this weekit inquiry as those hearings will be televised arctic cold blast on the way. some 200 million americans are in the path of frigid temperatures that will shatter records. some set back in the 1800s today could be a bigger shopping day than black friday or cyber monday with half a billion shoppers or more taking part in singles day. >> we've got the biggest moments from this year's people's choice awards we'll have the winners and a few surprises too. and today we honor all veterans, both at home and those keeping us safe around the globe. it's monday november 11th. "early today" starts right now good morning

i'm phillip mena >> i'm cori coffin a record-breaking arctic blast sweeping across the country bringing dangerously cold temperatures as this system moves east it's expected to impact 80% of the country, across 41 states. snow has already fallen in the midwest in the great lakes region but more is on the way. chicago is expected to see several inches this morning as well winter more than a month away still but those lows are coming to areas that could be considered cold even fors below. over the next few days nearly 200 records could be broken. the impeachment inquiry will come to life on tefths screens this week with the first round of public testimony set to begin wednesday. the house will question a trio of government officials who initially gave depositions behind closed doors. acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor and assistant secretary of state george kent will tell their stories first. meanwhile, president trump is in new york city this morning he'll speak at the veterans day

parade he's the first sitting president to do so and city leaders are urging him to keep politics out of the event. nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest >> reporter: from high above fifth avenue at trump tower the president lashing out at impeachment point man adam schiff saying "he wantopl he alw any of our requested witnesses." impeachment going public with current and former state department officials testifying firsthand accounts claiming the president withheld military aid to get ukraine to investigate the bidens heading into this week, a sharp partisan divide over which witnesses should be called >> having hunter biden come in is unrelated to the ukraine call and so that becomes irrelevant >> i consider any impeachment in the house that doesn't allow us to know who the whistle-blower

is to be invalid >> reporter: an emerging republican defense is the president's actions toward ukraine were unwise but not enough to remove him from office >> i believe it was inappropriate. i do not believe it was don't be led into the fool's trap of saying it was not perfect but is not impeachable democrats sa could support republican-chosen witnesses but under certain conditions >> do these witnesses have important information, knowledge or evidence about the president's conduct? and if it pass that's test then we should call them, sure. >> reporter: president trump may have his own way of counterprogramming some of the televised public hearings of the impeachment inquiry. on wednesday he'll have a controversial world leader here, the president of turkey, president erdogan. he'll have meetings heret the white house, and they'll also hold a joint news conference which could compete as americans watch both the president and the impeachment inquiry. phillip? >> all right, kelly, thank you

also this morning a surprising new claim from the former ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley in her new memoir she claims that then secretary of state rex tillerson and chief of staff john kelly tried to recruit her to "save the country by resisting the president. she rejected undermining the president and told them so tillerson and kelly did not respond for comment. there's a sense of renewed hope for the u.s. family of a missing case on robt levinson levinson, who suffers from diabetes and disappeared in iran 12 years ago -- this comes as the u.s. is now offering up $25 million for information about levinson here's nbc's erin mclaughlin >> reporter: after years of agony a glimmer of hope for the family of robert levinson. >> we believe that my father is still alive and we believe that iran knows exactly what has happened to my father, can find him and bring him home >> reporter: in 2007 the former fbi agent vanished from the

iranian island of tisch. last seen eight years ago pleading for help. >> i'm not in very good health i'm running very quickly out o spokesperson for the foreign ministry said a case was opened on secretary of state mike pompeo upped levinson's reward to $25 million. experts say the timing is no coincidence. >> iranian leaders would love to gain leverage with the trump administration because they realize mr. levinson is an important asset for the united states >> reporter: for the levinson family he's not just an asset but a loved one who has yet to meet his new grandchildren >> we know he's working his best every single day to stay strong so he can come home, meet the grandchildren that he's never met. my message to my father is to not give up. >> reporter: a trumpadnistratio nbc that iran's suggestion of an investigation is at best halfhearted, noting "the only

credible evidence of responsibility forlamic republic of iran. cori >> erin, thank you there's been a violent new escalation in the ongoing hong kong protests. police shot and critically wounded a protester. the incident was caught on camera we want to warn you the video is disturbing [ gun shokts ] a loca protester underwent surgery but no other information was available. the shooting happened days after a college student died after falling from a parking garage while police used tear gas in the area following weeks of protests bolivia's president says that he will resign. president evo morales was the longest-serving leader in south america, in power for nearly 14 years. he claimed to have won a fourth term on october 20th but a report found serious irregularities in the vote

concerns about fraud led to violent clashes between protesters the military asked morales to resign to ensure stability there have been unconfirmed reports at this point of more unrest there overnight u.s. diplomats in bolivia were told to shelter in place >>tonow. and a heartbreaker for the dallas cowboys, capping off week 10 in the nfl. the vikings stormed into dallas and struck first kirk cousins fired into the end zone kyle rudolph, look at thisus, od trailing by 14 now the cowboys finally would catch fire dak prescott hitting michael gallup to cut minnesota's lead in half. then the cowboys took the lead on this half amari cooper defying gravity both feet in still dallas con hold on and the vikings take it 28-24. the nfl's reigning mvp was back in the mix patrick mahomes was not enough, though, to push the chiefs past the titans despite this jaw-dropping pass to hardman speeds past the defense.

