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veteran's day. good friday morning, this is "early today." >> for the second night in a row, spontaneous protests erupted as frustrated voters marched in the streets in opposition of tuesday's election rules. they appeared in patriot more, san francisco, oakland and more. protesters demonstrated their frustrations, donald trump returns to his old self, taking to twitter to blast them and t open and successful presidential elect. now successful protesters are protesting. very unfair. now it should be noted that trump. called for a march on washington the night of the 2012 presidential election. >> prior to taking a jab at those protesters, trump had a more conciliatory tone with president obama and his wife's sit town with the first lady.

of events, for the first time since becoming the president-elect. noting public protocol t. trump camp refused to allow journalists to travel with him for his historic first meetings. >> reporter: donald trump at the white house today trying to rebuild the bridges he burned on his way there. >> the most ignorant president in our history. he has been a disaster. >> reporter: today a different tone. this scene in the oval office, unimaginable, who never thought president-elect trump had a chance, including president obama. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. >> reporter: that was just the beginning of president trump's battle. it started years ago with a

meeting. >> it sound like the meeting might have been at least a little less awkward than some might have expected. >> reporter: trump joined by wife melania, who toured the first wing and jerry kushner, walking the south lawn with president obama's chief of staff, denis mcdonough t. president-elect, planning to seek his predecessor's advice. but trump couldn't resist second stop on capitol hill. trump walking the halls of congress with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, getting a look at where he will be sworn in from house speaker paul ryan. here relationship, ryan initially refused to endorse trump, lateer declined to defend him. the fight against the health care law, popular proposals to

rivals get on board. >> if they have an interest of sitting and talking to america's i'll be glad to do et. if hillary had won, i'd be talking to hillary. >> there were some detractors like john caseing, other like massachusetts senator elizabeth warren vowed to fight trump every step of the way. >> we have to be recalled to mobilize on special issues within the time comes. we're not gentleman to fight every issue every night of every day, we're going to be smar, we're going to use our time and our talents in a strategic and careful way, but we are going to fight back. we are not turning this country over to what donald trump has sold. we are just not. >> as for hillary clinton, it appears she has traded the campaign trail for a different type of trail this image by a self-described heart broken

biwhile hiking in chappaqua, new york. singer, songwriter, author and poet leonard cohen has died. he was easily one of the most influential musician over five decades, he is often compared to that of bob dinl and paul simon [ music playing ] >> his most famous song "hallelujah" has been covered within it was introduced and he was in the recent "trek" movie. cohen was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in 2008 and received a grammy lifetime achievem award in 2010. he was 80-years-old. more fallout for illinois republican congressman excuse me aaron schock. a going indicted him on fraud

schock came under scrutiny amid a spending scandal, after a report says he spent tens of thousands of dollars to decorate his office like donton ab abby wambach. he says honest mistakes may have been made and no one spended to break the law. two bald eagles stuck inside a gutter in florida yesterday. apparently he got a storm drain their orlando. one was able to fly on its own, the other needed to be freed by animal rescue workers. crowds gathered to watch the effort. the rescued bird is being treated for injuries and will be released once it is fully green look at the crowd there. >> it is symbolic. just ahead, mark zucker burg's response to growing criticism that facebook may have

to you. >> good morning, everyone, happy veteran's day as well. very quiet out there. it's hard to find any rain on the map. you had to have south texas to do that. it gets windy in the northeast. you will need winter coats. temperatures in the 50s. winds gufkt over 40 miles per hour -- gutting over 40 miles per hour. here's a closer look at your day ahead. lots of sunshine but eventually wendy by the end of the afternoon, temperatures much cooler in the mid-west. no more 60s in chicago. 60 degrees and sunshine, rapid city looking good, 69 and also pretty sunny. and that's a look at your veteran's day forecast. just ahead, the nba champion cavaliers go to washington. donald trump's potential cabinet picks, after he is

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if you believe that, then i don't think you have internalized the message that trump supporters are trying to send in this election. >> the trump administration, america starts to learn who will be carried out with some of the most important decisions facing the nation and despite trump's pledge to drain the swamp, many prospects are clear washington insiders. nbc's >> reporter: who will donald trump surround himself? he claimed to have the best on the campaign trail. >> i have smart people. >> reporter: they have learned the trump transition team has not yet presented the president-elect with any names for top posts. his team has a working list of three-to-five names for each cabinet position. >> it's up to donald trump and mike pence now to sit down and figure out people who not only helped in the campaign but can help change america. >> reporter: while there is snow

list. that there are not so quiet whispers about high profile trump supporters, most washington insiders, retired general mike flynn for national security adviser. texas congressman michael mccaul, for homeland security. wines priebus for cheer of staff or potentially chris christie. >> wouldn't you want to be chief of staff? >> reporter: rudy guiliani, not as coy about his inter attorney general. >> i certainly have the energy in this. there is probably nobody that knows the justice department better than me. >> reporter: nbc news learned knowledge of the decision, mike roger, former chair intelligence committee is considered for cia director. his office is issuing no comment tonight. there is a lot of work to do. team trump has to fill 4,000 portion 1,000 need senate

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here. 218 points added. not everybody enjoyed the gains, though, some of those sectors where donald trump has been outspoken around technology, for example, or obamacare, not sharing the benefits of the bounce emerging markets also weak. i want to talk about the singles day in china over a billion dollars worth of sales in the first hour on singles day. this event started out as an effectively, but it's now mushroomed into this huge retail opportunity for ali baba. they've clocked up $14 billion in sales last year. as i look at the number we are over 14 billion of sales around singles day in china. back to you. >> how much was that? >> considering zero.

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good morning, everyone, let's get a check of your weekend forecast. now heading into saturday, chilly across the northeast. again another dry pattern across much of the nation. 50s in chicago. 50 for your high in new york city. dealing with rain in the pacific northwest. headed into same. another high pressure day in places like boston, chicago. milder near 60 in new york city and also beautiful in southern california. frances, ayman, back to you. >> thank you so much for that. this morning, investigators are looking into what caused a semi truck to ignite. it resulted in a brush fire along a california freeway. it is not known what contents were inside the big rig when it caught fire on an early thursday morning crash. there have been no injuries reported.

we like to she the time lapse video showing workers prepping the norway spruce from its trip from upstate new york to here in manhattan, it is expected to arrive tomorrow, it will be decorated with 50,000 lights, it will be turned on during a star-stud event november 30th live here on nbc. it's great to see all the excitement. the crane is looking umm, it's fascinating to see the the building. >>let his the crowds come and you are late to work. >> you can't get out and you can't get if, as we all know. >> all right, here's something you likely never seen before a. pack of mongooses stealing the show in south africa. running across the golf course t. golfers had no issue with sharing the spotlight and surprisingly, the interruption didn't affect their play. not one ball was moved, believe it or not the highly social animals are remarkable hunters

down the venement king cobra. >> all you out there, the mongoose or mon geese. >> tweet us, let us know. an international exhibition of funeral services feature a grave digging event of all things to shed a more positive light on their industry. each team was judged things like speed, accuracy and precision. all without the help of modern solutions. >> that looks pretty good. two brothers prove victorious against nine other teams, but are kind of fascinating. >> one guy was dressed like the grim reaper. i'm not sure that will help the brand of you are trying to say. >> probably the best grave digger ever.

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now on today in iowa: a ten minute meeting that turned into 90. the president sits down with the man who will succeed him. plus -- no typical arrest. police need help ending a pipeline protest in iowa -- and stuck in a drain. a rescue operation crews never thought they'd be called to. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist