Esta manana, las alertas this morning the red flags about rojas emitidas semanas antes del the shooter raised are weeks ataque. Before the ambush attack. Ademas, el president e donald trump regreso anoche a all that, plus President Trump returns to washington washington. Hay varios temas en el pais y en overnight to a full plate of issues loathe both here and abroad. Chrissy tiegan and john el extranjero. Legend fire back after a twitter john legend y Chrissy Tiegen se defienden luego de que un user drags them into a false usuario de twitter los mencionara en una teoria conspiracy theory, conspirativa. And this is today. Y, esto es today. What . ¿que . Tenemos Noticias muy weve got some really interesantes para contarles hoy, martes 2 de enero de 2018. Exciting news to share about us, and here it is. Re about us, and here it is. We have exciting news to share about us. And martes 2 de enero de 2018. Today tuesday, january 2nd, nbc presenta today, en vivo 2018. Desde el estudio 1a en plaza rockefeller. Buenos dias a todos, good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Bienvenidos a today, comenzamos its 2018, and we are kicking 2018 de buena forma porque hoda off the year right because hoda es la conductora oficial del today. Is officially the coanchor of today. Un gran aplauso lets give her a round of applause. Debe ser la decision mas this has to be the most popular popular que haya tomado nbc, decision nbc news has ever made, estoy muy feliz. And i am so thrilled. No puedo creerlo. Im pinching myself. Creo que tenemos que enviar a un i think that we should send some medico para que atienda a mi madre luego de escuchar la medi, medics to alexandria, virginia, where my mom has likely fainted after hearing the opening of that show. Madre luego de escuchar la its a tradition around here, meu know . Lets play it one more time. And hoda kotb. What . And hoda kotb. Just one more time. Noticia. And hoda kotb. Thats it. pronounced right and everything. aqui hay una tradicion. Its so exciting. Y hoda kobt. Hoda, you have a partner and a que y lo pronunciaron bien. Friend and a sister, and i am so eres una gran companera y happy to be doing this. Hermana. Well, theres no one i would me alegra que estemos juntas. Estoy feliz de estar contigo rather be sitting next to in este 2018. 2018 than you where. Yeah. Vamos a celebrar toda la were going to separate all through the morning. Manana y tenemos un ashtag por oh, by the way, we have a hash tag. Its 2018. Savannah hoda today if you want si quieren saludarla. To pass along your congrats to savannahhodatoday por si quieres saludar a mi amiga. My friend here, and, yes, my coanchor. Comenzamos con las noticias. Let us get going with the news. El frio no para. Al nos a big story this bonechilling cold. It just will not end. Traera el pronostico, pero al will have a forecast in a moment. First, lets go to nbcs blake mccoy in frigid chicago this morning. Primero vamos con blake mcoy que hi, blake, good morning. Hi, good morning to you. Primero vamos con blake mcoy que congratulations, hoda. Dont let the sun fool you here in chicago. It is 5 below zero right now. Even colder with wind chill and with the holiday now over, people are returning to school nos informa desde gelid nos informa desde gelido and work. They have no choice but to go outside. This morning much of the country is kicking off the new year in a deep freeze. Chicago waking up below zero for the fourth day in a row. This is freezing out here. I dont even want to take my hands out until i open the door. Im freezing. Im from florida. This is craziness. The arctic blast has been relentless and widespread. In northwest washington an ice storm toppled power lines. Officials urging people to stay home. Texas, which is illprepared for this frigid weather, is coated in ice. A spatula doubling as a window scraper, and this Police Officer outside dallas slipping on a highway as a car nearly slides into him. The dangerous weather has now turned deadly. At least five people freezing to death across four states. Polar plunging are a new years day tradition. This years event in milwaukee came with a medical warning from organizers. And a polar plunge in cleveland had to be canceled when they couldnt break through the ice. Unfortunately, its about ten foot of marble. Theres no cutting through it. Reporter in new york city where it hasnt been above freezing since Christmas Day more battling on the boards. Reporter hockey fans attending the nhls winter classic found their drinks freezing before they could drink them. Its cold. Its cold. Reporter Niagara Falls this morning frozen too as the bitter cold showed no signs of letting go. Some school kids are getting a lucky break this morning. Thats because class was canceled for kids in indianapolis and cedar rapids. At some schools, the school buses wouldnt start because theyve been sitting idle for the past two weeks. In summary, bundle up. We will. Thank you. Al has his eye on the cold, and there could be a nasty storm coming. Were going to get to that in a bit, but first, we want to get to all this cold air. Right now there are about 115 million 116 Million People impacted by wind chill warnings and advisories from montana to texas to florida all the way in to new england. Were going to be watching this very closely as this arctic cold continues again. Wind chills right now. It feels like 27 below in minneapolis. 28 in indianapolis. 2 above in new york city. Look at how far south this cold feels. It feels like 19 in austin. 16 in new orleans. 10 in montgomery. Atlanta, the wind chill is 2 above. Were going to finally see temperatures trying so struggle to bet into the low teens to mid 20s, and then we bottom out again tomorrow on wednesday morning and weve got one more shot of really cold air coming in by saturday, sunday. New york city, single digits. Around 2 degrees. 