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possibilityf returning to tv. it is beginning to lk a lot like christmas after the search for the biggest and best. the rockefeller center christmas tree is ready. we will unveilt i today, saturday, novber 10th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, th is "today" with sheinelle jones and peter alexander and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1a. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. >> it is veterans day weekend. we want that start by thanking those who served andave served this country today. we are thinking about them on weekend.iday we are thinking about the folks in california as well. i'm from the san francisco bay area. i have been e-mailing friends up north and down south right now. terrified as neighborhoods are going up in flames.

the most destructive fire in california history already taking hold in northern california. sheinelle, today is the day to get ahead of it. 60-mile-an-hour wind governmen s gust -- gusts expected. >> entire towns have been evacuated. thousands of homes and other buildings already destroyed from the wildfires burning for the past 48 hours. atkileast nine people lled. officials warned that the death toll could get higher. nbc'sathy park is out in the middle of it. kahy, good rning. >> reporter: sheinelle, thank you. residents are making up to thick smoke choking the region behind me with the fire still burning brightly at this hour. it charred more than 35,000 acres and no containment. in northern california, the massive wildfire there is historic, but for all the wrong reasons. this morning, califor on

fire. blazing both ends of the state as crews work around the clock to fight back the flames. >> it feels like the garden of of eden turned into the gates of hell. >> reporter: neighborhoods in ruins as evacuees are waiting to see if they have a home to return to here. the fire now exploding in size within hours and jumping the 10101 freeway. including clogged residents in the city of malibu. >> it is frigening. i couldn't see anything but thick smoke. >> reporter: plumes of dark usoke turned day into night. potential danger over the horizon. >> if you are ready tgo, go. if you are told to go, get out. >> reporter: north of the state's capital, a frantic in butte county.

drivers forced to abandon their rs with the camp fire turning deadly. claiming nine lives and burning 6,700 structures and decimating the small town of paradise making it the most destructive fire in california state history. you can see the flames have consumed this one home. heer there, propane tank exploded and you see how quickly it is flaring up. > my son-in-law's parents lost their house. there's nothing left. >> reporter: the cause of the i blaze still unknown. on friday, the local utility reported an outage momen before the fire started. questions and chaos as the golden state smolders even from space. andeveral homes belonging to celebrities is threatened here in california. caitl

caitlyn jenner and kimas kaan west. president trump tweeted overnit about the wildfires on what he calls gross mismanagement of the forest. there is ent tweeting no reason for the deadly costly forest fires in california except forest management is poor and he threatened no more federal money. the president is in france celebrating th0 anniversary of the ending of .world war i french president before meeting with him today. we h kelly o'donnell traveling with the president. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: the relationship, peter, between the president and macron is realio affe but they have issues with climate and trade and national security. the here among 80 world leaders to mark the end of the

world war i. today it is predents trump and macron who are center stage. all of the pomp of a ceremonial twelcome for presidemp at the palace in paris this morning. but president trump appeared tense. >> we want to help urieurope, b it has to be fair. >> reporter: that happened after the breach in thebromance. the president knocked his closest friend, french president macron. he called him very insulting for suggesting in an intertew t europe needs its own army to protect from outside allies. here tote commemo the end of worlwar i, president trump packed political baggage from home. both praising andri app to distance himself from theg act attorney general. whitaker.t know matt

>> reporter: tweeting, i don't know matt whitaker except go, eling with ag seions. ade it soupnd like they were friends. >> i know matt whitaker. > reporter: this comes as whitaker is under scrutiny. he had been an out spoken criti of the muelvestigation that he now oversees. >> i can see a scenario where sessions is replaced. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports that he liked what he saw of whitaker on fox news. whitaker did not get that job. and legal experts question whether heconfirmaon. >> kelly, in other headline news overnight, "the wall street usurnal" has some involvement with the money paid to

critics. ouat are they saying? >> reporter: theal reports that the case against michael cohen in new york, the formef lawyer the president, prosecutors prepared an indictment. they never used it. they outlined the alleged acknowledgment and hushwi money two women who had affairs with the president. the president denies. that the question, peter, is this informatise to federal prosecutors as the special counl investigation continues. could they find evidence of campaign finance violations? that we don't know. that is new reporting. peter. >> kelly o'donnell traveling with the kelly, thank you. the president is tweeting overnight accusing the democrats of stealing elections in arizona and florida. some of the races for senate and governor in t states are still too close to call. most of the attention is in florida where it is deja vu all over again. we havorthbounhave nbc's ron al

