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>> and meet the newly divorced woman who decided to use 20 pounds of explosives on her wedding dress. "early today" starts right now. >> good tuesday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marlie hall. the massive campfire burning in northern california has now become the deadliest in state history. the remains of 13 more bodies were found monday, bring being the death toll from that fire alone to 42. more resources are being brought in to help identify the remains. meanwhile, one official is promising the hard-hit town of paradise will rebuild. >> for those of us that did not lose our lives, we are considering ourselves survivors, and we will come back. from the ashes. >> the flames and smoke from the campfire are so thick, they can be seen from space. so far, it has destroyed 117,000 acres and almost 7,000 structures. >> and in southern california, the woolsey fire has now grown to more than 93,000 acres.

two deaths have been linked to that blaze. as mandatory evacuation orders are lifted, residents there are returning home to see what, if anything, is left. nbc's miguel almaguer has more from west lake village. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: marlie and phillip, good morning. this is what it looks like in some communities here in southern california. block after block, reduced to rubble. it and it's those santa ana winds that remain a serious threat today. we can see so much more of this. this is what the fire fight looks like in the mountains outside los angeles. the air attacks swooping in, just above fiery ridges. multi-million dollar homes on the brink of disaster. >> i am surrounded by fire. >> reporter: many neighborhoods overrun by an unstoppable wall of fire, vortex of smoke and flames closing in. >> it was a tornado. i mean, it wasn't going like this. it was swirling. >> reporter: with embers raining down, firefighters face a hell scape, losing more homes over the weekend and two new

flare-ups causing panic on the freeway. in neighborhoods like this one where brush fires are burning, they could easily ignite nearby homes. across the state, the damage and devastation is staggering. more than 7,000 structures have burned, while cross california, 70,000 homes are still in the path of fire. how quickly is this fire jumping from hill to hill? >> very fast, very fast. >> reporter: destroying subdivisions in the west valley, and mansions in malibu, neil young, miley cyrus and actor gerard butler, all lost their homes. >> welcome to my home in malibu. >> reporter: everyone grateful for first responders, including the president, who himself came under fire for blaming the blaze on california's management of forest land. critics blasting back calling the statement ill timed. but on the front lines, no time for politics for those facing peril.

>> there i's nothing left of anything. >> reporter: with the loss here mounting, danger is looming. the winds threatening to unleash hell on earth again. miguel a. miguel almaguer, malibu. >> reporter: i'm steve patterson near paradise, california, where the entire town has been incinerated by towering flames. crews pushing the front of the fire back with an aerial assault. >> the fire took everything. >> reporter: the campfire destroying all of it. in paradise blocks gutted it, whole neighborhoods reduced to ruins. this is what's left in the wake of terrified residents trying to escape, a site we've seen all over town. cars discarded along the side of the road as so many became trapped and some were burned alive. this rural town now transformed, the images stunning. even the golden arches are all that's left of this mcdonald's. >> oh, my god.

>> reporter: we were with jordana as she came back for the first time. her home in ashes. >> it's like a movie you don't want to be in. >> reporter: at paradise elementary, teachers embrace next to the ruins of a school that stood for 82 years. as this community comes to grips with what's lost, crews continue to search for the missing as more than 5,000 firefighters battle the most destructive fire in california's history. >> that was steve patterson reporting. with first responders giving their all to fight back the flames, some celebrities are doing their part. guy fieri surprised some of them with a pulled pork dinner. the butte county sheriff's office thanked him on twitter for filling their bell iz and lifting their spirits. and neighbors are thanking kim kardashian west and kanye west for helping save their homes. according to tmz, as flames approached their own home, the wests hired a private fire department to fight them back which may have helped save the neighborhood. >> president trump reportedly planning to clear out another cabinet member. according to the "washington post," the president has told

advisors he decided to oust homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen. the post said they were told by several and former white house officials the shake up could come in weeks if not sooner. the president is reportedly disappointed with nielsen's immigration enforcement and implementing his more hardline policy ideas. according to the post, chief of staff john kelly is pushing back against her removal, but there is also speculation kelly is on shaky ground within the administration as well, says the paper citing three white house officials. >> after over a year of waiting, amazon is set to announce the locations for its newest h q2 today. that is according to a "wall street journal" report. the sources say amazon has picked long island city in new york and crystal city in virginia. the search for their newest headquarters began in september of last year with 238 cities bidding for those coveted spots. cities like dallas, atlanta and toronto made the final 20. the tech giant is set to invest

