this morning on "early today" -- terror on the hudson. new york city police say they've arrested an alleged al qaeda sympathizer in a bombing plot. feeling the sting -- to uc police officers are placed on leave in the outrage of a pepper spray. and chinese protesters taking it out on what they say and chinese protesters taking it out on what they say are directive appliances. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning, welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry and today we begin with terror target.

a new york city man is behind bars this morning, on a slew of terror-related charges. a of allegedly plotting to bomb new york city police, u.s. post offices and troops returning home from overseas. officials say the al qaeda sympathizer was driven by terrorist propaganda. jonathan dientz, from new york's wnbc has more. >> reporter: if the suspect was able to build and place the pipe bombs -- investigators say this tape of an nypd test shows the kind of damage that would have been done. the 27-year-old suspect is jose pimentel. police say he had spoken about wanting to bomb u.s. soldiers returning home and nypd police cars. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf. motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: police say pimentel learned how to build bombs by reading al qaeda's-inspired magazine.

officials showed off some of the materials, materials allegedly acquired as stores like home depot and they showed a photo of pimentel allegedly trying to mix powder. police say they've been watching him with the help of an informant. first, when the naturalized american expressed radical views in upstate schenectady and later when he returned home to harlem. >> the nypd has been keeping track of pimentel since may of 2009 and more intensely in recent weeks as he acted on violence. >> officials say pimentel was a follower of radical cleric anwar al awlaki and became angry over his killing in september. pimentel's defense lawyer says his client may have radical views, but was no threat. >> and that was wnbc's jonathan dientz reporting. elsewhere, it appears that lawmakers tasked with slashing more than $1 trillion from the nation's deficit are throwing in the towel. after months of partisan disagreements on tax cuts and spending, it looks like the so-called supercommittee has

failed. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: with a deadline looming, members of the congressional deficit-cutting supercommittee seem to have agreed there will be no agreement. and the other side is to blame. >> nothing new came out of this from the democratic side, it was the same thing, raise taxes, pass the president's jobs bill. no entitlement reform. >> they think they're going to win the senate, win the presidency, and they want to wait until next year and just write their own deal. >> reporter: the bipartisan committee has to agree on $1.2 trillion in cuts by monday evening. to meet a wednesday deadline for a vote. but the 12 members are deadlocked. republicans are standing firm on tax increases. >> it's not about assigning blame. but we are unaware of any democratic offer that didn't include at least $1 trillion tax increase on the american economy. >> reporter: democrats are drawing the line on medicare and medicaid. >> what we will not put on the table is the end to the guarantee to those entitlements. >> reporter: without an

agreement, deep, automatic cuts kick in, slashing domestic and defense spending alike. but not until 2013. a crisis for the next congress. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. occupy wall street protesters angry over last week's eviction from their downtown camp site have staged a 24-hour drum circle near the home of new york city mayor, michael bloomberg. hundreds arrived on manhattan's upper east side yesterday afternoon with musical instruments in hand. however, the group was forced to demonstrate across the street, through the barricades police sets up around bloomberg's block. new york's mayor claims full responsibility for clearing occupiers out of the zuccatti park last week. here's a look at other stories making news in america. two california university police officers in riot gear who pepper-sprayed a line of peacefully-sitting demonstrators friday at uc davis have been placed on administrative leave. video of the incident has touched off nationwide outrage.

the school's chancellor has sped up an investigation into the con fontation. in which police claim they were surrounded by demonstrators. and plans to meet with protesters amid calls for her resignation. alleged animal cruelty has led mcdonald's and target to call off their business with a minnesota egg producer. video taken by an animal rights group shows chickens being tossed around and stuffed into inhumane living quarters. the government recently issued 13 health and safety violations against the company. and greyhound passengers bound for st. louis experienced a bizarre delay over the weekend. they were left stranded at a truck stop by their bus driver. the driver, who has a good track record, inexplicably left and never came back. passengers think his abrupt exit stemmed from an argument with a passenger. greyhound says the driver will be disciplined today. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill

karins with your weather channel forecast. >> what do you do? >> at least at a truck stop, you can get some funions and coke. >> eat some stuff you never normally would. >> yeah. >> hope you had a good weekend, lynn. around the country, a big storm ystem in the middle of th nation and another slug of rtisture coming to the pacific noeshw strong storm is coming up on shore and the whitees on the ma is the snow and the yellow is the heavy rain. thesre ienhe i lighter rain. and it's just taken over the coast. the last couple of hours, the probably the worst morning commute will be anywhere on interstate 5 from portland northward. snow levels are still fairly high through the olympics and the cascades. a lot of the passes will have trouble. but all the cities, it will just be a rain event for you. just a soaking as we go throughout the coastal areas early today. a lot of the moisture, you know as i mentioned will move inland. we do have winter storm warnings in effect in areas of idaho, north of spokane, winter weather advisories for the cascades and for the olympics. now throughout the day, there's

