and with live feeds from these protests, people walking among them. we each keel you posted as we stay alive. our coverage continues now with "the last word" with lawrence it's friday. right now on "first look," protests around the nation expand, anger and frustration grow, but will anything change in keeping the peace with the system under fire? then to the pentagon. the guy in the back is about to move front and center. nasa's attempt at making history today and an almost 14-pound bouncing baby girl arrives in a drought stricken west coast drappals with too much water. we begin with growing outrage in a grand jury's decision not to indict a new york city police officer in the apparent choke hold death of eric ganner. protesters again blocking major highways, like this one, and coming face to face with police.

larger crowds wednesday night when the grand jury decision was announced possibly fueling the anger. reports that key evidence in the case will remain secret, because the district attorney in charge of the case has not asked the judge to release all of the grand jury transcripts like he props promised. they're not just marching in the streets, therapy dying in them. a scene in pittsburgh and temple university showing solidarity with eric garner family and also with the family of eric brown. more on the fallout and the next steps officials are taking. >> reporter: calls for justice and reform filled the streets of major cities. in new york, thousand us of protesters organized at multiple locations including the brooklyn bridge. in chicago, demonstrators briefly halted freeway traffic. and in the nation's capital, marching and chanting in mass. a smaller and more subdued crowd gathered at the site where eric

garn e died lighting candles and leaving rosaries, and stopping traffic in the downtown area chanting garner's last words. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: and captured on video. the officers arm around his neck as he was forced to the ground. one of four videos shown to the grand jury. garner family believe it should have been enough for an indictment, but the head of the police officer's union defended officer pantaleo saying garner would still be alive had he not resisted arrest. >> while bringing that person to the ground, yes, they said, we can't breathe, but the police officers an the ems did what they're supposed to do at that time. if you're speaking, you can breathe. >> reporter: the grand jury decision and protests are sparking discussion among government leaders. new york city's mayor vowed additional training for police. >> fundamental questions are being asked and rightfully so, about how we respect people's rights. how we reduce the use of force

in a relationship between police and community. >> reporter: difficult questions with no simple answers in the wake of a controversial grand jury decision. on staten island, sarah dallof, "nbc news at sunrise." and now to washington. it appears president obama will name ashton carter as his new defense secretary. the biggest challenges, isis and getting along with the president's inner circle. tracie potts live in washington. what are you hearing about the today's announcement? >> reporter: it's likely to be today and based on ashton carter, a name you may not recognize. very much a washington insider. everyone at the pentagon knows him, been there for years and someone that the white house believes can handle all of these issues our military is now facing. isis, afghanistan, ebola, sexual assault. the military's got a full plate. >> the next two years is anot r another -- another zone, i

think, of kinds of challenges for this country. and leaders have to be wise enough to know that. >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel is out, and there are strong indications his former deputy ashton carter will be named today at haigelgu hage replacement. the white house won't confirm but praised carter earlier this week. >> he's somebody that certainly deserves and has demonstrated strong bipartisan support. >> reporter: but the outgoing democrat and incoming republican over the committee in charge of confirmation hearings agreed. carter is a weapons expert who managed deep budget cuts in the defense department, but can he crack the president's inner circle? that's believed to be why hagel to do go. critics are concerned about revolvie ining door. four defense secretaries in four years. >> at a time when it's so grave,

we shouldn't see more turnover in the defense department than one see at a typical burger king. >> reporter: we are hearing lawmakers say they think he'll have an easy confirmation process. support on both sides and has been through the process before back when confirmed in 2011 as deputy, by unanimous consent. todd? >> it is rare for anything to be easy in washington. tracie potts, thanks so much. orion could one day tay humans to mars. yesterday after a few tries, the launch postponed. in just two hours they'll try again. nbc's jay gray is at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, todd. you're right. the team back in place at kennedy space center they say ready to take another shot at history. day two, and orion still towers above launch 37, mission managers hopeful conditions will

line up and allow them to make a run at history. >> go make sure we have a happy rocket. as soon as go that, send orion off to a very, very successful test flight and are looking forward to doing that. >> reporter: it was not happy yesterday here. >> we are scrubbed for today. we will proceed into operation 80. scrub detank operations. >> reporter: the launch scrubbed after more than two hour, and three countdown holds. >> the wind scrubbed us on our first two attempts. that's what knocked us out, and on the third attempt tshs w, it scrubbed because of the valve. >> reporter: fuel valves that were not responding properly during the final countdown. >> fuel valves on the common booster cores that had gotten cold and a little slug nsh their performance. so we, again, had a hold there. >> reporter: a hold. the team hopes this will end just after sunrise here. the concern continues to be the

weather right now. we've already had some rain. it's cloudy. we could see more throughout the morning. also forecasters say winds could again be a problem during the launch window nap is the latest here at kennedy space center. back to you. staying in florida now. manatee county sheriff deputy, searching for andres avalos foleying a triple murder friday afternoon. he drove to bay shore church and killed pastor james battle. there's a witness to the murder. avalos thought his wife and battle were having an affair. bill cosby is hitting back at one of his accusers, now suing judy huth. she claims cosby sexually assaulteder in 1974 at just 15 years old. cosby lawyer says that huth only filed her suit after a failed extortion plot. the navy stripped him of honorary chief petty officer. he served four years in the navy.

