gooduesday morning. coming up on"early today," it is a ra against time to get much needed aid to dperate survivors in the typhoon-ravaged philpines as the death tl contins to climb. > 74 miles per hour winds now. this will be aategory one storm. tom costello takes us inside the storm. plus winteblast. for the central and eastern u.s. >>also, dashcam video captures a hoific fall. and why these photos of kate middleton are causing a stir. "early today" star right now. this is "early today" for tuesday, nember 12th. go morning. i'm betty nguyen.

we begin in the phippines where it is going fromad to woe. this morning nearly 2,000 people just days aft that devastating typhoon, ts morni neay 1,200 people are confirmed dead. officials warn tt number could climb to more than 10,000. and it's now a race against time to help survivors. the "uss george washington" is on its way. on board, dozens of american ilors and more than 80 aircraft. nbc's ian william joins us from mala. goodorning, ian. >> reporter: good morning. the presidential pale this rning have been at pains to emphasize they a doing all they can to sedily get help to those affected areas. a presidentialpokesperson sang that aid waseing spatched and that communations are being restored. he said that noby would be forgotten, that aid would reach even the most far-rehing areas. now, thi comes in the face o growing criticismrom some of those areas that they're simply not getting any aid, despetely need water, food and shelter not getting through

now, aid flights are getting in. and the problem seems to be one of logistics. coinuing issues with blocked roadand, of course, with communicions. and rescue workers having problems still getting to some ofhe more outlying areas. no the u.s.as deployed "the uss george washington" which pected to arrive offshore within the next y or two as well as other aircft. there have bn offers of help from more than 20 countries worldwide. and, of course, many, manyngos also sayg that they, too, will bring in this desperately needed aid. what wasn't helping today has been rain in the affected areas. big storm thankfully just to the south, but not helping those thousands of people afcted, bey. >> that can be problematic. thank you, ian. ase've been reporting,he storm was perhaps the most powerful ever rerded on earth. measing some 370 les wide with winds peaking well over 200 miles per hour.

c's tom costello shows us just wh that feels like with a look inside the storm >> reporter: the ser typhoon so devastating because it reached peak wind strength right before hitng land. by comparison, hurricanes katrina and wilma in 2005 had peak winds of 175 miles per hour. thes are 40-mile-per-hour winds now. athe wind tunnel researchers strapped me in to experience wind force winds. 74-mile-pehour winds now, this would be category one storm. from 7to 96. these winds virtually impossible. then to 115 miles per hour, fraction of the 195 winds in the philpines. painful experience while scientists can't say whetheclimate change contribud to this particular

tie financ typhoon, they believe global warming isaking storms stronger. and experts caution nothing can stand upo a category five. m costello, nbc news, colleg park, maryland. nbc news is debuting a new poll this ho. it givess a fresh look io at a head-to-head tchup of hillary clion and chris christie might look like come 2016. nbc's tracie potts is in waington with thosenumbers. od morning, tracie. what dohe numbers show sinus >> a clinton win if the race were hd today. take a look at our pol this morning. clton would win by ten points, 44%-34% over new jersey governor chris christie. when you break those numbers down and look at particula demographics, she wins among african-americans, amo latinos, she wins among youth also. christieins white voters, and he also wins wealthier voters. anwe also saw a big dference in their geographical support. ile christie's strong inhe

northeast, not so much across the country. clinton wins in all geographic areas. no this also has some intereing information abou what's happening inside the gop. christie's got about one-third of his party, one-thd say they'd look at anoer republic. about one-third s they're undecided. so a fractured republican party. t, of course, betty, we've still got three years before this eltion. >> still, though, interesting number, no doubt. tracie, thank you so much. now to some new documents revealing securityarnings about the hethcare.gov website. memos and transcripts released the house oversight comttee show a memo sent less th a nth before the site's launch detailed six security problems, two of em considered significant. henry chow, the top official in charge of the rollout, said he wasn't aware of th memo but that some of the problems mentioned could have resulted in unauthorized access and misrouted data and pentially identity theft.

he is expectedo testify wednesday in front of the house oversight committee. the federal governme will release the rst official rollouestimates this week. toronto's mayors defiant in the face ofcrutiny following his mission that he smoked crack caine. b ford told reporters monday he's, que, not going anywher guaranteed. later, though, when asked about an unprecedented city cncil motion, fordesponded, quote, t's get it on. that motion would ask the prince of ontario to pass legislion to remove him. if he doest take a leave of absence. a vote is likely tomorro the mayor admitted last week to smoking crack cocaine while, quote, in a drunken upor a ar ago. anjust days later this video surfaced oford making death threats. he apologized saying he was tremely inebriated. rd's lawyer says he considering reha in jus a few hours a committee of architects will hand down the final decision on a sizeable debate betwee chicago and new rk.

