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 die. >> 31 tornadoes hit two states, killing at least five. and now the true extent of the >> the southern wildfires have also caused deadly devastation. seven lives lost as clean-up and recovery efforts are under way. >> overnight, protests erupt in the wake of a decision of charlotte officials not to charge a police officer for the killing of keith scott. sknr donald trump heads to indiana with details on the carrier deal, and sarah palin may join his administration.

christmas will cost a little more this year. "early today" starts right now. >> good being with you this morning. i'm frances rivera. parts of the country are waking up with all hell having broken loose, as some put it. severe wildfires charred parts of the southeast in places like florida, north carolina, georgia, and tennessee, and tornadoes ripped through alabama and mississippi, ravaging towns there. we begin with tennessee wildfires where the death toll has risen to seven after three more bodies were >> 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. >> well, those efforts continue this morning after the state's governor held a call with president obama where he offered condolences and support. officials in tennessee there say the fires are likely to have

charred, making it the state's largest wildfire in over 100 years. and as of this morning, just one active fire remains. with some 400 buildings now damaged, families are in desperate need of support. tennessee's own dolly parton is stepping forward, offering a helping hand through her foundation. >> we want to provide a hand up to all those families who have lost everything in the fires and to recover, we want to make sure that the dollywood foundation provides their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. >> good to see her helping. and now, to even more devastation to the series of tornadoes that barreled through the southeast, the death toll now stands at five after bodies were recovered in alabama and tennessee. watch as this whirlwind forms becoming a full fledged tornado leaving homes demolished.

out alive. >> it was like we were on a roller coaster going side to side on this end right here. it was horrible. >> i feel really lucky and so sorry for the people, some houses are destroyed. i still have, you know, a roof, but it's leaking. but i'm lucky. i really am. >> initial reports from the weather channel puts the total number of tornadoes in the last two days to 31. breaking overnight, a tacoma, washington, police officer has died in the line of ty domestic violence call was shot multiple times and later died add the hospital. police say the scene is still active with the neighborhood on lockdown. the suspect is believed to be barricaded inside a house with a gun. police and community members gathered to pay their respects as a procession to the medical examiner's office took place. >> everyone on our police department knows everyone.

>> officers have not identified the officer. he is the fourth tacoma officer in three decades to be killed responding to a domestic violence call. >> an outrage on the streets of charlotte as protesters marched against the decision not to charge a police officer for the fatal shooting of keith scott. here's them chanting. arrested, the police call the event mostly peaceful and tweeted photos of their constructive conversation teams listening to protesters' concerns and answering questions. earlier, the district attorney said that officer bradley vincent who killed keith lumotscott acted lawfully despite scott's families claims he wasn't holding a gun when he was shot.

the 45th president. we're getting reports of another high profile name being floated for trump's cabinet. former alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin is considered to head the department of veterans uz fairs. while palin is not a veteran, she's the mother of one, and perhaps more significantly, she's a trump loyalist with ties to steve bannon. later today, trump and mike pence will head to cincinnati, ohio, to head off their thank you tour and make a stop in indiana, where carrier air conditioning has reached a deal to keep 1,000 jobs from being relocated to mexico. while many celebrate that news, others remain skeptical. kevin tibbles has more. >> shift change in indy. carrier workers leave with a reprieve. >> jobs are being saved. >> a different mood from last february's announcement that

mexico. >> to prove production from our facility in indianapolis to monterey, mexico. >> back then, candidate donald trump pounced. >> if i were in office right now, carrier would not be leaving indiana. that i can tell you. that i can tell you. >> following negotiations over thanksgiving, a tweet from the president-elect. we will keep our companies and jobs in the u.s. why did well, details have not been released. sources familiar with the negotiation say carrier will receive tax incentives from the state, where vice president-elect mike pence is governor. sources add carrier's parent company, united technologies, a major defense contractor, now avoids angering the new administration. >> 10% of united technology's business, more than $5 billion, comes from the u.s. government.

technology's single biggest customer. >> robert james who has made furnaces for 15 years has questions today. >> we need to know what's behind it. >> for jt bray, raising a young family, relief. >> some people are saying this is a christmas miracle that we get to keep our jobs. our kids will have a good christmas. >> our thanks to kevin tibbles. >> it is one of the most iconic holiday traditions in the big pl that matter. >> five, four, three, two, one. go! >> that was the scene right outside our window here. you have alec baldwin and kate mckinnon who helped flip the switch on the rockefeller christmas tree. it was soaking wet and they couldn't bring in their umbrellas. they had to leave them at the

happens? it will be milled into lumber for habitat for humanity. while the tradition dates back to 1931 when workers decorated a 20-foot tree on the construction site and here we are with the tradition still going. >> investigators think they know what brought down the braziian airkt, taking over 70 lives. first, bill karins with windy conditions headed for the west. >> it's been a while since we talked about winds. that's the case thursday night into saturday. high pressure will be moving and sliding into the great basin. a typical position to get the strong offshore winds. as far as the wind advisories, those are in the light blue. high wind watch only for a little section here. potentially damaging winds. possible downed trees. this is mostly friday into saturday, and winds could cust

