break news...a plane carrying brazilian soccer team crashes overnight. threatening wind swept flames and choke near dolly parton's dollywood. >> was it terror behind the rampage and the hero cop that saved lives neighborhood, president trump will choose one of the most outspoken critics to lead human health and services. a passenger went on an ob isn'ty laid rant on passengers

>> fandango "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ayman moheldin. >> i'm frances rivera. a chartered plane carrying 81 twooem people including a brazilian soccer team has crashed in clochlia. it crashed 10:00 eastern time due to an electrical failure. so far the airport is confirming six people were pulled fro wreckage. airport authorities say rescuers could only access the crash site by land due to bad weather conditions. overnight, thousands in tennessee are under mandatory evacuation orders. multiple wildfires are in the blue ridge mountains, they captured these images. fire reached the edges of the country music legend star dolly parton theme park dollywood.

been damaged so far. all of the fires remain in the smokey national park. the original wildfire which grew rapidly on monday appears to be human cause. fortunately, some rolling in from the east should help those firefighters. this morning, we are getting new details on the hor risk attack at ohio state university that left 11 people injured after the suspect, an 18-year-old freshman attacked his fellow students, ramming his car into pedestrians a butcher's knife. >> hi, i'm at ohio state, there was a guy who crashed his car and getting out with a knife chasing down people. >> he was ultimately shot and killed by an officer, this morning, that officer is wibein hailed a hero as the somali refugee attacked zeroing on two key questions.

investigators are searching through the suspect's home for clues, while senior law officials tell pete williams they are a long way from knowing what motivated the attack. we are learning shortly after he took tout attack, he wrote on what appears to be his facebook page he reached a boiling point making reference to a quote lone wolf attack, writing this -- america! stop interfering with other community, we are not weak, remember. that two hours before that cryptic page, he says, never forget, forgive and forget. love. we are now 52 days away from donald trump becoming the nation's 45th president and construction is in full force on trump's inauguration platform. right there in front of his future home. this morning the trump

verge of some major cabinet announcements with vice president elect musings. >> the pending cabinet news comes on the same day as a high profile dinner between donald trump and mitt romney is set to take place. twitter. meanwhile, political reports conway is now quote increasingly unlikely to take on a formal role inside the administration. >> that as we get news that georgia congressman and chairman tom byrum price has been picked for trump's human hhs secretary. an interesting choice given that surprise a former orthopedic by

obamacare. >> that as another marquee graces through thump tower with general david petraeus meeting with trump, himself. here's what the gem had to say following that meeting. how'd the meeting go, sir? >> the meeting went very well. i was with him about an hour. he basically walked us around the world, showed us a great grasp of the challenges out there and some of the opportunities as well. >> the embattled general is thought to be up for secretary of state. but the multi-tasking another twitter tirade this one aimed at cnn's jeff zeleny for not finding everyday in trump's baseless phrase of voter fraud. at one point given giving a 60-year-old a prominent place on his twiths feed. trump tweeted cnn is so embarrassed by their total 100% support of hillary clinton, and yet her loss in a landslide, they don't know what to do t.

trumped that apparent winner, even as nominee jill stein pursued her recount in michigan and pennsylvania, following wisconsin's announcement, it would begin its recount as early as thursday. stein pushed back again critics with msnbc thomas roberts. >> what i had said, whenever i was asked, would i call for a recount if there were doubts about the credibility and the results. i always said yes. this is not about helping one candidate or hurting anoth own career. my campaign is not financial to win here. >> you probably remember this video, delta airlines has taken the unusual state of investigate a passenger for life after he was caught on an obscenity laden rant on passengers who voted for hillary clinton. >> trump, baby! that's right. this man knows what's up. we got some hillary folks here.

>> now the flight to pittsburgh was still investigated in atlanta within it happened, it was at the get a, delta said they should have removed him. they offered refund to commerce on board that flight. a united airlines 747 bound for tokyo landed safely back if san francisco after one of its four engines failed after takeoff. one passenger reported a loud bang and flames coming from the engine. e united flight pulled over the emergency exit door and jumped out of the plane as it was taxiing in houston. the woman jumped to the ground and ran to the terminal before she was taken into custody. the improvement. just as high as the force awakens. yesterday was the first day of the ticket pre sales ahead of

fandango's ticket site went up at 12:01 fans flooded the server t. website started to crash. customers took to social media complaining about long waits and the site going down. fandango tells customers a digital wait room had been created. hopefully after waiting in that wait room, you guy versus your tickets and are you all set for december 16th. >> yeah, not getting a lot of tickets. we may have to do it the old fashioned way. after all the shopping, it's time to give back. today is giving tuesday. we will tell you about that ahead. first, nbc meteorologist bill karins is looking out ahead today. >> first, the pictures were amazing what happened near the gatlinburg area. high winds continues. we still see wind ten-to-20

today. the radar is encouraging. >> that will continue through the morning hours. as far as the severe weather threat goes, again, it's mississippi, louisiana, and a portion of tennessee here, maybe an isolated tornado. here's a closer look at your day ahead. so we're going to get another round of severe storms, this afternoon into this evening. so we'll get a break this morning. a little clean-up from that wind damage in mississippi. also, heavy rain will beov so we're going to have airport delays. we had fires yesterday, hopfully, we won't have too many tornado today. >> bill, thank you very much. just ahead, an unusual development in the charleston massacre case. then an incapacitated driver leads to a harrowing rescue and it is all caught on tape.

