cookinup ba barbecue. >> make sure they're well breaking overnight. sources are telling nbc news that white house chief of staff johnel kly may soon be out after clashing with melania trump after the first lady issued a public statement calling for the firing of deputy national security advisor. >> wicked santa ana winds fueling dangerous flare-ups with crews on the ground desperately needg help fromabove. as the death toll continues to climb, and now dangerous smoke is spreading. >> i don't think my heart had ever beat as fast. unbeknownst to me, i was on the precipice of the rabbit hole. >> monica lewinsky speaks out about her relionship with president bill clinton as never before. intimate details and what she'd say face to face with hillary

clinton. >> parents behaving badly in a wild brawl at a kids peewee football game. >> a a frightening hit and run where theriver literally ran from the scene. buckle up. "early today" starts right now. good wednesday morning. m i'm philla. >> i'm frances rivera. new signs that one of the driving forces behind the white house shake up is the fst lady. in an unprecedented move, melania trump is calling for the firing of one of her husband's top advisors. senior national security council official mira ricardel. she slammed they dep to john bolton in a statement. her spokeswoman saying, in part, she no longer deserves to serve in the white house. nbc's kristen welker has more on the first lady's feuds. >> reporter: thead first flexing her muscles. melania trump taking the unprecedted step of publicly calling for the firing of one of her husband's top advisors, mira

ricardel amid other clashes with the chief of staff, john kelly, so significant it could lead to kelly's departure. seven people familiar with the situation tell nbc news kelly has tangled with the first ve lady's team o everything from staffing issues to travel requests. one white house official telling nbc there have been instances where the east wing staff were not treated as equals to the male dominated decision makers in chief kelly's office. but in a statement, the first lady's spokesperson called the retionship with kelly's staff very positive. melania trump acknowledging last month the white house can be a challenging environment. >> we alwayseed to watch your back. >> reporter: the first lady blasted th deputy to national security advisor john bolton. that deputy mira ricardel spotted at a white house event with the president when the first lady's spokesper released a statement about ricardel saying, it is the position of the officthe first lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house. multiple sources tewl nbc n

ric har ricardel interfered with the hfirst lady in first sew owe low overss trip to africa. they say so much discord can be damaging. >> you don't want the staff at the white house to be preoccupied with infighting. you want them, stead, doing their job to help the president make those tough decisions and implement them. > that was kristen welker reporting. in eart break continues northern california as more victims of the deadly are found. total number now rising to at least 48. it is already the dea ciest fire inalifornia history. with dozens still missing, officials say that number could rise.gh firers are struggling to control the camp fire which has grown to 130,000 acres and 35% m contt. officials now say full containment may not happen until the end of the month. and outside of los angeles, the woolsey has now burned 97,000 acres, but crews there have made some progress. that blaze is now 40% contained, with full containment expected

by sunday. but flare-ups like this one here still a conce forcing some evacuation orders to remain in ple. and now some of california's tech giants are stepping in. airbnb is helping relief workers and displaced victims get temporary housing through its open homes program. and google and facebook are each donating between 250 and $500,000 for relief efforts. nbc's miguelue alm is in oak park, california, with the latest from the ground. >> reporter: as a volcano of fire explodes in the hills malibu. >> mandatory evacuations are upped epy. >> rter: the orders to evacuate came immediately. >> i didn't think it was coming back this way, but it looks like it's going to head -- i don't kn. >> reporter: policelearing the subdivision. jennifer had minutes to go. >> see, it's right there. so -- >> reporter: it's getting closer. >> it's getting oser. >> reporter: with santa ana winds fueling dangerous new flare-ups, crews on e ground desperately need help from above. helicopters like these have been flying 24 hours a day looking

for any body of water to make nferno.n that massive michelle owens has no home to return to. >> it's to me like an apocalyse that god i on vacation and he's not taking care of us. >> reporter: with air quality already dangerous, new concern over toxic smoke. the woolsey fire scorched the santa suzanne afield lat, a highly contaminated area where there was a nuclear meltdown 60 years ago. footage captured by knbc's i-team shows smoke still rising from the power lines on the property. state officials say the fumes likely pose no health risk, but residents are demanding independent health and safe tests. in northern california, families are living a nightmare the town of paradise. adding the names of the missing to a message board. >> i went to shelters looking for him. >> reporter: amanda's father was feared dead until now. >> thank god.

