remember, if it's sunday, it's "meet the welcome to monday. coming up on "early today," an ak-47 recovered as a massive police manhunt for an alleged cop killer expands. the search for the missing university of virginia student heats up as the police chief offers a passionate plea. >> i believe jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off face of the earth. plus, the white house is reeling over major security concerns after a man hopped a fence and makes it inside. a new card made almost completely of plastic. and week three of the nfl action on the field did not disappoint. it's monday, september 22nd. "early today" starts right now.

good morning. i'm dara brown. after more than a week of searching, investigators in pennsylvania believe they're close to finding suspected cop killer eric frein. police have released new photos while searching for frein. one picture shows an ak-47 that investigators believe he was carrying while on the run. another shows ammunition. police say it is just a matter of time until frein is found. >> we're pushing hard. he is no longer safe and i am confident that he will be apprehended. >> frein is accused of ambushing two state troopers more than a week ago. new this morning, a possible clue in finding missing uva student is made public. >> in fact, i believe that jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> matthew is now a person of interest in hannah graham's disappearance. he walked into the charlottesville police station, spoke it a lawyer, but fled. there is now an arrest warrant

for him. graham's vanished september 13th by a mall. security cameras caught her last movements. hannah's father made this emotional plea. >> who saw hannah? somebody did. i'm certain with everybody in this room and those watch iing knows what happened to hannah could happen to their child. >> this weekend more than 1200 volunteers combed charlottesville for clues. a man accused of sneaking into the white house with a knife is expected to face a judge this morning. omar gonzalez, an iraq war veteran, was arrested on friday, after reportedly scaling a fence and making it inside. right now he's behind bars. he could face ten years in prison. the secret service is coming under fire following the stunt. officials are now considering screening tourists to checkpoints a few blocks away from the white house. for now, the secret service has stepped up patrols and increased surveillance in the area.

this week could prove to be pivotal in the fight against isis. president obama will be meeting with united nations security council leaders in an effort to turn talk into action. the u.s. is seeking a new resolution demanding countries tighten laws to prosecute those who travel abroad to join terrorist organizations. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington for us. tracie, what can we expect to see this week? >> reporter: expect the president to head to new york tomorrow for climate change meetings and on wednesday expect him to make a big push for other countries to join this fight. president obama stands before the united nations wednesday. he is expected to address everything from ebola to the fight against the islamic state. >> i agree with president obama's goal that they must be defeated. i'm just not seeing the strategy that is actually going to work. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador samantha powers says 40 nations are backing the u.s. against isis. and if the president goes ahead

with air strikes in syria -- >> we will not do the air strikes alone. we're not having problems getting countries to commit. >> reporter: president obama has been briefed on the military plan, but he hasn't signed off yet. the pentagon wants more arab nations involved. >> they aren't as committed as the united states. >> reporter: the president promised, no u.s. ground troops but military experts doubt that's possible. >> what i think you're seeing now is frustration, frustration on a military perspective saying don't limit us on what we need to do to defeat this terrorist group. >> reporter: in new york this week, president obama is chairing the u.n. security council, pushing a measure that would impose a global travel ban and freeze assets on groups like isis that bring in fighters from abroad. back in washington, lawmakers are questioning white house security after back-to-back security breaches last weekend. one man got all the way inside before the secret service stopped him. >> how anyone, especially in the days of isis, and concerned about terrorist acts, someone could actually get into the white house without being

stopped is inexcusable. >> reporter: now we hear the secret service as you mentioned earlier is looking at backing up those screening checkpoints. here on capitol hill, lawmakers are pushing for a full investigation and we can even see hearings here on the hill about this soon. dara? >> tracie potts, updating us live from washington, d.c., thank you so much, tracie. three afghan soldiers in the u.s. for training are missing. the trio, a major and two captains, reported missing saturday. they were staying at a military base in cape cod since september 11th. the men were last seen at a mall in hyannis. it is typical for visiting soldiers to leave base and explore. the men are not considered dangerous. the exercise they were apart of ends on wednesday. there is big news from nasa. >> all i can say at this point is we're in orbit at mars, guys. >> the m.a.v.e.n. spacecraft arrived at the red planet on sunday. its 442 million mile journey began nearly a year ago.

