[Romans:] All right. The two frontrunners for the NBAMVP going head-to-head last night in Houston.
[Marquez:] Andy Scholes has more from CES in Las Vegas in this morning's Bleacher Report. Good morning, Andy.
[Andy Scholes, Cnn Sports Correspondent:] Hey, good morning, guys. You know, the Rockets' James Harden and Thunder's Russell Westbrook, I mean they're both just having incredible seasons thus far and if they voted for MVP right now it really would be a toss-up between these two. And they were going head-to-head last night and the Rockets' James Harden, he had them rolling early in this game. The Rockets opening up an 18-point lead in the third quarter. But Westbrook, he would lead the Thunder back. He had eight three- pointers in this game, on his way to 49 points. The game was tied in the closing seconds when Harden's going to find Nene. He gets fouled and he would knock down those free throws. The Rockets would squeak by the Thunder in this one, 118-116. Now, "INSIDE THE NBA, the entire crew they were out here doing their show live at CES in Las Vegas and they were having some fun trying out all the gadgets out here. The funny moment Ernie Johnson put this device on his head. It's supposed to help grow hair, so if we see Ernie next week with a full head of hair we will know why. Now, one of the coolest things I've been able to try out here in Las Vegas is all the new virtual reality products. You know, NextVR, it's an amazing new way you can watch sporting events. It puts you right there in the action. Right now, they broadcast one NBA game a week in virtual reality. And I sat down with NBA commissioner Adam Silver yesterday and he's really excited about the future of this technology.
[Adam Silver, Commissioner, Nba:] This is the closest thing to being live in an arena and, of course, when you have global games like ours only a tiny fraction of our fans will probably ever be in the United States, let alone be in an NBA arena. And, therefore, we can replicate that experience, especially that courtside experience. Talk to fans on your left, talk to fans on your right, hear what the players are saying out on the floor, move around the arena. I think those are the kinds of things we're very focused on.
[Scholes:] And NextVR is also in works with the NFL, providing highlights from some of their games, and they hope to do more in the future. And guys, don't forget, NFL playoffs they start tomorrow. You've got the Lions at the Seahawks and then in the "no one has a quarterback bowl" you've got the Texans hosting the Raiders.
[Romans:] Oh.
[Marquez:] Andy, $20 on red for me, $20 on red.
[Scholes:] Twenty on red. All right, I'll do that, Miguel.
[Marquez:] Thank you.
[Romans:] Thanks. Nice to see you, Andy.
[Marquez:] Now, four suspects will appear in a Chicago courtroom today charged with a hate crime following that gruesome beating of a special needs teenager streamed lived on Facebook. Police say this wasn't a premeditated attack, but the culmination of a weekend hangout gone terribly wrong. They say one of the suspects, Jordan Hill, was friends with the victim. Hill apparently drove the victim to Chicago in a stolen van where they met with the other suspects. That's when a day of roughhousing turned into abuse. The victim's family is absolutely stunned.
[David Boyd, Tortured Victim's Brother-in-law:] We're overwhelmed and surprised. We're happy that everyone's concerned and yes, this should never have happened.
[Marquez:] President Obama now weighing in, following the hate crime charges, saying race relations, in general, have not gotten worse, they're just getting more attention now thanks to social media.
[Barack Obama, President Of The United States:] We see visuals of racial tensions, violence, and so forth because of smartphones and the internet and the media. What we've seen is surfacing. I think a lot of the problems that have been there a long time, whether it's tensions between police and communities, whether it's hate crimes of the despicable sort that has just now recently surfaced on Facebook.
[Marquez:] And on the video you can hear the suspects yelling anti- white and anti-Trump comments. Police say the suspects have not shown any signs of remorse. As for the victim, he is back home with his family this morning.
