it's thursday, february 11th. coming up on "early today," the fbi is surrounding the oregon refuge is negotiating the surrender with the armed holdout. two candidates fall as the presidential hopefuls descend on south carolina where they want to see who can take a political punch. it plus a frightened wild elephant runs amuck causing damage and fear. fenway park is transformed into a winter wonderland. and from super bowl champion to egg on his face.

"early today" starts right now. good morning. breaking news in oregon. the fbi has negotiated a surrender of the last of the occupiers of an oregon wildlife refuge. in a live stream of a phone conversation, the occupiers said they would surrender this morning but only if they're escorted by nevada politician and the reverend franklin graham, the son of famed evan jlest, billy graham. the fbi then swarmed the refuge, block all entrances and exits negotiations. ammon bundyti and others were arrested a couple weeks ago. ammon bundy's father was arrested by the fbi late last night and taken into federal

so far no word on what charges clive faces. to politics, where the republican presidential field is shrinking after some poor performances in new hampshire. carly fiorina and chris christie both announced they're suspending their campaigns and donald trump is taking his momentum to south carolina. where he declared quote you're next and a win would propel him to run the tables the rest of the primary season. he over pushed his general electability saying he could even win states like new york and michigan. peter alexander spoke with john kasich fresh off his strong second place finish in new hampshire. >> reporter: how do you navigate the anticipated negative attacks? >> i'm not going to let somebody pound me. >> reporter: watching the results come in tuesday night, kasich was more reflective. >> we plugged away and plugged away. the little engine

>> reporter: but he faces a steep uphill climb in a state with far more christian conservatives, a target audience for ted cruz. >> the men and women of south carolina s i believe want somebody who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. >> reporter: jeb bush's days may be numbered. >>mo jeb bush is a leader who will keep our country safe. >> reporter: but so much for southern charm. a marco rubio advisor indicating this statend is going to be a blood bath. >> south carolina will be definitive and determinative. >> reporter:at still south carolinaens may avoid the . >> theal people in south carolina are angry right now and they >> nbc's peter alexander reporting. for the democrats, bernie sanders is in a new york state of mind.

wednesday meeting with civil rights c leader and msnbc host, reverend al sharpton. theyar discussed civil rights for african americans and the flint water crisis over breakfast. the sanders campaign is increasing the effort with minority voters.vo they have touted indorsements from keyem african american leaders. but a number of law makers are accusing him of being absent on issues important to african americans. "there's no credibility to the things that are being said at the s way to twilight of his political career. sanders trailed clinton by a wide margin among the state's decisive african american voters. he addressed thiss issue with sharpton. >> you hadar a great victory last night and you now moving into

how do you intend, because clearly new hampshire and iowa are mostly white states, if not nearly white, how do you intend to deal with a diverse populous? >> it comes down to what we believe and what we are fighting for economically and in terms of social justice and criminal justice. once the word gets out who i am, what we stand for, we're going to do just g fine. >> sharpton says he plans on meeting with hillary clinton next thursday before anoins nounce ing his indorsement. and hillary clinton is turning her focus to south carolina and nchb nevada. in the wake ofof losing new hampshire she could be facing critical problems with key voters. they're e alarmed by voter's

she lost on honesty and trust worthiness by a whopping 86 points and she even lost with women by 11 points. sanders even over took clinton inli young women voters by 59 points. thepo campaign is counting on her fire wall of minority voters in more diverse states ahead. the congressional black caucus will formally indorse clinton calling her a better candidate forte african americans. quote she's been talking about this for a her entire life. i've only heard about it from sanders in the last year. clinton will look to halt sanders growing momentum when they go one on one in milwaukee in the next democratic debate. reports out of north korea indicate the k country's army chief of staff has been executed. theyex have multiple confirmations from various sources.so

and conspiracy, according to the sources. south korea's intelligence service says 70 some executions since kim jong-un took power. the senate bill mandates sanctions in those involved in the missile development program. republican senators marco rubio andco ted cruz return to join in that vote and presidential hopeful, bernie sanders missed a vote but released a statement supporting the legislation.n. it was in part a response to the missile launch by north korea as seen in this footage released wednesday. officials in pyongyang said it was a satellite launch.

shopping center ends in tragedy with two sheriff's deputies gunned down and the suspect killed. they were responding to a punarau bread and after speaking with thepe suspect, one deputy was shot without warning. evans was later found by a shot. he wasas fired at by two other responding wodeputies. >> today's a sad day for the hartford county sheriff's office and the citizens of hartford county who we are sworn to serve. one of our deputies was a 30 year veteran of this agency, and the other officer had served for 18 years. >> the identities have not yet

tense moments for a news crew from our flagship nation. a man ambushed a reporter outside a brooklyn court house. he ran up to him and pointed him with an object resembling a firearm and said give me your money and ran off. here's something you don't see every day. a wild elephant went on a destructivet ram page in a town in india. he sent residents running for their lives. authorities say the giant female actually fwandered from a nearby forestea and pretty mad. after several hours of running amuck, authorities managed to shoot it t with a tranquilizer gun. they used a crane to remove it from the town. in michigan, lake effect

inches with three to five inches still exect pected. in peohio, part of i 90 was closed due to a 50 car pile up. 17 people were hospitalized. nbc meteorologist here with forecast for the rest of the country. . good morning, rafael. >> and that lake effect snow continues again today. it's like the same satellite picture here. another foot of snow possible here. and snowow showers even in and around new york city. arctic air is on the move. the coldest air of the season in the next few days. we're dealing with wind chills below zero already. saturday morning it feels like 22 below in rochester. even d.c. feels like zero. this is saturday evening, valentine's weekend. new york city folks are up in

like 9 degrees below zero. dangerous cold as you head to buffalo with wind chills in the teens below zero. and we could set records in 2ur78 terms of the coldest valentine's day onnt record. right now we're forecasting a temperature of 1, 1 degree. that's the actual temperature sundaype morning. that's a lookor at your national forecast, now here's a look at your day ahead.a we're tracking those lake effectec snow showers. again, a foot possible along the great lakes and a high of 29 degrees in new york. 20s and teens in the midwest. tracking light snow in the dakotas. so,s. really getting ready to bundle up big time this weekend. >> we'll take it. thanks for the warning, anyway. fast food giant burger king is going to the dogs.

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kennedy in 1968 was denied parole yesterday. this after a friend of kennedy's who was shot pled for his release. he believes the senator was killed by an unidentified second shooter. four days after a 6 point magnitude earthquake hit taiwan, a maltese was rescued from the rubble. oh, no. >> check out the shocking video of a demolition gone very wrong. a parking garage in houston, texas collapsed on top of a crane with the operator still inside. luckily the operator was not hurt. today fenway park baseball field has been transformed into a winter wonderland. be sure to look out for

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>> christa: okay. we'd like the raise the temperatures. i don't think that's going to happen however. not too bad, though, this morning to start off. >> sarah: this weekend will be pretty bad, though. >> andy: we'll be cringing this weekend. temperatures below zero by sunday morning. good morning, everyone. not close to that now. it's below freezing. 20 in norwood. 27 in boston. winds about 5 to 15mph. it's going to be a breezy day. you'll notice today, breezier, as well, as colder outside. the radar mainly quiet here in the commonwealth this morning. so a couple snow showers down through connecticut and a few back through the berkshires. the theme today, kind of like yesterday, some of these scattered snow showers and snow squalls working on in, but nothing terribly organized to the west of us. so it's not like the entire state will see snow showers at the same time. they will be hit-and-miss. you see the nature of hit the afternoon, but with enough energy working through and instability, a couple of those snow squalls could give you a coating to an inch in spots. that will be hit or miss throughout the day.

but a few towns briefly seeing visibility go down and a quick coating on the road. the theme is the colder weather that's going to be working on in. temperatures today upper 20s and lower 30s. getting the kids ready for school this morning, it's a d.l. one at the bus stop. you need the winter gear at hand and then through lunch and through the final bell, temperatures running into the upper 20s to lower 30s. so we have those scattered snow showers and squalls for the day, a coating to an inch in spots. as we go into the weekend, the story, the headline here becomes the cold air, not only in the temperature department, which will be below zero by sunday morning, but also the wind-chills running 15 to 30 degrees below zero. we'll have more on the timing of that as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning, breaking overnight, a driver rushed to the hospital after a serious crash in sturbridge. >> sarah: breaking now, the final four people holed up in that oregon wildlife refuge say they're ready to surrender when the weeks-long protest could

>> christa: and a desperate