this one. ron, good morning. >> rerter: good morning, sheinelle. the officials here in broward county shortly and across t state of florida are scrambling to meet a noon deadline to come up with vote totals. maybe thoands ofotes not counted and more in dispute. that is the problem here. is still unclear how manyen people wt to the polls. late into the night, angry free speech about voting in florida. election officials overwhelmed by uncounted ballots. some partially filled out. >> this is invalid. this is unvalid. >> reporter: signatures under str scrutiny. in broward and palm beach counties which held the nation in suspense in 2000. w rick scott watching his slip awayat leadersh >> i will not sit idly by will

unethical liberals try to steal this at. porter: and republicans declaring ron desantis victorious onlection night. president trump without evidence alleging voter fraud. >> you notice the votes never go the other way? the votes don't seem to go the republican way. although i hear -- i don't know. you tell me. it is always the democrats. >> reporter: sator bill nelson pushing back. >> votes are not being d.fo they're being counted. >> reporter: just north of here, the race for georgia's governor in dispute. stacey abrams demanding every vote counted. oping to force a run-off with brian kemp. required by law. and in arizona's tight senate race. flipping the lead from the republican to the democrat. exactly what democrats still hope to see here in florida.e

>> w believe when every legal ballot is counted, we'll win is election. >> reporter: back here in florida, state officials are expected to determine later this afternoon whether the senate race and the governor's race are close enough to trigger rereounts. there lawsuits and legal challenges. florida showing the nation tha every vote does matter. sheinelle. >> that is true. ron allen, thank you. >> phil rucker is the bureau chief and political analyst for nbc news. phil, good morning. >> good morning. >> out of the gates in the he midterms, sense was the democrats did not have the rebuke for president trump they were looking but as the week rounds out, we are getting a better sense of what happened. the democrats gained more than 30 seats in the house. they won seven governorships. picked up 100 plus seats in states legislature. theit president calle

victo victory. >> the blue wave has taken the come.to these are victories for the democratic party. the joke in washington is it is not christmas, but hanukkah, where you get a new gift every day. there may be more gifts with the florida and arizona votes. >> let's talk about the president. he fired attorney general jeff sessions andce repwith matthew whitaker. telld kelly talbout this earlier. he towed the line under cutting the russia instigation. i guess the question on everybo's mind is does the president put whitaker in to ein in robert mueller. >> he did, webelieve. he had been briefedly whitaker and knew whitaker's criticism of the russia investigation. he felt like with whitaker in ce plhe could finally get control of the mueller in lestigation. 's be clear. whitaker has said there is no collusion and talked about undermining it.

he said if you pulled the funds, it would dry up. i was on theouth lawn yesterday. the president went off and attacked all sorts of folks. during the newsonrence, that gaggle as we describe it. he wentfter obama and hillary clinton and democrats in congress, threehite house reporters and election officials in florida and georgia and fbi and i'm leaving outsome. if you think he is changing his tune, this is good evidence this is w lt it will looe the rest of the way. >> he was defiant. he seems threatened by the democratic house majority. they will use subpoena ptier to invte hilm. i think he is feeling the heat. as every dayoes by and more democrats win the elections, he feels it more. al>> a finthought, he feels vulnerable now. you are reporting that there is a sense inside that with democrats in charge, there is a

vulnerability. >> that is right. he doesn't have control to move both houses at his whim. it is up to the democrats in the house at this point. >> first time a true check on his power. phil rucker, to see you. >> thank you. stunning information is a emerut california. the gunman responsible for the horrific attack inside the country western bar in thousandn oaks, caliia. police say he posted on social media during the attack and they are hoping what he wrote will give them a clue of the deadly rampage we have nbc's steve patterson in thooaks this morning. good morning. t reporter: sheinelle, the investigators sa gunman posted two messages on social media in the middle of the t k. families continue to struggle with what happened, investigators hope it getshem loser to understanding why he took aim. etween the sickening burst of gunfire tearing through the ar

