good morning. let it snow. the first major winter storm of the season pelting the east coast. 73 million people in its path. even more unusual, the south getting pounded. nearly a foot of snow in alabama. north carolina, even more than that. the slippery conditions causing chaos on the roads. it is only getting started. dylan has her eye on it all. wildfires turned deadly. a new, devastating turn of events in southern california. one woman was killed after she got into a car accident trying to get away from the flames. this morning, nearly 10,000 firefighters are working tirelessly, trying to get six massive wildfires under control.

presidential push. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> with just three days to go until the special senate election in alabama, president trump rallies voters to get behind senate candidate roy moore, as one of the woman who accused moore speaks out. >> i guess we as women don't matter because we're not part of the old boys club. all that plus a charter bus flips on a san francisco highway. warning from doctors about a flu season that could get worse. and suri cruz making her public debut, helping mom, katie holmes, introduce taylor swift at this year's jingle ball, much to the delight of fans. this saturday, december 9th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and

dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on a saturday morning. i'm craig melvin. >> i'm sheinelle jones. dylan dreyer is here, as well. we are getting ready, aren't we? >> snow is coming. >> it certainly is. >> winter is a few weeks away though, but i guess snow doesn't care about winter. >> it doesn't care location either. southern texas, seven inches of snow in corpus christi. it's wild. >> unbelievable. >> the snow, our top story this morning. impressive totals as the storm makes its way north. in corpus christi, texas, dylan was talking about it, seven inches has already fallen on the ground there. >> alabama has gotten at least ten inches. highlands, north carolina, more than a foot. 15 inches and the number could rise this morning. >> the storm is moving up the east coast. the northeast preparing for anything between a dusting to a half foot of snow, depending on where you are. dylan tracking all of it. going to get bad in some places. >> it is.

season. you know, it's tough out on the roads for a lot of people. but this is the first major snowstorm of the season. as you pointed out, it is going to be a big one. a 2,000-mile stretch, blanketing areas where many people aren't used to seeing much, if any, of the white stuff. people living in the south waking up to an unusual sight, snow. the winter storm began way south. this traffic jam was in mexico. texas was next to get hit. >> all of a sudden, you hit the patch of ice and, man, you're in a wreck. >> 15-car pile up in san antonio. a record five inches of snow in college station. >> playoff football weather. >> we have snow. in houston. >> football star j.j. watt couldn't get enough of the unusual condition. >> this is awesome. >> 180,000 customers initially lost power as record amounts of

louisiana. schools and businesses closed early in atlanta. delta cancelled 625 flights at its hartsfield/jackson hub. >> little earlier, but we'll get through it. >> the northeast bracing for the season's first snowstorm. there's more than one way to look at the weather. >> i love the snow, especially around christmas. >> it is still snowing in atlanta right now. areas through texas, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, the snow is just about done there. but we are going to see this develop into an eastern system. because of that, we do have winter storm warnings up and down the east docoast. 71 million people will be impacted. though the snow won't accumulate on the roads, we'll still see dangerous conditions on the overpass especially. they freeze on both sides. we have to deal with this storm all day long. we are looking at as much as

to four inches in a wide stretch, from north carolina all the way up to new england. with isolated higher amounts closer to six inches, especially along the rain/snow line. to the northwest of that is where we could see higher totals. it'd be along the coast. eastern long island, could see closer to six inches of snow. we haven't had a taste of snow and then it's everywhere. >> it's enough to cripple major cities. >> thank you, dylan. now a major story out west. relent lis wiless wildfires sno signs of letting up. firefighters are working around the clock. some not taking a break since the wildfires began. some losing their own homes in the process. trying to take advantage of the calm winds before they pick back up. kristen dahlgren is in hard-hit ventura with

sheinelle. hundreds of structures burned now in this fire. one woman now confirmed killed. she was trying to flee, was in a car stent aaccident and overcome fire. the fires have, in total, burned 260,000 square miles. the thomas fire is 10% contained due to the light winds but i can already feel it picking up. the window with help from mother nature is closing fast. overnight, some progress on the ground. >> it's not as dire as it looked a few nights ago, however, there is a tremendous volume of fire out there. >> reporter: the life and death struggle far from over. knowing the brutal santa ana winds will be back later today. almost 9,000 firefighters now battling on the front line. many have been working six days straight. evacuees still wonderingwh

>> no sleep. f worry. just devastating. our community is done. >> reporter: more than 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. some risking everything to make sure their animals made it out, too. >> seeing the horses in bad, bad shape, and seeing ranches with absolutely no animals onn eerie. >> reporter: janua >> reporter: jan car ver ver red to he okay. but neighbors weren't so lucky. a wealth of thanks for firefighters working so hard. >> we appreciate our community, who appreciates the hard work the men and women of the state are putting in. a hot meal is appreciated. >> reporter: every blessing has extra mean here.

was able to save a priceless treasure. >> pulled out a picture of my grandma, my beautiful, noble, wonderful grandma, took a picture of it and sent it to my mom. i think she cried. she was happy i saved it. >> reporter: small blessings. this fire now is moving through a national forest. a less populated area but winds expected to gust up to 50 miles per hour today. it could move it back to areas where homes and people are threatened. >> scary time. thank you. politics now. president trump giving his strongest endorsement yet for embattled senate candidate roy moore. the president speaking at a rally in pensacola, florida, 20 miles from the alabama border. packed with more supporters. election day now just three days away. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in montgomery, alabama, this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump may have held the rally just over the state line in florida,

reach alabama voters. for him, the stakes couldn't be higher. a critical senate seat with a republican majority hanging in the balance. >> how many people here are from the great state of alabama? >> reporter: this morning with the alabama senate race entering its final weekend, roy moore's campaign is riding a presidential wave. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> reporter: president trump with his strongest backing yet of the controversial candidate. moore is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teen girls, which he strongly denies. >> we need somebody in that senate seat who will vote for our make america great again agenda. >> reporter: after the white house previously said the president would not campaign for moore in alabama, it announced this rally in pensacola, florida, 20 miles from the state line. the moore campaign tells nbc

supporters the attend. >> i believe he is a good, christian man, and he's still denying everything that he's been accused of. >> reporter: beverly young nelson, who first came forward publicly weeks ago, slammed president trump for endorsing moore. >> i guess we as women don't matter because we are not part of the old boys club. >> reporter: she alleges moore assaulted her while she was 16 and signed her yearbook. moore's campaign insists it is a forgery, since moore admits she wrote the note below the signature. >> she wrote it to remind who roy moore and where and when mr. moore signed her yearbook. >> reporter: moore is drawing fire for what he said at a campaign stop earlier this year. according to the "los angeles times," he was asked, what does the president's slogan, make america great again, mean? >> people were ro

the founding father's problems had been corrected. >> don't take a load out of a paragraph and say, oh, he's for slavery. that is ridiculous. >> reporter: moore's opponent, democrat doug jones, has a lot riding on african-american voters and whether they turn out to the polls on tuesday. civil rights icon john lewis is expected to campaign for jones tomorrow. >> gabe gutierrez for us in montgomery, thank you. nbc news political analyst, "washington post" political reporter and moderator of "washington week" on pbs, robert, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> polls show that moore is ahead, but with such an unusual race, a lot of people believe that the polls can't be trusted. from your experience there, where does the race stand right now? >> reporte >> based on my conversations with voters, you get a sense the race is tight. you have suburban republicans,

skiddish about the candidacy of roy moore, but there's still some burdens on doug jones's candidacy. in particular, his position, his support for abortion rights. some voters on the conservative side say they can't come over the line because of that issue. >> from twitter to rallies, president trump clearly all in on roy moore now. how much do you think that is going to help him on tuesday? the president's support. and how is trump's support playing outside alabama? >> it is an important factor. voters who i spoke with over the past four days say they may not love roy moore but they believe in president trump's agenda. to have that kind of full-throated support from the president just a few miles from the state over in pensacola, florida, that revs up the moore base. >> on that note, there is another piece to this. the early calls from top republicans came

to drop out and have quieted recently. the republican national committee is once again supporting moore. how would a roy moore win affect the republican party ? >> in washington, the republican party is a party of insiders but controlled by outsiders like president trump. in pensacola last night, he was putting himself forward as someone who would rock washington, d.c. he cast roy moore as an ally. if roy moore comes to washington, he will be with be trump, standing perhaps against the republican establishment at times. it is those outsiders in the gop who now have power. >> thank you. president trumpbe in mississippi later today. he'll be attending the opening of a new civil rights museum, but his visit is fraught with controversy before he even gets there. nbc kristen welker is in jackson mississippi. good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. tensions are simmering here in jackson with president trump set to touch down in just a few hours for the

civil rights museum behind me. some hearsay they are honored to welcome the president while others say they're outra they say president trump hasn'tt healed the racial t divide in america. in fact,, he's made it worse. wor on the cusp of the civil rightss museum opening here in jackson, president trump reaching out to the black community overnight at a rally in pensacola. >> i love these guys. look at these guys.ensacola blacks for trump. i love you.u. i love you. >> reporter: looming large, civil discord, with president la trump and civil rights icon rig congressman john lewis at odds again. lewis cancelling his keynote address at the opening of the s museum.pening along with mississippi representative thompson.n.sa saying in a jointying statementi president trump'snt attendance d his hurtful policies are an ple insult to the people portrayed t in this museum. the naacp saying the president has created a racially hostile

