know russian charger airlines of a poor safety record. they know too their country is bombing syria and they've been the victims of terrorism before. for now, all eyes are on the black box recovered from the scene. the voices and data on those most likely to unlock this mystery. and terrorism isn't being ruled out. officials here in cairo and rush scha say the most likely cause technical or mechanical failure caused the catastrophic break up. here more of the victims are being returned to their families in russia today. matt and savannah. >> bill, thank you very much. >> within the republican party side stepping the rnc. the campaigns came together for a closed door meeting last night and agreed on a list of demands for a future debate. we're going to talk about the impact of a wild race. let's get to peter alexander for the details. >> hey savannah, good monday morning for you. be very clear, this was an unprecedented meeting with a campaign basically grabbing back the reigns essentially pushing the republican national committee aside even the rnc trying to end the revolt announcing it

charter airlines have a poor safety record, but they know, too, their country is bombing syria s and they have been the victims of terrorism before. so for now all eyes are on the black box flight recorders recovered from the scene. they are ilk examined in cairo. the voices and data on those most likely to unlock this mystery. and although terrorism isn't tabeing rul out, officials here in cairo and in russia say the most likely cause is a technical or mechanical failure that caused that catastrophic break-up. meanwhile here in cairo, the bodies of more of the victims are being returned to their families in russia today. matt, savannah? >> bill neely in cairo on this story, bill, thank you very much. >> now to the race for the white house. an upheaval within the republican party. side-stepping the rnc, the campaigns came together for a closed-door meeting and agreed on a list of future demand for a future debate. we'll talk about the impact of an already wild race in a movement first to nbc's peter alexander for the details. peter, good morning. >> reporter: that list of demands will be

in a bit. let's get to a top story. breaking news out of the pentagon. a u.s. air strike in syria against the notorious isis executioner seen in numerous broken propaganda videos. let's get to keir simmons on the story. >> reporter: good morning. there is no definitive proof that jihadity john was killed. a senior official says while he was targeted now the out of vengeance, but to demonstrate to isis there is accountability. his voice is infamous. holding a knife in horrific hostage videos. jihadi john, mohammed emwazi, was the front man for a string of isis killings. thousand reports not yet confirmed by the pentagon says he has been killed by u.s. drone official confirmed the strike. on twitter an activist group from the isis stronghold reported the death of jihadi john. his high profile victims including american journalists. steven's mother says she's waiting for news. if the got him, great. but it didn't bring my son back. peter cassie was another victim. kuwait born emwazi was a computer science graduate turned gang member seen here wearing a pittsburgh pirates cap. the tea

france. raids of a different kind blitzed isis in syria. a dozen french warplanes hitting their stronghold in raraqqah, u.s. forces also involved. among the targets trucks carrying the oil that fund the isis war chest. isis claims eight men carried out the attacks. they believe w whe mast mind, abdelhamid abaaoud who they believe was in syria and they are still looking for this man salah abdeslam, an accomplice they believe, also in belgium. police say he's dangerous and do not approach. they had stopped him at a checkpoint after the attacks but let him go because he had no criminal record. new video has emerged of the deadliest massacre filmed by an eyewitness. the gunfire clear,n injured mama on the sidewalk, bodies on the street, crying all around. this was the moment it began. the band playing to a sellout crowd when suddenly gunfire. a guy tarrist rushes off stage. most were trapped. the faces of the dead stare out at the places where they died. many here can't put their grief into words. >> my besttied here. >> reporter: paris today is brbced for more attacks and still tra

syria. we will see these individuals had deep ties to france. the selection of the targets, the understanding of how this would strike the french soul. these are not people who just showed up in paris. these are people who lived there, understand french culture and who knew exactly how to terrorize the population. >> michael and sean, thank you very much for your input. we appreciate it. >> president francois hollande spoke by phone to president obama. he spoke about bringing the terrorists to justice. let's get to nbc's peter alexander on duty at the white house this morning. peter. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. president obama condemned the attacks calling them heart breaking to terrorize innocent civilians. i spoke with one of the top aides this morning. he says the white house is monitoring the developments from paris. the president is getting updates from his homeland security and counter terrorism adviser. during that call with french president hollande late yesterday, president obama reiterated the u.s. support for the people of france. america's oldest ally and pu