7 below in indianapolis, and in minneapolis, and were watching this storm in the next half hour. Were going to take a look at this. Depending on the track of this thing reason, we could be dealing with anywhere from about 6 inches to 12 inches of snow along the eastern seaboard and wind gusts of 50 miles per hour. Theyre making that winter storm face you make. By the way, one of the traditions of the today show, the new host buys everybody hot chocolate. Love you. You too. Love you, honey. Al, thank you so much. More on the forecast in a minute. Meantime, tens of thousands of people returning from International Trips last night arrived home to an unexpected welcome. Massive lines at customs and Border Protection checkpoints after a computer glitch took the whole system offline. Tom costello is in washington for us with that story. What happened here . Theyre still trying to dissect that. I arrived on an International Flight in the afternoon. No trouble at all. The problems, though, began at 7 30 eastern time. It took about two hours to get the system back up and running normally. So far nothing to indicate this was any sort of malicious attack or hack, but it was enough to cause major delays and frustrations as travellers arrived back in the states from that busy holiday. Reporter it was a holiday headache from travellers headed home on new years day after a glitch in the u. S. Customs and Border Protection computers created long wait times at airports nationwide. Frustrated passengers posting photos of long lines at airports in miami, j. F. K. At new york city, atlanta, seattle, and san diego. The twohour outage leaving the computers Processing Technology unable to recognize who was a u. S. Citizen, a resident, or just a visitor. Forcing travellers like this couple in dallas to abtd the selfserve computers and go through an immigration officer instead. One wasnt printing the receipt. One wasnt taking the picture. One was speaking german and thats it. It was crazy. Reporter u. S. Customs released a statement overnight saying they do not know what caused a it glitch, but at this time there is no indication the Service Disruption was malicious in nature. But the disruption was enough to leave wary travellers disgruntled. There was a moment where we were waiting for 45 minutes without moving, without knowing what to do. Children crying. Old people sitting down. People sitting on the floor. It was pretty awful. Just not to know what was happening. Yeah. No fun. Customs and Border Protection says it took immediate action to address the disruption. Officers continue to process travellers using alternative procedures, but this morning all cbp stations say they are back up online at airports nationwide. Guys, back to you. All right, tom. Thank you. Also ahead on this busy tuesday morning, it is back to work at the white house for President Trump after his holiday break in florida. Theres a lot on the president s plate to begin 2018 both here at home and abroad. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander has more on all that. Hey, peter, good morning. Hey, hoda. Huge congratulations from here in washington as well. New year, same set of complex Foreign Policy challenges for the president. First on north korea brsh President Trump today in the days ahead will have to decide how to respond to a move that could put a wedge between the u. S. And its allies, south korea. With kim jong un calling for direct talks with the south, and south korea overnight proposing those talks next week, and in another volatile region, what if anything, is the president willing to do after more violence in iran . Reporter President Trump returning to the white house as protests in iran intensify. Iranian state media reports nine more people were killed in clashes overnight bringing the death toll to more than 20 after nearly a week of unrest across the country. Demonstrators facing off against Government Security forces venting their anger over spiking food and gas prices. Some protesters calling out the regimes supreme leader. The demonstrations, the largest in iran in nearly a decade. President trump voicing his support for the protesters, tweeting, the great iranian people have been repressed pour many years. They are hungry for food and for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of iran is being looted. Time for change. In another tweet accusing irans regime of engaging in terrorism. Irans president firing back. Government and people solve problems together. One who calls the iranian nation a terrorist does not have the right of compassion for our people. Top republicans now urging President Trump to do more. You just cant tweet here. You have to lay out a plan, and if i were President Trump i would lay out a plan how i would engaej the renl im. Reporter the new year is also bringing familiar challenges. On now years eve north Korean Leader kim jong un noting his latest ominous warning. The dictator sporting a western style suit for his annual address, insisting the entire u. S. Mainland is within firing range and the Nuclear Button is on his desk. Adding, its not a threat, but a reality. The president s reaction . Well see. Well see. Reporter all this as the special councils russia investigation pushes forward. The president blasting the inquiry in an interview with the New York Times last week, but refraining from criticizing Robert Mueller himself saying i think that he is going to be fair. Still, when asked if he would reasonable doubt on the department of justice to reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation, the president argued, i have absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department. Critics