making news in america this morning -- breaking overnight. officers in four cities ambushed. one of them murdered in front of the police headquarters. the search for suspects. the latest on the investigations. extreme weather. parts of the northeast getting nearly a foot of snow. and it's not over yet. we're tracking more winter weather as the busy holiday travel week gets under way. marathon meetings for the president-elect. a parade of possible cabinet members. nearly two dozen people in two days sitting down with donald trump, as he takes to twitter to pick a fight with "snl" as well as "hamilton." and happening now, the pipeline protests in north dakota growing more violent overnight. demonstrators clashing with deputies who are using water cannons on the crowd.

good monday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm mara schiavocampo in for diane. investigations are under way after a wave of violence against police officers across the country. officers were wounded in the line of duty in st. louis, sanibel, florida, and gladstone, missouri. and in san antonio, texas, detective benjamin marconi was murdered while writing a traffic ticket outside police headquarters. >> and this is the scene this morning. a growing memorial. signs, balloons, candles. all honoring marconi. this morning, police officers targeted. a manhunt under way in san antonio, where a traffic stop turned deadly. detective benjamin marconi, a 20-year veteran of the force, stopping a vehicle just outside of police headquarters. a man getting out, shooting detective marconi twice in the head through the passenger side window.

>> i have an officer down in front of headquarters. >> reporter: the 50-year-old father of two rushed to the hospital where he passed away. and overnight in st. louis, another ambush. an officer shot twice in the face while hit sitting in his patrol car. the unidentified father of three now in critical but stable condition. after a city-wide manhunt. police and the suspect exchanging gunfire overnight. the alleged shooter killed by authorities. also in missouri last night, an officer in gladstone was shot while making a traffic stop. the kansas city fraternal order of police tweeting that the officer is expected to survive. a suspect was wounded in the incident. and in south florida, an officer was shot in a drive-by while he was conducting a traffic stop on sanibel island. a suspect was taken into custody after an exchange of gunfire with police. the officer was hit in the shoulder and was treated and released at the hospital. in the wake of the shootings, st. louis will have two officers per squad car. >> san antonio is taking a similar stance. officers will not conduct

traffic stops alone until further notice. this morning's other big story. extreme weather making a mess of roads and airports on this busy travel week. >> tricky timing. there's a major winter storm under way from the midwest to the northeast. communities like batavia, new york, midway between rochester and buffalo, expecting as much as nine inches of lake-effect snow. >> the strongest areas of the storm right now are over new york state, with some strong activity over pennsylvania, new jersey, and new england. let's get the complete forecast from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning, kendis, mara. watching out for some snow throughout the upper midwest. soaking rain from sioux falls, chicago, all the way over towards buffalo. showers and thunderstorms slowing travel to the mississippi valley region. keep in mind, we're looking for tuesday, wednesday, possibility of three to six inches from fargo over towards duluth. in addition to that by midweek,

look for scattered showers around the mississippi. getting dryer throughout portions of the midwest through the week as you get closer to thanksgiving. mara? kendis? >> all right, paul, thank you. president-elect trump is expected to announce more cabinet appointments as early as today, after a weekend that was jam-packed with meetings. >> trump sat down with a series of potential picks for key administration positions. but still found time for a twitter rant. against the most popular show on broadway. we get the latest from janai norman. janai, good morning. >> reporter: kendis and mara, good morning. as donald trump met with his top candidates this weekend, he couldn't stay off twitter. from a settled lawsuit to the play "hamilton" to calling "saturday night live" biased and not funny, the president-elect tweeted about it all. from president-elect to king of twitter. this weekend, we saw both sides of donald trump. >> we're going to have a great day. >> reporter: smiling and statesmanlike, trump lined up

more than 20 meetings in two days. using twitter to tease possible announcements. he tweeted sunday, general james mad dog mattis, a contender for secretary of defense was very impressive. >> he is the real deal. >> reporter: the transition team promising to announce more picks soon. amid ongoing backlash over the five positions already filled. like national security adviser lieutenant general michael flynn who called islam a cancer. >> is he in line with how president-elect trump views islam? >> well, i think so. i mean, look. phrasing can always be done differently. clearly, there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic. >> reporter: also meeting this weekend former new york mayor rudy giuliani, new jersey governor chris christie, and former presidential candidate mitt romney, once a staunch critic of trump. >> his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: the president-elect taking to twitter. to address that very issue. trump university in friday's $25 million settlement to end the fraud cases against the now closed school, writing the only bad thing about winning the presidency is that i did not have the time to go through a

