coming up on "early today," massive pro democracy protests in hong kong are having a ripple effect on the world economy. secret service under fire as white house intruder ran ragged further inside the executive mansion than originally reported. wild weather leaves scientists glaring examples of global warming. plus an incredible boat rescue caught on camera. and are you up for are this? 8,000 calorie breakfast. it is tuesday, september 30th. "early today" starts right now. good morining. i'm richard louului. the man who jumped the fence to

the white house got much further than we thought. omar gonzalez ran throughout the white house into the east room, and near the doors to the green room before he was stopped. later today, lawmakers grill secret service director julia pierson about plans to change the agency's procedures. nbc's tracie potts is in washington. good morning to you, tracie. the question might be will she stick to a script or not here? >> reporter: or will she say a lot at all when it comes to details about how they protect first family. in this letter, she argues to the committee where she's testifying today that part of the hearing should be classified, it should be top secret because as she puts it, revealing too much detail about how they protect the first family is beyond reckless. >> something needs to be done drastically. >> reporter: today, lawmakers want to ask secret service director julia pierson how a man jumped the white house fence, ran across the lawn, and according to the washington post, got all the way into the east room before they stopped him. >> there has got to be a better

way to deal with it than they're dealing with it now. >> reporter: a new post report says there was mass confusion when bullets hit the private residence in 2011. daughter sasha and her grandmother were inside. >> the rank and file agents and uniform division officers did what they were supposed to do. they took out their weapons, took cover, called out gunshots. >> reporter: but the post claims officers were told to stand down. it was a truck backfiring. then gunfire from a gang shootout. four days later, the secret service confirmed gunshots hit the residence. the arrest came one day after that. >> how interesting, a guy obsessed with the president appears to have a knockoff ak-47 and have shot it somewhere on constitution avenue on the white house's front lawn. >> reporter: former agents blame the chain of command. >> it does make certain individuals uncomfortable to speak openly, to engage their supervisors. >> ultimately the president does retain confidence in the leadership of the secret

service. >> reporter: now, the president, though, must want some more information about this because the white house says that he did meet with his secret service chief in the oval office after that last incident happened. richard? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you so much, tracie. breaking news from little rock, arkansas, to tell you b police saying the body of missing realtor beverly carter has been found in a grave. she disappeared thursday after showing a home. police say they obtained the location of her body from 33-year-old aaron lewis. he was arrested yesterday and admitted to kidnapping her. he's expected to appear in court later today. we'll be watching that for you here on nbc. tomorrow, it could get ugly in hong kong again. live pictures now show calm. the storm, china's national day, holiday wednesday, fireworks were canceled by china. protesters are mad. also tomorrow, adding to the heat there, a deadline. protesters give the government until wednesday to meet demands

for universal suffrage and no screening of local candidates by beijing. on social media, a ban is still on. china erasing protest posts on instagram and twitter. then monday night after days of tear gassing, a quiet cell phone vigil. the first photos are out. people magazine has the pics of george clooney's wed, the cover showing a happy clooney and amal alamuddin. she wore a custom oscar de la renta french lace gown with pearls. clooney, custom made tux by giorgio armani. the guests got ipods loaded with the couple's favorite songs. we now know the source of 2016's extreme sizzle, climate change. it is primarily because of burning fossil fuels. a report says in the american meteorological society. it fueled heat waves in europe and china and australia. folks melted under historic temps that hit 111. the australian open was even

stopped there. in california, new worries over its drought. 14 towns could run out of water in 60 days. it would take 3500 gallons of water each day to keep them hydrated. all part of the study says, human caused climate change. so finding the world's new number one terror group, it is not cheap. the u.s. spent nearly a billion dollars fighting isis. in the air, 220 strikes hit targets in iraq since august. 40 more in syria. the f-22s used in raqqa were not cheap either. it cost $79 million. on water, 47 tomahawk missiles worth a million each were launched. now boots are put on the ground, the cost to fight isis will be 320 million a month. the big case of a missing uva student may have led to a new and separate find. investigators say a forensic link may connect the suspect in custody in the missing hannah

graham case to a separate abduction and murder. that new lead involves a 20-year-old virginia tech student. nbc's kirk gregory has more. >> reporter: virginia state police say jesse matthew jr. has been linked forensically to the murder of virginia tech student morgan harrington. >> i'm so pleased that that has happened, but it doesn't change a lot for us in some ways, you know. our bedroom is still empty upstairs. >> reporter: harrington disappeared after a rock concert in charlottesville in 2009. her remains were found three months later on a nearby farm. but her killer was never identified. now, police in fairfax, virginia, say there is a forensic link from the harrington murder to a 2009 assault in their city. last week, the 32-year-old matthew was arrested in galveston, texas, after virginia police identified him in this video with hannah graham in charlottesville, just before her disappearance.

