breaking news, the cult leader and self proclaimed devil himself charles manson died overnight. late details ahead. >> new fall-of out over the al franken harassment aelg menment and judge roy moore facing more pressure. >> and a plane in distress, forced to land on a street in broad daylight. >> and the desperate fight against time. >> and snl's call to president barack obama. early today starts now. >> good to be with you on a monday. >> we begin with news, charles

monson is dead, the serial killer was in failing health and hospitalized from that i am the to -- from time to time over the past few years. he had declared himself the devil and sent followers to commit a series of killings in 1969. he was proannounce ed dead last night and was believed to have died of natural causes. we take a look back at charles manson. >> reporter: the mark on his forehead unmistakable and his wild jailhouse interviews unfretable. >> i would take the book and beat you to death with it and i would not feel a thing. >> reporter: charles manson the mass murderer that came to represent the dark side of a generation. >> maybe i should have killed, 4 or 500 people then i would have felt better. >> reporter: manson started to commit armed robberies at the age of 13. and later telling tom snyder, most of his early years were spent behind bars. >> i was raised up in here.

>> reporter: in 1967, he begged to be kept in prison. i said, i cannot handle the maniacs outside, let me back in. >> reporter: he was released and led crimes to what people call the trial of the century. >> it's all a play, isn't it? >> reporter: the mayhem, began in a ranch outside of los angeles, manson, brain washing members of his cult, approaprea of a race ward and then a hollywood murder spree. the cult raiding the home of roman polanski and share tate, tate was stabbed to death and four others massacred. manson joined his followers in another massacre. the couple killed and mutilated. during manson's trial, his followers staged bizarre protests. one cult member even tried to assassinate president gerald ford. >> new to put a picture of the

devil you would put it right on charlie's face. >> reporter: manson should have died decades ago sentenced to death but spared when the delegate penalty was aboll issuissu abollabolished. now, his death bringing closure for the families of those who were killed. >> remember the victims. remember what they were doing. remember what they suffered so horrifically. and remember justice. >> that justice, charles manson, in prison until his dying day. nbc news, los angeles. >> in alabama more members of the republican is establishment have come out against roy moore, the state's young republican federation voted to suspend their support of roy hoar in the state senate race and a major group of pastors admonished moore and the backing of the controversial candidate. we are joined from washington. tracy good morning to you.

had how is the republican party in washington reacting to moore still being in the race? >> washington's reaction is interesting. the president's budget director said that he does not know who to believe but finds the women credible. others say that as well. but washington is divided on how this race should be decided. >> reporter: can you work with roy moore, if he is elected, could you vote to expel? should he be elected? >> well, first of all, my hope is that we will not get to that point and that the voters of alabama will not elect roy moore. >> i said that i thought the story that women -- the women's story was more credible than his response, the alabama voters deserved a better choice. >> the allegations are stronger than the denial and roy moore should find something else to do, which was my way of suggesting that he should not be in the race. >> while lawmakers may not like

the idea of roy moore coming to washington, they realize it's a decision for alabama voters. so, what are alabama voters thinking? take a look. we do know that in the latest fox poll. roy moore is down 8% points when you dig in the numbers. he is losing support with hem, including republican women, interestingly, about half of the people polled, just under half, i should say, believe the allegations. another equal group say they don't believe the allegations. that was around 37%, 38% each. the bottom line, they are equal in terms of people believing or not believing the allegations. but a huge chunk, 25%, 1 in 4, say they don't know if they believe the allegations or not. nine women so far. philip? francis? >> tracy, thank you. coming up on "today" leigh corfman who was 14 when she alleged that roy moore had sex

with her is going to tell her story today. al franken has been removed from the pbs david letterman. now a ethics investigation is called for investigating his actions. >> i was really disturbed by the allegations and very personally disappointed. and i think the appropriate thing right now is to have an ethics investigation. >> and that senator, opened up on her remarks last week, when she said that president bill clinton should have resigned following his scandal with monica lewinsky and here is what she told casey hunt. >> my point is that, the tolerance that we had 25 years a ago, what was allowed 25 years ago, will not be tolerated today, is not allowed today. and that we have to have the kind of oversight and accountability that society

needs to protect people in the workplace. that people can function without having an unsafe work environment. whether it's in the military -- >> so you are saying that president clinton created an unsafe work environment in the white house? >> no i'm saying the conversation we are having is important. and the behavior that we tolerated a long time would not be tolerated today and we cannot allow it to be tolerated today. >> he has appeared at fundrai r fundraisers for her throughout the years and she received $11,500 during her congressional races. >> diana ross was given the lifetime achievement award. >> we still listen to diana around the house, that's why i gave her the presidential medal of freedom last year. this is a big deal too. >> diana ross, congratulations and we love you. >> love you much. >> oh, diana went down a stair

