good morning. we have three breaking news stories on early today, a deadly plane crash in taiwan captured on a car's dash cam. so far 23 confirmed dead. at least seven people are dead after a new york commuter plane crashed into an suv. jordan executes two jihadists in apparent retaliation death of a jordanian pilot. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm dara brown. breaking news from taiwan. a plane crash in taiwan caught on video. dramatic footage shows a plane clip a bridge and slam into this nearby river. aviation officials in taiwan say

there were 58 people on board and 23 are confirmed dead so far according to state media, the plane was going to an airport just off the southeast coast of china. air nattics officials say it was an atr 72 similar to this one. a short haul regional craft. no word yet on a cause. officials says the aircraft itself was nine months old and completed a check early last week. the rescue for survivors is still under way. ntsb investigators are heading to the scene of a deadly commuter train accident north of new york city. seven people were killed in that crash. it happened at peak rush hour last night. reports say the female driver of an suv stopped on the tracks. the crossing gate came down she got out of the car and went back in. that's when she was struck. the third rail buckled and went right through the first car of the train. the suv driver and six train passengers died making it the

deadliest accident in metro north history. about 650 people were aboard and most were safely evacuated by bus. 12 were taken to westchester medical center and that is where we find nbc's raheem ellis. good morning. what is the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, dara. it's been a night of high anxiety for the families waiting to get word on the condition of their loved ones. we're hee at the number one trauma center in the area very close to the crash site. i'll have my cameraman pan over. overnight we got a chance to go inside the hospital here where some families and loved ones were waiting for word on the conditions of those 12 passengers who were brought here. we were told that ten of them were seriously injured. we don't know exactly what their condition is or how they fared overnight. we're hoping we'll get some word from that as the sun comes up this morning. we should point out that the governor governor andrew cuomo

of new york he was on site at that crash overnight. and one of the things he did was he tweeted out a message saying the tragic crash of the metro north train is a painful reminder how precious life is and my prayers are with those who lost loved ones. the governor also pointed out there's something to be remembered and that is that there were hundreds of people who did manage to walk away from this crash and they are thinking the day about how lucky they actually were when they were involved in something that they probably do all the time and the difficulty here is that with no warning, they found themselves in the middle of a tragic accident. and when they were just hoping that they were going to be making it home okay and on time. that's not how their night ended. dara back to you. >> rehema ellis, thanks so much for that update. to jar dan's payback. the country executed two convicted jihadists hours after

a fighter was reportedly caged and torched by isis. here is correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: locked in a meddle cage doused in fuel the young jordanian pilot moments before being burned alive. the most savage act yet from the group known for its shocking brutality. in jordan relatives could not contain their disgust and grief and fury. the pilot was first lieutenant mu'ath al kasasbeh 26 just married in july an elite member of jordanian society. he was captured the day before christmas after ejecting from his f-16 on a mission to attack isis in syria, part of the u.s.-led coalition. joe dan's king abdullah a close u.s. ally at the white house before cutting short his washington visit. earlier on jordanian television he called the murder cowardly terror by a group with no

relation to islam. president obama says the killing intensifies his determination to fight isis. >> should in fact this video be authentic, it's just one more indication that the viciousness and bar barity of this organization. >> reporter: jordan had been considering a prisoner swap for the pilot, exchanging him for three militants on death row including this woman, captured after her suicide vest failed to go off during a 2005 attack on three hotels in amman. jordan said last week it would free her but still wanted proof its pilot was still alive. in fact jordan believes he may have already been dead burned alive just days after his capture. richard engel, nbc news istanbul. >> the horrific new level of savagery by isis is calling global outrage. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington this morning. tracie how is the white house

reacting to jordan's response? >> reporter: we're going to get more likely today from the white house on what isis has done the president called barbaric and we'll likely hear more about that here in the next couple hours. the president's nominee for defense secretary, ashton carter is on cap doll hill for his confirmation hearing. isis is going to be a key topic. how is the bill tear going to continue this campaign against them? we've already heard from the pentagon. they said, i'm quoting, nobody is letting off the gas in terms of letting up on the campaign against isis. there is concern we still do believe there's one american hostage. we haven't learned a lot about her, other than she's a 26-year-old final mail aide worker. some experts think because isis hasn't paraded her in front of the cameras, because we haven't heard a lot about her, that it's likely they may not execute her as they've done other american and other hostages because it may of fend their own people to execute a female hostage.

again, more on that here today. also democrats are taking this opportunity to say this is why we need to end the immigration debate and fund homeland security to continue that fight against isis. dara sf. >> tracie potts reporting from washington thanks so much. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with a soggy forecast for the west coast. good morning. >> it's good though. we could get nailed by this some areas up to ten inches of rain in northern california on the coast and some of the higher terrains. first light rain from portland to olympia. this is our front pushing back up to the north. this will head into seattle today. umbrella weather there. let's talk about our big storm. you can already see it out here. it's already starting to wrap itself up a mature cyclone, all the bright yellows and oranges is cloud tops. a lot of moisture with this. a lot of people calling it an atmospheric river, a ton of moisture in the atmosphere that's heading here. it's almost a pineapple express.

