[ cheers ] tley p up. they heard the gunshots and they did what the heroic officers alwaysdo they ran towards that gunfire. >> a police officer killed along with a doctor and an intern in a brutal broad day mass shooting spree inside one of chicago's busies hospitals. to new developments i president trump's attack on one of america's most decorated military leaders. the incredible details between the 17-year-old female driver that survived a 171-mile-per-hour crash. for the first time on the east coast, recreational marijuana goes on sale inhe eat state of massachusetts. to the 54-51 shoot-out o between twothe nfl's best teams. we hee an incredibl highlight that had social media buzzing all night.

and another message fm mother hearearth as we kick offa tuesday. "early today" starts right now. good tuesday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marlie hall. we begin with breaking news out of chicago. four people including an officed are d after a gunman opened fire at mercy hospital on the city's south side. police say the gunman confronted his girlfriend ove their broken engagement, then shot her several times. e gunman then exchanged fire with police, fleeing inside the osspital. that's when c erupted with patients and hospital staff scrambling for safety. nbc's dan scheneman has more. >> reporter: the first shots were fired around:3 30 local time near mercy hospital on chicago's south side. >> more shots fired. >> they have the pharmacy barricaded. ten shots so far from inside. >> reporter: police say a m and woman who were in a domestic relationship began to argue. the woman, who worked at the hospital, was shot. >> and the gentleman turned

earound and shot th times inch her est. then once she fell to the ound, he stood over her and shot her three mor mes. >> reporter: police say the gunman then opened fire on officers as they arrived at the scene. the gunman ran into the hospital, and more shots were fired inside. exchange ofe gunfire in the hospital, one other female staff member was stru by gunfire fatally. during that exchange, one of our officers that responded was alsy fataounded by the offender. during the gunfire, the offender was also fatally wounded. it's unclearow right whether its by police gunfire or if was self-inflicted wound. >> reporter: the fallen officer has been identified as samuel jimenez. he'd jus finished his probationary period. the mayor said this tore at the city's soul.

>> reporter: the city of chicago lost a doctor, a pharmaceutical sistant, and a police officer, all going aboutheir day, all doing what they love. >> reporter: the shooting has stopped. the hospital is now secure, but questions about what happened and why remain. dan scheneman, nbc nee'. also following a shooting in downtown denver where a gunman left one person dead and fou others injured. streets were closed last night as police searched for t suspect. this happened just a few blocks from coors field, the home of the colorado rockies baseball team. thav victims been hospitalized for their wounds but are expected to survive. poce are still investigating a motive and whether anyone else was involved. president trump islxpecting a f report from the cia today on the murder ofuraudi list jamal khashoggi. the president has continued to cast doubt on the saudi croce pr involvement in the

death of the "washington post" columnt and criticism from inside saudi arabia seems increasingly unlikely. king salman ignored the g firestorm during his annual speech monday and praised his son for hisodernization efforts. for the latest, let's get to nb s sarah harman in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morng to you. the president is facing a choice today between his ally and the n ev. the cia and some senior republican lawmakers have all pointed the finger at the saudi crown prthce. saudis firmly deny that he was involved in khashoggi's murder. president trump, after refusing to listen to an audio of that murder, seems to be giving his ally the benefit of the doubt, saying he'llait for that report that you mentioned to be released today. a big question now with the g20 rgentina just around the corner is whether the saudi crown prince is going to attend. saudi media outlets have been saying he will. on the one hand, the saudi crown

prince is a key u.s. ally. his country buys lot of american weapons and has vast oil reserves. administration, particularly jared kushner, has close ties to the crown prince. but this t is also man that many people, including the cia, believehe ordered brutal murder of a journalist who was critical of him. so, w guys, are all awaiting president trump's reaction to that report later today. marlie, phillip. >> sarah, thank you. senior adviser to the president and also daughter ton the presivanka trump is facing an e-mail scandal of her own. "the washington post" reports ivanka sent hundreds of e-mails aides ar to white house and cabinet officials using her personal account in violation of federa records rules. that's according to people familiar with the white house examination of her correspondence. her father, preside trump, hammered away at hillary clinton for the same thing on the campaign trail in 2016. >> 33,000 e-mails are missing, and they say, oh, she's fine. she's ne. crooked hillary clinton, oh, she's crooked, folks.

she's crooked as a $3 bill. lock her u is right. >> as you can imagine, it is vecausing quite a conty. let's get to nbc's tracie potts d.c. ivanka trump will now likely face an investigation once the democrats take over the house, that righ >> reporter: it's certainly possible, phillip. "the washington post" is reporting that the sheer volume of these e-mails surprised aides who were looking into them as they were trying to fil a public records request, part of a lawsuit. according to the post and people familiar with what's happened t here sayt ivanka trump claimed that she didn't know what the rules were and tha early on she did use this personal account before she had a white house account that was availabl her use. the white house ethics office, which is where all of lse c were referred to on this, said that there waso classified information. keep in mind that's the same thing hillary clintr said about -mails when she was being

criticized. and the white house also pointi out that she did not have a private server in her home as the clintons did. now, a we're following that, we're also looking at new information obtained overnight about a judge's order on what's udppening down at the border. a federal in san francisco has said that the trump administration cannot block people, migrants, from requesting asylum if they enter the u.s. illegally. in oth words, not at one of the official ports of entry. thousands of people from those migrant caravans have started to pile up at the border. some of the official ports of entry, at least one was closed as troops were down there installing barriers. but now word that those troops will start coming home this week. all of them home before christmas because the military says their work there is done just as these migrant caravans begin to arrive andnt presi trump gets criticism for sending

