first resignation and now two republican house chairmen ask for a justice department probe over the leaks. >> from intelligence, papers are being leaked, things are being leaked. it's criminal action, criminal act and it's been going on for a long time. >> that's while the president's second member of his chosen team steps aside amid controversy. this one involving oprah winfrey. russia testing the u.s. sending a spy ship 30 miles off the u.s. coast and one of our most strategic submarine bases. plus a rerow cop comes to the rescue of a burning pickup at a jack-in-the-box. "early today" starts right now. good thing this morning.

i'm frances rivera. it was a fire and burst light that left some without power. grant county washington, a major electrical substation sustained damage from the fires that had emergency crews warning residents to stay at home and to avoid downed power lines. luckily no injuries were reported. as crews were working through the night to restore power. now to a battle brewing between congress and president trump. this morning congressional democrats are demandling an investigation into the details that led to the resignation of national security advisor michael flynn. they ares also calling for hearings on trump's campaign aides, alleged discussions with russian operatives during the election. the president is aggressively pursuing leaks that he calls illegal and just a form of retaliation after a clinton's election loss. >> papers are being leaked, things are being leaked. it's criminal action, criminal act, and it's been going on for a long time, before me. but now it's really going on.

and people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. the documents and papers that were illegally, i stress that, illegally leaked, very, very unfair. >> now "the wall street journal" is reporting u.s. intel officials are withholding sensitive info from the president out of concern it could be leaked or compromised. the office of the director of national intelligence strongly denying the report with the late night statement calling the allegations not true. that as the new york times reports billionaire and cerberus hedge fund co-founder steven fine berg could be tapped by mr. trump to conduct a broad review of national intel agencies. and congressional republicans are taking their que from the president with two leading house chairmen sending a letter to the department of justice inspector general asking the d.o.j. to investigate the leak of potentially classified information regarding michael flynn. the president had gone out of his way to praise flynn just two

days after he asked the former national security advisor for his resignation, blaming the media for the former general's ouster. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media in many cases. and i think it's really a sad thing that he was treated so badly. >> well, those comments came as the president hosted israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the first time. but the president's comments don't seem to be enough to keep lawmakers at bay. with a top republican and democrat on the senate judiciary committee, now requesting a briefing and documents related to the circumstances leading up to the flynn resignation. senator mccain pointed to the white house's dysfunction, adding these strong words. >> as i said before, who is making the decisions in the white house? is it the 31-year-old, is it mr. bannon? is it the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff? i don't know. >> and still no official word

from the white house on who will serve as the president's permanent national security advisor. as the administration also looks for a new labor secretary nominee, after andy puzder cke restaurant chief pulled himself out of consideration for the post when it became clear he did not have the votes in the senate. puzder lost support in part because of a haunting tape of his ex-wife appearing on the oprah show some 27 years ago in disguise to talk about spousal abuse. charges she later took back and puzder has always denied. russia is apparently spying on the united states. a russian intelligence ship was spotted 30 miles off the coast of groton, connecticut. that's the home of u.s. naval submarine base, new london. the russian vessel was technically in international waters which ends 12 naught cal miles within the u.s. coast line. nbc's hans nichols has the report. >> reporter: russia testing the new administration, excepteding a spy ship spotted approximately 30 miles off the coast from a u.s. submarine base in groton,

connecticut. the u.s. had been tracking the ship since it left russia months ago. the cold war era vessel had made this trip before. and in the black sea russian planes flying fast and low over a u.s. destroyer. russian aggression, a key concern at the nate ee summit in brussels. u.s. defense secretary james mattis also delivering an ultimate um to allies. pay up or america will, quote, moderate its commitment to nato. mattis saying some of his colleagues agree. >> it's a fair demand that all who benefit from the best defense in the world carry their proportionate share. >> britain's defense minister telling nbc news mattis' message hit home. >> this is a very timely warning. the threats are real from outside nato. >> reporter: mattis' warning an echo of trump's campaign talk to let europe fend for itself. nichols, nbc news, brussino he will. >> now to malaysia where a second woman has been arrested

