>> he was the last glimmer of the fantasy. he was the last prin breakingovernight. two chicago police officers investigating a call of shots fired are fatally struck by an oncoming train. complete details ahead. sentencing day. president trump's one-time ally general michael flynn cooperated with prosecutors, but could released portions of his fbi interview change everything? former cbs head honcho les moonves speaks out and the cutting out of his $120 million severance package. get ready for the holiday rush. we have the tips you'll want to know brushfire you hit the road. "early today" starts right now. >> good tuesday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, chicago

mourning the loss of two of their bravest. while responding to reports of gunfire on thear south side, the police officers were struck and killed instantly by a passing train. >> by doing the most dangerous thing a police officer can do, and that is to chase an individual with a gun, these brave young men were consumed with identifying a potential threat to their community and put the safety of others above their own. >> offic conra gary was 31 years old. and officerdu eardo marmolejo was 37. a police spokesmanpoaid a w was found near the scene, and a person of interest was questions late monday. cbs board of directors has announced former ceo les moonv will not receive his $120 million severance. an additional $20 million from the package was already earmarked to be donated to groups who areighting to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace. the announcement about the remaining funds comes as cbs releases the results of a broad investigation into the ousted ceo's t.cond

nbc's kstenahlgren has the latest. >> reporter: the investigation is complete. cbs confirming former boss les moonves will not be getting host of pay after a women came forward accusing moonves of sexual harassment. citing areach of his employment contract, as wellhi willful failure to cooperate fully. moonves today to receive $120 million in severance. a draft obtained by "the new york times" earlier this month detailed a pattern of sexual misconduct and an elaborate cover-up, saying mooes engaged in multiple acts of involving 17 womenhe including four cbs employees. >> he just stuck his tongu my mouth. >> reporter: june seeley kimmel says she had a traumatic encounter with mnves more tha 30 years ago when he was development head at 20th century fox.

>> i was really shocked. and it was gross. it was very unappealing. >> reporter: a statement from lawyers representing moonves s nied any nonconsensual encounters and s has cooperated fully with the investigation. investigators determined that harassment and retaliation are not pervasive at cbs, but new management has already begun to take robust steps to improve the working enenviro and late monday, moonves' aiwyer sd the conclusions of are o and without merit. he was one of the most highl compensated executives, earning $69 million per year. f we'r days away from a partial government shutdown. republicans and democrats have wall. president trump's border wall with a standoff over funding. meanwhile, james comey slammed republicans for not speak pg out againssident trump's attacks against the fbi. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter.

the rulte of law m and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone has to stand up. >> this as we brace fortoday's sentencing of former trump adviser michael flynn. tracie potts joining us now from washington. tracie, good morning. i want to start with the shutdown. we any closer to a? deal he >> no, not at all. not only are weot closer to a deal, phillip, but we also have no idea there is a deal in the works, if there is anything going on behind the scenes. republicans are complaining that theyre not getting a signal of where the compromise might be fromhe white house. the last word from president trump is i'm proud to shut down theme gove, and that's sort of where they left it. democrats say they may deal with this in januarut for now, there is no sense of compromise from either side with four days ft until this partial government shutdown, which means nearly 800,000 federal employees paycheckser see their

delayed or eliminated over the christmas break. the issue, as you said is funding for wall. the $5 billion that the , governme that the president is kidnappeding, and less than a third of that is what democrats are willing to give up for >> a lot of money, but an even bigger impact before the holidays. i want switch gears to michael flynn. he is going to be sentenced today. do you think he'll face prison time? >> probably not because the government is rommending no his n time for him given cooperation in this russian interference investigation. michael flynn, the former national security ad who was also closed to predent trump during the campaign pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi, and now we have a transcript redacted, a transcript ofew that intervi where the fbi says he lied his contacts with the russian ambassador in the weeks leading up to the end of that caaign. >> let's see if they go light on