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friday and cyber monday. you got to hear about giving tuesday. it's held on the first tuesday after thanksgiving. it's becoming the launch of the holiday giving season. it is a global day dedicated to giving back. if you are finding a way to get your organization to come together. one easy way to get involved is to promote selflessness with a hashtag that will appear on the campaign website as well as throughout social media. take a photo, tag it with upload it to twitter or facebook to be a part of the global celebration and a new generosity and a whole me sign out of the corner. >> remember that it's not about shopping by also giving back. the white house warns of a significant economic proceed to cuba if donald trump untangles the diplomatic ties with the island nation and terminates a deal between both countries as

administration says castro's death won't sew a more harmonious relationship, lining up to pay their respects to the deceased dictator. >> if it wasn't for the cuban people to be here and everybody is here. >> you see soldiers trocrying, men crying. >> it's most incredible. he did many, many things for development in the charleston massacre case, dylann roof acts as his trial. the judge called it quote a strategically unwise move. roof's lawyers can stand by and help him if he asks. he faces 33 federal hate crime charges for fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a

a second trial on nine counts of murder. in australia, a four-wheel drive spins out with a passed-out driver behind the wheel. traffic came to a halt in both directions when the driver lost consciousness with his foot on the gas pedal while the vehicle was actually in reverse. sterling drivers chased the suv and one was able to reach the hand brake. the driver was taken to the hospital no. word on to him black out. >> so serious, those people trying to get it into control. last year, over 23 million people never got their packages, details on a growing trend. porch pirates and how to avoid

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many which honor those families. this morning, gas prices on a move and a warning for online shoppers expecting package delivery, beware of what's been called porch pirates. karen, good morning. >> reporter: frances, ayman, good morning to you. opec technical teams are having a hard time joining the dots on the production cuts ahead of the key opec producer's meeting tomorrow in vienna. it's not helping rebalance itself in 2017 without a cut. prices are down 1% after a roller coaster ride on prices yesterday. meantime, brace for strikes across the country. that's been the message for the five for 15 campaign and labor movement demanding $15 per hour minimum wage for low paid workers. effectively, there will be protesters in major airports across the country t. one expected to be impacted the most

we await cyber monday purchases, police warn of porch pirates, that's people taking packages off the doorsteps of homes. a number of thieves have been caught in action by home security cameras. the message has been have your packages delivered to secure locations, let me toss it back to you in studio. >> it's tough if are you not home, if are you working. >> i was always looking for a apartment. at least i know my packages are being delivered to the building. >> unless you have neighbors in your building. >> all right, just ahead, with november nearing an end, a look at the progression of this guy's facial hair. have you ever we heard of the cope of silence in now is the real thing. we will tell you about that. you are watching "early today."

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officials are trying to figure out a deathly illness. three died, five others were sickened at the american legion hall. none of the other people got sick. it is unclear whether the eight who were ill at the event got sick from the event or instead at the assisted living facility where they all live they are awaiting test results and interviewing those recovering from the illness. president obama plans a bill access to health. the bill authored by david young would look to ensure all telephone casualties and communications made it to the virginia suicide hot line are returned in a timely manner by a qualified professional t. bill was signed and comes after recent allegations that some called into the very hotline voicemail system went unanswered or weren't immediately returned. texas health officials

the woman lives in brownsville. health officials say she's had no recent troubles with mexico or anywhere else, testing kaets the virus can no longer be spread by the woman. texas is now the second u.s. state with mosquitos spreading zika. a mind baby goat found a strange and adorable way to calm her fears. a duck costume believe it or not. look at this cute video. >> that six month old goat polly suffers from problems. the rescue group found that costume and dresses her in the full outfit from billed to web feet. as soon as she is snug inside, her anxiety is calm. she is instaptdly relaxed t. rescue group says she can rock other costumes, at the end of the day it's the duck that made her favorite. >> how often do they take the time. >> very kind of them. >> a great day on this tuesday morning.

breaking news. an early morning smash and grab at a tampa gun store. brazen thieves drove a truck through the front window. did they get away th we are live at the scene. >> terror on a university campus. what we are learning this morning about the teenage refugee that police say went on a rampage with car and butcher knife injuring seven students. >> cuba in mourning. news channel 8 is in the island nation as thousands remember fidel castro. good morning, i'm gayle guyardo. >> i'm gene ramirez.