. . . . first a member of donald trump's cabinet has been chosen, but he hasn't accepted the job yet. >> they were against each other a healing meeting. a disturbing image of a policeman striking a woman during an altercation. >> the winter weather that has us excited. the lengths they will go for milk and cookies. and the eye popping sales prices for marlin monroe's infamous happy birthday mr. president dress. "early today" starts right now.

mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. >> mr. trump added michael flynn to hissed a min strag. no word on whether he accepted the offer. knew this morning, he is considering mitt romney for secretary of state. keep in mind the two men are scheduled to meet in what should be a very awkward greeting, between the two during the campaign season. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said, mitt, drop to your knees. he would have dropped to his knees. >> the bullying. the greed, the showing off, the

treks. >> poor mitt romney is sad, he's going around, ah, ah, he's a sad case. you know they still -- >> romney joins former u.n. ambassador bob colton, bob corker, former new york city rudy guiliani and south carolina governor nikki haley from a possible people for secretary of other other include governor rick scott, senator jeff sessions, henry kissinger and more. one removes himself, house speaker newt gingrich tells nbc news, he will not be a part of the trump cabinet. >> that and sinz abe is the first to meet wp mr. trump for what was described as a very

we will hear arguments in the trump university case. trump's legal team asked for a delay until after the inauguration. justice correspondent pete williams confirms even president trump can be compelled to testify on this and other lawsuits pertaining to matters prior to his election. keep in mind, the trump university legal case was brought by former students who claimed they misrepresented what students will be taught t. federal judge in the case, t the campaign was hostile to him because of his ethnic identity. now to a disturbing story out of arizona, where a police officer has been placed on leave after a video was posted on social media, showing him punching a woman in a face during a confrontation. >> that woman was subsequently investigated and an investigation is under way. nbc has more. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the confrontation if

officer threw the punch. >> hey. >> hey. >> you can't hit a girl like that. >> police were responding to an eviction notice. it is unclear who led to the police officer, and she was arrested and released. >> just let him arrest you. >> you dare see it. it's the people who are supposed to protect us and they did not protect us. they ended up hurting me. >> reporter: the plarld placed the officer on leave. the chief saying he is concerned by what is >> it is our intent to conduct a very detailed and thorough investigation into this matter. >> reporter: in his report, the officer said he was kicked and needed in the groin. the video shot behind a rail is not the only everyday. >> stop, police, stop, right now! >> reporter: in flag staff,

these. >> is there is too much a call to reaction. >> to a teen pool party if texas. officers impact high profile incidents like these never face criminal charges. in arizona, police are asking for time and patience to determine if the whole story is on this shocking tape. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> we also have video from a ought rubble if syria. it reportedly took volunteers four hours to rescue this shocked and bloody child in aleppo. sadly, his mother was killed in that airstrikes t. strikes are a part of a russian launch this week t. bombardment created a syrian crisis with the disruption of water and electricity supply to residents. >> more and more disturbing

killed one and injured a dozen others in canton, illinois. look at this under surveillance video from wednesday. it captures the very moment of impact. right there, officials say a contractor digging outside the 125-year-old opera house hit aen line. the cause of the explosion, though, is under investigation. it is the latest in a series of recent explosions rocking in the past 20 years, gas line incidents have killed nearly 300 people in the united states, causing more than a billion dollars in property damage. 50 wildfires are burning and 20,000 acres across seven states and residents' house may be in danger. it's going 20 feet in the air, mack it difficult to breathe. >> if smrn to walk into an

area, you would be exposed to the same type of smoke we are exposed to by the forest fires. >> authorities believe many of the fires were started by arsonists. the governor of north carolina amourn theed up to a $10,000 reward leading to an arrest. we have a new ipopping stat for you. the u.s. divorce rates have now dropped to a 40-year low. we are talking about 40 years here. it's based on bowling green university. the divorce rate is 16.924 hourss for every thousand women across the country. marriage rates have increased to 32.2 marriages for every thousand women. >> i think because you know i was reading about this, it seems people are mature and marrying later in life. >> we figure ourselves out. all right, weather news,

while seven not thrilled. we found this one joyful poch taking in the snowflakes with what might be described as purevdorj happiness. >> i love it. >> he has no plays to worry about. >> it's called, please come back inside. >> there it is, living the life. bill cairns is here with that. >> i love the first snow. everybody likes to go out there. it's that third and fourth we don't leak so much. winter s from nebraska to minnesota and the police ard conditions. the snow has broken out overnight. it is heavy overnight. the heaviest snow, that's going to be shing up into areas of south dakota and minnesota during the day today. that's where the worst will be. nebraska will see things improving slowly.

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and here. the u.s. marines raising the american flag on iwo jima back in 1945. then there's this the historic 1965 man on the moon and while contell prepare snapshots made the list, ellen's selfie went viral in the oscars in 2014. >> incredible. some of those pictures bring back memory, especially that oscar one. very powerful. leading the news, violence erupted in hooded protesters threw multiple round of projectiles at the police, who responded with tear gas and grenade, littering the streets with riot and smoke. they broke out after the us a territory policy, which were demanded by the european union and international monetary fund in exchange for critical loans for that country. in the washington post, a

in the white house because of me t. article comes as social media sites like facebook and twitter are under a barrage of criticism of what say some is aiding and abetting the false information during the election. president obama is lending his voice to the fight as he comes out swing against this misinformation. >> there is so much active misinformation and it's pack and very well and it looks the same when you see it open a facebook television. if everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protected. we won't know what to fight for. >> mark zuckerberg, himself, said fake news was not something that's swayed the election. if it's getting the president's attention, it is serious.

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>> fast forwarding, today, president obama marks obama's final foreign stop of his presidency. former senator ted cruz will different a speech alongside governor nikki >> this weekend's box office may break record, fantastic beats and where to find them opens nationwide. >> nocturnal animals, the psychological thriller starring amy adams and jake gyllenhaal. >> a drama with casey affleck and michelle williams a. lot of food movies to try to catch. >> ipopping headlines. you remember that famous skin

monroe, well, that has sold at auction. >> ? happy birthday ? ? mr. president ? ? happy birthday to you ? >> well, she was wearing that dress right there at that very moment when she sang to the president t. dress sold for a whopping $4. million t. buyer, ripley's believe it or not. believe it. >> so you have that breathy rendition of mr. president. the iconic pieces of mar len memorabilia. next, the biggest bust, the u.s. seized fake u.s. currency, the u.s. secret service was carrying out searches in lima when the huge stacks were discovered. peru is the largest manufacture of fake u.s. currency. 48 people were busted in the

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and his family to thanksgiving dinner. >> that is such a nice story him some good news heading into the holiday season, we all love those random, i love getting invited to grandma's house. >> it's usually a wrong number. that's a great example of how it works out. here's a british man that took a giant leap. that's simon barry. he did it to just, because he was kind of hungry. he wanted milk and cookies, he record. he jumped 240 feet. look at that perfection, to nail that cup of tea was pretty tricky. not only is he a world record holder. he officially did an amazing feat. congrats to him. pretty amazing. >> spot on. accuracy. >> this is "early today." little dakota's nose was quivering in fear.

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a live look at radar this morning -- this is what it looks like in minnesota -- a blizzard is heading toward the twin cities. i'm vince vitrano. yesterday was another november treat with hazy sunshine and record breaking highs near 72 thanks to a southerly wind to 20 mph. the wind increased