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electrical failure and out of fuel. the aircraft slams into the side of a hill, short of medellin airport. >> really chilling to hear. that was keir simmons reporting. the recorder supports what a flight attendance told a rescuer, the plane had run out of fuel and turned off. a total of six people survived the crash. the ntsb is sending two jet engine experts to colombia to help with the investigation. new details in the bizarre abduction in cafo women who kidnapped sherri papini, the 34-year-old mother of two, and their two held her for three weeks. investigators say she showed signs of torture and starvation when she was found on the side of a highway 150 miles from her home. gadi schwartz brings us more. >> six days after sherri papini was found chained and beaten, investigators finally have a more detailed description of the two hispanic women suspected of kidnapping her at gunpoint as

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only 17 copies were sold before they were recalled, meaning the rest are fakes. well, the 12 days of christmas will run you more cash, and is a candy bar with less sugar, just as sweet? landon dowdy has that and what's moving the market this morning. >> good morning to you. wall street could start out december by treading a little water today. markets coming off a positive november with the dow having its best month since march, and the nasdaq and s&p 500 since july. above $49 a barrel after they surged nearly 10% yesterday as opec members struck a deal to cut production for the first time since 2008. meanwhile, candy, nestle said it's made a scientific breakthrough that could reduce the level of sugar in candy by up to 40% using natural ingredients. they can change the structure of struger so less can be used without affecting the taste.

>> the cost of the gifts in the 12 days of christmas song just got a little more expensive as the price for the two turtle doves shot up from $290 last year to $375 this year. but the overall bottom line isn't all that bad. the annual tracking poll of inflation finds most things on the list cost the same as last year. the two turtle doves, 11 pipers pipers and 12 drummers drumming were the items that rose about $230, everything, $33,363. quite the expensive christmas list. >> this year, i'm good with the drummers drumming. it's the pipers piper i need under my tree. thank you very much. still ahead or"early today," we'll show you what a $3 million bra, just in case you're wondering what it looks like. >> plus, napoleon dynamite and

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december 4th to 7th. it comes after months of protesters clashing with police over the construction of the dakota access pipeline. here at "early today," our entire team can relate to this, just don't tell our boss. if you have ever felt yourself dozing off on the job, lack of sleep is costing the the u.s. economy $411 billion a year. tired workforce, losing over 1.2 million work days a year due to exhaustion. workers are not performing the best or taking days off completely. they suggest employers implement daytime naps. >> siesta needs to come back. >> a two-minute one in between a commercial break. >> how about this for a piece of history brought to life? construction has begun on a life-sized titanic replica as

>> i'd go. >> i would, too. vsitors can experience the vessel, including the simulation of the iceberg collision and the sinking. the ceremony started the new attraction. the $145 million project is expected to be completed late 2017. >> i need the deck playing the music. can the boat travel and go different places? >> maybe that's the next phase coming in. good piece of real estate, especially when it comes to great location. this is on zillow right now. maybe you can recognize it. that's the north pole. hey, that's santa claus' house. >> with mrs. claus' ice skates. >> $650,000. >> that's not bad. >> you can't really buy it. but look. >> elves could be troublesome.

garage. >> let everyone know they learned that our officer was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> dana: breaking news. a standoff between police and the suspect leaves one officer dead. coming up find out what led up to those shots being fired. >> kim: we were the first station in town about this project being in trouble in north las vegas. now this morning you are hearing what our state treasure has to say we're sharing ahead. >> dana: rodeo time in las vegas. the national finals rodeo begins today at the thomas and mack. we'll have a live preview coming up a little bit later. good morning. welcome in.

month. the final month of 2016 gets started today. >> kim: anyone enjoying listening to the christmas music as you are driving around town. we've been having fun doing that. hope you are too. we're the wagners on this thursday morning. >> dana: the first tis the season. >> kelly: and tis the season for colder temperatures. we are looking at colder temperatures out there this morning. a lot more clouds today as well. winds will remain light at least for now. 47 at 9:00 a.m. 53 at noon and 55 at 4:00. gusty winds on the way. another wind advisory. we'll talk about when and where coming up. >> kim: we have breaking news to