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will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. i think the voters -- >> reporter: south carolina senator tim scott announced on sunday night he will be dropping out of the republican presidential race to the seeming surprise of fox news houston trey gowdy scott has served in the senate since 2013 began his campaign in may. >> despite major spending on ads in iowa and other early primary states, scott failed to make a considerable impact in any polls. he becomes the second major candidate to exit the race following former vice president mike pence last month. scott has yet to endorse any of his fellow candidates, and he downplayed the idea of a potential vice presidential bid. all right. stop us if you've heard this one before the clock is once again ticking toward another government shutdown this morning. we had the same conversation just six weeks ago when a last-minute dealkept the light on at the capitol. but this time around there is a

new house speak were a new plan to keep the government up and running. nbc's chris pollone joins us from d.c good morning they have about four days left to strike a deal >> yeah, phillip, that's right good morning to you. it's feeling a bit like groundhog day here on capitol hill but the timing is even worse this go-around military members and federal workers now have their pay checks on the line just in time for the holiday season and it would mean no vacations at national parks. but the new house speaker mike johnson has a novel untested plan to even the government afloat with a so-called two-step approach the first would fund some parts of the government until january. the second funding the rest until february but notefully bli absent from the plan, military aid to israel, and spending cuts. johnsoncan only afford to lose four votes right now at least three house republicans at least publicly oppose his plan. with member members of his own party underscoring the urgency,

johnson's plan may hinge on democrats' support to carry it over the finish line. >> there is no choice here i mean, the world is on fire from where i sit it is too urgent we can't sit back and do nothing. >> we're trying to operate with unity in our caucus behind hakeem jeffries and our leadership because it's complicated enough with the republicans falling apart on a weekly and daily basis so if it's something that our leadership thinks they can work with, it's something i imagine most democrats will say we'll value low for now. >> of course, we all remember what happened the last time a former house speaker reached across the aisle to pass a continuing resolution. the move cost kevin mccarthy the gavel, leading the republican chaotic race to name his replacement. so certainly a lot on the line this time around phillip, back to you >> i'd say that's putting it lightly. chris, thank you the pentagon says american forces have conducted air

strikes against targets in eastern syria. two locations were attacked, abu kamal and mayadin. this is the third strike against iranian and iranian-based bases. for the latest, let's go live to claudio lavanga who is following these and other developments in the region good morning what more can you tell us about the recent air strikes >> good morning, frances well, at least according to the pentagon, the strikes targeted a training facility and a safe house used by iran's revolutionary guard and other groups associated with it in eastern syria now. in a statement, the dod said the strikes were precise, proportionate and aimed at disrupting the capabilities of those responsible for recent attacks against u.s. forces in iraq and in syria. it also said the facilities were successfully destroyed, and they believe also the militias belonging to the revolutionary

guards of iran, but of course it is still unclear whether there were casualties among them frances? >> and claudio, turning to gaza now, there is disturbing news out of the al-shifa hospital in gaza city. what can you tell us about that? >> well, that's right. al-shifa is the largest hospital in the whole of gaza, at least according to the palestinian health ministry. it has been left without power since saturday morning following heavy bombardment and heavy fighting that has intensified around that complex now. at least according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 13 patients have -- including three babies have died throughout the weekend because of the lack of electricity and 35, at least 35 other babies were born prematurely are at risk of dying or to quote, they could possibly die at any moment since the start of the war, hospitals have been overwhelmed with people, patients of course people injured because of the heavy bombardment. but also people who are trying to seek shelters in those

hospitals. but nevertheless, they have become a target as well by israel and according to international law, hospitals are not supposed to be legitimate tax, but israel says that they are because they're being used as command centers by hamas. now benjamin netanyahu appeared on "meet the press" last night, saturday evening and kristen welker asked him whether these claims that they are being used as command centers justifies jeopardizing the lives of sick people and baskets. let's take a listen. >> and i think every civilian death, every dead baby is a tragedy. but that tragedy should be placed squarely on the responsibility of hamas that is keeping its military installations inside hospitals, its command posts inside hospitals, inside schools, inside unrwa, u.n. facilities and so on. so we obviously don't want to give them immunity >> of course we will continue to monitor the situation there. frances, phillip

