space ex launches satellites into space and lands in tact back on earth. and a she died in a jail cell but is anyone being held accountability? and nfl tells odell beckham, jr. to take what week off and chill out. >> and comedians in cars getting coffee. "early today" starts now.

donald trump's christmas themed rally had him in a good mood. the front runner went after hillary clinton. we'll get to that in a minute blue aftbut after push ining ba against aelllegations that vladomimir putin killed a proer >> these people. i'll be honest. i could never kill them. i would never do that. ah let's take -- no. i wouldn't. would never kill them. but i do hate them. and some of them are such lying disgusting people. it's true. >> and while a brand must poll has trump leading by four points to second place ted cruz the same poll finds half of u.s. voters would be embarrassed with

him as president. >> the biggest casualty so far t truth. and so far donald trump has told the most falsities of any candidates. the majority range from mostly false to pants on fire. >> something his poenss on both sides cope pouncing. >> i think you have a pathological liar there. >> trump is a jerk. >> topping in to anger and fear. >> that's what he's exploiting during the course of his campaign. >> across the country, crowds are responding by the thousands to see the man turning politics on its head. >> nbc tracy potts, live in

washington. who is trump going after now. >> well certainly targeting hillary clinton and not only donald trump but because he's got this 25 point lead on the republican side looks like other republicans have her in the cross-hairs as well. >>em drumpb in a blue state. focusing on hillary clinton. >> she's a liar. >> and a new attack on the immediate ja. >> i hate them. i i'd never kill them. >> if family is so ashamed. >> not funny anymore. >> making the right moves against isis. >> no we're not. we're not in the right place. >> tells new hampshire his party needs to focus on clinton. not on each. >> i'm saving my brawn for september 2016. because it is going to be my job that hill rodham clinton doesn't get within ten miles of the

house. >> marco rubio also drawing distinctions between democrats and republicans. >> radical elements that want to see more control over our economy and our lives. >> voters will decide in just six weeks. >> and today dr. ben carson season in south carolina where southern cons tis are there. he's certainly trying to get their support, especially now that they just learned their home state candidates won't be on the ballot. zblf six americans are dead following a suicide bombing in afghanistan. around 1:30 p.m. local time yesterday a suicide bomber road a motorcycle into a routine patrol of u.s. nato and afghan forces. and the taliban has claimed responsibility. among those killed was detective joseph lem, a 15 year veteran of the new york city police

department. he's done three tours of duty in afghanistan and iraq. he leaves behind a wife and two children. the attack comes a days after the pentagon reported that efforts to train and conduct counterterrorism efforts with afghan forces is getting more difficult due to increase in insurgent attacks. the white house is calling the bombing cowardly. we are learning more about the suspect behind sunday night's deadly car rampage. 24 year le keysha was reportedly living outs of her prior car to the incident. she wasn't under chal or drugs but was under extreme stress. she is currently being held in

prison. a bail hearing is set for later this morning. they expect to charge holloway with murder with a deadly weapon, child abuse and failing to stop scene of the accident. her three-year-old daughter was with her at the time and was not injured. one said it is not uncharacteristic of la keysha. the 32-year-old killed was jessica venezuela, she leaves behind three young daughters. >> and the company's falk 9 rocket deployed last night. it followed several failed

attempts and nearly 6 months after the last falcon 9 exploded minutes after takeoff. and scott kelly and tim copper did a space walk monday. a rail car had stalled and needed to be resecured by wednesday. a federal judge has denied bail for enrique marquez, saying he presents a danger to society. he's been charged by conspiring to provide material support to terrorism in addition to other counts. marquez bought the guns that were used and allegedly alleged to conspire attacks back in 201021. they planned to use guns to attack a college and a freeway.