attacks. the 27-year-old belgian believed to be in syria. >>> as france launches a fierce response targeting isis in syria, and police carry out more than 168 raids all across europe, intensifying the manhunt for a key suspect who we've learned was questioned by police but slipped away. this morning, more harrowing stories of survival. >> i want to tell all the people i love i love them. that's it, because i almost didn't have the opportunity to do it. >> paris and the world pausing to honor the victims today, monday, november 16th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," terror in paris with matt lauer live from studio 1a and savannah guthrie live from paris, france. >> and good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of "today" on this monday morning. i'm matt lauer in new york. savannah is in paris, and savannah, as i say good afternoon to you. i'm always stunned by the silence standing at the sorbonne standing in a moment of silence, more moving than any words. >> that's right. not only a moment of silence, you think there's a kwai tote th

invienna meeting with the leaders and trying to discuss how to end the civil war in syria. >> andrea, thank you. >> and much more on the subject. we will take a turn and get a a chill in the air for the eastern half of the country. windy behind the cold front that moved through. it will be sunny, but temperatures will be significantly below average. with the clear skies near tennessee and parts of the south, we have frost advisories and freeze warnings in effect. nashville at 32 degrees this morning. as we go through the weekend, this dip in the jet stream that's producing temperatures about 5 degrees below average will start to lift as we go into tomorrow. we turn winds over to a southwesterly direction. temperatures in the mid-60s for cleveland. that is 12 degrees above average. elsewhere, it is quiet thanks to the high pressure system. we have a big storm producing >>> and that's your latest forecast. matt and savannah. >> thank you, dylan. >> we will have a lot more on the terror attacks in paris. the harrowing stories on survivors and how people are uniting. we will talk to some

them. >> reporter: from addressing the issues in syria to the rigors of the campaign trail, senator rubio took a step back, preparing meals for those in need on wednesday, joined by his wife jeanette and their four children. >> our kids will call marco and give him a little advice. >> they will? >> yeah. what do they say? do they give you a performance review after the debate? >> the boys are young enough that they watch the first five minutes and it's like, we want to play. >> this is boring. >> my 15-year-old is more about encourage ing me. my 13-year-old is a harder critic. she sometimes reveals headlines i hadn't read yet. dad, did you hear this? so and so said that about you. >> do your kids talk about the presidency? do they talk about perhaps life at the white house? >> i think they're proud of their dad. >> it wouldn't be bad to have secret service keeping an eye on your teenage daughter. i personally am not troubled by the fact that will be a couple guys, big guys with ear pieces alongside her, just in case. >> they ask you questions about, why is daddy running for presiden

. officials initially believed he was in syria but information gathered from tapped phone conversations and surveillance led investigators to believe he might be hiding out on the outskirts of paris. >> today's siege happened in sain saint-denis. an apartment a mile from the soccer stadium attacked on friday. at least two people were killed. seven others have been arrested. >> in all police have carried out 414 raids arresting 64 people since friday's terror attack. let's get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, good morning. bring us up to date. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it seems this time french police had very good intelligence because they came in force. apparently expecting a fight. they were ready for battle. amateur video captured some of the heavy automatic gunfire that erupted when french forces raided an apartment outside france this morning. the main target officials say was the alleged mastermind of the attacks. but as it began, a woman in the apartment blew up a suicide vest. we arrived a short while later. police here

that he was able to get on to these streets all the way from syria without being stopped by any european country is an intelligence failure. we have to waken up, said one french minister as europe met to discuss the crisis today. >> we cannot say today that this is an end. we think we're just in the middle of the storm. >> reporter: isis have threatened more attacks on italy and washington in a video called paris before rome. after the unthinkable here, it's a threat no one can ignore. and police have now recovered cctv footage of that ringleader abaaoud as attacks were taking place. he was filmed at a metro station in central paris, so the man who organized the attacks also clearly directed them from the ground. willie, savannah. >> so much has happened, so much has changed just in the space of a week. bill neely in paris, thank you. >> and with isis now threatening attacks on the united states, security and intelligence officials here are, of course, on heightened alert. the director of the fbi says his agents are keeping a close eye on dozens of people they fear could be insp