the white house firing back. . t >> the president is reaching oui and going to the museum to musu celebrate it. >> reporter: as a candidate, mr. trump struggled to win over ovr voters of color.voters while campaigning in jackson, a predominantly african-american city. >> what do you have to lose?ci >> reporter: as president, mr. trump has drawn criticism for excoriating nfl players who took a knee to protest what they sa is police-- brutality in some communities. >> get that son of a bitch off s the field right now. he's fired. fired! >> reporter: he deepened frustrations over the summer, seeming to equate white supremacists with counterprotesters in the wake oh charlottesvil charlottesville. >> blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it. you don't have think doubt eith >> reporter: mississippians aree divided. some thrilled by the presidential visit. somemewo worry itrry could turnr celebration into confrontation. amid the controversy over the new seem, another story that's

morning. former fox news anchor said on friday during an interview that donald trump unexpectedly tried to kisspr her on the lips while the two were in an elevator in 2005/2006. up quickly followedn on twitter saying she didn't see it as sexual assault. that saying, quote, i was neither nh threatened nor offended in elevator. end of elstory.evat wewe reached out to the white h. house. no response yet. >> kristen welker, thank you. new details are coming out s thisis morning about the reason behind the abrupt resignation of arizona republican congressman franks. a former aide saying the tre congressman repeatedly pressed her to act as a surrogate and mother, and offered a reward. he planned to resign on january. on friday, he said his wife was hospitalized and needed his y help. the couple has twins through a h surrogate eight years ago. dozens of people were hurt, four seriously, after a

francisco highway overnight. officials say the bus hit the center median wall and chette ricochetted, crashing on the side of the interstate. the cause of the crashd is not f known yet, but according to authorities, the driver was notd impaired. 29 people were on board at the time. more violence in the middlei east overnight.mpai v protesters took to the streets in the west bank, throwing rocks atocks a israeli troops who use gas towh stop them. palestinians angered by president president trump's decision to recognize jerusalems pope francis is calling for a change in christianity's bestt known prayer. in a tvknow interview this weeke pope said the line in the lord' prayer, asking god to, quote, lead us not into temptation, is a poor translation.. hepo says it implies that it is god who actively pushes people into temptation rather than ion satan. while the pope'sr t remarksha as a decree to change the prayer, e it

debate on how farar a pope can in shaking up long-standing tradition or doctrine. let's check in with dylan now. she has a check of the rest of k the i country's forecast. >> we'll see the snow up and down the east coast. in areas where the snow stopped, through texas, louisiana, mississippi, we are going to see very, very cold temperatures. in fact, we have freeze warnings with morning lows dropping down to the 20s and low 30s. so this is a hard freeze that's going to wipe out the rest of the growing season. that cold extending all the way down into central florida. we're also looking at the fire danger out west. winds will be on the gusty side. it is sunny and somewhat warm down across western texas with highs in the 60s. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. clouds over washington. waiting to spot our first snowflake. if we get it, it'll be the first in ten years, the earliest at national airp

few flurries around. with temperatures that far above freezing, nothing is sticking to the roads just yet. on average, you should expect between one and four inches of snow across most of the area today. could get more than four across southern maryland. >> thank you, dylan. still to come, the mysterious bitcoins. t some people are making a fortun. on them. could a crash be coming this eo weekend? we have the latest. ng a rough landing for a skydiving santa. not sure what he'll do so closea to christmas.ving first, this is "today" on nbc. >> where is rudoe dodolph when need him? z2m7fz z16fz

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jerusalem as israel's capital. a controversial announcement from president trump this week. >> jerusalem is israel's capital. >> seven decades of u.s. policy changed in an instant. >> an unprecedented move, breaking with u.s. policy since israel was created. >> the move sparking clashes throughout the region. >> the palestinians, this is their way of showing that they don't expect the israeli claim to jerusalem. >> and concern over the president's health as he slurred his words toward the end of his speech. >> god bless the united states. >> the white house insisting the president only had a dry throat and that he'll get a full physical exam early next year. >> serving in the united states senate has been the great honor of my life. nevertheless, in the coming weeks, i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. >> senator al franken with a defiant good-bye speech, after multiple accusans

misconduct against him. >> i, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office. >> two other members of congress resigning this week under clouds of suspicion themselves. "time" magazine unrail eunveile choice for person of the year on "today." >> it is the silence breakers. the voices that launched a movement. >> i could never have envisioned something that would change the world. i was trying to change my community. >> the magazine honoring those speaking out against sexual harassment and prompting a nationwide outcry with two simple words. >> it is a socio, political, culture, gender revolution. >> liangelo ball, the ucla basketball player freed from

on "today." >> it was stupid. it was too late. >> chinese authorities dropping the charges after president trump intervened. ball dropping out of ucla after the team suspended him. some of the week's most memorable moments on camera. a security guard addressing shoplifters was dragged during a dramatic get away. a skydiving santa missed the mark while he was attempting this grand entrance on a florida beach. he broke his leg. it could have been a lot worse. and down but not out. "fixer upper" star chip gains stole the show after a player landed on top of him after trying to save a loose ball. >> failure to launch. a bridesmaid and groomsman tried to re-create the

