it's wednesday, december 9th. coming up on "early today," donald trump remains at the center of the political universe, standing by his highly charged plan. criticism looms large, but so does trump's voter support. congress is already acting to tighten borders by passing new restricted visa program. and learning the san bernardino shooters planned their attack years in advance. and new details on money deposited into their bank account. stealing christmas. sports pirates strike again. and the most popular videos of the year. "early today" starts right now. i'm dara brown. breaking news out of paris on

the november 13st terror attacks. investigators have identified the third terrorist from the bataclan concert hall. >> reporter: well, we are just hearing that the third attacker in the bataclan attacks has been identified as 23-year-old fouad mohamed aggad. a spokesman from the prosecutors office in paris confirming his identity. he is from the french city of strasburg and has reported to travel to syria back in 2013. this morning the french prime minister told news outlets there that the attacker was part of a group of a dozen radicalized young people who left a neighborhood in december 2013. he was able to travel back to france and take part in the attack where the worst of the carnage took place in the november terror attacks in paris, where 130 people lost their lives. we're also hearing from the associated press citing an anonymous police official, that

a text message sent to a woman in english announcing her son's death in these attacks led authorities to id him from a dna sample supplied by the mother. also reporting one of the women's other samples who has returned from syria faces terrorism related charges. dara. >> thank you so much for that report. now to politics, where donald trump may be alone at the top. political rivals are condemning his proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. he hasn't backed down and he's being asked harsh questions. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you have ever met. >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> may have struck a cord among some republicans. in a study conducted before his

brash proposal, 76% of republicans said the u.s. currently allows too many immigrants to legally enter the country from the middle east. and new poll shows trump has widened his lead in new hampshire to 32%. a new poll indicates 68% would vote for me if i ran at independe independent. well he may have to. >> you will not support him if he's the nominee. >> not a chance. i this i he's an embarrassment to the party. i think he's an embarrassment to the country. i think the recent revelation, it plays into the narrative of isis. it think he belittles, demeans and ridicules people that disagree with him. and e i've never thought his solutions to the kind of problems are the kind of qualities we want in a president. >> tom ridge isn't the only one

going after trump this morning. >> on the u.s.s. york town voters are looking for that commander in chief who will keep them safe. and donald trump played to their fears. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> explaining that customs agents would determine who could come in and who can't. >> they would say, are you muslim? >> and if they said yes, they would not be allowed in the country. >> that's correct. >> and muslim foreign leaders would be allowed in. while others including tourists would not. and today near universal condemnation from his opponents. >> it is not about the blow hards out there just saying stuff. that is not a plan. >> one notable exception, ted cruz. >> i commend donald trump for standing up and focusing

america's attention on the need to secure our borders. >> the plan simply put by trump is simply unconstitutional according to experts. >> anyone who has read the constitution, studied the constitution, understands our history knows that it is not permissible for the government to take sides between religions. >> despite the outcry trump's supports are stood by their billionaire. >> i think there has to be something to put in place. i don't know if it's a complete ban. >> definitely something to keep the bad ones out. it would be great. >> a muslim and former u.s. marine, recently tweeted trump a picture of his military id card. >> we care about america just as much as anybody else here. and we are willing to fight and bleed and die for america. >> his tweet was shared tens of thousands of times. katy tur, nbc news, new york.

>> in the battle of the heart of the republican party, a defining moment. >> when mexico sends its people -- >> the gop establishment now raising its voice. >> normally i do not comment -- >> rare remarks on the race from the top republicans in congress. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. >> that would be completely inconsistent with american values. >> mitt romney condemning trump for firing before aiming. a spokesman for george bush saying he would not give bluster. and reince priebus, we need to aggressively take on terrorism but not at the expense of our american values.

