breaking news out of london. one of the world's most eligible bachelors is now off the market. prince harry is engaged. cyber monday is expected to generate well over $6 billion in sales today but where can you find the best deals? we have answers. powerl members of congress under fire over accusations of sexual harassment returning to the washington spotlight tonight. the bali volcano is erupting and stranding thousands. superstar shania twain wowed them in canada. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera.

prince harry and meghan markle are engaged. the pair has been dating since last year and they made their first official public appearance appearance at the invictus games. we have more. so matt, good morning. what else do we know about the engagement as the details are trickling out? >> reporter: good morning. yeah, we're not hearing all that many details. but we understand that the prince and meghan markle are sitting for a photo shoot and we're probably going to hear more of these details kind of trickling out. but it's really exciting. any engagement is exciting but this is a royal engagement. that's very special. you know, this is an american. this is one of the major firsts for this royal family. so we're starting to hear that it's going to be in spring 2018. that's kind of a pressure cooker wedding especially for a royal wedding. now any wedding would take months to plan but this one we'll see a lot of pomp and

circumstance. we don't know where it's going to be. we don't know if it's going to be on the scale of william and kate's wedding back in 2011. but we do know there's going to be a lot of interest, especially from the states. and the palace said there were about 2 billion people who tuned in back in 2011. some 23 million americans watched that, but with meghan markle as the bride we can expect to see more viewers. but remember, this is a really interesting new development. meghan markle is redefining what it means to be a royal. this is continuing in prince harry's -- the tradition left by prince harry's mother t late princess diana. remember she is an american. she's a divorcee and she's of mixed race. that's all very different. it wasn't so long ago that that would be very controversial for a lot of members of the royal family. but we're starting to see royal family modernize. reaching out and they're starting to look a lot like the subjects that they lead. frances? >> matt, it will be exciting times in the springtime.

you have got william and kate's baby also due in april of 2018. so exciting time. matt, thank you. this morning, the reckoning for men in politics could reach a tipping point on capitol hill. one of the most prominent men in congress, the dean of the house, representative john conyers announcing he's stepping aside as the top democrat on the powerful judiciary committee. it comes as embattled senator franken is set to return to work for first time since sexual harassment allegations were levelled against him. the democratic leaders are calling for an investigation. >> the ethics committee is giving a thorough look into this and that's what should happen with everybody. there should be -- there are allegations here. there ought to be a thorough investigation. let's see the results of that before we make any determination. >> and now franken is speaking out for the first time sitting down with local news outlets saying he will not resign. kelly o'donnell has that and more for us this morning. >> reporter: after ten days out

of sight and under scrutiny -- >> i have a long way back to win back the trust of the people of minnesota. >> reporter: senator al franken finally speaks out. >> i have especially let down the people who have seen me as a champion for women. >> reporter: franken has been accused by four women of unwanted advances. he spoke only to minnesota local reporters from tv, print and radio. >> this has been a shock to me. >> reporter: al franken from minnesota. >> reporter: franken's star watt and as a national figure in the democratic party has dimmed after accusations. >> some of the encounters i have crossed the line. >> reporter: before politics, he had a long career in comedy. franken addressed his behavior in the 2006 photo with accuser lee ann tweeden who says he forcibly kissed her. >> i am ashame of that photo. >> reporter: but he claims no memory of touching a woman's backside while taking a photo in

2010. >> i would never intentionally do that. >> reporter: franken says he will not resign. >> i'm going back to work tomorrow. >> reporter: but another lawmaker with 52 years on capitol hill is under pressure. >> john conyers is an icon in our country. >> reporter: leader nancy pelosi sent a signal. >> he will do the right thing in terms of what he knows about his situation. >> reporter: 88-year-old john conyers is giving up the powerful judiciary committee post while an ethics review looks at the sexual harassment allegation that led to a settlement but conyers denies any wrongdoing. across politics, a kettle is whistling with two weeks before alabama senate race, roy moore is accused by several women, some of them teenagers at the time of improper sexual advances. republicans are divided. >> it is pretty clear to me that the best thing that roy moore could do for the country is to move on. >> reporter: democratic candidate doug jones campaigned while president trump pushed for

roy moore's victory without ever naming moore. can't let schumer/pelosi win this race. liberal jones would be bad. some republicans have urged president trump to persuade roy moore to get out of the alabama race. he's ignored that pressure. the president cites roy moore's denial of any wrongdoing. and so the outcome has been the president had indirectly endorsed roy moore in the alabama senate race. back to you. >> kelly, thank you. today is cyber monday and the biggest day of the year for online shopping. last year, shoppers spent $3.5 billion online in a sing dale and this year, the sales overshadowed brick and mortar stores on black friday. retailers made $5 billion online by the end of black friday up 16.9% from last year. more than half happened on mobile devices. well this as in-store foot traffic in the stores slowed down by 1%. how can you be sure you're getting the best deals today?

