Effect change. In addition, she also answered whether she would consider running as a Vice President ial candidate. I think it is important for us to look in the mirror. I think republicans need to understand that they, too, are responsible for the status of where we are in the country. President obama has divided our country in ways we have never seen before. We are seeing disastrous things with healthcare, education, the economy, the national security. But republicans need to understand there are things we could do better that would help strengthen our country. I think its important that republicans look in the mirror. Youre saying you really havent thought about the position of Vice President. For the good of your party, would you accept it . If a candidate wanted to sit down and talk, i would sit down and talk. Thats a big decision for my family, thats a big decision for the but if a candidate wanted to talk about it i would sit down and talk. Haley also commented on one of the frontrunners in the 2016 race she says donald trump is a loud voice in the party contributing to what she this afternoon president obama sits down in the living room of an omaha family to chat about the vision he laid out in last nights state of the union address. Republicans argue its not much of a vision at all and they cant wait to share their own. Tracie potts has a look at the speech and where the obama team is headed. 01 26 32 1 051 11 1 161 20 anyone claiming that americas economy is in decline is peddling fiction. Even with millions still struggling, president obama says americas economy is strong. 14 million new jobs. The auto industrys best year. He defended his fight against isis if you doubt americas commitmentor mineto see that justice is done, ask osama bin laden. Hes urging congress to approve the transpacific trade deal, lift the embargo against cuba, and act on Climate Change he touted the Iran Nuclear Deal as success but didnt mention captured us sailors released this morning. And he repeatedly slammed donald muslims. Though not by name. We need to reject any politics. Any politics that targets people because of race or religion. Its just wrong. South carolina governor nikki haleys republican response criticized broken promises but admitted her party contributes to washingtons dysfunction. South carolina 1 051 11 there is more than enough blame to go around. We as republicans need to own that truth. Democrats called the president s speech inspiring. Republicans say it fell short texas 1 161 20 i heard the president s words i just wish we would convert to action what the president said. Today. The president leaves washington to spread his optimism to a divided nation. Audio outcue tracie potts, nbc news, washington. That starts today in omaha. Hell speak at the university of nebraska before heading to baton rouge two cities hes never visited as president. Now, lets check in with for your first forecast. Ben . Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Position of this low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, will continue to sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. System forms in the gulf and rain we receive, will continue on the today show this morning and Hillary Clinton was interviewed on the today talked about her differences with democratic president ial contender Bernie Sanders and stressed gop president ial frontrunner Donald Trumps proposed policies would hurt americans. Clinton told Nbcs Savannah Guthrie that the time is now for sanders to begin talking about how he would pay for his specific policy changes. The contrast on substantive issues between me and senator sanders pale in comparison between us and the republicans, but there are substantive and i think its only fair that voters know what those differences one of the big ones, as you are aware, is on gun safety. Were senator sanders has been a pretty reliable vote for the gun lobby and i have been standing against them for a long time. Voted against them when i was a senator. The former senator also criticized donald trump and some of his proposed policies. Minimum wage increase and equal pay for equal work. Hillary clinton released her latest ad last night ahead of president obamas state of the union address. Highlighting her commitment for reducing gun violence in the u. S. The ad titled im with him centers on clinton supporting president obama in fighting the gun lobby and supporting reforms that reduce gun violence. In the ad she argues. Its time to pick a side. Either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to them. Im with him. Last week, president obama stressed he would only campaign for candidates who support his efforts in gun violence reform. Republican candidates are making their way across South Carolina to speak to voters ahead of tomorrows Republican Debate in charleston. More than 500 people connected to the Gop Committee are also expected to be in the lowcountry starting today, as well as democrats. Republican president ial candidate john kasich will hold a meet and greet in charleston today at 5 15 pm. Its being hosted by state representative chip limehouse. On the heels of her response to state of the union address, Governor Haley will be talking education in South Carolina today. Governor haley and state superintendent of education Molly Spearman will head to Frances Mack Intermediate School in gaston for whats being called a special announcement. Thats happening at two pm. Occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge in oregon plan to meet with the Community Later this week to share their exit plan. What started out as a group protest of the convictions of two ranchers who burned public land, has now turned into a takeover of the refuge thats now lasted nearly two weeks. The protesters say they plan to let the Community Know this friday when they plan to leave. Police say a 12yearold girl was shot and killed when a state constable was serving an eviction order in pennsylvania. 57yearold donald meyer allegedly pointed a rifle at the constable, and the constable fired his weapon in response. Officials say the bullet passed through meyers arm and hit his 12year old daughter ciara, killing her. Police say meyer has been charged in part with soccer governing body fifa has fired one of its top officials, as fallout from its bribery scandal continues. Secretary general Jerome Valcke was previously suspended, but he has now been terminated permanently. Valcke was charged with several violations of the fifa code of ethics. He had served as suspended fifa president Sepp Blatters righthand man since 2007. If you owe back taxes to the irs, you might soon get a call from a private debt collector. Congress voted to outsource the work. As part of a new highway funding bill that took effect last month. Critics are concerned scammers could more easily pose as irs tax collectors to fraudulently dupe people out of their money. Its already a problem that cost to 30million dollars over the last two inspectors. The new law calls for the irs to enter into contracts with qualified tax collectors by march. Us oil prices briefly dipped to 30 dollars a barrel for the first time in 12 years. Crude Oil Prices Declined three to settle at 30 dollars and 44 cents a barrel. Thats great news for drivers. The average price of a gallon of regular gas fell below a dollar 97 this week. Thats