>> reporter: one family's incredible reunion, while so many others are clinging to hope. the damage across northern and southern california is measured one family at a time. more than 7,000 homes look just like this. meantime here in los angeles, the fire that's burningn this area is now the size of the city of denver and it'sth o move. so many neighborhoods look just like this. phillip, back to you. >> surreal. miguel, thank you. >> we are just one day away from the deadline to finish recountinghe voetsz in the florida governor and senate race. counties have until tomorrow at p.m. eastern to tally the votes. but lawsuits filed on both sides can complicate efforts. right now nbc news still has the florida senate race as too close call. president trump once again waded in the bitter battle between democrat bill nelson and current governor rick scott. t in aet the president asked, when will bill nelson concede?

he also alleged fraud, claiming counties that lean democrati a will not be to find enough votes. >> amazon has made it official. after a search spanning more than 200 cities, the online giant announced it isti spl its headquarters into two locations. long island city in new york and arlington, virginia, outside of war wash. but as nbc's jo ling kent reports, not everyone is happy amazon is coming to town. >> reporter: the celebrations have begun. >> amazon has n found itst home. >> reporter: after a much-hyped competition taking bids from 238 cities, amazon announcing its second headquarters will now be split between the washington suburb of arlington, virginia, and long island city in queens, new york. each location promised 25,000 jobs. i think it's awesome. >> reporter: but now critics are questioning whether the cities are giving up too much. the tech giant led by jeff bezos, the rich est man in the world, will receive more than 1 1/2 billion dollar i corporate subsidies in new york.

and more than half a billion dollars worth in virginia. new york congresswoman elect alexandriaco ocasiez tweeting, the idea that it will receive more than hundreds of millions of dollars in tax time when our subway is crum crumbling and our communities need more investment nottr less, is ely concerning. >> it is already expensive here. >> there are critics that do not like amazon is getting $2 billion in corporate subsidies here because you're one of the most valuable companies in the world. what do you say tohe that? >> kind of revenue the cities and states will see because of esamazon's ient will exponentially exceed the investments they're making up frr:t. >> reporte amazon prime to start hiring next year. jo ling kent, nbc news. a>> mon lewinsky is opening up about her experience with former president billlinton and his impeachment trial like we have never heard before. it's part of a docu sers airing on a & e stunned. here's nbc news national correspondent kate snow. >> i don't think my heart had

ever beat as fast. unbeknownst to me i was on the precipice of the rabbit hole. >> reporter: monica lewinsky describing heron counters with president bill clinton. >> it's not as if it didn't register with me that he was the president. obviously it did. i think it meant more to me that someone who other people desired desired me >> reporter: the world shorthanded it as the lewinsky scandal, but 20 years later in the era of me, too, a & e calls their docu series the clinton affair. she details the day the fbi questioned her. >> i remember looking out the window and thinking the only way to fix this was to kill myself, was to jump out the window. and, um, i just -- i felt terrible. i was scared and i just -- i was mortified and afraid of what this was goingo to do my family. >> reporter: in june, nbc's sk craig melvin the former president if he ever apologize today lewinsky.

>> have you ever offered her an apol >> no. i do not -- i have never talked to her, but i did say publicly on more than one occasion that i was sorry. >> repter: in a new essay for vanity fair lewinsky writes, what is's more important to her is thaton should want to offer her a personal apology. i' less disappointed by him and more disappointed for him. he would be a better man for it. bill clinton had no comment. lewinsky writes, if she ran into hillary clinton, she would acknowledge to her sincerely how very sorry i am. te snow, nbc news. >> it's cnn versus president trump today. a federal judge will hold a hearing for the network's lawsui against the administration. cnn sued over the white house's decision to revoke reporter jim accosta's press credentials after a confrontation at a press conference. and here to break it all down for us, nbc's tracis in d.c. they are calling it a viotion of the first amendment rights.

they are d ing it as grandstanding. >> reporter: this was the contentious newser coce, not just with accosta but the news mediaperiod. during that news conference, accosta was asking the president a question and refused to give up the microphon when the president told him to. as you see, they sent over a staffer who grabbed at the microphone. accosta refused and then late his credential to get into and cover the white house was revoked. cnfiling lawsuit saying this was a last resort. >> did cnn try to work thisou request the pass be restored. the white house has basical been ignoring these requests so we really had no choice but to sue. >> reporter: the white house in a statement says that the behavior was inappropriate, professional, and that they have to be able to control

things atew these conferences to keep order. they also noted that cnn has nearly 50 otr people who have hard passes to cover the white house. back to you. >> those colleagues certainly think jim should be right back in there whe he belongs in the white house. thank you. >> news about one of our colleagues here we're proud to say, take this moment to congratulate nbc's own lester holt. a new poll conducted by theyw hod reporter find he's the most trusted television anchor in broadcast news followe by abc's david muir and robin roberts tiedac for second always cool when polls and other people back up what we know. >> all three of them professionals there. and let's hand it over to the most trusted weather man i know, bill karins. fill a ne that could half hour with this storm. winter storm warnings issued outside stntlouis. we areipating an ice storm in the mountains of virginia, north carolina. here's the snowfall map. what really gets you is the know in memphis, little rock, a lile accumulations. especially the area of illinois could get hit hard.

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