. protesters are voicing their opposition to the president-elect. president-elect donald trump meets with president obama for the first time. >> mr. president, it was a great honor meeting you. i look forward to meeting with you many, many times in the future. >> leonard cohen, a giant in the poety center for the last half

brave men and women on this veteran's day. good friday morning, this is "early today." >> for the second night in a row, spontaneous protests erupted as frustrated voters marched in the streets in opposition of tuesday's election rules. they appeared in patriot more, san francisco, oakland and more. protesters demonstrated their returns to his old self, taking to twitter to blast them and the media, posting, just had a very open and successful presidential elect. now successful protesters are protesting. very unfair. now it should be noted that trump. called for a march on washington the night of the 2012 presidential election. >> prior to taking a jab at those protesters, trump had a

sit town with the first lady. trump, the first time the two met face-to-face is a hallmark of events, for the first time since becoming the president-elect. noting public protocol t. trump camp refused to allow journalists to travel with him for his historic first meetings. >>or rebuild the bridges he burned on his way there. >> obama is an incompetent. the most ignorant president in our history. he has been a disaster. >> reporter: today a different tone. this scene in the oval office, unimaginable, who never thought president-elect trump had a chance, including president obama. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. >> reporter: that was just the

battle. it started years ago with a birther crusade, something that did to the come up in the 90-day meeting. >> it sound like the meeting might have been at least a little less awkward than some might have expected. >> reporter: trump joined by wife melania, who toured the first wing and jerry kushner, walking the south lawn with president obama's chief of staff, denis mcdonough t. president-elect, planning to seek his but trump couldn't resist talking with reporters at his second stop on capitol hill. trump walking the halls of congress with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, getting a look at where he will be sworn in from house speaker paul ryan. here relationship, ryan initially refused to endorse trump, lateer declined to defend

unite the party as even former rivals get on board. >> if they have an interest of sitting and talking to america's i'll be glad to do et. if hillary had won, i'd be talking to hillary. >> there were some detractors like john caseing, other like massachusetts senator elizabeth warren vowed to fight trump every step of the way. >> we have to be recalled to mobilize on special issues we're not gentleman to fight every issue every night of every day, we're going to be smar, we're going to be organized, we're going to use our time and our talents in a strategic and careful way, but we are going to fight back. we are not turning this country over to what donald trump has sold. we are just not. >> as for hillary clinton, it appears she has traded the

self-described heart broken mother who came across the former presidential candidate biwhile hiking in chappaqua, new york. singer, songwriter, author and poet leonard cohen has died. he was easily one of the most influential musician over five decades, he is often compared to that of bob dinl and paul simon >> his most famous song "hallelujah" has been covered hundreds of times since 1984 within it was introduced and he was in the recent "trek" movie. cohen was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in 2008 and received a grammy lifetime achievem award in 2010. he was 80-years-old. more fallout for illinois

aaron schock. a going indicted him on fraud and misusing taxpayer money. schock came under scrutiny amid a spending scandal, after a report says he spent tens of thousands of dollars to decorate his office like donton ab abby wambach. he says honest mistakes may have been made and no one spended to break the law. two bald eagles stuck inside apparently he got trapped inside a storm drain their orlando. one was able to fly on its own, the other needed to be freed by animal rescue workers. crowds gathered to watch the effort. the rescued bird is being treated for injuries and will be released once it is fully green look at the crowd there. >> it is symbolic. just ahead, mark zucker

swayed the election. >> rafael miranda, happy friday to you. >> good morning, everyone, happy veteran's day as well. very quiet out there. it's hard to find any rain on the map. you had to have south texas to do that. it gets windy in the northeast. you will need winter coats. temperatures in the 50s. winds gufkt over 40 miles per hour -- gutting over 40 miles per ahead. lots of sunshine but chilly, eventually wendy by the end of the afternoon, temperatures much cooler in the mid-west. no more 60s in chicago. 60 degrees and sunshine, rapid city looking good, 69 and also pretty sunny. and that's a look at your veteran's day forecast. just ahead, the nba champion cavaliers go to washington. donald trump's potential

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president obama welcomed the nba champion cleveland cavaliers to the white house yesterday. the team presented the president with his very own number 16 cavs uniform, he was able to say cleveland in the same sentence as world champion with the type of hope and change he talks about. he called star lebron james, who shared this pictun with first lady michelle obama one of the greatest players of all time. nice to see those faces. >> we had a great chance and never made it there. well, leading the news this morning, mark zuckerburg says when it comes to tuesday's election results, don't put the blame on him. he addressed the growing criticism aimed at facebook, namely the influence of power is growing. part of that is because the number of fake news articles on its site is increasing.