borderline b grill, investigators say the shooter paused to post on social media at least twice during the attack. w writingas bored, but sane, and knew his mental state would be debated for years. >> social media posts are something that we are looki to see what motivated him to commit this crime. >> reporter: this social media manifesto now wiped from the web. the illegal glock, 21-year-old ian david lg killed at least 12 people. cody ing ron helus and coffman. >> son, i love you so much. >> reporter: that morning, his father jason, hit with emotion ter learning he lost his son. coffman now making arrangements for his son's funera ovid cody had plans to join the military and his family. >> cody was the big brother to the two boys and my best friend.

we golfed. >> reporter: this morning, investigators sorting through the shooter's history, military service and run-ins with the law. >>son has struggled to make sense. wish i could talk to my son one more time. i wish i could say i love you, son. >> reporter: and this morning, investigators say it will take at least three or fourore days for them to really nail down timeline on theope of determining a motive in the case. sheinelle. >> heartbreaking. eve, thank you. dylan is off today. dave price from our station here in new york wnbc has the forecast. good frning. >> yol the chill in the good morning. >> do you feel the chill in the air guys?th let's go t midwest. let's start out with what's going on as we roll through those stes with their first significant snoall of the season from minnesota, to wisconsin, down to iowa. residents feeling the wrath of the first lake effect snow.

on the roads,now creating hazardous conditions for drivers. the conditions spreading to the northeast ase roll into today. all right. let's go to the maps to talk about what's going on, shall we? first we're dealing with the snow and the rain. it'sul beginning to out but as we head to sections of northern new england, it's still going at a clip. as we take a look at the great lakes as well from superior to michigan to lake erie, lake effect snow. that's what we're dealing with. we'reoing to see all the snow begin to move on out but the lake effect snow andhe gus conditions are going to be real problems as we roll on through day.rest of the how much are we going to get? potentially up to six inches in locations. close to nine in jamestown new york. at's a quick look at what's happening around the country. here's an early look at what's going o y right where are. >> it's a beautiful morning out there right now. gorgeous.

sun came lp atle after 6:30 and now the current temperatures right there under clear skies. 30s and 40s. we're weather alert because it's sohilly out there this morning because this is what it feels like. a little blustery out there. wind chills in thend 20s 30s across the board and that's pretty much where it's going to stay temperatures only topping out in the 40s but wind chills in the 30s wit>> and that's a quick look at the weather. >> nice to have you here, dave. still to come, president trump lashing out at michelle obama after she slammed him in her new book. the former first lady opens up about the struggles of getting pregnant. we will introduce youo the world war ii vet who

all right. we are back on saturday morning with the weekly download. >> the headlines dinated by the shooting in california. there were other stories we covered starting with the mid-term elections. >> ade house and senate divid after a record number of americans cast votes in the ti mid-term els. >> officially called control for the senate. >> theem drats will take control of the house. >> thanks to you tomorrow will be a new day in merkel. >> bad momentum fueled by rebuke of president trump in cities and suburbs. those gains did not extend to the senate where they padded thr advantage. >> president trump lashedut during the post-midterm news conferen conference. >> combative. >> sit down.

i didn't call you. sit down. ashing out at a tv correspondent who kept questioning him as he tried to move on. >> mr. president, are you worried about indictments coming in the investigation? >> you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. >> worked with jim. >> i'm not a fan o yours gther. >> attorneyeral jeff sessions fired by president trump. > it is the end of the slow motion fall for jeff sessions leaving office tonight. the man who was the first suchbu.s. senator to endor and campaign for trump. terroristected stabbed people in australia. >> eventually policeand killed the suspect. amazon may ged that split the new headquarters between two locations. >> et"the wall stjournal" says it willow indicate in the borough o queens and crystal

city aa of arlington, >>rginia. one of the winnersf the powerball jackpot stepped forward. >> 51-year-old lynn west won half of the largest powerball in history. splitting wit a new york winner who has not come forward yet. her take is $343.9 million. some of the week's most shocking moments caught on camera. a russian jet buzzed a u.s. navy plane without radio contact. a high-speed chase in lifornia ended with a splash and arrest. display wall fell in the russian musm damagin art work. apparently knocking over by sitors takingse lfies. ♪ can you tell me how to get >> a lucky visit to "sesame

