Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with the earth shattering news out of alabama. A democrat now set to represent the state in the u. S. Senate. Nbc news reports doug jones is the apparent winner in alabama. Beating controversial republican candidate roy moore by a narrow margin. After moderates, independents and a slew of republicans voted for the democrat in a race that garnered global attention. In the end it seems moore seemed to be a step too far even for alabama with his apparent loss causing a shift in the red est of red states. It will be felt in washington as well. Republicans are down to a razor thin 5149 majority in the senate. In spite trump endotsing moore in the final days of the race, even though most republicans deemed him toxic. The president weighing in overnight tweeting congratulations to doug jones in a hard fought victory. The writein votes played a big factor but a win is a win. Republicans will have another shot at the seat in a short time. That tweet coming despite the fact moore refuses to concede the race. Thats what weve got to do, is wait on god and let this process play out. Votes are still coming in and were looking at that. Jones thanked the voters who propelled him to his apparent victory. I have always believed that the people of alabama had more in common than to divide us. [cheering and applauding] we have, we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. For more we go to nbcs Vaughn Hilliard at moores headquarters. Reporter frances, bammians are waking up to the fact that a democrat, doug jones will soon be representing them in the United States senate after an upset victory last night over roy moore, the republican. Roy moore, of course, plagued over the last month by those allegations of Sexual Misconduct with minors, but hes also a candidate that barely ranch of a campaign over the last month. Not appearing often on the campaign trail compared to his democratic opponent doug jones who worked towns from selma to montgomery to birmingham, was able to bring out not only democrats and africanamerican voters particularly, but was able to convince a wide swath of Republican Voters to cross over and come to his side. In particularly key counties that had long gone over to more conservative candidates. Doug jones now prepares to head over to the United StatesSenate Despite roy moore giving not giving in and refusing to concede last night, saying the race is still too close to call. Frances . All right, vaughn, thank you. The alabama race wasnt the only story that sent washington head spinning after a political clash between the president and a leading female senator grabbed national attention. With mr. Trump waging yet another battle via twitter. This time against senator Kirsten Gillibrand of new york. The fight sparking a fire storm and charges of sexism after the president claimed she would, quote, do anything for Campaign Contributions. Following gillibrands calls for trump to resign, the president tweeting, lightweight senator Kirsten Gillibrand a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for Campaign Contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them is now in the ring fighting against trump. And this morning as a leading National Paper calls out the president for his words, we are also hearing from senator gillibrand herself, fighting back against the nations commander in chief. For more ton this we go to nbcs tracie potts. Tracie, good morning. Reporter good morning. Gillibrand says it is not just about her, it is about her and also about the more than one dozen women who have accused the president of Sexual Harassment or sexual assault. He certainly denies all of them, but gillibrand says that their voices and her voice need to be heard. Listen. It was a sexist smear, attempting to silence my voice. And i will not be silenced on this issue neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday and neither will the millions of women who have been marching since the womens march to stnd up against policies they do not agreed with. Reporter now, the white house pushing back hard on this one, saying that its not at all about women and Sexual Harassment. Its about politics. He is obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play and the broken system that hes talked about repeatedly. This isnt new. This isnt a new sentiment, this isnt new terminology. Reporter theres been a fire storm of reaction here on capitol hill. People like senator Elizabeth Warren tweeting, this is slut shaming as she put it on behalf of the president. Also usa today in an editorial talking about it saying that a president who all but call a senator a whore is unfit to clean or lets in obamas president ial library or shine george bushs shoes. Pretty harsh assessment there. More than 100 democrats are calling on an investigation of those claims that the president denies and a handful including gillibrand have called on the president to resign. Philip . All right, tracie, thank you. Savannah guthrie will speak with senator gillibrand in an exclusive interview on today. San Francisco Mayor ed lee died suddenly at the age of 65. He was rushed to the hospital after collapsing. He died after 1 00 a. M. Tuesday according to a statement. Few other details were released. The citys first Asian American mayor was remembered as a dedicated civil service. Also a strong advocate for Public Housing and civil rights. San francisco board of supervisors president london breed who is now acting mayor said flags in the city will fly at half staff for 30 days in lees honor. The suspect in new york citys subway bombing is now facing federal terrorism charges in the failed suicide plot. Authorities are releasing new Details Behind the attempted attack, including Akayed Ullahs message to the president moments before the bomb went off. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the details. Reporter not long before akayed ullah tried and failed to blow up commuters in a crowded tunnel near times square, fros prosecutors said he posted a message online to the president. Trump, you failed to protect your nation. They announced five charges against the 27yearold. Among them, Material Support for a terrorist organization. He allegedly started to gather materials for his bomb two to three weeks ago. Reporter the governments complaint says ullahs radicalization began three years ago online while living in the u. S. Ullah told investigators he deliberately chose rush hour and packed the bomb with metal screws to maximize casualties. All in support of isis. New york Officials Say the device failed, that the pipe bomb only partially exploded and you can imagine how in a tunnel like this, crowded during rush hour, that if it had exploded entirely, it would have been devastating. President trump used this weeks attack and the deadly halloween attack in Lower Manhattan as an argument for immigration reform. The first attacker came through the visa lottery and the second through chain migration. Were going to end both of them. Reporter ullah arrived from bangladesh on a valid green card in 2011, which he got because his uncle is a u. S. Citizen. Socalled chain migration. Seven years later he launched an attack. How to stop the next one fueling the already heated national debate. Stephanie goss being, nbc news, new york. Colin kaepernick is under fire for visiting rikers island. He met with inmates and talked about social injustice and social justice issues, including his decision to kneel during the national anthem. Members of a Union Representing city correction officers slammed his advivisit saying it will on encourage them to attack jail guards. He said the purpose of his visit was, quote, to share a message of hope and inspiration. If youd like to take advantage of free admission days at the countrys National Parks, next year youre going to have fewer options. The National Park service announced four free days in 2018. Thats down from ten days this year. It wasnt immediately clear why the agency cutback on free days, but the move does come after a proposal last october to nearly double the entrance fees at some of the nations busiest parks in the name of generating revenue for maintenance. Next years fee list visiting days will include Martin Luther king jr. Day and veterans day. Lets check in with nbcs meteorologist bill karins. Hes watching a frigid forecast. A huge swath having cold weather. Great lakes, northeast, midatlantic, some of the coldest air of the season. Yesterday we were in single digits. Weve warmed up in des moines and minneapolis, but still really cold. 3 is the wind chill now in detroit. Indianapolis is at 9 the. Where its really changed is behind the big storm system that is now still bringing snow to northern new england. 9 in new york, washington, d. C. , 9. It is not going to improve much during the day. It will remain blustery. Detroit still at 10, pittsburgh at 5. As we go through the afternoon and evening, single digit wind chilgz in many areas. Look at burlington vermont, temperature of 11 tonight with a wind chill of 0 early tomorrow morning. Not fun to be at the bus n certain christmas decorations. Well be right back on early today. 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One california man is trying to bring Holiday Cheer to a neighborhood devastated by the california wildfires. Ronnie duval is stringing Christmas Lights where homes once stood in the california neighborhood of coffee park. Duval says he knows the area will never be the same but he wants to bring neighbors together for the holidays. Leading the news, thousands of Fire Fighters head into the second week of battling the raging thomas fire in southern california. Despite calmer winds, the fire has now spread into Santa Barbara county, prompting more evacuations and Officials Say the smokey conditions limited some helicopter operations. Authorities report californias 5th largest fire has consumed thousands of acres but containment efforts are improving. To date, the total acres is 236,000 acres. Our containment has gone up to 25 . While we dont yet know what sparked the thomas fire, Authorities Say that the skir ball brush fire that caused bel air residents to flee their multimillion dollar homes was sparked by an illegal cooking fire under interstate 405 and sep ulvedaa in long beach. Moving the embassy will not happen right away. Speaking in washington tuesday, tillerson said relocating it from tel aviv will take at least three years. The move he described as, quote, pretty ambitious. Last week President Trump formally recognized jerusalem as israels capital sparking widespread protests across the middle east. But he signed a National Security waver delaying the move for another six months. The federal Aviation Administration is issuing a new warning when it comes to those elaborate christmas light displays. They say the laser light projections used by many homeowners could pose a danger to pilots. 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Im katy zachry. Im via sikahema. People waking up to the bitter cold. Weve issued a first alert because of temperatures. Meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate neighborhood Weather Forecast accurate. Good morning. It is a cold start this morning. Temperatures cold without the wind. Wind taking a break now. But were still get something strong gusts in the area. Theres more wind on the way. The wind at 20 Miles Per Hour. Thats a steady wind at 20 Miles Per Hour in allentown. 15 Miles Per Hour in millville, and in philadelphia international, reporting 16 mileperhour winds. Factor in the wind and cold, 9 is what it feels like right now in philadelphia. 3 degrees in allentown, and 8 in millville. Its going to be a cold start and cold all day long. The actual temperature without the wind factor is 17 now in the poconos. In the suburbs, 21 in philadelphia, teens for the lehigh valley. A ton of sunshine. We will get it today. The clouds have finally moved out. Bitter wind will stay with us this afternoon. Temperatures will warm into the 30s. Its going to feel like the teens during the day today. Ill break it down hour by hour, show what your day looks like in ten minutes. First, first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. Thank you. Starting on the schuylkill expressway, cameras moving through the center city area. Well, where we have the construction project blocking off the eastbound side of the schuylkill, eastbound traffic from the vine street expressway headed to south street will be closed for the next hour. On 202, no problems. 11 minutes for the southbound drive time from the sduk rourou the schuylkill, and no problems for mass transit. Back to you. Thank you. Breaking news in philadelphia. Police are looking for the driver in a dead hit and run that leaves a man dead and several others hurt. This was the scene in tacony a few hours ago. Investigators say after the collision, a man and a woman ran from the scene. Nbc10s osborpamela osborne it at the scene. What do we know at this point . Reporter accident investigation is still on scene. Ill show you a tow truck just arrived here, as well. Heres what we know so far