>> i bet they landed it in re r rehears rehearsal. >> probably did. >> he grabbed too far on the leg. >> blames him. >> he didn't catch her. >> they should have tried again. try it one more time. >> that's what it is. you're right, dylan. >> too low. >> she was top heavy. she almost flipped all the way over. >> great there. still ahead this morning, a major health warning from health officials as flu season hits harder than ever. what you need to do to keep your family safe. how you can help the thousands of victims of the awful wildfires in california. katie holmes surprises fans by bringing daughter suri cruz on stage for the first time. first, these messages. holmes s fans by bringing daughter suri

this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> your time is 7:26 on this saturday. december the 9th. i'm david culver on a busy saturday morning. let's start with the weather. images from st. mary's county where we've been driving through spots where snow is coming down. the flakes there beginning to fall. not much happening here in the d.c. metro area. crews have been salting the roads overnight. we'll check in with chuck in a moment. want to tell you about this story.

police say both were hit by oncoming traffic on the other side of the road. a spokesperson says a lieutenant with the rockville fire department lost his life. he says the other officer killed was an fbi agent. more details on this as we get it. a check of your forecast on this storm team 4 weather alert day when we come back. for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand?

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good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we've seen light snow in the d.c. metro area and light rain mixing in across parts of southern maryland. on the close-up clue of tview o radar, light snow pushing in for now. a temperature challenge. we're a couple degrees above freezing right now. even so, we should be able to accumulate snow today. snowfall amounts, one to as much as four inches in the d.c.

area before ending early this evening. >> we have a team of meteorologists and reporters working for you early on this saturday. we're back in 25 minutes with another local news and weather update. we're back on this saturday morning, december 9th, 2017. >> we'll start this half hour with a check of the headlines, including the snow that's blanketing tens of millions from the south to the northeast. >> winter whiteout. the first big storm of the season dropping heavy snow on the south. close to a foot in some places. 71 million people in its path from alabama to maine. >> it's here. it's coming. nothing you can do about it. california tragedy. the first death attributed to the massive wildfires. a woman killed as she was trying to get away.

progress but there's still a lot of work to do. >> not as dire as it looked a few nights ago, however, there is a tremendous volume of fire out there. >> 9,000 firefighters battling at least six massive blazes this morning. all in. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> president trump at a ruckus campaign-style rally in pensacola, florida, urging voters in alabama to elect moore to the senate, despite women accusing him of sexual misconduct when he was in his 30s and they were teenagers. defeat in court. a loss for the confession for helping with a murder should not be thrown out. serving a life sentence for the crime. hero's welcome. missouri officer flagstaff welcomed home after recovering from a gunshot wound to the head in march. emotions running high today, saturday, december 9th,

>> a hero's welcome for a hero. >> absolutely. new questions this morning over whether police missed warning signs from the man who shot and killed two high school students in new mexico, this as a hero teacher speaks out. more from nbc's tammy leitner. >> reporter: this morning, we are hearing about acts of heroism during the deadly high school shooting in new mexico. >> i heard a pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: substitute teacher potter says she used a sofa to barricade her communities inside a supply room. >> i heard him come into the room. he's standing right next to our door. right next to our door. then i was afraid he would come in. >> reporter: police say the shooter, 21-year-old came into his former high school disguised as a student. a note, if things go according to plan, today will be the day i

die. work sucks. school sucks. life sucks. he planned every defatail, including the time he wanted to die. he eventually took his own life, but not before killing francisco fernandez, a junior on the football team, and cheerleading captain. both appeared to be targeted randomly. >> paco was in my class that morning. he signed out to go to the restroom. didn't make it back. >> reporter: we know the fbi had contact with atchison when he asked an online forum, who gun is best for a mass shooting? police asked him. he said he liked to troll the internet. he did nothing more. >> they found out he had no weapons, belonged to no suspect organization, had no apparent plans to commit any shooting. >> reporter: but he did. almost 21 months later and now a community is left

tammy leitner, nbc news, aztec, new mexico. dylan is back with another check of the forecast. we're looking at the fires out west. hopefully the firefighters get some help. >> it would be nice to get some rain and less wind but, unfortunately, that's not really the case. we have a couple clouds off the coast. nothing that's really indicating we're going to see a whole lot of rain or an increase in humidity. we have the risk of fire danger from the santa barbara down to san diego. 20 million at risk. tomorrow, very little change. we're not looking at much fewer people impacted tomorrow, as well. let's take a look at the wind gusts. today, we're going to see the winds gusting up to around 20 to 30 miles per hour. they will increase overnight. we could see some isolated wind gusts up near 60 miles per hour. that helps to fan the flames. combine with the dry conditions, we are really not seeing any improvements for the fire danger out in the southwest. that's a look at the weather across the

now here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. at home, nothing more than a few light snowflakes inside the beltway. there is light snow toward fredericksburg, southern maryland. those are the places most likely to see the highest amounts of snow today. temperatures still above freezing around here. we can get snow to start falling at these temperatures. it won't stick to paved surfaces. most of our one to three, four inch possibility here will be on grassy areas. not on the roads. have you heard about bitcoin mania these days? it is an online currency that's seen a meteoric rise in price, especially this week. but prices took a dive on friday, and it could get worse this weekend once the professional traders get involved. morgan radford is here to explain. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking about future. so starting on sunday, you'll be able to trade bitcoin on the market.

