ambush style attacks on police officers in two separate states, one is dead and the other critical, a manhunt for the shooters is under way. president-elect donald trump had a busy weekend interviewing potential cabinet members while also slamming "saturday night live" as being unfair. president obama returned to the white house this morning with advice for the donald and fellow democrats. and snowstorms around the country already having a big impact on pre thanksgiving travel. early "today" starts right now. good monday morning. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. right now police are on the hunt for a suspect in the murder of a san antonio police officer. detective benjamin marconi was

fatally shot in broad daylight. he was making a routine traffic stop outside of police head yaurts, that's when this vehicle pulled up, a person got out, drew a gun and shot him twice in the head fatally. >> in my opinion what we know right now this was nothing short of an assassination of a police officer. he happened to be wearing the wrong colors, blue. >> police are searching for a person of interest seen in this photo. and they don't believe he has any relationship with the original motorist who was pulled over. after the shooting, though, san antonio officers were advised not to make traffic stops alone and having ordered to call for backup instead. a massive search is under way this morning in st. louis for the suspect of another officer-involved shooting. the suspect is considered to be armed and dangerous. the ambush attack happened sunday evening when the suspect pulled up alongside a marked police car and fired two shots

at an officer's face. police say the incident was unprovoked with the officer merely sitting in traffic. the 46-year-old is in critical but stable conditioned and is expected to survive. police say he was a married father of three who has been with the department for 20 years. this morning police officers are ordered to travel in pairs as they use helicopters and s.w.a.t. teams in the search for the suspect who drove off in a silver car. a lot of politics in our headlines. it was a weekend of almost nonstop meetings for president-elect donald trump as he met 21 potential cabinet members holding court at his bed minister, new jersey, golf club. he greeted those including democrat michelle rhee. also rudy guiliani, cubs co-owner, todd ricketts, chris christie and james mattis, a leading candidate for defense secretary. while trump teased a couple deals reached on cabinet appointments no news was made since the transition team

announced general mike flynn for nsa, jeff sessions for attorney general and mike pompeo as head of the cia. the most high profile meeting came when trump sat down with mitt romney, a meeting described by aides as very good. when "saturday night live" quickly lampooned with alec baldwin but they also took him to task on his policy. >> you came and said that you were going to bring every single job back to our town. >> every single one? >> yes, sir. hell, if you can build a wall that's 2,000 miles long on the mexican border i'm sure you can help us. >> how long is that wall? >> 2,000 miles. >> 2,000 american miles? >> when we found out that you had a secret plan it really energized us. >> that's right. a plan. very secret. google what isis.

>> while that was enough to draw instant criticism from the real donald trump on twitter, he said, quote, i watched parts of nbc saturday night live last night. it's a totally one-sided biased show, nothing funny at all, equal time for us? baldwin took the complaints responding equal time? election is over. there's no more equal time. now you try to be president and people respond. trump's twitter tirade came one day after he demanded the cast of "hamilton" apologize for what he says was harassment against mike pence when the vice president elect caught the show and received a speech from the cast along with it. >> we hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and to work on behalf of all of us. all of us. >> however, pence says that the entire controversy was much ado about nothing. >> what i can tell you is i wasn't offended by what was

said. i will leave to others whether it was the appropriate venue to say it. >> the back and forth regarding "hamilton" overshadowed the $25 million settlement reached by trump and eric schneiderman in a trump university lawsuit. we now know that we have news incoming first lady ma lane i can't and barron trump will be staying in new york city until the end of the school year while trump himself is expected to move to the white house as planned. as for the current president, president obama returned from-sd his final overs trip just a short time ago getting off air force one and making his way back to the white house after wrapping up his trip to perú. that's the final stop in his apex summit tour. the president said that while he doesn't intend to become trump's constant critic he won't rule out criticizing him once he becomes just another american citizen. >> as an american citizen who cares deeply about our country if there are issues that have

less to do with the specifics of some legislative proposal or battle, but go to core questions about our values and our ideals and if i think that it's necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, then i will -- i will examine it when it comes. >> so those comments came during the president's final overseas press conference after he met with russian president vladimir putin. both leaders were set to have discussed the crises in ukraine and syria in a four-minute face-to-face exchange. still ahead, great news for drivers hitting the road, we have thanksgiving coming up in a few days but really not so great for those who are flying. right now there are at least two deaths blamed on this latest winter storm in minnesota along with hundreds of accidents on treacherous roads. it caused more trouble for drivers in new york state.

lake-effect snow falling at a rate to 1 to several inches per hour in some locations made driving difficult or impossible for some. high winds with gusts of up to 30 miles per hour hit some people. officials are urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel because of icy conditions and poor visibility. let's get an update with nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the latest on your pre thanksgiving weather. >> the snowstorm that was in the minnesota on friday regenerate nood a big huge windstorm and it's producing a lot of lake enhanced snow even this morning especially the upslope mountains, a lot of snow in the hills of hartford, syracuse, watertow watertown, we could get an additional 6 to 12 inches of snow. the worst of the travel with the winds and snow, weather-related delays likely in the northeast, great in the southeast and the middle of the country looks great, too. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here is a closer look at your day ahead.

