♪ it's friday, september 11th, coming up on "early today," fear in arizona as a sniper strikes again. police confirm the 11th shooting hits motor vehicles over a two-week period. the race for the white house heats up as they get down right personal. and america pauses 14 years after 9/11 to take stock of where we are and what happened on that fateful day. "early today" starts right now. good morning to you on this friday. the phoenix striker has struck again. another day and another vehicle along arizona's i 10. this time a bullet pierced the side of a tractor trailer. that makes 11 incidents in two

weeks with several more under investigation right now. police say drivers have been lucky so far. there's only been a single injury as a result but now raising a new concern. he says there may be more than one shooter. law enforcement is on alert. >> looking for pedestrians, maybe walking down the side of the road. >> everyone one of these incidents is lethal. these are all potentially a homicide waiting to happen. >> this morning police are monitoring over 200 freeway cameras throughout the phoenix metro area hoping for a clue. want to turn now to politics. donald trump continues to face heat after making a comment about fiorina. he said quote look at that face. would anyone vote for that? he faced back lash for that remark last night on fox news. >> i don't think you're a first time offender making a personal crack at a woman.

that's the first thing and second thing is the remark was about her face and not about her persona. >> it all goes hand in hand and if you notice i'm leading with women and this is nothing new because a colleague of your mentioned something during the last debate, so this is nothing new and yet, i'm leading with women. >> he said he made some of his comments as a quote entertainer. and hillary clinton talked about the criticism during a campaign stop in milwaukee. >> i love it when he's criticized and then comes back and says he loves women, in fact, he cherishes us. if it's all the same, i'd like you to stop cherishing women and start respecting women. >> and a new poll showing that sanders is leading clint by one point, 41 to 40% in iowa.

joe biden on the late show with stephen colbert. he said he's not sure he's emotionally prepared to make a run for the white house. >> i don't think any man or woman should run for the white house unless they know exactly why they want to run for president and number two, they can look at the folks out there and say i promise you you have my whole soul, my heart, and my passion to do this. and i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> biden told colbert that he doesn't think anyone has the right to seek the presidency unless they're willing to give it 110%. it was football in america. in foxborough. the patriots started the night

with the vince lombardi trophy there. tom brady connected with gronkowski for the first of the pair's three connections of the game. third and goal, steelers will johnson punches in a one-yard touchdown to cut the pats lead in half. in the end the patriots prevailed 28-21. 14 years ago this morning, the united states and the world changed forever. nearly 3,000 people were killed in the september 11th attacks. just moments ago a flag was unfurled at the pentagon where the plane crashed into the building. all of the victims names will be read today. >> reporter: 14 years after the

world stopped, watched and mourned, grief remains. each year a somber reading of the names as a reminder of the human toll of that day. nearly 3,000 lives the lost from new york to washington, to a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. on thursday the parks service opened a visitors center in that field. >> people from generations to come will not forget what happened here on september 11th, 2001. >> reporter: horror and her heroism. passengered rushed the cockpit, sending the plane crashing into this field. >> the center reminds us that our extraordinary nation is the result of countless actions of

ordinary human beings like the passengers and crew on flight 93. >> reporter: as this small town commemorates what happened, the museum has welcomed nearly 3 million visitors since it opened last year. >> it was breathtaking. >> reporter: museums, memorials and memories. well, the u.s. is stepping up its effort to help people fleeing violence in the middle east. the obama administration says we'll take in 10,000 refugees in the next year. and the white house says the most effective way to help is the $4 billion in contributions provided to relief agencies in

the union. they say 1 in 22 people on the planet are refugees, seeking asylum and put that together, they'd be the 24th largest country in the world. syria alone has produced 4 million refugees since their war began. at least 15 wild fires are burning across california this morning fuelled by triple digit temperatures. the so-called butte fire has grown to nearly 15,000 acres and only 10% contained. at least six homes destroyed, hundreds ordered to evacuate. the fire is threatening an ancient grove of giant sequoia trees known as national treasures. and a fire near fresno has caused mandatory evacuations. it's only 29% contained. in japan, look at this, floods from a tropical storm have crews desperately searching for 22 missing people.

helicopters spent hours yesterday plucking the stranded from the rooftops. one woman was killed when a landslide hit her house. back in the u.s., this is what you get when you get a lot of rain in a short amount of time. one person dead but another missing. that is being treated as a recovery search at this hour. conditions there are improved. so, let's see how good things are going to get on this friday. meteorologist, bill karins is here with that. >> the story continues in the west, incredible heat, numerous records yesterday. this is the general weather pattern that got us into this mess of a drought the last couple of years. back down to the middle of the country. the heat continues today. we're going to be about 110 in redding. bakersfield 104.

vegas 105. a cooldown coming this weekend. redding goes from 107 back to 101 to 90 by monday. a significant change in the weather pattern should be occurring the beginning of next week. los angeles, about mid 80s next couple of days. las vegas 105 to about 97. a little bit of a cooldown coming. you notice these temperatures in the west coastal areas will get a little bit of a break, san francisco about 78. some day we'll talk about all

the rain heading for the west coast this winter, but not yet. >> that's going to be el nino, yeah. thank you, bill. the latest on the nypd investigation into officers allegedly roughing off former tennis star james blake. you're watching "early today." re on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here, gazing out on an unforgiving landscape. for while the people who come in here use quilted northern, a toilet paper that works so well they completely forget their experience... daddy gator sees all and forgets nothing. "i've got to motor out of here," he thinks. "this is no place to raise a child." quilted northern. designed to be forgotten.