nasa will spend the next six weeks tweaking the robotic explorer. m.a.v.e.n.'s first mission, probe the planet's upper atmosphere. the goal, find out why mars went from warm and wet to cold and dry. pope francis has a message for isis. and it came during his trip to albania during a speech. the pope blasted extremists who use religion to justify their evil, saying let no one consider themselves to be the armor of god, while planning and carrying out acts of violence. it was the second time his holiness publicly targeted isis. security was unusually tight during his trip to the mainly muslim country. today is the last day of summer. and nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. >> you love summer too. >> i do. i am not -- >> your favorite season. that's pretty smart. looks like some areas will be warmer than they were, maybe enduring some of the summer season. but not the case in the west. we're starting off this morning with temperatures over the weekend that were very warm.

it felt like summer, had an incredibly warm, one of the warmest summers ever recorded for many areas of the west. a lot of it associated with the drought. september, extremely dry from l.a. to san francisco. even to the northwest, september has been pretty dry. that's about to change. we have one frontal system that is right along the coast. and then as we go through the day tomorrow, new storm system will move in. a little more active weather pattern is beginning, especially for the northwest in the days ahead. we have a little weak system trying to move through utah this morning with flooding in areas of new mexico. even some evacuations on some rivers there near carlsbad. in the next five days, the bulk of the wet weather will be focused, it looks like, in the northwest, possibility one to two to three inches especially higher elevations. not any changes for today. but as we go through the middle of the week, the rain chances increase and even northern california will welcome any rainfall we can possibly get in this state. that's the national in the wee

ahead. still warm in interior sections of california. so officially at 10:29 east coast time, 7:29 west coast time, fall begins. >> fall begins. i guess i'm ready. the snow comes on the ground i get a little afraid. >> different story. we'll hold off on that until thanksgiving. >> thank you so much, bill. firefighters from florida and alaska have descended on california. plus, incredible images of desperation as syrians flee into turkey. is in the future of the auto industry? 3-d cars? you're watching "early today." [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been

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working to contain it. so far it burned more than 128 square miles. in fear of isis, a flood of refugees is pouring out of syria. 100,000 people mostly kurds have fled to turkey in just the last four days. they join 1.3 million refugees already there. a rutgers university student is dead, it could be alcohol related. 19-year-old caitlin kovac was at a fraternity gathering. at 3:00 a.m. sunday morning, prosecutors say her friends noticed her in distress. they brought her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later. 24-year-old will likely need surgery after a shark took a bite out of his foot. it happened yesterday at new smyrna beach in florida. they treated him on the shore before he went to the hospital. later on he described what happened. >> i looked down and next thing i know i'm getting pulled by a shark. and just dragging me around and i got free from him, paddled in

and came over here to the hospital. and it is being called the largest march ever on global warming, some 300,000 people jammed the streets of new york yesterday to demand action. it was part of a larger week-long effort in 160 cities across the globe. it packed major star power too. leonardo dicaprio, mark ruffalo and al gore were all there. it leads to the u.n.'s climate summit tomorrow. time to get down to business. their family fortune was based solely on oil, standard oil to be exact. now they announce today they're abandoning all investments in fossil fuels. their $860 million fund joins the investment movement to invest in clean energy alternatives. a car made almost entirely of carbon fiber plastic pumped out from a highly sophisticated 3-d printer. phoenix space local motors took 44 hours to make this out of a

single piece of plastic that the manufacturer says is stronger than its counterpart and far lighter. a university of illinois study finds that telecommuting or working from home in many cases is very smart. workers feel compelled to go above and beyond to make themselves visible and even overcompensate by being extra helpful to justify working from home. general motors is recalling over 200,000 cadillac xts and chevy impalas because brake pads stay partially engaged when not needed raising the risk of fire. and chrysler is recalling almost 200,000 grand cherokees and dodge durangos because of a fuel pump problem. if you're one of the lucky ones to snap up an iphone 6 over the weekend, you were not alone. the latest reports show millions did, which could lead to new records for apple. initial sales figures will be released later today. just ahead, the passing of an nfl veteran. and all your weekend highlights

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panthers on sunday night football. quarterback cam newton took a pounding. sacked three times and facing heavy pressure all night, but the steelers dominate this game. antonio brown with 90 yards and two touchdowns in a crushing 37-19 win over the panthers. the game that lived up to the hype, denver broncos trying to avenge their super bowl thrashing from the champion seattle seahawks. down 17-3 in the fourth, broncos tackled marshawn lynch in the end zone for a safety and that gets the momentum going. >> he's got it in the air. picked off. pass to julius thomas. 24 seconds to go. manning looking. the touchdown to jacob tammy and two-point conversion away from tying the game. >> great cheers for that. peyton manning gets the two-point conversion to take the game to overtime. but seattle keeps possession and

makes for a 26-20 victory. after the game, seattle cornerback deshaun shed got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend jessica. yes, she said yes. in the nfc east, eagles and redskins, late in the game, it looked like an interception, then you'll see lineman chris baker take a vicious shot at foles. fight breaks out. the teageagles pull it out and remain undefeated. rob broearonis was killed i car crash in nashville. he was less a mile from his house when he lost control of his suv. police believe he was speeding. he is survived by his wife rachel bradshaw. she's the daughter of hall of fame quarterback terry bradshaw. mississippi state ranked