$5 billion in construction and create as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs in those new offices. the "wall street journal" reports other cities may receive major amazon facilities. >> a historic win for democrats one week after the midterms. nbc news has declared kyrsten sinema the winner in the arizona senate race, giving her a narrow victory over republican congresswoman martha mcsally. sinema not only flipped jeff flake's republican seat, she will also make history as the state's first-ever female senator. mcsally conceded, tweeting her congratulations. she wished sinema luck and said she was grateful to those who supported her. meanwhile, the clock is ticking in the florida senate race where republican rick scott holds a narrow lead over democratic senator bill nelson. the state has to recount 8 million votes before the thursday deadline, but legal battles risk overshadowing the election altogether. as nbc's kerry sanders reports, there are heated accusations

flying around on both sides of the ticket. >> reporter: in florida, a race to recount 8 million votes before thursday, republican rick scott had narrowly edged out democrat senator bill nelson on election night. but a judge refusing a scott request to impound counting machines in democratic broward county when they're not in use. instead, requesting three sheriff's deputies guard ballots and issuing this warning. >> ramp down the rhetoric. >> reporter: that comes after scott charged nelson with fraud. >> bill nelson is clearly a sore loser. >> reporter: and president trump tweeting an honest vote count is no lodger possible. ballots massively infected. must go with election night. but so far no law enforcement agency has found any evidence of fraud, causing them to launch an investigation. republican questions largely surround broward county, and its embattled election supervisor democrat brenda snipes whose office in 2016 was found to have

destroyed ballots and this year admitting she counted 22 provisional ballots that had already been rejected. >> have there been mistakes? >> there have been issues that did not go the way we wanted, so we can call it a mistake. >> reporter: democrats firing back. >> one fact is that rick scott isn't interested in making sure every lawful vote is counted. >> reporter: nelson's campaign believes one machine in broward county malfunctioned, skipping close to 25,000 votes. kerry sanders, nbc news, broward county, florida. >> a massive market sell off on monday. >> the dow diving more than 600 points dragged down by apple and amazon shares. mounting geopolitical concerns and a strengthening dollar. the s&p and nasdaq were also down. right now u.s. futures are pointing to a modest rebound. it is a wintry wonder land in new mexico as areas saw its

first big snow of the year. forecasters say the land of enchantment could see up to 4 inches. and a magnificent lightning strike lit up the night sky in argentina. the wild bolts came after heavy storms. >> what have we got going on in the states this tuesday? toss it over to bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. active weather continues across the country in sections of the northeast now. we have a lot of rain from the southeast, even a tornado watch in eastern carolina till 8:00 a.m. this morning. there's the snow in blue throughout central new england. it's going to change over to rain in the morning. only northern portions of new england will get accumulating snow. the adirondacks, ski country will do well with that. look how cold it is, too. it is like december cold in chicago,h.

we'll watch rain and snow exiting quickly in the northeast today as we go throughout the morning. and we had a potential for a nor'easter with more snow and rain in the east on friday. >> a lot going on. bill, thank you. monday night football was played in the bay area last night with fires raging to the north and the south and smoke in the air. the game still went on between the giants and niners. new york down by 3 as eli manning connects with odell beckham, jr. right here. that would give the giants the lead. and in the fourth, the niners were up by three. manning hits sterling shepherd for the winning touchdown. halftime score new york giants win 27-23. >> up next what's on the docket as congress gets back to work this morning and remembering the man behind marvel's incredible creations.

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fast forwarding into tuesday, opening statements begin in the new york city trial of accused mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman. he is accused of trafficking 40,000 pounds of cocaine among other drugs. >> jeffrey seigler who shot at a black teenager who knocked on his door asking for directions will be sentenced in michigan. seigler was found guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harmless than murder. >> and the tsa is expecting more than 25 million travelers to pass through airport security lines this thanksgiving season. making it one of the agency's busiest holidays on record. >> congress heads back to work this morning for the first time since last week's historic midterms. democrats will officially take control of the house in january, but you can expect plenty of fireworks during the lame duck session, especially with several races still up in the air. nbc's tracie potts joining us now from capitol hill with more. tracie, is it true we might see a partial government shutdown in the coming weeks? >> reporter: well, phillip and parly, it's possible because

congress is facing a hard deadline, less than a month from now, december 7th is the day they kept kicking that can down the road. and now it's about to happen again. either fund the government -- fund this budget or come up with -- or face a possible government shutdown. now, lawmakers have been negotiating over this, but there is a big sticking point here. funding for the president's border wall. both sides, the house and the senate, have money built in for that, but one is three times the amount of the other when it comes to border security. democrats say they actually had a good deal going with republicans on border security, but the wall specifically, which is part of that, is what could cause the problem here. president trump has said that he will fight for that wall funding. democrats are warning him to stay out of it if they want to try to get something done on that. and by extension, get a budget in place and avoid this shutdown in just over three weeks. back to you. >> the d.c. drama resumes. tracie, thank you.

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the explosion was felt for miles and heard all around medina county. she initially wanted to burn the dress and her dad and brother decided to up the ante and add explosives. on saturday she threw a divorce bash on her family's farm. 40 family members and friends were there. she had been married 14 years. >> that's one way to get closure. >> one, she's from texas. two, she seems delightful. and three, you know the next guy knows she's not playing around and she has access to explosive. >> there you go. and family and friends will help her. well, tributes are pouring in for an american icon. stan lee, the visionary behind spider man and leng endri universe of superheroes has died. actor chris hemsworth posting this photo saying, rest in peace, my friend. "deadpool" star ryan reynolds saying, thanks for everything. and ironman actor robert downey, jr., saying i owe it all to you. >> here's nbc's harry smith on lee's lasting imprint on american culture.