>> once again, the civilians paying the high price of this war. claudio, thank you heartbreak in houston after six people, including three former university football players all died in a crash just hours before their school's annual homecoming game priscilla thompson has the story. >> reporter: grief on the gridiron >> it's home coming in houston, but it's a bit of a subdued atmosphere. >> reporter: university of houston fans pausing their homecoming game for a moment of silence in honor of three former football players killed in a car crash hours before kickoff >> you know, a sad day to be a coug, whether you knew them or didn't know them, they're cougs. they're family >> reporter: police say the men were riding in this suv around 2:00 a.m. saturday morning when another driver slammed into them. >> the other vehicle ran a red light. appears to be going very fast, high velocity. >> reporter: six people were killed u of h confirming dj hayden, zachary mcmillan and ralph

aragwu former teammates and coaches also remembering the trio as amazing young men with infectious smiles and laughter that lit up every moment what will you remember most about them >> just showing the most absolute genuine love. zack would know everybody in the building's game down to janitor. and i speak that in the same way about ralph. just another guy that showed nothing but love >> reporter: cameron oliver played at u of h and knew all three. >> dlj was loved by everybody. being that guy who you can look to as an example. >> reporter: hayden, a houston area native, survived a near fatal heart injury in his senior year at u of h before going on to become a first round draft pick by the raiders in 2013. he played nine seasons with the nfl in oakland, detroit, jacksonville, and washington >> our thanks to priscilla thompson for that report federal authorities are now investigating the role new york city's mayor played in a project

for a foreign government according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, officials are probing whether eric adams pressured city officials to sign off on the use of the turkish government's new consulate building in midtown manhattan prior to his election in 2021. city officials reportedly had concerns over a number of safety flaws in the building. it comes after federal agents seized electronic devices used by the mayor last week on sunday, adams said he had not been accused of wrongdoing, and will continue to cooperate with investigators. looks like we got a soggy start to the week for the gulf coast. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking this latest round of storms for us good morning, michelle. >> good morning, guys. good to see you. it was a soggy weekend we're starting out soggy as well you can see the rain falling on radar. and it's heavy in spots. especially where you see the brighter colors, the reds, the oranges, the yellows, showing us where the heavy rain is coming from it's coming off the gulf here. we're going to see the rain staying in place over the next day or two and that's going to help to ease

some drought concerns. that's a silver lining still, we're looking at that soggy star the system will slowly move to the east along the gulf coast. the heaviest rain today from texas to southern mississippi. as it moves to the east we're going to see places like alabama into florida, also georgia seeing some rain we're going to see generally 2 to 3 inches of rain, but we could see up to 5 in some spots. that's going to prompt localized flooding do be careful as you're out and about today. from texas along the gulf coast, where you see the brighter colors, the reds, the oranges, the yellows, that's where we're looking at a chance of over 5 inches generally quiet across the country with the exception of the soggy conditions in the south. the south.

a front coming together to bring the rainy conditions on this monday and that's your monday forecast. >> all right michelle, thank you. thankfully the weather this weekend was clear in florida for spacex's 84th launch of the year from cape canaveral space force station, the flight placed two communication satellites into medium earth orbit it marks the eighth mission for the falcon boosters which landed back on a ship in the atlantic ocean, ready for the next liftoff. we're back in 60 seconds with the surprising new benefit to the drugs helping millions lose weight. and everything is bigger in texas. the mind boggle amount the a aggies are paying to fire their team's head coach. i don't. cascade platinum plus has me doing dishes... differently. scrub? soak? nope. i just scrape, load and i'm done. only platinum plus is bigger. with double the dawn grease fighting power and double the scrubbing power.

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>> there you go, there you go! >> at elementary schools across louisville, kentucky, some mornings start with a big surprise >> how you all right! >> reporter: hugs, high-fives, smiles and support. >> good morning, good morning! >> reporter: once a month, the flash dads show up, a program started in jefferson county public schools seven years ago >> good morning. >> dozens of dads with all kinds of jobs. army veteran james bogan and police sergeant roger collins are regulars what is a flash dad? >> it's just dads, community members showing up for students who sometimes don't have anybody to show up for them. been with the program since day one. >> have a great day. good morning, good morning >> my grandson went to the school that they were going to so i felt there was a great opportunity for me to surprise him as well. >> all right, all right! >> and i tell you, it's

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the u.s. steps up its strikes in syria, targeting iranian-linked