that comes from when the moisture -- the source comes all the way from the high want islands. this cold front is kind of cutting that off a little bit. atmospheric river is probably the term closedest to describe what we're going to deal with thursday night and into friday. for the next seven days it's predicting, san francisco, 2 1/2, portland three, seattle almost five. this is a possibility of six inches plus in northern california coast and southern oregon coast and also around the puget sound pretty hefty rainfall. flood watches have been issued for the north bay area around san francisco. snow levels this is a pretty warm storm. snow levels unfortunately are going to be pretty high. today again, you're okay just rain in the northwest. it's tomorrow we watch the big storm coming portland,

should be drier this afternoon. getting ready for our rain storm in san francisco. i saw a number thrown around yesterday. it's been 40 days and 40 nights since san francisco saw its last rain. >> right. january is very dry. thank you so much bill. coming up the latest on the conditions of bobbi kristina brown and rumors over whether she's married. you will not believe how two guys from ireland were able to land fourth row seats at the super bowl without a ticket. e ♪ ♪ it's written on my face ♪ ♪ we're singin', we're singin' ♪ ♪ i found a happy place ♪ ♪ a rather happy place ♪ ♪ i'm singin', i'm singin' ♪ ♪ ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ i found a happy place ♪ [ female

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california has spread to 14 states sparking fierce debates over vaccinations. the parents of the most vulnerable speak out as lawmakers continue the idea of mandatory vaccinations in a country that hasn't seen this kind of outbreak in more than two decades. nbc's hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: employees wash toys outside a california day care where an infant may have exposed 14 other babies to measles, part of an outbreak that began at disney land. that company's ceo say's there's no impact. >> this is a time for parents to be cautious about taking their kids to public place, not just theme parks. >> reporter: the growing outbreak seems startling to those who remember what it was like before scientists developed a safe vaccine in the early '60s when the virus hospitalized 48,000 people each year and killed 400 to 500, one victim,

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and arrive. it's raining in portland and seattle seattle. but the big storm k078s in tomorrow and especially thursday night into friday. the rain coming all the way down to the bay with the flood watches up. a lot of this wet weather doesn't make it down to l.a. i was mentioning the snow levels. this is the snow forecast for the next 48 hours. we may see like a tiny bit up there to the northwest, but that's it. there's really not anything expected of any significant even in some of the passes and areas, even the cascades or sierra mountains. it's one thing to get the rain which is great. some of that water goes into the reservoirs, the snowpack is kind of the lifeline. that's what we need. >> thank you very much bill. we're going to move on to entertainment news. rumors are flying that bryan cranston best known for his role on "breaking bad" may be the villain in the next star trek film. filming is expected to start in april. the mountain from game of thrones broke a thousand-year-old weight lifting

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we want to bring you up to date on three breaking stories overnight. in taiwan look at this dramatic dash cam video. it appears to show a plane crash. officials say up to 23 people are dead and several others injured after the plane crashed into a river. shortly after takeoff the plane clipped a bridge and crashed into this shallow water. there were 58 people on board at the time. the rescue effort is still under way. seven people have died after a computer train slammed into an suv just outside new york city. another 12 people are injured. needless witnesses say a railroad crossing came down on top of an suv which was stopped on the track. outrage is growing over

seaing following the apparent burning death of a jordanian burning death. jordan had been considering a prison swap for the pilot, but authorities wanted proof the pilot was still alive. leading the news from nbc news house gop approved full repeal of obamacare again. it's the 67th time republicans have attempted to undo at least part of obamacare and the fourth time the house has passed a full repeal of the bill. according to gop aides, president obama pledged to veto any attempt to rollg back the affordable care act. lance armstrong is accused of lying to police about his involvement in an accident with two parked cars. police reportedly say his girlfriend originally agreed to take the blame to avoid getting him national attention. there's been no comment from armstrong or his attorneys.

in u.s.a. today, 80 monopoly sets made with real money inside to celebrate 80 years of monopoly in france manufacturers are replacing some of the monopoly money in the board games with real euros. one lucky person will find that one game that has the real cash. get this jackpot totals over $23,000. now it's time for a look ahead. the new england patriots will finally get to celebrate their super bowl win after a delay because of winter weather in boston. a victory parade will take place this morning, the first championship win for the team since back-to-back wins a decade ago. the parade begins at 11:00 a.m. happy birthday to oscar de la hoya who is 42. lawrence taylor is 56 and rock legend alice cooper turns 67. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today." we hope you have a great wednesday. receive you tomorrow.

right now, a live look from taipei, where crews are working to get the wreckage of a plane out of the water there. dozens are dead this morning and investigators are starting to look at startling dash cam video to figure out what went wrong. and a witness calls it a truly ugly brutal sight. a commuter train full of people slams into an suv. what investigators hope to learn this morning. plus back to square one for san francisco police who released the man they accused of leaving a suitcase full of body parts on a san francisco street. what's next for that investigation, still ahead. and we're starting our wednesday morning with a live look outside. beautiful bay bridge. it's february 4th. this is "today in the bay."