>> donald trump rallies the faithful while picking his sea, ahead of arump showdown at trump tower. the fed is poised to raise interest rates today. talking car technology may soon be available to help avoid 600,000 auto accidents a year. president obama takes a major leap forward in its cancer moon shot program. reaction to the sudden death of alan thicke. "the voice" gets a new champ. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. this morning, president-elect trump is asking voters for a

support his pick for secretary of state. he picked rex tillerson, trump took a victory lap and made his argument before a packed wisconsin crowd. >> rex is one of the greatest and most skilled global business leaders of our time, made some of the greatest deals. you know, rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world, that we don't get along with and some people don't like that. they don't want them to be friendly. that's why they do the deal with rex, because i like what this is all about. >> he also hailed tillerson as the anecdote to the problems plaguing washington. >> rex will be a fierce advocate for americans around the world and has the insights and talents necessary to help reverse years of foreign policy blunders and disasters. >> but this sets up what could be a bruising fight after they

say skepticism regarding tillerson's ties with russia. here the head of the senate foreign relations committee. >> i would say most committee members will want to understand, who is the relationship to russia, how do you see the u.s. role in the world. and so i'm sure there will be tough questioning. i would imagine someone of his stature would be able handle those. >> tillerson is the latest name to be added to trump's growing cabinet lest. sources tell us former navy s.e.a.l. ryan zinke has been tapped to lead the interior. app official announcement on the choice has yet to be made. meanwhile, rick perry has been officially chosen to lead the department of energy. the cabinet pick comes on a day when the president-elect holds a meeting with none other than hip-hop star kanye west. we will hear with west uncharacteristically tight

lipped. >> mr. trump, what did you guys discuss in the meeting today? >> just friends. just friends. he's a goodman. >> no comment about your meeting with the president-elect. does the president of the united states have nothing to say? >> i just want to take a picture right now. >> we got more details, via west' twitter feed, west posted, i wanted to meet with trump to discuss multi-cultural issue, these issues included bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing criticisms and i feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our president if we truly want change. trump took time to meet with nfl found jim bound and ray lewis. they point the meeting with west as a clear distraction. the group vote vets quickly fired off this statement, saying, quote, donald trump

believes it is more important to meet with kanye west than receive security briefings. ♪ show me that smile again >> the theme song we've all heard from the '80s hit sitcom "growing pains" and this morning the sad news of the unexpected loss of one of america's favorite tv dads from that show, alan thicke. a family publicist tells nbc news thickedied suddenly from a heart attack. born in ontario, canada, he was well known for his tv roles. he recently appeared in "fuller house" and he made a cameo appearance in "this is us." can das cameron said i've known you since i was 8 years old. my heart hurts. bob sagat tweeting, so sad. he will be deeply missed. alan thicke is surprised by his

wife and three sons. he instagramed he was the best man i ever knew, the best friend i ever had. let's all rejoice and celebrate the joy he brought to every room he was in. alan thicke was 69 years old. breaking news this morning. the bloody four year siege of aleppo. in the past four hours a fragile cease-fire has been shattered by artillery fire. they have resumed bombing. the russians claim that the rebel militants used the cease-fire to regroup and attack the vehicles that have been provided for their evacuation. nbc's matt bradley has the very latest for us. matt? >> reporter: well, frances, the battle for aleppo is nearly over, but the fate of tens of thousands of civilians still hangs in the balance in syria's largest city. negotiations aimed at evacuating 50,000 have stumbled since yesterday. a supposed cease-fire has been

broken as you just mentioned. now just this morning the associated press reported that syrian government buses that had been meant to evacuate families have left empty and returned to their depots so what's the holdup? well, a treaty negotiated between russia and turkey last night essentially ended this morning as syrian renewed their attacks on aleppo. then iranian diplomats insisted on remaining under siege. it seems that this scheduled evacuation will have to wait until tomorrow. the war in syria still rages. indeed, for many in the international community, aleppo will stand as a rallying cry against syrian government abuses. western diplomats warned there will be a reckoning for the many crimes committed against civilians. >> tough to watch with those families and children there in that plight. nbc's matt bradley. matt, thank you. a moment of unity on capitol hill as president obama signed into law what is likely his

final bill. >> there we go. >> all right. [ applause ] >> the 21st century cures will provide $6.3 billion for cancer treatment, opioid treatment. >> the 21st century cures act is going to harness america's best minds, science, medicine and technology to tackle some of our biggest and most complex health challenges a day. >> i believe that the united states of america should be the country that ends cancer once and for all. we're already closer than a lot of folks think and this bill will bring us even closer. >> nearly $2 billion of the funds will go towards vice president joe biden's cancer moon shot project. the cancer initiative was renamed in honor of his son bo who died of brain cancer in 2015. it is the largest kitchen appliance recall in history. it could impact you and your loved ones. cuisinart saying it could pose a

hazard to consumers. there are 69 reports of metal pieces from the processor's blades breaking off into food. 30 cases of mouth lacerations. it includes 22 models. cuisinart is offering replacement blades. they're also asking for patience with no guarantee the replacements will arrive in time for the holidays. well, today is the day. the much talked about siberian express will make its way into the united states with minus 20 degree wind chills likely minnesota and wisconsin, but, that's not all. we can also expect the pineapple express and some drenching rain in northern california. here's meteorologist bill karins with the details. polar vortex. >> good names. pineapple express. >> new nicknames. 32 million people under the wind chill advisories. we are right now at negative 37 in north dakota. that's the beginning of the

really true siberian arctic air heading down from canada. here's the pineapple express. you can see the moisture from the left bottom of the screen all the way from northern california and southern oregon. snow in the mountain west. it will continue and shift a little further to the south. went north and now it's going to drift to the south. we'll pick up pretty significant rain. this is in addition through friday. 6.2 million people are under the flash flood watch. northern california and southwest locally up to ten inches. after this we're going to watch this storm going across the country coast to coast as a snowstorm. that wilbe prettyl it looks lik make it up to portland and astoria. that's about it. getting into the northwest. we'll show you the snowfall map

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if you want to escape some of the major killers researchers say it is best to head to the rocky mountain states. here's a shocking football scandal from north carolina. wake forest is announcing that a radio announcer had been supplying game prep information to opponents since 2014. the announcer, tommy elrod, had actually played for the wake forest football team when he was in college. the university fired elrod and has banned him from the entire athletics program and its facilities. it's not every day you get pulled over for your digits. one new jersey officer has lost his job for that. he repeatedly stopped women to ask women out on dates. a number of women between 25 and 30 years old raised it saying the 37-year-old asked for their numbers and not their license or registration. american teens are now the best behaved than they've ever been, at least when it comes to vices. may sound too good to be true, but according to an annual

report teens are drinking and smoking less and also doing fewer drugs than they had in the last 40 years. experts believe a decline in smoking may be largely responsible for the overall drop in drug use. meanwhile, a record high in colorado after the state brought in $1 billion in legal regulated marijuana sales. in the first month of -- the first ten months of the year it's possible 2016 pot tax totals will surpass taxes from 2014 and 2015 combined. last year we met a girl on a mission giving 500 under privileged kids a gift to open at the holidays. this year she raised the stakes even higher. 11-year-old faith russell suffers from spina bifida. that doesn't stop her from running 5ks every month for operation child. they fill shoe boxes with supplies and toys for kids in need. this year she is sending out 2001 shoe boxes. we should all learn something from her. thank you for being with us on this wednesday.

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