quick. others say it is all a bad gamble. will we see a cyber currency crash, or will sunday be the time for investors to cash in big? >> begins with rare bitcoin news. >> reporter: after seeing wild rises this week. >> 40% jump in 40 hours. >> reporter: wbitcoin took a die friday, leaving many to speculate the bubble could burst this weekend. sunday, you'll be able to buy, sell and bet against the cyber currency. experts say it could lead to a plunge. >> this market has become unrealistic, like the monopoly money. >> reporter: bitcoins are like a digital debt card. others will pay for it. the start of the year, a bitcoin was worst $1,000. since then, it's shot up 15 times in value. with wild price swings every day, it's buyer beware. >> i want a realistic market that's no longer make believe. this thing became make believe in the last two

>> reporter: the volatility isn't enough to discourage people like aaron who began investing in bitcoin at the age of 12 and became a millionaire by 18. >> i am 19 years old. 401 bitcoins. i have, you know, $3 million plus in bitcoin. >> reporter: many believers are tech-savvy investors who believe it is a good investor. traditional investment titans like jpmorgan's ceo called it a fraud. >> if you're stupid enough to buy, you'll pay a price one day. >> reporter: those who bought say don't give up yet. >> many want to bet against it. even if everyone bets against bitcoin on the market, i think it'll still be immensely successful. >> reporter: when bitcoin first came out almost eight years ago, it traded next to nothing, talking about pennies. this morning, it is trading at almost $15,000. maybe it is time for all the

millionaire put it, to shake their criticism. what do you think? >> you know what, i have to be completely honest with you, i barely understand it. i keep asking. >> i'm old fashioned. i don't understand the investment. >> that's the challenge. >> it is hard to get my head around it. >> these millenials are passing us. >> i feel like i'd do it if i could afford it. right now, i don't know if i can afford it, $15,000 a pop. >> thank you. still ahead on a saturday morning, is chance the rapper gunning for dylan dreyer's job? up next, a major flu warning from doctors. flu season is here, and it is already bad. how you can keep your family safe after these messages.

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worse. at least 10,000 cases have already been reported. >> look at this. it's double the number of cases compared to this time last year. with the holidays around the corner, and the long winter, we have a long way to go before it is over. nbc's medical correspondent dr. john torres is going to help us get through all of it. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> cases are up. we know that. how could the flu be more severe this season? >> it is more severe for a couple within reasons. one, it is twice as severe as last year. seven states, it is widespread. the flu vaccine itself is only 10% effective against the most widespread train strain. though the vaccine is only 10% effective, it is still a good thing. it is good to have and will help it not spread as much. >> what is the guidance on the vaccine? >> everybody six months and above should get the vaccine. on top of that, make sure y

the vaccine to kick? >> i wondered about that. >> guess what happens two weeks from now? the holiday season starts. the traveling starts. around other people. nasal flu vaccine, again, is not being recommended. the shot is the only thing we have. >> why is that? >> hasn't proved effective the last couple years. has it down in the single digits. don't get that one. >> beyond the vaccine, that are some of the strategies to employ? >> especially -- somebody in the house will get sick this winter. it happens every year. when somebody is sick, isolate them to a room or two so nobody else is sick. and pick the house hero. that's somebody that goes in -- that's the person that is designated to get them food. >> usually me. >> other people don't come in contact with that. >> quarantine our children and find the designated survivor. >> one way to look at it. exactly. again, so it doesn't spread throughout the house. when you're out and about, you're touching doorknobs, elevator buttons, all these things. don't touch your face. that's how

into your body, through eyes, nose and mouth. don't touch your face until you wash your hands so it won't get inside. during the day, this sounds counterintuitive, open the windows a while. get the air to circulate through. >> so we employ those strategies, get our flu shot. what can we do to actually boost our immune system? >> one of the things i tell people all the time, especially my patients, one of the better things you can do is chicken soup and mom's love. it cures everything. chicken soup in particular because it has a lot of properties that help us with the flu. it helps us boost the immune system. it hydrates now. plus there are vitamins in it. coffee is another one. you want to stay hydrated and hear that throughout my speech here. hydration is extremely important. people think the coffee will dehydrate you. it won't. chicken soup, you can put ginger, parsley, all the things that help, as well. >> helpful information. tha

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so many people who live far away are also asking how they can help. here are a few options. first, there's the united way of ventura county, which has been hard hit by the wildfires. 100% of all donations will help support people impacted. you can donate by texting uwvc to 41444. or you can go to their website. vcunitedway.org. also help the firefighter by donating on the website. and gofundme has pages to help victims and their families. it's all on our website if you'd like to help out. check it out there. >> lot of useful information. any time a tragedy happens in this country, i am struck by the number of people who don't live near the area, don't know anyone in the area but are compelled to help out. >> absolutely.