>> reporter: stan lee was the man. he created or co-created most the roster of marvel comics pantheon of superheroes. spider man, the hull being, the fantastic 4. x man, ironman and more. each a kind of outsider with a very believable inside. >> it's no fun reading about somebody who is perfect. you want to read about people that you can identify with because we've all got problems and we've all -- we're all flawed. >> reporter: marvel comics started in the early '60s. lee and his collaborateers were risk takers, writing their characters far beyond the range of their comic book rivals. the brand would grow so attractive, disney purchased it. in 2009 for $4 billion. >> enough of this. >> reporter: and since then, marvel movies and franchises have dominated the superhero world. >> my son, it is your time. >> reporter: lee, like alfred hitchcock, put himself in many a

film. >> stan lee. >> reporter: and in the end, lee couldn't help but marvel at his success. >> i still sometimes have trouble believing it because all i was doing was trying to just make a living. so all i was doing was having fun. >> enough said. >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> marvel comics legend stan lee dead at the age of 95. what if numbers tell only half the story? at t. rowe price, hundreds of our experts go beyond the numbers to examine investment opportunities firsthand. like a biotech firm that engineers a patient's own cells to fight cancer. this is strategic investing. because your investments deserve the full story. t. rowe price. invest with confidence.

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♪ no need for searching, i say thank you ♪ ♪ >> ariana grande has something else to be thankful for other than her ex's, that is. the song, thank you, next, shot to 100 on the billboard. it's her first and she tweeted out her excitement. >> more popular than ever. bill is back with us with another look at the forecast. >> let's talk about this late week storm. we'll watch this moving across the country from the rockies today. it's going to dip dive into areas of texas. pull up that tropical moisture ahead of it. more rain in the southeast especially wednesday into thursday. it's going to be cold enough for some snow on the backside. watch out from memphis, somewhere maybe just south of st. louis. that area could get a couple inches of accumulation. and then on thursday, a blast of snow first in the northeast changing over to rain for many areas. messy thursday night, friday morning. >> all right, bill, thanks for the heads up. just ahead, a gruesome moment from a budding nba star. plus outrage over this disturbing photo here.

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leading the news, a photo that's created a firestorm, it appears to show dozens of students from a wisconsin high school giving a nazi salute before the prom. here's nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: this photo of male students at a wisconsin high school performing what looks like a nazi salute, another displaying a hand gesture associated with white nationalism, is raising red flags worldwide. the photo taken last spring, jordan blue stood on the last row, among the few who did not raise his arm. >> if i knew what was happening, i would have not been in that photo at that time because i don't believe that is right. >> reporter: the auschwitz memorial the first to rebuke the

photo tweeting, it is so hard to find words. this is why every single day we work hard to educate auschwitz with its gas chambers was at the very end of the long process of normalizing and accommodating hatred. the school district is calling the ges launching an investigation and exploring possible legal action, police assisting in the case. bariboo outraged. >> i think it is very disturbing and i definitely don't this represents the overall attitude of this area. >> reporter: a prom night photo to remember for all the wrong reasons. ron mott, nbc news. >> is there a six-month old baby not sleeping through the night? a new study suggests this is okay. research published by the american academy of pediatric finds a wide variation when it comes to -- when kids start getting their eight hours of uninterrupted shut eye. and it doesn't mean the baby isn't developing normally. researchers found 57% of babies weren't sleeping eight hours straight at six months old, and

43% still weren't at 12 months and 100% still aren't. >> well, the department of health and human services has updated its physical activity guidelines and it looks like most americans aren't up to its standards. officials say adults should aim for 150 to 300 minutes of moderate exercise a week, while children should get at least an hour of moderate to vigorous activity per day. it can be in small doses, though. still, hhs reveals nearly 80% of u.s. adults and teens fall drastically short of this level activity. i must admit so do i. >> we've seen the studies over and over again, right? when it comes to it just get out there, be active on some level. all right, brooklyn nets star suffered a very nasty leg injury during the game against minute anyone timberwolves. we have to warn you it is disturbing. it happened just before the end of the first half. he jumped up to block the shot. he fell directly onto his right ankle. there it is, medical personnel rushed to the floor. they carted him off as his

teammates looked on in shock and sadness. he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. they ended up losing the game. he had a lot of adversity. >> that was a hard ll. thfaanad lib live picture of san

welcome to tuesday morning. taking a live look outside, city by the bay, san francisco this morning. hope you had a good monday. now, let's get tuesday going together. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to traffic in a bit. meteorologist kari hall is standing by with that tuesday morning forecast. >> it's still smoky out there and also very chilly. it's basically starting out like it did yesterday. where you see the red dots which is basically all the bay area, it's still unhealthy. as we go throughout the rest of the day, it's going to be smoky, and then we start out in sunny veil with temperatures in the