more than 20 women have accused cosby of a assault but cosby never charged with a crime and denied allegations in the past. a slow-moving course with the philippines. the typhoon should make landfall this weekend. down graded from a super tie fon but packs 145 sustained winds because of a potential for widespread flooding and mudslides, thousands of evacuations are under way. it's a proposal people there know all too well, as you recall, the area was devastated last year by a typhoon which killed more than 6,000 people. switching gears to sports now. an incredible finish down in greenville, north carolina. >> has time to unload it. he fires it high. he fires it deep -- out there, and he caught it for the touchdown! >> usf stuns north carolina on a final play with a 51-yard hail mary touchdown pass. central florida wins 32-30.

to the boys versus the bears, thursday night football. demarco murray ran for a season high and touchdown. quarterback tony romo threw for three scores in a 48-21 victory. tiger woods returns to the golf course. wasn't what he hoped for. finished dead last in the 18-man field, the first round of the hero world challenge. here's how tiger saw it. >> it's weird. i didn't feel like i hit it that bad, and my short game was awful. i didn't make anything. but it was just one of those days where it just -- nothing went my way. >> reporter: meanwhile, his girlfriend olympic skier lindsey vonn is hopes for a better comeback. racing for the first time in nearly a year, returning from ski surgery. minnesota defenseman ryan suter dying noepted with the mumps making him the ninth player in the nhl season to come down with the disease and a

fifth from his own team. why so common for players to get? according to the cdc, muches is spread through saliva or mucus when somebody coughs, sneezes or talks. mafen how quickly that will spread between players sharing water bottles and things like that. and wilt chamer lynn, t ebe to be on a stamp. one in a lakers uniform and fwhun a philadelphia uniform. ge get this, to fit his 7 foot frame, the stamps are almost two inches long pap third longer than a typical stamp. about 50 million of them will be printed. time to get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, todd, happy friday. investors are awaiting big news of the day. the november jobs report. it's expected to show another solid month of hiring, and unemployment holding at a six-year low. the fed could give room holding off on raising interest rates a

while longer. amazon is getting into the diaper business. the web retailer will start selling its own brand of diapers and baby wipes exclusively for prime members as it tries to get more people to sign up for that $99 a year service. starbucks is betting on beer and wine to boost sales. the coffee chain will add more alcohol and drinks eechkd snacks to its menu boosting its lunch offering and rolling out mobile orders. starbucks plans to open express stores and coffee trucks and an upscale chain with premium coffee. back to you. >> have a great weekend. what did new jersey governor chris christie know and when did he know? plus, baby, baby. meet mighty miya. details of her shocking arrival coming up next.

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valley. this is going to mean a soaker for your saturday and in much of the northeast that will begin by tonight. so your friday forecast is showing rain that will be moving up the i-95 corridor. today that rain comes in to play by late afternoon, and then it's pretty much wall to wall rain on saturday. that's a look at your forecast. back to you. >> could be worse. it could be snow. >> absolutely. way to positive think that. >> pollyanna todd here. and stories we're following. police in awe beaux d ado abu d targeting people based on nationality for the sake of creating chaos and terrorizing them. and bridgegate finding no conclusive evidence whether new jersey governor chris christie was or was not aware of the george washington bridge lane closures. the bergen record points out from the 136-page report two of his appointees are to blame with

the gridlock and were motivated in part by political considerations, but an analysis of the report by the "wall street journal" does not completely leave christie off the hook. the paper says accusations by a former ally of christie's leaves open questions of when he learned about those closures. check this out. whoa, baby. her mother expected her to weigh about 7 pounds. baby mia doubledweighing 14 pounds delivered at a denver hospital after her mother experienced low glucose levels and had trouble breathing. who did warren buffett bet 25 grand on? white house hanky panky and dicey dancing by our commander in chief. a juicy edition of scrambled politics is next.