street" for "today" show motherr and t kids. >> calvin is so yummy. let's go back to wednesday. wh wt does it feel liken you have the president of the united states insulting you in front of the country. there are so many people who said i wsld say thir that. what does it feel like? >> this was a moment where he was attacking jim acosta from another network. you can say anything about the questions or th way jim conducted himself. the bottom line, i was trying t coe temperature to say mr. president, that is unfair. he is a diligen reporter. we are busting our alan butts o -- busting our butts out here. that's what we are there for, asking qutions. asking him the tough questions. >> were you conscious of how you phrased what you said and what the content was of your response? >> you have to just react. what comes out is what comes t

you anticipate how he answers this one. this one even caught me by 7:26 on this saturday, november 10th, good morning to you. let' get a check of your headlines on this saturday. right now, highway 301, connection with south osbourne road, a deadly crash killed at least one person. another person was pulled from the car and flown to the hospital. there's no word on that person's condition. r nbc 4 allstate community shred is hpening at fedex field. if you have personal documents that you'd like to get rid of securely, come on down to parking lot a this morning between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m.

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>> temperatures out thereno rig in the 30s and 40s across the board. it's a little chilly out but then you factor in the wind and this is what it feels like out there. iteels like the 20s and 30s. i have to tell you, this is how it's going feel all day. big football games going on. gonzaga at saint johns. plenty of sunshine for that. if you're headed out for that game, just know wind chills are going to be in the low 30s for much of that game. up.undle good news is the winds settle down later on tonight. sunshine tomorrow. just a touch warmer tomorrow. but still feels lik

rainjanu showers later on mond through at least the first part of tuesday. breezy conditions and cold conditions by wednesday. >> i'm ♪ ♪ our thas to the u.s. army on this saturday morning outside. tomorrow is veterans day. we thank all of the members of the military past and present

for the service. the drill team performed what they call the fan. it is awesome. in unison. let's start with the check of the headlines starting with the deadlyilires raging acro across the state of california. at least nine are dead in the fires. the death toll could goer hi the camp fire has grown to 140 squareiles and destroyed thousands of homes making it the most destructiveire ever.ds santa ana w in the state are dying down today, but set to gust up to 60 miles an hour tomorrow. 22 million people are under red-flag warnings or fire watches. president trump in france kethis morning for w celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the e of world war i. in the interview, onma was suggested that they need an army

to defend itself. > the faa launched an investigation in las vegas after an air traffic controller was incapacitated at the s nighthift for 40 minutes. the woman slurred her words and lostonscienceness. she was replaced by anoth controller and thankfully no safety issues have occued. > also this morning, former first lady michelle obama iski sp out about very personal topics for the first time. she is also taking aim at pr iident trump. coming days before her me memoir. we have kristen dahlgren with more. >> she is candid and critical and the president is not happy about it. after michelle obama wrote that she could never forgive prum

president trump for starting the birther movement and saying it iseanspirited. >> she got paid a lot of money to write a book. they insist you come up with controversial. i'll give it back. ll never forgive him for what he did t the united states military. >> reporter: mrs. obama tells npr that her motto when theyo low, we go high still stands. saying, quote, what is the alternative? are we all going to go low? will we be in the mud kicking and screaming and hating and wreaking havoc and fear? e has no plans to run against him in 2020. she said no, politics is nothing i would have chosen for myself. the first ladypening up about the difficulty getting pregnant after a heartbreaking miscarria

miscarriage. >> i felt likle i f because i did not know how common miscarriagesere because we don't talk about them. we sit in our own pain thinking that somehow we're broken. >> reporter: mrs. obama admitting she and ide former prt sought marriage counselling. >> i know tooany couples struggle and think there is something wrong with them. i want them to know michelle and b barack obama get help with our maiage when we need it. >> when asked about the state of the country today, m. obama urged people not to be discouraged pointing out there were harder times. the book goes on sale esday. she is kicking it off with a huge event in chicago jned by>> the weatr. it is cold out there. a chilly morning from oklahoma