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>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> good morning. time now is 7:56 on this saturday, december 9th, 2017. i'm megan fitzgerald. let's get a look at your top stories. on this weather ale

these are pictures coming in from st. mary's county, where some flakes have begun the fall. so far, not much as happened in the d.c. area, but crews have been out since late last night salting the roadways. maryland state police say two off duty officers have died after an accident on i-270 in rockville. one of the officers responded to a crash. the other officer was in that crash that happened late last night at around 10:00. police say both were hit by oncoming traffic on the other side of the roadway. montgomery county fire and rescue spokesperson said cohen, a lieutenant with the rockville fire department, was killed. the other officer killed was an fbi agent. we'll get a look at your snow forecast when truck bell retu -- chuck bell returns. stay with us.

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go to getfios.com i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. light snow moving into the d.c. metro area now. had reports from falls church, light snow there. light snow showers warrenton, as well. dpras grassy areas, could get one, three, four inches up the i-95 corridor. watching for significant snow in southern maryland. there, it is more on the grass than the road. t'

re-freeze late tonight. >> chuck, thank you. we'll have more on your weather and breaking news in about 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" snow. good morning. let it snow. a major snowstorm blanketing the east coast this morning with 71 million people in its path. a record-setting snowfall hitting the south with more than a foot already in north carolina. residents along the east coast prepare for what the storm will send their way. when will it end? how much will fall? dylan is tracking it all. presidential push. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> with three days to go until the special senate election in alabama, president trump rallies voters to get behind senate candidate roy moore, accused of prayi i preying on teens decades

the president gives his strongest backing yet of the controversial candidate. and suri's debut. actress katie holmes brings daughter suri out on a public stage for the first time ever to help introduce taylor swift during this year's jingle ball. the debut much to the delight of fans today, saturday, december 9th, 2017. ♪ who runs the world, girls >> from the barbecue capital of the world. >> how many times have you been to the "today" snow now? -- snow no -- show now? >> 12 times. >> these guy s rode a bus all night long. why? >> to be on the "today" show. >> always enjoy those. look at this crowd. good morning. welcome back to "t

>> we're going to get outside in a bit. spend some time out there before the snow comes. >> yeah. it was pretty with the tree in the background, too. >> a lot of people are looking forward to it. >> i know. the snow is our top story. big totals as the storm makes its way north. corpus christi, texas, seven inches already fallen. >> anniston, al, ten inches. 15 inches in highland, north carolina. the number could rise. >> the storm is moving up the east coast and dylan is tracking it all. >> it is a fast-moving system ha will affect us all day today. the storm stretched 2,000 miles. it is blanketing areas where people aren't used to seeing much, if any, snow at all. people living in the south waking up to an unusual sight. snow. the winter storm began way south. this traffic jam was in mexico. texas was next to get hit. >> all of a sudden, you hit the patch ofe

a wreck. >> 15-car pileup in san antonio. a record five inches of snow in college station. >> playoff football weather. >> we have snow. in houston. >> football star j.j. watt couldn't get enough of the untusu unusual condition. >> this is awesome. >> 180,000 customers initially lost power as record amounts of snow fell in mississippi and louisiana. schools and businesses closed early in atlanta. delta cancelled 625 flights at its hartsfield/jackson hub. >> we'll get through it. >> this morning, the northeast bracing for the season's first snowstorm. there's more than one way to look at the wloeather. >> i love the snow, especially around christmas. >> it is still snowing in

mid-atlantic and up to new england throughout the course of the day today, as well. we have winter weather adviso advisories and warnings up and down the east coast. 71 million are impacted by the system. we are going to see the snow move to the mid-atlantic region by late morning/early afternoon. the heaviest of the snow moves in overnight and early tomorrow morning across new england. as we go through the day today, norfolk, virginia, also down into mphiladelphia, new york city, connecticut, rhode island and boston, the snow will continue to fall and be heavy at times. accumulate especially on the grassy surfaces, though the roads will be slick. factor in two to four inches from florida to bango-- connect maine. we haven't had time to prepare to drive in the snow. it is better to stay indoors and

