officials have also decided to unify the tax rate for beer. a beer-like drink and a malt-free beverage that tastes like beer. all three will be taxed at 50 cents per 350 milliliters. that plan is to phase in the new rate from 2017 through to october 2026. that means a tax cut for beer but an increase for low-malt drinks. >>> that's the latest in business for this hour. it's back to catherine now. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> as we've been reporting, a 7.4 earth bake hit off the coastline of fukushima in northeastern japan. tsunami warnings that were issued have been downgraded to tsunami advisories. residents are in evacuation areas, many outdoors. let's go to meteorologist robert speta for the latest in world weather. >> yes, definitely a very chilly morning occupant there across much of northern japan. this is definitely very important for people that had to rush out of their homes quickly, especially elderly vulnerable to the cold. temperatures across much of the tohoku region dipping down to near freezing, well into the single digits. as w

officials say 71 people died in the wreck. that's down from the original report of 75 people, that's because four people were on the plane's passenger list, but did not board the flight. the plane was carrying members of a brazilian soccer team. california jail has been recaptured. 26-year-old laron campbell -- on the right-- has been taken back into custody. authorities have yet to release details surrounding his arrest. meantime, 33-year-old rogelio chavez remains at large. campbell and chavez escaped last wednesday by cutting through the bars of a second floor window and lowering themselves to the ground with bed sheets and clothing. 1-thousand jobs will stay at a carrier plant in indiana after the company president-elect donald trump. but first-- the president elect is expected to announce a slew of nominations this week. angelica joins us from the newsroom with new information. the president-elect announced two nominations yesterday...and we could learn of two other major appointments today. georgia representative tom pri

now at 7-- election officials are ready to count the votes again. whatwe recount for wisconsin's presidential election results. plus.. get your computers ready-- cyber monday is now underway. we're checking out some of the best online deals. good morning and welcome back to wakeup! time now x:xx weather we should see a break in the rain for most of the morning, although cloudy conditions and a few sprinkles will still stick around. another round of showers arrives this afternoon and continues will stay mainly in the upper 40s. the forecast for tomorrow is looking warmer highs in the mid 50s with more sunshine possible in the afternoon - although models show us right on the edge of cloud cover to the west.wednesday takes our highs back down to the 40s, and mostly cloudy skies stick around into next weekend. today: mostly cloudy and windy. scattered showers. high: 49 wind: se 10-20 mph tonight: shower chances continue overnight. low: 43 wind: se/sw 5-15 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays del

officials are deeplyce and preparing for some sort of cyber chaos next week. current and former officials say an attack on critical infrastructure, including the u.s. power grid is one of three worst-case concerns. one highly placed intelligence source told nbc news, your vote is safe, you just might not have any lights. also on the worry list, a large-scale denial of service. in other words, part of the internet goes and transportation in swing states. but intelligence sources and a senior obama national security official tell nbc news, they believe a more likely scenario is that hackers from russia or elsewhere, will try to manipulate twitter, facebook, and other social media platforms, to sew confusion and chaos. of parallel concern is an 11th hour release of fake documents, implicating one of the candidates in an time for it to be fact-checked. and it isn't just the russians. multiple intelligence and law enforcement officials tell nbc news the concern is just as much about non-state actors, hackers, political activists, and criminal mischief makers. while

the officials said employers benefit, as well. they can hire confident wompete whenever they need them. social security system designed for corporate employees and also raised the concern that some firms might exploit free lns workers. the panel plans to research the situation of existing free lns workers and come up with a report within the year. >>> the store in osaka is holding a very special event. a sale ofoabout 1,000 items all made of gold. a gold frying pan. the price tag about $400,000. the pan is used to make small pieces of cake. before the store opened journalists got to watch the cook using the pure gold pan to make it. >> translator: this gold plate has good thermal conductivity. even at low heat we can cook it perfectly. >> also on odisplay is a replica of a helmet and the world's third largest lump of gold. 120 kilograms and can be yours for $5.5 million. and you can catch our report, again, online together with a full transcript. look for nhk world "and business wrap." i'm going to leave you with the markets. >>>

and now, state election officials will count again. wisconsin election officials are scrambling statewide, after a presidential contender demands each and every vote in the state be re- live with the details - julie? the wisconsin election commission is holding a special meeting this morning to approve a proposed time line of the recount - this after green party leaders filed paperwork saying they are worried about exit polling data that didn't pan out. the green party raised more than 5 millions dollars in just a couple days to pay for this and 2 other recounts in michigan and george martin says volunteers across the state will not be allow to touch ballots - but they can stand by and observe. the campaign for former green party presidential candidate jill stein filed paperwork on friday, initiating a recount of the presidential vote. president-elect donald trumps victory over democrat hillary clinton was by a margin of 22- thousand votes. gm 'the machines may not have been accurate. but also there is human error - and also politics.'