now, the council on tall buildings andrban habitat is set to decide if the 408-foot spire atop one world trade cent is part of the skyscraper making it1,776 feet tall. a rulin in favor of the big apple building will buck chicags willis tower, formerly the sears ter from erica's tallest skyscraper spot. so w shall have to wait tsee. > in the meantime, the midwest and the northeast, they are getting hit with the white stuf parts of illinois look like a snow globe, but the large flakes are said to be mixed with rain and aren'txpected to stick for long. and want to give you this le picture from the top of the rock cam here at rockefeller in new york cit where right now snow is falling steady. looks foggy out there, but indeed there'snow in there. here's meteologist bill karins. >> first snow of the ason, many areas. >> it is. i brought my heavy coat for it. >> philadelphia, boston, ohio

valley, it'snowing in west virginia and kentucky. a blast of wintereaded to the eaern u.s. whilon the wt coast, we have a wet storm to deal with. not a lot of sw with thist the high elevations. temperatures are o there pret mild. the storm itselfs located just underneath the weatherhannel logo. british comn contra, it's going to drag this cold front on shore. thankfully during the overnight hos. as we proach the morning rush, it should taper off. we'll start in washington state. you see the green swallowing up seate and all the puget sound area, olyma. so far rainfall totals he been ve ght. most locations less an 0. the rain wl probablyast the ngest up aroundbellingham. further to the south in oregon, we've also bn watching steadier rain. haven't seen too manyigh wind gusts. sa one or t gusts of 32 not a lot of wi. just that light rain over portland hoeflfully the wor will be over so. the front's trying to drag isture on shore in southern california. there's not a lot t there.

eureka and northward of the crescent city has a little less than 0.1 but not a ton. as far as the timing goes, it looks li by the peak of the sh hour, 7:00 a.m. west coast time, it should be beginning to taper off. that's a look at ur national forecast. now here's aook at the weather outside your window. so today with light in, of course, with those clouds around, tempatures will struggle. with a front coming throh, we wot get a lot warmer than where 're at. much ofwalmart, it is joining t anksgiving rush. we'll tell you about that. plus a touing snow of suort as hundreds of strgers sh up for british war veteran's funel. details next. "early today" brought to y

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welcome back. storiemaking news. new pollinfinds strong support for a prosal to raise the minimum wage. 76% of americans back increasing it fro .25 an hour to $9 an hour. leaders say they'll ho a vote before thasgiving. military offials say suicides have dropped by more than 22% thiyear. st year the number of military suicides spiked to 349ince the pentagon began trackg in 2001. a michigan police chase ended with state trooper and a suspect falli over the side of 30-foot overpass. both men were hospitalized in stable condition, and the trooper has been since relsed fromhe hospital. it hapned when the susct fled durg a traffic stop earlier this month and a touching show of support in england t show you wher hundreds of peopl attended the armistice day

funeral of a world war ii veteran with no frnds or family. harold dieat the age of 99. crowds showe up after a local newsper ad asking mourners to attendent viral. d the and the ducss of cambridge is takin flakrom the british media after she was photographed twirling her hairnd sming during somber remembrance ceremonyunday to honor milita service members who have lost their live now for business, we turn to cnbc's crtney reagan. good morning, courtn. >> good morning, betty. another day, another record close for the dow. mondayas the 35th new high for theow this year. as f today, investors will be liening into commes from two federal reserve oicials on the economy. andalmart plans to open stores at 6: p.m. on thanksging, rolling out special holiday dls throuout the night into black iday. e retail giant will boost its inventory of electronics cluding big-screentvs and tablet that will be on sale over the holiday weekend.

well, fewer homeowners are falling bind on their mortgage paymen thanks to rising home valuesnd low interest rates. credeporting agency transunion says the rate of late payments fell to a five-year low this summer. at is good news for the housing market and hoowners. betty? >> indeed. thank you, courtney. coming up your mday night football highlights. plus a surprisingasketball accident and much more ahead as "early today" ntinues.

so this had noing to do with christis size? >> he' a big guy. it'sot just abo his physical size. it'sbout his wle political act. >> well,e's obviously a big guy. he's obviously a big republican, but he's also done a reay huge thinhere this week. >> youe still zinging the y! that's not an apology. you're doubling down on him. imean, he's a huge -- he' a gigantic fige in the -- his influence is comally -- h is -- he is morbidly importa. >> now let's get the latest in sports. monday night football, dolins at bucs on veterans day. the u.s. arm corps sang the national anthem before the game. tampa bay's rookie quarterback mike glennon surprises miami with a completion to lineman dona penn in the end zone, a he celebrates with a dunk over the crossbar. in the fourth quarter, bobby

rainey ran to the left and ored from the 1ard line as things got worse for the dolphins. tampa bay upsetsiami 22-19. jonathan marti is expected to release a video statement o wednesday about the controversy over blying allegations. espn reports martin may not play again this sean and may be do with the dolphins the owner of the dolins will meet with martin tomorrow. >> i'd like to hear fro him, what had ppened, why he fel th way and wre -- you know, what's the whole origin and what we did or wha we could have done to reallyprevent something like this fro happenin boston big papi, david ortiz, i hoping for a hit television show. he's doing a sho on mtv2, combining baseball and pop culture aimed at a young audience. ortiz and ttsburgh's andrew mccutchen will talk t other major league players on that ow. rired marine sergeant hasompleted a year-long run

across america to raise money for charities for vetera. brendan o'too ended hisrip with a swim in maine after starting icalifornia a year ago. and a scaryoment when a basketball hoop fell on william "bull" bullard of the harlem globetrotters. check this out. boom the backboard cut nr his left eye. but he was actually okay that's a good thing. that's a frightening sce, though. just ahead, the great white ve prepares for the princess bre. pl, soon kids will be able to answerhe age-old queson, what does the fox say? you're watching "early today."

