I wont do the debate unless they pay me 5 million, all of which money goes to the Wounded Warriors or go to vets. This morning where the race stands, and republican hopeful ben carson joins us live for the first time on today. Mounting misery. Heavy snow blanketing millions across the midwest. Roads now sheets of ice. Signs seeing double, while the southeast braces for flooding rains. And all smiles. The first photo of Oscar Pistorius inside his house arrest as an Appeals Court considers a ruling that could send him back to jail, a decision that may come as early today, tuesday, dececber 1st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning on a rainy day, Tuesday Morning right here on today. Here we go. Two months out from the Iowa Caucuses looking forward to live in a couple of minutes. Overseas, president obama wrwrping up his trip to paris making headlines for a new step in the fight against isis, appointing a new adviser to lead that charge. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell joins us from paris this morning. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. In another effort to show that the white house is taking concrete steps to battle isis, the president has tapped a Longtime National security expert, rob malley, to run the operation inside the white house as the president is looking for tangible contributions from other World Leaders. This morning president obama began his second day in paris. With the president of turkey which has become a frequent transit point for radicalized isis fighters headed to the west. We all have a common enemy, and that is isil, and i want to make sure that we focus on that threat. 150 World Leaders here, met briefly with Russias Vladimir Putin monday but only the kremlin sent out a photo to prove it. Obama urged putin to step up russias strength against isis targets inside syria. And the president linked the purpose of this summit, climate change, to the headlinedominating fight against terrorists. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshalling our best efforts to save it. Reporter the city of lights also saw the unmistakable flashes of the obama motorcade. French president hollande hosted president obama and secretary of state kerry at a premiere restaurant, dining out, another small act of defiance to show paris is back in business after the isis attacks. While white house officials pressured congress to move quickly on funding more Aviation Security and tightening visa requirements. Ensuring that we have the homeland defenses in place to on our homeland. Reporter ahead for the president today, a News Conference to wrap up his time in paris. Expect him to be asked about the current threat level from isis and as he heads back to washington expect more pressure on congress to put in place some would like to see. Savannah, matt. Lets see what happens there. Kelly, thank you. Lets go on to the president ial race now where on february 1st voters will gather throughout the state of iowa and cast the first votes of the 2016 campaign. This, of course, will be a major test for the candidates to see who is breaking through and made a connection with voters. Weve got the race covered from all angles this morning, and well talk to dr. Ben carson in just a moment. Lets start with the democrats though and the frontrunner Hillary Clinton. This morning the largest release to date of emails from her time as secretary of state is out, and she tries now to court her base, although there appears to be one key holdout. Nbcs Kristen Welker on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton. Shes in montgomery, alabama. To you. In just a few hours Hillary Clinton will appear at this church where Martin Luther king was once a pastor. Shes going to mark the 60th anniversary of the montgomery bus boycott, and it comes as shes touting her strength among female senators, but in a sign she still doesnt have this race locked up, there is still one critical senator she has yet to win over. Hillary clinton trying to showcase her strength, 13 Democratic Women senators embracing her monday night as she steps up her attacks over the shooting at a colorado planned parenthood. I will defend planned parenthood. Reporter but noticeably absent, progressive champion senator Elizabeth Warren who hasnt endorsed anyone yet. The Clinton Campaign downplayed warrens absence, noting clintons vast support, but warrens no show underscores that clinton still struggles to court the more liberal wing of her party, many who have gravitated to vermont senator still, clinton has a healthy lead in most polls, and shes courting her base at everyurn. Thank you all very much reporter releasing this new Campaign Video featuring schoolaged girls. It is ridiculous that theres never been a female president before. Reporter but as she looks forward, clinton continues to contend with her past, the largest batch of emails yet out overnight, nearly 8,000 pages from 2012 to 2013 from the personal server clinton used as secretary of state, some sent night of the 2012 benghazi attacks including when clinton emailed her daughter. The ambassador whom i handpicked has been killed by an al qaedalike group. Chelsea writing back in notably formal language. I am so sorry. Such anathema to us as americs. But in thehemails clinton also o poked fun at some republicans in the 2012 race, referring to mitt romney as mittens and calling in another exchange, she asksks aids where she can sign something for Julia Louisdreyfus for veep. Repopoer emails classified after ththfact, republicans say thats a aindication that secretary clinton mishandled sensitive government information. The Clinton Campaign says thats just not the case. There will be two more releases of emails including one right before iowa. Matt, savannah. Kristen