city to t dallas a way to charlotte and up to our nation's capitol. 60 million people effected by freeze warnings right now. keep in mind 250 million people today will see temperatures below average. we're going to be on the cool side. unseasonably cool today as the high pressure system continues to roll on through andhose high temperatures are going to be really rather chilly. 25 in minneapolis. 19 degrees below where we should be. 37 in detroit.ki a look at philadelphia at 46 degrees and a howling wind for folks in the northeast.no going tooff the temperatures as we roll into sunday. still very, very cool into next we see still this second dose of cold air coming down from canada and we are going to see temperatures which are sgll goo be very, very chilly for this time of the year. it's time and w can sense the seasons changing. that's a quick look. here's a look at what's going on right where you are.

>> we are going to be about 15 aygrees below our average temperature for t and that's not even factoring in the wind chill. oh, yeah, we'rebo talking a wind chill today. cold temperatures when you wake up this morning but you factor in that wind that's already starting to pic up. we'll see gusts up to about 30 bu 35 miles per hour out there today. look at this, this is the feels like temperature. 20s and 30s. it's going l to feele the 30s for much of the day even though we'll have plenty ofne suns so maybe you break out the gloves? >> say it ain't so. >> i appreciate it. still to come, he just became old enough to vote and you he imayor. we will introduce you to the 18-year-old who is set to run his small town. and jeff rossen shows us the tools tre police officers tools tre police officers using to save lives in an ♪

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crowded country music bar. ron helus killed after t gunman shot him multiple times. >> he went in to save lives. >> reporter: this bar massacre just the lest in the string of mass shootings. in fact, according to th fbi, in 2017, more active shooters than a year ever recorded. 30 incidents.eo 138e killed. now some police departments are using new technology to train officers for almost any scenarid that exist. come in the room here with me. it is state-of-the-art. look around. you can cue u any scenario on monitors and any direction the offier looks and they hav no idea what is coming next. it is called the meggitt training system. officer luis gonzalez stepping in. a gunman threatening hostages. >> put it down.

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thisng as we honor our military on this veterans day weekend, the incredible reunion one vet had with a pen pal from re than seven decades ago. >> nbc's kerry sanders shares thr story. >> reporter: to understand what happened to mel downing, go back in time to when themo hca playing 92-year-old was just a teenager serving in the u.s. navy. >> attacks. >> reporter: and fighting in the horrific world war ii battle of okinawa. every sailor or soldier heo came home,said there was one thing they looked forward to. mail call. letters from home. >> unless you receive letters from home, i keep saying this, when you are 18 years old,t j turned 18, you have this thing e

that your heans a lot. it does. >> reporter: on the home front, maintaining morale of the young n was aatriotic duty. here in massachusetts, a young 15-year-old girl by the name of shirley burns took that duty to heart. for every letter she sentmel, there was a response. which brings us to this old house in new englan surely found a long forgotten box in the attic. 65 lettersroa war-time pen pal. with the help of the internet, florida and using what works so well seven plus decades ago. >> irote mel a note. >> reporter: she reached out in a letter. >> if thi f soundsamiliar to you and you are that downing, please contact me. >> reporter: it didn't take long for the old navy man t deploy. >> going to see her aer 72 years. >> repter: and reunite with

his one-time pen pal. each letter a moment in history. >> february22nd, 1945.m sohere at sea. sheryl shirley, we had close calls. reporter: from 75 years ago. >> when i read those letters i wrote, i can -- it brings back where i was when i wrote it and under the circumstances. >> reporter: and mel and shirley say this is not a love story, but deeper. about a friendship at a time when the world was scared. when mel visited recently, he brought shirley one last letter. an update on his life. >>n retired i1989. >> reporter: old fashion communication when the time when world war ii vets will tell you tomorrow was never a sure thy,g. for "to kerry sanders, nbc news, massachusetts. >> how important is that? >> we salute you, mel.o there are many service

mechani members right now. >> i talked to al roker about i is because he has a journal now. ong for a time and hope it can come back. think about the time it takes to sit down and you don't have cell phones. you have the patience and put in the time to physically write a letter. >> you know what it feels like to get one. can we bring that back? can we slow things down? still to come, we have other things to e.sh things to e.sh big announcement from the

