get ready for a wicked weather week ahead as tens of millions hit the road for the thanksgiving holiday we're tracking two large storms that will have major travel implications. trouble in the ranks as the secretary of the navy is fired in a dispute with the president over t disciplining of a navy s.e.a.l. the outbreak on board a cruise ship. passengers rushed to the hospital why are they allowing more guests to board? it was a record-setting night for taylor swift at the american music awards as the stars pulled out all the stops for music and fashion. we have your highlights. and "frozen 2" ruled at the box office taking in close to a whopping $350 million worldwide in its opening weekend

i it's monday, november 25th "early today" starts right now. >> good to be with you i'm france mena. welcome to one of the busiest weeks of holiday travel. the first of several major storms has already hit the northeast. heavy snow has fallen in ohio creating dangerous road conditions and wintry weather has arrived to parts of pennsylvania where severe weather alert was issued for more on these storms that threaten holiday travelers, here's nbc's dave price. >> reporter: cars sliding off roads in massachusetts icy roads in ohio causing multiple accidents sending four to the hospital. it's a ract nature. a wintry mix in the midwest and northeast creating chaos for some of the 55 million people expected to travel this week high winds forced a ground stop at dulles international and

delays at newark and boston. over 4 million passengers expected to fly this week. that's up nearly 5% from last year >> i'm a positive thinker, so i just think, okay, we're going to leave on time. >> a little nervous getting out today. >> reporter: in new york where the nation's largest thanksgiving day parade takes place, concerns that wind speeds could ground the massive balloons in 2005, gusts blew a 515-pound balloon into a lamp post, injuring two spectators. >> we'll be keeping an eye on that parade forecast our thanks to dave for that report. now we turn to the pentagon where the snecretary of the navy is out of a job after a dispute of how navy s.e.a.l. edward gal ber w gallagher was accused and released president trump announcing richard encer's services have been terminated, thanking him

for the service. the president also said the ambassador to norway ken braithwaite will be nominated. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: a major shakeup at the pentagon the navy secretary is out, asked to resign by mark esper over his handling of disgraced navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher >> i did not threaten to resign. but let us just say we're here to talk about external threats and eddie gallagher is not one of them. >> reporter: the pentagon chief called spencer's actions deeply troubling. the navy secretary privately proposed to the white house that if officials did not interfere with the navy review, spencer would make certain gallagher could retire with his s.e.a.l. membership and the covetedt pen. secreta secretary es sper said unfortunately as a result i have

determined he no longer has my confidence the convicted s.e.a.l. cleared of more serious war crimes had already ignited controversy. >> i just want to retire peacefully with all the honors i've earned, get back to my family. >> reporter: president trump's twitter bravdo was not seen as an order but caused tension when he wrote this thursday the navy will not be taking away warfighter and navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher's trident pin. the president had previously used his power to restore gallagher's rank and pay the fired navy secretary served a blow to the president writing he no longer shares the same understanding with the commander in chief who appointed him on the issues of order and discipline and could not in good conscience follow an order he thinks violated the sacred oath he took, a stinging rebuke also defense secretary mark

esper has decided given all these circumstances, eddie gallagher will be permitted to retire as a navy s.e.a.l., keeping his trident pin. >> kelly o'donnell for us, thank you. democrats are not done building their case to impeachment president trump. as of now there are no more hearings on the schedule in the impeachment inquiry, but that could change the man in charge of the proceedings says we could hear from more witnesses. meanwhile, a new report out from "the washington post" seems to underscore just how much is left unanswered the post reports a confidential white house review of the president's decision to place a hold on military aid for ukraine turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after the fact justification for the decision nbc news has not seen the documents. president trump continued hammering on democrats throughout the weekend calling their efforts, quote, the phoney impeachment scam on twitter. nbc's jennifer johnson has more.

