emerging, horrendous hamas attack and the taking of hostages, but now that the united states is working with israel and trying to assist in locating hamas and understanding hamas' structure, we understand they have a gap in capabilities. >> that's republican congressman mike turner of ohio with a candid assessment of israel's strategy. it's a sign more hostages could soon be freed. we'll have the latest out of the middle east just ahead. plus a preview of an important hearing today in washington that could determine what donald trump can say about his federal election interference case. and also ahead, we'll remember the life and legacy of former first lady rosalind carter. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday morning. i eemg jonathan lemire. thank you for joining us for this short thanksgiving week. with less than one year to go until the 2024 presidential election, for the first time ever new np be c news polling shows donald trump leading job. 46% to 44% in a hypothetical general election matchup that we should note is very much within the poll's margin of error. since 2019 when biden was a presidential candidate, no nbc news poll had ever shown him losing to trump before. that's four years worth of data now. this survey shows trump -- biden leading trump as recently as july, but in september, trump tomb over. the reason for biden's overall struggles, a drop in support with young voters. after winning that group by more than 20 points in 2020, this latest poll shows young voters actually prefer trump to biden now, 46% to 42%. this comes as 70% of 18- to 29-year-olds say they disapprove of biden's handling of the israel/hamas war. hard to management, though, when it comes to actually casting their ballot, young voters would break for trump. switching gears, the d.c. court will hear arguments on donald trump's gag order on the election interference case. the gag order prevents the former president from publicly discussing court personnel, potential witnesses, and the special counsel and his staff. prosecutors say attacks from trump could be dangerous while the trump team says the gag order is a violation of his first amendment rights. this comes just days after judge chutkan ruled against trump's legal team's request to remove references to the january 6th insuection from his indictment. nbc news reports trump sought to have certain passages struck from the indictment, which was returned in august, on the grounds they would inflame the jury, create bias against him, even though he has not been charged with any crimes of violence. judge chutkan pointed out that jurors do not get an actual copy of the indictment and said the jury selection process would remove anyone who may already have read it. elsewhere in washington, republican senator tommy tuberville just gave a reason as to why he's blocking hundreds of military promotions. hear what he believes the women in the military may try to do under the pentagon's current abortion policy. >> it's been rape, incest, or health of the mom, but we asked in one of our hearings, what -- you know, what month are you going to go by for the abortion? they couldn't tell us if it was abortion after birth. i mean these people can't communicate. they have no clue what they're doing. they're just throwing something out there. >> the senator said there was a concern about abortion after birth. we move on now. deputy national security adviser jon finer appeared on "meet the press" over the weekend. he was asked repeatedly whether he believed israel was following international law in its war against hamas. take a look. >> the qatari prime minister said today that israel's actions at al shifa hospital are a, quote, crime. does the white house stand by israel's assessments that hamas is headquartered underneath the hospital, and are you confident that israel is following international law? >> our intelligence, u.s. intelligence, not just israeli intelligence, hamas has used al shifa in an unconscionable way in the planning of executionist attacks and continues to do so. that does not in our view mean that israel should conduct air strikes on the hospital or ground assaults on the hospital. we've been equally clear about that. but hamas has put these people in severe jeopardy by the way in which it's conducting this war. >> are you confident israel is following international law, jon, just yes or no there? >> we're confident that it needs to when we've seen incidents raised. >> jon, let me just -- you're saying that israel -- >> i don't want to play judge and jury on this question. >> let me follow up quickly. you said israel needs to follow international law. are you confident they are following international law? >> what i can say is it's not our position, certainly my position as a policy maker to play real-time judge and jury on the question of any particular incident. when we see things that concern us, we raise them. we have done that during the course of this conflict. we will continue do that. again, just to restate it, it's our position that all countries, including israel need to hold itself to that standard. the united states boasted its willingness to hold to that standard. that is the challenge. over the weekend israel released some video that does purport to show hamas is using that hospital. it's unverified at this point. certainly you heard. meanwhile, sad new this morning. the world is mourning the loss of former first lady rose a lind carter who died at her home after entering hospice care just on friday. she had been living with dementia and months of declining health and was 96 years old. she drew particular praise for her keen electoral instincts, down-to-earth appeal, and serving in the white house including acts an as envoy to latin american. she also championed mental health care and devoted herself to several social causes. in a statement, her former husband former president jimmy carter praised his wife as an equal partner who gave guidance, love, and support. they were married for 77 years, longer than any other first couple in history. after leaving the white house, the carters earned admiration for their humanitarian projects and were closely linked with happen at the for humanity. next monday the former first lady will lie in repose at the jimmy carter presidential library museum in atlanta. former president carter, who is 99 years old, is also currently receiving hospice care at their home. joining us now, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, tia mitchell. tia, great to see you this morning. of course, the carters loomed so large in georgia for so long, and their legacy, of course, also goes throughout the nation. tell us a little bit about the impact of first lady carter. >> yeah. it's hard to describe quickly because their impact has lasted for decades. she's not just the former first laid of the united states. she is the former first lade, her husband serving as governor. both of them were raised in rural south georgia. the fact that they always returned home to plains i think really speaks volumes about first lady carter and her impact. they never forgot where they were from, they never strayed far from where they were from, despite going all the way to the white house. they returned back to their humble roots, and that's where they always kind of sensored their sensibiliies as well as their work. >> we'll have much more about her impact, creating the office of first lady, serving as a real key political adviser to her husband. but tell us a little bit more about her life there, particularly post-presidency. the carters have been widely praised as being the most active post-presidential first couple. they've done so much good for so many people. tell us about it. >> so much good across the globe. the carters were a package deal. carter made that clear that his wife