have left a fight for isis in syria so they have good reason here to be worried about another terror attack. savannah, matt? >> all right, bill neely in brussels this morning, bill, thanks so much. >> worries here too. there's heightened security concerns as we ent they are thanksgiving week. police departments across the country making sure they are prepared just in case. nbc's stephanie gosk is in times square in new york city this morning. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. there may be some americans who are feeling rattled as they get ready to travel. law enforcement wants to calm those nerves while at the same time not taking any chances. here in new york, the nypd invited the media to an active shooter drill, not that unlike the attacks in paris. a chance for the police to prove to the public that they are ready. an active shooter in a closed new york city subway, a scary thought, but this is just a drill. the nypd does a similar exercise for the media every year, but after the attacks in paris, this time there was a new twist. the shooter with a sui

in western europe that have gone to syria to join up with isis and then have come home. contrast that with the number in the u.s. which is in the teens of people who have left here, associated with isis and come back. it's a very different threat. and that's one reason they say that the threat picture here is so different. the concern about paris-style attacks, the concern about attacks on soft targets and large public gatherings is the subject of the state department worldwide travel alert, but it's aimed at people overseas because the government says they believe the threat picture here is so substantially different because of the nature of who is here and who may have joined isis to return, kate. >> as we await the president, peter alexander on the white house lawn, we expect that he'll come out with a number of officials, you mentioned earlier. this is his national security briefing he's just had. is it typical for him on a wednesday morning to hear from all of these folks? >> it's not typical for him to speak on the eve of thanksgiving. he didn't do it in 2011, 2012 or 2013. last

air strike in syria that targeted juhadi john. did did they get him? donald trump sounds off n epic 90 minute rant. >> give me a break. give me a break. >> give me a break. >> on ben carson. >> if you're pathological, there's no cure for that. >> on hillary clinton. >> she's going to lose. she's going to lose. i'm telling you. >> and what he'd do about isis. >> i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. >> just wait. there's more. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ >> seasons greetings the new york jets and buffalo bills had the colors of christmas for last night's game. why is there so much discussion online? this morning, the color blind controversy. and destination 1a. al doing 50 states of weather in one week. all that's left is connecticut and new york. we'll celebrate his victory are a rokerthon party on the plaza today. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt louer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. 50 states, seven days, i think we're holding up very well. >> exactly. i'm exha

u.s. to syria associated with isis and came back to the u.s. that number he says is in the teens. a huge contrast to the estimated 5,000 people from western europe who have been to syria and back overwhelming european efforts to crack them all. they say the u.s. must do more to screen travellers from the european countries who don't need a visa to come to the u.s. >> regarding the visa waiver program, this is important to the business community and the tourism industry. i have supported it. i also believe it is the soft underbelly of our national security policies. >> fbi director said he's seen no indication that is isis terrorist have attempted to come to the u.s. from overseas in the past days or weeks. >> thanks. let's turn to sean, the assistant director of fbi and now the chief officer. good morning. in light of what happened in paris, what changed for the fbi? didn't they have their eyes on suspected individuals. did they obtain what they're doing now to say hey, we are watching you. >> they absolutely do. while they may be following people involved in investigations, people

well as libya. it's not just iraq and syria. so on the military front we are continuing to accelerate what we do as we find additional partners on the ground that are effective we work with them more closely. i've already authorized additional special forces on the ground so we're going to be able to improve that coordination. on the counter terrorism front, keep in mind since i came into office we have been worried about these kinds of attacks. the individual lens that the united states government maintains and the cooperation that we're consistently expanding with our european and other partners in going after every single terrorist network is row bust and constant. and every few weeks i meet with my entire national security team and we go over every single threat string that's presented and where we have all that information we shared immediately with our counter parts around the world including our european partners. on aviation security, we have over the last several years been working so that at various airport sites, not just in the united states but overseas, we are strengthen

. france unleashes another brutal assault on isis, targets in syria for a second straight night and here in u.s. isis warnings for attacks in washington has many leaders on edge. >> i don't want to make everybody nervous, but i feel the same way i felt before 9/11. >> the latest developments and the controversial calls to have america close its borders to syrian refugees. >>> tornado outbreak. at least 20 reported across four states. one twister leveling an oil plant in texas while further west in colorado a massive blizzard is blanketing that state. up to 18 inches of snow expected just today. >>> and "today" exclusive, charlie sheen joins us live for a very personal announcement, today, tuesday, november 17th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a very busy tuesday morning. >> nice to have charlie sheen in our studio this morning. he's known to people in this country around the world, i think you can say for good and bad reasons, once