so for today temperatures will struggle. there is a good deal of snow on the ground, and it's a very cold morning in the south, a lot of people are seeing their first hard freeze of the season. and of course the busier travel days are coming tuesday and wednesday is the biggest of them all but you are not going to be dealing with anything like this. this is what we saw over the weekend in england. the southern coast, the storm brought about 80 mile per hour winds and i'm happy to report none of that is heading our way for our busy travel days ahead. >> i like that guy with the um bra trying to take the wind head on. >> you don't want it to snap in your face. >> go big or go home. thank you very much. is it going to be advice you're going to take, president obama's interesting advice for his fellow democrats. plus meet the oldest division one football player in history. guess how old. 55 years old and he just made senior day history. i really did save hundreds on my car insurance with geico.

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this is an amazing story. meet 55-year-old joe thomas sr. he is number 42 on your screen. a running back for south carolina state. now, thomas enrolled at south carolina state with his son who also played football. thomas is believed to be the oldest division one football player to ever take the field. he says it was a dream 36 years in the making. >> just follow your dream. do what you need to do. it's all about you when you're trying to do what you need to do. a lot of people look to other people and don't follow up on it. i didn't pay that any attention. >> it happened on saturday afternoon. thomas carried the ball three yards on a play in the first quarter. thomas later told reporters it was the happiest kay of his life and accomplishments prove that age is really just a number. you can each see the members of the opposing team congratulating him, giving him high-fives.

a dramatic rescue was caught on camera in georgia, it started when a wheelchair bound 70-year-old man called 911. >> there's a fire in my bedroom. >> okay. how many people are in the house? >> i need somebody to hurry, my bedroom is filling up. >> okay. i need everyone to get out of the house. >> i can't. >> good thing police and fire arrived quickly, watch this video captures they literally dragged him out through the spoke. it was really difficult to get him out and to get enough oxygen really. he suffered burns on both arms but he is expected to be okay. the local fire chief says it was only a matter of minutes between having a completely different outcome. from the l.a. times president obama offers strong support to nancy pelosi while in peru for his apex summit while also saying democrats need to change if they expect to grow the party and take back control of congress.

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bit later this morning. we're anxious to hear what's going to go on. it's baggage handlers, wheelchair assistants, they're looking for $15 an hour wage and union rights here. they will announce their decision a bit later in the morning. take a look at already lines forming here at o'hare. that's just going to build through the week, whether it's here, another airport or out on the road, there are going to be lines and patience stretched to their limits this week. the holiday rush has started. >> we're expecting nearly 49 million americans to be traveling more than 50 miles away from home and the majority of those individuals tell us they're going to drive. >> reporter: more than 43 million are expected to pack up and pull out on the highway fueled in part by falling gas prices. >> oil prices are dropping and the prices at the pump are following suit. >> reporter: air travel will be up over last year as well.

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right now on nbc 10 news today, winds of change. here is a live look at the flags whipping along the ben franklin parkway. you are waking up to a chilly and blustery fall mayor. police say the elected leader of upland county was drunk behind the wheel when he rear-ended a car and drove off. the eagles taking on the seahawks, this morning the birds are licking their wounds after a disappointing loss. good monday morning, this is nbc 10 news today, i'm tracey davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley. it is blustery out there. >> blowing clouds through the

area. that gusty wind will stay with us throughout the day. they are producing a few flurries, some not even reaching the ground. don't be surprised in the lehigh valley if you see a few snowflakes, not expect to go see any accumulation, but it is cold especially with the wind blowing. winds 26 mile an hour winds in philadelphia out of the west, 39 degrees t feels like it's low 30s in philadelphia, 37 current temperature for suburbs and new jersey, 36 degrees for the lehigh valley. we will see sunshine break through the clouds but a big warm up we are not in store for that. 40 degrees the temperature at 10:00. normally we would warm into the middle 50s, this afternoon 45 the high for philadelphia, low 40s for lehigh valley, while at the shore 48 degrees in afternoon. i will break these forecasts down hour by hour when i come back in less than ten minutes. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> starting on 95 this morning around gerard avenue and watching for delays.

an earlier accident that is right taking out lines in between girard and allegheny. they're pretty much cleared and have it under control. 13 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. center city no problems there. we're okay on the vine street expressway. open on the schuylkill both directions east and westbound. 422 looks good. 8 minutes eastbound 29 to the schuylkill expressway average speeds into the 60s. we're following breaking news out of trenton. >> several homes and cars are on fire there. matt delucia is live for us at the scene. >> reporter: we just got here a few minutes ago. we can tell you the fire is just on the other side of this restaurant. i'm going to step out of the way. we're going kept far back because that fire still burning, you can see a lot of the smoke out in the distance. this is on wine berg