>> thank you, dylan. another major story that is developing is out west. it is raging wildfires burning out of control. six fires in all, keeping firefighters working around the clock. this morning, officials say one woman has died. she was trying to get away from the flames. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in hard-hit ventura with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, craig. yeah, this is the scene across so much of southern california right now. in all, all of the six fires, 264 square miles have burned. almost 700 structures have been destroyed. many of them homes like this. as you mentioned, one woman confirmed dead now, a 70-year-old. she was trying to evacuate, was in a car accident and was overcome by the fire. some of the evacuations have been lifted now today, as the fire burns into the national forest. people getting to come home to see what, if anything, is left of r

almost 25,000 structures though are still considered threatened today by firefighters as they watch the weather very closely. yesterday, they were helped by light winds. they were able to get 10% containment here at the thomas fire. the largest fire. i don't know if you can see it, the winds starting to pick up a little bit here this morning. the santa anas will be back in effect. expect it to gust up over 50 miles an hour today. so this is far from over. firefighters say this could burn for weeks, guys. >> the winds precisely what firefighters don't want. kristen dahlgren, thank you. to politics now. president trump has given his strongest endorsement yet for embattled senate candidate roy moore. president trump gave a rally in pensacola, florida. how he is going to mississippi. kristen welker is in jackson, mississippi, with more on all of that. good morning. >> reporter: hi, sheinelle. good morning to you. there is a charged back drop with president

in jackson for the opening of this civil rights museum behind me. a number of people here say they're absolutely honored to host the president. others say they are outraged. including civil rights icon congressman john lewis, who has cancelled his keynote address today. he is not going to attend. neither is mississippi congressman thompson. both releasing a joint statement, president trump's attendance and to policies are insult to the people portrayed in the museum. the white house calling the division to boycott unfortunate. president trump held the rally in pensacola, florida, overni t overnight. of course, it is just across the border from alabama. there's no doubt president trump using the event to drum up support for controversial senate candidate roy moore, offering his most full-throated endorsement yet. take a listen. >> get out and vote for

moore. we need somebody in the senate seat who will vote for our make america great again agenda. >> reporter: roy is accused of sexual misconduct, including with teenage girls. those are accusations he's firmly denied. president trump up and tweeting today about the event last night, saying in his tweet, great evening last night in pensacola, florida. arena was packed to the rafters. the crowd was loud, loving and really smart. they definitely get what's going on. thank you, pensacola. all of it will be at the forefront as president trump heads here to jackson a little later on today. >> kristen welker, thank you. new details coming out this morning about the reason behind the abrupt resignation of arizona republican congressman franks. a former aide says the congressman repeatedly pressed her to act as a surrogate mother an

million reward. franks initially planned to resign in january. on friday, he stepped down, saying his wife was hospitalized and needed his help. the couple had twins through a surrogate eight years ago. and dozens o peopf people injured, four seriously, after a charter bus overturn on a san francisco highway overnight. the bus hit the center median, ricochetting, crashing into the side of the interstate. the driver was not impaired. 29 people were on the bus when it crashed. dylan has made her way out to the plaza with a look at the rest of the country's forecast. hey, dylan. >> hey. good morning, guys. we were about to take a selfie because it is your birthday. >> i'm from wilmington, north carolina. hey, everybody in north carolina! >> we got a snowflake here. >> yes. >> can you see it? it is the most perfect snowflake. well, it is snowing in north carolina, too. in fact, the cold

the way down to the gulf coast. freeze warnings in effect. temperatures in it 20s and 30s. this is it for the growing season with the hard freeze expected. some freeze watches extending down to north central florida. it is going to be on the cold size. out west, we're looking at the chance of fire danger. it is also very sunny through the middle of the country. so the western two thirds of the country actually will not really see much in the way of clouds. we're looking at, finally, above average temperatures through the plains tomorrow. clear and crisp through the southeast. the storm will exit new england by late morning on sunday with some residual flurries and also late effect snow. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. we finally see snowflakes outside our windows in northwest washington. light snow showers moving in. this is likely to continue off and on throughout most of the daylight hours today. temperatures are above freezing so it won't stick to the roads at this point in time. we will start to see the grassy surfaces tug

of white. overall totals today along the i-95 corridor, mostly in the two to four inch range, could be lower immediately downtown. more now in parts of southern maryland. >> that's the latest forecast. still ahead here, check your phone. how many unread e-mails do you have right now? you have a lot. >> you know. >> what your e-mail overload may say about you. plus, is there anything chance the rapper can't do? we're going to check out his weather forecasting skills in pop start. it's all after these messages. f.

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screen shots of their phones, showing the inbox count. one twitter user posted, i have more unopened e-mails than money in my bank account. who among us do you think has the most unread e-mails? >> i know you'd assume it is me. >> yes, that was my guess. i'm going to say you. >> me? >> you. >> me? >> actually, in order of best to worst, dylan dreyer, no surprise here, 206. >> who has 2,000? >> it's you? >> it's you! >> don't you have an assistant? i don't. >> i have to be honest with you, i didn't realize i was that high. >> you looked at me with shame. >> i got my down. i cleared my e-mail out when i found out we were doing this. >> sometimes you get e-mail from people you never read. >> 2,000? >> i don't read them, thinking i'll go back, and they pile up. >> yeah. >> my thing is, brian makes fun of me, not

