First monday of the new year. Im frances rivera. Police are on the hunt for a gunman who attacked a new years celebration in istanbul, turkey. Authorities have not identified the suspect or the motive in the attack which left at least 39 dead and close to 70 others wounded, including one american. This chilling video captures the moment that gunman stormed into this popular nightclub, callously shooting at bystanders kelly is live in istanbul and brings us the latest. Reporter the gunman is a and responding to calls for attacks on westerners during the holiday period. Now, what we dont know is whether theres any sort of direct link between this gunman and isis. The turkish authorities havent said anything of the sort. In fact, they are still continuing the manhunt for this attacker. Heres what we know at this point. The turkish police, the Istanbul Police have released a photo of a man they say is the gunman. This is a photo they say was taken. Its a sort of screen grab from Security Camera video. Very grainy image. They havent said whether or not they have an identity for this man, whether they have a name to go with the face, and we also havent had an update on the manhunt and the progress in that direction. Only statement from the interior minister saying that Security Operations are ongoing. The attack happened at the raina nightclub just across the water from where we are now. You can see it in the zaps still guarded by a police boat. Police say that 120 bullets were fired inside that nightclub, but the attack lasted for seven minutes. So far the state Department Says only one american was involved in this. Jake wrath from delaware, who is already, we understand, on his way home. Francis. All right. Good to hear at least he is on his way home. Kelly, thank you. Back here in the United States president elect trump is back at his new york headquarters. He returned from his holiday overnight with his family. With just 18 days before his inauguration, he is doubling down on his skepticism russia interfered in the u. S. Election. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell brings the details. Reporter a black tie bash to cap the president elects holiday season. Palm beach glitz and trump style extravagance. For family, celebrity friends, and paying guests at the party. Make America Great again, okay . Reporter speaking to reporters donald trump again cast doubt on the u. S. Intelligence view that russia is behind the electionyear hacking. I know a lot about hacking and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. Reporter trump went further and claimed without explanation insider knowledge. I also know things that other people dont know. And so they cannot be sure of this situation. Reporter trumps future White House Press secretary suggested obamas order for sanctions and expulsion of Russian Diplomats could be out of proportion. So there is a question about whether theres a political retribution here, whether its versus a diplomatic response. Reporter House Intelligence Committee top democrat adam schiff said the evidence is very solid. Democrats and republicans, none of us have any question about this. The only one who does apparently is donald trump. Trump also expanded on his claim that he knows more about the hacking situation. When asked to clarify the president elect said he would do so tuesday or wednesday after a scheduled meeting between trump and the top officials at the Intelligence Agency specifically on hacking. 35 Russian Diplomats have left the country according to a state department official. President obama ordered their expulsion on thursday and gave them 72 hours to leave the United States. It was retaliation for russias alleged hacking of the u. S. President ial election. Russias president Vladimir Putin surprisingly chose not to expel any american diplomats from his country in return. Putin has indicated that he intends to restore russian American Relations after president elect donald trump takes office. The ntsb Investigation Continues this morning into a new years tragedy in texas where two small planes collided in midair, killing three people. The accident rained down debris on a small town north the texas. Janet shamlian brings us more. A plane crash. Holy smokes. Reporter a horrific scene in the aftermath of a midair collision. Ive got a heavy cloud of smoke on custer. Reporter one of the two singleengine planes fell from the sky and became a fireball at a mini Storage Facility late saturday afternoon. I dont know that new years any chance they could make it. Reporter the other crashed onto a busy road. One of them came pretty much straight down. The other one had a little control but he was coming down. There was no stopping it. Reporter three people dead. They have not been identified. Ntsb says both planes were flying under visual flight rules and the not in contact with any control tower. Charles drexler was at his storage locker and saw the planes collide. He took this dramatic video as he ran to one of them. I saw the initial impact. I knew that they were going very fast. Theres no way they could have survived. I mean, i know that they did not suffer. Awful to see. That was nbcs Janet Shamlian reporting. This morning new information in the search for the missing plane that disappeared over lake erie late thursday. It was carrying six people including a family of four. A bag possibly belonging to the pilot of the plane has been found. A passerby fished it out of the lake erie water and when he looked inside he saw the i. D. Of what appears to be the missing planes pilot john fleming. The Good Samaritan handed the bag to police, who confirmed they are investigating the contents of a bag in connection with the search. Recovery efforts continue in the hunt for the missing plane. Those include skilled dive times and water and air search crews. Protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline delivered a highflying stunt during the Minnesota Vikings game. They flew a massive banner urge urging u. S. Bank, the owner of the stadium, to divest the from the peepline. The stunt didnt interrupt the game but some spectators were moved just as a precaution. Today is black monday in the nfl. Five head coaches have already been fired, including rex ryan, gus bradley, and mike mccoy. And last years super bowlwinning head coach gary kubiak of the denver broncos, hes expected to step down later today citing health reasons. According to nbc sports theres growing chatter the current head coach of the new orleans saints, sean payton, may be headed west to los angeles. Certainly a big day ahead for nfl fans. Stay tuned. Now to the brave men and women around the world who dove into freezing water to ring in the annual polar plunge. Those in scotland jumping into water with temperatures in the mid 40s to bostonians racing through 25 degree weather to jump into boston harbors 43 degrees. Heres meteorologist bill karins with the first of the year forecast. The big first weather story of the year is going to likely be a Severe Weather outbreak. This radar looks like we could see it in march or april in the afternoon, and here we are in the middle of the night. Texas already having reported 84mileperhour winds, and well watch the storms marching through the deep south as they go throughout the day. Enhanced risk of severe storm. 20 Million People at risk, and there is a chance of a few tornadoes in this region as they go throughout the day today. That will be one of the big stories as we ring in the new year here. 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Leading the news, 2016 was one of chicagos bloodiest years in the past two decades. Police said there were 762 homicides in the city in 2016. Thats far higher than the previous years 485 homicides. On saturday, hundreds of people marched silently in the city carrying crosses bearing the names of the victims of those homicides. They hope to bring attention to the awful violence plaguing their communities. A dozen people have been indicted in a massive medical scheme in texas. According to usa today, the plot involves doctors, pharmacists, and Marketing Pros who designed a sham study to illegally obtain up to 100 million. Federal prosecutors allege a dallasbased Marketing Group arranged bribes for doctors to prescribe specific drugs to military families covered by the federal Health Insurance program tricare. The group allegedly said the study was approved by tricare when it wasnt. Ronda rousey is taking time to decide her next move. 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