two storms, one swung through california over the weekend, with some rain in areas that don't typically get a lot of it. rain in l.a. that's weakened and a lot of moisture has dried up. only showers left over in arizona. but in the pacific northwest, that's a much stronger storm system that's coming onshore. temperatures are chilly, 35 in seattle. so we're going to look for temperatures to warm up with the system as it comes onshore. we'll get up in the 50s with ukiah, california, 54 for your high. and unfortunately, all the stormy weather stays in the northwest right through thanksgiving. it's not going to be the prettiest of travel weather. >> that's a pain. all right, bill, thanks so much. coming up, first euro worries, then asia worries. and why it's best to know about college rivalries before marketing college t-shirts.

your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus vampires and werewolves take over the world, at least at the box office. >> coming up, champions are crowned in the mls and nascar. the packers remain perfect and the bears win and lose all in the same game. you're watching "early today."

good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. for a third day, police in cairo's tahrir square are clashing with protesters demanding the country's military rulers transfer power to a civilian government. egyptian officials say 20 people have been killed since yesterday. u.s. officials tell "the washington post" the obama administration is investigating whether iran supplied former libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons that were kept secret

for decades. the shells, which libya fitted with mustard gas were uncovered by revolutionary fighters. penn state university police say they've referred another alleged incident of indecent assault to the attorney general's office. the "center daily times" quotes a police official as saying the alleged assault by a known individual took place in an outdoor swimming pool building in the summer of 2000. dutch tv reports 24-year-old seattle mariner outfielder, greg holman was stabbed to death this morning in the netherlands. his 22-year-old brother was reportedly arrested after the incident. holman played 35 games for seattle last season. and chinese demonstrators smashed refrigerators outside siemens beijing headquarters saturday, protesting what they say is a design flaw that makes the doors hard to close. now here's an early look at wall street. the dow opens at 11,796, after

adding 25 points on friday. the s&p was down a fraction, and the nasdaq lost 15. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei lost 26 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng dropped 265. well there will be no holiday mood on wall street. just euro debt gloom. expect light volume, which lately often leads to volatile swings on headlines, the week's potential headline data includes tomorrow's preliminary report of the nation's third quarter economic output. wednesday brings weekly jobless claims. traders will watch for signs from spain, over the weekend, that nation's ruling socialists were voted out, the third government toppled in three weeks over europe's debt crisis. one new area of concern -- germany's bond market. long considered one of the world's safest havens, there's been a heavy selloff over the past few days. also adding to uncertainty, as reported earlier, the congressional supercommittee has apparently failed to bridge

their partisan differences. asian markets were hit this morning by their own worries, singapore warns of a sharp growth slowdown. japanese exports tumbled and china's vice premiere predicts a long global recession. watch clearwire today, shares lunged friday after the ceo told "the wall street journal" that clearwire may default on a large debt, leading to bankruptcy fears. and watch chevron, the company's head in brazil admitted fault sun for an ongoing spill there. "reuters" reports alleghany is close to buying trans-atlantic holdings for $3.4 billion. and finally, victoria's secret has come out with a michigan state t-shirt. great, right? it has "spartans" across the front and the state logo on the back. but minor detail -- underneath "spartans" the shirt reads "hail to the victors." unfortunately, that's the motto of arch rival, michigan.

coming up, the giants play small, the cowboys kick the skins and the packers stay perfect. plus, take a good look at this touchdown pass by the bears' jay cutler. because you won't be seeing it again this season. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. and this is the busy week for travel with thanksgiving days away, your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night's prime time nbc matchup between the new york giants and philadelphia eagles proved when old rivals square off, anything can happen. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. good morning. the eagles needed a win and they turned to their backup quarterback to get it done. against the giants tied at 10 in the fourth, vince young threw three interceptions, but stepped up in the stretch. found riley cooper and the eagles up, 17-10. giants had a chance with under two minutes to play. eli manning fumbled. eagles recovered and held on to win it, 17-10. one of the best rivalries in football, redskins and cowboys. graham gano had a chance to win it in overtime, but missed a 52-yard field goal. then dan bailey showed him how it's done. cowboys won 27-24 in o.t.

