Plus, the ultimate exit interview. Break down the conversation with president obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Why the president says if he had sons he would have to think long and hard before he would let them play football. Crying foul over this one. The cost of your Super Bowl Party is going to go up. Start planning and budgeting now. First, golden globes, now s. A. G. Awards. Why it could lead to big drama at the oscars. Well talk to steve israel, Thomas Mack Mccarty and star of the walking dead will be joining us. Monday, january 28th. Starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. We begin with a developing story this morning. The funerals under way for some of those killed in the horrific fire that took place at a brazilian nightclub. Half of the victims, 231 of them, were students, all from the same university, celebrating their last weekend of summer break. Called the kiss nightclub, located in santa maria. Recovery workers are hearing the sounds of ring tones as those looking for loved ones are hoping they will pick up the cell phones. Shasta darlington live with the latest for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, soledad. Thats right. Right now, over at the cemetery, the funerals have started. And im right here in the center of town, a few steps from the nightclub, kiss where this tragedy happened yesterday morning. Very early, of course. Right now, the investigators are inside. Looking for more clues about what caused this fire. There has been a lot of talk about the pyrotechnics display. Right now, they dont want to go into any details. They would rather continue and complete the investigation before they confirm anything one way or another. But as you can imagine, this is a small city. A college town. Four universities. People are in shock and mourning, soledad. Shasta darlington, thank you for the update. Well continue to obviously monitor what is happening with that story. A little later, well talk to todd king, you might remember in 2003, the similar fire at the station nightclub in rhode island. He was a survivor of that fire. Well talk with him in a couple of minutes. Barely a week or so into the second term and a very busy one for the president many he sat down this weekend for a joint interview on 60 minutes with outgoing secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Kind of interesting. They really seem to like each other. You might remember, they were bitter rivals, but seem tone joy sitting next to each other. Implementing each other over and over. Today the president and Vice President will meet with Police Chiefs and sheriffs from around the country to talk about how to deal with gun violence. The president will launch his gun violence initiative. Brianna keel ar joins us with more. Reporter this was an interview taped at the white house on friday. Aired last night on 60 minutes. In it, president obama and secretary clinton really appeared to have genuine affection for each other, they talked about their rivalry and 6 2 2016. President obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton, once bitter rivals, now allies. I consider hillary a strong friend. Very warm, close i think there is a sense of understanding that sometimes doesnt even take words. We have similar views. Reporter rewind five years to their bruising primary battle. Are you likeable enough. Im here, he is not. I cant tell who i am running against sometimes. How long did it take to you get over it. Not as long as people perceive it. It took longer for their staff, not to mention i think spouses take it much harder. Reporter 2016 came up. The president laughed off a question to endorse clinton. It was literally inaugurated four days ago and you are talking about elections four years from now. Reporter and the secretary side step. And i dont think, you know, either he or i can make predictions about what will happen tomorrow or the next year. Reporter clinton, who recently suffered a concussion and blood clot and is wearing glasses for double vision, answered a question about her health. Its great. Its great. I still have some lingering effects from falling on my head and having the blood clot, but doctors tell me that will all recede. Thankfully im looking forward to being at full speed. Reporter soledad, this was not the only interview, at least for president obama, where we learned a little new about him. He sat down with the new republic and talked about politics here in washington, and also talked about gun violence and talked about football, and some of the injuries that weve seen from representative concussions. He says im a big football fan, but i have to tell you, if i had a son, id have to think long and hard before i would let him play football. Soledad. Thank you, brianna. Well talk with steve israel, and jack crow,e. We want to run those very comments that brianna was mentioning by him this morning. Other stories making news. John berman has that for us this morning. A snowy, icy, rainy, sloppy commute for millions of americans this morning. The storm that coated the midwest in ice yesterday is heading north and could bring snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Not a lot of fun to the northeast today. Flights in and out of chicago, minneapolis, and st. Louis were grounded on icy runways and check this out. Firefighters shippi chipping a hydrant. Frozen in time. New york went seven days without temperatures cracking the freezing mark. A live look at the storm that will hit many of us today. Not talking about bitter cold temperatures we saw last week. Headed out the door, from parts of the upper midwest to the midatlantic, we are dealing with some freezing rain out there. Just see to the west of altoona, as well, some snow. This will continue to be the feature as we go through the Morning Hours and into the afternoon. Now, if you are driving along interstate 95, we had a last report of freezing rain in dulles. Notice for yourself, warm air is winning out and those temperatures will continue to climb, above freezing, i think through late morning as well as the afternoon for some parts. For areas like new york, as well as new england, well see a mix of snow, as well as freezing rain at times. Warmer temperatures on the rise. Notice for washington, d. C. , today a high of 55. And by the end of the week, well see cold air once again return. John, that means well see a serious threat for Severe Weather tomorrow and wednesday, and the possibility of tornadoes, as a strong line of storms moves toward the east. John, well following that. But the weather crazy right now. Severe weather watch for us tomorrow, thank you very much. A bipartisan plan from the senates socalled gang of eight being unveiled today, which offers a path to residency and even citizenship to many of the estimates 11 Million Immigrants in the United States unlawfully. It calls for an effective employment verification system that prevents Identity Theft and would end hiring unauthorized workers. In the next hour, two congressmen working across the aisle on immigration reform. Mario diazbalart and Luis Gutierrez. Mohamed morsi has declared a limited state of emergency in the wake of recent violence in egypt. And more action is possible. Violence has broken out since friday. And representatives of 11 Political Parties are meeting today to address problems in egypt to avoid expressing anger like this. A big night for some of the biggest names in hollywood. Anne hathaway among the winners for her supporting role in les miserables. Argo really stole the show. It won the nights biggest prize. Well go live to los angeles for a morning after look at the highlights from the s. A. G. Awards. Everyone said lincoln, but argo walking off with the awards. How about Anne Hathaways dress . She looked great. Back to the tragic nightclub fire in brazil. It shares a lot of similarities with the 2003 nightclub fire that happened in rhode island. 