Of disturbing charges. His wife is speaking out overnight, what shes saying about the accusations against him. All that plus, a new apology from youtube star logan paul. Theres a lot of things i should have done differently but i didnt. Should he now be banned for that controversial video he posted . Jawdrop j millions winners overnight. That prize is soaring to 418 million. While is up for grabs in tonights powerball drawing. And fixing to have a baby. The adorable way that hgtv stars Joanna Gaines just revealed their newest project, today, wednesday, january 3rd, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. And thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. Leave it to chip and Joanna Gaines to do it just right. I know. Little renovation pr bun in the oven. Were going to get to our top story, that monster storm seto bring snow, ice and frigid winds from florida to the northeast. If you think its been cold, just wait. Theres a new, even colder arctic blast on the way. Were going to getals allimportant forecast straight ahead. First, miss dylan is out at Niagara Falls, where its so cold, the falls have partially frozen over. Good morning, dylan. Good morning, hoda. I miss finding ways to show you chere. Here in Niagara Falls, new york, the windchill is two. And the temperatures have been so cold that it has been enough to freeze over parts of Niagara Falls. The air is so cold, it caused lik lakeeffect snow in buffalo and cancelling flights from toronto. Snow and ice is falling across parts of the gulf coast. This is just the beginning of a powerful hurricanelike storm thats expected to affect the entire east coast. After days of unrelenting cold, the entire east coast is preparing for whats being called the first noreaster of 2018. A monster storm, also known as a bomb cyclone, set to hammer places from florida to coastal new england, with ice and snow. The effects could resemble a winter hurricane. Here in Niagara Falls its a frozen spectacle, the surging water freezing everything it touches. In nearby buffalo, wintry conditions caused a 70car pileup, leaving 1 person dead. Other cars caught on camera, sliding uncontrollably on roads slick with ice. In new york city, an electrical malfunction causing an Apartment Building fire. Firefighters forced to battle the flames and freezing cold conditions. Water quickly turning to ice, covering helmets, ladders, electrical lines and nearby cars. This is a major fire. Reporter another building in the city has been without heat for five days. One resident using her stove. I got that stove on. Which is dangerous. Of course it is. The alarm has gone off two or three times. You understand . But you got to keep warm some kind of way or they find you up in here dead, frozen to death. Reporter others are stranded at home, their cars are frozen under ice in missouri. And iowa, cars wont start, despite precautions by their owners. I did my little winter thing. I thought i did everything. But it still just didnt start. Reporter those that are able to venture out of their homes are doing so in treacherous conditions. Its so frigid. Its biting in the face. Reporter in all, 230 million americans are dealing with below freezing temperatures with no end in sight. That bomb cyclone or bombo genesis is the rapid intensification of a storm. Thats supposed to happen thursday before this storm slams into new england. After the storm, its possible we could see the coldest temperatures so far this season. Hoda . Wow. All right, dylan. Thank you. Dilly dilly, chilly chilly. Very good. Its going to drop 24 millibars before thursday. This is a powerful system. Stretching from florida to new england, 41 Million People at risk for winter weatheikely new england. You can see all the way up here, we have blizzard warnings from southeastern massachusetts into maine. Look at this area of purple. Thats where we hrain. Its 31 and tallahassee. Daytona beach, its 54his storm way up the coast. Look for snow from savannah, charleston, into wilmingtons evening. Then, it continues really intensifying, dangerous travel, possibly impossible travel. Wind70 Miles Per Hour into new england. Ice, down from georgia into florida, were looking anywhere from a quarter of an to an inch of ice. This could bring down power lines and trees, anywhere from savannah to charleston, 6 to 8 h friday. Lesser amounts as we get on the coast. If this system moves further to the west, that could increase. Then, we get into the northeast and new england. New york, 3 to 6 inches of snow. Providence, rhode island, 8 to 12 inches. In boston, bangor, were looking at 10 inches up to a foot of snow possible, guys. Again, as the storm intensifies, we could be looking at a hurricaneforce winds with snow throughout much of new england. Were going to really watch this closely. If it moves just a little a little further to the west, it could be worse inland. But it could move to the east and we would get less. We would love that. Al, thank you so much. We have a lot to get to, including the north korean crisis. This morning, a provocative tweet from President Trump, aimed directly at kim jongun, is escalating tensions between the u. S. And the regime. Nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, has the latest on this. Reporter good morning to you. Any thought that President Trump might be less provocative or even scale back his twitter habit in 2018, you can safely throw that out the window. The president unloading in his first day back here at the white house. 16 tweets, mainly a mixture of taunts and threats, including raising the prospect of nuclear war, a shot at north koreas unpredictable leader, in language that many people noted seemed better suited for the playground than the presidency. President trump escalating his feud with leader kim jongun. Taunting the erratic dictator, saying, will someone from his regime inform him that i have a Nuclear Button. It is a bigger and more powerful one than his. And my button works. That tweet responding to kims speech, when he claimed the entire u. S. Is within north koreas firing range. And the Nuclear Button is always on his desk. The president s apparent threat, igniting alarm online, from george w. Bushs lawyer, richard painter, two unfit men crowing about their nukes. This is not the way to start the new year. Congress needs to deal with one of them. The u. N. Security council needs to deal with the other. The war of words after a dangerous showdown. Rocket man wants to talk to south korea for the first time. Perhaps that is good news. Perhaps not. We will see. Despite kims surprising call for talks with south korea, u. S. Military officials tell nbc news, north korea might be about to test another ballistic missile. The president s boast about his Nuclear Button, posting an allday tweet storm, ratcheting up an attack on his own justice department, arguing its part of a shadow government conspiracy against him, what he calls the deep state. Unleashing on a former political opponent. Suggesting Hillary Clintons top aide, huma abedin, should go to jail, for sharing classify information in personal emails. Something investigators dismissed as careless, but not criminal. The president s press secretary left to explain. The president finds some of the actions very disturbing. And he thinks we need to make sure if there is an issue that its looked at. Reporter meanwhile, the president s hitting turbulence for claiming credit for safe skies. Since taking office, ive been very strict on commercial aviation. Good news. It was just reported there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record. In fact, there hasnt been a fatal crash by an American Carrier since 2009. Back in morning, more new information from the korean peninsula. South Koreas Unification Ministry confirms to nbc news, that north korea has reopened the crossborder communication channel and has made contact. Look at some of these pictures. They show south korea testing the phone lines for talks at the most volatile border in the world. Savannah and hoda . Peter, thank you. Lets turn to jeremy bash. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. Lets set aside for a moment just how remarkable and unprecedented and unusual it is for the United States president to be saying, essentially, my Nuclear Button is bigger than yours. What does kim jongun hear . Thats what matters the most . Does it make it more likely that well get into some kind of conflict . If kim jongun thinks hes about to be annihilated, and make no mistake, these joouf na juvenile and immature tweets suggest that, kim jongun is likely to lash out, to maybe use chemical weapons at our military base in guam. This is very destabilizing. This is a tweet that could lead to confrontation and maybe even war. Last year the president talked about unleashing fire and fury, the likes of which the world has never seen. Now this about the Nuclear Button. If this is strategy to deter kim jongun, is it working . I dont think so. In the last six months, savannah, youve seen kim jongun engage in five highly provocative actions. Hes flight tested twice a Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that could hit the United States with its range. Hes done an underground test with a twostage Thermo Nuclear hydrogen bomb. If this is a strategy, i think its backfired. It is unusual for an american president to talk about the Nuclear Arsenal at all. Yeah. Its kind of an unhealthy, strange obsession with nuclears, savannah. He directed the pentagon to develop a 30,000 Nuclear Weapon arsenal. We have only about 2,000 Nuclear Weapons today. The generals had to push back and say thats unproductive, its destablizing and could lead to woar. They pushed back and he backed down. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley is weighing in on another pressing issue facing the trump administration, deadly antigovernment protests in iran. Bill neely has more on all that. Good morning. Reporter good morning, hoda. Yes, growing unrest, President Trump encouraging it, irans supreme lead eer blaming the countrys enemies. The demonstrations have spread to just about every town in iran. It started as an economic protest, and are becoming more political. Its not a revolution. Not yet, anyway. For a week, iran has been shaken by protests and riots. The death toll rising. Fresh demonstrations overnight. Irans Supreme Leader claiming them on foreign enemies, using money and spies to spoke trouble. Rubble says americans u. N. Ambassador. We know thats complete nonsense. The demonstrations are completely spcomplete ly spontaneous. Reporter and she put americas weight behind the protesters. The people of iran are crying out for freedom. All freedomloving people must stand with their cause. The International Community made a st do that in 2009. We must not make that mistake again. Reporter change also an end game for the white house. The ultimate end game is that the citizens and the people of iran are actually given basic human rights. He would like to see them stop being a state sponsor of terror. Reporter the president tweeting, the Iranian Regime is brutal and corrupt. The u. S. Is watching. Adding later that iranians are hungry for food and for freedom. And explicitly saying, its time for change. The Iranian Regime is trying to change the narrative. These progovernment demonstrations were covered extensively by iranian television. And while the antigovernment protests have been shown on med death to the dictator have not. These unverified videos on social media, are the worlds only window of a wave of unrest thats now claimed more than 20 lives. And its not clear how this will end. The state is beginning to crack down and thats how it ended the nearrevolution nine years ago. Hundreds of arrests this time, but the protests arent stopping. Hoda . Savann savannah . Bill neely, thank you so much. We move to a troubling story, one weve been following for years. A former taliban hostage, freed after nine years in captivity, is behind bars in canada and facing multiple allegations of assault. Kate snow has the latest on this. Reporter good morning, savannah, hoda. A Court Proceeding scheduled this morning for 34yearold joshua boyle. He is charged with more than a dozen crimes. By court order, no one is allowed to name any alleged victim. But overnight, we received an email from his wife, caitlan, saying she and his children are safe. Stunning new criminal charges against joshua boyle, the canadian held five years by the taliban. Boyle, along with his american wife, caitlan, and their three children born in captivity, were freed in october, when they returned to canada, boyle said they planned to sew life. Obviously, it will be of incredible importance to my family that were able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children. Reporter now, boyle is being charged with 15 crimes. Canadian police saying the incidents began after the family returned home. According to ctv and the toronto star, the charges include eight counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful confi confineme confinement, one count of Death Threats and one of someone taking an antidepressant and one count of misleading police. In a statement to the toronto star, caitlan said she cant speak about charges. But it was the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that had on his mental state, is most culpable for this. He is responsible for his own actions. But it is compassion and forgiveness that i say i hope help and healing can be found for him. In an email to nbc, Joshua Boyles lawyer writes, mr. Boyle is presumed innocent. Hes never been in trouble before. No evidence has been provided yet, which is typical at this early stage. We look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges. Days after their release, joshua spoke about being free. Part of what got me through prison was the vain hope and belief that the day i am released everything will be sunshine and flowers. But its an ordeal of itsot sur expecting. Those words were in october. In morning, less than three months later, after being out of captivity, joshua boyle, once again, has lost hopefully well learn more later today. Incredibly perplexing. 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