titans quarterback ryan tannehill fought back for the upset, 35-32 in green bay it wasn't quite the ice bowl but it was stilepor the parknthers carolina could not hold back aaron jones, who scored all three touchdowns for the packers. the panthers did have a chance to tie it at the end on this play here but christian mccaffrey could not get in the end zone and the packers win it 24-16. ravens quarterback lamar jackson made his best case yet for mvp against the bengals. he had a perfect passer rating he went 15 for 17, 223 yards, and three touchdowns baltimore routs cincinnati 49-13. jackson was only third, though, as far a, he was first nts. giants rookie darius slaton came in second. while titans running back derrick henr tyreek hill roundi out the top five lsu's in the driver's seat after

beating up on alabama. thimn tide fourth. ohio state and clemson sandwiched in between. minnesota has jumped in the top ten for the first time in 57 years after they upset penn state. nbc meteorologist janessa webb back in with more on this arctic forecast and janessa, i'm sure a lot of these teams will be dealing with some frigid temperatures >> yeah, there's no going back now. the deep freeze is on. we have about 41 states, over half the country that's going to be dealing with this arctic blast. and it's really just starting to settle in. let's look at daytime highs today. rapid city 21 degrees. many of these spots across the central plains to the midwest are 25 to 30 degrees below average. and that's not even factoring in the winds the next 24 hours. suf these areas for the upper midwest. that will continue for at least the o

valley into the northeast. new york city 57 this is massive arctic air, and we still haven't talked about snow we'll talk about that coming oh, can we not? >> avoid that? >> yeah, if we have to thanks, janessa. today of course is veterans day. businesses all across the nation are showering veterans, rightly so, as well as active military members with freebies and deals. several retailers have weekly and everyday discounts some are offering extra for this federal holiday. amc theaters is offering a free large popcorn with the purchase of a military-price ticket goodyear auto service is giving free checks for vets through november 16th. and planet fitness is offering free workouts through november 15th >> all right take advantage just ahead, strawberry fields really are forever now and the new destination for beatles fans that is probably

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great to see, though, kevin hart back in the public eye after all that he's been through >> yeah. that was such a big night for all of them. and i'm sure that was a big step for him. >> yeah, sure was. get right back out there all right. fire season is still in full swing in california and the entertainment industry, they're feeling the heat the barham fire broke out dangerously close to the warner brothers lot that's just over the hill from the iconic hollywood sign. the studios self-evacuated and canceled tours firefighters were able to make a lot of progress on sunday. they got the fire to 80% containment. but crews cont t around the clock move over, amazon prime day. it's all about singles day and we're not talking about dating it's the world's largest online sales event. it's currently under way in china. the global shopping festival was created by chinese e-commerce company alibaba. it brings in bigger sales than black friday and cyber monday combined cnbc says those sales have already hit over $23 billion in its first nine hours

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on this veterans day good news about service and sacrifice. a star basketball player has given up his place in the nba for an even bigger dream here's nbc's jose diaz-balart. >> reporter: united states army soldiers standing tall but one lieutenant stands a little taller than the rest. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: at seven feet marshall plumlee's height is unrivaled. as is his career path. before he did plane jumps like this he took jump balls. a high school all-american, plumlee had two big dreams >> if you love being on a team and beinyog can either go play

>> plumlee was recruit bid dukel or you can join the army championship and served as team captain. but he never let go of that other dream. >> i took a look at myself in the mirror and knew i could stand to get a lot better. >> reporter: in college he joined the reserve officers training corps, rotc he says the demand and dedication made him a better player and earned him a shot at the big leagues. >> i had learned how to be a good teammate from the best team in the world, united states army >> reporter: he played for the new york knicks. >> plumlee >> reporter: and then the milwaukee bucks. but he still had his sights set on another kind of uniform >> i looked at some of my mentors an h this competited, this drive, this way of carrying themselves. the level of discipline i saw in large part it came from their experience of serving through the military t beni, ter: that admiration led georgia and ranger school, one of the hardest training programs in the army. >> there were some things i was maybe more prepared for from basketball and there were other things i never really had to

dabble with, and i needed a lot of help getting up to speed with >> reporter: after two grueling months plumlee graduated his momember of what hth >> the fans and all the spotlight on basketball was cool but at the end of the day you re doing it for the team at the army, you know, while there might not be fans out there, that doesn't really bother me either way because same thing we're doing it for our team. >> and our thanks to jose diaz-balart for that report. what an incredible story >> yeah, he could be making money out there playing professional basketball somewhere, if not in the nba, then overseas. but doog it for our country. to commemorate veterans day we want to commemorate those who have served including these veterans and service members part of the "today" family there will be a moment of silence at 2:00 p.m. eastern time in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout history. the holiday was originally called armisti d that

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i never even heard of some of these people. i don't know who they are. by the way, it's all third-hand knowledge. >> the president broke the law >> for the first time during the impeachment inquiry of president trump, the public will hear directly from witnesses. of course, there is controversy over which witnesses will be allowed at these televised events an arctic blast is on the way. frigid temperatures usually associated with late january will sweep across much of the nation in fact, more than 40 states affecting some 200 million americans. janessa is here with your