officials say they need time to rearrange park's schedule and select her lawyers. choi will likely be indicted on saturday. she's suspected of pressuring businesses to donate huge sums of money to two foundations she's linked to. it's also alleged she had illegal access to the presidential office's internal documents. this is the first time a sitting president will be investigated by prosecutors. they hope to clarify the extent of park's involvement. to do this, they want to speak to her directly, not through written communications. two of park's close aides were questioned on monday. the prosecutors appear to be collecting evidence in preparation for the interview with the president. they're also casting an eye on the giant conglomerates that account for three-quarters of south korea's gdp. last week they started calling in executives from hyundai motor, hanwha group, sk group, and samsung electronics. they also talked to hanjin group chairman choi yun ho. hanjin shipping is the nation's largest container carrier. korean air is part of the group. hanjin and other

trump was endorsed by the official newspaper of the ku klux klan. do any of us have a place in trump's america? >> and as clinton hammers away on trump for his white nationalist support, his son eric had these words for former kkk grand wizard david duke during a radio interview. desperately needs a bullet in the head as far as i can tell. >> that's disgusting and i think, by the way, if i said what you said, i would get killed for it. but i think i'll say it anyway. the guy does deserve a bullet. these aren't good people. these are horrible people. >> trump had a healthy roster of surrogates vouching for her candidacy on the road, including daughter ivanka and wife melania, and an interesting moment came when undercut her husband's social media habits by telling the crowd this. >> i do worry about all of our children. as we know, now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. but like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. we have seep this already. our culture has gotten too mean and too rough. >> meanwhile, clinton had president obam

former officials say an attack on infrastructure, including the u.s. power grid is one of three worst case concerns. one highly placed intelligence source told nbc news, your vote is safe. you just might not have any lights. also on the worry list, a large scale denial of service. in other words, part of the internet goes down or a cyber attack to disable and transportation in swing states, but intelligence sources and a senior obama national security official tell nbc news, they believe a more likely scenario is hackers from russia or elsewhere will try to manipulate twitter, facebook and other social media platforms to sell confusion and chaos. candidates without time to be fact checked. it isn't just the russian, multiple intelligence and law enforcement officials tell nbc news the concern is just as much about non-state actors, hackers, political activists and criminal mischief makers. while multiple officials tell nbc they have no specific warning about an attack, they say the sophisticated disruption are a rehearsal or for the real thing the acti

how officials are getting input from the community first. the community of shorewood is facing a dilemma. neighbors value its old, historic school buildings. but those buildings need to be updated. pete zervakis explains the effort underway that could lead to those repairs. we have three buildings between 90 and 100 years old superintendent bryan davis says community feedback - school district to look into modernizing its facilities. a study - by an architectural firm - named more handicap accessibility... and building security... as two areas where shorewood schools could improve. flexible classroom spaces was another one. how do we put students in smaller groups discussing ideas being able to dialogue, debate in classes in order to do that som aren't conducive to th are trying to outhat , students, staff and ?=parents want... and what they're indavi a "big ideas" planning phase will start in january. from that will emerge three or four specific , renovation proposals that will be put forward to the public. the brainstorming about possible

officials quickly put the mall on lockdown. police say they have some solid leads. >> we are following up on several leads. we have not made an arrest yet but we have leads we are following up on. i want to make sure that the an isolated incident. melinda: police say no one was hurt in the shooting. >> new this morning, a four-year-old girl and her mother are in the hospital after an accidental shooting in indianapolis. police say the girl got ahold of a gun while the mother was sleeping. the child accidentally shot the mother and herself. police are calling it tragic and they're investigating and reminding parents to keep guns and ammunition out of reach of children. ben: new this morning, a muslim student in ann arbor threatened near campus. the student told police that a man approached h a threatened to set her on fire if she didn't remove her hijab. she removed the scarf and then ran away. the threat prompted an emergency alert for all students at the university of michigan. >> also new this morning, when people showed up f