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simply get a shot. and give a shot. at the corner of happy and healthy. welcome back. things are going to change as we head through fall in the northwest especially. today, a nice day, pretty mild. portland upper 70s. as we go to tuesday, that's when things change. that's when we watch that front being closer to the coast. and as we go throughout the week, it looks like the rain chances will continue in areas of the northwest. right through the middle of the week, temperatures drop down where they should be this time of year, right around 70, upper 60s. you can see that does not feel or look like summer. >> not at all. we need that rain to set the fires. >> even the northwest is a little dryer than we would like. we'll take it where we can get it. >> thank you, bill. now for entertainment news, the maze runner had a successful opening weekend. it outran the competition, taking in almost $33 million. liam neeson's newest kidnapping

flick "a walk among the tombstones" grossed just over $13 million. "this is where i leave you" earned close to $12 million. the show must go on. daughter melissa rivers announced fashion police will continue without her famous mom. emma watson is truly making a name for herself in the muggle world as the u.n.'s newly appointed goodwill ambassador. she launched the she for she campaign at the united nations headquarters. >> no country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality. these rights i consider to be human rights. the new star of true detective is no longer a mystery. colin farrell will join the cast. and the iheart radio weekend festival in las vegas was a pop music song fest with taylor swift, nicki minaj and coldplay.

they were there for the two-day festival dedicated to the top 40 hits. a replica of central perk, the coffee shop from "friends," opened in new york city. did you know there was already a location in beijing apparently? >> no. why? >> it has been open there since 2009. obviously big "friends" fans. and what about a lizzie maguire reunion. the former star now married -- >> never saw it even once. >> i didn't either. she said she would be totally open to a reunion. that's a big thing now, doing a reunion show. >> big paycheck for some of them. >> and saved by the bell. i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day on nbc. there are two reasons why i need to keep an eye on my health. ugh! we won! that's why i take metabiotic,

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leading the news in the huffington post, thousands march in moscow against ukraine fighting. it is russia's first major anti-war rally since fighting erupted in april. protesters chanted, quote, no to war in ukraine and stop the lies of putin. in the new york times, from pole to pulpit, a club and a church do battle. in ohio, a pastor has been protesting the strip club for nine years, trying to get it closed down. so just last month, strippers began showing up outside his church. some other stories we're following. a rocket is headed for the international space station and it is carrying the first 3-d printer for astronauts in orbit. nasa envisions astronauts one day being able to create spare

parts on location as needed. the rocket should reach the iss tomorrow. an investigation is under way after a fire broke out inside a 25 story residential building in russia. the flames sent huge clouds of black smoke into the air. all 150 residents got out of the building safely. hundreds of veterans in the denver area got free marijuana over the weekend thanks to operation grow for vets. the organization says it aims to help veterans with anxiety, pain and other problems without turning to prescription drugs. now, if everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you? >> can i follow you? >> these people said yes. look at this. 35 daredevils jumped off of this bridge. >> that guy pulled it too late. >> that's scary. to compete in a base jumping challenge. while falling at 50 miles per hour, they only have five seconds to impress the judges. so not doing that. no. criminals beware, saturday saw the guinness world record being broken for the largest gathering of people dressed

like, yes, batman, with over 542 batman, how did they celebrate? you hear it. >> what you didn't know, it is a tradition of batman dancing, it all started with adam west. ♪ >> love it. now we know what you'll do for halloween, right, bill? >> the batman dance. he did the eye thing too. now time for a look ahead and a look back. president obama signs america's promise summit declaration at an event at the white house. the declaration calls on americans to help the youth of the nation reach their full potential. can you believe it, 20 years ago today, friends debuted on nbc. ♪ ♪ no one told you life was going to be this way ♪ >> the show lasted ten seasons becoming the most popular sitcom of all time. pretty amazing stuff there.

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it's that simple. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is today today. >> good morning to you. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. the king fire continues to rage out of control in el dorado county. >> 12,000 homes are still in the fire's path, which has grown to 82,000 acres. that is about twice the size of oakland. despite a little help from the weather this weekend, the fire is still only 17% contained this morning. more firefighters have also been called up to help fight that so-called king fire. this photo comes to us from the alameda fire department, which shows another strike team getting ready to leave yesterda