neither plan was acted upon. he was charged with illegal buying the rifles and visa fraud and he faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted on all charges. a texas grand jury has decided not to diet any county jail employees in the death of sandra bland. the 28-year-old chicago woman was found dead in her county jail cell in july for allegedly changing lanes without a turn signal. the traffic stop was caught on dash cam video and ended with lam being arrested for assault. medical examiners ruled her death was suicide by hanging which the family questions. last night they defended the grand jury process. >> we have left no rock unturned. if grand jury, anything they

have asked for we have done our best to give it to them. >> concerns over the investigation. >> we don't have any information on what happened to my daughter. she left home excited about an opportunity. she got that opportunity and somewhere between app two to three day period something horrible happened to her. >> the grand jury is expected to reconvene in january to consider whether the troop who are arrested sandra bland should face charges? >> winter has arrived in the puget sound area. drivers dealing with blinding conditions and several inches expected to accumulate throughout the night. near the rockies a winter storm is dumping up to three feet in higher elevations. making a winter wonderland. good morning. >> downtown seattle even sew

snowflakes for the first time yesterday. so it did know. mostly high elevation, especially in the sierra. and we did some snow melting below 6 thousand feet. and we are building it back up this morning. the jet stream is staying very active this time of year. especially because of the el nino influence and that continues. what is going to happen is the jet stream is going to move our next storm into the middle of the country. severe weather drooek on wednesday and then snow across northern nevada. salt lake city is kind of messy. temperatures right around freezing. to the's record highs possible in 30 states. some areas have a chance of seeing their warmest december temperatures of all time. so pretty wild weather heading towards christmas. chance of showers, san francisco

and l.a. skatder ereered showers throughe afternoon. and another storm too, even a colder one as we go towards christmas eve. some areas outside of the san francisco in the hills are going to see some snow. big news more bill and hillary clinton it is called the el gore doe lottery. and it is worth more than $2 billion. bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax.

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oklahoma and north dakota. five people have been sickened after eating it a chipotle. this comes on the heels of the first e. coli outbreak months ago in nine states followed by 141 boston college student whose caught the neurovirus after eating a at local chipotle restaurant. chipotle's stock took a beating yesterday after news of the most recent fwrooek. >> and these riders got more than they bargained for? after more than two lowers rescue workers were able to lower the ride and no one was injured. check out this police dash cam video of a car speeding off after it was pulled over for erratic driving. turns out the driver was only 13 years old. and his 8-year-old sister was also in the car. the two tried to run away but

they were caught by the police. gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood as long as they are secelibate for2 months. and hillary clinton taking to twitter saying we're so excited to meet our second grandchild. and. today spaniards are super excited about the chance of winning part of a 2.4 billion$2 billion -- yes billion dollar lottery called el gordo, which is "the fat one" in spanish. top prize is $430 thousand. the irs says the 2016 tax season will start on january

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>> protests and demonstrations regardless the judge grants the quest. the goal, to draw attention to jamaal clark who was fatally shot from the police last month. >> and ken yun muslims shield christians in mandate ra bus attack. they told the militants to kill them together or leave them alone. at least two people died in that attack. a retile drate has been set. officer porter will stand trial

again on june 13th. his initial trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury. bill cosby is fighting back. super model beverly johnson is being sued for defamation for claims. and netflix will once again offer a three minute new year's countdown and celebration that you can play at any time so your children don't have to stay up past bedtime. brilliant, right? >> and the empire state building is certainly until the holiday spirit this season. the buildings annual holiday light show is choreographed to dance to the sugar plum fairy and people are able to listen

via iheart radio. it's ghorjs. and it will play hourly all week until christmas. >> pretty cool. used to be blue or yellow or green. >> i know. they are outdoing themselves. >> and now a look at army sergeant bowe bergdahl. he'll appear at fort frag for an arraignment hearing, facing a general court marshal from back in 2009 which led to his capture by the taliban. he was held for five years until he was released in 2014 in a prisoner exchange. >> megan trainer, jordan sparks and diane sawyer is 70 years old today. thank you for watching "early today." have a the wild weather still whipping

across the bay area. this morning a 'wind advisory' combined with steady rain...has wild weather whipping across the bay area. a wind advisory has crews eyeing the rest of fallen trees. churchgoers daly city holding on tight to the church itself. when's being done to stop the place of worship from sliding down a hill. plus reckless driving in dangerous weather. a fatal accident and what he did earlier in the day that should have raised red flags. "today in the bay" starts right now. good soggy tuesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. i'm cara clapper. it is soggy, indeed. we begin with the microclimate weather alert. the bay area is