>> i'm relieved they do have someone in custody. and hopefully we do get answers as to where hannah exactly is. >> reporter: this weekend, hundreds of volunteers joined law enforcement in searching woods and rural areas around charlottesville for any signs of the 20-year-old. a college community still holding out hope for hannah. kirk gregory, nbc news. well, the popular phrase, retweets, are not endorsements. it has taken on a new meaning for donald trump. the reality star is mulling a lawsuit after he says he was tricked into retweeting something he now regrets. it started yesterday when a user asked him to retweet a picture of who he claimed to be his parents who passed away and, quote, always said you were big inspiration. it turns out the couple were notorious british serial killers who tortured, raped and killed at least ten children including their own. the donald soon took down the retweet and tweeted this message to his 2.7 million followers.

out of kindness, i retweeted. maybe i'll sue. to get your day started, it is important to remember not to skip breakfast as it always has been said. one restaurant in britain taking that very, very seriously. feast your eyes on what is called the hibernator. black puding with that? you even get a milk shake to wash it all down. it is huge. altogether, it is none less than 8,000 calories and cost $32. this breakfast is so intense that diners have to sign a legal disclaimer before attempting to chow that down. bill karins, our resident big eater, oh, man. >> i couldn't get through half. >> yeah. >> maybe a quarter. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> that's rough. there is a board that says man versus bear. >> that's what i was thinking. man versus bear. >> maybe some people have done it. >> don't call it the hibernator, call it the defibrillator. storm system rolled through colorado and new mexico and we had pretty impressive hail

coming down. this is in centennial, colorado. you can hear just pounding the cars. we did have some windshields that were blown out. and there was reportedly some people had to use shovels to get their car out of the hail. so let's take a look. that's the storm system to your right, underneath the peacock, underneath the w in water vapor. second cold front that moved through the northwest. here is a look at the satellite and radar, green showing where the rain is. not a lot of rain with the second system peeking through now, portions of eastern washington state and eastern washington. a few showers coming still in the flow out of the west/northwest, but not a lot of wet weather out there today. as you see bit radar, if you would rather be unlucky to get hit by the showers in the northwest. cool, temperatures in the high 60s. california and arizona, a fall weather you've been waiting for, beautiful conditions out there. temperatures with sunshine in the 80s. that's your bakers

field, very nice in l.a. and san diego. so no rain in sight for the west. look like a warmup too. >> they don't need beautiful weather. yeah, i know. we got what we got. thank you, bill karins. one shooting range says muslims are not welcome. plus, the supreme court sidelines ohio voters. you're watching "early today." well, it's been the number one lovesoup in america.? (slurp) (slurp) (slurp) (slurp) for four generations. (family laughs) some things just run in the family. (slurps) ahhhh. (family laughs) (gong) campbell's! m'm! m'm! good! for four generations back to school? time to stock up on the soups they always love. campbells!

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yards. a fumble, and two of these unfortunately, interceptions. he was replaced early in the fourth quarter by jimmy garofalo. the chiefs win 41-14 to new england. for this, this is the second worse loss under belichick. >> just didn't play very well. kansas city played well. so bad combination for us. >> kansas city played so well, the fans were screaming like crazy. they reclaimed the guinness record of loudest outdoor stadium, 142.2 decibels. almost what a jet engine sounds like if you put your ear 100 feet away from it. i shuuggest you don't do that. the players association and the league agreed to have a neutral arbitrator to decide ray rice's appeal. the mlb post season begins tonight in kansas city. the royals are back to post season play for the first time in, oh, 25 years, hosting the oakland athletics in the wild

