>> got on the /s if you look at it every da you're going to be really crazy. a therapist, maybe some alcohol. >> stock shock, the wild wall street swings causing chaos for miions of investors and traders. heus the geopolitical controversy overrrest of a very powerful female executive. >> coast to coast winterwa op, flash flooding, rain and snow and sleet in the forecast for much of the nation. >> breaking just hours ago, comediant kevin h pulls out as host of the oscars. >> the final resting place for geor h.w. bush as millions bid farewell to the 41st president laid to rest beside his wife of over seven decades. >> plus on this feel good friday, tyler perry' big christmas reveal, sneak peek at

what's sure to be today's topdi trenng video. and the thinggalled k fu bull fighting. i kid you not. "early today" starts right now. >> happy friday. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. california still recovering from those wildfires, and ow hit with a powerful storm that triggered flash flooding and the heavy rain turned some city streets into rivers. one southern california resident saying it is raining so hard, even the trash cans are trying to get out of town. >> a southwest plane lanngng duhe downpour at a burbank airport slid off the runway coming to ain gri halt in an area designated to stop a run away aircraft. fortunately the 117 people o i board mad through the rough landing without any injuries. so let's get right over t nbc meteorologist bill karins track it all from coast to coast. bill, good morning. >> good mornin millions omericans will deal with the storm the next few days. some people will deal with rain, some people deal with snow, some will deal with ice and some will get all three.

we'll start with th rainfall. developing in texas, when you get to the pink and red, that's up to 4 to 5nches of rain. this is where we'll have a chance of moderate risk of flash flooding. isolated totals to 10 inches. moon jae-in imagine the problems that could cause later today. the snow side of the storm, a little bit in areas of north texastonight, a little in the ozarks north of little rock. guys, the region from north carolina to charlottesvillot ch mountains, califorould be the bull's eye for the snow. >> looking at the map -- ocused spot. >> all right, bill, thank you. we have some major developments in the mueller investigations. we expected to, former fbi director james comey islated testify before the house judiciary committee. the closed door session will focus on th fbi's decision making leading up to election coy 2016. y agreed to testify in private after a brief legal battle in exchange, the committee will release a transcript within 24 hours with comey, in turn, able to make all or part of it public. developments in the muell

probe as well. former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos expecd to be released from prison today. he served a two-week sentence after pleading guilty to lying in the russia investigation. court filings expected in t case of michael cohen and paul manafort. here to help us break it down is blayne alexander in washington. blayne, good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning to you. we are looking for three court filings today that shouldhed some light on what degree president trump's former associates have or have not been cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. so let's first talk about paul manafort. of course, he served as president trump's campaign chairman back during t 2016 campaign. wnow, thisill be interesting because you will remember that it wasnly days ago that mueller's team wanted to yank the plea agreement they had with manafort becse they s that he has been lying to investigators. so we know that there willly lie some redacted areas in

these documes coming out or blacked out areas. but we expect we could learn more about ednafort's all behavior and why mueller's team wants to end that plea agreement. soo let's a talk about michael cohen. we are expecting to see sentencing guidelines for him as well. he's the president's one-time confidant, former attorney, the man w once said he would take a bullet for president trump. well, he's signalling he has been cooperating with mueller. today in those filings we expt to find out to what extent. and the final thing, phillip, we do know president trump's attorneys have resumed communication with special counsel robert mueller's team after those written answers were submitted. phillip? >> quite a busy friday to lookf ard to. blayne, thank you. >> in just a few hours, president trump is expected o announce his nomination for our ew ambassador to the united nations. multiple sources tell nbc news he will choose state department spokeswoern hea nauert. nauert has been at the state department since april of last year. her first government position. before then, she was a news correspondent and ancho at -- on fox and friends.

well, nauert has no diplomatic e experi a senior state department official called nauert a good choice on behalf of the american people. she would replace ambassador nikki haley who is resig ong at the ethe year. th it is a race to find five service members i pacific ocean. this after two u.s. marine planes collided mid-air yesterday. at least one marine was killed. a second was rescued and is recovering at the hospital. a massive search and rescuen operats underway with the japanese coast guard, the u.s. military andri sub crews all scouring those waters for any survivors. nbc's sarahhe harman has latest from london. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. it's been almost 40 hours since the crash happened. andven though we are a hoping for a miracle for these the missing marines, chances of pulling survivors out of the water is growing slimmer by the hour. i reached out to the marines and they told me this morning this is still very much a search and

rescue mission. they didn't want toay whether they'd found either of the two planes, citing their ongoing investigation. and, guys, we still don't know a lot about what exactly happened. the marines say this crash occurred during a routine training exercise and involved a combat jet called an fa-18 hornet and refueling aircraft, the k c-130. it's the latest in a string of accints involving the u.s. military in asia. last month there was another crash involving a hornet in the sea of japan. guys, it's always tragic whenu. military personnel lose their lives, but especially when it's part of ain tg exercise. the mayor of iwakuni, the cit in southern japan where the planes took off from and where the u.s. has a huge air ba now calling on the u.s. military to suspend all flights until the cause of this deadly accident is determined. phillip, frances? e >>rybody over here praying for a miracle really. you.h, thank >> investors dropping in for another rolle coaster day on

