at this time we are reporting and can confirm ten fatalities. >> each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. it does not capture the heart ache and grief and anger that we should feel. and it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in america. >> terror and heartbreak on one of america's college camps. a lone gunman opened fire at the oregon community college. police are urging the public and the focus on the families and not is shooter. >> i will not name the shooter.

i will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act. >> we also have the latest on the path of hurricane joaquin, now a major category 4 hurricane that is churning off the east coast. it is friday october 2nd. "early today" starts right now. fwoorm everyone i'm alex witt. once again we are trying to piece together yet another mass shootings. who are the victims? what was the motive? and what can or should be done? jennifer with a good morning, what is the latest there? >> reporter: a long sleepless night for this community, suffering the loss of those students killed in their classroom, but also the loss of their sense of security. a familiar scene unfolding. a candle light vigil following a mass shooting on a school

campus. >> just confirmed report this is a long gun. >> the students here in oregon, they never expected it to happen to them. >> we dropped everything and ran. everyone went every which way. >> my teacher had come running in a very big panic telling all the students, twenty plus to come in the teachers room in the back and hide and shut off the lights and don't make any noise. >> the shooter gunned down but not before killing at least nine students and seriously injuring seven others. >> we have at least two heroic officers which responded into the building within minutes and exchanged gunfire with the suspect. >> assailant's father in southern california says the family is crushed. >> obviously it's been a devastating day. for me and my family. >> president obama says we have become numb to this. >> this is a political choice that we make.

to allow this to happen every few months in america. we collectively are answerable to those families, who lose their loved ones because of our inaction. >> in these cases, the president says, thoughts r and prayers are not enough. >> the sheriff here in douglas county says it may be a day or so before names of the victims are released. because this is a mass casualty situation. the rules are a little bit different as far as identification and notification of next of kin. it might take a little time. alex. >> jennifer, thank you for that. hours after the shooting, a visibly angry president obama offered this blunt assessment to the nation. >> our thoughts and prayers are not enough it. does not capture the heart ache and grief and anger that we should feel. and it does nothing to prevent

this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in america. somehow this has become routine. the reporting is routine. my response here at the podium ends up being routine. the conversation in the aftermath of it. we've become numb to this. we've talked about this after columbine and blacks burg, tucson, new town, after aurora, after charleston. it cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun. had news organizations tally up the number of americans who have been killed through terrorist attacks in the last decade and the number of americans who have

been killed by gun violence. and post those side by side son your news reports. >> all right. so here they are for you. side by side on the left. the most recent data we have according to the cdc. more than 316,000 were killed by guns in the decade between '04 and 2013. this number includes suicides. in the middle the number of homicides committed in that time span. more than 118,000. and finally according to the global terrorism database the number of people killed by terrorism here in the u.s. in that period, 38. the 2016 presidential candidates reacted on twitter. the front runners, hillary clinton called for quote, sensible gun control measures to save lives. donald trump offered his condolences. and jeb bush said he was praying for the victims and their families. and meanwhile bernie sanders appeared on all in with chris

hayes. >> we've got to do something. we have to stop shouting at each other. we need sensible gun control legislation. and by the way, we need to significantly improve mental health services in the united states of america. and i'm pledged to do everything i can in both of those areas. >> umpqua community college classes are canceled until money. the next press conference is 10:00 a.m. today. hurricane joaquin is pounding the bahamas. a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour. a already drenched east coast is bracing for a possible run in with joaquin. meteorologist bill karins and jay gray is in kitty hawk. good morning. >> reporter: good morning alex. we've had rain throughout the morning. that is the big problem here.

we've seen rain over the carolinas the last several days here. minor flooding. add joaquin to that mix and the rain it could bring -- even though not expected to make land fall, it is still going to create problems. there have already been evacuations in areas that are only serviced by ferry. all the ferries going out right now. making sure people get to high ground making sure they are not cutoff by the high waters. people preparing to make sure they have food and water enough to sustain a few days without electricity and making sure they don't have to get out in these flood waters which could be severe in several areas. a lot of concern from officials here that people won't take this seriously, seeing the track move to the east. but they warn flooding is going to be a major issue starting today and moving through the weekend. they expect to see high water, heavy rains and a lot of problems here. so joaquin may be tracking away from the coast here. but it is still going to pack a punch and cause some problems

alex. >> yeah. long day ahead for the new yoor carolina outer banks. >> what's it look like to you. >> off the east coast. the only impact will be added wave height and also the possibility of rip currents. and that is about it. because the storm is in the bahamas and now it is going to head north and then northeast away from the u.s. coast. and feel bad for the central bahamas. category 4 major hurricane for 24 hours right over top of you. they didn't expect it to be this strong a couple of dies ago. i'm sure they didn't leave the island. they're just sitting there shelters for a whole day straight. notice that forecast path is away from the u.s. coastline. and that is great it. even misses bermd. we're still going to have a historic weather event on the east coast. torrential rains. a frontal boundary stalled over

the region. now back to the coast we have a lot of humid air with a lots of moisture available heading towards this, at the same time cooler drier air at the surface and it is just going to wring it out right over the carolinas the next couple of days. flood watches from d.c. all the way down to georgia. we're expecting upwards of over a foot of rain in some areas. charleston, maybe 15 inches for you. columbia, same. that's why the bull's eye. we really got to target southern carolina, north georgia and all of south carolina. and horrible coastalthern calif california in the mount nous areas. and beautiful weather continuing throughout much of the rockies

and northwest. when all is said and done there is still a chance this could end up being that billion dollar weather disaster but not from joaquin. just this nor'easter type situation. >> thanks for that. u.s. military officials confirmed 13 people died yesterday when aen air farce c 130 transport crashed in eastern afghanistan. midnight local time. 3:00 p.m. eastern time. just when a plane was taking off outside of ja lal bad. five contractors wering with nato to train afghan security forces. military officials say there were no reports of the hostile activity in the area when the crash occurred. new details on those russian air strikes inside syria. is isis really their target? plus a big overtime comeback on thursday night football. you are watching early today. is your head so congested it's ready to explode?

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this morning, tensions between the u.s. and russia ares sclag over russian air strikes? syria. the white house says they are focusing on opponents of president bashar al assad in instead of isis militants. tracie potts joins us in from washington. how is the u.s. responding? >> they are skeptical because they are looking at what's happening on the ground and listening to what russia says, and while russia insists they are going after isis, they are going after the terrorists, it doesn't necessarily appear that way to the pentagon. >> new this morning, the foreign affairs chief of russia, their version of the congress says the bombing will go on for three or four months. they say they have destroyed a

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we want to bring you the very latest on the deadly campus shooting in southwest oregon. a late night vigil was held. 26-year-old chis harper mercer demanded to know his victim's religions before opening fire. they have not given an exact cause. all community college classes are canceled until monday as support from around the nation comes. in the next press conference is just a few hours. and gop scrambled to denounce benghazi comments as white house pounces. calling on the next white house speaker kevin mccarthy to

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bottom. and a mountain lion somehow climbed a utility poll in california. officials think it was flightened by children. it did make its way down after night fall and a believed to have gone off into the wild. a virginia man was reduced to tears after his wife told him he was pregnant. this comes after four miscarriages, one stillborn and 17 years of trying. needless to say his reaction was priceless. >> you're pregnant. >> ah. well celebrating birthdays today. melissa harris perry is 42. sting is 64 and donna karen turns 67. thanks for watching today. have a great friday and even better weekend. tragedy in oregon, strikes an

all-too-familiar chord in the u.s. what's next in the fight to tragedy in oregon strikes an all too familiar chord in the u.s. what is next in the fight to prevent future school shootings? stalled in the bahamas, but not short on rain power. why hurricane joaqquin can wreak havoc even if it does not make landfall. after much back and forth, a plan to bring the old span down. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a good friday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. here's meteorologist kari hall. >> we start out with a few clouds as you head out the door but mostly clear skies. as we head into the day, much warmer than yesterday.