from syria and slip into france unchecked? taken away from the apartment he'd hidden in, the body of the man who wreaked such havoc across paris. abmuhammed abaaoud is dead, identified by fingerprints. he was a belgian who fought in syria and a man who boasted openly how he could cross borders. and it now appears he was stopped by police in austria in september but allowed to drive on as there was, quote, no reason to detain him. police are now trying to identify the woman suicide bomber who died with him. there are reports she was his cousin. police shout "where is your boyfriend?" "he's not my boyfriend," she shouts twice. >> cctv cameras inside a restaurant caught the moment the first bullets were fired. the video from daily mail.com shows a woman bursting through the door. she's been shot in the wrist. she hides behind the bar, comforted by a waitress. a man rushes in. his two friends have been shot. then the first sight of a terrorist in a t-shirt calm live shooting. he takes aim at the head of a woman. but, she said, his gun jammed, three clikcks, he's out of ammunition. as the

increased its forces in syria. isis is now in the cross hairs of russia, the u.s. and france, all three air forces targeting the group in syria but with little coordination. a syrian rebel group told nbc news that its fighters shot and killed one of the russian pilots as it was parachuting to the ground. the fate of the second pilot is unconfirmed. >>> president obama is facing increased pressure to ramp up the u.s. campaign against isis and that will be a topic of discussion at the white house this morning where the president is about to meet with the french president. peter alexander is there. >> reporter: good morning, today president hollande is expected to push for a stronger u.s. military commitment. that could mean for special forces on the ground, more intelligence sharing. but the french want the u.s. to back efforts to bring russia into a broader coalition against russia. the u.s. is skeptical about russia's performance. hollande is heading to moscow for a similar meeting with vladimir putin. the same data hollande announced that france is at war, obama called the attacks a te

, really digging into the situation in syria which is devastating. this is a country of 22 million people. the last i checked -- i have a feeling this number has probably grown even more. 11 million of that 22-plus million is displaced in some way. about 4 million -- that number has probably grown -- that number by itself has probably grown, are refugees now in jordan, in turkey, in lebanon and egypt and elsewhere. certainly, in europe. and then another 7 million are actually displaced internally within syria. with the russian bombing, all those numbers promise to grow yet further, not to mention the devastating loss of life, destruction of communities, disruption -- complete disruption of life in syria. and that will continue to mean a lot for us to do in the refugee and asylum corps. we are working very carefully to make sure that we do -- we meet all of our obligations. meaning, that we will certainly meet our targets with respect to refugee admissions. a lot of those resources are the same resources -- it's the same pool of resources that we would use in the asylum world. so we

syria to join isis and pererd in a propaganda video. it seems he managed to sneak pack into the country. as day was breaking, the rds but then several explosions echoed through the streets. it's common in situations like this for police to use grenades or small charges in order to set off boobytraps that the suspects y have set up. police here remain oedge, occasionally moving aggressively to search the neighborhood. they are taking no chances. and the police cordon remains in place around the building where the raid took place. they have set up tarar so that forensic investigators can collect evidence. however, officials say that at least this raid for now is over. matt, savannah, back for you. >> richard engel, thank you very much. we're joined by former pennsylvania governor tom ridge, the first secretary of security under president george w. bush and shawn henry, former assistant director of the fbi. savannah and i were just talking, if this raid was target the paris attacks. is it surprising that he's still in country or wouldn't it be that he would get out of the country?

border. >> russia blamed ground fire on the mission in syria near the turkish border. turkey said two of its u.s. made f-16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered air space in turkey. >>> two shootings in the spotlight. one in new orleans. 21-year-old eric cane, the cold blooded gunman who fired at tulane medical student peter gold, was taken into custody. new orleans police and federal marshals raided the house where he was hiding. >> and the other in chicago where a video of a 2014 police shooting was released. >> officer jason van dyke and partner approach him with weapons drawn. within seconds, van dyke starts shooting. mcdonald stumbles. 16 rounds were fired. >> it is graphic. it is violent. it is chilling. >> van dyke was charged with first-degree murder. held without bail. >>> donald trump mired in controversy once again. this time accused of mocking a newspaper reporter's disabilities. >> i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> "the new york times" outraged trump would ridicule the physical appearance of a reporter. trump saying he didn't know about the dis