> welcome back. 're wating light ra, many eas of the west. but not anywhere from southern california to central california, nevada, you'redry, arizona's dry, too. much of ido. but from seatt down i-5, some light rain moving on shoreith the frt. not a lot of strong, gusty winds with it. throughout the morning rush hour, it will beapering off. as far as wednesday goes, likes like a pretty nice day. the big,uge area of high pressureill be blowing warm winds down t the southwest. we could get 90 degrees. that's very warm tperature there. easily the warmestn the country as we go through southern califora on wednesday. pretty warm inhe desert, too. we'll have t watch the fire danger there also. >> 90 degrees? that summertime. >> i know. instead the warmth, we'd like a little b of rain. >> exactly. they do need that. okay. thank you, bill. in entertainment news all you fans, get ready. waltisney is in talks to bring

the princess brideo the stage as a musical. and here you probabl thought it was inconceivable. though geoe clooney may be one of the new faces o nespresso, matt damon got a huge payday for the 20-second cmercial. we're in the wrong business. damon reportedly made $ million which comes out to $150,000 pe second. >> i wouldn't want that. >> you woun't want that? >> i'm happy to sit here next to you. >> il take your half. lady gaga revealed in an interview that she iaddicted to marijuana. she went on to say that at her wot point earlier this year, she wa smoking 15 to 20 marijuana cigattes a day. > spike lee is being sued for upwards of $15,0 forweets between -- or before, i should say, the tyvon martin trial. lee tweeted that hehought the addrs that he was giving out was that of george mmerman, but it was actually the address of an elderly couple. >> cha-ching. and if you are looking for that perfect holiday gift, look

no further, folk because the music group ill thi with the hit "what does the foxsay?" yeah, i don't sing it very well. is releasing a children's book on december 10th withhe same title. it can be yours for $17.99. >> cashing in. smart. >> i think kerry waington's version of the song on "snl" i way better. >>t was. >> you done, you done, you done this. >> i think it scares more kids. >> i know. i still don't get that who song althoug it's stu in my head. i'm bett nguyen. th is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc.

eading the news in "the new york times," hawaii senate to take last vote on g marriage. thbill allowing sa-sex couples wed on the iand starting next month is expected to pass easily. governor abercrombie has indicated he would swift sign e measure into law. and in "the huffington post," mitt romney advising boston group exploring potential bid for 2024 olympics the former massachusetts vernor successlly headed the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city. and topping our ne, nearly 2,0 people are confirmed dead in the plippines from typhoo haiyan. officialwarn the death toll could climb to more than 10,000. dens of americanailors and more than aircraft are on their way on board the "uss george washington" to the hard-hit area.

military officls say suicides among service members are down more than 22% this year. e number spiked to 349 last yearthe highest since the peagon beganracking in2001. andoronto mayor rob for told supporters monday that he is, quot not going anywhere, guaranteed, follong his admission at he smoked crack cocaine. the city council is expected to vo tomorrow on an unprecedented motion that wld remove ford fromffice if he doesn't take a leave of absence. okay. so in singapore, fans of anime flocked togeth for an ultimate night of playing dress-up. at the annual festival, participants celebrated their passionsor various video ge chacters and japanese anime personalities with elaborate costumes, as you can see there. colay, costumes and play, originated in japa as y can see, it's been catching on arnd the worl yeah, we have something like that, right? it's called halloween. >> yeahbut that's not fun.

that's only one night. you've got to rry about the ki. this is adults playing dress-up >> we should have cosplay friday. with singing. >> no singing. time now for a look ahead and a look back th swearing-in today for the new u.s. ambassador to japan, president kennedy's daughter, caline, will take the oath at a state deptment ceremony today. on this day in 1997, convictions in the 19 world tradcenter bombing that killed sipeople as reported on nbc "nightly ne." >> islic radicals ramzi yousef face a maximum of life in prison. yusef was arrested in pakistan after a $2 mlion reward was fered. welso want t say hpy birthday to anne hathaway who is 31. ryan goslin 33. and al michls, 69. here's what's coming up later on "today." boxing legend mik tyson. stay with us forthat. keep it here for more news and

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16-year-old boy accused of setting another teenar on fir on board an ac transit bus could enter a ple toy. what his family is saying about the shocking allegations this morning. >> t south bay universit stepping up to help out the victims of all that devastaon in tt typhoon that flatted rts of the phippines. 'll let you know what students at san jose state are now doing and ho you can hp out. >> plus, it's not your typical tuday. thspecial date causing thousands ofouples all over the countryo tie the knot. >> oh, yeah. love is inhe air. this is a spectular one. that is your bay bridge with the lights dancing for us. i like it