did the republican front-runner finally go too far? plus new information on the san bernardino shooting investigation. a big question this morning, whether anyone else knew that the married terrorists were planning an attack. and in portland, landslides and major flooding after the wettest day on record. and forecasters say the rain isn't done yet. it is 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, this is "way too early." and good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, december 8th. i'm shiba russell. donald trump is calling for a ban on muslims entering the united states. trump made the proposal in a statement released late yesterday afternoon. he says the ban would last until, quote, our country's representatives can figure out

what's going on. when asked if muslim-american citizens currently abroad would be included, a spokeswoman replied, mr. trump says everyone. "the new york times" lead story calls it, quote, an unprecedented proposal by a leading american presidential candidate. an idea more typically associated with hate groups. and last night the billionaire businessman described his proposal as a reaction to president obama's speech on isis, and the san bernardino terror attacks. >> i watched last night, and i watched the president truly that didn't know what he was doing. he didn't -- he didn't know why he was there. he refuses to use the term radical islamic terrorism. he refuses to use the term. i don't even know if he knows what the hell is going on. i really don't. last night we all saw and we witnessed something that i thought was highly

inappropriate. in fact i tweeted, is that all there is? about the president's speech. and i wrote something today that i think is very, very important, and probably not politically correct. but i don't care. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. [ applause ] we have no choice. according to pew research, among others, there is a great hatred toward americans by large segments of the muslim population. they want to change your religion. i don't think so. i don't think so. i don't think so. not going to happen. mr. trump stated, without

looking at the various polling data, it's obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. such a big portion. where the hatred comes from, and why, we'll have to determine. we're going to have to figure it out. we have to figure it out. we can't live like this. it's going to get worse and worse. you're going to have more world trade centers. you're going to have more world trade centers. it's going to get worse and worse, folks. we can be politically correct or we can be stupid but it's going to get worse and worse. >> trump's proposal was met with outrage from both democrats and republicans. hillary clinton calls it reprehensible, prejudiced, and divisive. jeb bush said donald trump is unhinged. lindsey graham called the idea downright dangerous. bernie sanders said trump wants us to hate all muslims. john kasich denounced the quote, outrageous divisiveness, and marco rubio said the plan is offensive and outlandish. here's what other republican

candidates and high profile members of the party had to say about the proposal. >> this is the kind of thing that people say when they have experience and don't know what they're talking about. we do not need to resort to that type of activity, nor should we. >> unfortunately, i think donald trump's overreaction is as dangerous as president obama's underreaction. president obama isn't prepared to do anything, which is clearly foolish. but donald trump always plays on everyone's worst instincts and fears, and saying we're not going to let a single muslim into this country is a dangerous overreaction. >> i think this whole notion that's come out, just say no more muslims, just ban all religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in. religious freedom has been a very important part of our history, and where we -- we it came from. >> would you support a policy that prohibits muslims from entering the country? >> no.

that is not my policy. i believe the focus should focus on radical islamic terrorism, and we need to be directly focused on threats to the united states. we need a commander in chief that perceives what the threat is, and that targets all of our resources to protecting this nation against radical islamic terrorists. meanwhile, the state party chairman of iowa, new hampshire and south carolina have also come out and condemned the proposal. the chairman of the south carolina republican party matt moore tweeted, quote, trump's bad idea and rhetoric sends a shiver down my spine. and this morning we're learning new details about the couple that carried out the deadly san bernardino attacks. according to "the new york times." the fbi is now leaning away from the idea that the wife radicalized her husband. agents believe he was already down the path of jihad when he married her. we've also learned that employees of san bernardino county's environmental health services division, they underwent active shooter

training last year in the same room as the attack. the "l.a. times" reports that it's unclear if gunman syed farook attended that training. authorities have fielded numerous tips since last week's mass shooting. investigators are looking into an account from the management of the los angeles office tower, this one, they say someone looking like farook unsuccessfully tried to get inside in the past few weeks. the building overlooks hotels, and banks. nbc's stephanie gosk is following the latest on the san bernardino attack, and has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: a photo taken at chicago's o'hare airport shows tashfeen malik arriving in the u.s. for the first time in 2014. syed farook at her side. >> both subjects were radicalized and had been for quite some time. >> reporter: the fbi confirms that the couple practiced their shooting skills at l.a. area firing ranges, just days before killing 14 and wounding 21. nbc news has learned that farook was at the magnum range in

