breaking overnight, at least five people have died from severe weather conditions, including a dozen tornadoes. the hunt is on for the man in this selfie video taken days before he allegedly unloaded a barrage of bullets inside a turkish nightclub, killing 39. a computer glitch cause chaos at airports nationwide as thousands of angry travelers deal with major delays. a stranded vehicle stalled on an interstate and the shocking collision, rescue and aftermath captured by a photo journalist. and 2-year-old twins get the scare of a lifetime as a dresser falls on top of them. as one emerges a hero. "early today" starts right now.

breaking overnight with at least five weather-related deaths, four people died late monday after a tree fell on a mobile home in alabama, the authorities believe it was knocked over by a tornado. in florida, a man accidentally drowned after they found him floating next to his partially submerged car next to his trailer. in mississippi, the national weather service confirmed a tornado near mount olive and thousands lost power. flash flood warnings remain in effect from western alabama through western south carolina, and millions remain on alert for more potential thunderstorms and tornadoes. nbc's jacob rascon tracking it from dallas. >> a messy start to the new year across the country. the south pummeled by severe thunderstorms. a tornado touching down in mississippi.

flash flood warnings in jackson, alabama, damage in marksville, louisiana and a direct hit in houston, texas where kevin masterson says lightning caused a fire in his house while he was still inside. >> you could tell it was bad questionly, we had to get out. >> further north across the great plains, another severe system dumping snow and ice. crews having trouble keeping one the slick roads. >> typical bad weather for the time of year for the dakotas and minnesota, but seattle saw its first substantial snow on new year's in five decades. an international manhunt continues this morning for the gunman behind the deadly istanbul nightclub attack. here's richard engel on the suspect and an american shot in the terror attack. >> a hunt is on for this man. turkish media broadcast this selfie video. he reportedly took days before he ran into a nightclub and

unloaded into the crowds on new year's eve. 27 of the 39 people killed were foreign tourists from israel to lebanon. india and beyond. among the dozens injured was american jake rock. he told us hundreds had just welcomed in the new year when a gunman burst in. >> rock was recovering from a gunshot wound. >> i was probably the luckiest person in the whole thing, i do find myself very fortunate. i was with nine people, seven of us were shot. >> hiding under a bench, pretending to be dead, rock suffered through the pain, fearing any sound or move would betray him to the gunman. >> he was walking on a bench above my head, where my head was underneath. when he shot me, i didn't move, i just let him shoot me. >> isis said the attacker who shot unarmed people was a soldier of the brave caliphate. >> the gunman was firing at victims inside the club for seven to ten minutes, reloading

multiple times witnesses say, and still managed to escape even though there's a police station just across the street. want to turn to kelly kobiya who is live in istanbul, turkey, what do we know about the investigation? >> officials have said they're close to identifying their suspect. but still no name. they do have plenty of images that they've been putting forward, including the selfie video that richard mentioned, probably the clearest picture yet of the man police believe is their suspect. also some screen grabs from security footage, and an image that we are just now seeing for the first time, an image of a man they believe is the suspect, getting out of a taxi. believed to have been taken the night of the attack. after the attack. now the deputy prime minister said yesterday that they have fingerprints, they have a very good description. but he didn't go into specifics about the extent of the manhunt

and the progress of the manhunt. and we haven't heard from any government officials so far today. already well into the afternoon. there were several raids over the past 24 hours. the deputy prime minister saying that at least eight people are in custody in connection with this attack. but francis, no updates on whether or what kind of connection these people might have, if any, to the attacker or that shooting at the nightclub. frances? >> watching for developments there. kelly, thank you. 17 days before his inauguration and president-elect donald trump is delivering foreign policy via his twitter feed. firing a shot at north korea, sending out this late-evening tweet. north korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s. it won't happen. the post came after the country's leader kim jong-un suggested they're nearly ready to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic

missile. trump followed up his post with a swipe at championship for its relationship with kim tweeting china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. in totally one-sided trade, but won't help with north korea, nice. that comes as trump continues to question u.s. intelligence about russia's involvement in the u.s. election, saying he quote has information others don't know. he promised to reveal that information as early as today after he meets with top intelligence officials. the trump transition team finalizes its cabinet picks, naming robert lighthizer as u.s. trade representative, it comes along with tougher trading policies. it leaves three posts to fill, secretaries of the va and agriculture and director of national intelligence. with less than three weeks before the inauguration, new numbers highlight the growing skepticism among many americans regarding trump's readiness to lead. hay cording to gallup, less than

half americans are confident in trump's ability to handle an international crisis and use of military force wisely or prevent a major scandal from rocking his administration. and those numbers are even more striking when compared to past presidents. at least seven in ten americans say they were confident in presidents obama, george w. bush and bill clinton in these areas, just before they took office. across the united states, massive lines and short tempers flared, air travel wrers struck for four hours after widespread customs outage hit several of the nation's busiest airports. millions of americans were returning from their new year's holiday weekend ohm to be brought through a halt. through a statement, the customs agency said all travel wrers screen aided according to security standards. some scary moments for airport baggage handlers when he got trapped inside a cargo hold

during a flight. >> it's going to be an apparent baggage handler that got locked in the baggage compartment it's going to be in the rear cargo area. should have been pressured, unknown injury at this time. >> once on the ground, emergency workers were able to get to him and he was okay. but he was detained while the tsa, faa and the airline investigated. united issued a statement confirming his employment. you could think of a better time to pull off a major heist when around two million revelers were welcoming the new year, braising jewel thieves were pull off a masterful heist just blocks away from 7,000 police officers stationed in times square. well here you see two suspects hammering away at about 10:00 p.m. on new year's eve to get inside an office containing four safes, they struck shortly after the ball dropped, a midnight after midnight and managed to

get away with priceless gems and jewelry valued at about $6 million. the thieves left via a staircase in the 16-story building. but police say two the safes including another $7 million in precious jewels were left untouched. police are asking for the public's help in solving what they think may have been an inside job. in hawaii, a newly created land mass made of lava suddenly collapses and slides right into the ocean. watch this amazing sight caught on catch, ra a 26-acre island dropped off into the island. tourists had to be pulled away before the land mass they were on ultimately fell. the area is now closed off. to a terrifying moment on a california highway, watch the suv stalled on a highway gets hit by this oncoming vehicle before crashing into the media and bursting into flames all

with a driver trapped inside. good samaritans stopped along the road and getting out to save the driver as the suv exploded. the driver was pulled out by a photo journalist on the scene. he's being hailed as a hero after he raced to the car, pried the burning suv's driver out. the crash is being investigated by the local police and everybody hopes the driver recovers from his injuries. just ahead, the boss ahead for america, but first, nbc meteorologist bill karins predicting ten feet of snow for the coming days for the sierra. really ten in. >> maybe 15, maybe 20. it will be at the very top of the peaks in the sierra. the first stories, the tornado outbreak and the severe weather outbreak across the south. it will be a good day of

clean-up. 12 tornadoes reported, 130 severe weather reports. here's the storm throughout california, the blue is the mountains of the sierra, we get this moisture plume coming off the pacific. it will sit here for the next two or three days, we get a little break. even a bigger flow of moisture and storm over the upcoming weekend. leading to the high elevation snows that could be measured in feet, maybe using yardsticks. the rainfall totals at least seven inches through thursday, you can do the math if you convert it to snow. usually about 10-1 ratio, 70 we're leaving out much of the frigid northwest. so yes, the big news out of this will be the central california is likely to be almost out of

the drought completely by the end of the big storm. >> nice to hear. bill, thank you very much. just ahead, the 115th congress has gavelled in a session with major controversies, watch this, watch what happens. his twin saves his brother. we'll show you the rest of the video here. you're watching early today. owse your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. invokana® is a pill used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. and in most clinical trials, the majority reached an a1c goal of 7 percent or lower. invokana® works around the clock by sending some sugar out of your body through the process of urination. it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or weight,

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day church services. right now stocks in asia are higher, even as president-elect trump takes aim at north korea and beijing. cnbc's landon downey to make sense of it all. happy new year to you. >> happy new year, now back to business, president-elect donald trump is criticizing china again in a series of tweets on monday, trump took aim at beijing for benefitting from trade with the u.s. while not doing its part to rein in north korea, trump riled chine after taking a congratulatory phone call from taiwan's president. meanwhile the consumer electronics show gets under way this week in las vegas, there will be plenty of items to watch at the show for high-tech gizmos and gadgets. including tvs with higher color and contrast resolution. wearable devices, new technology for your car, such as self-driving and high-speed internet features and smart home devices. some tesla owners got a new

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the producers set her up to fail, maybe even a ratings stunt. >> she's one of the best voices of all time. it's not like she can't sing. but it's been tough, remember the tree lighting, that was a bad and then this. what will arnold schwarzenegger say when contestants get booted from the show. >> carrie, you're terminated. now get to the chopper. >> actress carrie keegan was the first fired celebrity on the debut episode. you know -- he had to say "you're fired" get to the chopper. >> there's a wait for it moment and then he throws that in there. this is "early today." large coffee with cream...

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this will make you happy for the air you breathe today, check out the time lapse video of nasty and dangerous smog rolling into beijing over the past 24 hours. the chinese capital is on the second highest orange smog alert. but the country says the air is getting cleaner. imagine waking up to that every day. well the storm is moving through areas of central california. san francisco gets a little bit of rain. l.a. not for you, it's central california, the mountains getting it today. and as far as tomorrow it looks like the flow of moisture will continue, it doesn't change a lot. we're still chilly in the pacific northwest. boise will have to deal with light snow. the focus of moisture into california. if we're going to get any sneaking towards l.a., look for a better chance tomorrow morning. back to you, frances. legendary rocker bruce

springsteen spent time campaigning for hillary clinton before the 2016 election and in an interview for the wtf podcast with mark mairn, he spoke candidly about why donald trump worries him. >> are you scared now? >> yeah. yeah, of course, how could you not be. >> have you felt this fear before? >> no. i felt disgust before, but never, never the kind of fear that you feel now. >> right. >> it's as simple as the fear of is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job. forget about what, where they are ideologically. do they simply have the pure competence to be put in the position of such responsibility. >> and what's your biggest fear of it? as we enter it? >> i suppose would be that a lot

of the worst things and the worst aspects of what he appealed to come to fruition. when you let that genie out of the bottle, bigotry, racism, when you let those things out of the bottle -- >> intolerance. >> they don't go back in the bottle that easily. if they go back in at all. you know whether it's a rise in hate crimes, people feeling they have license to speak and behave in ways that previously were considered unamerican. and are unamerican. that's what he's appealing to. >> wow. a really powerful candid words from the boss. >> from his heart. >> absolutely. >> not all will like. >> just like we saw throughout the election as well. i'm frances rivera, thank you for being with me on early today. have a great tuesday, see you right back here tomorrow.

this morning we are in a micro climate weather alert. widespread rain and chilly temperatures. our team is tracking a wet and windy commute this morning. what you need to know before heading out the door. today in the bay starts right now. very good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. >> i'm sam brock. another round of wet weather to kick off your workweek. yea. >> there you go. >> we're seeing snow on bay area peaks. right to carrie. >> we will see the rain all throughout the day and even tomorrow before we catch a