there's a bull market somewhere. i will find it just for you here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer. see you tomorrow. the embers are burning as fewer sweeps through the smokey mountain, dozens burn to the ground, three died in the dolly part's dollywood, what brought down a brazilian plane that brought down almost every player of a brazilian soccer team. more about president-elect trump's denner with mitt romney. >> i had a wonderful dinner with president-elect trump.

much. a dangerous pipeline explosion in the kansas city area. the long awaited return of tiger woods. "early today" starts right now. it's good to be with you. i'm frances abama. nbc's bill cairns is track is it still over? >> no, it's not over yet. we are dealing with a tornado watch in areas of southern tennessee. the worst of it overnight had been earlier in areas of mississippi. then it shifted into alabama overnight. as far as the reports go, as of now, we have about 85 reports of either wind damage or tornado. so far we're at 27 reports of tornadoes and it looks like the

it here the extreme northern corner of alabama. also reports of many destroyed buildings there, including a 24 hour-hour day care center they said were destroyed. these numbers of injuries an deaths will fluctuate. these are overnight tornadoes, very little warning in the way of these. most people are asleep. when daybreak comes, whole see a lot more destruction. >> so alarming, so jolding. we will continue to watch it. thank you very mu are battling wildfires that forced the evacuation of 14,000 people in gatlinburg and pigeon storm, tennessee. residence and vacationers thought they were safe until they looked out their windows. >> panic. that's all we had was panic. we could zee feel the right, it was nothing but red. >> this whole someplace on fire. >> how would you describe this?

this is a resort town about an hour from foxville. the flames threatened several popular tourist destination the most visited national park in the country. also an aquarium with 10,000 animals, dollywood was spared, parton who just released a psa about wildfires says she is heart broken and paying for all the families. three people have died so far in the wildfires. some the biggest the state has ever the last 100 years in the state of tennessee. >> tonight, authorities are beginning to assess the damage. entire neighborhoods destroyed. officials are investigating the cause of the fire and have not ruled out arson. this morning, we are learning more about that plane crash in colombia that killed 71 people. investigators retrieved two black boxes from the acre. on the flight were a brazilian

playoff in medellin. the plane crashed a mile before the airport a. flight attendant who survived said the plane ran out of fume t. death toll from monday night's crash was lowered from 75 on tuesday after it was learned four people didn't board the flight. only six people swieshe survived, including team members. last night they packed the soccer stadium to remember the players. brazil's president declared three days of national mourning. this morning, we are one step closener finding out who will be the country's top diplomat. president-elect donald trump had a second meeting with mitt romney and in-house chief of staff reince priebus. there are reports a third meeting could take place later today. trump is taking his time in

dinner with trump and priebus. >> i had a wonderful evening with president-elect trump. we had another discussion about affairs throughout the world and he continues with a message in bringing people together. all of those things combine candidate give me increasing hope that president-elect trump is the very man that can lead us to that better future. >> remember during the campaign, there was this message from romney that was very different. >> donald trump a fraud. the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the mysogeney t. absurd 3rd grade theatrics. >> and we are also getting word that former goldman sachs executive and hollywood producer stephen menuchin will be tapped for secretary.

is. wilbur ross and tom byrum price join. simply so much for draining the swamp. this morning, there is one promise trump made will come to fruition. carrier says it will now keep 1,000 jobs in the hoosier state. initially it made the decision to relocate to mexico, something trump had been strongly against. on thursday, to indiana to celebrate the decision. he is expected to visit ohio with mike pence kicking off their thank you tour. overnight, several activists took to trump's newest hotels to burn two-foot long trumps that flag burners should be jailed and their citizenship revoked for thing a. in 19 i don't know, they ruled it was not a crime but a form of

crews were called to the scene tuesday evening after this fire broke out near kansas city airport t. pipeline was carrying ethane and pro pane. the flames which could be seen from miles away didn't affect any flights to and from the international airport. no one was hurt in the incident. police in manchester, england, have released new video of a terrifying road rage incident, in the hopes they will police say the truck driver turned violent when he was asked to share his insurance information a. fit broke out. it didn't end with that, the man repeatedly slammed his truck into the vehicle the victim's vehicle, he took a shovel, smashed apart their windshield the two victims were not hurt, after this you can imagine very shaken up. there is a whole lot to celebrity for 20 co-workers from a tennessee metal manufacturing plant.

the group claimed a $420 million dollar prize, the cash value is $230 million. they will get about 12 million before taxes. just ahead the return of tiger woods, first meteorologist bill cancer joins us on a busy weather day and a whole lot to watch within it comes to severe weather, bill interest i think when we wake up, we will fought like what we see. this down to areas of tennessee. the tornado threat will be ending through the rest of the morning. we do have a slight risk of severe weather in pensacola, new orleans, wind damage will be the biggest threat throughout the day today. it shouldn't look anything like what we saw in the deep south. watch out in the northeast a. lot of heavy rain for you. a lot of big travel delays. now, here's a closer look at

so we'll track those storms this morning as they continue to push through alabama and areas near new orleans, mobile and biloxi. in the east, it will be a period of heavy rain, warm temperatures out there, it could be windy, too, as you go throughout the day. fan, we'll give you updapts and new developments from the tornadoes overnit. >> watching it at nbc news, passing it on to our viewers still to come, the last 1,800s. the 898th ranked in theear get out of bed. tiger explains. that's next. more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent,

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african-american man in april of last year. gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: this bystander's dramatic cell phone video appears to show walter scott shot in the back multiple times. in a charleston, south carolina courtroom the former officer accused of scott's murder gave his first detailed public account of what happened. >> i fired, the threat was he pulled scott over for a broken taillight in april, 2015 and was preparing to give him a warning but scott bolted from his car. >> it was in my mind that people don't want to see that. >> prosecutors say he fled because he was behind on child payments and he hit him three times with a stun gun.

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>> overnight tornadoes have struck in alabama. we know of at least three fatalities in jackson county. we still have strong storms we are dealing with, including one tornado warning to the northeast. we will track these storms, saying the worst should be at daybreak, it will not be pretty across portions of alabama, where the overnight storms destroyed businesses and maybe one elementary school, frances. >> a lot to watch. thank you very much. one of the most ambitious engineering projects is now complete, marking significant progress after the worst nuclear accidents in history. the $1.6 billion shelter was locked in place in the ukraine on tuesday. it took 10,000 workers to

prevent deadly radiation for 30 years ago. 30 years ago, chernobyl killed scores and sickening thousands of others. president obama made his 23rd visit to a walter reed national medical center tuesday and perhaps his last as president. a few pictures of past visits to show you. he likes to keep his visits private. most are photos the wounded vets, himself, posted. walter reed are where men and woman dock back to be put back together. yesterday the president met with 13 soldiers and decorated 12 with a purple heart. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas at the white house. michelle obama unveiled decorations on tuesday. family members and u.s. service members were invited for an early view. a whole lot of legos, they spent 500 hours designing and building

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being told to leave... for their the cold and now face an evacuation order. plus, a big announcement about jobs from donald trump even before he takes the oath of office. taking centerstage at u-n-i. this is a huge week on campus as the university searches for a new leader. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist