until next time, whoo! it's wednesday, december 16th and coming up on "early today," fight night in las vegas, the insults were flying. we have the must see moments as the republicans ss battle over isis. meanwhile, hillary clinton takes donald trump to task as she lays out her own plan. hundreds of thousands of kids return to school today after a major scare. and brazen thieves caught on tape but still on the loose. and a brush with death. and a simple act of kindness. "early today" starts right now. and good morning everybody. i'm shannon mulaire. just 12 words into last night's debate and we got to its two biggest topics, terrorism and trump. over the next two hours,

other like we haven't seen yet. and a feisty jeb bush going after frontrunner donald trump. >> donald is great at the one liners. but he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander and chief we need. >> he does not really believe i'm unhinged. it's because he's failed in this campaign. nobody cares and frankly i'm the most solid person up here and all i want to do is make america great again. >> but those two weren't the only source of friction on stage. senator rubio and cruz went head-to-head on immigration. and how would the truce between trump and cruz play out.

will secure the border, we will triple the border patrol. we will build a wall that works and i'll get donald trump to pa r it p. >> i'll build it. he has a wonderful temperament, he's just fine. don't worry about it. >> what you're saying right now is you believe mr. trump has the judgment to be commander and chief. >> what i'm saying is that's a judgment for every voter to make and all nine pple her would make an infinitely better commander and chief thanarack obamar hlary clinto >> and setting the record straight, denyi a 3 par later. >>re y rea to resure republicans tonight that you

>> i really am. i really am. i feel very honored to be the frontrunner and i think i'll do very well if i'm chosen. >> would you indorse or support whoever wins on your side? >> yes, i would. with enthusiasm. i've gotten to know most of them pretty well. i like a lot of them. i can't say i love everybody. but i like a lot of them and i respect a few of them. >> twitter released its top moments. >> what i like even better is getting our smartest and best to infiltrate their internet, so we know exactly where they're going and where they're going to be. i like that better. [ crowd booing] >> these are people that want to

objecting to us infiltrating their conversations. i don't think so. jeb is a very nice person. but we need tough people. we need intelligence and tough. jeb said when they come across the southern border, they come as an act of love. >> you said on september 30th that isis was not a factor. >> are you talking or am i talking? >> i'm talking right now. >> have you apologized yet? no. am i allowed to finish. >> go ahead, mr. trump. >> again -- >> governor bush -- one at a time. >> the simple fact is if you think is tough and you're not being treated fairly imagine dealing with president putin or the islamic terrorism that exists. this is a tough business. >> and you're a tough guy, jeb.

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>> i didn't hear any screaming. it was a bunch of commotion. >> it sounded to me like a wheel blew out but i don't know if a wheel blew out or if it culapsed. the faa is investigating the incident. eight people were taken to the hospital. raymond had just finished gassing up his car when a 12-year-old riding his bike told the man that his tire was deflated and he jumped in the car and took off. they recognized the youngster because he'd been arrested 20 times on a mix of robbery and autotheft charges. and the jury in the officer

gray and dead locks. but the judge has ordered them to continue deliberations. he's charged in the death of freddy gray after he died during a ride in the back of a police van. they say porter neglected his duty to keep gray safe and get medical care. jurors have not been sequestered. he's the first of six officers to be tried related to freddy gray's death. the west coast continues to hog all that wintry weather with parts of montana getting over 20 inches of snow. and here in the east, we're still living in april weather with temperatures from maryland to rhode island reachin into the 60s. it's so warm that bears in vermont haven't started hibberinating yet, instead dig nothing ing into bird feeders, looking

i think i saw one with a picnic snack. good morning, shannon. the stories continues to be the snow in the plains and the rockies. and hopefully the roads won't be too bad for your morning commute. the next storm is coming out of the gulf. an all rain event up the east coast over the next two days. thunderstorms near houston and shreveport. during the day, this will shift into louisiana and mississippi alabama. by 8:00 p.m. this evening, pretty heavy rain mobile up to montgomery and a marginal risk of severe storms, maybe an isolated tornado and wind damage and then all of the rain will spread up the eastern seaboard and blew is one inch total and that will reach the big cities afternoon. snow exits the northern plains,

still very warm and beautiful in florida. now a closer look at your day ahead. well, the coldest air around is in colorado and wyoming. highess in the 20s and 30s. that's one of the only spots that looks and feels like winter. this southeast forecast is reminiscent of march or april weather. >> sounds good. well the government may do something today that it hasn't

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