>> reporter: house democrats say they may not be done yet in their impeachment investigation of president trump they still may want to talk to some big names like secretary of state mike pompeo and the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. >> before we get into talking to pompeo or giuliani or anybody else, we need the emails and the paperwork that we have subpoenaed from the state department and from the white house so we can look at what people actually said to each other. >> reporter: the chair of the house intelligence committee says the evidence is clear the president pressured ukraine's leader to investigate the bidens and is asking his republican colleagues not to leave their common sense at the door >> there was no plausible explanation but one, and that was the president wanted this leverage to get ukraine to do his political dirty work. >> reporter: the white house says the house votes to impeachment the president, it welcomes a senate trial. >> i think defense will go on offense if there is a senate trial. and we'll be able to call witnesses. we'll be able to challenge their witnesses. produce other evidence those witnesses may include the whistle-blower. >> reporter: a whistle-blower is

protected under federal law. meanwhile, some democrats are pushing for an ethics investigation into devin nunes an associate of rudy giuliani says he's willing to testify that nunes met with an ex-ukrainian official to get dirt on joe biden late last year jennifer johnson. there is good news regarding the health condition of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg the 86-year-old was released from a baltimore hospital after being treated for a possible infection. ginsburg spent two nights in the hospital she was admitted with a fever and chillsg to her cruise ship infecting hundreds on board. a reported norovirus outbreak. sarah harman is there with late details. >> reporter: a dream vacation ending in violent illness for some aboard the norwegian "joy."

hundreds were rushed off in los angeles after a possible n norovirus outbreak. >> they announced members of the crew and staff. >> reporter: paramedics awaited the sick passengers. none of the symptoms are believed to be life-threatening. norwegian saying in a statement during a few guests on board experienced a stomach-related illness. to mitigate any impact of this rare occ implemented stringent sanitation proceedings. according to the company the norwegian yt joy" can hold over 3,800 passengers and 1,800 crew. they were on a 16-day cruise from florida when the outbreak occurred 19 to 21 million cases a year including nausea, diarrhea and

vomiting. >> people are most symptomatic and a few days after all symptoms resolve. >> reporter: all passengering are back on solid ground the "joy" is en route to mexico with a new cruise, new passengers they tell nbc news they have conducted a thorough inspection and rigorous cleaning and they will continue to monitor the situation. >> thank you. if there is any time to check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins about what's ahead -- >> too much info it's, really i highly recommend stay tuned to your local nbc meteorologist to walk you through the whole thing because there's a lot coming through. today is when it comes through the rockies. tomorrow it begins in colorado and spreads through nebraska rain through areas of the midwest. snowing hard by the time it gets to wednesday morning to minneapolis through the northern

great lakes. rainy, windy conditions through the ohio and great lakes by wednesday afternoon and evening it sweeps through the northeast with periods of high winds and rain it won't be severe storms but enough to cause significant airport delays as far as the thanksgiving travel goes and the airports, we have the two storms. this is looking at tuesday there's nothing that bad today you got lucky if today is your travel day tuesday, a huge storm comes into the west coast big impacts from areas san francisco north wards and denver and minneapolis, and as far as the impacts at the airport, great lakes could be windy and then, of course, in the east doesn't take much in new york. even with a period of rain and some w condiindyti if you're traveling anywhere

from the southeast to florida, texas through the mid-atlantic, today is your easy day of course a lot of people want to know what thanksgiving is going to look like we'll give you that forecast coming up. >> as long as everybody can get where they need to be. thanks. mikaela shiffrin set a major record this past weekend with sh to the uno add to her lot. the biggest moments from the american music awards straight ahead. details behind this plane here getting into a very sticky situation. "early today" is back in two i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen,

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snake goes in the bag. >> a little hissy fit. that was the 2,671st python caught. >> reporter: we watched donna exchange a few laughs and hunting stories as a fellow hunter he thinks of her as a mentor. >> i go, right there. >> reporter: it's women she hopes to truly inspire. >> i love bringing my daughter out here we have girl's night out with my girlfriends. i like taking all sorts of people out that are afraid of them and i'm trying to educate them, you don't have to be afraid i see it i see it >> we should bag him up. >> be careful, let the head go because it will try to grab you. >> pull it out like that. >> there you go. awesome. >> reporter: awesome is right. >> number two for the night. >> reporter: donna khalil, a woman breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling. >> it's rewarding to catch a

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mother nature is about to drop two large storms over the next five days that will cause major travel troubles for tens of millions hitting the planes, trains, and automobiles over the thanksgiving holiday. >> there is good news for drivers, as gas prices are falling and should continue to dropn the coming weeks. new fallout this morning after the secretary of the navy is forced to resign amid escalating tensions between the president and the military over a navy s.e.a.l. accused of war crimes. pope francis brings his message of peace to japan as he

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