. two separate states. one is dead and the other critical. a man hunt for the shooters is had a busy weekend slamming "saturday night live" as being unfair. president obama returned to the white house with donald and fellow democrats. and snow already having a big impact on thanksgiving travel. "early today" starts right now. we begin this morning with breaking news right now.

suspect. benjamin marconi was fatally shot in broad daylight. he was making a routine traffic stop just outside of police head quarters. that's when he got out and walked up to the detective's window, and shot him twice in the head fatally. >> in my opinion what we know right now, this was nothing short of an 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 to the original motorist pulled over. officers have been ordered to call for back up. and a manhunt is underway for another officer-involved shooting. the suspect is considered to be

suspect pulled up along a marked police car and fired two shots at an officer's face. it was unprovoked. the 46-year-old is in critical but stable condition and expected to survive. though police will not release the officer's name, he's a married father of three who's been with the department -- the suspect drove it was a weekend of almost nonstop meetings for president elect donald trump as he met 21 cabinet members at his new jersey golf club while he greeted a former school chancellor washington d.c. and rudy giuliani, chris christie and retired general, james mads, a leading candidate for defense secretary.

of deals, 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. and trump sat down for a round one with former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. a meeting described as very good. and when "saturday night live" lampooned, it took trump to task on his >> you came and said you were going to bring every job back to our town. >> every single one? >> yes, sir. if you could build a wall 200,000 miles long on the mexican border, i'm sure you could help us. >> how long? 2000 american miles? >> when we found out you had a secret plan, it really energized us. >> that's right.

google what is isis? >> while that was enough to draw instant criticism from the real donald trump, he said quote i watched parts of nbc saturd"sat night live" it's a totally one sided biassed show, equal time for us. baldwin took the complaint, responding equal time, election is over. that's pretty much it. the tirade came one day after he demanded the cast of hamilton apologize for what he says was harassment against mike pence when the president elect caught the show and received a speech from the cast along with it. >> we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and work on behalf of all of us.

nothing. >> what i can tell you is i wasn't offended what was said. >> the back and forth regarding hamilton over shadowed other big news. a settlement reached in a trump university lawsuit and we now know that we have news incoming first lady milania and barren trump will be staying in n year. president obama returned from his final overseas trip just a short time ago, getting off air force 1 after wrapping up his trip to perue. and the president said while he doesn't intend to become trump's constant critic, he won't rule out criticizing him once he's an american citizen. >> as an american citizen who

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'll examine it when it the president's final overseas press conference after he met with russian president vladimir putin. they were to be in a four minute face to face exchange. >> great news for drivers. we got thanksgiving in a couple days but not so great for those flying. right now there are at least two deaths blamed on the latest winter storm along with hundreds

slick conditions caused more troubles for travellers in new york state. snow falling at rate of one to several inches per hour. make driving difficult or impossible for some. gusts up to 30 miles per hour hit some people. they're urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel. let's get an update on all that and much more with meteorologist bill karins. the snow storm in the into a big huge windstorm and it's producing a lot of lake enhanced snow and the the berkshires and the hills in hardferred and the worst is around water town, rochesterer. thats where we could get an additional 12 inches of snow. weather delays likely in the northeast. and in the madal looks fine for travel too.

now a closer look at your day ahead. so for today temperatures will struggle and there's a good deal of snow on the ground. they had about nine to ten inches of snow and it's a very cold morning in the south. a lot of people are seeing their first hard freeze. and of course the busier travel days are coming. but you're not going to be dealing with anything like this. this is what we saw over the weekend in the storm brought about 80 mile-per-hour winds and none of that is heading our way for our busy travel days ahead. >> i like the guy with the umbrella trying to take the wind head on. >> that's the way to do it. you don't want it to snap in your face. still ahead, president obama's interesting advice for his fellow democrats. plus meet the oldest

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this is an amazing story. meet 55-year-old joe thomas senior. you see him with the ball. 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 said it in the making. >> just follow your dream. do what you need to do. it's all about you when you do what you need to do. a lot of people -- they don't follow up on it. >> it happened on saturday afternoon. he carried the ball three yards on a play in the first quarter on senior day. he later told reporters it was the happiest day of his life and his accomplishments prove again age is just a number.

opposing team congratulating and giving 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. >> how many people are in the house? >> i need somebody to hurry. >> i need everyone to get out of the house. >> good thing police and firefighters arrived they drag him out through the smoke which was just about a foot off the floor. it was really difficult to get him out and get enough oxygen really. he suffered burns on both arms but expected to be okay. a local fire chief says it's only a matter of minutes between having a completely different outcome. obama gives strong support

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champ. jimmy johnson wins his seventh nascar sprint cup championship. >> such great news. he is celebrating lucky number seven. tying nascar legends richard petty and dale earnhardt for the most of all time. >> no easy task there. later on "today" could the volume in movie theaters be damaging your hearing? the good, the bad for travellers this week you could use all the goodness you can have. they were paying less than they were for gas. that's good news forrere the motorists traveling this weekend. chicago o'hare is where we find jay gray. good morning to you. what do we know about the strike that might have lasting impacts

>> reporter: yeah. good to talk to you. the strike will be announced a bit later this morning in what's going to go on. it's baggage handlers, janitors, wheelchair assistants. they're looking for a $15 an hour wage and union rights. they're going to announce their decision a little bit later in the morning. it's not going to slow down travellers. that's going to build through the week. wh airport or out on the road. there are going to be lines and patience stretch 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 a majority say they're going to drive. >> reporter: more than 43 million fuelled in part by

following suit. >> reporter: air travel is up over last year as well. >> they're predicting their busiest travel season in history. >> reporter: millions will move through airports across the country just months after stepped up security measurers led to long lines and major headaches. >> i'm hoping i can even make nimy flight. >> reporter: officials say they're ready crowd. >> we also can address problems as they arise and hopefully mitigate them before they become extended. >> reporter: and hopefully giving you extended time with family and friends over the holiday. >> that was nbc's jay gray from chicago's o'hare airport. plus a new starbucks cup controversy to tell you about. you're watching "early today." introducing, new olay eyes.

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all right. lets are 's get to the holiday forecast. for tuesday, a new storm in the middle of the country. the winds will die down thrks snow will die down northeast. southeast no problems. wednesday, we'll have light rain in areas of the great lakes, chicago, indianapolis. it looks like mostly rain instead of snow and for thanksgiving day, some of the showers will move to the northeast. the macy's day parade should be fine. >> you don't want to rain on that parade. this morning in india, the frantic search for survivors continues after a train

people dead and more than 200 hurt. 14 train cars were thrown from the track. rescuers are using cranes to lift the wreckage to look for more bodies. a lot of emotions since the election. now there's a new controversy at starbucks. the #trump cup emerged this weekend after this video went viral of a barista refusing to write trump on a coffee under the president elect's name and posting pictures of their drinks in protest of the alleged discrimination. they say they do not require them to write or call out names. >> at least there's no controversy in how you spell it. >> if i got offended every time there was a misspelling on my

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. 8 is on your side with a holiday alert for parents this morning, a t in the box burst into flames in the back of a pickup now, a nationwide recall. >> and a twitter tirade from president elect donald trump why he's taking aim at nbc's saturday night live. >> plus a florida chill, it is down right cold this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s, leigh spann will tell us how long this cold weather will stick around. good morning. and welcome