good morning. coming up on "early today," breaking news overnight in ferguson, missouri, just hours after the chief of police stepped down, two police officers were shot during a protest outside the police department. we've got new information. them a black eye for america's secret service including an agent assigned to president obama's security detail. the latest information on the black hawk that crashed in the thick fog. eleven service members are presumed dead. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm dara brown. we begin with breaking news out of ferguson, missouri. two police officers are in serious condition at this hour after being shot during a protest outside the ferguson police department. a 41-year-old officer from st.

louis county was shot in the shoulder. a second officer, 32 years old, from webster grove, was shot in the face. new video came in a short time ago taken moments after the shooting showing one of the wounded officers being put into an ambulance. the police chief held a news conference overnight. he said it appears as if three shots were directed exactly at the officer will the shooting took place hours after the resignation of the city's embattled police chief thomas jackson a group of protesters had gathered outside the department after the announcement but things were fairly uneventful until the shooting happened. since then it's been an active scene outside the police department. casey nolan has been on the scene all night and has the latest. >> reporter: just after midnight early thursday morning police chief of st. louis county said three shots fired at his officer, two officers hit.

a 41-year-old officer hit in the shoulder and a 32-year-old police officer from a nearby municipality was shot and hit in the face. we have not been given any official condition on either of these officers except to say they are conscious and that their families are with them at the hospital. as for where these shots came from, the police believe they came from a hill behind an area across from the police department where demonstrators had gathered. he does not know who fired the shots. he does not know precisely where the shots came from except to say they were up the hill across from the police department. there are no suspect descriptions, no suspects have been identified at least publicly at this time as police are still on the scene here in ferguson gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses and just about anyone who was even nearby at the time this happened. again, two police officers shot. their conditions unknown. no suspects at this time. in ferguson for nbc's news i'm casey nolan. to yet another potential embarrassment for the people charged with protecting the

president, this time we're learning about secret service agents allegedly drinking at a retirement party and reportedly crashing a car on the white house grounds. tracie potts is live in washington for us this morning. good morning, tracie what do we know so far about these agents. >> reporter: we've learned, dara they have reportedly being reassigned. overnight we learned their identities. we know secret service is asking inspector general of security homeland to investigate. we've confirmed early this morning the two senior agents being investigated are george olgivy and mark conley second in charge of the security detail. "the washington post" first reported last week they used flashing lights and a government car to get on the white house grounds where officers were checking a suspicious package and hit a barrier after drinking at a retirement party. the paper says officers wanted to conduct a sobriety test and arrest them but a supervisor ordered they go home.

>> it's agreed a supervisor would let them know. we may not know if they would go ott or not. >> the kind of problem director clancy brought in to fix, top democrat on the house committee that oversees the secret service calls it embarrassing and potentially dangerous. they question whether secret service has done enough to fix the problem. secret service not saying enough they are aware of the incident, an investigation and we're not going to hear from them until the investigation is over. >> tracie potts, thank you. sigma alpha epsilon members at university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs, this time in front of a home in the video. a local advocacy were protesting in front of parker rice's house last night. rice apologized tuesday.

one protester only identified as mallory said shouldn't hide. >> you were man enough to chant such hateful words. be man enough to step out from behind the door and acknowledge what you've done and apologize for the pain that you've caused this community. >> the rice family hasn't been seen at the home since the video surfaced. a sad search continues along fog shrouded coast. last night a candlelight vigil held for 11 members on the helicopter that crashed during a training mission. seven marines and four army aviators presumed dead. crews found a debris with a piece of landing gear and medical gear nearby and what appears to be a window from the downed aircraft. senior medical officials say searchers have recovered most of the human remains. president obama extends condolences and vowed an investigation. new information in the controversy over hillary clinton's use of private e-mails a new report from the state

department inspector general said for the past five years the most important state department e-mails were not properly archived. the report said the computer upgraded in 2009 when clinton took office failed to preserve thousands of key policy e-mails. >> state department just wasn't saving e-mails. not mrs. clinton or all those other responsible people for foreign policy. >> the report found some e-mails weren't saved because employees didn't receive adequate training. the computer system kept breaking down and some employees deliberately avoided creating records. that could be searched later. a serious accident rocked a manufacturing plant in bibb county, alabama. six people inside bret industries when the explosion occurred at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. one employee was killed while several others injured from chemical burns. they were transported to nearby hospitals. columns of black smoke could be seen in the surrounding areas.

tuscaloosa and brent battled fires. alabama state fire marshall is investigating. now for a time to look at the weather with meteorologist bill karins. good morning bill. >> good morning. amazingly warm temperatures have moved across the country. yesterday 66 in minneapolis. that's very impressive. also 66 in billing. how about 71 in boise. we're getting close to the 90 degree day in phoenix, l.a. 72. we're getting there. temperatures have warmed up even warmer in the southwest. we do have a storm system anyone traveling from new orleans to memphis, southern ohio valley a big rainmaker for you. did provide light showers in a few spots but nothing too significant. as we watch these temperatures northeast has cooled off a little bit. the midwest is very warm. all of the west is continuing to see temperatures above average. phoenix today 13 degrees above average. salt lake 8 above average, reno