riverside, as recently as sunday and monday last week. a source closely tied to the range says he was there for hours, and was a pretty good shot. the range turned over surveillance footage to the fbi in the hours after the attacks. investigators say they are meticulously trying to recreate the shooting inside the inland regional center. do you have any sense at this point who was in control during the attack? did tashfeen malik fire the first shot? >> we do not have any sense who was in control. >> reporter: his father made no comment after entering his home after telling an italian newspaper over the weekend that his son was obsessed with israel and shared the same ideology as isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. his mother was questioned for hours after the rampage. lawyers for the family say she lived in the same rented house and helps take care of the baby. >> the mother stayed to herself. i think she stayed upstairs, and so she would have been separate, and not really known much about what was taking place in the

rest of the house. >> reporter: the house is not large. just over 1100 square feet with two bedrooms. law enforcement say the garage, which is detached from the building, was turned into a bomb-making factory. the couple was stockpiling ammunition and parts. enough the fbi says to make 19 pipe bombs, though not all were assembled. the justice department says it is still interested in what farook's mother may have seen or heard. >> and that was stephanie gosk reporting. law enforcement officials say a neighbor of farook's is answering questions from federal investigators. several years ago, enrique marquez bought two of the semiautomatic rifles used in the shooting. authorities say he is not considered a suspect. but the fbi would like to learn much more on how farook obtained those two rifles. syria is blaming the u.s.-led coalition for bombing an army base in the eastern part of the country. according to the associated press, the airstrike took place sunday night. three soldiers were killed, another 13 injured.

the united states has denied responsibility saying a russian warplane carried out the airstrike. and the u.s. is touting its strikes against isis. the pentagon has confirmed that a top isis leader in libya was killed in an airstrike last month. longtime al qaeda operative abu nabil was targeted in a november 13th strike. also the state department has confirmed that a minnesota man who authorities say became a recruiter for isis, surrendered overseas last month. his name is mohamed abdullah hassan, he's now in custody in somalia. and u.s. poe fishes say isis has targeted a refugee program to enter the united states. the white house has not confirmed or denied his claim. and this is developing overnight an air france flight has been diverted to montreal's airport after an anonymous threat. the boeing 777 from san francisco to paris was rerouted after six hours in flight. just before reaching the atlantic ocean.

passengers disembarked on the runway at trudeau airport in canada and here's one photo from someone on board as he exited. in the wake of the paris terror attack two air france flights bound for charles de gaulle airport from the u.s. were diverted because of threats though nothing was ever discovered. by the way, air france, klm lost about $54 million in november as travel to paris has cooled in the wake of the attacks. we are also following several developments out of chicago this morning, where the city's police department is now the focus of a justice department probe. there were protests once again last night. this time in response to cook county's state attorney releasing video of last year's police shooting of 25-year-old ronald johnson. but unlike the shooting of laquan mcdonald, the officer in this case has not been charged. the video shows an officer shooting johnson in the back as he ran from police. prosecutors say enhanced dash cam video with police radio

added shows a nine millimeter gun in johnson's right hand. police say they recovered the gun but johnson's mother claims it was planted. also yesterday, attorney general loretta lynch confirmed an investigation into the police department's use of force, including despaisparities in usd mechanism for accountability. chicago mayor rahm emanuel has come around to the idea since last week when he first opposed the call for federal scrutiny. >> i think an additional layer prior to the completion of this might be misguided, hitting the restart button on a whole new investigation does not give you the conclusion in an expedited fashion. today, you know, the department of justice announced a special investigation. of the chicago police department. we welcome it. and chicago as a city will be better for it. we accept it, and we need it. >> on top of all of this came the sudden retirement of the

police department's chief of detectives. dean andrews says the timing was best with the current transition of leadership. it is just the latest high-profile departure from the department. the supreme court yesterday declined to hear a challenge on whether cities and states can ban semiautomatic high-capacity assault weapons. the high court turned away the challenge to a chicago suburb's ban on weapons like the ar-15, which means similar laws already on the books in seven states across the u.s. will remain in place. justices thomas and scalia disagreed with the decision, writing that the court should review the ban. thomas criticized lower court decisions that have allowed bans on firearms, that millions of americans commonly own for lawful purposes. and that decision comes as democrats in congress try to force a vote on legislation that would ban gun sales to those on the no-fly list. congressman mike thompson of california filed a discharge petition yesterday which requires the signatures of a majority of house members to

force a vote. republicans in congress have already dismissed moving forward with that bill. okay. still ahead here on "way too early," breaking news overnight, the oscar pistorius murder case. the former olympian was back in court this morning after an appeals court overturned his manslaughter conviction and found him guilty of murder. plus lebron james signs the deal of a lifetime, literally. we'll tell you what nike is saying about one of the biggest deals in company's history. "way too early" is back in a moment.

