ahmed chalabi provided intelligence indicating iraq had weapons of mass destruction. >> that turned out to be false. he was 71-years-old. a storm is delivering an early taste of winter to northern california. the cold front moving in from the pacific northwest is bringing much needed precipitation to the drought stricken region. the system dropped up to a foot of snow in parts of the sierra, nevada. drivers were forced to use chains or snow tires on mountain highways around lake tahoe. heavy streets and snarled commuters, crews cleared out clogged storm drains t. storm triggered a passive pileup. about 20 cars were involved in people suffered minor injuries, police blamed poor visibility. parts of the southeast face the threat of more heavy rain and severe weather. new downpours could bring flooding to the carolinas. cars sent up plumes of water monday as they drove throughed intoed roadways, strong winds damaged highway signs, flooding forced the closure of low lying streets as water streamed across the pavement. an update on the e. coli update linked to restaurants in the pacific nort

the 2003 iraq invasion has died, the 71-year-old died of heart attack at his baghdad home and ahmed chalabirsuade the u.s. that hussein had weapons of mass destruction and what he had turned out false and the bush administration distanced itself from him and he had been trying to make a political come back in iraq. u.s. president barack obama defended his decision to send special forces into syria and saying it's merely an extension of what they are already doing. in his first comment since the deployment was announced they say they will not be fighting in syria but working as advisors and trainers. >> we are run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights with i.s.i.l. but i've been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a battalions and occupations, that doesn't solve the problem. >> reporter: the president of the central african republic is calling on the u.n. to do more to end a wave of violence that killed 90 people since sept

the 71-year-old died of a heart attack in his baghdad home and ahmed chalabi pur swayed the u.s.apons of mass destruction and much of what he gave of evidence turned out to be false and bush administration later distanced itself from him and trying to make a political come back in iraq. u.s. president barack obama defended his decision to send special forces in syria and saying it is an extension of what they are doing and the comment since it was announced says they won't be fighting in syria but working with trainers. >> we have run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights with i.s.i.l. but i've been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in iraq with a battalions and occupations, that doesn't solve the problem. >> reporter: a rebel group in syria is locking people in cages and using them as shields trying to stop air strike and want them to stop targeting duma and dana has the story. >> reporter: this is how they plan to fight

iraqi politician ahmed chalabi, who played a key role in pushing for the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq, has died at the age of 71. chalabi was the former head of the iraqi national congress, a cia-funded iraqi exile group that helped drum up pre-war claims that saddam hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to al-qaeda. chalabi provided bogus intelligence to the bush administration, u.s. lawmakers and journalists. , as recently as last year, chalabi was seen a possible candidate for iraqi prime minister. during a visit to new york in 2005, he denied his role in the iraq war. a casefact i perpetuated for war based on weapons of mass destruction is an urban myth, which is not rooted in reality and it continues to have a life of its own despite the very serious investigations that were conducted by bipartisan bodies of the united states government such as the senate intelligence committee. he provided the iraqi sources to journalists and congressmen who said saddam hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to al qaeda come a

a "wall street journal" reports on the death of controversial iraqi politician ahmed chalabiment he reported, indicating iraq had weapons of mass destruction. those claims helped lead to the invasion of iraq in 2003. he died of a heart attack this morning in his home in baghdad. he was 71-years-old. >>> the washington post reports on a large segment of white middle aged americans dying at a very alarming rate. the findings are based on statistics from 1999 to 2013. there was an increase for men and women between ages of 45 to 54 with less than a college education. that's about half a million additional deaths. it's comparable to the death rate for hiv-aids. drug, alcohol and suicide are the likely causes. the oklahoma in oklahoma city reports a halloween stunt left residents at one small town outraged. the husband of the mayor and his friends wore the robes and hoods of the klu klux klan and held up crosses near a bonfire. some citizens of the nearly 650 person town are now calling for the mayor's resignation. the mayor said, her husband showed poor judgment and says she was not involved. >>

. >> talking about ahmed chalabi, an iraqi politician. he lived years in exile but he's the guy who bushed the bush administration with since discredit the information about weapons of mass destruction. the 72-year-old died of an apparent heart attack. >>> now to new allegations against volkswagen which the u.s. government says got caught cheat on emissions tests again, this time for more than 10,000 more cars than the company has previously acknowledged. nbc's tom costello is on the story again. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning, savannah. this could mean millions more in new fines for the world's second largest carmaker which has already admitted to altering engines to harm harm full emissions in more than 11 million cars. now the epa says it's also found thousands of pores,s, volkswagen's luxury line. they are amongst volkswagen's priciest cars and most profitable. luxury suvs like the pores, cayenne and vwturig as well as 2005 audi models with a v-6 diesel engine that the epa says vw equipped with secret software to foo

. >>> of course -- ahmed chalabi has died. he supplied information to the u.s.saddam with weapons of mass destruction. >>> the ship wreck discovered at the bottom of the atlantic ocean is the missing cargo ship "el faro." the 790-foot ship vanished as hurricane joaquin hit that location. 33 crew members, including 28 americans were on board that boomed vessel. >>> a stunt at "monday night football's" game. they unfurled a banner that said dump dominion. the north carolina power company gets financing from -- those protesters are now facing charges. >> that's commitment. >> yes, it is. >> they hung there for a long time. >> they did. like two innings or something like that. >> building on the momentum of a strong debate performance, marco rubio takes a big leap in new hampshire. support tripling there following the debate. rubio picking up his first endorsement from one of his senate colleagues, freshman corey gardner. the colorado republican joining us on "new day" this morning. he's explaining why he's throwing his support behind rubio. senator, good to have yo