from k-y ultragel. the white house under fire over more allegations around former trump campaign manager. >> and pressure builds around the house intelligence chairman. can he stand the heat. >> severe weather for tens of millions, with strong tornado risks feared this afternoon and evening. >> the world economy braces as the british puts brexit in effect. >> get ready for the winter olympics as never before. "early today" starts now. >> good early morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. great being with you on a wednesday. certainly a lot going on including a dust up with the president's press secretary, but before that i want to show you this.

incredible scene in peru. a boento a flaming inferno. landing the pl swerved off the runway, its right wing scraped against the tarmac likely starting the fire. amazingly all 141 people on the flight evacuated safely without serious injuries. the airline says the pilot's expertise and professionalism prevented this from becoming a major incident. >> incredible. glad everybody was safe. to washington a different donald trump wases on display as the president reached out to democrats inviting senators and spouses to the white house for a bipartisan affair and making this abrupt about face. >> and i know that we're all going to make a deal on health care. that's such an easy one. i have no doubt that's going to happen quickly. i think it will actually. hopefully it will start being bipartisan because everybody really wants the same

country that we love. so i think we're going to have some very good relationships. right, chuck. i see chuck. hello, chuck. and i really think that will happen. >> the president was presumably speaking to chuck schumer who 24 hours prior had announced his plan to block trump's supreme court pick neil gorsuch. there are 28 democratic senators who announced decision to vote against trump's nominee. >> that as the administration comes under more scrutiny for it's possible ties to russia. after a new nbc exclusive report regarding paul manafort. it has the u.s. authorities now asking questions. we're joined by tracie potts live in washington and tracie, what more can you tell us about this report? >> nbc went to that small island in the mediterranean cyprus and dug up sources at a bank w

stashed, this happened years ago, and this was money that belonged to president trump's former campaign chair, paul manafort who had been doing business with a russian tied very closely to vladamir putin. according to one source, millions of dollars paid to influence u.s. media and to influence u.s. politics. now, when questions started to be asked about some of these accounts, about some of this money, some of those accounts were closed. paul manafort in a statement through his lawyer says there was nothing illegal that the accounts were closed before the bank collapsed. of course all of this happens as two committees here on capitol hill are investigating any russian ties between the trump transition, there's a senate hearing that's happening today and of course the house intelligence committee where a lot of the focus has been on devin nunes, the house intelligence chair, is refusing to step away from

to the white house that have raised questions. >> all right, tracie potts for us live in washington. thank you. now to the growing controversy brewing over a video shot by a concerned mother at an airport when she had to stand by as her son was pulled aside by tsa and patted down in a personal way. it comes weeks after the agency enacted more thorough procedures allowing screeners to touch passengers near delicate areas. some are asking is it going too far? tom costello has this report. >> reporter: 13-year-old aaron was barefoot in a t-shirt and shorts pulled aside for a pat down at dfw airport. it lasted a full two minutes. >> when this officer was touching me in certain areas i was taught nobody should touch you in that area. >> with a supervisor watching the officer first checked aaron's chest, and back. then his w

and aaron's back side. then checking aaron's legs right up to his groin. again, checking his chest. and again, his legs. then the front of aaron's shorts, twice. >> whenever i was getting patted down i never knew why i actually did wrong. >> aaron was pulled aside because his lap top tripped the explosive sensors. but his mom says when she complained that aaron suffers from sensory processing disorder, which concause anxiety when touched, she was told they would not be flying to san diego for vacation if he wasn't patted down. >> this man needs to get his hands off my child. i think that was my gut reaction. it was excessive. when he opened his waist band, that outraged me. >> reporter: tsa says it followed approved procedures observed by the mother and two police officers called to mitigate the concerns of the mother. it lasted 45 minutes causing the family

facebook lit up. this isform government aviation security experts tell nbc news this pat down was awfully long. >> seemed like it was more than it needed to be based on viewing the video and the appearance of the kid. >> in response to the report the tsa said they are looking into whether an alternative procedure should have been used on the child while insisting terrorists erm didded to bring down aircraft they have used children. a massachusetts man is lucky to be alive. firefighters rescued him from his burning apartment. they pulled the man out of his third floor apartment. one threw the 82-year-old over his shoulders and carried him down a ladder. our sister station identified him as paul malloy. neighbors say the rescue was life or death since malloy has trouble walking. he and another firefighter were hospitalized with burn injuries. the cause of the fire is still

mourning three of their own all killed when their cars collided in texas. officials say the accident happened when a black suburban ran a stop sign and crashed into a jeep. officials say the accident was not weather related, two of the victims were weather channel contractors including 57-year-old kelly williamson, the network issued a statement saying the two were beloved members of the weather community. tough to see that happening especially when it comes to severe weather. it's that time of year. in fact, over a dozen tornados in the past 24 hours with the worst may still be ahead of us. meteorologist bill karins is here with our details. >> good morning. we saw this line of strong storms rolling through the dallas area and san antonio so i'm sure there is an early wake-up call for a lot there. this line of storms will weaken throughout the rest of the morning, then we're going to regenerate these this afternoon, this is day two of our three-day severe weather outbreak.

