it is friday september 18th, coming up on "early today," after a record setting gop debate the candidates are trying to capitalize on any momentum they may have gained with voters. pope francis sends a serious message to cuba ahead of his historic u.s. visit. and a terrifying ride for elementary school children as their bus slides off a road and into a pond. a president caught on the stadium disc cam. and a bear having a heck of a time on a hammock. fresh off their spirited debate most of the gop presidential candidates will be battling for support today. donald trump held a town hall in new hampshire last night.

he toutd a poll about who won the debate. >> time magazine, they did votes as to who won the debate last night, right? so time magazine, 114,000 votes as of 6:00 p.m. trump 56, carly fiorina, 19, rubio 7, ben carson 4. the rest not doing too good. >> this morning trump is facing backlash for a question that came up later at the same event. >> okay. this man, i like this guy. >> -- white plains. okay. we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. we know our current president is a one. you know he's not even an american. birth certificates man. but anyway, we have training camp camps where they want to kill

us. that's when can we get rid of them. >> we're going to be looking at lot of different things. we're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things. >> hillary clinton was quick to respond to trump's comments or lack thereof. not denouncing false statements about p.o.t.u.s. and others is just wrong. >> and bernie sanders sat with rachel maddow. >> i think i can be a great president. but know president not bernie sanders or anybody else can take on wall street, corporate america, the corporate media. the koch brothers, all of the big money interests in there is a mobilized force of millions and millions of people who stand together and say hey government has to work for all of us, not the wealthiest in the country.

that is what i believe. >> and the -- his name came up during the gop debate when trump tried to slam carly fiorina's history. fiorina called him a clintonite who had it out for her. and sonenfeld responded last night. >> maybe she would be a good person to be a great press aid for some reasonable candidate but she shouldn't be coming from this incredibly disastrous career in the business world without exoneration, contrition, redemption and then suddenly to be the leader of the free world. there seems to be like there should be some steps in between to prove yourself. >> jeb bush took his campaign to las vegas and maybe the donald is getting under his skin because at this rally bush promised to be everything trump says he isn't. >> i hope i will be so brilliant and so eloquent and so high

energy. that you sign up for the caucuses in february and get ten other people to do the same. >> trump meanwhile could be meeting with the flath vladimir putin some time soon. there is a better than likely chance when he comes to new york city for the united nations. and dylan -- was reportedly under investigation for lying to investigators and failing to report a crime. after the murders he told a reporter that he and the shooter had been friends in middle school. prosecutors say the attacks were unquestionably rooted in racial hate. rough faces the death penalty.

>> more than 20 students wore the confederate flag to school. and they say the policy is a violation of their first amendment right . and federals say they need to maintain a safe and orderly environment for all students. >> pope francis will stop in cuba starting tomorrow. he delivered a televised message last night saying jesus, quote, loves you very much. here at home the white house will allow 15,000 people to attend wednesday's arrival ceremony. and the immaculate conception on the grounds of american university in washington d.c. construction crews are still at work transforming the spot where the pope will celebrate his first mass in the u.s. before

25,000 people. right now they are panlting curbs. and trimming trees and even adding a cell phone tower for better service. some good news after last year's miserable flu season. the new vaccine works well. health experts say it is a good match against the surprise strain that caused so much havoc last time around. last year flu hospitalizations of seniors were the highest since the cdc starting are recording a decade a go. it was one nightmare for students on their way home from school near tampa on thursday. carrying 27 elementary school students careening into a shallow pond and overturned. people who witnessed the crash rushed to help rescue the kids. fortunately there were no reports of serious injuries. authorities are still unclear what caused the bus to run off the road. one student told a reporter it

looked like the driver couldn't get the brakes to work. if you couldn't stay up last night for the kansas city/denver game. starting in the second quarter, jamaal charles gets the chiefs on the board. in the third broncos goodbye peyton manning throws for a touchdown. 70,000 yards thrown in his career. to put that in perpetrate ive. . from the front lawn of the white house all the way to baltimore. he's still behind brett favre but that could change this season. so stay tuned for that. the 40 seconds left in the game. broncos down by a touchdown until manning slings one to emanuel sanders to die itie it.

the chiefs have some time to get ahead. listen to this. >> oh down. the ball is out. it is picked up by the broncos. and he is in the end zone for an unbelievable touchdown. >> yeah. stone cold stunner. broncos score two touchdowns in the final 40 seconds to win it 31-24. their record now improves to 2-0. let's get some friday weather forecasts. nbc meteorologist bill cairn. that kind of stuff. >> you can't sleep at night. if you are a denver fan you go to bed they're going to lose and the chief fans are still there looking at the ceiling. this is the fall outlook. the brighter colors show you where the temperatures should be above average, including must of the pacific northwest. what we really care about in the west is the rainfall and the

precipitation because that is what we need. and as we go through fall tlher is not a ton of. the fall outlook is for above average rainfall across areas of texas, new mexico, little in arizona but below average in the northwest. as far as binter goes. january and february. above average temperatures in the northwest. but this is where the hope would come. not the fall but more lierk the winter with above average precipitation for southern california, nevada and arizona that. will help some areas. interesting to seebit. especially central california. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. and the weekend forecast much of

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leading the news in the arizona daily sun. boy who killed at 8 ready to return to school at 15. the boy pled guilty to the shooting deaths of his father and another man. seven years later he's cleared to enter public school. and 25 girls aced ap calculus tests. every student aernd the highest possible concern and the college credit. >> and a team outside of chicago is trying to figure if it can still play on its home tur after

a mistook the mix for fertilizer. >> kate middleton arrived back at work on thursday. her first public appearance since the birth of princess chashlt. he visited a special school supporting children and mental health. and triplets in new york all identical. and what are the chances? about one in 50 million. the parents of the boys paint one toenail on each baby to tell them apart. >> can you imagine? >> no clue how they're even doing that. and now here's even more cuteness in colorado springs a baby bear was spotted playing with a hammock in someone's

backyard. showing off his moves. >> can he get on? >> oh yeah. he's going to eventually climb inside that hammock and take a few swings and. >> take a nap. the massage, the lemonade. >> they're watches. we are not doing -- all right. it is day tw of a hearing to determine whether bowe bergdahl should a face a trial. they will present evidence in the hearing today. there's no word whether bergdahl will be called as the win. officials say he was captured after leaving his post in '09. and birthdays today. and frankie avalon turning the big 75. hp go ahe happy birthday guys. see you back here on monday. make it a wonderful weekend. got that bill, good weather for everybody.

>> everyone. >> take it to theback. >> bye. signs of hope are showing

through the ruins of the valley fire... more people now being allowed to return home.. but the firefight is far signs of hope showing through the ruins of the valley fire. more people returning home from the ten city but the firefight far from over. three deputies accused of beating an inmate to death as we learn more disturbing details about this case, what we uncovered, next. toxic algae and what could be to blame "today in the bay" starts right now. hi, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we made it to friday, kari. >> happy friday. warm weather headed our way and it starts today with slightly warmer temperatures than we had yesterday but look at the cool start