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"early today" begins right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. russian president vladimir putin is headed to japan, where he will hold a press conference with the prime minister. we have a reporting that putin was personally involved in its country's alleged covert campaign to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. we have learned new details of what officials believe motivated the plot. cynthia mcfadden has the report. >> reporter: nbc news can report vladimir putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u.s. election. two senior intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is dereserved from diplomatic sources and others, including spice working for america's allies. specifically arc high level intelligence offic

news, putin's role was hacking the material. his objectives were multi-facetted. what began as a vendetta against hillary clinton was to split off key american allies by creating the image that other countries couldn't depend on the u.s. to be a global leader anymore. >> he has had a vendetta against hillary clinton. that has been known for a long time. he wants to discredit american democracy and make us weaker in terms of leading the liberal democratic order and most certainly, he likes president-elect trump's views on russia. now it sounds like we have evidence to support those piaa thoth cease. >> that was nbc's cynthia mcfadden. the white house has yet to comment what retaliation it would have against putin. u.s. intelligence dug into putin's personal empire ap concluded the network controlled the staggering $85 billion

the "new york times" the out with a new report that says president obama deliberated for months on whether to publicly blame russia for the hacking but ultimately delayed his decision so it didn't like like he was meddling in the election. data confirms more than 1 billion accounts may have been stolen, that scandal dates back to 2013, making matters worse, a separate incident. another massive breach announced a few months ago t. internet giant released a statement saying we have taken steps to secure those accounts. exposed information includes private fames, e-mail address, telephone number, dates of birth and encrypted security questions and answer, yahoo is urging people to change all their passwo

video of dylann roof having target practice and played the 911 video of that shooting that left nine church members dead. >> reporter: after jurors saw these chilling videos of dylann roof taking target practice. >> there's so many people dead, i think. oh my god. >> reporter: they we heard the horrifying 911 call from up with of the church massacre's three survivors, 72-year-old polly shepppard. when the gunfire started, shvedova under a table, she testified that roof asked, did i shoot you? no, she responded and he said, i'm going to leave you here to tell the story. >> he's still in there. >> reporter: then came more gunshots. >> what's going on, miss polly? >> reporter:wardings, they asked him about the bomb? >>

. >> reporter: but versions say there is a long story, that roof carefully planned out his racist rampage. >> those who died that night simply died because they were there and they were black. >> reporter: malcolm graham is the brother of cynthia herd. one of the charleston nine shot at least seven times. roof's lawyer did not cross examination polly shepppard, telling her, i am so sorry. >> back here in the united states, democratic california governor jerry brown had some tough word for the incoming administration, he voiced his report for climbing change, while vowing to fight washington tooth and nail in the name of science. >> we have the law, we have the thools of enforcement. we have the political will. we will set the stage. we'll set the example that whatever washington thinks they are doing california is the future. and if trump turnsz off the

launch it's own dam satellite. we will check that data. >> a firm in california, tech titan, disseminated on the trump tower. they met with politic trump and also incoming mike pence and trump's adult children. it was a clash of the powerful and some of the biggest names in silicon valley meant to make amends against a president many worked hard against. >> this is a truly amazing group of people. i won't tell you the hundreds of calls we've had asking to come to this meeting. >> but one company was noticeably absent, twitter, trump's favorite tool was not se sum. trump clashed and however transition officials tells nbc, there is only so much room at the table t. key items discussed, jobs, privacy concerns, the building and tech products and also immigration. if you want to get

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state. we are still brutal all the way back from the dakotas, to green bay. look at chicago, even indianapolis has a wind chill of negative 10. we do improve things a little bit. as we go throughout tonight and tomorrow morning the core is from boston to burrellingtop, all way up through northern new england. it looks like we will avoid those negative numbers. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now, here's a closer look to your day ahead. >> that arctic front will only be in the teens, falling throughout the day t. good news for much of the southeast, it's cool and chilly, but the core of the arctic area definitely misses you to the north. so, frances, we have this cold outbreak. we have the snowstorm behind it. >> we will wait for it, bill, thank you very much. she may look incident, this woman is one of the most infamous jewel thieves. she was just arrested. plus, amazon

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a future conflict. leading the news that story we were talking about, can human kind be wiped out? because earth is due for an extension level. that's according to a social staffer a. civilization killing asteroids, like the ones believed to be responsible for don't sawyer extension happen 50 to 60 million years apart. the nasa scientist warns the planet isn't prepared for such an event. he recommends building an interceptor rocket for potentially dangerous asteroids. a jewel stheef at it once again. doris payne has been allegedly trying to steal a necklace. she hid it in her back pock as she attempted to leave the store. she was chron called in a do you meanary.

boredom get the best of her. >> she knows it's not good. i think it's the -- >> we'll find out what's next for the accused serial stealer after tomorrow's bond hearing. breaking now, it appears an evacuation of alone po is beginning after a cease-fire deal failed. >> reporter: thanks, frances the evacuation of aleppo has just begun just this morning. we are getting word from the british based organization for human rights the very first bus versus actually left and are evacuating civilians heading from aleppo to the further northern province. it's relatively peaceful compared to the carnage in aleppo. remember, this has been a stop and start deal from the very beginning. there was a deal reached very late on tuesday fight and then that deal was

issues with the iranian the iranians wanted several villages that had been sieged by anti-government force, containing pro government civilians to be evacuated at the same time. so, frances, this very complicated scenario is playing out. we are starting to see what is really the beginning of the ends, we are hoping. of the civilian evacuation of aleppo. this is the beginning of the ends of the battle for aleppo. this has been a four-year fight. there are some 50,000 civilians still left. already u.s. and foreign diplomats are drawing comparisons between the fighting for aleppo and the humanitarian atrocities going on there with some in recent memory, rwanda, this fight won't be forgotten. >> certainly not. hopefully, this will be that turning point that those 50,000 civilians need. matt. thank you. just ahead, a state is officially legalizing recreational marijuana. >>

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recovery, ch recovery, temperature wise today. we'll help you plan out the rest of the day coming up in a few more minutes and i'll be outside to suffer along with you in a little bit. >> got to bring that jacket out there for sure. we don't have any worries here at powder mill road. same thing when you're looking at the beltway. no road work on the beltway for us this morning. taking a look at 66 east after lee highway, right lane getting by and then one more thing for you. 95 northbound quantico to the beltway looking good. going to take you 18 minutes at 65 miles per hour. >> when mother nature comes, you better be ready. i know it's coming. >> smart man right there. people are getting ready with everything from generators to extra coats and gloves. our temperatures have taken a serious nose dive and you will feel it the minute you step out the door. >> oh, yeah, absolutely.

about specifically so here are some other things you can do to keep your family safe and warm. >> make sure the kids are layered up. you'll want to dress them in loose fitting, lightweight clothing so they can peel layers on and off during the day. make your sure phones and tablets are charged in case you lose power. stock up on canned foods. you will want to limit your time outside. while you're at the store, pick up prescriptions as well allowing you to avoid time in the extreme cold today. >> and take a look. v dot is preparing for mother nature. at least 50 salt trucks are going to be out today anti icing the roads as always. the crews are focusing on the bridges and overpasses. all that precipitation that we may be expecting for saturday. >> and as the bitter cold weather sets in people

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