here's sarah harman. >> reporter: tonight nfl free agentssault after surviving a stabbing in pittsburgh. a woman also arrested and charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault pryor spent the night in the hospital and is excted to make a suspended indefinitely arizona cardinals defensive back josh shaw for betting on games. it's the first such penalty in more than two decades. the league emphasizing it found no indication that shaw used inside information or compromised any game nfl commissioner roger goodell saying "if you work in the nfl in any capacity, you may not bet on nfl football. the season has been marred by scandal starting with star receiver antonio brown. after begging to be released from the raiders, brown was picked up by the patriots only to be swiftly dropped following accusations of rape and sexual assault. brown denies theallegations an not been charged on sunday, the pittsburgh steelers and the cleveland browns meet for the first time after cleveland defensive end myles garrett was suspended indefinitely after striking mason rudolph in the head with his own

officials from ntsb are expected on the island tomorrow. >> sarah harman, thank you fo that report. >>> the death toll is rising following a massive explosion in somalia today. it happened in the capital mogadishu. a truck filled with explosives blew up in the middle of a busy intersection matt bradley has the very latest from london. >> reporter: tonight in somalia, the casualties keep coming pulled from a massive truck bombing that devastated the security checkpoint during this morning rush hour. mohammad amin, a local journalist, rushed to the scene after he felt the blast three miles away >> it was utterly pure devastation of property, life the dead and dying lying around where the explosion happened. >> reporter: the death toll is likely to rise some governments and local officials say more than 90 have died among the casualties soldiers, police officers, university students and children. >> you can see casualties arriving and those who are dead >> reporter: no one has claimed responsibility for the attack blame is likely to focus on al shabaab, an al qaeda-linked islamist milita

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>> sarah harman in kawhi, thank you. >>> on to politics this morning.ith the impeachment showdown on hold for the holidays holidays,t trump is spending his vacation tweeting about the process, as the democratic senator says some of his republican colleagues may be willing to challenge how the senate's leader is handling the process. nbc's hans nichols is in florida, where the president is spending the holidays. hans, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. and the president is spending those holidays quietly. there's little on his public schedule. but he is active, as you mentioned, on twitter. the president taking aim at house speaker nancy pelosi, who has largely stayed silent on any plans to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. trump on holiday r&r, but not taking a vacation from twitter. so easy to see nancy pelosi demanding fairness from mitch mcconnell, when she presided on the most unfair hearing in the united states congress. former vice president joe biden told "the des moines register," that trump's accusations against him a

sarah harman has details. a note, this video is disturbing. >> we're in the 11000 block of sutton. >> reporter: it began with the report of a stolen car. deputies in pursuit of a vehicle reported missing in a carjacking. >> show me your [ muted ] hands. turn off the [ muted ] car. >> reporter: what they didn't know, the driver, 52-year-old david glenn ward, was the car's owner. >> get your hands up! >> reporter: in a video of the stunning confront igs released by the sonoma county sheriff's department deputy charles blount can be seen approaching the vehicle. >> get out of the car. >> all right, i'm getting out. >> reporter: the driver, who is physically disabled, struggled to exit the car. law enforcement dragging him through the window. >> ah! my legs! >> reporter: then tasing him. police say deputy blount attempted a carotid hold, a controversial move designed to cut off blood to the brain. ward became unresponsive. >> we need medical, man. get medical. >> reporter: as it became clear ward was the victim, n

nbc's sarah harman is in kauai for us. sar sarah? the island of kauai a fresh search expected for the seventh around final passenger of the safari tour helicopter. these kinds of aerial toursish incredibly popular here on the island. some other tour companies even use ed their he wanteds to assi in the initial search. it's hard to overstate the impact of this devastating accident is having on this small tight-knit community. >> no indications of survivors. >> reporter: heartbreak in hawaii. remains of the six of seven people onboard discovered in a remote mountain region on the island of kauai after a tour helicopter crashed. the chopper carrying two families including children was due back around 5:30 thursday evening, but never returned. their last contact came at 4:40 p.m. as the pilot was leaving a canyon area along the in a pauli coast, a region known for stunning scenery. it's unclear what caused the crash. >> like anyplace there are dangers. that area is known for having beautiful, sunny days, and that can change with a matter

. >> joining me now from kauai is sarah harman.know authorities are looking for one more person. they'll begin the search at first light. what can you tell us about the operation? >> yeah, cory, this is the news that no one wanted after that helicopter went missing late thursday. and these aerial tours, these are some of the most popular activities you can do here. this accident is shending shock waves through the community. this morning heartbreak in hawaii. >> there are no indications of survivors. >> the remains of six of the seven people onboard discovered in a remote mountain region on the island of kauai after a tour helicopter crashed. the chopper carrying two families including children was due back around 5:30, but never returned. their last contact came as the pilot was leaving a canyon area along the coast, a region known for its stunning scenery. it's unclear what caused the crash. >> like any place, there are some dangers. that area is known for having beautiful sunny days, and that can change within a matter of an hou

>> nbc's sarah harman. thank you. >>> new alarm out of north korea.l satellite photos appear to show kim jong-un is not willing to denuclearize before diplomatic talks with the united states. joining me now is nbc's molly hunter out of london. molly, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, phillip, good morning. that's right, these pictures show essentially an expansion on a factory, and analysts say this expansion, this temporary building, is used to accommodate a launcher arm and in the past they've seen this kind of building erected ahead of a test. but analysts say there is more activity at other locations, more systems, more buildings, more capabilities, and all of this leads u.s. military and intelligence officials to believe that we may actually be seeing a test in the next few days. let's take a listen to what u.s. defense secretary mark esper had to say. >> clearly, we think that the political solution is the best way forward to denuclearize the peninsula and to address north korea's programs. i have two functions here, as i've said before. one

>> sarah harman, thank you for that. >>> dylan back here with a check of the forecast.oking wet for a lot of folks. >> it is wet but warm for the east coast. we're looking at temperatures above average. i want to look at what's going on across the northern plains. temperatures will be running about 25 degrees below average. that's a high temperature in fargo, minus 1. 23 in omaha. that's 15 degrees below average. this will start to push to the east. minneapolis, a high of 7. chicago, 29. buffalo, 33. this is the cold air that's setting the stage for this next storm system. this is a monday, tuesday storm. on the northern edge of it, we'll see snow and ice. we will start as snow in new york city and across the northeast, before it changes over to ice. and it could end as a little bit of rain. where the rain/snow line sets up term determines how much ice we're going to see. some models keep more ice. and some keep mostly snow across new england. either way, we'll get a burst of moderate snow for the interior northeast in this area in darker blue here. lighter snow surroun