better bundle up for this thanksgiving. record cold may blanket your turkey day as millions begin their trek to their holiday destinations. we'll tell you what's in store. >> president trump busy tweeting overnight but not about saudi controversy. b the tanking stock market or the clinton/comey story. we'll tell you what got his attention. >> was it a case of arson? questions of fire at a new jersey mansion and four deaths including two children. >> michael avenatti whose girlfriend is seeking a restraining order over his arrest for domestic violence. >> to the trash-talking hype and phil mickelson.ay per v

>> it's every time i see you, you know, i want to be able to rub it in. i'm willing to risk 100,000 that sa make birdie on the first hole? >> i know i'm going to make birdie on the first hole. >> double it. >> double it again. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena. the busiest travel time of the year is underway. with over 2 1/2 million fliers expected to hit the airports today, a record number of passengers are expected to fly to their turkey day celebrations. the worst of it, the ride back on sunday with more than 3 million passengers expected. >> here in new york, the n.y.p.d. is ramping up security measures ahead of the 92nd annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. authorities saying there will be a heavy police presence on the ground, including the use of bomb-sniffing dogs. 3.5 million people are expected to line the streets during the parade despite a forecast of record cold temperatures, including single-digit wind

chills. and nbc's meteorologist bill karins is here with ane peek of the thanksgiving forecast. >> it's unbelievable. this cold is unprecedented. no one alive in new york city is going to see a thanksgiving this cold before. today is not bad. there is not a lot of av issues. in the west the storm comes in, all day we'll have our biggest travel concerns. the parade forecast, we've been talking about it. wind chills will be in the single digits for the millions people lining the streets. temperatures will only be in the low 20s. this is how cold it's going to be in the entire region. 10 in green bay. western new york at 1. northern portions of new england, guys, are going to be negative wind chills on thanksgiving morning. not just for the parade, but for anyone getting to your destinations, as cold as it gets. >> looking like ralphie's brother for christmas. that's how we want to do it. thank you, bill. there is a stunning report out dogging the white house this morning. "the new york times" reports president trump wanted to order the d.o.j. to criminally

prosecute hillary clinton and fired fbi director james comey. quoting two sources familiar with the conversation, the president spoke about possible prosecutions to the white house counsel at the time and apparently dropped the idea after advisors said the move could possibly get him impeached. we get the details from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: in the explosive new report, "the new york times" said the coffer asian happened last spring. presidenum donthat he wanted th department to prosecute hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. the newspaper cites two people familiar with the conversation. the times says mcgahn told the president he had no authority to order that, and that white house lawyers drafted a memo for the president, that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequence, including possible impeachment. even as a presidential candidate, mr. trump hinted at ordering an investigation into clinton. >> but if i win, i am going to

instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> reporter: and the new report raising more questions about the president's tense relationship with his justice department, including firing attorney general jeff sessions, to new fears from democrats that his replacement matt whitaker might curtail the mueller investigation. >> it's going to be up to him. i think he's very well aware politically. i really believe he's going to do what's right. >> reporter: neither the white house nor don mcgahn responded to our requests for comment. all of this comes as the president and his legal team say they have submitted written answers to special counsel robert mueller, though they say much of it was, quote, beyond the scope of legitimate inquiry. phillip? >> all right, kristen, thank you. >> could cutting the comedy get president trump to the white house correspondents dinner this year? he seemed to hint as much after pulitzer prize winner will speak at next year's event.

so-called comedian michelle wolf bombed so badly last year, they will have an ought authorize instead of a comedian. good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition. maybe i will go. last year's starring comedian slammed the president multiple times in her act and she didn't hold back in her response to that tweet. wolf writing, quote, i bet you'd be on my side if i had killed a journalist. that tweet, a reference to president trump waiving aside the cia's conclusion that saudi arabia's crown prince was behind the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> new fallout this morning after the revelation that ivanka trump used private e-mail to conduct government business while working in the white house. critics pouncing alleging hypocrisy after her father's relentless criticism of clinton's e-mails. the president, however, dismissing the comparison insisting the two situations are the first dad defending his daughter now under investigation for violating federal records rules by using

her personal e-mail account to conduct government business last year. >> ivanka did some e-mails. they weren't classified like hillary clinton. they weren't deleted like hillary clinton. they're all in presidential records. there was no hiding. >> reporter: ivanka trump also not hiding front and center in the rose garden but publicly silent. a spokesperson for mrs. trump telling nbc news she sometimes used her private account almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family. still house democrats are demanding answers, vowing they'll investigate those e-mails, reportedly hundreds of them that miss trump sent to white house aides, cabinet officials and her assistants. >> ivanka can handle herself. ivanka can handle herself. >> reporter: but even a pair of the president concede it's problematic. >> certainly it's hypocritical. even ivanka if she was interviewed about it, she would have to say it was a mission take. >> look, it appears hypocritical. it looks bad for sure. >> reporter: especially given candidate trump's relentless assault on his former opponent. >> how can hillary manage this

