nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. breaking overnight. two chicago police officers investigating a call of shots fired are fatally struck by an oncoming train. complete details ahead. sentencing day. president trump's one-time ally general michael flynn cooperated with prosecutors, but could released portions of his fbi interview change everything? former cbs head honcho les moonves speaks out and the cutting out of his $120 million severance package. get ready for the holiday rush. we have the tips you'll want to know brushfire you hit the road. "early today" starts right now. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena.

breaking overnight, chicago mourning the loss of two of their bravest. while responding to reports of gunfire on the far south side, the police officers were struck and killed instantly by a passing train. >> by doing the most dangerous thing a police officer can do, and that is to chase an individual with a gun, these brave young men were consumed with identifying a potential threat to their community and put the safety of others above their own. >> officer conrad gary was 31 years old. and officer eduardo marmolejo was 37. a police spokesman said a weapon was found near the scene, and a person of interest was questions late monday. cbs board of directors has announced former ceo les moonves will not receive his package wa groups who are fighting to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace. the announcement about the remaining funds comes as cbs releases the results of a broad investigation into the ousted ceo's conduct. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the

latest. >> reporter: the investigation is complete. cbs confirming former boss les moonves will not be getting severance pay after a host of women came forward accusing moonves of sexual harassment. citing a breach of his employment contract, as well as his willful failure to cooperate fully. moonves today to receive $120 million in severance. a draft obtained by "the new york times" earlier this month detailed a pattern of sexual misconduct and an elaborate cover-up, saying moonves engaged in multiple acts of involving 17 women including these four cbs employees. >> he just stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: june seeley kimmel says she had a traumatic encounter with moonves more than 30 years ago when he was development head at 20th century fox. >> i was really shocked. and it was gross. it was very unappealing.

>> reporter: a statement from lawyers representing moonves denied any nonconsensual encounters and says he has cooperated fully with the investigation. investigators determined that harassment and retaliation are not pervasive at cbs, but new management has already begun to take robust steps to improve the working environment. and late monday, moonves' lawyer said the conclusions of are ordain and without merit. he was one of the most highly compensated executives, earning $69 million per year. we're four days away from a partial government shutdown. republicans and democrats have hit a wall. president trump'soff bordeer f. meanwhile, james comey slammed republicans for not speaking out against president trump's attacks against the fbi. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matters and the truth matters. where are those republicans

today? at some point, someone has to stand up. >> this as we brace for today's sentencing of former trump adviser michael flynn. tracie potts joining us now from washington. tracie, good morning. i want to start with the shutdown. we any closer to a deal here? >> no, not at all. not only are we not closer to a deal, phillip, but we also have no idea there is a deal in the works, if there is anything going on behind the scenes. republicans are complaining that they are not getting a signal of where the compromise might be from the white house. the last word from president trump is i'm proud to shut down the government, and that's sort of where they left it. democrats say they may deal with this in january, but for now, there is no sense of compromise from either side with four days left until this partial government shutdown, which means employees could either see their paychecks delayed or eliminated over the

christmas break. the issue, as you said is funding for wall. the $5 billion that the government, that the president is kidnappeding, and less than a third of that is what democrats are willing to give up for security. >> a lot of money, but an even bigger impact before the holidays. i want to switch gears to michael flynn. he is going to be sentenced today. do you think he'll face prison time? >> probably not because the government is recommending no prison time for him given his cooperation in this russian interference investigation. michael flynn, the former national security adviser, who was also closed to president trump during the campaign pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi, and now we have a transcript redacted, but a transcript of that interview where the fbi says he lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador in the weeks leading up to the end of that campaign. >> let's see if they go light on him today. tracie, thank you. the father of a 2-yeldyn lin

emotional plea to the u.s. state department so that the boy's mother can come see her son. 2-year-old abdullah hassan was born with a rare brain disease, and his condition is quickly deteriorating. his mother lives in egypt, but can't enter the united states because of president trump's travel ban on muslim countries. so far the state department has ignored their pleas for a waiver to get her into the country. the by's family is preparing to remove him from life support and want to give his mother one last chance to say goodbye. migration has been a hot button issue this year, between the migrant caravan and president trump's border wall, it was never far from the headlines. well, today the u.n. is marking international migrants day. the goal, toro dignity for migrants. sarah harman joining us now in studio with more. sarah, good morning. great to have you with us. what is this all about? >> hey, good morning to youing. migration has been such a big issue. we've all heard about the caravan and the border wall, and in the u.s. it's become very

political. migration is a global phenomenon. wherever there is conflict or violence. >> our going to see people fleeing, syria, iraq, afghanistan, so many conflicts. the list really goes on and on. and in fact, the u.n. says that around the world, 60 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict. 60 million people. think about that for a second. that's the population of new york and california combined. so today's about raising awareness. all told, there is some 258 million international might grants. that's a lot of people, and most of them aren't in the u.s. they're in europe and asia, and you guys know europe has its own struggles with might griggs. over the weekend, an anti-migrant protest in belgium turned violent. police using tear gas and water cannon on protesters there. the u.n. says international country they find themselves in at a minimum, they should be being these are people, in whatever situation or treated like human beings. so that's the message that they're sharing today. >> that's a great point. too often you see them talking about them like they're

dangerous cattle or something. but like you said, they are human beings with a purpose. thanks for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. with more than 100 million people expected to start traveling this week for the holidays, all eyes are on the skies as several powerful storms start rolling across the country. nbc's tom costello now on the big picture for your travel plans. >> reporter: it's already started. high surf and heavy rains pounding the pacific coast, the first of several storms this week. >> notice that widespread rain starts to push in during the evening commute. >> reporter: by midweek, just as 110 million americans start the holiday getaway, more rain will drench everything east of the mississippi. potential rain delays expected atlanta's airport thursday and friday, along with just about every airport to the north,he hn could make for a slow crawl on nearly all the arteries running east, west, and north-south, with snow expected in the upper

midwest. an all-out push to del those holiday packages. to guarantee a christmas arrival, the big three say give it to them no later than friday. there are a lot of procrastinators. 53% of people are expected to wait until saturday to try to ship their christmas packages. in los angeles, the crush is now. >> we hire a bunch of people. we hire hundreds of people during the holiday seasons, just to compensate for that extra volume. >> reporter: huge volume and a hope mother nature doesn't get in the way. tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. >> how about that holiday travel? let's go to bill karins. good morning, bill. >> good morning. it's going to be rain, not snow or sleet. but a lot of rain, maybe even a little severe weather. into wednesday when the rainstorm really begins in areas of east texas, sliding intosiang not anything too severe by time too we get to wednesday. on thursday the storm strengthens. storms will be rolling through florida.

tampa, orlando, miami have the delays. and heavy rain from charleston to charlotte to raleigh. friday, the narrow band of heavy rain and gusty winds will be moving through the northeast. new york city early on the day on friday. boston friday afternoon and evening. on the:00 be a side windy with snow showers in areas of the ohio valley too. again, a lot of airport delays, es temperatures cold in northern new england, but pretty mild throughout the rest of the country. enjoy a pretty nice afternoon. let's take a look when we come back about the odds of a white christmas. i'll give you a long-range snow forecast. >> all right, bill. thank you very much. in today's quick hit, we've been talking about this, especially people with ocd who couldn't stand seeing this. the holland tunnel which connects new york and new jersey has tweaked its christmas deck rakeses after a petition

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ad lib live picture of san jose. a very good tuesday morning. it's december 18th already. taking a live look outside, christmas in the park this morning. it remains all lit up, as we approach christmas, less than a week away, right?

one week from today. but who is counting? we should be. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's talk about the weather out there today. yesterday rain, a little bit different? >> a little bit different. clouds and patchy fog. we'll have live look in fremont 880, everything is rolling well as you get ready to head out the door and it's also chilly with some upper 40s to start out this morning. we'll be in