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city terror plot. we know the victims killed or injured in the attack plus apple ceo tim cook offers a fresh perspective on social media and the russian influence on the 2016 elections. "early today" starts now. >> i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena. the city of houston has plent to smile about. take a look. >> here because of the sanchez success. here's a ground ball, right side. could do it. the houston as tros are world champion also. >> that's right, the houston astros are coming back to texas as world series champions for first time in franchise history. they took control of game seven early on, scoring two runs in the first inning. in the second, up 3-0, the red hot george springer launches fifth home run of the series there to deep left center. the tojers brought out their ace

kershaw and he was able to quiet the bats and stop the bleeding. los angeles would get on the board by this single and that brought home peterson. l.a. squandered numerous opportunities throughout the game. they had ten base runners in all. that one run is all they could muster. astros take game seven and the championship with a 5-1 win and george springer was named the series mvp thanks to the five home runs, which ties the world series record. now, this story sounds a little familiar and here is why. back in 2014 sports illustrate writer ben rider predicted that the astros would win the 2017 world series with this cover featuring the mvp himself. how about that? congrats to ben on the epic prediction and to the team and the city of houston. the championship parade will be friday in h-town breaking overnight, colorado police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that killed two men and one woman. the deadly violence happened inside a walmart in the city of

thornton. police responded quickly to the gunfire and dashed into the store armed with assault rifles. the shooting ended by the time they arrived. with no known motive, police say it appears to be a random attack. the gunman walked in, firing at a group of people near the cash registers. authorities released this image of the suspect, a white man who remains at large. police consider the suspect to be armed and dangerous and ask residents to call 911 if they spot him the alleged perpetrator of new york city deadliest attack in facing nine charts. one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle. he is accused of killing eight and wounding others with a pickup truck. while two of the victims were americans, the majority happened to be traveling here from other country as secretary of state rex tillerson describes. >> we now know we have one

belgium citizen who died in the attack yesterday and five argentinian citizens. we have additional belgium citizens injured as well. once again we have seen the evil face of terror in our borders but it knows no borders. >> police say he was inspired by the islamic state terrorist group. they found many videos on his cellphone that appear to be related to propaganda. more on the attack in the heart of new york city. >> a dramatic look at this mangled school bus moments after it was hit by a pickup truck in tuesday's terror attack. trapped inside, special needs students. >> are you okay? >> reporter: everyone on the bus survived, but eight others died and more than a dozen people were injured. after 29-year-old sayfullo saipov drove his rented truck down a bike path in lower manhattan. >> you could tell he was going fast and they didn't know what

hit them. >> reporter: officials disclosed he had been planning an attack for nearly a year. >> he appears to have followed almost exactly to a t the instructions that isis has put out. >> reporter: among those killed, 23-year-old nicholas cleves from manhattan and darryn drake from 32 from new jersey. his father remembering him today. >> he had everything, everything. he had everything. >> reporter: also killed, ann deca, a young mother from belgium and five friends from argentina celebrating their 30th college reunion. >> people cannot even believe it. they are, you know, just a terrible situation. five. >> reporter: a city still reeling amid heightened security. >> people are on edge. it is nerve wracking. >> reporter: the timeline of terror coming into focus. 2:06 p.m., saipov rented a home

depot truck in new jersey. he crossed the bridge into manhattan and continued on to the west side highway. 20 minutes later he plowed into the bike lane mowing down victims for almost a mile. >> we've got multiple casualties. >> reporter: before crashing into the bus. >> i saw the damage to the car. it kind of flipped up. >> reporter: saipov got out of the truck yelling allahu akbar. he was shot in the abdomen by an nypd officer. that officer hailed a hero. >> i feel we were doing our job like thousands do every day. >> reporter: inspecting the suspect's truck investigators found several knives and a note that read "isis lives forever." >> it was an effort to break our spirit. as an effort to break our spirit it failed. >> reporter: new yorkers are strong and resilient, and within moments of this bike path being

reopened people were back on it strolling, cycling, trying to get back to life norm always they want it to be. as a testament to that on sunday the new york city marathon will go on as plan. back to you. >> as mentioned, the marathon will go on as planned although the "wall street journal" reports security will be beefed up. they will be increasing sand trucks and doubling the roof top snoopers to protect the runners expected to compute sunday. >> ron, good morning. what is the latest on the case of the suspected attacker? >> reporter: i'm going to hear him? >> well, looks like we're having some audio problems with ron. hopefully we can get to him a little later in the show. >> taking a turn now to

