player in distress after a blow to the head. nd a unique shark frenzy caught on camera off the florida coast. "early today" starts right now. and good morning everyone. we begin with breaking news. early this morning the u.s. military confirmed that four army crew members have died after their helicopterr crashed at the fort hood military post in texas last night. it was aboard a uh helicopter like this one. and names of the deceased being held pending notification of next of kin. and this m mning the state department is urging americans who travel overseas to be extra careful. the rieszse of isis and other terror group sz cause for

who does this warning apply to? >> repepter: all americans aveling, especially if you're traveling abroad. we typically see a warning like this or a travel alert from the state department around the holidays. this one is expanded and updated to include information about the paris attacks, the mali hotel attata and even the russian jet that went down thatsis claimed responsibility for and as you said, u.s. officials are telling us they have no credible threat against airlines, no credible threat against the united states but the travel alert says there's an increased risk of attacks from isis, al qaeda a a boko haram and others with either convention or nonconventional weapons and they express concerns about attacks inspired by the groups sgroups.

and festivals, especially beingng vigilant around public transportation and this lasts through february 24th. president obama set to meet with the french president later to discuss plans to defeat isis. he's seeking to grow an international coalition to fight isis, something president obama welcomes. this follows news and explosives found just outside of paris. the belt is similar to those used in the pairris attacks. it was near where abdelhamid abaaoud was thouout to be hiding p . officials have now extended the maximum security alert for the capital for another week. joe fryer joins us from london with the latest. >> reporter: today, president obama will hostt the french

presidenen at thehite house where thehere expected to discuss efforts t defeat isis. this is part of a diplomatic blitz by the french president whose's trying to bolster support as his country fire ss. and they pledge -- and a discorded explosive belt was found in the trash, investigators are reportedly analyzeing it to see if it may have been used in earlier attacks. and police continue to make arrests but so far have not

fled and brussels remains in a virtual lock down with troops patrolling the streets and schools could reopen wednesday. belgium has been at the heart of the attacks. >> i'm sure they're looking forward to get back to normal. and last night, donald trump again insisted he saw thousands and thousands of muslims cheering as the tower fell on 9/11. first, people are tweeting to him that it happened and a washington post article, although they say the reports were small and unverifiable. >> reporter: after contra controversy about a muslim data

tales of the 9/11 attacks. >> i have was in new jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> reporter: condpruntfronted with the fact there was no video of that, he held his ground. >> a heavy arab population that was cheering as the buildings went down. not good. >> reporter: nbc news found no instance of people cheering, just a a long discredited mirror and he was given a pants o o fire not true rating. still, ben carson claimed he saw the cheering too. >> i saw the film of it, yes. >> you saw the film, what film are you referring to? >> the news reals reels.s. >> reporter: he said he was

not new jersey. and marco rubio. >> it's not true and it's plenty ofofact chehe to p pve that. >> reporter: and so far, he hasn't had to back down. what do you like about him so much? >> he's a business man. he knows how to get things done. i'm tired of politicians who do nothing. >> it's not hurting him at all. they thought he was goingngo go awayn july and august and here we are and he's still here and commanding in the polls. the aclu filed a federal lawsuit. they claim the plan violalas the equal protection clause from singling out refugees from

syria. he says he's deeply moved by the crisis but security gaps remain. and cbc news quotes unnamed sources that they unaccompanied men will not be part of the program. arrests have been made in the shooting of a tulane university student. they're included attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. he shot 25-year-old peter gold, who intervened when he was dragging a woman to his suv on friday. >> he didn't make a full convention. >> and now he will likely spend the rest of his life in jail, as he should. >> gold is recovering from a gun shot to the stomach. he remains hospitalized in guarded condition.