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iran nuclear deal. the vote was two votes short of the 60 needed to push that bill forward. the deal limits the ability of them producing nuclear weapons. former tennis pro james blake was misidentified as a credit card suspect and slammed to the ground by police. >> reporter: james blake says he's a little shaken and bruised but mostly shocked by his encounter with police. >> they picked me up and body slammed me and told me to turn over and shut my mouth and put cuffs on me. i said, look, officer, i am scared. so if i say something wrong, i'm sorry, but i want to know what's going on. i think you have the wrong person. >> reporter: in an interview with abc news, blake says he was arrested and pinned down for 15 minutes by plain clothes officers. he says he was waiting for a ride to the u.s. open when he was slammed to the ground. a surveillance camera caught it

all on camera. police say five officers were trying to bust a credit card scam. and a witness helping with the investigation mistaken ly identified blake as a suspect. once ranked number four in the tennis world, he says the force used by police was excessive. >> mr. blake had no role of vomit in the criminal investigation that we were conducting and was totally innocent of any involvement. >> reporter: the commissioner says race was not a factor. >> the rush to put a race tag on it, i'm sorry, that was not involved in this case at all. >> the officer put on modified duty. his gun and badge taken away. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> let's get down to business with landon dowdy. >> a new survey finds renters

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♪ this morning on "today," savannah guthrie speaks exclusively that american teacher that was shot on board a train last month and the u.s. airman who saved them. and a massive rain delay of four inches in just 90 minutes could not put a damper on the

red hot mets against the braves another mets win 7-2. next to cincinnati, reds versus cardinals. the home team crushed the cards 11-0. and new york giants, eli manning is about to get a whole lot wealthier. he's closing in on a new four-year contract extension worth $84 million. big changes for little leaguers. they're getting younger by phasing out 13-year-olds from the league. beginning in 2008 the new cutoff date will move from april 30th to the new date of august 31st. and new video taken off the coast of san diego. a pod of killer whales caught on camera as they approached this

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♪ now to entertainment news on this friday. cbs saw a dramatic drop in viewers, for the latest episode of "the late show." with stephen colbert. just 3.7 million viewers on wednesday. he trailed "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. >> hbo released this photo of robert de niro. selena gomez, her new song, which says i'm so sick of that same old love, the kind that breaks your heart, some think is about justin bieber. and sean combs was arrested and an informal hearing next month will decide his fate.

and "the fresh prince of bel-air." rumors swirled last month that will smith was developing a modern reboot of the series. carrie underwood joins jimmy fallon to play face-kickers in honor of last night's nfl season opener. >> some skits go better than others. >> this is "early today". we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. bed all day. when your cold is this bad...

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♪ leading the news in u.s.a. today, latest military lab concerns involve playing bacteria, deadly viruses. the report says pentagon laboratories may have mislabelled and shipped samples of potential plague bacteria. and this comes after shipping anthrax. the 55-year-old man was convicted of attempted murder of violence against a envoy at the march 5th attack of a breakfast attack in seoul. the attack left him with deep

dpa gashes. there is late word that a u.s. marine was killed when a vehicle rolled over at camp pendleton. the military has launched the investigation. the name of the marine is being held pending notification of the family. and president obama honored 21 individuals and organizations for their excellence in the arts and humanities. and people among those there sally field, steven king. and caught red handed looking at his cell phone while driving a boy to the emergency room. the mother shot and posted the video. she says the driver never put down his phone and the head of the department says he is disgusted and the driver will be disciplined. guinness announced one of its induck tees. one is a giant pair of cowboy

boots in san antonio, texas. in india the world's largest ballpoint pen. and the fastest runner of the 100 meter in clogs. who does that? >> that's why he has the world record celebrating birthdays, rapper and actor ludicrous turns 38 and taraji p. henson, 45. harry connick junior is 48. such a great singer and actor. he's got it all, just like you. have a great friday and a terrific weekend. have a good one.

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14 years ago the events of september 11th changed our country and course of history. today cities all over america pay their respects. >> and that includes right here at home where union city residents remember those on board flight 93 bound for san francisco. plus, present day heroes who also saved lives soak up a city's adoration in sacramento. "today in the bay" starts right now. a happy friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> friday has a nice ring to it. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check the friday forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> good friday morning. mostly clear skies across some parts of the bay, hey, the fog is back once again as we look across the coastnd