that's all for today. we'll be back next week because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." good monday morning, get red day for a frigid week ahead. an arctic blast will blanket much of the country. president obama begins a crucial week in asia meeting with world leaders in beijing. we'll take you there live. a massive celebration marking the fall of the berlin wall. a dramatic rescue. a a big hero rules the weekend. good morning. thank you for joining us today. so arctic invasion is what we're talking about.

much of the country is facing a rough weather week with biting winds and even some snow. the midwest is bracing for the impact get. ing out snowplows and salt for what may be the first serious snowfall of the season. bill karins has all the details. i don't want to hear it yet. >> you have the gloves and hat ready? >> somewhere in the closet. >> you don't need it here on the east coast until thursday. the middle of the country, you're first. this is what the map will look like by the end of the week. it's not that they are going to be record shattering. it's not that unusual to have an arctic outbreak. it is mid-november. what's unusual is the duration, how long it's going to last. the cold air is starting to settle south wards. teens in central canada. that's the mass that's going to invade the eastern two-thirds of the country. the blue shows you cold, the purple is really cold. there's not a lot of purple on the map in the united states. so it's cold, but it's not the brutally cold. that stays up into canada.

this is through sunday of next week. monday of next week, another shot of cold air comes down. it's the duration of the event that's going to get people's attention. this time of year you get cold but warm back up. not this time. minneapolis, e below freezing now. you're going to stay below freezing. these are the highs through friday and no signs of letup 37 they are in a snowstorm now second degree into minnesota, up to a foot of snow is possible in minneapolis. the cold air does not make it it to the oost coast until friday really. >> great, just in time for the weekend, thanks, bill. new this morning after a bruising week in washington, the president is taking on asia. he's on. a three-nation tour of beijing, rangoon. and australia. kristen welker is live in beijing. why is this trip so important? >> betty, good morning. this is president obama's sixth trip to asia, his second this

year. the focus of this trip will be trade, the economy and also restarting his so-called pivot to asia. critics have said that other crises have made asia an afterthought. it's been a busy day filled with high level talks including his first meeting on chinese soil. the president came baring gifts. he announced a a new visa agreement aimed at making travel easier and generating big dollars for both countries. it comes on the heels of good news. north korea releasing the two remaining detainees. in remarks earlier today, the president praised the release but it's going to take more than that to ease tensions between the two nations. that will undoubtedly be a big topic of conversation over the next two days, as will china's record on human rights. that's a concern for the united

states. president obama rounds out his trip in uaustralia for the g-20 summit. no plans for vladimir putin and the president to meet with tensions running high between the two countries. iraqi officials say weekend airstrikes injured several commanders. both have issued statements saying the leader of isis has been wounded, but. u.s. officials are now investigating whether those claims are true. so far there is no official confirmation. pentagon leaders say they have no information on whether he was injured. as kristin welker mention. ed, two american prisoners held in north korea are back on u.s. oil. ken nebraska bea and matthew miller are back with their families. >> thank you all for supporting me and standing by me through

this time. >> the director of national intelligence was the director of the release. it was part of a secret mission only approve d by the president late last week. prince harry makes a surprise return to afghanistan. he attended a remembrance service sunday at kandahar military base. he served two tours in afghanistan. this was the last remembrance sunday to be marked in afghanistan. all foreign troops will leave the country by the end of this year. you have to see this video. a woman attacked in a mall parking lot in broad daylight and it all started with a cranky child. they asked a shopper to quiet her quiet who was having a tantrum. the mother followed her outside and you'll see right here she punches her and actually falls to the ground. she was punched twice.