area of great concern for tornados, st. louis to houston, 20 million at risk of severe storms today whether they be tornado, damaging winds or hail. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. you can see the areas around oklahoma city we're cooling you off to the threat of severe weather is just about over in dallas and san antonio. how about finally some decent weather in areas from washington, d.c. to boston. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. and of course i mentioned this as a three-day outbreak. i'll give you the map for thursday's weather when we come back later. >> have to say today is looking kind of good for up here in the northeast. >> absolutely. >> i think we're due. bill, i know you're going to like this. check this out. italy, 18-year-old swiss national managed to land the first quad core 1800 jump. it involved five rotations while simultaneously dipping his head under his body four times. who can do that, flying abo

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the same day as chairman of the commission to combat opioid addiction. british prime minister theresa may is triggering article 50. >> this will launch brexit talks beginning a period of official negotiations between the uk and the eu. matt bradley is live in london and joins us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: thanks, frances. it's a very symbolic day for a country that does pop and circumstances very well. indeed that's what you're going to see in the next couple hours. tim barrow, the uk's envoy to brussels, he is going to be hand delivering a letter to the chairman of the european commission, in just a couple hours, about three hours in brussels, he arrived last night. and this formal letter is going to officially trigger article 50, that's part of the lisbon treaty of the

that's going to set the clock for a 2-year countdown for britain to actually leave the european union. throughout that time there's going to be negotiations that are going to go on covering so many issues that are really essential to the economy and to the politics here. if you're not a european political junky you might want to get tuned again in about two years, but for markets, for businessmen, this is going to be a wild ride. the markets are going to hang onto every bit of the negotiations over the next two years. now there have have been protests for the past couple months since a referendum in june voted to leave the european union. so we're going to see probably going to be more political unrest coming up. frances. >> i can imagine. lots to watch between the negotiations and the protests. matt bratdly out of london, thank you. ahead, a 90s tv reunion. i think we saw it probably and it set the internet on fire. we'll share with it you. plus, this video makes a man go viral but it's not exactly the

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aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm ang eun yang. 38 years. the reaction the big wizards win, but first, we get to weather and traffic -- actually, let's start with the wizards. >> a step backward double, how big is that! >> how big is that, right, the wizards came in first place in their division with the win over the lakers. it's the first time that they are the division champ since 1979. as mentioned 38 years. the wizards were good. there are eight games left in the regular season. and they're on a roll. >> yes. and the way we like it. all right. let's get to your hump day weather and traffic now. >> melissa keeping an eye on the roadways but let's start with sheena and chuck. go

hump day, wecause it's almost t. >> almost. >> a cloudy start and a lot of lingering puddles and dampness out there. >> a lot of lingering puddles. we're looking at cloudy skies. low clouds, visibility not bad, though. 59 degrees currently in the district. but as we go through the day today, it will be very nice. just a little cooler than yesterday. and tomorrow will be a little cooler than that. temperaturewise, upper 50s for the area so you might want long sleeves. 61 in quantico. 57 in leesburg. 57 at dulles if you're about to walk outside. let's head to chuck, good morning. >> good morning. yes, indeed, a lot of cloud cover. when i was coming in earlier this morning, the wipers did go off once or twice. there are a few sprinkles down across the northern neck. lonesome rain drops are drifting southbound into st. mary's

maryland. not eic up on that hint of drizzle and mist between now and 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. eventually, we'll go back to more sunshine. as you're planning out the rest of the day, we're in mid-50s now. with sunshine back, we should be able to climb into the low to mid-60s later on this afternoon. we'll take a look at tomorrow and weekend. and melissa mollet with what mostly looks like a green mess. >> yes. nice and clear. we're seeing a little bit of a slowdown here. you can see that yellow and orange inner loop as you're approaching. we don't have any changes with that. northbound 3rd street tunnel being pushed off to massachusetts. all lanes blocked, work zone. and a live look 270 at montrose road. no

taking a look at 66 up. d.c. police say another girl has gone missing. let's go to erica gonzalez at the live desk. >> the police put out a picture of osharna pittman, she's 13 years old. she was last seen monday morning, okay? she was seen wearing, that morning, a burgundy shirt, she had on white jeans, silver pumas. her hair is in twists. if you've seen this young lady, please contact d.c. police. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you. >> several members of the family are missing, now, they live in maryland. a family member called police, apparently, concerned about these four people including a 10-year-old and an 8-year-old. it's not clear when they were last seen. the family is homeless, as we understand