the officials are warning people of icy roads and disruptions in transportation. our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with more. >> this exceptional cold air mass dominating much of northern and central japan. you can see on our satellite picture you have northwesterly winds coming in. that classic sea-effect snowfall. typically whenever we get an area like that, the mountains of central japan blocks any snow from getting over. down toward the south we actually had a low coming in and, yes, that brought us our first snowfall since 1962 in november. quite incredible. snow in tokyo is rather rare. you only see it about once or twice a year so this early in the winter season is exceptionally unusual. how much is going to be coming down? as we go ahead through the rest of the day, looks like in downtown tokyo an additional 2 centimeters of snowfall is possible accumulating on surfaces that are not warm, car tops and table tops out there. looks like the heaviest will be back toward the west. you can see about 15, maybe 20 centimeters. how long will it be lasting

officials are also saying children have died. we don't know anything more than right now that officials are saying there were 35 people on board when the bus crash happened. the children on 23 were rushed to local hospitals. this bus crashed inside a home. we're told that everybody inside the home was okay. the bus driver is cooperating with police. >> police around the country are on high alert with more and more reports of attacks on officers. >> a deeper look at the rise and attacks on police officers.

officials estimate damages at around $350,000. the remains of former cuban dictator fidel castro will arrive in havana's revolution plaza today for two days of tributes before a mass public ceremony tomorrow. meanwhile, many cubans who escaped during h abc's janai norman is following the reaction this morning. janai: it's the tale of two cities, united by the impact of one man. >> the road to havana paved with glory for rebel chieftain fidel castro. janai: the cuban government banning public drinking, music, and dancing for nine days to honor the leader. laura: missing all the music, which we know is such a big part of the culture. janai: leaving the normally north, in miami's little havana? [boisterous crowd] janai: a noisy celebration for cubans who fled castro's brutal regime. gladys: and i'm not happy because somebody died. death -- it is not about that. it is about that we see the future changing. pjanai: during his decades in power, castro sent more than a million of his own people into exile, separating families and denying

officials say arrington knew the family he attacked. some do's and don'ts today as you head to the polls. this year --- a voter i-d. our deandra corinthios joins us now from downtown milwaukee with more. from what you wear to what you post on social media...you'll need to be careful. and do not forget your photo i-d. an example...would be a wisconsin driver's liscence. and know your polling location...and your registration status if you plan to register at the polls today bring proof of residency with you. political items such as clothing or other paraphernalia like pins or buttons or hats will not be allowed...and an election official can ask you to remove or cover the item. that is considered electioneering. you are also not allowed to campaign within 100 feet from entrance of a polling place. also...no selfies at the polls...pictures in polling places or voting booths are illegal. polls open at 7 am and close at 8 pm. reporting live in 8 pm. reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news toss to rob a cold front moves through us this morni

>> that's what some former officials have said. but fbi officials say that they're mistaken. it's true that the fbi director thought that it was too soon to atrinity these attacks to russia. but his concern was based on investigating issues. possibly compromising investigating methods. he never mentioned effect on the u.s. election. >> thanks so much, pete. >> there's one more story that dropped overnight. the "new york times" saying donald trump avoided paying potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes in a way that even his own lawyers considered questionable. drawing on documents reviewed for the paper by tax experts, the report says trump, who is facing financial collapse back in the '90s, used, quote, a mathematical sleight of hand, trickery, a strategy that his lawyers said the irs would have most likely declared improper if audited. he posted a one year loss of more than $900 million back in 1995, which may have allowed him to avoid paying federal income tax for a total of 18 years. the trump campaign says these tax expert misread the law. i want to bring in

it's all hands on deck, says a second official. multiple officials say concern is so high, for the first time in conjunction with an election in several top-secret facilities, including underground bunkers little rock this newly refurbished one located somewhere on the east coast, hundreds of federal employees, including cyber experts are monitoring incoming intelligence to react to any threat to the federal government's communication and command systems. this morning, former nato commander admiral james stavridis discussed the type of russian threat he was concerned about, from a dump of false documents, to an attack on the u.s. power grid. >> there's maybe a 1 in 3 chance of this happening, but it's not insignificant. >> reporter: the scope of government readiness is unprecedented, including the six national cyber centers operation centers. including here in new york, where both candidates will host what they hope are victory celebrations. new york police department and counter-surveillance teams are already at work. 5,000 unifor