of iraq and syria, manage to terrorize a world capital? it appears, based on early clues, that the mass migration from the middle east to europe may have played a part. one of the attackers identified by french authorities by the partial name, abdul akbaq b, appears to have arrived in greece and registered, as thousands do every day, as a refugee. a second factor, the large muslim population in france, of which a small minority is sympathetic to the terrorist cause. >> europe is looking at a situation which has no internal control of borders, very anemic external control of borders, millions of refugees flooding into europe, unassimilated muslim populations. europe is in trouble. >> reporter: the trouble, experts agree, is not going away. intelligence agencies here in france and elsewhere are asking for more resources. and as the threats grow, intelligence agencies are going to ask for more people and more money than they have now. whether or not the lack of resources was the reason that the murders in paris went undetected is a big part of the investigation now. >> i think we have

target of the raid. it had been thought that he was in syria. so, either this is a huge success for the french police or it is an intelligence failure. yes, they have removed the so-called mastermind, the coordinator of these terrible attacks in paris that have killed 129 people. but how on earth did this man, the best known jihadi in france slip through and get into paris in the first place. both failure and success here in paris. matt and savannah. >> bill, thank you very much. the headline abdelhamid abaaoud the mastermind of the terror attacks has been killed. >> all right, good news coming out there this morning. that raid yesterday very successful as they were intending to go after the mastermind of the paris attacks and he, in fact, was killed. 5,000 bullets fired into that apartment. >> you heard the description of how difficult it was to identify the body. kris sanchez has been following all the latest developments from paris. checking in with her in 10 or 15 minutes to get more information. for now, though, how about we go to weather. >> back to weather. we knew that special r

search continues. france is also launching air strikes against isis in syria. isis claimed it was behind that massacre in paris, which is considered to be a credible claim. now, on this first official day of mourning, we saw the pictures earlier. paris still on edge protected by its military as it mourns. we also have photos of raids that were, that happened overnight ins. some of the raids there, 168 of them in all and the french interior minister reports that now more than 100 people are under house arrest. the french deputy mayor says the city is shell shocked. >> it's not even a war. it's hell. it's a nightmare. >> now, let's take you back out to belgium and those raids in that neighborhood there. we're learning that another of the belgian masterminds is implicated in the foiled attack on a paris-pound train. you might remember this summer. that was the attack that was stopped by those three sacramento friends and it speaks to the fact that those are coordinated attacks in some way. sam and laura. >> thank you very much, kris. >>> 6:03 right now. you know the bay area is showi

to accept refugees from syria and other war-torn chris countries, that goes directly against the governor who said he'd do, quote, everything humanly possible to keep refugees out of mississippi. president obama says states do not have that right. >> jadiann: pope francis celebrated mass in front of tens of thousands in kenya. he's on a six day pilgrimage on his trip to africa taking him to uganda and the african republic. >> nancy: violent protests in peru's capitol are in their second day as demonstrators clash with police. officers arrested several people and fired tear gas to break up a crowd blocking a busy street. healthcare and state workers including teachers have been holding rallies for higher wages. >> jadiann: they were heading for a galaxy el far, far away but they were strewn across the highway. this tractor-trailer crashed while taking a curve. a woman injured in the crash is expected to be okay. >>> britain's prince harry visiting children at a hospital in africa. the hospital was designed by a charity the prince cofounded. it's dedicated to him. that is. many of

. officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. >> want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. it's in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. at least two people have been killed. seven others arrested. the siege lasting about seven hours. >> police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. let's get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in that neighborhood this morning. richard, good morning, what are you seeing and hearing? >> good morning, savannah. that raid took place on the street behind me. officials say they have arrested seven people. they cannot confirm at this stage if the alleged mastermind of the attack was one of the people, but they certainly knew that they were going to find gunfire, find resistance when they came here because when we arrived we saw the police ready for battle. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: amateur video cap

borders because they believe to be the mastermind behind this was in syria when, in fact, he was moving freely between countries within the eu. new this morning we have learned that there three people killed in that raid that police undertook to break up that terror cell the other day. one of them was abdelhamid abaaood and one his cousin. we just got this within the last hours. she is the female suicide bomber, authorities say, who was at that place. they have now confirmed after having her passport and other confirmation that she was, in fact, killed. we learned this morning a third body was found there. that one is yet unidentified. as of this morning, they are more warrants. more arrests that they are trying to undertake in paris. they're trying to vote today to extend the amount of time that they can question people in light of the state of emergency. same thing in belgium where they are still trying to question friends and family of abdeslam and he is the only survivor and seeking him through his friends and family in belgium. he is the man, they believe, went to that car that was

