i like to say there's always a bull market somewhere. i promise to try to find it just for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer, and i will see you tomorrow! my husband is saying, "there's a tornado coming, there's a tornado coming! get the kid, get the kid! i thought we were going to damage is just being realized. >> the southern wildfires have also caused deadly devastation, seven lives lost, it's cleanup and recovery efforts are getting under way. overnight, a protester erupt by charlotte official, not to charge the police officer for the killing of keith scott. later today, president-elect donald trump head to indiana with details on the job-saving carrier deal and word that former alaska governor sarah palin may join his

christmas will cost a little more this year. "early today" starts right now. it's great being with you this morning. i'm frances rivera. parts of the country are waking this up morning with all hell having broken loose as some put it. this as severe wild fires char florida, north carolina, georgia and tennessee and tornadoes ripped through alabama and mississippi, absolutely raf annualing towns there. we begin with tennessee wildfires, wherehe more bodies were recovered. >> all of us are praying for those families and are very distressed at the loss of life in this situation and we continue our efforts to move into these areas and recover. >> search and rescue efforts continued this morning after the state's governor held a call with president obama, where he

officials in tennessee there say the fires are likely to have been human caused. over 17,000 acres very chard, i should say, making it the state's largest wildfire in over 100 years. as of this morning, just one active fire remains with some 400 buildings now damaged, families are in desperate need of support. dolly parten is stepping forward offering a helping hand through her foundation. >> we want to provide a handup to all those lost everything in the fires. and to recover, we want to make sure the dollywood foundation provides $1,000 a month to all those families that lost their homes in the fire, until they get back up on their feet. >> good to see her helping there. and now i want to bring you to a series of tornadoes that barrelled through the southeast. the death toll now stands at five after bodies were recovered in alabama and also tennessee. look at this video, watch as

mississippi, that's before becoming a full-flejd fledged tornado. where are recovering, they are grateful to have made it out alive. it was like we were on a rollercoaster going side-to-side on this sand right here. it was horrible. >> i feel really lucky. i feel so sorry for the people. some houses are destroyed. i still have, you know, a roof, but it's leaking, but, you know i'm lucky, i really am. >> and initial reports from the weather channel of tornadoes in the last two days to 31. i want to bring you some breaking news overnight, a tacoma washington police officer has died in the line of duty t. officer responding to a domestic violence calm was shot multiple times and later died at the hospital. police say the scene is still active. the neighborhood is on lockdown. police and community members gathered to pay their respects

>> everyone on our police department knows everyone and, yes, everybody will feel it. >> officials have not identified the officer. he is the fourth tacoma officer in three decades to have been killed while responding to a domestic violence call. uproar on the streets of charlotte last night, dozens of angry protesters charged not to charge a police officer for the and they were chanting -- despite four protesters being arrested, police called the event mostly peaceful and tweeted photos of their construction conversation teams listening to protesters' concerns and also answering questions. earlier the district attorney said that officer brentley vincent who shot and killed keith scott in september had

holding a gun when he was shot. this morning, a jury is continuing deliberations in the case of makal -- michael slager. the shooting seen here was captured on cell phone video garnering national attention t. jury includes one black man and 11 white people in this state trial. they have been given the option to convict slager of murder, voluntary man slaughter or acquittal t. prosecution deri malice and voluntary manslaughter as unlawful killing in the heat of passion. slager has pleaded not guilty to a trial scheduled for next year. we are now 50 days away from donald trump being sworn in as the nation's 45th president. while preparations are under way. we are getting new reports of another high profile name floated for trump's candidate.

veterans affairs. while palin is not a veteran. she is the mother of one. perhaps more significantly, she is a trump loyalist with close ties to incoming strategist steve ban none. later today, plump and mike pence will head to pence's home state of indiana. they will celebrate the recent into u.s. that carrier air-conditioning reached a deal from keeping relocated to mexico. many celebrated the news, others remain skeptical. kevin tibbles has more from indiana. >> reporter: shift change in the indy. carrier workers leave with a reprieve. >> our jobs are being saved. >> reporter: a different move from last february's announcement that 1,400 jobs were being moved to mexico. >> production from our facility

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