country when she can't even manage her e-mails? >> reporter: the argument to launch that famous rallying cry. >> lock her up. lock her up. >> reporter: giving critics new ammunition. peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> more woes on wall street this morning. stocks tanked again tuesday with the dow plunging over 500 points and wiping out any gain made in 2018. investors may get some relief, though. futures are pointing to a slight rebound at the open. nbc's ann thompson has more on the market meltdown. >> reporter: two days before thanksgiving, investors lost their appetite for stocks. the dow plunging a stomach-churning 552 points, losing an almost 4% in two days. the nasdaq off 5%. the white house dismissing talk of a potential economic slow down. >> as a country we're doing great. ouri think your tech stockshat e back. >> reporter: apple, microsoft and ibm all losers. retail stocks selling off. after target profits

wiping omarket's gains for the year. >> the thing that's driving prices down the most right now in the stock market is a fear that things will not grow nearly as fast in the future as they have over the past few years. >> reporter: wall street heading into the holiday with a bad taste in its mouth. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >> mystery swirling around a mansion fire in new jersey after a family of four was found dead. this was in the community of colts neck. one adult and two children were found dead inside the home. and the owner, a tech ceo, was found shot outside. but just ten miles from colts neck, another home went up in flames and police believe the two may be connected. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more. >> reporter: the mystery in a new jersey mansion, with the fire still smoldering in the ritzy community of colts neck, police say four people are dead. enormous home. investigating whether there is a anot>> we are investigating thi link to a second fire. that house owned by a relative of the mansion's owner. >> that remains to be seen, but

that is an option or an angle that we continue to pursue. >> reporter: and as police now search for answers they are asking the public for help. >> this is tragic here in colts neck, and we need to pray for these people. >> reporter: while neighbors in this quiet can only wonder what went so wrong just days before thanksgiving. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> after being decimated by one of the deadliest fires in northern california, officials in the town of paradise are now in the spotlight for narrowing down their roads. this iss according to a new report in the l.a. times. it happened in 2015 and was called the downtown paradise safety project where four lanes were reduced to two to reduce conges.but now officials say itd a deadly evacuation bottleneck and gridlock conditions as thousands of residents tried to flee the fire. paradise's mayor jodi jones says residents evacuated in about 2 1/2 hours and doesn't believe the narrowing of the roads was an issue.

northern california residents in the camp fire area are under a flash flood watch this morning. and while that may help firefighters who have fire at 75% containment, the clock is ticking for crews still searching for survivors. with 870 people still missing and the death toll at 81, the rain could trigger mudslides, making recovery and identification even more difficult. the woolsey fire is at 96% containment, and its debris flow and rock slides that pose a new threat now. >> millions of people are going to be paying attention to bill karins and the weather today. it matters. >> probably a lot of people up now that aren't. they're heading out the door for a long ride or maybe an early flight. let's get into it today. there is not a lot of bad weather to be had. late we will see airports on the west coast with possible delays. maybe wind delays in new york city and boston shouldn't be too bad. buffalo could have snow squalls to deal with. if you're driving on the highways, 90 would be one of the worst roads for the squalls in

the northeast. we had snow yesterday in maine so northern end of 95. anyone on 95 late today will deal with rain and snow as youa. i'm sure there are still people that need to do shoveling early this morn of course, everyone has to get home, right? eventually. the weekend forecast will give you a little sneak peek at sunday. >> a big day, too. thank you. >> thanks, bill. a cute alert for you on this wednesday morning. there's been a baby boom in central kentucky. the these seven troopers at the kentucky statell welcomed babies this year as they took a break in their busy schedules to pose with their newborns and families just in time for christmas card season. that's amazing. >> very cute. hopefully someone out there is

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>> i haven't seen creed 1. >> you haved, there is a new mo about an unlikely friendship that reminds people what's possible when people put their differences aside. rehema ellis sits down with the concert pianist who dared to tour the jim crow south in the 1960s. >> this gentleman says i'm committed to dying here. >> i'm afraid not. >> reporter: he plays the elegant musician who hired an uneducated tough guy as his driver, tony lipp played by vigo morton son. is this a movie for our time? >> this film fits perfectly in sort of the culture right now as far as something that can serve an of what is possible. >> without even realizing it, they're pushed shoulder to shoulder back to back by what they faced together.

>> i'm going to worry about the way i talk? >> there are simple techniques i can teach you that are quite to find places that will serve black travelers. gloria said the book was her family's survival guide. >> it's a matter of life and death. many cities and towns we weren . >> reporter: in those dark times, tony lipp's son who co-wrote the film said his dad's unlikely friendship changed their lives. >> my whole family turned the switch in the opposite direction how we treat people and live our lives that point on. >> you only win when you maintain your dignity. >> reporter: opposites who came together to survive and bonded for life. in these times, that's music to our ears. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> amazing how one friendship can make a difference in the world. >> yeah, pretty cool. take a reverse version of driving miss daisy. got to check it out. we want to wish some happy birthdays now. first oscar winning actress famr

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