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well, it's a beautiful view out t right now. plenty of sunshine across the board. blue skies. this is what it's going t look ke all day. temperatures, this is what it's going to look like all day. 30s and 40s. some of the areas in the 30s could come up into the 40s. but you factor in the wind that's going to be with us all day. wind gusts up to 30 or 35 miles per hour. feeling like the 20s and 30s out there. this is whatt feels like right now and those are the numbers we'll get for the rainder of the day. temperatures in the mid 40s but sustained winds up to 20 mil per hour. gusts up to 35 miles per hour. they'll settle down late tonigh sunshine late tomorrow as well. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. rain monday a night intoleast

the first part of tuesday. >> all right, lauren, don't go too far. you, me, and angie with full newsca . good morning. breaking ove niepnighovernight.o unsppable. massive wildfires rage out of co ntrol. more than 6,000 strucres destroyed in one town alone. 250,000 people fleeing homes. some with only minutes to spare before the fire reached them. at least nine dead and officials fear that number will rise. we are live on the fire lines. fighting words. president trump taking on ance's president after touching down in that country to commemorate ending world war i. the two were all smiles hours later. this as the president is

distancing himself for acting attorney general. and it is beginning to look a lot like xmchristmas. the rockefeller christmasoree is set arrive here in a matter of moments. we are here to usher it in. today, saturday, november 10th, 2018. ♪ >> it's the rockefeller christmas tree. >> you see it there. the rockefeller christmas tree. finally arrivingn the plaza. coming down 49th street right now with its police escort. ready to head to its new home. >> look who it is with it? price. dave, how is it? >> it is a treat. i will tell all 72-feet of the norway spruce. er is three qua of a century in the making from

wallkill, new york. it weighs 12 tons and it is on a 115-foot flatbed truck. making the trip, which is about 80 miles or so, north of new york city. it is gorgeous. i don't know if you can see the string right now on the branches. they actually splint this tree. they almost put it in a cast so nothing breaks. can you imagine driving down the ad and hanging a louie with a 72-foot tree on the back of your truck? >> it is massive. >> it reallis. it is gorgeous. we found out, they actually picked this tree out about four years ago. it gives you an o idea everything that goes into bringing all this magic to the plaza. we will have more in a couple minutes. >> we have to get our anksgiving plans together. dave, thanks so much. more on thein tree comg up. let's start with the news and the raging wildfiresrourning

hout california. at least nine people have been killed already and the fires are not showing any sign of slowing down. nbc's kathy park i in west hills, california. kathy, good morning. porter: sheinelle, good morning. here in southern california, thousands of residents are waking up to thick smoke choking the region. behind me is the active fire burng brightly at this hour. 35,000 acron charred. noinment. in northern california, a wildfine there has tur historic, but for all the wrong reasons. this morng, california on fire. blazing both ends of the state as crews work around the clockt fight back the flames. >> it feels like the garden of eden turned into the gates of hell. >> reporter: the fire showing little signsf slowing down. aving neighborhoods in ruins as evacuees wait to see if they will have a home to return to here. in southern california, the fire

now s nning two counties. exploding in size within hours and jumping the 101 freeway. clogging and trapping residents, including those in the city of malibu. >> it was frightening. g but d not see anyth smoke and fire. >> reporter: plumes of dark smoke turned daynight. danger just over the horizon. >> if you are ready to , go. if you are told to go, get out. >> reporter: north of the stapi's l, a frantic exit in butte county. drivers forced to abandon their cars. the camp fire claiming nine lives and burning 6,700 structures and decimateing the small town of paradise. making it the most destructive fire in the history of the state. you see the propane tank

exploded and you see how quickly it is flaeis flaring up. >> my son-in-law's parts lost their house. >> reporter: the cause of the blaze isunknown. late friday, the local utility reported an outage moments before the wildfire ignited. questions, confusion and chaos as the golden state smolders from space. and several homes owned by celebrities are being thrtened by the fire here in southern california. homes owned by alyssa milano and ca ka thy.tl president trump has dlared a federal disaster in california, but yet to say anything publicly about t victims. he tweeted blaming the wildfires on what he calls gross mismanagement of the forests. president trump sayingn there i reason for these massive deadly forest fires in california except forest