welker, thank you very much. Talk about the republicans now, donald trump still dominating the polls. Nbcs katy tur is here with what hes saying. Reporter two months until the iowa caucus and despite all predictions donald trump is still ahead in all the polls. As the voters get serious trump is betting on trump refusing to apologize, back down or even soften his language no matter who asks. In front of 5,500 supporters in macon, georgia, late monday, rivals will pounce next. Christie hasnt hit me yet. He will. He has to. He has no choice. At some point rubios got to hit me. Theres only one way you get to the top and its all through trump, lets face it. Reporter trump issuing a challenge ahead of the next gop debate two weeks from today. How about we do this with cnn. I wont do the debate unless thth pay me 5 million, l of which money goes to the wounund warriors or go to vets. Reporter billionaire feeling and acting invincible as poll after poll show him solidly in the lead despite his increasingly inflammatory rhetoric, rhetoric he had to face up to monday afternoon during an attimes contentious private meeting with dozens of black pastors and religious leaders. Many angry for what they see as racebaiting. Beautiful thing about the meeting is they really didnt ask me to change the tone. Reporter meeting was supposed to result in an endorsement from 100 black earned the support of a few. Going to pray to god about it as ministers do. Reporter these days trump seems less concerned with rival ben carson whose iowa poll numbers have started to slip after the terror attacks in paris and a string of Foreign Policy flubs. And now the neurosurgeon is struggling to defend his own words, this time on planned parenthood monday night on fox news. Look at my record, you know. Ive spent my whole life as a prolife advocate trying to save lilis. Reporter as for t tt meeting, some demanded an apology, not just to africanamericans but mexicans. Whether trump will acquiesce is unlikely and others said they were surprised how little he talked guys and how much his advisers ended up answering the questions for him. All right. S sprising. Katy, thanks very much. Lets bring in dr. Ben carson who joins us live from west palm beach, florida. Dr. Carson, good to see you. Thank you, its a pleasure. Let the me start by talking about polling in the last four to six weeks youve gone from number one in iowa to number three, and your decline seems to coincide wh some very troubling world events that have been taking place, the syrian refugee crisis, the downing of the russian jet, the downing of the Russian Military plane and, of course, the paris attacks. One republican commentator called the paris a aacks a commander in chief moment. Is it a coincidence that your numbers are going down as americans are coming to terms with moments like that . Well, you know, poll numbers will go up and down, you know. Its a marathon. Its not a sprint, and, you know, its not about me, quite frankly. The American People have the privilege of selecting their president , and over the course of time theyll evaluate what each one of us has to say and impression of what they need. I think theres plenty of time to make the appropriate arguments. Well, chris christie, the governor of new jersey, picked up a key endorsement over the weekend from the New Hampshire union leader and in the endorsement they cited his experience as a prosecutor and governor and said he wasasight for these dangerous times and also wrote, quote, we dont need as president some wellmeaning person from the private sector who has no public experience. Now, they could be talking about you or donald trump or miss fiorina. How do you combat that perception . I would simply say that our system was really designed for the citizen statesman and not for the career politician. I know the career politicians wanted to believe that they are the only ones who have the ability to solve our problems, but its not true, and i believe that the ability to assess a situation quickly and to utilize the correct people and the correct resources with wisdom is years in the political sphere, and i know many people in washington who have been there for decades, and im not sure that they could solve our problems. Let me ask you about this. You just got back from jordan and visited a syrian refugee camp there. You had a chance to talk face to face with some of the refugees, look them in their eyes and hear their storors. Would you be comfortable allowing any of the people you spoke to personally into this country as refugees to escape the war in their home country . Well, honestly, i dont think thats the issue. You know, the issue is if we bring in tens of thousands of refugees into this country, have we solved the problem . The answer to that is no. Why do things that just make some people feel good and say that weve done something when in fact its an inadequate solution. You said you want to bar them face to face. Do you have the same opinion of that group of people now, or have you changed your popocy at all . Well, f fst of all, you say that i say i want to bar them from coming to this country so i dont accept that premise. What i have said is that bringing them into this country does not solve the problem and it exposes us to danger. You know, isis has alreadydyaid if we brbrg tens of thousands of people here, they will infiltrate them with their people, and we already have good solutions. The jordanians are very generous people. They have camps and they have places that work very well. They have camps and places that work wl. People are not giving enough money and the hospital is not being utilized. Why not take advantage of the things that are already in place up. They are still refugee camps. Just because they are