officials identified the suspect as raplh stanley elrod. investigators say elrod was upset about neighbors riding 4 wheelers in the area and confronted them with a weapon. authorities don't believe the officers were targeted... a utah officer is dead after being hit by a car sunday morning. officials say officers witnessed three peop complex and stealing a car from the parking lot. the suspects took off and a police chased them. 25-year-old cody brotherson was outside his squad -- trying to put down tire spikes when he was hit by the suspects' car. the suspects were later taken into custody. brotherson's body was carried from the scene in a procession. he's the first west valley city police officer in department history to die in the line of duty. police in new jersey have a deadly stabbing case a woman and two children were found stabbed to death in a home saturday in essex county. three others were also wounded. many of the victims are family members...but their exact relationship is not known at this time. police are still investigating

abc's linzie janis has more from gaitlinburg, officials say it gaitlinburg, tennessee where officials say it looks like a bomb went off. a big day for announce two additional cabinet picks today. news a-b-c news reports former goldman sachs executive and trump campaign finance chairman steven mnuchin will be nominated for treasury secretary. billionaire investor wilbur ross is said to be trump's choice for comr amid cabinet speculation... the president-elect ate dinner last night with mitt romney. the two were joined by incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus. they didn't keep it a secret. as you can see-- press photographers were allowed into the upscale new york restaurant to take photos. this was the second meeting between the two since the election. romney is reportedly under strong consideration for secretary of state. more good news for the president-elect. he has reportedly reached a deal with carrier to keep nearly one-thousand jobs tuesday, trump called it "great news," with more details to come. he and vice president-elect mike pence, the current indiana governor,

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officials say resuming operations would be too costly. they estimate the decommissioning will take 30 years, and retrieving spent nuclear fuel will take at least five and a half years. they've gathered research for the next phase, which is to develop a demonstration reactor. they'll make a final decision on the fate of the reactor next month. >>> a giant steel structure has been completed to confine radioactive substances at the sites of the chernobyl nuclear accident in ukraine. the arch is 108 meters call, and 257 meters wide. the cost of construction was about $1.6 billion. those vflds in the construction say the arch will be able to contain radioactive materials for 100 years. workers will continue the task of retrieving nuclear fuel from the reactor. [ applause ] >> translator: i hope the bond between the international community and ukraine will be maintained. >> japan's ambassador to ukraine spoke as the representative of the group of seven nations. the facility was built with aid from the g7 and other members of the international c

and the first south-asian elected official in wake county... says trump's rhethoric about muslims and immigration have rattled nerves, especially hard here in morrisville... where 35% of residents are indian-american... - "there's just a lot of there-- a lot of people concerned about what's going to happen to immigration reform. why did i come to a country that's against immigrants." - "here in this community, yes people are worried, really concerned." faisel khan immigrated to the triangle at 14... he's now a leading voice in the growing muslim community here... also shaken by trump's victory. - "let's not forget what trump said, that he wants to ban muslims coming into this country. he insulted the muslims. he has not extened any olive branch to the muslim- in this quiet raleigh suburb where indian culture is flourishing... and a muslim community is beginning to take hold... a plea to the president-elect... - " i want trump to say he believes this is a country for every nation in the world." - "explicity say it, that he disavows all the thign

japanese officials will keep a close eye on developments. tomoko kamata, nhk world, tokyo. >>> russian investigators have detained the country's economic development minister on suspicion of taking a bribe. the news is causing concerns here in japan as officials here push for closer economic ties with russia. russia's investigative committee says he received more than $2 million from the country's biggest oil producer. they suspect that in return, his ministry gave approval to the company to acquire a stake in another oil firm. japan's minister for trade w wi russia was scheduled to hold talks with him on the weekend in peruru. they were supposed to discuss an eight-point economic cooperation plan that japan had pitched ahead of president vladimir putin's visit in december. >> translator: honestly, i'm very surprised. the two governments have already agreed on the working plan for economic cooperation. >> translator: there's no change in our plan to develop japan/russia relationships over broad fields such as the economy. we wilpushsh forwar

officials say his life as was improperly secure. he drowned and his trial begins am. when we get back we will take a look at the three stories you need to know this morning. cbs2iowa.comor connect with us here are the three stories you need to know to start your tu will be in chattanooga tennessee this morning >>> here are the three stories you need to know. federal authorities are investigating a bus crash that killed six children on monday. this morning six are still in intensive care. officials held a press conference saying the driver is in jail facing manslaughter charges. the philadelphia police department says there was a device that is being investigated as a possible hate crime. a 62-year-old male was injured and is now in the hospital. to nantes at noon for the latest developments on this story. >>> millions of americans are expected to hit the road over the next few days. right now here is a live look tomorrow if it's a be the worst day to at the role because of the amount of cars. the best day to travel is actually on thanksgiving day. the traffic traffic

