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The seasons first heavy round of snow heading across the nation. Accidents piling up. Where its headed and what it could mean for thousands of travelers. . I cant stop the feeling . . And thats a wrap. With the help of some famous chefs, al pulled off a week of turkey trot ambushes. Its thanksgiving and this morning, star powered surprise may be one of his best yet. Today, friday, november 18th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this friday. We have transition news happening. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast and so much has happened in terms of key foess being filled. Some key positions in his upcoming administration. Including attorney general. Multiple sources telling nbc news that alabama senator Jeff Sessions has been tapped for that role. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest on this. Peter, good morning to you. Matt and savannah, good morning to you. We are hearing from sources now the alabama conservative Jeff Sessions has been offered and accepted that position of attorney general. He still needs to be confirmed. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn accepted trumps offer to serve as National Security adviser, and now trump may be looking to form what would, in effect, be a team of rivals, the same way president obama picked Hillary Clinton for his secretary of state. Nbc news has learned that trump is eyeing mitt romney for that role. It could be a reassuring signal if its real. This morning a trifecta of new administration announcements, one of Donald Trumps closest senator Jeff Sessions is now on tap to be president elect trumps new attorney general. Still, sessions must be confirmed and 30 years ago his Senate Confirmation was denied because of past racial comments. Also new, mike pompeo is trumps pick to be the cia. All this after trump made his first major National Security decision. Michael flynn accepting the post of National Security adviser. A critical job inside the white house. For helping a president with no National Security experience navigate global crises. And after trading harsh insults for months mr. Trump is a con man, a fake. Mitt cannot run. He choked like a dog. Reporter trump and mitt romney are set to meet face to face this weekend. A source close to the president elect telling nbc news romneys being considered for secretary of state. This following the governors of trump during the campaign. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Reporter even waging an allout assault on today. He doesnt have the temperament or the personal qualities to be a great president. Reporter four years after endorsing romney for president you can do it. Reporter others being considered for appointments, rick scott and nikki haley. Texas congressman Jeb Hensarling for treasury. Trump, ever the showman, may be leaving america guessing, whether these names are serious or spectacle. On thursday, trump, his daughter ivanka and soninlaw Jared Kushner met with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. No press allowed. Abe saying trump is a leader he can have confidence in, even after trump suggested during the campaign that japan should pay more for its own defense and possibly obtain Nuclear Weapons to defend itself. I would rather see japan having some form of defense and reporter on capitol hill, a triumphant return for trumps vice president. Mike pence taking a selfie with fellow republicans. Late thursday trump claimed his first victory, even before taking office, tweeting the chairman of ford greed to keep the companys lincoln plant in kentucky and not move it to mexico. Ford tells nbc news it planned to move production of one model out of kentucky, likely to mexico, but has no plan to close the entire plant. For little better understanding, leading industry analyst tells me even if production of that ford model left kentucky, its unlikely any jobs would have been lost there. And for all the unity we showed you among republicans, there are divisions among democrats. Ohio congressman tim ryan now officially launching a bid to unseat House Minority leader nancy pelosi, who is now overseeing what is the smallest congressional minority in nearly a century. Matt and savannah . Peter, thank you. As we mentioned, retired army has accepted trumps offer to be his National Security adviser. Its an important pick and not without controversy. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has more on that. Kristen, good morning. Hi, savannah, good morning to you. A retired threestar general, 57yearold general Michael Flynn has been a loyal supporter and top adviser to donald trump throughout his campaign. Flynn is a combat veteran, who like his soon to be boss, is known for controversy and bucking tradition. Reporter retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is a self described maverick, who like president elect donald trump, favors Straight Talk over political correctness. Flynn ran the Defense Intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014, served as a top intelligence advisor in iraq to general stanley mcchrystal. But it is his loyalty, transition sources say, that was a critical part of trumps decision to pick him as National Security advisor. What we have in this country is we have a deficit of leadership. Are as