management is so poor. he wouldhreaten no more federal money. the president is in france this moing celebrating the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. he attacked the french president on twitter before meetihi with today. weke havy o'donnell traveling with the president. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good mornin a new development, bad weather and rain in paris means the president and first lady will able to take a helicopt to an american cemetery where they planned to pay respects to fallen u.s. soldiers from world war . going in place is john kelly and his wife and the chairman of the joint chiefs.il they make a 90-minute drive to do that. also today, the president and french president macron calling each other friends, but there is new tension. all the pomp of a ceremonial welcome for president trump at the palace in paris this

morning. bu president trump appeared tense. >> we want to help europe, but it has to be fair. >> reporter: that came hours after a breach in the bromanre. the psident knocked his closest european friend french president macron. he called macron very insulting for suggesting that europe needs its own arm to protect itself from outside powers, including the united states. >> i do believe we needore europe. >> reporter: hereo commemorate the end of world war i, presiden ptrumpked political package from home. praising and distancing himselfe from t controversial acting at>>rney general. don't know matt whitaker. he worked for jeff sessions. k reporter: andweeting this morning, i did notw mr. whitaker except he traveled with ag sessions. no social contact. but just one month ago, the president madetht sound like were friends.

>> i can tell you matt whitaker is a great guy. i know. >> reporter: the president's sudden reluctance as whitaker's under scrutiny after the criticism of the mueller investigation which he now oversees. >> i see a scenario where jeff sessions isac re. >> reporter: "the new york times" reporting that the president liked whatm he saw f whitaker on cable news and had his white house counsel interview him for a role asat tack dog on his legal team. whitaker did not get tt job. experts question if he can serve now without senate confirmation. signs they are working on the rethtionship a president left the palace here. we see president and first lady melania trump embraced by emmanuel macron and his wife brigitte. we understand the president is likely to interact with vladimir

putiat a dinner tonight, but no former meeting is planned. peter. >> kelly o'donnell in paris. thank you. >>paris, thank you. >> let's go t dave with another check of the >>weather. nice to see you. great weather for all of our friendsisiting day. certainly on the chilly side, but a lot of the rain moving away from the northst but we're still dealing with cold weather and the possibility of lake effect snow as we head to ke superior, lake michigan, lake er and snow in places like maine today. freeze warnings rth a the gfta a s wes'retret watchingin fireg dan right now. three major fires, t campfire in northern california, the fires in southern california. 800,000 acres in malibu. we're watching that. they have received less than 1 inch of rain in northern

california since may. as we rollgh tomorrow, below average temperatures continue for much of the country. another blast of arctic air pushes through from the north and the fire danger continues in the west.ui that's ack look at our national map.'s here look at what's going on right where you are. >> well, outside our window we're looking at some blus tery conditions. windusts at 35 miles per hour today. temperatures only in the 40s. that's it. tomorrow not quites windy but still cold and monday and tuesday we have rain, second half of monday into early, early tuday. is our temperature right now. but look at that wind, northwest winds sustained 17 miles per hour. it's going to be a chilly day. staying in thein 40s but w chills staying in the 30s and 20s. that's a quick look at the weather. so nice to see everyon on the plaza. welcome to new york city. if this guy doesn't look exactly lie springsteen, i don't know

who does. nice to see you. guys, back inside to you in the studio. >> he just made his day. >> the boss on the plaza. still to come,ould one of the most loved reality tv coupling cocoupl couples come back to tv? couples come back to tv? and t ( ♪ )

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♪ ♪ ♪ we are back on saturday morning with the story bout a young mayor in a small town in oregon which has everyon talking. >> dave is in the orange room to explain. he has done more by the age 18 than most of us in our lives. >> ben simmo is 18 years old, as you mentioned, peter. he has been elected mayor of ocalaoregon. news,lly that doesn't make but the internet is abuzz. this is a similar story to a

fiction fictional character on nbc. the character had a notorious background story as the mayor of partridge, minnesota. >> i ran the place into the ground after awo months got impeached. worst part was my parents grounded me. >> there we go. now hsed the town's budget to create a ar-round winter sports complex and it was called -- ready? it was called ice town. all right. here we go. the irony here is a teenager named ben being elected mayor. here we go. rehearsals are done. take it from the top. ben elected mayor in real life and was too good to resist.