we brought you yesterday. 21-year-old jailenatson was ararsted on monday and charged in the murder of amanda blackburn, 18-year-old larry taylor was arrested later in the day. and she was shot during a home invasion in indianapolis. ackburn's husband dada released a statement after the arrested saying he was extremely% relieved and although he wants to be hateful and angry, he's decided to love and not hate. millions of americans are hating the roads, rails and skies. good morning to you, jay. seeing any additional security measures there? >> reporter: a little early here. the security gates aren't open. we're a couple hours away from the morning rush and there will

be extra security, includudg federal agentsnd police. after the warning from the state department and the amount of travel that will come through, not only this airport but others across the country. more watchful eyes. they say you can't have enough safely. if you're traveling by air or on the roadways, you're going to see crowds regardless. here that airport, we expect to see the crowd grow throughout the week and another concern will be the weather causing delays and cancellations, not only at the airports but on the roads also. starting on the west coast, there's an arctic system that wiwl move through the middle of the country in the middle of the week, so it could be a real mess. you want to make sure to add time to your trip to deal with crowds and potential for rough weather. >> good advice. safe travels to you.

so, how's the weather looking for the rest of the country? bill karins here to tell us. the storm system in the west, will be the storm that we have to watch. it's going to spread a wide area of snow across the rockies, especially idaho and wyoming is probably going to get the heaviest. and eventually some of this will head to denver on thanksgiving day. snow into the northern rockies wednesday and into the plains on thursday. wednesday, the busy travel day the blue is the snow and starting to spill into the plains late in the day. i don't expect a lot of big travel delays at the airports or the roads on wednesday but into

goes from the rockies to the central plains, this is where the problems will be especially at denver, oklahoma city, and we could have a an icy mess,ven an ice storm on thanksgiving day. and northern texas and into western oklahoma could be the travel problem spot on thanksgiving day. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, today is the calm before the storm in many areas of the central plains. so, if you can, travel now. and areas of texas look good before your bad weather arrives thursday. >> it't'crazy it's going to be warmer inn new yorkk than l.a. on friday. remember the texas teen whose home made clock was mistaken for a bomb?

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you can avoid tragedy. and monday night football, tom brady hit james white for the touchdown to put new englandnd up at the half time. and later, rex ryan throws the headset, upset about a call on the field. and bills battling back as the final seconds click auchoff the clock. and he file fails to get out of bound. and patriots win 20-13 to remain undefeated. and quarterback case canen was tackled and his head slam under to the ground. he appears to struggle to get up, even staggering. he was later diagnosed with a concussion. the rams coaching staff and injury spotter are under fire as to why he wasn't evaluated by a

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now to entertainment. every day is a holay >> katy perry released a new holiday single called "every day is a holiday". hbo dropped a bomb shell in a poster for seasonnixf "game of thrones" shows a bloody john snow, apparently hinting that character's return. done done done. and adel's latest album sold over 3 million albums since being released last friday. it's o o pace to break the record for most albums sold in the first week of its release. amazing amazing.

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i wanto go back to breaking news out of turkey where there are reports that a war plane was shot down near the turkish border with syria. they say it was shot down after violating the country's airspace.. turkish armed forces say it was warned 10 times in five minutes before being shot down. and russian defense says it was on the ground when it was shot. we'll l ing you any updates as soso as they come in.

leading the news on nbcnews.com #brussels lock down cat tweets go viral during terrorism raids. police asked witnesses not to tweet officers movements, so stead cat lovers posted photos of feline friends that helped ease some of the tension in the city and the #hah been used around 170,000 times. and diving coach charged in videotaping incident. lastst month ports surfaced of a smart phone recording the women's swimming and diving team. coach was indicted on criminal charges coneced with the phone. officials are still investigating. and new orleans police pursuing suspect who opened fire in a playground shooting over the weekend. they say it appears to be grangang relaled and urge people to come

forward. fortunately no deaths were reported. two lucky birds are making their journey to washington d.c. for the annual thanksgiving pardon thatat the white house, known as tom one and tom two, they travelled in style with top notch security. president obama will pardon them in a rose garden ceremony. and they have a big old bird hangout. >> lucky bird, 1, 2, 3, 4. today, president obama honors the 2015 medal of freedom recipients recipients. among this year's 17honorees, barbara mcole ski. and we wanted to wish a happy

and catherine heigl turns 37, and billy connolly.