together. we're just happy to be out. it's wednesday, december 5th, a national day of mourning for our 41s president those young and old pause to pay tribut to a man who wore many hats during decades of publicrv ice, but none more proud than thatam of fily man. breaking overnight, special counsel robert muellerco ends little to no jail time for former trump national security adviser michael flynn. just what did he reveal to earn such a pass? palace intrigue at the white house as first son eric takes on the husband of close adviser kellyanne conway. this ant the presi faces tanking stock markets in the face of mixed messages on china trade. new details of a $100 million lsuit against a hotel chain from w a woman claims she was filmed while

showering. plus a n study thatays too much sleep can be bad for your health. "early today" starts right now. goodednesday rning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. today washington, d.c. wil say its final good-bye to president george h.w. bush. a public funeral will be held this morning at 11:00 a.m. a easter the national cathedral. among those expected to attend, presidenmp and first lady melania as well as the obamas, clintons, and carters. after the service, president bush's casket will be flown back to houston ahead of a secomd servicerow and burial at his presidentialig library. >> now mourners continue to pay their respects at the capitol rotunda as president bush lieat in ste. adding to the thousands more who lined up throughout the day.em among president bush's service dog, sully, who had been with him since the summer. the dog was trained by the grouc ams vet dogs, who say that sully will return to smithtown, new york, later this week for the rest of the holiday he will then move on to his next

mission at walter reed medical center. n another touching tribute, former presidential candidate and longtime friend rose out of his wheelchair to salute his fellow world war ii veteran. and last eving, former president george w. bush and wife laura returned to the ha capitol,ing mourners in the building. then former president e taking the time to hold a baby whose mother reportedly waited in line for three hours to pay her respects. nbc's peter alexander has more on the public outpouring. >> reporter: a son paying tribute to his george w. and laura bush returning to the capitol to say thansi. earlier pnt trump and the first lady visiting with the former first couple at the presidential guesthouse after quietly honoring 41.rc despite f criticism of the bushes in the past, the president tweeting, looking forward to being with the wonderful bush family. under the l's soaring rotunda, a moving final gesture of respect from one member of e greatest generation to another. senator bob le, now 95,

standing to salute. frommericans young and old, grief and gratitude. jenna and barbara bush with savannah guthrie on their dad's eulogy. >> there's a lot of pressure for him to get it just right. >> and ihink he also wants to make sure that he can get through it himself without breaking down is something else that he's working on.or >> rr: son neil bush now carrying on his father's commitment to service at the points of light foundation. what would your father make of all this? >> i thinke'd be a little disappointed that everyone w saying so many nice things about him because he was always so humble and he never looked for taking credit. >> reporter: a somber day, but a fitting good-bye. peter alexander, nbc news, the capitol. one year after former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to theed fbi, fal prosecutors are recommending little to no jail time, citing

lynn's, quote, substantial assistance in robert mueller's russia probe. according to court documents filetuesday, flynn met with s muelle team 19 times but cited few details. flynn previously pleaded guilty to lying abons conversatio with a leading russian diplomat during presidential transition starting in 2016. among those reacting on capitol hill, democratic congressman adam schiff, who is likely to become chairman of the house intelligence cmittee in january. he tweeted, the recommendations reflect both the timeliness a significance of his help. that most of the details were redacted signals he has given far more than we or the esident may know. president trump's outside attorney rudy giuliani tells nbc news he's not concerned anything flynn shared with t special counsel could implicate the president. in a phone interview, giuliani said there is yiddish word that fits. they don't have bkes. and in other developments, trump associate roger stone is refusing to testify or provide documents to the senate

judiciary committee as requested, invoking his fifth amendment rig against incriminating himself. stone has been the focus of investigations by both congress al counsele regarding whether trump aides knew of wikileaks' plans to publish democratic e-mails during the 2016 election. investors aren't shariid prt trump's optimism on truce talks in the trade war with china. growing concerns over tariffs and signing of a sloonng global y cratered markets. the dow plunging nearly 800 points while other major indices fell more than 3%. after the sell-off, president trump doubling down on his tariff threat, saying, quote, we are either going to have a real deal with china or no deal at all. ina does not want tariffs. nbc's tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: red down arrows on watreet and in americans' tirement and pension funds. the s&p 500 and nasdaq index both down 3%. investors focused on president g trump's war that if the 90-day trade war truce doesn't hold, he is a tariff man.

at risk, billionsf dollars in u.s. exports to c from agricultural products to cars to construction equipment. while americans could pay more for household goods made in china. midday, the treasury secretary weighed in. >> i think the market is now in wait and see, and the market's trying to figure out is there going to be a real deal at the end of 90 days or not? >> you've got stocks plunging on ars of slowing economic growth. >> reporte among the hardest hit, bank stocks and big companies that do busin china, including boeing, caterpillar and apple. >> the markets dropped today on conc that the global economy may be slowing. growth in the united states is doing fine rightnow, but over in china, there's clearly a slowdown. >> reporter: while secretary mnuchin insists china has agreed to address more than 10heissues of concern, lack of a signed deal or a concrete timetable has investors fearing the trade war could heat up again. >> tom costello, thank you for that report. top senators received a briefing they had been demanding

from cia director gina haspel on theeath of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. after the meeting, senators bob cork and lindsey graham seemed more convinced than e saudi crown prince's involvement. >> there's not a smoking gun. there's a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs. >> adding fuel to their anger was this friendly handshake between saudi leader mohammed bin salman and russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit friday. the question moving forward is ether or not the republican senators will make good on their threat to come down ondi the s crown prince like a ton of bricks. sident trump's efforts to protect saudi arabia as an ally. in they say all is fai love, war, and politics, which is especially true when it comes to white house adviser kellyanne conway. it's no secret her husband is a major critic of president trump, and now the president's s is

swinging back. nbc's hallie jackson has more on the growing feud. >> reporter: president trump has plenty of critics, but only one who is married to hisenr adviser, george conway, husband of kellyanne. his perstent criticism of the president now spilling into a public fight with th president'sson. eric trump tweeting, of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought so hard to achieve might top them all. a white houseource saysrump was defending a woman's honor. apparently prompted by george conway's implication the president's tamperi with witnesses in the russia investigation and after op-eds boss.ioning his wife's >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying t get publicity for himself. >> reporter: conway himself dismissing all the fdrama. >> had a nickel for everybody in washington who tsagreed with their spouse about somethinghat happens in this town, i woun't be on this podcast. i'd be on a beach somewhere.el

>> reporter:anne conway bristling at any implication a high profile woman should be defined on a terms but her own. >> it doesn't affect me or my job at all. i'm sure the feminists are cheering me on today, an independent, strong-willed, strong woman in a very powerful position who disagrees with her d. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. character actor and broadway veteran phillip bosco died monday. he won a tony award in 1989 for his role and was nominated five other times.o bosc was also in many films like my best friend's wedding with julia roberts and quick change with bull murray. he was inducted into the american theater hall of fame in 1998. actor phillip bosco dead atge 88. we've got something brewing on the west coast that might ct all of us. >> a lot of people are eventually going to get into this storm that is now bringing heavy rain san francisco and a little bit of rain outside los angeles. here's a fast forward throu s the nexen days.

a general outline from european computer model. not giving snow amounts, but the purple is a medium chance. when you get into the red and pink, there's a highhance of significant snows. that's the centralppachians and southern ohio valley, possibility of more significant snow here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, the cold temperatures are in place through the ohioy val and also through the northeast. only in the 30s in most cases. temperatures still cool but dry. just fine for travel today in all areas from the southwest right through the deep south. eventually this will bring a big rain threat to the south, maybe some possibility o flooding. >> bill, thank you. the world can't stop walking nick jonas and priyanka chopra following their five-day wettg extravagan extravaganza. yesterday "people" magazine shared this video on instagram revealing the 75 foot veil that sheore for their western

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parent company, hilton worldwide, for $100 million claiming she was secretly recorded while showeri in her room and then blackmailed. nbc's miguel almaguer has the story. >>ter: it happened inside this alny new york hampton inn. jane doe says an employee used a hidden camera to record hesh agreed to an interview without showing her face. >> an absolute horror. s startedeaming and crying. all i could think was my life ib lutely over. >> reporter: jane doe, who has filed a $100 million lawsuit againstho the l, hilton worldwide, and others, says she learned of the recording through an e-mail after the video was posted on rated websites and shared with her colleagues, the perpetrator demanded money. >> i'm so angry. >> reporter: in 2016, broadcaster erin andrews was awarded $55 million after

sto stalker filmed her at a na nashville. >> this is a systemic probls where videre taken of many people. >> reporter: in statements released tows nbc the hampton inn says in part it was shocked and stunned to learn of the allegations. hingon ad we take the safety and well being of our guests incredibly seriously. the hotel, working with authorities, says it's found no evidence so far,aving recently undergone renovations. but jane doe says ake maer can't cover up the damage already done. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> we'll see the outcomef that. still to come, why peta has a problem with the lion's share of animals-based idioms. and tdy new s that suggests sleeping in could be bad for your health. come on. ♪

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try that with one shot. >> just one time, live, no retake. that's the way to do it. >> that's peak right there. well >>done. this holiday season, the people for the ethical treatment of animals want people to stop using anti-animal language and released a list of phrases that replaceraditional ones. some of these include instead of saying bring home the they want you to say bring home the bagels. instead of kill two birds with one stone, they suggest feed two birds with one scone. >> okay. >> peta say these phrases trivializety to animals and they want people to be more aware. >> they've got a beef with everything. >> they're going to put that one on the list. >> we're going to blame that on our executive producer. >> a lot of people really angry at you. omplain about erything now. >> i'm with you. i know. hit us up on twitter. inow we're going to hear from you. >> no animals were harmed in

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we begin with a live look siside the capitol. this morning pnt george h.w. bush lies-in-state. his flag draped casket sits at

the center of the rotunda. later this morning, the former president will be carried here to the national cathedral. former and current heads of state will gather for his funeral and to honor the man who gave decades of his life to public service. it is 4:00 a.m. now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> since the death ofeorge h.w. bush, the country has been united in grief and done its best to hon a man who meant so much to so many. yesterday the bush family thanked tha thanked those that came to the rotunda to pay respects. george h. bush talked t reporters. >> we have seen days of powerful images but none more powerful than this one. bob dole being helped to h feet to salute george bush for the final time. dole will be among those attending the funeral today. we have team coverage. >> justin finch and