government officials release the consumer price index for october. then attention switches to pursue on the same day and administers from the asia pacific forum kickoff two-day meeting. on friday chinese officials post new home prices in 70 major cities. >>> you can catch our report, again, online together with a full transcript. look for nhk world and business wrap and that's a look at business news. i'm going to leave you with the markets. >>> south korean prosecutors say they want to question the president this week over a series of political scandals. it will make her the first sitting president to be investigated. huge backlash against her and many are waiting to see how she will handle the questioning. the prosecutors are waiting for a response from the presidential office. they want to question park on tuesday or wednesday. the scandal centered on park's long-time friend. she was arrested on suspension of attempting to defraud two foundations. park admitted to giving her access to state affairs. two officials have also been arrested. calls for

officials also said the unemployment rate in october was 4.9%. that's down a tenth of a percentage point from the figure for the previous month. they said the average hourly wage, a key gauge of inflation trends, rose 2.8% from the level in the same month last year. that was the strongest growth since june 2009. analysts say the fed will decide whether to increase its key interest rate at its policy meeting in december. they will be digesting the jobs data, inflation trends, and the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. the u.s. central bank official said earlier this week the case for a rate hike has continued to strengthen as growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace in the first half this year. tens of thousands of hardline islamists have rallied in the indonesian capital of jakarta in protest against the city's governor who is facing allegations of blasphemy. patchari raksawong at our bureau in bangkok has been following the story. >> the governor is a christian and the first ethnic chinese to hold the governorship.

officials stress there is no known threat to the parade. but extra barriers will be in place and dogs capable of sniffing the scent of explosives will be out of the air will be working the crowds. it was just two months ago of course the city s that exploded in manhattan's chelsea neighborhood. another was removed and disarmed by the nypd's elite bomb squad. tonight, in an nbc news exclusive, lester spends time with members of that team, who risk their lives to get that bomb off the street before it could kill. >> it was a miracle no one was killed. a bomb exploding in the heart of manhattan. and where there's one, experience tells in this case, it was discovered four blocks away. >> unequivocally, we could say anybody in proximity would receive a very serious, if not life-threatening injury. >> the device in chelsea's neighborhood turned out to be linked to a broader plot that began in nearby new jersey, where the suspect was later apprehended and wounded during a shoot-out with police. now for the first time, members of the nypd bomb squa

he says officials from the company called him yesterday and apologized. they also told him the manager was put on leave. v a k-9 officer in south carolina has some much needed protection this morning-- and his new body armor has a special tribute to one of our community heros. 6 year old badger is the only k-9 officer in orangeburg. recently the nonprofit "vested service dog a 2-thousand dollar body armor. on the underside of the vest it says-- "in memory of k-9 nicky, las vegas metropolitan police." nicky was stabbed during a standoff in february. he returned to duty a month later, where he was killed in a shootout with a murder suspect. right now - dozens of large wildfires continue to burn across the southeast. eight states are battling the smoke and flames with north carolina and georgia hit th officials believe most of the fires are the result of arson and at least one person has been arrested so far. abc's elizabeth hur has more on what's next for the affected areas. raging flames.. tearing across the southeast.. have more than three- thousand firef

syrian officials say it was a rebel rocket that hit the school. this country has been locked in a civil war for years and aleppo has been under siege. the syrian government led attacks at four hospitals and cutting off medical care to hundreds of thousands there. consider killed when a train derailed in india. 150 passengers were hurt. the train derailed sunday morning in northern india. officials say there could be 70 people trapped inside of the train. >> police in sweden are investigating after a car fire and explosion. witnesses reported hearing blasts and bangs and found with a gunshot wound near the scene. the police say this fire may be a case of arson. >> a boat rescue off the coast of massachusetts. six people rescued from a sink boat yesterday. the ships and choppers taking the survivors to shore. no injuries. the ship called captain jeff, while the crew is rescued the ship is sinking. >> wisconsin woman's new mission. students. the program she's credited for saving. >> plus, changing along the milwaukee lake front and the milestone that