case to perform a medley of her hits. in a purple gown, she led her fans down a memory lane. she accepted her award and saying it was all about love. >> this is all about love. all about love. this says it all. this is my family. and i'm sending love out there to all of you. each and every one of you of our global family. >> it was a night of tributes as pink and kelly clarkson opened the american music awards with their ren addition of r.e.m's hit song "everyone hurts." it was dedicated to those in disasters this year. >> two people escaped injury after their plane crashed in clear water, florida. deputies were in the area on a

unrelated call when their dash cam caught this footage. the plane crash landed on the street and the left wing caught a tree as the pilot tried to land and spun and crashed. people are investigating the cause of the crash. both the pilot and a passenger are okay. >> this morning, we are all pulling for former teen idol david cassidy who has been hospitalized with organ failure. he was 18 to a hospital on wednesday in florida and needing a liver transplant. the star revealed that he was battling dementia and said he planned to stop performing and enjoy life. david cassidy's half brother, sean cassidy tweeted thank you for all of your love and good wish force david, it means the world to all of us. severe storms and winds swept through the country, leaving behind major damage, six people were hurt in new york city after a scaffolding

collapsed from high winds. by-standers tried to remove debris as the firefighterser were arriving on the scene. injuries were minor. and ferry passengers had a scary ride as waves knocked at least two cars in to each other and thankfully no injuries were reported there. >> all right, let's go our meteorologist with a check of the weather for the start of the kwe week. >> the winds are still a story, even by 10:00 this horning we are still looking at strong winds. especially along the massachusetts coast line. it could slow down air travel in new england and temperatures are cool this morning, starting off the week with engines in t -- t week with numbers in the 30s. the wind chill is cold and in the southeast, where we are starting off with freeze warnings, luckily temperatures will warm up throughout the day. that is a

warming up after a chilly morning to the 60s for much of georgia and in to alabama. so, we will be watching out for cold weather this morning in the south. but warming up by the end of the day ft. francis? >> bonnie. thank you. this morning, actor harrison fort is being hailed a hero after helping a woman who crashed her car on the highway. these photos show the actor in action. he was driving when a woman lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road in to a small embankment and he went in to save the day. you have han solo helping out. >> just ahead, saturday night live has a message for barack obama and we have a newly crowned miss world.

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good morning. >> reporter: good morning, francis, yes, as you said, it really is turning in to a race against time for the submarine and the 44 souls on board. but the growing multi-national effort is there. a spokesman from the navy said they have tripled the search effort on the surface and underwater for the submarine. this includes ten airplanes, 11 ships from the nativy and other countries. they are following the submarine's planned route as they sweep the area. this is news that more aircraft and unmanned sub immersibles from the united states are joining this search effort. these satellite calls that brought so much hope to the search efforts seem to have not been as useful so far in locating the vessel, a commander from the argentine navy saying they have analyzed the signals and could not determine a point

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and when there is power she it's unstable. they have had three major blackouts over the last few days. >> we are 60 days out and much of puerto rico is struggling with just the basics. every time they take a step forward, it's then two steps back. just four days ago, they reached a milestone, getting 50% power generation over the island and it lasted for two hours before the first of four power failures. they are struggling also with daily blackouts. now, let's talk water. as of today, 90% of the island has water. but none of that water can be consumed without first boiling it. and even then that water is sporad sporadic. there's parts of the island where there's none. where people are walking to streams and collecting the run off to drink it. now, washington has announced a 44 billion dollars aid package

for florida, texas and puerto rico. but it's becoming very clear that money is not going to even be close to being enough to help puerto rico recover. back to you. >> all right, tammy, thank you. >> and schneider for a check of the weather. >> we are looking at mild conditions through the central plains and the western half of the country. well, the northeast and the southeast are dealing with the cold. it will be warming up today in the 50s and 60s from iowa all the way to the rockies and as we look to the southwest, warmer than that, climbing up to 76 in las vegas, but that cool air still in place will be feeling it further off to the east. temperatures will be getting milder though, eventually. we have to get through this first batch of cooler weather in the northeast and southeast. >> all right, bonnie, thank you very much. >> and we thank you for joining us. >> be sure to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram@nbc early today and don't go anywhere, the news continues right here on nbc and

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this monday morning good monday morning. after a beautiful weekend, take a beautiful look right now at the golden gate bridge this monday morning. are you ready? this week is the gobble gobble week. thanksgiving week is here. we have been waiting for it. a lot of people are prepping the food for it. >> i have my staples and ready to go. >> my turkey is thawing out. >> i started mine, too. >> that's the week we'll all be looking forward to getting together with family. the weather starts out iffy for the weekend but better for the rest of the week. we are starting with rain. as we get a look now at the bigger picture showing the radar, green mostly in the north bay. this is where