ever left syria while on a mission there. in paris, german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande placed flowers at one of the growing public memorials to the victims of the terrorist attacks. while in france, merkel pledged that germany would do more in the fight against isis. germany currently provides weapons and training for kurdish fighters who are battling isis in iraq. brazil's president has agreed to suspend visa requirements for foreigners during the 2016 olympic games in rio de janeiro. that's in spite of heightened security fears after the paris attacks. fifth to the 21st. foreigners who arrive as early as june will be able to stay for up to 90 days without a visa. diplomats say western governments are worried about the safety of their athletes and tourists at the games because they believe many brazilian authorities are complacent. pope francis is visiting africa for the first time. he celebrated mass this morning in kenya's capital, nairobi. kenya declared a national holiday for the occasion. millions of people are expected to turn out to s

. >> police in europe are overwhelmed trying to track the 5,000 people who have been to syria associated with isis and returned. compare that to the u.s. where the fbi says the number of americans to do the same is in the teens. jennifer eagan, "7 news today in new england." >> christa: thank you. meantime capitol hill taking action following the attacks the house passed a bill to put president obama's plan to allow syrian refugees into the u.s. on hold. this bill calls for a stricter screening process. lawmakers say national security agencies must make sure refugees don't pose a security risk. president obama says he will veto the bill but dozen of democrats are backing republicans and there could be enough support to rover over ride the veet. congressman william keating and stephen lynch went against the president and voted to put the stricter measures in place. keating says it increases security for program that helps those trying to escape isis. the seven other representatives from the state oppose the measure. >>> boston cardinal sean o'malley is calling for compassion for syrian re

what may be russia bombing villages in syria next to the turkish border. one video is said to be a russian warplane dropping cluster bombs over a village. other clips show what is said to be air strikes near the turkish border. if confirmed as a russian attack, it would be run of russ russia's closest air strikes to turkish territory. nbc news, by the way, has not independently verified the video. >>> in paris now, a big memorial service just ended to honor the victims of the paris terror attacks. it is a national day of mourning there. you can see french president francois hollande led the service where they read all 130 victims names. he also called on the people to fly the french flag from their homes, which is not typically done in france. some of the victims families chose not to attend the memorial. they said they felt france could have prevented the attacks. >>> members of the california band eagles of death are opening up about the paris terror attacks. the group was performing at the bataclan. and were about an hour into the show when terrorists stormed the concert hall. t

syria on thursday killed the man known as jihadi john. his real time muhammad emwazi is the british citizen behind the execution videos. the father of murdered journalist james foley says it's just a distraction. >> i'm angered so much has been focused on jihadi john. the war is ongoing. hundreds of people are being killed every day. >> this guy was a human animal. and killing him is probably making the world a little bit better place. >> the u.s. had been tracking jihadi john and said it launched the air strike as he was getting into a vehicle in the isis stronghold of raqqa. >>> back here in the bay area a san jose woman is being accused of selling $100,000 of fake disneyland passes. she was charge would grant theft, identity theft and other crimes in san jose. authorities tell us several families not only purchased the fake passes but then travelled all the way to anaheim or orlando in some cases before finding out the tickets were phony. investigators say there may be more victims. if convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison. >>> we'll be back in two minutes with sport

most likely traveled to syria where he joined the ranks of the islamic state. his body was found at the bataclan music hall. officials are saying that three teams of terrorists acted at nearly the same time. a french prosecutor says seven of those attackers are dead. all wore suicide vests carrying an explosive called tatp. it can be made from nail polish remover, hair bleaching products and acid. it is the same explosive the so-called shoe bomber was convicted of using in an attempt to blow up an american airlines flight back in 2001. at least three people have also been arrested after searches in belgium. officials have not said how they are linked to the attacks. more arrests are expected. in total, 129 people are dead. with more than 300 wounded. >>> we are also learning more about an american killed in the terror attack. 23-year-old nahimi gonzalez, a junior at cal state long beach was studying design in paris. friends and family called her mimi and said she had worked for months to make her dream of studying abroad a reality. her cousin is in disbelief. >> this is really happe