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welcome back. if you're wondering where winter is showing itself, it is already happening, especially in northern alaska. temperatures have cooled off dramatically, pretty much state wide now. all the way down to the 30s in most locations. and as we go for a high today, only about 35 in barrow where days are getting very short, and snow in the forecast today. juneau, some rain for you. just to warm everybody up, see how our friends are doing out there in hawaii. not so shabby. upper 80s to low 90s. a little warmer than it typically should be. >> always good stuff. thank you, bill. let's talk entertainment now. amanda bynes arrested this sunday for allegedly driving under the influence of a drug. seen here is bynes appearing in court on a previous arrest. this is in 2012 where she was sentenced to a three-year probation. only time will tell how this new arrest will affect the terms of her probation and if it could result in some actual time behind bars. in a newly inked deal, netflix's movie will be a sequel

to crouching tiger, hidden dragon. the movie will premiere next summer the same day it's released into select imax theaters. interesting things at netflix. it looks like olivia benson is looking for backup in a three night crossover event. the characters of "law and order," "svu," "chicago pd" and "chicago fire" will all collaborate on a case that stretches from chicago to new york. >> a lot of fun on set. >> that's a lot of characters. for all you queen b fans out there, it may be time to go back to school. professor at harvard business school is performing a case study about the surprise album released by beyonce last year and whether it was a successful strategy. the 829,000 copies that sold in the first three days might suggest it was. you're enjoying that, otherwise it is snoozy. study beyonce, right? the cast of magic mike is growing. elizabeth banks, michael strahan

as well as, who else, they will join channing tatum for -- bill karins is what i wanted to say. if you can't wait, strahan previewed some of his moves while interviewing tatum two years ago. >> he can move. >> he can. >> good sense of humor and still in great shape too, so that helps. >> it will be have interesting to see him in "magic mike". >> do you wear the rip-off pants? >> i stopped after i graduated from school. i got rid of them all. i'm richard lui, this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. well, it's been the number one lovesoup in america.? (slurp) (slurp)

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kansas city star, vatican examines k.c. bishop robert's diocese. it comes two years after he was convicted of failing to respond to sex abuse allegations and sentenced to two years' probation. in "the new york times", in rare rebuke for rikers officers, judge urges firing of 6 who beat inmate. it happened on a cell block for inmates with mental illnesses. five guards and a captain hog tied a man and carried him to solitary. ten minutes later he emerged with a broken nose, swollen shut eyes, bleeding mouth and fractured vertebrae. pretty soon you'll be able to get rid of your expired prescription drugs by putting them in the mail. you'll be able to pick up

envelopes at hospitals and mail in your old pain killers for safe disposal. new data shows in the last 40 years, wildlife numbers have plunged by more than 50%. the study claims hunting and fishing are the cheap threats, but other factors like global warming and pollution also play a role in the decline. a restaurant in louisiana offering a 10% discount to any customer who's packing heat. the owner told nbc 33 it started as a way to thank law enforcement officers, but he decided to extend the deal to everyone. and animal rescue and dogs surfing in the usa. three baby hamsters and two adults were saved with teeny tiny oxygen masks. >> look at that. >> the hamster family was spotted by firefighters after putting out a mobile home fire. they used their pet emergency pocket guide to care for these little creatures. i didn't know there was a little pocket guide for creatures. >> you don't have it? >> i don't. along with the rip-off pants i don't have. dogs were judged for surfboarding skills in california. the surf city dog competition

judged the canines on confidence and duration. >> that's what i like right there. >> four legs always do better. i don't know if you surf at all, but getting that balance right. >> that's right. you're the west coast guy. >> yeah. >> you tried it growing up? >> yes, i did. >> how did it go? >> the boogie board is much easier when you do the drop, get balance. >> i want to see pictures. >> you want to laugh? now a look ahead and a look back. oklahoma, charges are expected to be filed in last week's workplace beheading. alton nolen facing first greed murder charges for aledly decapitating one worker after being fired from a food processing plant. police say he also wounded a second worker before being shot and wounded by company official. happy birthday to actress jenna elfman, dharma and greg, she's 43. johnny mathes, young 79. and author and holocaust survivor elie wiesel, 86 years old. keep it here for more news, weather and sports.

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good tuesday morning to you. 4:30 in the morning. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's go to meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. hopefully you're enjoying this morning because we have a spectacular day. temperatures for today, we're talking about the 50s and 60s for now, on our way to the 70s again. then we trade the 70s in for mid 80s and 90s. we'll have the full forecast for you in just a moment. ap