three are dead, 11 injured in what authoriti bror attack c. and this morning police are still searching for the shooter. >> you keep talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it do you think. >> no, no, no. >> thenou opened it very quickly. i don't want to do what you did. >> 20 times you have called for, i will shutdown the government if i don't get my wall. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security, chuck. we'll gained in the senate -- nancy, excuse me, did we win the senate? we won the senate. >> incredible exchanges inside the oval office over border wall funding. while today we learn the fate of president trump's one time long-time personal attorney when

he is sentenced. >> coast to coast picking up steam bringing with it mountain snow to the pacific northwest, dumping heavy rain across the south. forecasters say there could be flooding in the carolinasdisrup englan a hero cop to the rescue, risking life and limb climbing to the second story to save a family from a house fire. "early today" starts right now. >> good wednesday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. a deadly terror attack at a christmas market in france has left three dead and 11 injured. the streets of strasbourg turn into pandemonium after a gunman unleashed several rounds at the world famous christmas market. sending shoppers running for cover, officials say the 29-year-old suspect was confronted twice by police and was shot before managing to escape. >> france's counterterrorism unit is out in full force with 350 agents hunting for the gunman. the a.p. is reporting that five people have been detained so far in connection to the case, but the killer is still at large.

nbc's ali aruzi is joining us a terror watch list. what more do we know? > reporter: that's right, known to security services as a possible terrorist threat, opened fire on a popular christmas market, killing at least three people and injuring 11 others. now five people are said to be in critical condition after the attack. the attack took place in the city of strasbourg. it's about 310 miles east of paris on france's border with germany. it's a very popular place at this time of year. it has the largest christmas market in france, and it promotes itself as the capital of christmas. now, according to french authorities, the suspect escaped after exchanging gunfire with soldiers and armed police. he is believed to be injured. now, initially some people thought the gunfire was firecrackers, then it was sheer panic when it became cwa going . now, witnesses describe hearing gunshots and screams and shouts,

and police telling people to duck for cover. the city has been in lockdown as there is a massive manhunt underway to try and find the named him, but we are not naming him as of yet until we have full confirmation and paris is in full, full terror alert mode right now until they can find the suspect. guys? >> let's hope it happens in very short order. ali, thank you. >> breaking news out of london, it could make this british prime minister theresa may's last day in office. conservative party lawmakers say they have reached the threshold to trigger a voteriti house of . the vote will be held today between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. local time. many lawmakers have been angered over may's handling of brexit. if they vote no confidence, may could step down or fight in a new election. but if she wins, she can't be challenged again for one year. >> president trump's former personal attorney is scheduled for sentencing today in a new york federal court.

michael cohen pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges, including campaign finance and business crimes as well as lying to congress. the campaign finance violations are related to hush money payments made to two women ahead of the 2016 election. a move federal prosecutors say was directed by mr. trump. for more on today's courtroom fireworks, let's get to nbc's tracie potts in d.c. tracie, the president is already weighing in on the cohen case. >> reporter: well, he certainly is, because in those guilty pleas, cohen implicated the president saying that he directed those hush money payments. president trump has pushed back on that, but today is decision day for the president's long-time personal attorney. as you noted, he has now pleaded guilty to millions of dollars in fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, tax evasion in his personal and business dealings, not to mention arranging those hush money payments that you talked about. also, separate from all of that,

the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller says he lied to the feds. today, decision day for michael cohen, with president trump possibly impacted by all of this. here's the president's reaction. in an interview with reuters talking about michael cohen, president trump said, michael cohen is a lawyer. i assume he would know what he's doing. going on to say that, number one, it wasn't a campaign contribution -- talking about those hush money payments. if it were, it's only civil, and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we did, okay. so today, the question, what type of jail time will michael cohen get? he's asked for none, but the issue right now seems to be how much he's going to get. prosecutors are recommending a substantial term. phillip? >> he's cooperating hoping for leniency. see what he gets. tracie, thank you. >> president trump has drawn a line in the battle over the border wall. in a heated meeting with top

democrats, he threatened a shutdown if he doesn't get money for his campaign promise. nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer both pushed back on the idea of a shutdown. nbc's peter alexander has more on the explosive meeting. >> reporter: the preview of what divided government under president trump looks like. >> nancy, nancy -- >> reporter: an u of disagreemet in the white house with cameras rolling. >> you k about t. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. -- >> 20 times you called for i will shutdown the government if i don't get my wall. >> reporter: chuck schumer and nancy pelosi clashing with the government for his demand for $5 billion to build a border wall. that same wall the president promised mexico would pay for. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> who? >> mexico. >> the experts say you can do border security without a wall, which is wasteful and does

president solve the problem. >> it totally solves the problem. >> reporter: president trump ndorng a partial government shutdown at the end of next week if he doesn't get his way. >> and i am proud, and i'll tell you what. >> we disagree. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security, chuck. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it didn't work. i will take the mantle of shutting down and i'm going to shut it down for border security. >> it shouldn't be shutdown. >> reporter: the markets immediately taking a hit. a shutdown would impact the department of homeland security ingbout 600,000 federal employees out of work. the three sparring over the takeaway from the midterms. >> we gained in the senate. nancy, we've gained in the senate. excuse me. did we win t won the senate. >> when the president brags that he won north dakota and indiana, he's ire >> i did. >> reporter: with mike pence sitting there silent and the democrats clearly exasperated -- >> mr. president, please don't

characterize the strength that i bring to this meeting. >> reporter: the president repeatedly misstated the facts. >> tremendous amounts of wall have already been built. >> reporter: in fact, very little new wall has been built, and congress still hasn't approved funding for any of the eight prototypes the trump administration is considering. hours later, the president offering his spin on the surreal scene. >> believe it or not, i think it was a very friendly meeting. you saw the beginnings of it. it actually worked out to be i think pretty good. >> reporter: but democrats viewed it differently. >> this temper tantrum that he seems to throw will not get him his wall. >> reporter: behind closed doors late tuesday, nancy pelosi colorfully characterized her conversation with the president, saying, according to a detrump's insistence on a borde wall is, quote, like a manhood thing for him, as ifth's the lar rare interview to fox. but it's what he didn't say is back in the news, granting a about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi that is making headlines. nbc's hallie jackson has more.

>> reporter: jared kushner on the side lines, but making a rare move into the spotlight on fox news. side stepping a question about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> i think our intelligence agencies are making their assessments and we are hoping to make sure that there's justice brought where that should be. >> reporter: no mention by kushner of the saudi crown prince, even though the c.i.a. has already concluded he ordered the murder. with new questions now about kushner's close relationship with prince mohammed bin salman, who has denied involvement. >> i don't know about that relationship in particular, but i think all of us are concerned about the administration's relationship and unwillingness to call him on the carpet. >> reporter: kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior advisor, has been texting with the man he casually calls mohammed, accordintoand a official confirms the two men have maintained contact since khashoggi's murder. kushner arguing the prede shouldt peace deal by alienating the saudis.

outgoing ambassador nikki haley sitting down with nbc's craig melvin. >> i think we need to have a serious hard talk with the saudis to let them know we won't condone this. we won't give you a pass, and don't do this again. and then i think that the administrations have to talk about where we go from here. >> reporter: khashoggi, who worked for the "washington post" is now being honored by time magazine as one of its people of the year for his work defending a free press. >> this is the first time we've ever chosen someone no longer alive as person of the year, but it's also very rare that a immensely in death. >> reporter: as for kushner, one of his biggest policy priorities has been work on a criminal justice reform bill, one that is expected to have pretty broad bipartisan support. leaders plan to take that up by the end of the year. if it passes it will be one of kushner's biggest wins in this administration. ackil to you. >> hallie, thank you. >> a large rainstorm is expected this week which will cause

travel delays from the southeast to the mid-atlantic. let's turn now to nbc's meteorologist bill karins to tell us more about that. good morning, ibm. >> good morning. on top of all that we still hoo the mid-atlantic. that's when the heaviest rain will be over the mid-atlantic as we have the huge io saturday, t heavy rain from d.c. to new york, you'll wake up to rain early saturday morning in connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island, then during the day on saturday it's a little bit lighter and scattered in the southeast. how much rain are we talking about? the areas of red are up to 2 to 3 inches of rain. that's from tallahassee right up the east coast. so again, minor problems with flooding, but a lot of problems in the airways as far as for sol delays early today and we are getting ready for rain in texas later tonight. yeah, so again, the good thing with this storm is no ice

snow. >> we need a break especially in areas that were hard hit. thank you. a driver in d.c. captured a wild sight in washington, d.c., a man clinging to the bus. the driver claims he was going 40 miles an hour. he caught up with the dare devil later. the thrill seeker said he does a like it. >> those fare hikes are getting to people. got to get where you need to go. just ahead, hard stopping rescue caught on camera. we will hear from the cop who scaled to the second floor of a burning building to save a family. - [narrator] the typical vacuum head has its limitations,

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symptoms. i said, i just need you to relax. she's ke the seizures are coming. >> reporter: roughly two dozen seizures as the plane continued on to cincinnati,he customer herself and doctors on the ground said there was no need to divert. >> at that time it was the right move to continue through the flight instead of landing the airplane, not knowing where we were, or where the closest appropriate hospital is going to be for this girl. >> reporter: republic airways, which operated the flight, says had it been the judgment of the medical professionals that another course of action was indicated, we would have followed that recommendation immediately. once on the ground, the passenger was rushed to a nearby hospital. in-flight medical situations are quite common. everything from fainting to heart attacks. though the vast majority do not require an emergency landing. tom costello, nbc news washington. >> it is more common than you think. i'm been on a plan plane a couple times a problem pops up,

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