packers haven't lost a game since last disease. they remain perfect with a win over the bucs. aaron rodgers hooked up with jordy nelson twice, green bay is 10-0. the lions will play the packer on thanksgiving. matt stafford was in a giving mood yesterday. five touchdown passes to rally the lions past the panthers. detroit won it, 49-35. bears and chargers, jay cut letter lofted one to johnny knox in the back of the end zone. chicago won, 31-20. cutler broke his thumb. he'll miss the rest of the season. nascar, after an entire season, it came down to this, a two-car race for the championship. carl edwards and tony stewart. whoever has the better finish wins the sprint cup. easy enough. stewart made sure there was no debate. led for 65 laps and took the checkered flag, edwards finished second. it's stewart's third championship. galaxy and dynamo, scoreless until the final minute. robbie keene hit landon donovan in stride and

donovan chipped it over the goalie. galaxy up, 1-0, and that's how it ended. david beckham finally wins a championship in the last game of his five-year contract with the galaxy. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. chalk up another for taylor swift. and this weekend's biggest box office winner may have finished in tenth place. we'll explain. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, they sacrificed for millions of americans they'll never know. coming up, how one big time star paid a little of that back. you're watching "early today."

welcome back, on this monday, hope you had a wonderful weekend. not the nicest of starts tour monday in the pacific northwest. a strong system coming onshore. there's a lot of rain, snow in the mountainous areas and the olympics. and the big cities, you're definitely going to be dodging the raindrops today. maybe even some downpours this morning. salt lake city could see a wintry mix and even a chance of a shower in southern arizona. unfortunately, tomorrow looks like more of the same. actually much of the week looks like more of the same. if you're watching us on kcra 3 in sacramento, california, see the automobiles that tell the history of german's premiere sports car, the wundercars, porsche at the california automobile museum. that's your pacific event of the day. when i grew up, i always wanted to be a guy who would race porsches. that's my dream. still working on it. >> one step at a time, bill.

thanks. now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. if you went to the movies, you saw some girl power action. the "twilight" saga, "breaking dawn" took in $130 million in america and another $144 million overseas for well over a $250 million weekend. because women and girls made up 80% of the audience. it did more than half its business, $72 million on friday opening day. its debut weekend was the fifth best other. on the other hand, the debuting dancing penguin sequel "happy feet 2" stumbled with $22 million, barely half of what the first film opened with. this one had the advantage of extra 3d dollars. elsewhere, the ball keeps rolling for taylor swift, who won artist of the year for the american music awards last night for a second time. finally, let's go back to the box office. "the die sendants" a comic drama, starring george clooney

that broke into the top ten with a staggering $1.2 million. opened in just 29 theaters. you put that into perspective, it's pretty wild. this comes to us from witn, channel 7 news in washington, north carolina. where a nearby greenville, it was a hollywood ending for one marine. who mustered up the collage to ask out a movie star. mila kunis showed up to the marine corps ball on the arm of sergeant scott moore. the actress kept her word after accepting the marine's youtube invitation for the annual bash from afghanistan. sergeant moore gave wingman credit to the military "times" writer who first spotted his invitation and helped it go viral. lots of people followed suit, too i can see why. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station.

artists in venezuela took their brush strokes to a new kind of canvas -- the human body. at the annual world meeting of body art, artists showed off skills of body painting and tattoo art. models were decorated in paint, ornaments and glitter. to show off themes range ing from fantasy to indigenous myths. teams from around the world this weekend competed in the dart world cup. teams from around the world competed. tackling the twin challenges of concentration and accuracy. one woman was included in each team to encourage more females to enter the sport. in the end, the u.s. came out on top after a two and a half-hour

match. elsewhere in china, there was a competition of an entirely different kind. the 12th annual robot competition displayed a variety of robots, each with their own unique skills. some took part in a boxing match while another group could even compete in a soccer game. engineers hope they could one day be used to help in daily life. look at those little legs, just like this. >> those dance moves. have you ever done that, take a robot thing and built it with a team and competed? >> no, i never participated in that. >> you never were in any of those clubs in high school? >> no. >> you were one of those cool kids, weren't you? >> not at all. not at all. time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. the postmaster general will detail his plan to help the postal service which is expected to record a $10 billion lost for the year. >> the national association of letter carriers will outline its own proposal later in the day. the people for the ethical

treatment of animals will stage a thanksgiving lunch in philadelphia with a baby doll, symbolizing the main course to promote a turkey free holiday. and kirk douglas will be honored at a children of chernobyl gala, an organization that evacuates and treats kids from the region impacted by the nuclear disaster 25 years after it took place. all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in an exclusive interview, natalie wood's sister speaks out about the reopening of the investigation into her death. and in another exclusive, meredith vieira sits down with charlotte nash, the chimp attack victim, who will reveal her news face for the first time. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more.

i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com