it's thursday, november 12th. coming up on "early today," the witch of november and this weather system is packing quite a punch. mother nature is also hitting hard init other ways, had including this fast moving brush fire. and then ann investigation into howti a man lost his life after officers discharged their tazers 20 times. fantasy sports websites fight back against the government. rn and one dad spent $77 millions on these gems for thiz 7-year-old daughter.

"early today" starts right now.no good morning everybody. thanks for being with us. meteorologists call it the witch of november and it's flying across the middle of the country. it results from an intense low pressure system and it's reeking havoc. chicago's willis tower even played lightning rod to the storm. from canceled flights to an uprooted tree, the witch is making her presence felt. she is not done just yet. bill karins will have more in just a few minutes. and we have breaking news overnight to tell you about. the u.s. and its allies are taking the fight toisis. right now, iraqi kurdish

the strategic town of sinjar, according to the associated press. it sits rightci between the islamic state's two biggest strong hold.. it would cut off a key supply line, getting it back. isis took it in august i of last year, causing thousands of people to flee mountains. we'll update as more information becomes available. surveillance video captured apt deadly house explosion in new jersey. you canje see the roof being blown right off the family homes. 15 people were injured, two of them critically with severe burns, one dead. and a preliminary investigation found no evidence the blast was gasas related, though several people s reported smelling gas. republican candidates are

back on the campaign trail this morning, defending their stances from the debate. and now there'sde new focus on how they lead their party. ben carson was p warning people of secular progressives. >> they don't care whether you agree with them or not, as long as you sit down and keep your mouth shut. >> meanwhile, ohio governor, john kasich is continuing his theme from the debate, saying republicans needsa to be less extreme if they want to beat the b democrats in 2016. but neither kasich or carson can count on this man, charles koch, at least not yet. he says he's unlikely to support anyone in the primaries but is likely to help a republican in the general election. tracie, donald trump is once immigration. >> reporter: exactly but not

giving agr n lot of specifics on how he would humanely deport 11 million people. he said and i'm quoting, it's a management thing and ben carson not being specific on the comment hec threw out that china is involved in syria. nothing confirmed. asked where that information came from and he said he'd have toav refer reporters to other people and left it at that. let's talk about ted cruz and marco rubio. now it looks like they may be headed towards a face off. cruz last night in new hampshire talking about immigration and thatnd plan that he participated in that eventually failed on capital hill and he calls out marco rubio, saying where were you when we were trying to come up with a immigration plan? and rubio calls russia's leader, vladimir putin a gangster.

and jeb bush who held his own on that debate is focusing on refugees. bushre says they'll be going home to their slaughter. aug not always a lot of specifics. >> tracie potts live for us in washington d.c. new details from that deadly plane crash in hoy owa and new video. moments before it crashed into an apartment building on tuesday. all nine people on the jet were killed. seven were kimembers of a florida real estate firm. yet. >> the ntsb is looking at the

to determine what caused the crash. a team is helping to identify the victims. one of those team members helped recover from flight 93 in 9/11. amidst all the racial tensions over the last week, 19-year-old hunter m. park was taken into custody 9 miles south of the store, row porting on yik yak i'm going to stand my ground see. security was increased on meanwhile, the influence of protests may be spreading. calling on their c president to shut down. a brush fire started

yesterday evening in simi valley. firere crews say it's now fully contained thanks to the quick work of firefighters aided by helicopters. no word on what started the fire. andeded meteorologist here with the other weather concern we're talking boupt about, the witch of november. >> allve of the reports are right where they were supposed to be. iowa and missouri. and 126 reports of wind damage and that's where they'll do clean up of branchs and debris. and the des moines airport, one was spotted but no significant tornados. the stortom system itself is still cranking over the top of central wisconsin and the winds are just howling right now. so, rainfall is steady right now in eastern portions of ohio, headed for western pennsylvania,

it's notlv a pretty morning for areas of minnesota and wisconsin. and the winds are what's going to be g dangerous today. des moines, south bend, grand rapids, detroit, and as far as advisories, eery, pittsburgh, all the way back to the dakotas and the strongest winds right now are located through iowa. look at these gusts, still up to almost 50 mile-per-hour wind gusts. that's your national weather, now ahe closer look at your day ahead.d. well, you can see the cloudy, kind of dreary windy conditions that will be blowing through the great lakes today. the leaves will be blowing all over the place. as we recover from the storm system yesterday, iowa, nebraska and kansas will be dry. so, shannon, the severe portion of the storm is over but still impressive winds today. thank you. we're going to show you ahead

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>> reporter: it started at a hotel complex in virginia where they found this man unarmed and hallucinating but cooperative. >> we're going to take you to the emergency room. >> reporter: they took him to a local er for treatment. and this footage shows lambert suddenly kicking out the police squad window and then in front of the er tasing him repeatedly as he lay on the ground. officers never took lambert inside for treatment. instead, they bound his legs and tased him again after restraining him back in a police car. each taz carries 50,000 volts. >> the taser company logs for

discharged their taser 20 times in half an hour last night. we don't know how many hit lambert. >> reporter: by the time lambert arrived at the jail he was unresponsive. medics took him back to the hospital where he was announced dead on arrival. now his younger sister is suing police for up to $25 million. >> he was not a citizen to them and then they tied his legs up. where was he going to go? >> reporter: the police department denies all the claims saying the taser use was appropriate and necessary because he damaged property and was a danger. former atf agent gym jim cavanaugh. >> it's excessive force through

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>> christa: good morning, everybody, staring at a thursday morning right here and we're good to go for "7 news today in new england." >> jadiann: here are some of the stories. overnight a state trooper hurt on a head oncrash on the cape. a driver who has a medical condition was going the wrong way on route 6. the trooper has been released from the hospital. >> christa: boston police are with warning people who use online dating apps after recent robberies. someone is getting people to meet at a house in mattapan and a man with a gun robs them. >> jadiann: boston based draftkings is looking for ways to allow new york residents to use their site despite an

order from the attorney jamaican jen to shot down. fanduel will keep taking entries from players in new york. >> christa: a dramatic rescue in taunt when a dog falls down a well. how another dog helped rescuers locate this stuck pup. it was quite an ordeal for firefighters to get the dog out but a happy ending. >> jadiann: that's right. talking about the weather today, different than yesterday but do we have like another storm system coming? >> you guys were talking about the snow as we were looking at the rockies yesterday and there was severe weather in the plains states. that storm system will cruise through quickly for scattered showers for us this afternoon. sun does return tomorrow but it will be windy and brisk this weekend. current temperatures in the low to mid 40s. not much different than where we were yesterday, last night and today because the clouds have been sticking around.

you get far off to the northwest. nashua, 7 miles visibility, 5 miles in orange where the winds are calm. we aren't talking about the winds or wet weather but the clouds have not left us. let's look at that storm system on the way in. it's coming in the way of a front for us. we're not worried about any snow with this one. wouldn't be surprised if you see patchy drizzle on the way in to work but it takes until around lunchtime for showers to cruise through the area. not as wet as yesterday but we'll take every drop we can get. how does the weekend look and when will we make it back into the 60s? "7 news today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: breaking news from overnight a state trooper recovering this morning after a wrong-way driver hits his cruiser. we're live with new information about the moments leading up to the crash. >> jadiann: the benefits the family of glen doherty could