to think it influenced the election in anyway is a pretty crazy idea. if you believe that, then i don't think you have internalized the message that trump supporters are trying to send in this election. >> the trump administration, america starts to learn who will be carried out with some of the most important decisions facing the nation and despite trump's pledge to drain the swamp, many prospects are clear washington nbc's katy tur has more. >> reporter: who will donald trump surround himself? he claimed to have the best on the campaign trail. >> i have smart people. >> reporter: they have learned the trump transition team has not yet presented the president-elect with any names for top posts. his team has a working list of three-to-five names for each cabinet position. >> it's up to donald trump and mike pence now to sit down and

help change america. >> reporter: while there is snow word on who is on the short list. that there are not so quiet whispers about high profile trump supporters, most washington insiders, retired general mike flynn for national security adviser. texas congressman michael mccaul, for homeland security. wines priebus for cheer of staff or potentially chris christie. >> wouldn't you want to be chief >> reporter: rudy guiliani, not as coy about his interest in attorney general. >> i certainly have the energy in this. there is probably nobody that knows the justice department better than me. >> reporter: nbc news learned knowledge of the decision, mike roger, former chair intelligence committee is considered for cia director. his office is issuing no comment tonight. there is a lot of work to do.

portion 1,000 need senate confirmation. >> he will make a mistake as f he approves too many insiders. he needs to hire outsiders which deliver victory for him. >> reporter: and mike pempbs hope to keep the outsider campaign an outside u outsider administration. as of now, many signs point too much of the same. katy tur, nbc news, new york. >> today, veteran's day, a day to sacrifice so many made for all of been honoring special members in their own ways. check this out. at the navy-sharks game, four navy seals came from the rafters. one student got the surprise of his life. when his marine father showed up in class. he thought his dad was in africa. look at the two young faces after a navy officer surprised

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"shut in" has naomi watts and jacob tremblay. >> there is unbelievable his performance and his ability as an actor to be that young. >> how are you at sci-fi movies? are you excited about those? there are a few of those coming out. >> they're a little too freaky. >> that one is coming out. >> you were saying can't wait? >> oh my god this weekend, i'm totally veging out. going to go catch a movie. >> what's the you get excited about going to see a movie. your wife says she wants to see a romantic comedy. you want to see something different, an action movie. >> as long as you get the butter on the top and in the middle. >> we should go to movies together. >> that will be like in the middle. make everybody wait. just ahead, details on the stranger competitions we've seen here. you are watching "early today." " ? happy thanks for giving!

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good morning, everyone, let's get a check of your weekend forecast. now heading into saturday, chilly across the northeast. again another dry pattern across much of the nation. 50s in chicago. city. dealing with rain in the pacific northwest. headed into sunday, more of the same. another high pressure day in places like boston, chicago. milder near 60 in new york city and also beautiful in southern california. frances, ayman, back to you. >> thank you so much for that. this morning, investigators are looking into what caused a semi truck to ignite. it resulted in a brush fire along a california freeway. it is not known what contents were inside the big rig when it

morning crash. there have been no injuries reported. rockefeller christmas tree is on the move. we like to she the time lapse video showing workers prepping the norway spruce from its trip from upstate new york to here in manhattan, it is expected to arrive tomorrow, it will be decorated with 50,000 lights, it will be turned on during a star-stud event november 30th live here on nbc. it's great excitement. the crane is looking umm, it's fascinating to see the process. >> it's nice about working in the building. >>let his the crowds come and you are late to work. >> you can't get out and you can't get if, as we all know. >> all right, here's something you likely never seen before a. pack of mongooses stealing the show in south africa. running across the golf course t. golfers had no issue with sharing the spotlight and surprisingly, the interruption didn't affect their play. not one ball was moved, believe

animals are remarkable hunters known for their ability to take down the venement king cobra. >> all you out there, the mongoose or mon geese. >> tweet us, let us know. an international exhibition of funeral services feature a grave digging event of all light on their industry. each team was judged on a few things like speed, accuracy and precision. all without the help of modern solutions. >> that looks pretty good. two brothers prove victorious against nine other teams, but are kind of fascinating. >> one guy was dressed like the grim reaper. i'm not sure that will help the

digger ever. have a great week. i'm frances rivera.

election anger protests over the outcome of the election turns en saying about the protesters. >> and usf students receive threatening messages. >> then deadly encounter at a tampa gas station, a man is dead and now police are looking for a killer on the run. good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. >> thanks for joining us on this friday morning. we're heading