>> a man who bunched out an uber driver. a the massive skating field that would bring together 500 million users and much more on the election day. "early today" starts right now. it is election day 2015 and count down is on. one year before we vote for our presidents. jeb bush into a big reset

starting in florida that. phrase is trending on twitter worldwide. but maybe for wrong reason. like jeb can fix it actually refers to the 2011 election in florida. and the donald trump has new punching bag. >> i think he's highly over rated. i think he's an over rated person. i don't think he's going to make it. he's nowhere in the polls. he's -- i don't think personally he's going make it. >> and some more friction between trump and his fellow republican candidates. he will continue to negotiate tv deals with the networks but not as part of a gop group effort. and as far as the debates are concerned president obama joked about the situation at a fundraiser last night. >> it turns out they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderators. at a debate. if you can't handle those guys?

[ laughter ] you know, then i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. >> the gop candidates are all looking at brand new data from nbc news. the a new poll the front runner and in a very big way chsmt candidates are waking up to good news this morning. >> no question ben carson has pulled out there. but also people are still concerned about the economy. still number one issue for most voters and they are split on whether democrats or republicans should be in charge here. >> new from our nbc "wall street journal" poll, americans are frustrated. just over a quarter think we're headed in the right direction. more than half think the the deck is stacked against them. well over half would fire their member of congress. >> you can't just tell congress you're fired and go to commercial break. the biggest surprise, ben carson at 29%. the biggest lead of any republican so far.

what you are seeing right now is the conservative and the outsider wing has really taken charge of the energy of the party. >> carson is leading the charge to reform the next debate. >> i think there is general agreement that the last debate was a farce and that somebody needs to be done about it. >> john kasich, carly fiorina and chris christie won't sign the campaign's list of demands. >> i'm not one of these complainers about this. okay? listen, i said what i thought the morning after. >> donald trump is dpoeshting on his own. president obama joked about the candidate's ire with cnbc moderators. >> if you can't handle those guys? [ laughter ] then i don't think the chanz and the russians are going to be too worried about you. when you look at the positive/negative balance for each candidate, ben carson comes out again on top as the most popular. donald trump the most unpopular. at least in that measure.

>> tracy thank you. this morning the u.s. em by in cairo is saying keep away. this after saturday's crash of a passenger jet over the sinai desert that killed all people on board. so far there is in evidence of terrorism but data gathered by u.s. intelligence satellite is raising new concerns. >> reporter: the wreckage tells a story of a plaeb that broke apart in midair. scattered so far a satellite was used to find debris. each piece a clue. investigators worked on the two flight recorders, extracting information but releasing none. the airline metro jet claims a technical nault couldn't have crossed the crash blaming external impact. russian officials insist that isn't based on fact. one fact we know is that the doomed plane was involved in a previous accident.

its tail hitting the ground landing here in cairo 14 years ago. and nobody is ruling out terrorism. isis, which operates in the area claims it downed the plane. egypt and russia discounting that. the u.s. is not. >> we don't have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement, yet. the bodies of nearly 200 people are back in russia now. among the dead, this family pictured. and lost in a disaster still to be explained. new developments in that uber attack that was caught on camera. benjamin golden is out of a job this morning. video of him repeatedly punching an uber driver went viral yesterday. golden has not responded for requests for comment on the case. he was charged with assault and

public intoxication. and a statement to cnbc a taco bell spokesperson said given the behavior it is clear he can no longer work for us. the hotly debated keystone xl pipeline may bh pbe put on hold. the company is locked in a dispute with nebraska over a route through that state on its way from alberta to texas. the request could actually keep that project alive but the state department is not obligated to grant that suspension. president obama is pushing for sweeping criminal justice reform. he sat down with lester holt. >> reporter: one of the underpings, which is deterrent, when you say no jail or diversion or shorter sentences. are kr you afraid it could send the wrong message. >> actually nobody is talking about no jail in all circumstances. the question is just how do we

go through of the various levels of criminal justice system and taylor it so that we are getting the best results? which are safe streets and a reduce incarceration that results in us as a society spending $80 billion a year. and some of its necessary. i've said repeatedly. if you have violent criminals out there they need to be incapacitated. they need to be taken off the streets. and nobody is more invested than i am in continuing the trend towards reduced crime. >> and for the first time president obama spoke about his decision to put bootsz on the ground in syria. >> haven't heard from you since last friday when the decision was announced to put a small number of u.s. spegs operations on the ground in northern syria. many will say you have broken your promise about bootsd on the ground have you? >> keep in mind that we have run special ops already.

and really this is just an extension of what we were continuing to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights with isil. but i've been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a -- battalions and occupations. that doesn't solve the problem. >> tonight, part two of lester's exclusive interview with president obama this evening, the 2016 race and what he thought about public reaction to last week's cnbc debate. winter weather is in full force in alaska. this driver got out of the way just in time as an suv slid backwards down an icy road. police responded to more than eighty collisions before noon yesterday. in california a dozen cars collided in that pile up thanks to a massive dust storm. it wiped out visibility south of bakersfield. at least five were injured.

and bill karins is here. good morning. >> yeah and now we're quitting snow. a lot of higher elevations in the rockies, a ski resorts sending out pictures trying to get people excited for the season. southern portions of idaho, twin false, to boise, no snow for you. and further south we're also dealing with that little snow. interstate 80 is probably one of the worst drives you are going to have this morning. as far as to the south we had some snow around eoseminy. behind the everyone in the eastern two-thirds is exceptionally warm. but still remains cool throughout the west and that will continue throughout the week. no huge warm up but it will get slightly warmer. so this system comes through.

a little leftover snow in idaho and montana. and the colorado rockies have that winter storm watch for tonight and into tomorrow. and eventually some of the rain will make it there into texas. for today's forecast, stillphoe. and interstate 80 is now fun. and in -- it's snowing. >> snow already? >> ski recourting -- >> we haven't our turk yee yet and it's snowing. the late onus two arrests according to the vatican and two who have betrayed the pope's trust. and justice for one texas dog as an abuser gets jail time. you are watching "early today."

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day" -- and for san francisco voters, the question ow you don't vote, you can't complain. today is election day and for san francisco voters the question of how to deal with the affordable housing crisis is hanging in the balance. some other sexual assaults. the location of an assault continues to raise red flags for students. plus roads after mudslides muck up the roadways. but it's the potential of what might happen from future storms that has people taking notice. "today in the bay" starts right now. one day in the books. good tuesday morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam prock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> dry morning and rain we got yesterday. let's check in with kari. >> many daily record rainfall records set and