it is friday, november 6th. coming up on "early today," the stage is set for the next gop debate but a candidate once seen as the strong contender if for nomination didn't make the cut. increased security at overseas airports because of that russian plane crash. was it a bomb? and the with 90,000 missing in the u.s. at any given time the incredible story of a boy found after more than a decade. and a star wars fan gets his puni wish. and ozzy says i'm sorry. good morning everyone. i'm alex witt. we begin with breaking news from arkansas. as many as six people were

killed this morning. happened around interstate 40 in north little rock. the bus was carrying 22 when it collided with an overpass. multiple people with injuries have been taken to area hospitals not. word yet what specifically caused the crash. to politics now. and then there were eight. the stage is shrinking for tuesday's republican debate. here is the line up. all earning above 2.5% in four recent national polls. but two big names and big personalities missing. new jersey governor chris christie is getting bumped down to the so called kid's table debate. and that is a big blow for him. and mike huckabee has been relegated to the undercard as well. however they are better off than these three. senator graham, george pataki and jim gilmore failed to make the cut for either. and for the front runners, the

department of homeland security authorized secret service protection yesterday. the carson campaign is spending a hundred thousand on on a campaign hoping this song will play a hit in urban markets. ♪ >> i'm ben carson and i approve this message. >> hillary clinton was on jimmy kimmel last night. she talked about whether bill clinton would be called if she won in 2016. the names first dude and first mate were floated. also this interesting hypothetical. >> if you were running against your husband right now. who would win that. >> i think you g have that kind of confidence. so if i were going to run against him. would i win?

yeah. >> and coming up tonight on msnbc, the first in the south democratic candidates forum, with hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley is tonight at 8:00 eastern. the tsa is considering tightening security at overseas airports over fears that a bomb might have brought that the plane in sinai peninsula. and nbc's bill neely has more from egypt. >> they found no evidence of a bomb, but the president believes terrorism could have caused this. >> i think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board. and we're taking that very seriously. >> reporter: if a bomb was the cause, it was almost certainly put on the plane here at sharm el sheikh airport. investigators have questioned security workers, seized video and searched. the air bus was on the ground

here for an hour. in that time, cleaners, kacate caterer caterercate caterers, and baggage crews were beside it. pitch darkness the plane took off. exploding around 20 minutes later. >> we cannot be certain the russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb but it looks increasingly likely. >> known isis supporters were heard talking about downing the plane just after it crashed. isis has claimed the attack twice. egypt's president doesn't agree. believing the bomb theory isn't based on fact. britain is flying its tourists out of sharm el sheikh. so worried it is not allowing them to check in bags. russians returning to the city where most passengers were from. their deaths still unexplained. >> and that was biel neely from

sharm el sheikh. it is every parent's worst nightmare, a family member disappears. in oh a bio a boy has been mess other a decade and turned up. >> in 2002 julian hernandez disappeared from his home in alabama. his parents were unmarried. julian's mother and the police suspected the father had taken the child. >> left a note saying he had taken him somewhere and that was the last she saw of him. >> they searched for 13 years releasing an age progression photo. >> they received hundreds of leads tore years where he might be from for the record to out of the -- from flo out the of the country. >> reporter: and then a call out of blue. julian was alive some 600 miles away in cleveland living under

different names with his father. >> julian hernandez was applying to college. there was a discrepancy in the social security number and the tax information. and that -- he then worked with his school and they discovered that he -- who he was. >> bobby hernandez is being held on a $250,000 bond in ohio. accused of tampering with records. while the prosecutor says he will soon face charges of interfering with child custody. police say julian's mother who are still lives in alabama never gave up the search. the family is overjoyed. an 18-year-old just looking to go to college instead uncovered the terrible truth about his own childhood. a new development in the death of the illinois police lieutenant is just the latest shocking revelation. text messages retrieved from fox lake lieutenant joseph

gliniewicz's cell phone suggest he may have been planning a gruesome crime to cover up his embezzleme embezzleme embezzlement. >> reporter: among other things, requests for a meeting with a member of the high ranking member of the motorcycle gang. >> indeed it was for a hit on a manager. >> investigators may have discovered he stole thousands from a program that helps young people who want to pursue law enforcement. >> it is a very scary thought that an officer who whose sworn to uphold the law would even attempt to think to do something like that to an administrator. >> the shock wavers are still reverbera reverberating. the 100 club of chicago group are asking the gliniewicz family to return the $15,000 it gave them. >> it is important the people

that support this organization know that we're doing the right thing. >> and a fundraiser for friday at a high school where the officer attended has been canceled. a man once called a hero. meteorologist rafael miran. >> take a look at this. 75 degrees. lots of sunshine in central park. 90 in tampa. cooler out west. 70s in los angeles and 40s and 50s across the rockies, tracking rain moving threw the ohio valley. washing a storm in the pacific northwest for the weekend. dry from l.a. to denver. and cooling down in the northeast saturday into the 60s and sunday into the 50s for boston, d.c. and new york city.

that is where we should be this time of year. also still rainy in seattle. temperatures in but showers moving in by the end of the day. rain a possibility towards portland as well. >> you know it doesn't make sense to me if new york and l.a. are comparable in november. >> that's odd. and it will change don't worry. next week it will be different. just ahead a terminally ill star wars fan gets his dying wish. and jeb bush is caught up in family drama after his father slammed some of the key figures of his brother's administration. you are going to hear his reaction next. .. you tuck there. .. if you're a toe tucker... because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection and get to the root of your toe tucking.

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welcome back everyone. we're looking at live pictures from the international space station. astronauts are out there putting the finishing touches on a faulty cooling system. they are more than 200 miles off the earth's surface, traveling about 17,000 miles an hour which is almost 5 miles a second. leading the news in the washington post. marijuana is literally the least of the nation's drug worries the police announced. only 6% of law enforcement saw marijuana has their biggest threat. authorities have also said marijuana is not a big driver to crime. nearly three quarters of police departments named heroin and meth as their top drug threat this is year. that makes sense. and a dying grandmother

shreds $1.1 million to spite hairs. yikes. leaving the tiny pieces on her death bed. however a bank official says they replace all of the cash for the family. and a sun likely robbed mars of its one thick atmosphere in water. it is believed ancient mars was once a moist warm planet capable of life. and these 2015 true classics such as twister, the puppet and super soaker all made the cut. and the morns news anchor got a surprise while on the air. >> my best friend, my soul mate. and i want to spend the rest of my life with you. will you marry me?

>> yes. >> oh. happy couple. they have been together five years. and by the way none of other staff members knew before it happened. congratulations. my concern. what's the producer saying? got to wrap. we got to get out there and fix that make up. >> beautiful. >> so so sweet. have you ever seen anything like that happen in your vast, live career. >> nothing like that. >> yeah. other things though i don't think question talk about. let's get a look ahead. a 78 foot norway spruce arrives here at rockefeller center this morning. it will be hoisted into place and decorated with more than 45,000 led lights. the true lighting ceremony takes place on december 27nd. and happy birthday. sally field turns 69 today. looks great for 69, right? >> um-hmm. >> let's keep it here for more news weather and sports i'm alix

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a two-page "manifesto" found in the pocket of the u-c merced attacker, tells a all planned out point by point. a two-page manifesto found in the pocket of the uc merced attacker. now facing charges of battery, the man who stormed into alameda city hall and created a scene of violence and chaos was just hours away from a facing a judge. plus, some scheduled track work ready to untrack drivers and commuters in a bustling area of san francisco. "today in the bay" starts right now. it is dramatic because it's friday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> it is cool as you