long but winning trial on trump u. too bad. what followed? three fiery tweets. calling the cast of "hamilton" rude. writing they harassed vice president-elect mike pence after friday night's show and calling for an apology. pence, seeming to disagree with his boss. >> i wasn't offended by what was said. >> reporter: and one big announcement from the transition team this weekend. word that future first lady melania trump and her son, barron won't be moving to the white house in january. instead, we're learning, they'll be staying in new york through the spring to allow the 10-year-old to finish school there. kendis and mara? >> our janai norman live in washington. thank you. and speaking of president obama, who is back in washington, home from his final overseas trip on board air force one, talking to reporters before he left peru, he said he doesn't intend to constantly criticize donald trump. but he will speak out if the president goes too far. the president was in peru where

he met face to face with russian president vladimir putin for a few minutes. president obama said he expressed u.s. concerns about syria and ukraine but did not bring up allegations of russian influence in the u.s. election. putin says he and donald trump share an interest in improving their countries' relations. still up ahead, gas prices going down. just in time for the busy travel week. why they could fall further. and breaking news, the north dakota pipeline protests hitting a boiling point overnight. police and demonstrators clashing. new video from the scene. plus, caught on camera. an out-of-control suv slamming into a store.

a call for a big cleanup in houston after an suv crashes into a cell phone store. reports say the driver was pulling into a parking space and hit the gas instead of the brake. thankfully, the store was closed at the time. neither of the people in the suv were hurt. crews have finished searching the last of 14 mangled train cars that derailed in northern india. with the discovery of more bodies, the death toll has risen now to 145. the train was about halfway through a 27-hour journey sunday when it slid off the tracks. investigators suspect that poorly maintained tracks may have caused that accident. a christmas toy catching fire caused toys "r" us to pull the truck from the shelves. grandparents in washington state bought a tonka truck 12-v ridon for their grandson.

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delays possible in los angeles, boston, new york, and philadelphia. breaking overnight. police are now calling the clashes with protesters in north dakota a riot. this, of course, over the controversial pipeline project in the area. >> one officer was hit on the head with a rock thrown by protesters. deputies have been using water cannons despite the below-freezing temperatures. they're also using tear gas on demonstrators. as they try to push past a bridge on to a highway. the protesters argue the 1100-mile pipeline will damage sites that are sacred to american indians. and could pollute the missouri river. one person was arrested. as the tense standoff continues. one of the two suspects heading to court over a brutal murder in manhattan is denying that they did anything wrong. joey comunale was stabbed 15 times after going the a luxury apartment with a group of people he had met at a nightclub.

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>> we have a couple of crabs. southbound 280 in the south bay a report after crash solo vehicle collision. the vehicle lost control. it spun out. it is facing the wrong way. no backup yet. if it is there long it could change. >> in this morning, firefighters in san jose went to work putting out this fire burning at a home on north 12th and jackson street an animal is missing. the fire started near a bed in the basement. >> we are waiting to hear more information how a parked car reversed and killed a four year old boy. >> terrible story. amy hollyfield is in benicia. amy? >> police are calling it a tragedy. they have a warning for parents

the boy was killed in benicia at 4:45 in the afternoon at a birthday party. police say a 12-year-old boy went out to the car to charge his phone. while he was in the car, it went interest reverse. it hit and killed the little bit a 13-year-old was also hurt but will be okay. police say parents need to think twice before handing keys to a child. >> it is important to remember giving kids access to cars, cars are a machine and they can inflict injury in not supervised. take that into consideration when allowing a child access to a vehicle. >> officers have not said where the kid was sitting in the car and whether it was turned in. they do not know the relationship between the kids but they are all at a birthday party. it is called an "citizen," -- "accident," and no charges