something star fans will love to see and they better buckle up. >> let the past die. become what you're meant to be. darkness rises and light to meet it. >> i need someone to show me my place in all this. >> during game seven of the world series disney and lucas films released a preview of the star wars saga. it opens on december 15thth. you can imagine fans are pumped up watching the world series, and if they love star wars, and chances are they do, they're seeing this. their head is going to explode

from all of the excitement. >> you can see the effects keep getting better and better. look at the light sabre. i got to check that out. that just looks cool, right? >> it is amazing. it is going to make people's holiday season knowing it comes out december 15thth. it is now november. we will be full speed ahead with that in the movie season. you know, they're going to love to see it. >> it is. christmas, everyone will be in line for that and all of the memorabilia and things people are trying to get their hands-on. >> it is fun when you go and you interview, you bring a camera, a tv and news camera and everybody is dressed up. they've got their tickets, and i'm sure people do, they're all dremsed up and they're feeling it and they don't mind. >> yes, disney and lucas films, they know what they're doing. they timed it well. joining us now is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> in dallas we're going to set

what looks like an all-time monthly high temperature. don't hear that often, setting a record high for the entire month is a rare fete. today is supposed to be 92 degrees in dallas. their records go all the way back to 1898. they never had a 90-degree day in the month of november. it is an impressive record. by the way, they did it one time in december, so it is not the latest. unseasonably in oklahoma today and even towards showers and storm. the cold air remains all the way up there in the dakotas. that's your thursday forecast. >> all right, bill. doesn't matter how hot it is going to be in houston, so many people are going to flood those

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we're now less than 100 days away from the winter olympics in pyeongchang, south korea. it will be the country's first time hosting since 1988 when seoul hosted the summer games. >> athletes from over 90 countries prepare for the upcoming games. tensions with north korea remain a big concern. >> reporter: this is a country as rich in history and tradition as it is in modern innovation. home to the vibrant capital of seoul, and these breathtaking mountains. many of the venues are in such good shape, events could be held today. but tensions with north korea, just 60 miles from pyeongchang, loom over these games. many are hopeful two north

korean figure skaters who have already qualified will help promote peace. team usa celebrated today's milestone in times square. >> i'm very excited for pyeongchang. i'm also nervous. it's kind of the awkward period where it's so close, but still quite far away. >> reporter: among the americans to watch, skiers and snowboarders. a couple of fresh faces. both medal threats. then there's lindsay von who tried to make her fourth olympics after a knee injury forced her to sit out sochi. >> i'm very high in the motivation tank. i feel like i've been thinking about the olympics since the last day of the last season. that's all i think about. >> reporter: today the olympic flame arrived in south korea, carrying with it dreams of athletes from around the world. nbc news, pyeongchang. let's check back in with bill karins. >> 100 days away.

hard to believe. the winter olympics are fun. not feeling or looking like february in many areas of the country today. dallas, 93 possible. the record heat, 70s through areas of washington, d.c. even the northeast not bad today. we'll be watching a new storm moving into the northwest over the next couple days. that's where the worst weather will be, and the snowy weather will extend through montana into the northern plains. any travel trouble out headed to any airports, it would be in the areas of the pacific northwest and tonight and tomorrow in northern california. pretty good for travel today otherwise. sony is bringing back its robot dog. it can wag its detail and blink its eyes like any other dog, and is quick with artificial intelligence technology. it will go on sale in japan in january for $1,740. so you don't have to worry about allergies or it having to go to the bathroom, cleanup.

but the companionship. thanks for watching. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. yourews continues n ad lib live picture-- san rafael

it is thursday and taking a live look out at the san rafael camera as people are on their way, on the move, on the streets. it's thursday heading into friday. >> on the weekend express. >> exactly. >> don't slow me down. >> plowing on through. good forecast today? >> yeah, we are looking forward to more dry weather and then we will start to see the rain moving in just in time for the weekend. today is our last day to prepare for the incoming showers that will be here off and on over the next several days. we are seeing now the rain still well up to the north over washington and moving farther to the south. so we start out this morning with some mostly clear skies, cool temperatures in the 40s and low 50s with highs today again reaching into