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0 loves oil industry jobs it also raises still the question of how much the country needs protecting from behavior like this from these companies who keep telling us they need further access to more sensitive areas, and not to worry because they know what they are doing. tonight, coast guard officials there in alaska are describing the shell oil rig as upright and stable. the plan at this point is to land rescue workers onto the deck to determine the damage it sustained, and look into the oil that is now rocking on board. we ll keep you posted as they tell us more. and meanwhile, your tax dollars will keep helping the most profitable industry on earth, the oil and gas industry, to the tune of billions every year. right now on first look, the students of sandy hook elementary return to the classroom for the first time since a gunman killed 26 of their classmates and teachers. fury over speaker boehner delaying relief for hurricane sandy victims. hillary clinton out of the hospital. and these guys were just hoping to score cash the old fashioned way, by stealing it. good morning. it s sure to be an emotionally charged back to school morning for the student who survived that horrific shooting in newtown, connecticut. it will be their first time back to class since the massacre three weeks ago that claimed 26 lives. nbc s jay gray is live with us in monroe, connecticut, where the students are attending a different school. jay, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. that new school is about seven miles away from sandy hook elementary here in monroe. it was an empty middle school that crews have been working to refurbish. just one of so many changes here since the tragedy. a fresh blanket of snow covers the spot where a mountain of stuffed animals and cards once stood, a sign that led to sandy hook elementary has been pulled from the hinges. but this morning there will be school again. i m not exactly sure how we re going to react to it. it s going to be hard. reporter: most everything here has been difficult since the attack that killed 20 first graders and six staff members at sandy hook. today in a new building, in another town seven miles away, survivors will be together again. they want to see teachers and classes and get back into the routine. furniture has been moved in from the the old schools. book bags and jackets put where they rushed out. the sign outside has been changed. if we can do anything to bring some type of db i don t think you can say normalcy but a normal learning environment for these children and for the the new background checks surpassed the previous record by 39%. president obama scored the most views for 2012 on red it. his ask me anything session in august racked up nearly 5.6 million views. a lot of people want to ask the president something. and the state of new hampshire turns pink today. one woman is sworn in as governor while other women become the state s two representatives in congress and two more take the oath as senators. new hampshire is the first state in the nation s history to sign in all female delegation to washington. and that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. happy new year. happy new year. a little chilly. it s january. this is a tough time though. after christmas and the holidays are over, okay, spring break started. good morning, everyone. as far as wet weather goes, we shifted it down into louisiana, a little bit there in mississippi. mostly southern alabama and even into georgia. to the southeast, it s a little gloomy and cloudy. beyond that, it s a very quiet weather map once again. the jet stream just doing a big loop here. going all the way up here and then dipping down. that s why all the cold air is on the rockies to the east. this cold blast going through the great lakes and northeast very cold. one of the coldest that we ve seen this winter season. right now it s eight degrees in boston. really especially from boston to the green mountains, it is cold. one of the coldest mornings we ve seen in a long time. t it s not warm in new york or d.c. either. you have one more cold day to day. then we warm you up. let me take you to the next week. this tracks the cold air. the blue shows where you it s cold right now. that s where the dip in the jet stream was. as we go through the upcoming weekend, we warm up in the midwest. by the middle of next week, all the cold air retreats back into canada. the only exception being northern maine. this is by far looking like this week is one of the colder weeks we re going to have this winter. we survived this week, we ll have one or two more cold ones. but probably shouldn t get too much worse. temperatures today, chilly. kansas city, st. louis, all of the fwlakz, mgreat lakes, midwe heading in the right direction. all right. warmer days ahead. thanks so much, bill. a pair of u.s. drone strikes kill taliban expander today. stocks soar but moodies issues a warning. and thieves try to still atm machines all caught on tape. plus, iowa s field of dreams from the kevin costner classic has been sold. details coming up. you re watching first look on msnbc. she knows you like no one else.