ministry officials say construction started on about 88,000 units nationwide. that's up 14% from a year earlier. analysts say more people are building rental properties to win tax benefits and cheaper mortgages are fueling that trend. >>> officials at the economy ministry say japan's industrial production was up 0.1% marking the third straight month of increase. rose in line with stronger demand for smart phones in china. output of steel frames for public works projects also climbebed. >>> a tax break is onn the w wa for japanese companies offering day care facilities to its employees. it is planning to have the property tax levee on unauthorized child care centers. as of april, more than 23,000 children are waiting for openings nationwide. >>> islamic fashion industry has taken off in recent years. the distinct style is a possible global growth market and designers are looking for new ways to add colors, prints and textures to this conservative clothing. nhk world looks at how traditional textiles are on getting in o on the trend. >> reporter: covered up and s

here is the official proclamation making an official american recycle day. many think it is easier to recycle now that it has been. within 30% of us are skeptical that the trash we put out on the curb actually get recycled. and the number of people who are recycling has been going up. it is actually still pretty low all things considered. >> the government says more throw away gets permanently discarded. they are highlighting what we do save seeing a transformed 28,000,000,000 pounds from paper to class. it turned it into new products. right now 79,000 people are recycling in tampa alone and every year waste is turned into electrical energy at the mckay energy facility in tampa. they also have a place where you can drop off for free like furniture and appliances at 34th street. >>> if you find flying to be too expensive, now is your chance to book jetblue having a 48 hour flash sale. some cities are less than $100 and some one way $34 each way. the tickets are good for monday mind there are several blackout dates within that window. another catch is your bag

for example government officials are allowed to get political candidates. congress amended the hatch actct pa 2012 to relax some of thehe constraints on the participation by government officials in campaigns. >> host: what was the reason for doing that? >> guest: i think the reasonon for doing that was it was a myth to think that senior officials like the president and cabinet secretaries did have a stake in the election and weren't senior members of the relevant party that it would put the challenger at a disadvantage vis-À-vis an incumbent if you are so thoroughly handicapping some of the senior circuit to the person right for office. indeed if the president himself or herself are running for re-election it would be odd that the hatch act would disempower them. the hatch act has exceptions designed to allow to let congress what was thought of as reasonable conduct by senior government officials but had no exception for the fbi in a criminal case or potentially criminal case to make this kind of statement so close to the election.the this is the exact kin

hospital officials held a news conference late this afternoon. five babies have been transferred out of the neonatal intensive care unit. it remains that unit remains closed for the second time in three months. coming up in our next half hour, meagan fitzgerald reports on the precautions the hospital is taking to figure out the s of this bacteria problem. >>> a federal judge sentenced a man who prosecutors say took women's babies and forced the women into prostitution. that man is accused of operating a sex trafficking ring across northern virginia. chris gordon right now at the courthouse in alexandria with our report. chris. >> you may be shocked to learn that there is human sex trafficking in our area. world that the victims are often young mothers who need financial and emotional help. fairfax county detective bill wolf says the trend in human sex trafficking these days relies less on force and more on exploitation. >> coercion is the preferred method of the trafficker. they will target particularly vulnerable individuals and exploit that vul

officials believe arson is to blame. we're live with the latest. >>> is he a terrorist? new images emerge of the man behind the attack at ohio state university. >> there's a guy crashed his car he charged at people with a knife. >> 11 people injured, the suspect shot and killed by police. this morning, the chilling message he left on facebook as investigators search for a motive. >>> and palace intrigue. is today the day trump ends the very public deliberation over who will be his secretary of state? is it disgraced former general david petraeus, rudy giuliani still in the mix? mitt romney, in or out? and has this top aide to trump gone rogue with her criticisms or is it all smis tower "today," tuesday, november 29th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is a tuesday morning and it is a busy one. we've got some breaking news to get to. a plane carrying a brazilian officials reporting 5 of the 81 people on board survived but any

local officials said carrier will receive incentives to keep half those jobs home. indiana is vice president elected mike pence's home state. he and donald trump will be in indiana to celebrate that announcement. >>> tomorrow morning nancy pelosi could be replaced as the house democratic leader. though it's not likely. democrats will vote between her and tim ryan. he sees himself as a working class congressman who can help bring back blue collar votes. it will be an uphill battle for ryan as only six of the 194 house democrats have publicly supported him. >>> toxic mushrooms are sprouting up in the east bay hills. today the regional park district issued a new warning telling park visitors not to collect or eat these mushrooms. they're very dangerous. the bay area is home to two of the world's most toxic mushrooms, is the death cap and western destroying angel that grow near oak trees. eating them can result in liver and region failure if treatment is not received immediately. >>> the list of those who got sick after eating thanksgiving meal in apartment i okay has g