unread e-mails but only has four in his inbox. >> total? >> my kind of guy. >> he reads them and deletes them. >> doesn't save them? >> that's what i think. >> i have to be better. >> you're the worst. >> i was being judging. >> don't feel bad. craig hasn't responded to anyone. >> let's get to pop start. >> let's start pop start with katie holmes. she became the coolest mom ever. simultaneously shocked jingle bell goers last night. the private mother brought her 11-year-old adorable daughter suri cruz on stage to introduce the last act of the night. >> welcome katie holmes and suri cruz. >> one of our favorite performers. who is it tonight? >> taylor swift! >> a big night for the mother/daughter duo. suri has been out of the

if her smile is any indication, not only is she a swiftie but looks like her mom scored bonus points, as well. if you have the hookup, it is awesome. next up, "forbes" released the highest paid musicians of the year. the top spot might surprise you. before we get there, here are the some of the runners up. five is coldplay with $88 million. number four is the weeknd with $92 million. drake is third with $94 million. number two goes to beyonce with $105 million. and number one, hip hop's sean diddy combs, $130 million. the reason why it is staggering and surprising is he didn't release any new music this year. >> didn't release it the near befo -- year before that. >> he launched his bad boy reunion tour and the clothing line had a lot to do with it. >> my first concert. >> you contributed. >> well done, sheinelle. last but not

the rapper. the 24-year-old can rap, act, won grammy awards, hosted "snl" and raised money for chicago public schools. what about weather forecasting? i might be a little worried here. thanks to wgn morning news in chicago, we know the answer. >> due to the peruvian -- >> great form, i'll say. >> just in case i have to -- i got a visibility cloak. >> and gone! now you see him. now you don't. >> check it out at the hogwarts library. >> nothing more fun than playing with a green screen. we don't have one here anymore. >> why don't we do it anymore? >> we have the fancy monitors. >> you don't have anything to worry about. >> i think i'm safe. >> that was fun. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. .

we are back on a saturday morning. chill in the air. the snow has started to fall here in new york city. this is nice. >> we're in a snow globe. >> we're together. >> during the holidays, we hold our annual toy drive. today is no different. today's donation is part of an initiative to enrich the lives of children through music and movement. >> music together worldwide's ceo, susan, nice to have you here. >> hi. thank you so much. >> thank you for coming in. how much is music together worldwide donating this year? >> we're bringing the gift of music and donating almost $500,000. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow. >> it is our mission to make the world more musical. we're so grateful to the toy drive for allowing us to bring more music to families, especially with young children. >> why is music so important for children? >> there's almost nothing a parent can do with a child that lights up

brain than a music activity. our program, music together, deals with children, newborns up through senior citizens in residential facilities. we connect people through music. there's nothing better that a parent can do with a child, in our minds, than connect through the joy of newsic. >> -- music. >> good luck with the drive this year. fantastic. >> thank you. >> if you want to participate in the toy drive, stop by our plaza or go online at amazon.com/sunday. that'll do it for us on this saturday morning. tomorrow on sunday today, willie sits down with one of the biggest names in music, ed sheeran. how he went from performing in small venues to performing around the world. >> want to stay on the plaza and make snowmen? >> i'll let the snow pile up first. >> if you have snow where you are, enjoy that. enjoy your day. have a fantastic weekend,

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it is saturday. good morning. i'm david culver. >> i'm megan fitzgerald. straight ahead on this weather alert day, derrick? >> reporter: southern maryland got it pretty good down here. look at the roads. we'll tell you more about the conditions and the snowfall coming up on news 4. and we've got snow falling in the district right now. chuck and i will let you know how much you can expect and how long it'll be snowing. we'll have all that for you in a few minutes. >> we are back on air in about 60 seco

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this saturday as we look live outside. tough to see through that, but we are starting to see our first snow falling here of the season. the district especially. as we welcome you in on this saturday. i'm david culver alongside my friend megan fitzgerald in for angie. i heard a yell in the newsroom a short time ago, and it was megaanne lemeg megan alerting us the snow was falling. >> it was exciting. i'm not a cold weatherperso per but it is cold so bring on the snow. >> we have a couple reporters in for us to help track it all. plus, two meteorologists. we have storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell alongside tamara theodore. >> lauryn has the day off. sort of a tribute to lauryn, our first snow. >> i'm always suspicious when meteorologists take off. they know it is coming. >> fast

ricketts on behalf of our first chance of snow this winter. >> we have the snow falling in the district right now. i want to get straight to the radar to show you guys. here's a look. we saw light snow earlier this morning. then it got overcast. at this point, we are seeing a steady, light snow coming down in the district. look toward woodbridge, this pocket still seeing some light rain. don't worry. it is coming your way. headed farther south, southern maryland yesterday was seeing the bulk of the snow. you can see southern st. mary's getting a break. to the north, leonard town seeing light snow. the next couple hours we're expecting more snow in southern maryland. what you need to know. the snow reported at reagan airport. the snow kicks up mid-morning. we were looking toward the earlier half of the morning. it is looking more like the mid-morning. if you haven't already, more than likely, a lot of outdoor plans will need to be rescheduled. we'll let you know how much snow we're expecting and how long it'll stick around coming up in a moment. chuck will have