compared to about three68 a gallon about 18 months ago. Still to come on the news at owner is feeling the power ball fever. Giving out free powerball tickets to his customersbut, theres a catch. Plus if youre in a powerball pool with your coworkers the potential implications if you do win. Break one vignette 1097 turkey melt chef todays quick flip. I got leftover smoked turkey from a blackeyed pea soup and i decided to make an amazing salad. Celery, a little bit of onion, i got the duke mayo, black pepper, kosher salt, a little bit of cajun spice. Im going to go ahead and mix it up really good here. I got some low fat cheddar, brown butter. Im going to add a little bit of cheese. Im going to go here right on top of that cheese. Take a peek underneath, oh yeah. Check this out. Wow look at that, baby. Woo im your guy, chef jeff and thats todays quick flip. Ill see you next time. Tonight, you have another shot at that massive powerball jackpot. The jackpot is now one point five billion dollars but that could climb even higher as people rush to get more tickets ahead of tonights drawing. The cash value for that prize is now at 930 million dollars. The drawing is at 10 59 eastern time. One Restaurant Owner in ridgefield, connecticut, is spreading the love to his customers by giving out powerball tickets. 30 44 at v Thai Restaurant in ridgefield. The cooks are preparing for the lunch rush. But owner loi nguyen is headed next door. To buy powerball tickets. So, may i get a hundred ticket powerball tickets please . Hes stocking up. And piling up. Tickets to hand out to his customers. After work, i get home and cannot sleep. I think about the powerball. I said, wow. and then i say, why dont i give them out to our customers . in just a week, nguyen says hes handed out more than 400 tickets with every meal. What if you win . Ill have to share it with them. You going to give them some of it . Yeah, of course i will. And thats the catch. If they hit the jackpot, they must share half with us. To make sure customers share, nguyen signs the back of every ticket and even eh, you never know like it says on the sign, you never know, right . and if you are involved in an office pool to win the powerball, you may want to be careful. 06 29 Victor Walker says he tried it his advice is trust no one. we actually made a copy of all the tickets, everybody got a copy, and they put it in the safe. Victor was part of a powerball pool with the guys down at work. With the current jackpot sure to top oneandahalf billion dollarsits going on in offices all over the metro. But some say if you and your coworkers winwatch out. these lawsuits have happened in every state. We now have 44 states that participate in powerball, and in the major states these lawsuits are a dime a dozen. Attorney stephen katz says coworkers involved in lottery pools need to draw up an agreementget signaturesmake copiessend emails. Because if somebody got left out, it could be trouble. Thats essentially where the somebody doesnt show up to work that day, and they say, i would have paid for the ticket. I was always in the pool, just because i was sick doesnt mean i cant participate. Heres my two bucks, now give me my 4million problem for the office pool Victor Walker was part of. No, no, no. I think we won like seven dollars between like ten people. Ha, ha, ha its one of the most popular gifts of the seasonwere seeing them everywhere. But, why doctors say the risk of injuries far outweighs the potential fun. Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. The next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a it and finish it. What does your welcome mat say about you . A door mat thats graphiced and contemporary shows a cutting edge style. A brightly colored one says youre happy and light hearted. If its funny, like this one, businesslike. A more traditional mat may be for someone who is family oriented and homeloving. What if your doormat simply says welcome . Now, thats a friendly sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Position of this low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, will continue to sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain highs near 60. The next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Position of this low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, will continue to watch. Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Position of this low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, will continue to watch. Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Position of this low and its track will determine watch. Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance of showers on sunday. Sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in sunny and chilly today, highs only near 50 thursday, increasing clouds, warmer, highs upper 50s. Friday low pressure develops in the gulf and tracks off our coast. Some rain may be heavy, rain chance 70 . Highs near 60. Saturday is dry before the next system forms in the gulf and will bring us a chance 60. Saturday is dry before the next position of this low and its track will determine how much rain we receive, will continue to watch. One of the most popular gifts resulting in broken bones, torn ligaments, and lots of sprains and strains. Britney glaser goes inside an orthopedic clinic where hoverboard injuries are adding up. 08 17 21 28 orthopedic surgeon, doctor jonathan foret, says hes never treated patients for hoverboard injuries until this holiday season. Usually they come in and just say that they fell, but after talking to them a little more, because their injury is typically more than we would see from a regular fall, they say they were trying out their hoverboard or their kids hoverboard and had a fall. Hoverboard injuries have increased so rapidly, that the Consumer ProductSafety Commission has issued a warning to users about fall risks. Weve been seeing injuries both dr. Foret. Its been more than what would be expected just from a typical fall. More serious because of the height and speed behind the fall. I think they underestimate the stability of it and so they get on it and probably dont have the right protective equipment and then they fall and when they fall from an elevated platform, the energy is quite a bit more than falling from standing, said dr. Foret. Some of the broken bones have required casts. Even surgery, other tears, sprains, and strains can ground a person for several weeks. Doctor foret offers these tips if you plan to step aboard a hoverboard. Make sure youre wearing the proper protective equipment, first of all, and then start slow. Make sure you have something stable to hold on while youre getting a feel for how the hoverboard feels before you get out there and try it out. Now a growing number of College Campuses are banning hoverboards due to marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the speed you need. Internet plans start as low as 14. 99 per month. Thats no joke. The farm in ambemarle county expects about 90 newborn goats by midfebruary. So it needs volunteers who would snuggle and feed all those babies. Newborn goats have to be bottlefed four times a day and they must be kept warm. One farm worker says volunteers would also get to learn something. The farm says no experience is necessary for volunteers. 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