was an equal parter. things like eradicating the guinea worm, which really isn't familiar to the people in the u.s., but it was a big deal particularly in the continent of africa, and it went from millions of cases to fewer than 20 mainly because of the work of the carter center. mental health is another thing. we talk about mental health in a way that is very -- we recognize it today as just as important as physical health. a lot of that is due to the work and advocacy of first lady carter because that's not the way we talked about mental health decades ago. she had a family member who she says was institutionalized and really resonated with her and informed her work. things like immunizations for children, equal rights for women, these are all things she's had an impact over the years, but particularly after leaving the white house. >> a remarkable legacy. we'll revisit throughout much of the morning here. washington correspondent for the "atlanta journal-constitution," tia mitchell, thank you for starting us off this morning. we really appreciate it here. still ahead on "way too early," an update on preventing president trump from being on the ballot next year. plus an election in south america, that could dramatically swing one of its largest countries to the far right. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. t back my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose new neuriva ultra. unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicators, including mental alertness from one serving. to help keep me sharp. try new neuriva ultra. think bigger. hey, you should try new robitussin honey medi-soothers for long-lasting cough and sore throat relief. try new robitussin lozenges with real medicine and find your voice. you know? we really need to work on your people skills. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework.. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. welcome back. let's turn now to some of the morning's other headlines. donald trump was back on the campaign trail. he was in iowa on saturday where he got an unusual introduction from a state lawmaker. in fort dodge, republican representative mike sexton used his time on stage to workshop a new impression. take a look. >> the dark side is very powerful in biden. crooked is he. your country, he does not care. the force is strong in trump. help him you can. caucus for him you shall. for without his victory, all hope is lost. >> what are we doing there? it's like that state lawmaker was actually doing an impression of steve carell doing an impression of yoda. it was terrible. it received less than positive response including mark hamill. he tweeted this. losing my lunch i am. donald trump will appear on the ballot. that provision in the constitution states that no elected official who has previously taken an oath of office and then engages in insurrection can hold office again. nbc news reports it this way. in her ruling the judge found that trump did engage in an insurrection by inciting a riot on january 6th but he's not subject to section 3 because he's not, quote, an officer of the united states. she pointed to the federal provisions listed in the clause, adding, that it appears to the court that for whatever reason the section did not include a person who had only taken a presidential oath. the trump campaign responded to the ruling this way. these cases represent the most cynical and blatant political attempts to interfere with the upcoming presidential election by desperate democrats. courts in minnesota and michigan also rejected similar attempts to disqualify trump earlier this month. the group citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, which filed the lawsuit in colorado, they say they will appeal. let's turn to overseas now. argentina has elected a right-wing populist to lead that country. in a decisive presidential runoff presidential election yelled, javier milei won 55% of the vote. the second place canned won 45%. the president-elect spoke of starting the, quote, reconstruction of argentina. the ap calls him this, a self-described an arco capitalist who has been compared to former u.s. president donald trump. his screeds resonate with particularlyion mention. the flag is a symbol of their movement. former president trump posted this image last night on social media, showing the new argentinian president with a -- milei with the caption make ar ten tina great again. still ahead, we'll turn to sports with nfl highlights including a victory by a franchise that has not been this good since jo john f. kennedy was president. you'll probably guess who that is. plus a look at the forecast next. is plus a look at the forecast next relief, try vicks vapocool drops. with two times more menthol 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still going. touchdown, buffalo. >> george kittle's turned into that security blanket form. >> he's got him. he takes it the distance. >> giants, 48. howell under pressure, and then he will throw. isaiah simmons with the interception down the sideline. simmons into the end zone, touchdown, giants. here's reed. and reed got a block and a touchdown! >> stroud on first down. he was looking downfield. he's going downfield toward the end zone. a leap and grab, he's got it. >> wilson on the move. tagovailoa. nice catch. kiss him good-bye. >> here's bryce young. he's got time. the throw is intersected. looking for another pick six and he's got it. >> fields with hutchinson coming. that ball is out! he kicks it. in back of the end zone. two points for detroit with 21 seconds left. those were some of the biggest plays from across the nfl yesterday including that game-clinching safety, the lions' comeback win against the chicago bears. they have an 8-2 record for the first time since 1962. let's go to denver now and the broncos hosting the minnesota vikings on "sunday night football." wilson drove the broncos gained by that terrific touchdown grab. that gave sutton the first lead since the start of the game. the denver's defense didn't allow the vikings on their side of the field in the final minute and halted minnesota's five-game win streak with a 21-20 victory. the broncos, given up for dead not too long ago, now own the league's longest active lead with four straight weeks. and the week 11 finale is tonight, frankly,he game of the year. philadelphia eagles travel to kansas city to play the chiefs. it's a super bowl rematch. we should note for all of those wondering, taylor swift not expected to be in attendance. she has a rescheduled concert in brazil. let's go to michelle grossman for a look at the holiday week forecast. how is it looking? >> not too great. both coasts are look good, we'll point that out first. and then there could be travel impactsing major ones in st. louis, new orleans, dallas could see some slowdowns in the air and on the roads. denver and chicago as well. not great today, not great tomorrow, and this storm system will speed off quickly by wednesday. but this is what we're dealing with today. a big area of cold pressure. on the backside we're looking at snow in the rockies and the plains and we're looking for the chance of severe thunderstorms. we could see a tornado outbreak later on tonight. it's something we're going to to watch throughout the day. already watching heavy rain falling throughout the plains. you can see the brighter colors. that's where you see the heaviest rain falling. this is what i want to point out. we're looking at millions at risk. looking at the chance for a few tornadoes, winds gusting up to 75 miles an hour could see some hail, some locally heavy downpours as well especially where you see this orange area. that's where you're seeing the heaier orange. that's something we're watching tonight. >> thank 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