involved in the assassination of north korea leader's he stranged half brother kim jong nam. he was apparently poisoned while he awaited a flight to malaysia. kim jong-un marks the 75th birthday of his father's birth kim jong-il. he was accompanied by dozens of officials and army officer. kim jong-il died in 2011. today businesses as cross the united states prepare to close as thousands plan to participate in a day without immigrants boycott in protest of president trump's immigration orders. social media organizers in washington, philadelphia, boston and other major cities have called for immigrants not to attend work or open their businesses or even spend money and even send their children to school. a similar bent took place in wisconsin earlier this week when thousands marched in response to

sheriff dave clark's threat to crack down on immigrants. after he possibly saved a fast food restaurant from going up in flames, officer chris woe mack responded to a truck fire at a jack-in-the-box drive through outside of dallas. when the flames here getting dangerously close to the building, womck pulled up behind the burning truck and rammed it through the drive out to the parking lot. he's never experience aid situation like this before. he's just glad he was in the right place at the right time. still ahead here on earth, ash ton kucharer on human trafficking and how technology can be used to stop modern day 14r5i678ery. let's get a check of the weather with meteorologist bonnie snyder. how are we looking this morning? >> frances, we're still dealing with a little bit of lake effect snow and some snow lingering on in boston. expect those snow showers to continue. in terms of how much snow we've seen this season, we are well below normal. even in boston remember in 2015

you had over 106 inches? not the case this year, we're far behind the average amount of snow days in the northeast as well as across the midwest. that's a look at the that's a 15-mile-per-hour steady wind in philadelphia. the gusts are going higher than that. making temperatures feel even colder this morning. feels like 25 in philadelphia. 8 in the pocono mountains. vai and tracy. breaking overnight. shots fired in a philadelphia neighborhood. we'll show you exclusive video of officers making the arrest. and a day without immigrants today. we'll tell you about the campaign to push back against

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tillerson faces tough negotiations today as he joins the foreign ministers of 20 world powers in bon germany. this is tillerson's first trip abroad as secretary of state. he'll likely be navigating complex issues like the u.s.'s relationship with russia and china as well as conflicts in the middle east. nbc's lucie kavanagh, what can we expect out of this conference? >> a good day for rex tillerson. he's expected to arrive here in a few hours. he's already met with the saudi foreign minister out of hotels, largely focused on yemen. expected to meet with other allies as well. obviously the big meeting with russian foreign minister with sergey. in the news in washington, especially over that controversial resignation of mike flynn. we don't know exactly what they'll be talking about, but we do know that they will be discussing areas of cooperation. for example, how the two countries could join forces in

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breaking overnight, a police chase through philadelphia lands four people in custody. officers say it started with shots fired. a day without immigrants. today, there is a nationwide movement that could impact businesses and schools in your neighborhood. the opioid epidemic. new jersey just passed one of the most aggressive laws in the country to combat drug overdoses. >> announcer: nbc10 news starts now. did thursday morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. it's a cool morning. let's get to bill henley with the neighborhood forecast. the most accurate. >> look at the wind gusts, 25 miles an hour in philadelphia. gusting to 35 miles an hour in wilmington.

these winds will be increasing as the day goes on. with cold air in place, it feels even colder. lehigh valley at 30. 31 degrees in new jersey and wild philadelphia is 35 right now, we will see a cooler day overall. won't number the 50s like yesterday. 42 the high for philadelphia. stuck in the 30s for lehigh valley and the suburbs. at the shore, 34 degrees. we'll break it down hour by hour and first, we'll see how the traffic is looking as jessica boyington has the "first alert" traffic update. >> yeah, bill. we're slow right now through center city. the cameras showing you it's closed at this point through the schuylkill expressway. this is traffic being diverted off the broad street off-ramp. again, that's closed and will be closed for the next half an hour until the 5:00 hour. to the p.a. turnpike,

construction here between bensalem and ft. washington. and that's 22 minutes from route 1 to valley forge, vai and tracy. it's 4:30. breaking from overnight, two people are in custody that starstart starts in cobb creek. matt delucia is in west philadelphia. >> reporter: well, tracy, it all started about a mile away from where we are at alden and chris street. police had heard a report of shots fired in the area. then they stopped this car and afterwards there was a pursuit. we don't know why the car was stopped in the first place but there was a pursuit. this is where it ended rht