schools and refugee camps, doesnt make them hohos. A lot of peoplpl have moved through jordan and they want to come here, although they prefer to stay or go back to syria. These camps are not a place where they can make their future. And thats something that we can work on, you know. But many of them tell me. I asked them specifically what would you like to happen. Two questions. What would you like to happen and what can the United States do . And the answers i got were pretty consistent. They would like to go back home to syria, number one and what can nations like the United States do, support the efforts of places like jordan and others that might offer them a safe place to inhabit until such time as they can return home. Dr. Ben carson joining us thank you very much. Thank you. Another big issue, planned parenthood and that issue in colorado. We are learning more about the victims from last weeks tragic incident. On monday the suspect was in court and were learning more about the suspect. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is here with more. E. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Robert dear is being yled in held in the county jail without bond and its the first time he faced the judge saying very littlelen closed circuit television. The charge is murdein the reporter a judge advises robert dear of his rights, the reaction. Any question about the rights, sir . Reporter representing dear is public defender dan king, one of the attorneys for james people at an aurora movie these remember . Weve got shots coming out of planned parent hood. Reporter police say dear opened fire outside a planned parenthood clinic on friday and continued inside the clinic leaving three dead. On monday a procession outside the Coroners Office for garrett swasey, a Police Officer killed while respononng to the scene. Another victim, iraq war veteran kearre stewart. A fellow veteran and friend describing stewart as a hero. There are domestic terrorists here, the same kind of terrorists we would face on the battlefield, somebody with blatant disregard for lifefe reporter jennifer markovskys husband confirming the mother of two was at the clinic to support a friend when she was killed, saying in a statement to nbc news she was a very caring and compmpsionate person and patient and understandinparent. Meanwhile, increased security presence at planned parenthood locations across the country, on alert after the latest in a series of recent attacks on well be looking at the incidents of friday to see if theres anything more that we could learn from this to ensure that women can access care across the country without fear. Reporter the District Attorney will file charges in eight days when robert dear is charged with murder. The minimum sentence will be life in prison, the maximum, the death penalty. Savannah. Miguel almaguer, thank you. Millions of people in this country, especially the midwest, are dealing with very dangerous travel conditions because of a big storm. Dylan is in for al this morning. What have you got . The midwest and plains have been dealing with this for quite some time. This you seen this picture, a 25mileperhour sign that at one point was frozen and started to warm up just enough. Do you add them together, does that turn into 50 Miles Per Hour . Tell that to the Police Officer. Or the judge. I dont think hell buy that one. Those are the types of conditions weve been dealing we also had some snow through parts of iowa where we ended up with about 8 inches. South dakota saw its second major snow storm was up to 6 inches and the blowing snow reduced visibility and cars were skidding off the roads. Roads very danaerous and slippery and now were seeing the whole storm system wind down, but next area will be northeastern minnesota where well seeesome of our heavier snow. Up near duluth where the snow is coming down and banding near north and south dakota where well still see minor accumulations. Winter storm warnings are in effect through eastern and central south dakota for potential of the blowing snow and this area of low pressure will continue to move to the north and east. Heaviest snowfall this morning and as the snow winds down well start to see theheinds begin to increase. They could gust up to nearly 40 Miles Per Hour and that could create blowing snow. Isolated amounts up to 4 to 6 inches and for the most part the heaviest snowfall accumulations are just about over and tack on 1 to 3 inches, just enough to make everyrying slippery. Thths a look at the weaeaer across the country. In just 30 seconds. Of siouxland tuesday Winter Weather advisory in effect for southern siouxland this evening it was a messy monday with many siouxland communities seeing snow accumulation of 48 inches by late afternoon. Well see a lighter snow cononnue into tonight and tuesday with another 13 inches ofsnow possibleor many. The wind is also going to come up some on tuesday with winds possibly gusting to about 25 Miles Per Hour trying to blow some of the snow around a bit although it has been a very wet snow. The snow should come to an end tuesday night with clearing skies expected for wednesday. Once we get into wednesday, the rest of our 7day forecast is dry with highs in and thats your latest forecast. Winter is really getting going out in the midwest. We should send someone out in the thick of it. If only there were someone. Right, thats you. All right, dylan, thank you. Coming up, the first photo of Oscar Pistorius inside his house under arrest, house arrest there, as he awaits the judges decision that could send him back to prison. Were live in south africa. And salt shaming, the sodium warnings appearing on restaurant menus starting today, but will today on nbc. 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