivera. terror plot stopped. the feds foil an ohio man's plot. arrested for wanting to unleash an all-out assault on the capital. nbc's correspondent pete williams reports. >>> the fbi says 20-year-old christopher lee cornell of green township, ohio wanted to set off pipe bombs at the u.s. capital and shoot people as they fled. investigators say he came to their attention last august when he posted pro isis messages on twitter using an alias. court documents say he discussed his plans with the man he thought was sympathetic but who turned out to be working undercover for the fbi. according to investigators, cornell said that former al qaeda figurer anwar al awlaki and others expressed the view this kind of jihad was the right thing to do. he was arrested after he bought assault rifles like this and 600 rounds of ammunition. >> spent at least enough time with these particular officers to know i was in good hands. they knew what they were doing and exude add lot of confidence. >> that was nbc's justice correspondent pete williams reporting. >> the

i'm francis rivera. >> lawrence a donnell? >> thank you. the news is continuing to break. thanks, we'll continue our live coverage of the manhunt in france. one suspect is in custody and two are still at large. >> three masked gunmen stormed into the paris headquarters of the weekly magazine "charlie hebdo." >> killing at least a dozen people in the newsroom. >> one of them stayed in the car. the other two entered the building and began firing. >> a series of gunshots were heard, at least 30 rounds by some estimates. >> killing editor stephane charbonnier, his bodyguard and eight others. >> "charlie hebdo" has been very, very satirical in their approach to religion. >> with a long history and a controversial history. >> the offices had been firebombed several years ago because of satirical issues that featured the muslim prophet muhammad. >> francois hollande said this was a terror attack of exceptional bar barty. no one can believe they can act like this in france, against the very spirit of the republic and get away with it. >> je suis charlie. je suis charlie. >> it is

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. >>> hi, i'm francis rivera. here is what is happening. more than two dozen terror suspects were rounded up across europe today. in belgium, 13 people were detained. authorities say a cell was planning to kill police officers. assault rifles, explosives and police uniforms were uncovered. 12 people are being questioned about whether they provided assistance to those responsible for last week's violence in france. and in germany, two turkish nationals were arrested. they're suspected of recruiting syrian fighters. now we take you back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ >> wait a minute. we got a challenge for you guys. >> do the running man. >> do the running man dance. >> krystle o'reilly continues her time at the suffolk county jail in boston. awaiting trial for allegedly robbing two banks. but her life in jail has taken a major turn. her cell mate and good friend, melanie reddy recently had her prostitution charge dismissed and has returned to the streets. >> the neighborhood that i'm from, t

i'm francis rivera filling in for joy reid. we start with isis. the 72 hour deadline given by the terror group has passed with no process for their release. the group demanded $200 million to not exec suit a freelance journalist and security contractor. the mother of one of the hostages has made a tearful plea for her son. and we are joined now by steve. how is japan approaching these negotiations and have they signaled a willingness to pay the ransom? >> to my knowledge, japan has not signaled a willingness to pay this ransom not at the left of 200$200 million. there is receipt issence reported in japan about really doing much to contact isis itself. there is a mixed story where the government on one hand said it is trying to reach out to isis but it actually has

i am francis rivera in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing now tributes pouring in from world leaders following the death of saudi arabia king abdullah a critical u.s. ally. president obama praised him for, quote, taking bold steps in the arab peace initiative. and vice president biden says he will be leading an american delegation to saudi arabia in the coming days. following a funeral a couple of hours ago in the saudi capital, the king was buried according to muslim tradition in an unmarked grave. he died at age 90 after ruling 20 years. his 79-year-old half brother immediately ascended to the throne, seen here at the king's funeral this morning. he moved quickly to try to quiet fears of instability as time of major turmoil throughout the middle east. nbc's chief foreign richard engel joins us from istanbul turkey. richard, king abdullah was a key ally in the war on terror. what's the possible impact of his death, especially here at home? >> reporter: i don't think you're going to see major changes. saudi arabia has stressed the