the victim may lose teeth from that attack. her assail yabt hasn't yet been identified. let's turn to sports. it was a sunday night blowout. packers and bears, first after aaron rodgers threw for six touchdowns. 42-0 in the third, packers block a punt. they stop the bears 55-14. carson palmer was carted off the field. the team r fears he has a torn acl. they took the victory over the rams. calvin johnson made a strong debut, but the play of the day from the guy defending him. let's watch it again. brent grimes makes a one-handed grab in the end zone. that may be the interception of

the year. the lions taking the victory, 20-16. the jets are lined up in victory formation but that didn't stop mitchell to jumping over the jets. that didn't sit well with the j jets. they won 20-13. seattle's mascot took a little detour before the seahawks and giants game. the hawk landed on a fan's head. the guy played it cool and the hawk made his way back to the handler. what a great shot. the chase for the sprint cup has its final drivers. kevin harvick dominated the race. he will race ryan newman, denny hamlin and joey louisiagano for chip. bubba watson sunk this shot to get into a playoff against tim clark. then made a 25-foot birdie for the win.

and the ap college football poll saw some shifting after this weekend's games. mississippi state and florida state held on to one and two but oregon moves up to third. baylor climbs four spots to six followed by arizona state, ohio state and auburn drops out of the top five to ninth after their upset. time to get down to business. gasoline prices continue to drop. the it latest survive e shows a decline in the past two weeks. we have dropped 78 cents per gallon since may. american airlines flight attendants reject a contract by 16 votes force iing the world's largest carrier and union into binding arbitration. it's part of the merger between american and u.s. airways and it would have guaranteed raises, but ended a profit sharing plan. a tobacco. ban could take hold in massachusetts. the board of health and the town

of westminster is holding a public hearing to halt all tobacco sales. starbucks and dunken doe nits will offer dinner-friendly food items in an attempt to extend sales after the morning coffee rush. big bonuses for wall street fat cats could be down as much as 10% this year. america's future, the newly elected lay out their agenda for us all. plus a a dramatic rescue from this horrific scene. "first look" is back in three minutes.

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some stories making news, president obama on tv and on the record. on "face the nation" he talked midterms and getting an immigration deal done. >> what happened on tuesday? harry truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog.

>> another one says the buck stops with me here at my desk. >> let's talk about immigration. you said you're going to change immigration policy with executive order. republicans said, don't do it. when you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. why not give them a chance? >> for a year i stood back and let him work on this. he decided not to call the senate bill. he couldn't produce his own bill. >> on the sunday talk shows, newly elected senators said they play on playing nice. >> it's important republicans show we can govern maturely with competence. does that include repealing obamacare? >> i think we need to repeal obamacare, but the president named bobamacare is not going t repeal a bill named obamacare. >> i hope the president gets on board more than he did in the

first press conference. i want to move forward by scoring small victories, bipartisan, with the president. >> such as? >> such as keystone pipeline, tax reform, transportation bill. >> in mexico the president's palace is torched. demonstrators set it on fire. they are angry over the alleged massacre of 43 students. in philly a police cruiser lit up after hiting a pickup. in the a trapped and shaken officer. now two men rushed in for the rescue there. within minutes the officer was pulled out. he's still hospitalized along with a truck driver. both are expected to be okay. obamacare 2.0, george bush reflects on his dad and jon stewart compares carter to w. yb. well, did you know genies can be really literal? no.

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the first run-off ad. take a listen. >> on may 31st bill cassidy gave a speech that was merely incoherent. but his record is crystal clear e voting to cut social security benefits. >> and the "washington post," a heads up from elizabeth warren. it's time to work on america's agenda. she warns lobbyists are trying to cash in on the midterms. and here we go. obamacare opens again in less than a week. you can get an early preview. healthcare.gov opens early to allow for review of plans. "the washington post" obama officials work on health site contingency plans as enrollment nears. this morning on "today," an interview with george bush. a new topic, his father. >> he was overshadowed by ronald

reagan. there wasn't much focus on him. >> e he weighs many on brother jeb's possible white house run. and george w. getting no love from jon stewart. he mocked his activities versus jimmy carter. >> he's 108. he's out in africa pulling worms out of children's feet. bush is at home, bring me my fruit bowl. i'm doing a still life. >> that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me is jane tim. can't help but laugh at that. the gop leadership out of the gate, let's look at what they may do. are they going to play nice or are you going to see them show some fireworks and go up against obamacare and immigration? >> i think the gop leadership

would like to show that they can lead. but the question is whether or not they can lead their own party. there's a far right caucus. there's a e tea party that aren't going to vote for compromise. they are looking to repeal obamacare. they u don't think government shutdowns are a bad idea. if it gets across the point of what they want to do or accomplishes something for them. what we're going to see is mitch mcconnell, john boehner trying to move towards let's get rid of the medical device tax and b obamacare, something the party did you want like. but the all the way to the right is saying, absolutely not, we're not going to do anything that involves compromise. that's defeat. >> they are going to go for the jugular? >> yeah, that's where you're going to see people butting heads. everyone in d.c. want to see things done. if democrats can't do it, then let's go to the republicans.