fire officials were able to stop their car. turning to the patriots. it's a divisional showdown between the pats and jets. two teams with a lot of blood but the pats may have to take on their rival without a star tight end. trey daerr has a preview of the big game. >> reporter: 7 news today in new england coming to you from outside met life stadium. a lot of questions going to be on the injury report for the patriots. around 4:30 against the jets, tom brady and rob gronkowski listed as game time decisions. brady probably a little more likely to play. numbers. 21 and 6 in his against the jets. a victory would given him 20 for his career great it's burns and bruises like everybody else. >> reporter: a banked up knee keeping tom brady out of practice but it shouldn't prevent him from giving it a go on sunday. >> looking for the long ball touchdown. >> reporter: more like a attacking him. >> there has been falls caught deep. a.j.green caught one. goodwyn caught one. kenny brick caught one. >> reporter: don't think the patriots have lott any respect for the

we know he announced his retirement a while ago but this makes it official official. do you want to know why he kept his married secret to his wife? they were going to have a blowout ceremony but they decided to have a small ceremony prior to the olympics because it would make it easier for them to travel out of the country to rio for the olympics with their infant son boomer. kanye west fans concert venue. kanye was hospitalized last night with a psychiatric issue. some are calling it exhaustion. these people want their money back. he cancelled his concert in fresno and they are trying to get their money back. he's been erratic of late. he's been going on tirades at his concerts recently against his friends even beyonce and jay-z. hospitalized in los angeles. >> kim: speaking of money, i'm sure they will get their money back. the post election rally, the dow opened up at 19,000 for the first time in our nation's history. >> dana: we have more local news coming your way on the cw. jeff and crystal, good morning to you. >> krystal: thank you. >> jeff: new details emerg

officials are blaming the drought on climate change. it's considered the worst melinda: happening now, more protests in north dakota over an oil pipeline. right now, protesters are demanding that the sheriff of morton county resign. this comes after a tense night between law enforcement and protesters. sunday night officers reportedly used water cannons and tear gas to stop protesters from crossing a bridge. protesters say hundreds had to be treated for hypothermia. but law enforcement officials say the protesters were throwing objects at the officers. force, with water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets in unbelievable amounts. it was horrific, a horrific scene. melinda: 16 people were arrested yesterday during the protest to demand the sheriff's resignation. ben: new this morning, more protests in portland, oregon over president-elect donald trump. around 100 students gathered at a park after school to voice their concerns. the students walked through the streets and even blocked roads. school officials in portland war

city officials estimate one in five milwaukeeans will vote early... on wednesday milwaukee surpassed it's 2012 record with 38 in 2012...36 thousand 500 in person absentee ballots were cast. "we will probably come close to about 50 thousand voters is my guess that is just a guess right now but we are seeing a very very strong increase, we are estimating right now we are g percent increase over 2012" polls open at 7 am on election day...which is tuesday. you will need a photo id to vote. coming up at six...we'll tell explain which out of the city's three early voting locations..has seen the most voters come through reporting live in two caledonia parents are accused of abusing their baby --- one of them is expected in court this morning. angelica is here with the shocking details. the baby had fractures on his skull and bleeding on his brain. jest wongs-nuss gest wangsness and krystal hall face charges of abuse and neglect.investigators say hall took the one month old to a racine hospital. but the injuries were so great, the infant required treatment in

so an automatic recount is officially under way. kpix 5's anne makovec is live outside the voter registrar's office to explain the process. anne. >> reporter: starting this morning an automatic manual recall [ sic ] in 10 election contests for santa clara county that are too close to call. this automatic manual recount is part of a pilot program that requires recounts when the margin of victory for a candidate or measure is within a .5% of the total number of ballots cast or 25 vote. >> between 150 and 200 staff hand counting ballots for eight days. after that we'll perform our final manual audit and certify the election by december 8. >> reporter: by law, counties have up to 30 days to certify the final results to state election officials. so a couple of hot races in santa clara county the race for san jose city council district 8, that's the person that will succeed rose herrera. sylvia arenas is ahead of jimmy nguyen by only 88 votes out of 34,000 votes. here's the race that's even closer. police chief in the city of santa clara

