for his gun. there simply was no objective threat posed to officer yanez. >> reporter: minnesota police union add no one can speak to officer yanez as to what he actually encountered. the russian-led bombing campaign has resumed in full force after a three-week moratorium. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian regime is responsible f among the latest destruction, the only syrian in eastern aleppo, officials say it served nearly 4,000 patients a month and had the only advanced maternity ward in the area. there are 90,000 children still living in eastern aleppo. dozens of firefighters scorched thousands of acres. thousands of firefighters are come income to fight the plays

of the personnel since hurricane sandy recovered efforts back in 2012. unfortunately the weather forecast is grim. >> there is a cold front moving in. it will not bring beneficial rain. in fact, it could bring gusty whipped that might make matters worse. >> authorities are investigating several ar zopp cases and at least seven people have been arrested for starting forest ? just ahead, bob dylan says thanks, but no thanks, to the award ceremony. first, meteorologist bill karins with a winter weather forecast it seems. >> foorm, we have warnings out there. we will soon have blizzard warnings, too. we are watching pretty good show between jackson and caspar, wyoming. there is where police ard conditions will be ahead. the snowfall forecast, in general, a wide area of snow.

t. heavier snow, though, central and northern minnesotach 245i could get snow. that's a big look at the closer weather story of the day. you can see the difference between the warm stuff and the cold stuff. it will be 78 to 80 degrees around st. louis, where it will be in the 20s and 30s through the rockies. one more warm day if texas, where the cold air head your way tomorrow. almost like a spring storm trngs warm out severe weather in this one. >> what a difference, thank you very much. just ahead, president obama faces his toughest donald trump critics yet. we'll tell you who. an all star line-up is headed to the white house. details ahead as "early today "continues. as "early today "continues. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious.

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line-up. congratulations to them. while president obama is baik waking up in berlin, back to the site, where he was a rockstar back in 2008. today, he'll formally meet with union leaders before stopping on the apex summit tour. nbc's chris jansen joins us from berlin with more. >> reporter: good morning, ayman, president obama is returning to the city that in many ways international superstar. he was a senator if 2008 when 2,000 people turned out here on the streets of berlin to cheer to see him speaking. some literally hanging off lamp posts a. lot has changed in the last eight years, the editor spoke about the disappointments of the obama era, how he didn't help with the reasonable crisis, how his pivot from asia away

tapping of angela merkel phone. interestingly, they had a dinner, they have a more formal meeting today. then they'll have a press conference. can you bet key questions will be about donald trump. something that's been on the mind of all european leaders. here in germany, a pom of germans show he has an 82% disapproval rateing. tomorrow the president meets with other leaders of the eu, from france, spain, italy. all feel in of the election of trump, not knowing what it might mean and looking for reassurances for a president who he, himself, said he was incredibly surprised by the outcome of this election. ayman. >> thank you chris jansing. thank you for that, krils. still ahead, bob dylan won't attend the nobel prize ceremony next month, he received a personal letter from the singer.

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