those troops down to the border before the election, some say,a n election ploy. now that they're coming home with the migrants just arriving. >> the timing is curious. tracie, thank you. president trump is facing growing backlash for his attacks against an amecanhero. the president doubled down on his criticism againsteted admiral william mcraven, who oversaw the raid on osama bin laden. a tweet, mr. trump said, we should have captured osama bin lan long before we did, and that president clinton famously missed his shot. thatchoed similar comments he made during an interview on fox news sunday. >> bill mcren, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me. hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. he's a hillary clinton backer and an oma backer, and

frankly -- >> he was a navy seal 37 year. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mr. trump's criticism c after mcraven said, quote, the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. mcraven says he stands by the comment and that he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. a teenage race car driver is recovering this morningfter surviving aorrifying crash all caught on camera. nbc's gabeez gutierr has the dramatic details. >> reporter: if you blink, you might miss it. this race car going airborne and slamming into a track fence. here it is slowed down. the driver loses control, flying above other cars before landing in a tangled mess. it happed so fast, onlookers at the formula 3 grand pri hong kong don't seem to realize what happened at first. then horror as emergency crews rush in, trying to save the 17-year-old driver. incredibly sheed surv

experts say that's because the car hit the soft wall and not the concrete barrier below it. sofia flores from germany was h hospitalized w spinal fracture. she tweeted just wanted to let everybody know that'm fine and will be going into surgery. there's word the seven-hour procedure wasul succes racing fans around the world stunned b grateful that this terrifying crash didn't end up mu gabe gutierrez, nbc news. outside ofcr ento, more wild weather is getting ready to bearn d on an already wary northern california. forecasters are predicting heavy precipitation with up to five inches of rain, this pronlting lyncerns of potenti deadly and destructive mudslides. for now rescuers race against time, sifting through the wreckage from the massive camp fire as 1 th,000 people remain unaccounted for. a >> there areot of people that want some answers. they are depending on us to find

their loved one. >> cal fire says the camp fire has now grown to over51,000 acres. bill karins is here. what else can we expect for this week? >> it's going to be the big storm as we through the travel period. they need the rainfall to clean of the out in areas west. obviously it doesn't help with any of the search there. as far as the weather condarns a little bit of snow from albany all the way through southern portions of maine. the real big story is going to be the windchills behind this storm. ght now the windchill i about 11 and 10 from minneapolis to bismarck. as we go through thanksgiving morning, it is going to be as cold as it i gets areas of the northeast. look at new york city. windchill of 7. at's unheardof. going to be one of the coldest ever. here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can n see everyone is seeing the frigid air. from colorado northwards all the way through the dakotas, you're avoiding it. it's going to slice down through the great lakes and into the

northeast as we go throughout thanksgiving day. complete travel forecast through the thanksgiving holiday coming up. >> bill, thank about 4,000 people in guatemala fled their homes on monday to escape the red hot rock and ash spewing from the volcano of fire. ten communities were evacuated to safe areas away from the volcano, which is one of the st active in central america. an eruption in june killed 194 people and left at least 234 missing. up next, a legal marijuana finally gets the green light in massachusetts. but first it was an instant classic. the chief and the rams shatter records. it was alshe the hig scoring monday night game ever. we'll tell you more when we come back. (whisper) karen, karen you've got to try this ...they're just too good not to share l'eggo your eggo

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evor . a dash of defensive brilliance added up to an instant classic thateft a lotf fans praying to the footballod g for a super bowl rematch. the rams leapt out to a 13-point lead after goff found reynolds in the back of the end zone. patrick mahrmes stos back. kansas citd retakes the lea on the screen pass to kareem nt. that's a 21 yard touchdutn. with two mes left in the half, aaron donald gets a strip sack. the rams take it toho the use. both teams kept their foot onas th the entire game. in the fourth, that is a tyreek hill touchdown. just minutes later, a 40 yard mb from jared goff to gerald everett. at would put the rams up by three with under 2:00 to go. the chiefs would have two chances to retake the lead here, but back-to-back interceptions from patrick mahomes would seal the deal. the rams win the shoot-out 54-51. a historic day in massachusetts. this morni the state will open the doors of the first retail

store selling recreational pot on the east t.coas nbc's stephanie gosk is getting an inside look. >> reporter: smoke it, eat it, vape it. in massachusetts, anyone over 21 can buy it, just for fun. >> what a moment. we are so excited to finally be here today. >> reporter:he state voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use two years ago. since then a commission has been working out the detail. >> it's notoing toty be in every nd town. but it's going to be accessible. >> reporter: the store is one of far.icensed to sell s more will be approved in the coming weeks. but there are rules. the number we're looking at is 28 on the scale here. >> reporter: and that's the massachusetts law that you can buy 28 grams in a single day for recreational e? >> correct. >> reportert jake moria is a veteran with ptsd. his connection to pot is personal. >> with the cannabis, i'm able

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today is the day that millions ofeople across the country will begin their thanksgiving travels. terrible tffic tuesday. >> it's 4:00 a.m. and this morning we're breaking down everything you nee to kno before you go. that includes updates on traffie and forecast. >> melissa is standing by with your traffic but we begin with chuck bell. >> good morning. there's a reason there's no line at reagan airport now is there's morning. in the weather wise, we're in store for a quite weather pattern over the next couple of days. a few sprinkles around. it hasn't added up to much. it's justnough tout a few spots of water on my recently washed car. the cold is coming. we'll b