[Romans:] It's hard to watch. All right, 56 minutes past the hour. Let's get a check on CNN Money Stream. A look at stock markets around the world right now. On pins and needles this morning ahead of the final jobs reports of the Obama presidency. It comes at 8:30 Eastern Time. Looking for a strong report 172,000 net new jobs. Eleven million jobs overall created from start to finish in the Obama tenure. New this morning, gutting key parts of Obamacare could cost millions of jobs. That's according to the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University. Researchers assume that Congress will kill two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. First, the subsidies that help low- and middle-income people pay for coverage. And second, a Medicaid expansion. That covers the poor. The federal government funds those two key programs, so if they disappear and Congress doesn't put in a replacement, this report says 2.6 million jobs wiped out in 2019, three million by 2021. Republicans are split on how to move forward here but a repeal vote could be stalled until some sort of replacement is put in place. That could avoid those job cuts and prevent enrollees from losing coverage. The best job in America for 2017 drum roll, please mobile app developer. That's according to this new list from "CNN MONEY" and our friends at Payscale. Risk management director is number two. This is someone who prepares a company for all kinds of risks from natural disasters to cyber attacks. Landman
[Marquez:] Landman.
[Romans:] is number three. It's basically a liaison between energy companies, private property owners, and the federal government. Number four, product analyst. They use data and research to improve online customer experiences. Number five, information assurance analyst. They run security programs to protect hardware and software systems. We've got a whole 100 jobs. You can see if your job made the cut at "CNN MONEY". Those are the best jobs. How about the first job? "CNN MONEY" asked some big names how they got started, including Dolly Parton, Sean Combs, Dan Rather. You can see that at cnnmoney.com. I worked at a pizza place. That was my first job.
[Marquez:] Yes, and mine was
[Romans:] You painted
[Marquez:] painting trash cans at the New Mexico State Fair.
[Romans:] The glamour.
[Marquez:] The glamour. The absolute glamour. Yellow some pink and blue trash cans. Very sad.
[Romans:] Happy goes the may I help you?
[Marquez:] Can
[I -- Romans:] That's what I was saying.
[Marquez:] And I I'm going to call myself a landman from now on. Is that all right?
[Romans:] Landman. You're a landman.
[Marquez:] I like I like it. I love the name.
[Romans:] All right. Thanks for joining us this morning. I'm Christine Romans.
[Marquez:] And I'm Miguel Marquez. Donald Trump getting ready for his intelligence briefing on the Russia hack. "NEW DAY" starts right now.
[James Clapper, Director, National Intelligence:] I don't think that we've ever encountered a more direct campaign to interfere in our election process.
[Rep. Paul Ryan , House Speaker:] There are attempts to try and delegitimize this election.
[Joseph Biden, Vice President Of The United States:] Grow up, Donald. Grow up.
[Unidentified Male:] There is no truth to the idea of restructuring the intelligence community.
[Trump:] We will build the wall. Mexico is going to pay for the wall.
[Romans:] Trump's team now wants Congress to fund the border wall.
[Ryan:] Planned Parenthood legislation will be in our reconciliation bill.
[Unidentified Female:] What they're trying to do will drive up the rate of unintended pregnancies.
[Unidentified Male:] This video is very disturbing. We've sought hate crime charges.
[Obama:] What we've seen is surfacing. The problems that have been there a long time.
[Boyd:] We ask for continued prayers.
[Announcer:] This is NEW DAY with Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.
[Camerota:] We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is NEW DAY. It is Friday, January 6th, 6:00 here in New York. Up first, this morning U.S. intelligence chiefs will take their case against Russia directly to President-elect Donald Trump. The face-to-face meeting comes after the top spies told Congress that Russia's intervention went well beyond hacked emails and so-called fake news.
[Chris Cuomo, Cnn:] It was a big day. GOP lawmakers, some of whom were very skeptical, sat in rapt attention. No one pushed back on the intel chiefs in any real way. There are also more details coming out this morning about what is in this classified report being presented to Trump today, that they have even detail. The question is, will the president-elect now tell us what other knowledge he has about the hacks or will he accept the reality? And think, we're just two weeks away from Inauguration Day.