calling that a thinly veiled threat to the departments independence. Former fbi director James Comey Fired by President Trump last maytag an apparent swipe at his old boss, tweeting, heres hoping 2018 brings more ethical leadership. Focused on the truth and lasting values. And the president up early this morning again tweeting about iran. He will spend much of this week hashing out his strategy moving forward on Critical Issues overseas, but also at home. Immigration and infrastructure and other potential Government Shutdown looming in the weeks ahead. He will sit down for lunches with the Vice President , Vice President pence, the secretary of state, and the defense secretary jim mattis as well. Back to you. Peter, thank you so much. New dealings emerging about the gunman who opened fire on police near denver on new years eve killing one officer and wounding four others. Nbcs Steve Patterson is in littleton, colorado, with that story. Steve, good morning. Savannah, good morning. You are about to see new video of matthew who recorded himself just moments before that mass shooting, including a call to 911. When police arrive, Authorities Say he opened fire immediately. Im not here to hurt anybody, but, yes, i do have firearms. This morning chilling new video of suspected cop killer matthew. I will defend myself. Taken just moments before he opened fire sunday morning on police in suburbandenver. Leave me alone. Get out in the profanitylaced videos obtained by gephardt daily. Com, an nbc affiliate kusa, the 37yearold former lawyer and soldier records himself calling 911 saying he had been the victim of a domestic assault. I appeared for my health and my safety. I do have some weapons. I own firearms. When Douglas County sheriffs deputies showed up, he appeared agitated. I just feel like youre really upset. Well, i am, because i was assaulted, and you didnt help me. He then slammed the door and police say barricaded himself inside firing over 100 rounds with a long gun, killing 29yearold deputy zach perish, a husband and father of two. We have one deputy down inside the apartment. All of us have been hit at least once. He died in a shootout. Four more officers were wounded, including jeff pelley, the son of a sheriff in nearby boulder county. He was a bit zach trying to get ahold of him to pull him out, and thats where the bull rett went through his body. Reporter Law Enforcement say serious red flags had surfaced weeks earlier. In november police at the university of wyoming where he went to law school warned colorado authorities about him after he posted threats against some professors online. He had prior military experience. He had access to firearms. He was certainly making statements that were very indicative of having Major Mental Health concerns. Colorado police checked on him, but they found no threat. Now a explain officers family is in mourning. His heartbroken widow paying tribute with her Young Children at an emotional vigil overnight. I will do everything in my power, zach parish, to honor you. And i will raise these girls to love you. Rirjts the community is left wondering if more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. Now three of the four officers who were wounded in that attack have been treated and released from a local hospital. Investigators, meanwhile, still digging for answers as to why he would open fire without warning. Savannah, hoda. Just awful. Steve, thank you very much. Also this morning, we are learning more about a tragic plane killed 12 people. Ten of the victims, americans on a holiday vacation. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the latest on that investigation. Gabe, good morning. Hoda, good morning. One family was from florida. The other from suburban new york. Both on Family Vacations over the new yoew years holiday thae to a tragic end. This morning the grief is overwhelming. Bruce, irene, zachary, william, and matthew. Very multitalented family that will be deeply missed. They were among the 12 People Killed when a small single engine plane slammed into a mountain sunday in costa rica. Two local crew members and ten americans were on board, including mitchell and leslie weiss, doctors from tampa, florida, area, along with their two children. Also killed, Amanda Geisler from wisconsin, a trip leader with back roads active travel company. A californiabased group that organized the flight. Geiss lers family writing that she was loved by many and lived her life with no regrets. Oh, my god. Like, it is its right here. All of a sudden it veered to the left, and nosedived right in front of us. The charlotter plane involved to nature air in september two passengers, including an american were killed when another one of its flights crashed into a river. Authorities say the aircraft in sundays crash had been inspected a month ago, but strong winds had delayed its landing earlier in the day. Back roads says its extremely heartbroken over this horrific loss of life. Still just trying to digest it. A family goes on vacation, and they dont come back. Nature air has not responded to a request for comment. The travel company back roads says its conducted tours in costa rica for more than 25 years, and its now working with local investigators to find out exactly what went wrong. Savannah and hoda. Gabe, such a heartbreaking story. Thank you. Were going to shift gears now. Sports. Well turn to college football. The stage is set for next mondays National Championship game. Its going to be georgia taking on alabama. Those teams both advance to the title game after picking up big wins in a semifinal last night. Lets start with the rose bowl. People are calling this one an instant classic. The back and forth battle between gornl georeorgia and ok finally ended in