the pledge. months after signing trump's loyalty pledge. how do distance himself from trump's language without disowning his supporters. a call from within the gop for the candidate to drop out. >> time for donald trump to withdraw from the race. >> and from outside the party, a fast and fierce response from democrats. >> silence only empowers bigots. >> the question now is about the rest of the republican party. and whether or not they are going to be dragged into the dust bin of history with him. >> nbc east halle jackson and kate ter reporting. the visa waiver systems, the bill approved 407-19 requires those o who visited iraq or syria in last five years to get

a visa. the white house is reportedly backing the bill. and we are hearing for the first time from the officer scene, calming survivors inside the san bernardino mass shooting. >> thank you. thank you. try to relax everyone, try to relax. i'll take a bullet before you do, that's for damn sure. so be cool, okay in. >> that clip of detective jorge lozano has led many to call him a hero. a title he says doesn't fit. >> it is nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. anyone behind me or any one of the 300 people that were there would have said the same thing. >> nbc has learned they spent at least a year preparing and possibly as many as three years. nbc has more.

>> reporter: two weeks before they executed their massacre, nbc news has confirmed farook received a deposit of 28,500 into his bank account. a loan he took out. counterterror officials say the cash may have been for the baby and her grandmother to use. this is our first visit into the conference room. 14 killed, 21 wounded. investigators tell nbc news they practiced at the shooting range for the past year. the fbi and atf tracking the assault weapons farook used. the guns were obtained from farook's childhood friend who bought them free and four years ago. marc marquez is cooperating.

he's also a distant relative by marriage and was seen at the same mosque on occasion. and trove of documents seized, electronics also recovered. the gunmen took special care to destroy cell phones with some data encrypted. the recovery process complicated and slow but may prove critically. authorities were seen coming and going from farook's garage, a bomb factory, where others may have seen his plan of terror. oregon and washington state are getting slammed by heavy rains and flooding. several rivers overflowed and a mud slide was reported. now for a look at the weather here is bill karins. good morning. >> another repeat of yesterday and another storm coming in to the west tomorrow. that effect more of california. you can see our parade of storms. one huge one in the gulf of alaska. and another one in southern british columbia, dragging the

cold front down to the northwest. and behind that another storm. you can see that out there in the pacific. storm one today. two tomorrow and then all that mess will be inland through friday and maybe even another saturday into sunday. the heavier rains have stopped on the coast. just in the cascades we're getting the steadier rainfall. further south portland is now clearing up. morning drive on i- -- won't be as bad as it was overnight. and tomorrow we're going to get another good shot of rain here. focus more to the south. is blue is snow and northern sierra and southern getting some of this too. gusty winds too. forecast the heaviest rainfall will be focused southern oregon, northern california. this pink shading is everyone getting 4 inches of rain. upwards of 5 if possible in it

afternoon. seattle, yakima, portland and even salem. i'll talk more about the dangers of the winds too. we're going to have some pretty strong winds. >> sounds like quite a bounding. thank you bill. coming up what made those 80 college students sick. and porch pirates. stealing christmas packages right off your front steps. you are watching "early today." age defiant. age agnostic. olay is a purveyor of ageless. only the best 1% of ingredients make it into our products. for transformed skin without expensive brands or procedures. it's the ultimate beauty victory. nobody has any idea how old you are. with olay, you age less.

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japanese citizens were herded into the containment camps while a japanese contingent at the same time fought heroically in europe. and then germany, paying the ultimate price, defeat and history's condemnation. and then then the anticommunist witch hunt. making outrageous claim, damaging reputations, until one day -- >> have you no scent of decency are sir. >> all that while african americans who's ancestors who came here as slaves were treated as second and even third class citizens, in uniform and out. >> there were a minority with a world with a billion and a half muslim, even sew defeating isis will be long, hard and

expensive. perhaps even more so now because isis is likely to use donald trump's statements as the recruiting tool. responding to a different kind of recruiting, 9/11. this man, joined the army to show that not all muslims are fanatics. mr. trump cannot exclude him from america. he has a permanent home here in section 60 at arlington national cemetery. >> that was tom bro kah reporting. >> baltimore police officer william porter will start presenting their case today. the first of six police officers on trial for the death of freddy gray. he died in publicity custody in april. after nearly a week of testimony the prosecution rested yesterday arguing that porter contributing to gray's death by not calling for medical help. stick around for more news weather and sports.

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