new developments overnight in a tragic school bus accident that's claimed half done lives while injuring many more. an ambush style killing of a relentless dame as time is running out at one of the remaining honlts in aleppo another starbucks price like to alert you to, here come the holiday, "early today" starts right now. good morning, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin.

tennessee the bus driver has been ahe wassed he is charged with five counts of vehicle laffer homicide and reckless driving. 35 students were on board the bus when it crashed. mortgage crews responded to find the bus wrapped around a tree chattanooga's police chief calls eight single driver incident. >> that is being investigate as a possible cause. >> this is an absolute nightmare for the community, for the police department, fire and ems. i can assure you, the public safety professionals in chattanooga are prepared and trained to veth investigate it thoroughly and we have all the

thanksgiving. the school will be opened for student and staff. this morning, the suspect is in jail for an ambush style killing of a police officer. the suspect was captured by a s.w.a.t. unit monday afternoon. he was driving with a woman and a baby when arrested. he was charged with the challenge murder. he was cau walking inside for less than a minute. four hours later officer ben marconi was shot in the head. now, the driving this call mccain allegedly pulled up and walked up to the detective and shooting him in what has been described as an assassination.

first person who was the law was the person he targeted. >> his family asked in lew of flowers, a donation that supports children and fallen police officer and fire fighters. kanye west remains in the hospital this morning after abruptly can selling a national tour sources say the rap mogul was admitted to the hospital. l.a. police respo medical welfare call. the decision to hospitalize them for safety, this includes a rant and his endorsement of president-elect donald trump. kris jenner says he's exhausted from his tour. a brock lynn man has been

a nice times square plot. now, authorities say he traveled allegedly in an attempt to join isis. his lawyer said he had legitimate reason, in july, he told an under cover fbi operative he followed the events in nice, france and said a gar badge truck c there was no indication he was planning such an attack. 18 people were used in the bass till day celebrations when a gar back truck ran through the crowds. after an off the record meeting with several media executives and on air person amendment, including our own lester holt and chuck todd.

enough not appealing obamacare but still more questions about potential conflicts of interest arise. nbc's halle jackson revoels. >> a new video from the president-elect. >> our transition team is moving smothly. >> listing off his ten-point plan. >> i will have the department of labor to investigate all abuses of visa programs that undercut the american workers. >> reporter: a tape produced by invited. his aide forced to fend off new questions how the president-elect can july both his dealings and the business of the country. >> by the time he takes office of president of the united states, everything, every law will be complied every i and every t will be done. >> reporter: complete with trump lines met the foreign diplomat. >> they spent a lot of time talking about the property and

property that diplomats might concern trump's acquisition of that property and these others is under investigation by the department trump will oversee come january. not just here at home but around the world. 15 from turkey and in saudi arabia. >> why don't you give back the number you have taken from certain countries? >> some of trump's biggest deals coming from india, some business partners visiting last week in the thick of transition talks at trump tower. >> the conflicks of his ownership while serving are

>> there is new video held in washington, d.c. one of the speakers praised donald trump with that used in nazi germany. >> for us as europeans, it is only normal again when we are great again. heil trump, heil your victory. >> he intended his word to be it is not a neonazi movement. they are saying president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind. he was elected because he will be a leader for every american. sax fifth avenue is getting into the holiday spirit revealing the festive window display. new yorkers gathered to watch

an impressive light how is lit up the building. they ended the night with nothing other than a bang. people can see the stunning window displays and designs until january th. beautiful display across from:30 rocky fellow. more on the earthquake that rocked a part of the country and generated a tsunami warning. meanwhile, parts of the feast some areas are already getting over two feet of snow. but today, tornado as bill karins is following it all for us. where's the danger for us? >> we're in east texas a. few storm in the middle of the country. it will be later this afternoon. it is the potential for a tornado in waco, tyler and austin, texas.

and later on tonight into tomorrow, we get snow into minnesota and wisconsin. today's travel trouble is in the middle of the country. that's a big look at the weather story. now, here's a closer look at the day ahead. in east texas, we only have widespread gusty winds and hail. the northern side will have a wintry mix withno mixed in. >> of course the busiest travel day of the year. we'll have that forecast coming up. just ahead, a word of warning for drivers the families in aleppo a climbing the situation in a syria reaches a breaking point. that's next. breaking point.

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after forces bonded more hospitals leaving 2 vest,000 people with limited access. the u.n. humanitarian chief says the situation went from terrible to terrifying and now barely survivable. >> cameras captured the moment bombs a team was filming inside, patients didn't know where to run. nurses faced a heart breaking choice, taking babies out of the incubators, keeping them alive or leaving them in a hospital that had become a target. now, there is only one member of the aleppo medical counsel.

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i read that 15 million americans will eat at a restaurant on thanksgiving this year. because when your family starts yelling about politics on thanksgiving, the first thing you think is we should be doing many donald trump and hillary clinton supporters are taking to twitter to say that they voted in the election, actually that uninvited trump, the family is trying to come up with alternative dinner plans, yet another sign of the post-election blues or some may say maybe friends they're

way. they say spending in another room unnoticed. i know some of my friends, their close families have been divide over the elections. >> i think half make america great again. half with the hillary shirt on. >> if you manage to keep your plate, try to avoid pom numbers. they do not plan to discuss politics. 38% said they thought of having a political conversation during thanksgiving dinner is way too stressful. the other thing is football. >> that's a distraction from the serious stuff. >> you are watching "early today." stay with us.

right now on "news 4 today" the thanksgiving rush is here. pack your patience and trust our team coverage to get you through the mess. new overnight a bus driver arrested just hours after a deadly crash. we're learning the charges he's

morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here. >> good morning, everybody. a clear sky overhead and still a bit of a breeze left. as a result these are the feels like factors. windchills are back down into the teens and 20s for most of the neighborhoods this morning. 22 is what it feels like in gaithersburg, 30 national airport and 32 by the bay and annapolis. clear skies, dark conditions outside early this morning as well. a little bit breezy going to be with us through lunch time and start to settle down by this evening. good getaway weather tomorrow and thanksgiving day looks like a lot of clouds, little light rain during the rain on thursday. we'll detail the timing and part of your thanksgiving holiday is likely to be on the soggy side in a few more minutes. for now time to talk to melissa and find out how tuesday traffic is coming along. >> good morning. i have to tell you coming down 270 there were more cars on the road.

inside. people are headed out of town today. new problem in clifton that popped up, clifton at wolf run shools road. all lanes blocked. inner and outer loop of the beltway, nice and quiet, 270 has extra volume this morning. going to keep our eyes on 66 and 95 in virginia and maryland can get very busy here on these days. headed up to thanksgiving. red line noma-gala dets and fort totten. we'll talk about that through the day as well. we are working for you as the thanksgiving travel rush begins. we have team coverage of the roads with our traffic experts melissa mollette and jack taylor and. >> we will have you covered with chopper 4 with the delays. 50 million people will be traveling this week, the highest number in nine years according to aaa.

>> most of us will be driving to our destinations. aaa anticipates 43 million people on the roads through thanksgiving. here are some of the tips to make your trip as stress-free as possible. get on the road before noon. flying get to the airport at least two and a half hours before your flight. >> if you need to leave your car at the airport book your parking now so you're all set when you arrive. take advantage of the low gas prices we're seeing by filling up now before the lines become long. and for those of you overseas, there is a new travel alert to let you know about. the state department has shoods a new travel alert for europe this holiday season. more on that warning coming up at 4:45. developing in montgomery county, police have identified the two people killed in a four-car crash last night in gush. 27-year-old steven diaz and 67-year-old george carey on airpark road. police say diaz was headed east

including one driven by carey. a fourth vehicle was involved. police opened the road a few hours ago. good morning. here at the live desk with new develops out of chattanooga, tennessee, on this heartbreaking story we continue to follow. the driver of the bus that crashed and killed five children has been arrested. here is his photo. this is jonathan walker faces five counts of vehicular homicide and more charges could come. at speed as a very, very strong factor in the accident that nearly split the school bus in half. 20 elementary students were hurt. and an ntsb team we've learned from washington, from d.c., will help with the investigation, on the ground there now. we'll continue to follow up. >> angie goff from the live desk, thank you. d.c. mayor muriel bowser will announce her choice for the next leader of d.c. public schools.