america. Reporter but Lieutenant General flynn is not without controversy. He recently raised eyebrows among those in the military community who usually stay out of politics, sounding at times like a candidate himself. I have called on Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race because she put our nations security at extremely high risk. Reporter but flynn has been cu and there are questions about his management style. In 2014, flynn was fired as the dia director. Some u. S. Officials say he was ousted because hes contentious. Flynn has pud that and says the real reason hes too tough on islamic terrorism. There is a disease inside of this islamic body. Its like cancer. And it has metastasized. Reporter earlier this year inflaming tensions with tweets like fear of muslims is too cozy with russia, pointing to a february trip in moscow in which he spent time with russian president vladimir putin. This is a guy who has had cozy dinners with putin. This is a guy who the Intelligence Community regards not only as temperamentally unsuited for the job but possibly compromised. On policies, flynn has been a critic of the iraq war policy and the u. S. Action in libya. Reaction from capitol hill has been mixed. While some lawmakers have praised flynns service, others have expressed concerns about nbc news tried to contact flynn but we have not heard back. Matt . Savannah . All right, kristen, thank you. Lets bring in steve kornacki. Good morning to you. If there are members of the senate that dont like Michael Flynn, doesnt matter, because he doesnt have to go through confirmation. Jeff sessions will. What kind of battle will that be . Interesting, 30 years ago Jeff Sessions was up for a federal judgeship and the senate had to confirm him, they refused to. Years ago, that was because of allegations back there of racially insensitive comments in the 80s. He denied them, but thats something thats going to come back in a big way. Theres going to be a lot of outrage on the left on this. This might be a situation where democrats are a be careful what you wish for thing. Couple years ago when democrats controlled the senate, they did away with a filibuster for cabinet appointments to get obamas picks through. That means sessions will face a Republican Senate and will need 50 votes, not 60. By the way, hes a member of talk about this pick for cia chief, mike pompeo, member of the house intelligence committee. What more do you know . He has a background in intelligence, sits on the super sensitive committee. This is somebody that fits the mold, i think. Any republican president coming in, donald trump or somebody else, this is somebody who would be on the list. This is one of those picks that will probably make that establishment thats very nervous about donald trump a little more comfortable about the prospect. Donald trump has made about mitt romney and vice versa, yet they are going to meet over the weekend and there is talk mitt romney is being considered for secretary of state. Is it real in your opinion, and what would be the advantage to trump . I have to think if mitt romney is actually going and taking the meeting and sitting down, he believes its real. I think there is something here more than just a headline, but wow. I cant think of an example we talk about team of rivals, we talk about Hillary Clinton going to work with barack obama after 2008. That was nothing c stuff that was said here. They agreed on things. Romney and trump dont. The worst moment in the campaign was barack obama saying youre likable enough. Mitt romney said anything this guy says you cant believe, and now mitt romney would be representing donald trump on the world stage. Of course, romney, who has been a hard liner on russia, trump wants a totally different relationship with russia. Theres policy differences, too. Just give us the kind of big picture. Three key posts filled. How are we doing on the drain look, sessions is somebody hes from the washington world, certainly, but because of that baggage, this is not somebody who would have been picked really by any other president. This is a trump specific pick. Pompeo falls more into the category of a conventional pick, but flynn for National Security adviser, again, trumps the only one whos going to pick him. Steve kornacki, thanks very much. To the weather now, that snowstorm that hit parts of the west coast earlier in the week is moving across the country and causing big problems on the road, including a 20car pileup near denver. Al is tracking the storm on his last stop of today turkey troth. Al, good morning. Reporter thats right. From somewhere in new york. But first we want to talk about this storm. It is a big one and it is going to be causing problems as it makes its way all the way into the northeast. As you look, this is denver. Take a look. Millions bracing for this Winter Weather causing big problems and that snow stretched all the way into the dakotas, into utah, and it is just going to continue as it makes its way to the east. People under some sort of Winter Weather advisory. As the system pushes further to the east, were going to see blizzardlike conditions as this low winds up. The system then moves into canada. It is going to bring in lakeeffect snow. Another low will develop. An upperlevel low which will bring snow also to the northeast. Look at the amounts