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he gave $25,000 to ready for hillary. first superpack donation that raised a lot of money and the money can't be transferred to hillary's campaign if she runs. real clear politics reports jeb bush is putting out feelers in new hampshire already. apparently two top gop strategists contacted to run his possible 2016 campaign in that state. and admitting to white house hanky panky when she appeared on sister station bravo. made a few confessions to the host about her now husband but then boyfriend. >> did you ever fool around in the white house and -- >> maybe a little hanky panky. like maybe a kiss on the roof. >> in d.c., they lit up the national christmas tree on thursday and the president just couldn't help himself. ♪ >> and that is your morning dish

of scrambled politics. joining me now from washington, the reporter for "the hill." kevin good morning. could we see your dance moves or no? >> a pretty good dancer, if i do say so myself. happy friday. thanks for having me. >> start with the expected nominee for secretary of defense. ashton carter. what is the feeling in d.c., how will he fit into the president's inner circle in a way chuck hagel did not? >> a great question. this would be the sixth person to fill this position in, during the president's term. so six people. but the consensus here in washington is that ashton carter would be an excellent choice for this pick. pease someone with a lot of experience. the number two at the agency, or the department, and, you know, widespread bipartisan support i'm hearing on capitol hill. really folks on both sides of the aisle coming to defend him, including senator john mccain and the republican camp.

so i would expect smooth sailing for his confirmation if he is nominated officially. >> and we are a week away now from the government running out of money leading to a possible government shutdown. >> a second shutdown. >> you agree, seems to be less of a focus on this one compared to past shutdown threats. really, how close are we to that really happening? >> i think there will not be a government shutdown. bottom line, how much support house speaker john boehner will get from democrats in the house, and then will the senate go along with it? we've seen signals from senate majority leader harry reid he will be onboard for this. i think it's going to pretty much just extend things until next fall, keep the government open until next fall, and also, however, divide this immigration issue until early next year. and so that the agencies that president obama needs funding for to carry out his executive immigration orders will only be funded until early next year,

setting us up for a larger immigration debate early next year. >> in the 15 seconds remaining, last night harry reid came out and said the senate might not be able to pass a tax extend eer bl by the end of the year and what does that mean for the average american? >> $600 billion with a b worth of tax cuts. small tax cuts to mom and dad tax breaks across the country. i expect them to get a deal. it not, could be a timing thing, if not by the end of this year early next year immediately in the new congress. >> kevin. >> thanks. have great weekend. just ahead, jon stewart's secret message angelina jolie, next. you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job.

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leading the news from az central. phoenix police, suspect unarmed when killed by officer. officer thought brisbon was reaching into his pocket for a weapon, told him to keep his hands in the pockets. when the officer felt threatened he fired two shots. it turned out to be a bottle of pills. in a telegraph, pope texts the head of his swiss guard for being too strict. he'll remain in the post until early next year. no decision given for his dismissal. widely rumored, the pope would like a less military approach to security. other stories we're following, the senate pass add bill ending social security benefits for suspected nazi war criminals after a report several

ex-nazis were still getting money. five years since the fort hood shooting in texas. the house passed legislation making victims eligible for the purple heart. 13 died in the shooting. more than 30 others wounded. cleanup under way at the jungle in san jose, california, the nickname for the largeless homeless encampment. for the last 16 months working with the homeless population to move everyone to shelters. mark wahlberg asking for a pardon from when he was 16 years old. it involved him attempting to rob a man and the star landing in jail 14 months. he's asking it to be erased after making himself a better person. and for angelina jolie. >> if you had ended up with me instead of brad pitt, our port manto, stewart jolie would have been stoli. we could have ban vodka brand.

>> they would be an awesome vodka brand. he's funny. she's gorgeous. can't beat that. and cape canaveral, shoulding okay. >> "first look," this is it. "way too early," thomas roberts, now. >> all: i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> all: no justice. >> all: hands up! >> all: don't shoot. another night of protests over the death of eric garner and the grand jury's decision not to indict. what the new york mayor is saying and how police are read sponding. ready for hillary. the super pac supporting the potential candidate now has a billionaire among its backers. who is it. plus, jeb bush may be feeling out new hampshire and a campaign. get ready granite state and let the 2016 games begin. this is "way too early."

hey, everybody, good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is friday, december 5th. welcome to "way too early." the show where friday never comes fast enough. would be bet fer it is paperyda friday. it is not. no. great to have you with us. another protest to talk about in new york city a second night in a row thousands took to the streets protesting a lack of indictment in the eric garner choke hold case. the holland tunnel what it looked like. one of several major arteries brought to a standstill during the evening rush hour. about three dozen arrested during mainly peaceful protesting. other protesters staged die-in proep tests or carried coffins with the names of alleged police violence victims. the anger is spreading across the country as protesters call for justice in other cities including chicago, washington, d.c., dallas and oakland. meanwhile, there is both