do your research on prices. for example, check about sale prices really the lowest for the site camel camp or download an app and get an additional discount. they can help you search for the coupon codes. think outside the box. cyber monday isn't just for electronics or gifts or cloth g clothing, but traveling. the navy identified the men killed as steven combs, matthew chialastri and bryan grosso. the search and rescue efforts had ended and two of the sailors come from florida. one from louisiana. eight other passengers on the plane were rescued. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a border patrol agent who was killed while on patrol in texas earlier this month has been laid to rest. dozens of people honored 36-year-old rogelio martinez at

our lady of guadalupe catholic church. he and others were patrolling the mexican border when an incident happened that left martinez dead and another one battered an unable to remember what happened. martinez died of the injuries at a local hospital. fbi investigators are trying to piece together what led to his death. the new miss universe is -- south africa! >> there she is. the south african woman who helps train women in self-defense was crowned miss universe sunday night at the pageant held in las vegas. along with the title, 22-year-old demi-leigh nel-peters earned a year long salary, a luxury apartment in new york city for the duration of her reign and many more prizes. she's the second woman from her country to earn the crown. the runner-up was miss columbia. 92 people vied for the title. now to a rare sight over

england. a fireball in the night sky unusual for the size. there were similar reportings in wales and france. some heard a loud boom and smaller meteriors are seen burning up as they enter the earth's atmosphere. they're far less common, which i'm glad. >> not very common to catch it on camera like that too. coming right at you. meteorologist bonnie schneider is joining us now with a look at the day ahead. >> good morning. in san francisco we're getting some wet weather early in morning. look at the rain coming through. central california, not really likely to accumulate to too much. unsettled weather includes windy conditions. 65 miles per hour wind gusts in las vegas and they get stronger in montana and record temperatures pos si of wet weather

to start us off in san francisco, but definitely warming up with sunshine. >> speaking of warm, look how mild it will be by tomorrow. temperatures well above normal. >> well past thanksgiving too. bonnie, thank you. this weekend it was 100 miles for a hundred years in honor of orville rodgers' 100th birthday, his family honored him by running in the marathon. saturday, he ran the last mile with his family. of course all of us here wish him a very happy birthday. still ahead, states are pushing faster to legalize marijuana. and superstar shania twap.

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wednesday with the lighting of the world famous rockefeller center christmas tree. the star studded festivities will be mosted by matt lauer, savannah guthrie, al roker. >> i saw all the pine needles scattered around the lobby, it's that season. the s&p is in record territory as the street bets big on strong holiday shopping but it's the value of bitcoins that has investors buzzing this morning. let's turn to cnbc's steve sedgwick with the latest from london. hi, steve, good morning. >> very good morning to you. look, it's quite extraordinary, the speed at which bitcoin is moving. year to date, what do we think it's up, 870%. to be fair that's probably old news because it's probably gone up even more, but they broke the 9,000 level and broke 9600 at 2:00 eastern this morning. what is driving this is a whole

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despite a growing emphasis on recycling in this country, most of what we throw out still winds up in land fills or polluting the ocean. >> a man has found a way to recycle just about everything. as anne thompson reports. >> reporter: on the shores of maryland's masonville cove a littered landscape. >> i found within the past hour maybe at least 100 bottle caps. >> reporter: just the 8 million tons of plastic that end up in the oceans each year. >> i hope they get turned into things that people can use. >> reporter: this plastic pollution will be processed into pellets to become shampoo bottles. the brain child of tara cycle, a

new jersey company, recycling items thought on the nonrecyclable. cigarette filters become ashtrays. bakery wrappers are pencil cases. and raw materials for new products. tom, is there anything you can't recycle? >> everything is recycle. just really the question of economics and then providing the excitement for people to do it. >> reporter: we first met tom in 2008. >> put some heat and pressure and make a fabric. >> reporter: since then they have expanded to 21 countries. anyone can buy terra cycle collection boxes then procter & gamble and others make it usable again. >> what are we walking on? >> this is old bottle caps and made into floors. >> and this picnic table? >> used juice boxes. >> reporter: terra cycle's

design lab is working on ways to get us to do more recycling. >> this is a box i can get into any recycle bin. >> who wouldn't want you to recycle if after every time it says -- yeah, high five. >> reporter: making sure the opportunities don't go to waste. >> i know it's on the mindset of a lot of us already. but everybody can get together just little by little to do their part. >> yeah. that'll help. plus you get creative things to cocome out of it. let's check in with bonnie schneider with a look at the forecast. >> many people are still traveling. >> pierre: happens headed back from thanksgiving holiday. but if you're doing that mostly the weather looks good. there are some exceptions. well, we have warm highs across much of the country we are looking at unsettled weather or snow that may impact you in. salt lake city we can see travel delays as well as chicago later on this afternoon and for tuesday as well. so phillip, we are looking at a

pretty good travel day overall. >> all right. stressful enough as it is. bonnie, thank you. thank you for waking up with us. i'm phillip

i have a long way back to win back the trust of the people of minnesota. >> al franken back to washington after being out of sight for ten days as four women have come forward with accusations against the senator. >> highly respected congressman john conyers steps down from a powerful leadership position amid his own harassment accusations. >> after days of black friday deals, get ready for even more deep discounts on this cyber monday. >> a new warning from tech billionaire elon musk sparked by this all-too-human flipping robot. >> and santa claus is getting ready for his big night. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning on a monday. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. this morning the reckoningor