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pistorius guilty of murder. the double amputee now faces at least 15 years in jail. he'll remain on house arrest until he's sentenced at a later date. he plans to appeal his murder conviction in constitutional court. now, for an showdown on monday night football. division leading washington hosting the dallas cowboys. jump to the end of the fourth quarter with the game tied at 9. the redskins desean jackson back to receive the punt. jackson tries to do too much on this play and ends up fumbling away the ball and possibly the game. the cowboys take over and send running back darren mcfadden up the middle, and into the end zone for the team's only touchdown of the night. jackson would get some redemption as he helped washington answer with a 28-yard td reception to knot things back up. but there's enough time left for dallas to get in to field goal range and nail a 54-yarder for the 19-16 victory. oh, so close. college football has now

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unbelievable. the stars. these athletes how much money they can get, cha-ching. >> not just what they can get. what they can get the company. let's talk about this huge parade of storms in the west. we had a lot of flooding yesterday in and around the portland area and all of the bad images are really from the northwest. this is where storms hit over the weekend. another one hit yesterday. they're going to get another one today. another one thursday. and then possibly even another one over the upcoming weekend. this is what we expected when we talk about an el nino winter. very active weather on the west coast of the u.s. so far, it's avoided california. but that should change by the time we get to thursday. here's how it looks on the weather maps. you're going to see all the bright whites. that's just a lot of moisture being streamed up towards washington state and oregon. i think the heaviest rains today are going to be focused up in the olympics. that's where the best chance of any flooding is. that's areas just to the west of seattle. the lower elevations will get shaded and shadowed a little bit from the mountains, so we won't see a lot of flooding in areasic seattle and olympic and even in medford. we will see widespread rain fall in the mountains so we will see

some river flooding, too. notice california doesn't really get into this until late thursday into friday. but the good news for the california mountains is, we're going to get you some snow. and we're going to build up that snow pack in the central sierra, the lake tahoe area. that travel will be dive out on thursday. everyone east of the rockies no problems at all. a little cooler this morning in new england but we are going to see a warm week, a quiet week, all because of the weather in the west. >> all right, bill, still quiet. >> it -- yeah. >> -- we're going to talk snow next week for the middle of the country. >> closer to christmas. >> yes. >> okay. you promise? still ahead, guess who's back? >> wait, wait, wait. [ bleep ] are you going to -- >> we'll tell you why jon stewart was back at the daily show last night. this holiday i can

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♪ i got -- >> they're u2 performing in paris last night alongside the eagles of death metal. that's the american rock band that was in the middle of a set at the bataclan theater last month when terror struck. they were making up the show they had to cancel in the wake of the attack. it was rumored that the california band would join them, and they did, singing a rendition of patty smith's people have the power. and after just four months of retirement jon stewart made his return to the daily show but this time he took the seat as a guest to keep heat on an issue he's been pushing for a long

time. a permanent extension of the 9/11 health and compensation act the zadroga act that provides health care for first responders who fell ill after the attacks. and in true stewart fashion, he did not mince words when discussing the difficulties he's encountered trying to get congress to pass the extension. >> it expired in september, it's soon going to be out of money. these first responders, many sick with cancers and pulmonary disease have had to travel at their own expense to washington, d.c. hundreds of times to plead for our government to do the right thing. plead. the only conclusion that i can draw is that the people of congress are not as good of people as the people who are first responders. >> oh, jon -- >> well now to people all over the world, last night marking the second night of hanukkah. and even though he's not jewish, stephen colbert celebrated with michigan celebrated chef and

french strength your daniel boulud who helped whip up a special hanukkah treat. >> hello, i'm daniel boulud, and happy hanukkah or as we say in france, happy hanukkah. i don't usually speak french but don't tell anyone. tonight i'm going to show you how to make a jewish cherry doughnut. there is a recipe, so let's begin. first you go to to get a box of doughnuts, open the box, mm-mmm. then you get a can of jelly. grape jelly. and, you dip your doughnut into like this. hmm, it's delicious. and you don't even need to be jewish. tune in next time, we'll show

you how to -- >> so simple, really. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up, on "morning joe," reaction is still coming in to donald trump's unprecedented call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. this morning, we'll hear from his rivals, and supporters. many of whom agree with his plan. plus senator joe manchin joining us to talk about the supreme court decision of holding the assault weapons ban in chicago. but will it help the case he's been trying to make for members of congress? that and much more coming up next on "morning joe."

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