100 people were killed. Happened after pyrotechnics went off during a concert. Also overcrowded. Todd king survived that fire at the station nightclub, which is where it happened. Hes with us this morning. Todd, are you there . Good morning. Good morning, nice to see you. Just checking. Lets take me back to when you first heard what happened in brazil. What went through your mind . I was really in shock that something could happen this way again. Survivors from the station nightclub fire, were a tight nit group and yesterday morning, my phone was going berserk. Couldnt figure out what was going on. First thing i saw when i turned on the tv, i actually thought it was replays from 2003, someone was doing a story on it or something, that eerie. And that similar. So many similarities if you look at well, walk me through some of them. Certainly pyro tech knicks one of them. Yeah, i cant believe someone has actually done that in a crowded nightclub again. But also the way that people could not get out the doors, stampeding, the look on peoples faces, just the panic, trying to help people get out and the hopelessness of not being able to get out in that situation. Reporter i know you were dealing with a terrible bottleneck. Everyone trying to get out. They were blocked or they couldnt go out the front door. Too many people trying to get out a narrow space, and also the overcrowding, looks like this nightclub was holding way more people than it was supposed to. But the club itself, put out a statement, a part of their statement said this. Were open to all authorities and inspections, all the fire systems were approved by the fire department. Adequate and necessary to provide the safety of the nightclub and its patrons. Although there were also reports that the clubs license expired in august and had not been renewed. A local fire official said that. What did you learn from the fire in 2003 that was less about regulations and inspections and more about what to keep an eye out for, what to do when Something Like this happens . Well, from my point of view going back into a crowded area, i always look to see where the exits are and how im going to move or create if something does happen. Its really frustrating, where you try to fight the anger when something happens this, and you see 100 people die in front of you needlessly. Every place that serves alcohol should have sprinklers. Its just good common sense. Going to ply people with alcohol and have people in your business, putting a large amount of people together, common sense would be you are responsible to keep them safe. If there was a sprinkler in rhode island if there were sprinklers at this club, you wouldnt be talking to 233 families telling them their loved ones or dead or the hundreds in rhode island, that their brothers, sisters, didnt come home, and the survivors and the catastrophic injuries weve seen people overcome in the last ten years, its heartbreaking. Heartbreaking we have to do this again. Still investigating, but there were reports that exits werent marked that the doors were not available to open. People werent trained working the doors to really know. Todd, survivor of the station nightclub fire. Thank you for talking with us. We appreciate your insight. Thank you. Still ahead, well cover president obama and Hillary Clintons sitdown. Well speak with steve israel. Hell send the secretary a virtual thank you card. 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It was literally inaugurated four days ago and talking about elections four years from now. I dont think either he or i can make predictions about what will happen tomorrow or the next year. They both dodged that question, didnt they . Right to congressman steve israel. Democrat from new york. Nice to have you back us with. We heard the president call the media incorrigible. One of the reasons, we want to look toward 2016, of course. How much do you think of that interview and the questions and the two of them sitting there together was about 2016 . And the future for ril Hillary Clinton . No, i think that interview displayed the fact that the relationship between secretary of state and president obama is extraordinary and unique and it also showed Something Else to the American People that the American People wanted to see and that is two former competitors who figured out how to put whatever difference these had aside and learn how to govern, move on, and take the country forward. Thats a lesson i wish many colleagues in congress would learn. Hillary talked about the people who are often most sensitive after time are the spouses and the staff members. A little bit about what the president said about the staffers. Hillary mentioned part of our bond is we have been through a lot of the same stuff. And part of being through the same stuff is getting whacked around in political campaigns, being criticized in the press, you know, weve both built some pretty thick skins. Umhum. Umhum. Sometimes our staffs dont go through that, so they are taking umbrage and offense. Have you seen the staff able to move past the slights and hurts or move past the umbrage . I have seen it a lot. If you you are an elected official, you develop a thick skin. But the staffers and families, they take it very personally. Like, really, who on the staff has had a hard time. I want to talk specifically. If you are a staffer, you are paid to be protective of the boss. And so i cannan understand that they you know, they would interpret things slightly higher, more intense level. Here is the thing. You do have to have a certain personality. I have seen Hillary Clinton walk into a town of babylon veterans barbec barbecue, embrace 9 11 families and then walk into the United Nations and negotiate stiffer sanctions on iran. Wherever she is, she has been tough. But at the same time, able to demonstrate elm pa hooe and compassion and that makes her unique and as special as she has been and will continue to be. We have you over the next commercial break. Stick around. Well talk about what paul ryan had to say, comparing what the secretary of state could have done versus the president himself. Well do that conversation right after the short break. Back in a moment. [ male announcer ] something powerful is coming. See it on february 3rd. See it on february 3rd. Discover card. 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