and officials in alabama officials want to know how an explosive device ended up outside of a school yesterday. a bomb squad blew up lockdown. the device was found on the hood of a cafeteria worker's pickup truck. officials don't believe students were in any danger ...because the explosive was too far away from the school building. but they say they're taking the incident very seriously and searching for suspects. in pennsylvania, a scare in the sky over a political protest leads to an arrest. a drone can be seen flying over a protest against president-elect trump in downtown philadelphia last night. about three hundred people were marching through the streets whe reportedly flew dangerously close to a police helicopter. swat officers responded and tracked the person flying it to a college dorm. a 20 year old man has been arrested and is charged with reckless endangerment. check out this video, showing a coast guard air rescue-- officials say a logger in oregon is recovering in the hospital today. emergency crews found the man suffering from a broken back and symptoms of hypothermia.

ben: officials say a man barged into the courtroom and demanded to talk to the judge. when he wouldn't listen to police, officers wrestled him to the ground. police say he had a personal dispute with police and the court. contempt of court and assaulting a court officer along with more charges. ben: new this morning, an attack that seemed to come out of nowhere caught on camera. melinda: this all started with an instagram post. a driver hopped out of a car and attacked the biker. the driver admits that he did it but says the biker started it. he claims that the biker threatened him on instagram in a fight over the biker's girlfriend, but the biker says he had never met the man before. camera. >> the mayor of a florida city falls victim to a purse snatcher. ben: but she made a quick decision to chase after the suspects. she was able to spot his license plate and now police have three people in custody. it turns out they were armed with a bb gun. mayor alice burch is thanking police in miami shores for tracking down the suspects. >> wisn 12 news time is 5:41. a child dis

officials say there were no children on the bus at the time. officials say they're looking into whether the school bus driver suffered some sort of medical emergency before striking a pillar and plowing into oncoming traffic. >>> a hacking alert software giant microsoft. intelligence sources tell nbc news, hackers previously linked to the russian government are exploiting a vulnerability in its windows operating system for cyberattacks, the same group u.s. intelligence believes is responsible for hacking the democratic national committee. as nbc news senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden explains, microsoft has been in the kremlin's crosshairs for quite some time now. ?? >> reporter: over the last several engaged in a series of provocative moves, according to the u.s. government, from interference in the u.s. election to nuclear sabre-rattling. relations between russia and the u.s. are at a low point. >> i think we're at the lowest ebb since the end of the cold war in terms of our relations with russia. putin is an old kgb officer

fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a small number the fbi says had to be individually read. the investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty, she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the emails. she said the fbi should never first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> reporter: fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role in all this, including the decisions he made, which he might do in a couple of weeks and whatever his own plans, members of congress are eager to pull him up for hearings but these officials lester say he intends to stay for his full ten-year term which would meanth >

and state officials are taking notice. they are going to double their water deliveries next year to local agencies. that mean instead of 10-percent. they will get 20-percent of what they requested to start the year. but that could change. for this year. 10-percent ultimately turned into 60- percent. the state water project supplies about two-thirds of state residents the 49ers are staying in florida this week. the former stomping grounds of j.r. stone orlando the team practice today at the university of central florida chip kelly hoping he doesn't get his 11th straight loss against the 2-9 bears the 49ers are anywhere from an even pick top a 1 ½ point underdog in chicago this sunday they are currently mired in a franchise-record 10-game losing streak but have been competitive of late this week players are allowed to advertise their charities on their uniforms something colin kaepernick was not aware of whe asked this today tag: the media joking that sac bee reporter matt barrows had some cleats for kaepernick a full hour

one reason an official says we're not?i in panic mode about this is core al qaeda is a great distance away. it has a difficulty organizing and is not a top t what is the most is the lone wolf, home grown problem. someone with a gun going to a polling place, motivated by all stuff?i on-line. in terms of this threat it was specific and disseminated. the reason officials think it's not a three alarm fire. >> dickerson: the reason is the ability to carry out an operation is degraded the last three years from a stacks of al qaeda. >> this is a key operation with operatives. the question is the ability to carry out the plans. people think that's limited. >> dickerson: fran, what happens on the homeland security end with this operation? what can be done what?i is being done? >> first of all, john, they have a dent phid over a dozen operatives that have been deployed. they have been trained over the course of three years in the afghanistan and pakistan region brought back to the united states. as david points out dhs will work wit