wall street after thursday's wild ride. the dow plummetedearly 800 points and then somehow clawed its way back nearly breaking even for the day. the index finishing about 80 points in the red. the nasdaq made it back intorr positive ory. nbc's tom costello takes a closer look at what's moving markets. tom, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. all eyes this morning are on wall street's futures after that incredible action yesterday on wall street. one of the biggest rebounds inc re y,histornd now we're set for today. day two of wild volatility on wall street as tradesi ts with china spooked investors. reaction to the arrest in canada of meng wanzhou, cfo of a telecom giant. the us in the midst of a trade war truce. >> more trade tensions with china and growing fea of a slowing u.s. economy. >> reporter: at its worst, the dow jones industrials were down

784 points. then a stunningrebound. the market coming back 700 points to close down just 79. the whiplash weighin on americans' p 401(k)s,sion funds and savings plan. every du look at it you're going to be really crazy. need a therapi and maybe some cohol. >> i think we have to be careful going too far down the tariff road and going too much with tariffs. >> reporter: but market pros urge investors not to pic, insisting the u.s. economy remains strong. >> unless you're in itly professions i am, trying to get in and out of the market is a fool's game. >> reporter: amid the volatility, a keen focus on ara simmering dispute between the world's two biggest economies. this morning investors will be looking very csely at the most recent payroll data. as always, they are looking for that goldilocks economy, not too hot -- in other words, no sign of overheating and inflation -- not too cold, no signs of a slow down. finding that sweet spot is always the key.

frances? o all right, tom, thank you. >> onethe biggest market movers was arrested, t top of a chinese corporate executive. it happened in canada. the drama surrounding huawei meng sparked a sell off. janice, this has serious implications for the us and china when it comes to trade negotiations. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. certainly. the arrest of meng h struck a nerve here. the china daily or global times editorial, rather, was calling it a despicable move. they are saying it wasan jus attempt to thwart a competitor. china has labeled this a human rights ion. there are no details on the charges against meng. there is a publication ban and that cam her request. but this company huawei has long been on e radar of u.s. investigators and they are reportedly looking into possible violations of sanctions against

iran. now, meng will appear at a bail oday.ng in vancouver canadian prime minister justin trudeau said his government had no involvement in this.as thishe police acting on a request from the united states. and it hpened on december 1st, just as president trump and xi ere sitting down to that dinner at the g20. it's unclear how much eachew si bout the arrest, but they didn't appear to let it interfere with their negotiations. however, this is coming at critical juncture for relations between the u.s. and china,ss wh han 90 days to negotiate a trade deal. phillip? >> all right,ni . thank you so much. >> breaking overnight, kevin hart sending shock waves throughout hollywood. the comedian announced just hours ago he istepping down as host of the 2019 oscars. that's less than two days after accepting t gig. the move came after an avalanche of controversy overome homophobic tweets he made about a decade ago. lgbt groups like glad reached out to the academy upset over the tweets.

now these tweets resurfaced just shortly after his announcement as host on tuesday. early thursday, harte released aid video on instagram saying he got a call from the academy asking him to apologize and refused to do so. but hours l on twitter, he changed his tune, tweeting this. i have cade theice to step down from hosting this year's oscars. this is becauan i do not to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talend artists. i sin certificate searly apologize to the lgbtq community for my insensitive words from the past. the academy has yet to respond aefrmt meteorologist bill karins joins us with snow and ice. >> oklahoma city is looking like less snow possibly more ice, maybe a little snow on the tail of this for little rock. this is the bull's o ethe storm. this is what you'll see the picks tours on monday, the mountains of north carolina have a chance of getting a

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good morning, everyone. >> it's about 4:00 a.m. now. we want to begin this morning with a check on your commute and forecast. y >> melissa has a look at the

roads this morning but we'll start with chuck bell with another cold morning. >> a lot o spots down below freezing again on your friday morning. sos you're getting your day going, don't forget to put your winter coat on. 28 now at manassas. it's 37 degrees in washington. your planner for today, plenty of sunshine. not much of a warm up, though, most of the day will be spend with temperature in the 30s. our actual high tempeture arou 43 degrees, but you need to layer up and get the seat heaters fired up rnddy to go. >> we're having trouble with melissa'smicrophone, we'll head back to her in a minute to get more on the commutgh now, 4:00 a.m., two developing stories this morning. ay no, police officers threat was found after an inveigation into a bomb threat that was called int cnn late last ght. the caller said there were five bombs planted in the time warner building.