border of syria and turkey. this after turkish forces shot down a russian military plane. here you see it. the turks claim they warned the pilot ten times he had violated turkish airspace. nato forces have not shot down a russian plane in 50 years. this is definitely a startling turn of events. one pilot believed dead. vladimir putin says the shootdown was a crime. >>> president obama met with the president president hollande in the white house, a prescheduled meeting. the two appeared in a joint news conference. we'll continue to cover this story on our 11:00 news with full coverage from reporters at nbc news. we'll have a look at weather and traffic after the break. >>> i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a live look now at san francisco. can you see the raindrops falling on the lens there. also some breez winds. this rain is covering san francisco and farther to the south as we see it now moving into san jose. starting out with some light rain. we'll see this lasting for another 30 to 40 minutes. and highs today will only be topping out in the mid to upper 50s. mike? >>> a similar v

the people coming in from syria if we can't stop it. but we are going to. >> reporter: trump called for additional surveillance of arriving refugees at certain mosques. >> i want surveillance of these people. i want surveillance if we have to. >> reporter: more than two dozen governors oppose allowing syrian refugee s into their states including chris christie who opposes even let ing in widows and orphans. >> the widows and orphans i care about are those in my states, the widows and orphans of september 11. >> reporter: hillary clinton called for a database to tra-- denounced a database to shut borders. >> it is important we don't listen to the voices including those candidates for president who would paint with a broad brush to isolate, register muslims. go after islam. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the paris attacks, u.s. kantd datas and the public on edge during unsettled times. lee anne gregg, nbc news. >> well, positive news on california's job front. new data shows the unemployment rate went down last month. according to the california development department the rate in oc

isis in syria. the raising of the city's christmas tree was a moment of hope in a tense weekend. >> they are concerned about a repeat of paris here, warning of several men with arms and explosives. it's that man who is their main concern. salah abdeslam. he may have been meant to be one of the paris suicide bombers. >> bill, thanks. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, erica. >> we heard earlier this morning, kristen shared with us, the president talking about his strategy to fight isis. the strategy has been criticized as recently as this week, including by hillary clinton. is there a sense as to whether or not that strike thategy is go change moving forward. >> the question is, does it change, does it intensify? is the implementation of the strategy sped up? there's different ways to change the strategy. you may keep the same tactics in place, but intensify them. maybe the air campaign, the amount of bombs that have taken place, you intensify those. there's different debates that are taking place among national security advisers, incl

not yet been defeated and we understand that. regrettably for four years this war in syria has been going on and people have been traveling from all over the world to the amazement of many people, but they have been traveling even from the united states to go fight in syria. so some people have returned to their homelands and they have been taught the trade craft of terror reglet my so no. we've only had the coalition against dash for one year now. we put that coalition together a year ago when daesh started to fact is during that period of time, about -- let me just finish, about 25% of their territory, that they controlled has been taken away from them. leadership has been eliminated from the battlefield. whole towns and communities have been eliminated. the answer is no, it has to be picked up, the pace has to be picked up and more needs to be done and everybody understands that. >> you know, they -- the picked up territory in other countries, excuse me. they've expanded into other countries during this time that we've been fighting them. the president talks about his critics pop

their own missile system in syria in their bases there. they insist their jet was shot down while over syrian territory. see one of the pilots parachuting out of that plane, a russian pilot and a russian marine who was sent in by helicopter to rescue him, they were both killed. >> this morning, abaaoud is urging his brother to turn himself in. he was killed during the november 18th police raid in saint da knee. >>> well new this morning, pope francis is flying to africa for a visit that could put his safety at risk. just hours ago he left rome for kenya. the pope will also visit uganda and the central african republic. that is a country now consider an active war zone. but the vatican insists that the pontiff will appear in public and meet with the muslim community at a mosque. >>> coming up at 5:10, 17 giant balloons are going to be inflated. there's snoopy and wood stock -- for their appearance in the macy's annual thanksgiving day pa road. you the watch the inflation in person starting at 3:00 this afternoon. columbus avenue 79th street by history. performers practicing their show.

. to a map for context about where this harngsd you can see how close it is to the border with syria where russia started air strikes against opponents of bashar al assad. back to the video now, the two spots you see are parachutes in the sky. the commander the the rebel group that calls itself the 10th brigade in the coast told the associated press that the two crew members tried to land in government-controlled areas, but came until rebel fire. one was shot and dead upon landing. it's not clear what happened to the other pilot. the military says it fired on the unidentified plane after warning ten times in five minutes it was violating turkey's airspace. >>> french president hollande is head to do washington, d.c. right now to meet with president obama at the white house. the recent terror attacks in paris have triggered this visit. the main focus will be on france's military push against isis. france would like to game just how far the understanding isling to go. including in the category of military contributions. >> it is believed the two will talk about the possibility of groun