>> if senate republicans don't do it, they don't make progress with in th newfound power k they hold on to it for the next two years or after? >> that's a really big question. the president is out there saying you guys want us to get stuff done. that they have an impression they are working with the president, we saw house and senate leadership at the white house on friday and it looked like this is maybe a new step, people working together. if they can't pass anything, i think it's going to make the democrats look a little better even though they got shellacked on tuesday. >> it was a pretty. bad beating. we'll see how it shakes out when they get back to business. thank you so much. a bizarre weekend at bernies. plus a a big night for the mtv awards. plus a dramatic video just released by the division of the moments before and after 19

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leading the news today, 21 videos show chaos around the yarnell fire deaths. 21 hot shots were overtaken and the video offers insight on the moments leading up o to that tragedy. >> do we have any firm location on where they are at?

>> no, i can't other than i would say the southeast corner. >> and then the chilling realization that the crew has perished. >> yeah, todd, on scene, 18 confirmed. >> let's go ahead and obviously secure the area and we'll go from there. >> so tough to watch and hear. the uk's city undie provided. thousands gathered last night for a concert along with fireworks celebrating 25 years since the physical of the wall. stories we're following today. texans retreated to a spectacular sight on saturday night. a fireball whizzing through the night sky. the meteor was visible from dallas down to corpus christi. it's 500 miles away.

the space agency says the fireball burned about five times bright. er than a full moon. and an incredible feat not for the faint of heart. two professional slack line walkers made a trek across victoria falls becoming the first to do so. the men from austria and germany braved high winds and heavy spray from the raging falls. if you are wondering how they got the rope across, they used a led weight and giant slingshot. i know nik wallenda did it with no net. that's a different condition and he almost fell. >> we do it better here in america. >> you just wanted to say that. it was a big weekend at the box office. "big hero 6" took the top spot. it was the first time in 12

years one of nolan's movies did not open at number one. i enjoyed it. it was long, but i enjoyed it. nicki minaj hosted the european awards. ariana gran day snagged two awards. he's not dead, just look at the picture. he posted two pictures of himself over the weekend looking like the '80s classic "weekend at bernie." he pretends to be dead in the arms of a band mate. and talked about the odds of winning the lottery last night. >> what are the real chances of winning? a lousy is 1 in 176 million. >> winning the mega millions is akin of getting struck by lightning at the same time you're being eaten by a shark. >> that's an amazing pitch for a

movie. there's this guy. he's getting eaten by a shark see, he switches minds with the shark, the shark wins the lottery. i'm camming it. slumshark millionaire. >> "way too early" starts right now. the message that i took from this election and we have seen this in a number of elections, is people want to see this city work. and they feel as if it's not work i working. >> so president obama owns up to the democratic midterm losses and seems obvious to the uninitiated so six years later does the hoe nous remain at the president's feet. two americans back on u.s. soil after being captive in north korea. and on a different note, reborn once again, matt damon

confirming he's reprizing his role as jason bourn. what super hero outed him first? this is "way too early." ♪ >> hope you had a great weekend, i'm thomas roberts, welcome to "way too early." the show that knows if you're going to be a good liar you have to have a great memory. we're going to talk about that coming up. we start in china where president obama is in beijing for the first time since 2009. he is pushing a u.s. supported trade agreement at the economic cooperation summit and will meet with china's president on wednesday. president obama is also scheduled to visit australia in this week-long trip days after democrats lost control of the senate in midterm elections. the president is now taking a greater responsibility for those resultan