him today. tracie, thank you. the father ofye a -old boy on life support is making an emotional plea to the u.s. state department so tha the boy's mother can come see her son. 2-year-oldbdullah hassan was born with a rare brain disease, and his contion is quickly deteriorating. his mother lives in egypt, but can't enter the united states because of president trump's travel ban on muslim countries. so far the state department has ignored their pleas for a waiver to get her into t country. the by's family is preparing to remove him from life support and want to give his mother one last chance to say goodbye. migration has been a hot button issue this year, between the migrant caravan andum president s border wall, it was never far from the headlines. well, today the u.n. isarng international migrants day. the goal, to promote more dignity for migrants. sarah harman joining u now in studio with more. sarah, good morning. great toave you with us. what is this all about? >> hey, good morning to youing.n migratas been such a big issue. we've all heard about the a carava the border wall, and

in the u.s. it's become very political. migration is a global phenomenon. wherever there is conflict or eeolence. >> our going to people fleeing, syria, iraq, afghanistan, so many conflicts. the list really goes on and on. and in fact, the.n. says tha around the world, 60 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict. 60 million people. think about that for a second. that's the population of new york and california combined.so today's about raising awareness. all tos, there some 258 million international might grants. that's a lot of people, and most of them aren't in the u.s. they're in europe and asia, and you guys knowts europe has own struggles with might griggs. over the weekend, an anti-migrant protest in belgium turned violent. police using tear gas and water cann protesters there. the u.n. says international migrants day is all about migration with dignity. the thought being these are people, in whatever situation or country they find themselves in at a minimum, they should be

treated like human beings. so that's the message that they're sharing today. >> that's a great point. too often you see them talking about them like they're dangerous cattle or something. they areyou said, human beings with a purpose. thanks fors joiningis morning. >> my pleasure. with more than 100 million people expected to start traveling this week for the holidays, all eyes are on the skies as several powerful storms star country.c'ross the nb tom costello now on the big picture for your travel plans. >> reporter: it's already started. high surf and heavy rains poundi the pacific coast, the first of several storms this week. in notice that widespread rain starts to push during the evening commute. >> reporter: by midweek, just as 110 million americans start the holiday getaway, more rain will drench everything east of the mississippi.n potential rai delays expected atlanta's airport thursday and friday, along with just about every airport to the north, south, and east.

on the highways, that heavy rain could make for a slow crawl on nearly allerhe as running east, west, and north-south, with snow expected in the upper midwest. volatile weather a top concern for the nation's shippers, nin an all-out push to deliver those holiday packages. to guarantee a christmas arrival, the big three say give it to them no later than friday. there are a lot of procrastinators. o 53 people are expected to wait until saturday to try to ship their christmas packages. in los angeles, the crush is now. >> we hire a bun of people. we hire hundreds of people during the holiday seasons, just e compensat for that extra volume. >> reporter: huge volume and a hope mother nature doesn't get way.he tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. day ow about that ho travel? let's go to bill karins. good morning, bill. >> good morning. it's going to be rain, not sw or slee but a lot of rain, maybe even a little severe weather. into wednesday when the

rainstorm really begins in areas of east texas, sliding into louisiana and mississippiuring the day. not anything too severe by time too we get to wednesday. on thursday the storm strengthens. storms will be rolling through florida.ta a, orlando, miami have the delays. and heavy rain from charleston to charlotte to raleigh. fray, the narro band of heavy rain and gusty winds will be ving through the northeast. new york city early on the day on friday. boston friday afternoon and evening. on the:00 be a side windy with snow showers in areas of the ohio valley too. again, a lot of airport delays, especially wind and rain. that's a look at the big weaeer story of day. now here is a closer look at the day ahead. well, today is a very cold day, and i'm sure if anyone in e northern nland was up throughout the night, it was probably because the wind was blowing and hitting the sideusf the temperatures cold in northern new england, but pretty mild throughout the rest of the country.jo a pretty nice afternoon. ot's take a look when we come back about thes of a white christmas. i'll give you a long-range snow forecast.

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station. chris is live. >> we have phone calls out toal offi as we try to learn exactly what happened. but take alook. here's video at the scene. it shows that heavy policees ce that you mentioned. it also shows a crime scene investigators the amtrak police responded. we did see an investigator walk into the train station. beyond that, we don't know at this point what happened.insi we can tell you, justin finch is working to learn more and just got to the scene. he'll have live reports on this coming up.t you'll wo stay with us here on news 4 today. >> thank you. let's turn now to wtop's jack taylor in for melissa this morning. of e's a lot of trains out new carrolton. new word on impact of service at this point? >> thankfully, what we can report so far is normal service will be on tap this morning. as of yet, not effecting service on