one person tweeting and his name ben. perfect. another writing, ice town all over again. and yet another person says whatever you , don't let him build a winter sports complefo get what is on the wall. let's hope ben's time as mayor goes better. he has an impressive resume already. he is asked to go to the orange room to give instruction on how to use the touch screen. >> that's how it ended? you started at the end. okay. >> it's okay. we'll move on to "popstart." we'll talk about that as if nothing else happened. huge announcement from the xer uppers, chip and joanna gaines. they are coming back to tv. they snired it last t. >> we signed a noisclosure. it said quote/unquote. you can tell your mother. mom, i wanted to make a quick

knnouncement. we are coming bo television. you will see the kids grow up. you see us with a six-month delay like the rest of the world. we are excitedo be back. >> how about that? we are waiting for it is safe to say they just made a lot of fans really happy. next up, a new glimpse atth youngest royal. 6 month old prince louie held by his mom kate. photos o the you royals are rare. this is the first time we have seen the young prince sce july with his christening. and finally, backstreet is back. here we go. the iconic boy band announced they are planning the biggest arena tour in years. they should be the backstreet men now.

they have new music. they released a single called "chances" from the tenth studio album "dna. tickets go on sale wednesday. >> dave, thanks so much. still ahead, it is finally here. the rockefeller center christmas tree. tree. we will get the story behind

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about e unduinducted into the christmas tree hall of fame. the tradition that dates back to 1931 when the first tree was decorated and displaced in rockefeller center. >> when the tree is lit, it doesn't matter the temperature. there say sense is a sense of w. >> this homestead is the home of the norway spruer. >> we call shelby. >> every day this holiday season, 800,000 visitors will gather around shelby to make their own memories. ow she has made her way to rockefeller center, she will be wrapped with five miles of l.e.dlights and topped with a brand new star made of 3 million swarovski cr wtals. >> l be a beautiful long

lasting memory. >> that's so nice. shelby is officlly litt the end of the month. the lights will stay on until e 11:ry night through january 7th. >> you can watch the 86th rockefeller center tree lighting ceremony at 8:00 on november 28th. >> we have surely and lyhtte here wus. how does it feel to have shelby behind you? >> wonderful. >> your little girl is all grown up. you watch her arrive. fat will the momentl like? >> i'll cry. happy tears. she wilet the jewels she deserves. >> it's amazg. ladies, thank you. that's good stuff. that's going to do it for us on this saturday morning. tomorrow on "today," willie lights down with golden globe and emmy award winning star of "the crown."

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good saturday morning. >> straight ahead ons n 4 today. >> we're looking at some very chilly conditions out there. weather a this morning because of the very cold conditions. let's talk about that. maybe talk about the snow word. yeah, that's cing up in a few minutes. >> lauren, we're also going to talk about some trafficalerts. gridlock left some travellers sprinting for their flights ata reaganional airport. it was a problem that's not going to be fixed for quite a few days. >> also we have video toyo show that you're only going to see on news 4. a man telling a 911 dispatcher at he feared for his life when he killed someone at a

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w weather, and a shutdown metro station. that tro station is still shutdown as a fall freeze sits in. >> a bizarre twist in a case out of fairfax county. what started as a murder-suicide investigation is now a suspected double murder. police say the alleged killer targeted her own mother a sister. >> the game was all a employ to gi -- ploy to give a military man from maryland the surprise of her life on the tonight show >> it's a good one. this saturday morning, 10th of november, 2018. good morning to you.

>> anduess what, it looks like this is the weekend that you can pull out the sweaters and even the puffy coat. >> an early tasterf win for sure and we have a lot of outdoor events including thenbc 4 community stshred. >> fet's check in with storm team 4's lauren rickets who is tracking thiese temperatures. >> in additioo that, high school football games on this saturday afternoon. it's going to be pretty out there. of course, weather alert for today because of the chilly conditio. some of t coldest temperatures we have seen this year. i feel like we sayhat every weekend, but going into november, i think this might be the last weekend i say it until we slip into the teens, but it feels like the a 20s 30s out there with the wind. here in d.c., we can deal with the cold temperatures but the winds add insult to you can see the temperatures in the 30s and