through saturday, upwards of a foot and a half in the great lakes and upper midwest. But look at the northeast. By sunday night, you could see foot and a half of snow in Northern New York state and new england. Thats a real mess early on in the season, guys. All right, al, thank you very much. Something else that could have a big impact on Holiday Travel this thanksgiving. Hundreds of workers at Chicagos Ohare International airport voting to gone go on strike. According to union officials, about 500 workers, including baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants plan to walk off the job in the coming days. Wage. Union Officials Say the strike is expected to slow, but not shut down the operations at that airport. President obama is weighing in on a story weve been following this week. Fake news that popped up on social media that may have influenced some voters. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is live in los angeles for us. Hi, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. With the president weighing in, one man is gloating to the Washington Post saying hes duped americans for years. His hoax stories, he claims, having a Significant Impact on the election. Reporter for millions of americans, facebook is much more than a powerful social media platform. Its where they get their news. The problem is, fake news is shared more than ever. A buzzfeed analysis found that fake election news generated more buzz on facebook than stories from 19 mainstream news outlets combined. Fake news is such big news, thursday. Theres so much active misinformation and its packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook Page or you turn on your television. Reporter one of the most prolific writers of fake news is 38yearold paul horner who thinks his stories may have helped donald trump get elected. Telling the Washington Post nobody factchecks anything anymore. I mean, thats how trump got elected. That donald trump announced he was going to require muslims to wear badges and he thought surely no one will think this story is true. Its absurd. But in fact people shared it. So then he said, you know, well, im going to go one step further. Reporter and while horner says he hates trump and thought he was messing with the campaign, he also says, with every click his fabricated stories made him money. Horner claims about 10,000 a but his lucrative career may be slowing down after facebook and google announced theyll begin to prohibit ad sales from sites pushing out fake news. The real problem is with this fake news and what paul has been so successful in exploiting is this idea of confirmation bias that people want to read and share news that conforms with beliefs that they already have. Reporter so the next time youre browsing online, the best advice may be the oldest dont bee read. There are a few easy ways to tell if youre reading a fake news story. You should look beyond the headlines. Check the url for spelling errors or check for extra letters and always google a story to see if there are more news outlets reporting the same facts. Good advice, miguel, thank you. An Arizona Police officer a woman in the face during an arrest. A cell phone camera recorded the confrontation in flagstaff on wednesday when the officer threw the punch. Police were responding to an eviction notice. But its not clear what led things to escalate. The officer claims he was kicked and kneed in the groin. An internal Affairs Investigation now under way. Now to some dramatic video from tampa, florida. A street fight that ended with a car crashing through a bar window. Take a look at this surveice video police have released. It happened on thursday. Police are hoping someone will recognize the driver here. Several young men fighting and suddenly a black nissan jumps the curb, hits one of the men, sending him crashing through the glass. Incredibly he suffered minor injuries. Eventually the driver got out of the car and walked away. Police are still looking for him. Now let us go back to mr. Roker for the rest of his forecast. Hey, guys, were looking at some warm weather here in the ahead of that front, record highs and strong storms stretching from texas all the way up into the mid Mississippi River valley. Cooler weather in the pacific northwest. Sunny and mild in the southwest. On into Southern California with temperatures in the upper 70s. Beautiful weather today. Down through the peninsula of florida. Thats whats going on around the country. Were going . . Get up for black friday. Starts thursday, 6pm. It is going to blow your mind. Big sell. That is a tease. Exciting, thanks. Just ahead, well take a turn and tell you about the murder in manhattan. Two men arraigned in the brutal killing of another man after a night of partying. This morning, weve got an interview with the victims father. And trump tower in new york city, why that is not welcome news for the president elects neighbors. Well explain, but first, this and taking out a mortgage at the same time. And al is about to ambush a deserving dad with a little help deserving dad with a little help from a great holly deserving dad with a little help from a great holly this store is unreal. You never know what youll find. I made my first boyfriend a cake in one of these howd that turn out . 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