9, fresno 12 degrees above average. you get the picture. a lot of warm air from midwest to southwest. that's not going to change any time soon it appears. as far as the forecast goes for today, we are going to see temperatures for the most part similar to yesterday, 87 in l.a. 87 in phoenix, 70 in san francisco. so even a little warmer there in l.a. and san diego. the northwest and northern rockies, you look similar. upper 60s. these temperatures are almost becoming the norm and they are not supposed to california sacramento, 77 beautiful degrees today. it's hard to even talk about what the average is anymore. >> i was going to say, sounds more like jumping into summer and skip over spring. >> people don't like that. >> i enjoy my spring nice few

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a video surfaced on facebook showing a group of girls viciously kicking and pudging another girl inside a brooklyn mcdonald's while dozens of fellow teens watch and jeer. it happened monday afternoon. the footage shows four girls punching and clicking another teen wearing a blue hoodie while bystanders shout in the background. in health news new research finds heavy marijuana use during adolescence may affect long-term memory in adulthood. the study included young adults who had not smoked marijuana in two years. brain images showed abnormalities to places crucial to long-term memories. 18% lower on memory test to those who had never used the drug. most significant in people who smoked marijuana for the longest amount of time. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy.

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welcome back. everyone knows another warm period upcoming for the west. the reason why, same all winter long, jet stream far to the north. there's still a lot of cold air out there. anyone through canada and alaska, they are dealing with still arctic mid winter-like temperatures. the jet stream to the north just allows warm temperatures not just for the west but to move pretty much across the country. i was mentioning it's going to be cold in alaska. anchorage with sunshine only a high of 12 fairbanks at negative one. there is cold air in alaska further south, of course our friends in hawaii don't have to deal with anything like that. nice to bring them into the forecast now and then. 72 a few showers, nice in honolulu, 80 and sunny. l.a. and honolulu -- looks like l.a. will actually be warmer.

>> road trip. >> we'll do a couple of pit stops. now moving to entertainment news. grunge heads, trailer for kurt cobain, well received at sundance opening. the movie reportedly features an unreleased track. hollywood is mourning loss the director of "still alice." actress julianne moore won an award for the movie. allegedly punching his producer. even british prime minister waist in weighs in, hopes for a quick resolution. monty python and holy grail, five surviving members of the comedy group will be in attendance at screening april 24th. i know you'll be there. get this, will ferrell is

doing something especially flying across arizona in a helicopter. >> for himself. >> nine positions in practice leagues. equipment used will be auctioned off with proceeds donated for cancer research. >> great cause. it's going to be fun for him, let's be honest. the cast and crew of "downton abbey" got to meet a real royal, kate middleton took a 90 minute tour of the set. she also got to watch filming of upcoming scene. the dutchess is due to give birth to her second child in april. what do you think? more interesting to have tea with "downton abbey" or have tea with the queen. >> if she watches it on tv which i'm sure she does want to meet the cast and crew. she can always have tea with her mother-in-law. >> i'm dar a brown we hope this is your first stop of the day on "early today," nbc. you'll find a locally owned restaurant where people come together

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he says he plans to buy his children a spa. i wonder if that's a hot tub or spa business. i don't know. now to other stories we're following, retired army colonel bill badger passed away from pneumonia complications monday morning. badger at the 2011 rally for former congresswoman gabby gifford where opened fire. despite being grazed by a bullet he held him in a choke hold when he stopped to reload. gabrielle giffords, "saddened bit passing of bill balancinger, a great man and hero who ran towards danger. could hurt your morning cup of joe. jean mccarthy said coffee is a tense tiff crop and it puts coffee growing regions at risk. the largest most powerful rocket ever was fired up wednesday for major milestone ground test. it's in preparation for future

missions to help propel nasa space launch rocket and orion spacecraft to deep space december nations including an steroid and mars. in south africa elephants trained in biodetection. researchers hope pachyderm's sense of smell will sniff out bombs, land mines and poachers. a fashionistas best friend. this poodle in southeast china not only walks on two legs. he likes to dress up in a skirt, pouch and backpack. the owner began training dogs 20 years ago as a hobby. spent about two months training this pooch. the little guy will walk over a mile and into your heart on two little legs. the pooch is a he. he's in a skirt. it's so cute. i think we can get away with that. >> he can get away with whatever he wants. how can you -- is the dog happy on two legs? >> it looks like it's smiling. sure does. >> evolution. >> i'm dar a brown.

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we're following breaking news this morning, dozens of police officers combing a south bay neighborhood looking for a suspect. we're live on scene with the details. plus the first video into our newsroom moments after two officers are shot in ferguson missouri what police are telling us. students speaking up for their teachers. >> let's take a live look outside on this thursday morning, beautiful bay bridge. it's march 12th. this is "today in the bay." >> a very good thursday morning. it's 4:30 i'm sam brock. >> and i'm lawura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast with