as support for impeachment grows president trump unleashes on the person who set the impeachment inquiry in motion. his weekend-long assault on the whistle-blower and the political firestorm for the president over wildfires in california. why he's threatening to withhold aid for the infernos ravaging the state. controversy under the golden arches the ceo of mcdonald's fired over an affair with an employee what the move means for the future of the fast food giant. the ravens soar past the patriots to ruin theirts from ag sunday nht olivia newton-john's iconic e" oasfit makes a killing at the auction block "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera.

with the impeachment inquiry gathering steam on capitol hill president trump is lashing out at the whistle-blower, calling on the person who set the investigation into motion to go public the whistle-blower's lawyer says that won't happen but in a surprise move said his client is willing to answer written questions from republicans meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi says to expect public impeachment hearings to begin this month nbc's kelly o'donnell has more >> reporter: a new twist on the trump impeachment strategy go afterittle-owers. >> the whistle-blower should be revealed because the whistle-blower gave false stories. where is the second whistle-blower >> reporter: as to his plans to out the whistle-blower the president sidestepped but painted the unidentified cia employee as a democratic partisan >> because he's a brennan guy. he's a susan rice guy. he's an obama guy. and he hates trump

>> reporter: in a more veiled attack the president took on lieutenant coloneljuly call wits president. the national security council's top ukraine expert testified that he reported concerns to a white house lawyer and was told to keep quiet. >> why didn't the lieutenant colonel say that he wrote a letter to the white house with certain little comments about the phone call >> reporter: the decorated army officer was also labeled a never trumper. >> what evidence do you have that colonel vindman is a never trumper? >> we'll be showing that to you real soon. okay >> reporter: public support r removing the president from office is growing according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. 49% support removal. 46% oppose a six-point jump over last month. among this coming week's scheduled witnesses is former national security adviser john

bolton but it's unclear if he will show >> it's really up to the lawyers. i like john bolton i always got along with him. but that's going to be up to the lawyers. >> reporter: neither of two whistle-blowers has testified before the impeachment inquiry their lawyer responded to the president by telling me the fixation on the whistle-blowers is simply because the president and others are at a loss on how to address the investigations prompted by their underlying disclosures. democrats say this week will be the last of their closed-door depositions before public hearings begin sometime soon frances? >> all right kelly o'donnell for us kelly, thanks. ground in the race former vice presided several new polls released over the weekend, and he he leads president trump in a hypothetical hd--head match-up in our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll biden has nine points on mr. trump

senator elizabeth warren was right behind with eight points but the disparity is even greater in the latest fox news poll with the president trailing biden by 12 points warren had only a 5% lead over mr. trump in that poll in southern california people are being allowed to return to their homes. all of the evacuation orders were lifted as the winds died down and firefighters made a lot of progress over the weekend authorities announced that maria fire which has been threatening santa paula is now 50% contained. president trump has made his first comments about this emergency and nbc's sarah harman joins us now with those details. sarah, good repter: francesod morning. president trump has spoken publicly about the devastating california wildfires for the first time, hitting out at the state's governor gavin newsom and sparking a tweet battle. as california recovers from devastating fires that scorched nearly 100,000 acres and forced thousands from their homes, the president lashed out at

california governor gavin newsom and threatened to pull federal funding, tweeting "every yeae comes to the federal government for monetary help. no more. get your act together, governor." and blasted newsom's forest management "i told him from the first day we met that he must clean his forest floors. he doubled down on the south lawn >> the governor doesn't know he's like a child, he doesn't know what he's doing every year it's always california never -- it's rarely somebody else or somebody else. >> reporter: newsom fired back, "you don't believe in climate change you are excused from this conversation." the president has suggested cleaning the forest ooe devasta last year that killed 85 people, the president said -- >> got to take care of the floors you know, the floors of the forests. very important >> repte taken advice from finland's president. >> they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing

things and they don't have any problem. >> reporter: the finnish president later said he didn't recall mentioning raking many of california's most destructive blazes aren't forest fires and are thought to have been started by faulty power lines and equipment. residents in fire-damaged neighborhoods reacting to the president. >> he needs to come down here, basically, and see what's burning and what's not >> california's not managed well at all on all fronts >> reporter: sparks of controversy as the flames die down frances, california firefighters finally have the upper hand in containing this blaze, but as the evacuation orders are lifted some folks are finding they don't have a home to come back to some of the worst damage that we've seen has been in suburban areas like here north of los angeles. frances? >> got to feel for those families sarah, thank you the ceo of mcdonald's gets the pink slip. steve easterbrook was fired for having an affair with an employee the company released a statement

saying in part that easterbrook demonstrated poor judgment by having a consensual relationship wan employee nbc's blayne alexander has more company's future >> reporter: a major shake-up at mcdonald's, with the company announcing it has fired ceo steve easterbrook because of a relationship with an employee. in a letter to all mcdonald's staff easterbrook says the relationship was consensual but acknowledges he violated company policy, writing "this was a mistake given the values of the company, i agree with the board that it is time for me to move on." mcdonald's announced the change, writing in a statement, "the board determined easterbrook demonstrated poor judgment." >> mcdonald's is clearly trying to nip this in the bud before it becomes a huge story >> reporter: easterbrook has been at the helm since 2015 and overseen major changes in the company including moving its headquarters to downtown chicago. he talked about the shift in an interview with cnbc last year.

>> he tried to evolve the business in a really meaningful way the last two or three years. >> losing a person who was really behind the reputation is going to be very, very interesting. >> reporter: mcdonald's has already named asterbrook's replacement. chris kimchinski, the head of mcdonald's usa, serving up a new start for the fast food giant. blayne alexander, nbc news airbnb has announced new safety initiatives following a deadly shooting that left five people dead and several others injured at a home in orinda, california police say the house had been rented for a party that was advert on social media in a series of tweets airbnb says the company is taking steps to combat unauthorizedse team f remove guests who fail to comply unauthorized parties and will to the updated guest policies. so far police say no arrests have been made it took nine weeks but the patriots are no longer undefeated the ravens soared past new england in a huge game from

quarterback lamar jackson. baltimore struck first and never looked back. down 17 points, the patriots finally found the end zone in the second quarter tom brady connecting with mohamed sanu sr. new england cut the lead to just four points when julian edelman would get stripped and marlon humphrey takes it back for 70 yards. it didn't get any better from there for brady and company. the ravens win it 37-20. as the patriots got their first loss, the dolphins got their first win. miami quarterback ryan fitzpatrick finding some of that old fitz magic, throwing three touchdowns the dolphins cruise past the jets 26-18mes still out with a knee injury. but the ground game got the job done against the vikings running back damian williams taking it all y to the house 91 yards that is the longest in the nfl so farseason moore but then with three seconds left on the clock the chiefs would win the game without their best player

44-yard field goal here to win it 26-23. out to seattle now where russell wilson put up another mvp-level performance. the seahawks star quarterback threw for five touchdowns in a nail-biter against the buccaneers seattle missed a field goal that forced the game into overtime but the seahawks still won it 40-34. >> let's check and see how the week is shaping up weatherwise here's nbc meet joiflt jason sa webb good morning >> we're off to o'a cooler start. the cooler weather taking over the central plains to the east and that's going to be continuous as we have a series of fronts making their way through. many of you waking up to your first frost and freeze advisories this morning. they're across the carolinas, en frost advisory until 8:00 a.m. look at these morning temperatures currently right now below the freezing mark across portions of pennsylvania things will start to warm up throughout your afternoon, but these fronts will cause the chilly air from the upper

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>> reporter: at least ten people in these six states have been infected with a serious strain of salmonella after eating ground beef. the cdc reports the outbreak killed one person and sent eight to the hospital. numbers that health officials say are unusually high >> there are multiple strains of salmonella and the one that appears to be linked to this outbreak is considered one of the more virulent ones, which means that it's more likely to enter the bloodstream, which increases the risk unfortunately of dying from it >> reporter: investigators haven't zeroed in on a single source or brand. but the majority of people who got sick reported eating ground beef bought from different stores patients were mostly men and between 48 and 74 years old. >> if you're somebody watching this tonight and you're over the age of 65 or young children at home or your immune system may be compromised, you might want to consider waiting until this outbreak is over before consuming ground beef. >> reporter: the cdc is not advising retailers to stop

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whimsical photos of babies with special needs. and her unique way of taking their families on memory-making journeys here's nbc's kate snow >> reporter: an adventure in space. a voyage across the sea. an all-american mission. photographer angela forker sees those photos as a higher calling. >> i was just kind of praying and while i was praying it was like god showed me that these oo tha babies with them they're a reminder that special needs at the center of their futures are not yet written. >> i feel like these babies and i are on a mission, and that's what i'm showing the world and something maybe they didn't expect to see. >> reporter: farmers, mermaids, unicorns, and everything in between. each scene celebrating the baby's uniqueness. bria sheppard's five-year-old daughter camila has a rare genetic disorder a gastrostomy tube in her belly

makes sure she gets the nutrients she needs 37. >> i was in disbelief. i was in shock i didn't know exactly how to handle it. >> reporter: struggling to come to terms with her daughter's diagnosis, it was this post that led her to angela and the precious baby project. >> i was just like she's so beautiful. she has to be a princess >> reporter: up to ten hours of work goes into every design. it's a lot of trial and error. until the scene is perfect >> there we go >> reporter: this one came to life as soon as princess camilla was placed in, it flying above her frog prince holding on to the branch above her with the help of her g tube >> their g tubes and breathing tubes, i refer to them as accessories to kind of make it lighter for the parents. this is a part of your baby's story. and i love to feature those accessories. >> reporter: a snapshot of a moment in time that says so much about how wide open the future can be >> i feel like she's here to do

great things >> thanks to kate for that report so great to be able to have those images forever for these families to treasure >> yeah. what a talented photographer, too. i mean, just the creativity involved in this like you said, it's going to create a lifetime of memories. >> it's art. >> sure is 884 people claimed a new guinness world record in the dominican republic according to guinness 442 partners dance over five minutes making them largest number of partnersue t be inere also required to uniform and be within a well defined area the previous record was set in russia back in 2013. they had 330 pairs of dancers. >> wow that is impressive they deserve that. >> kind of a cool thing to watch there. thanks for watching "early

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