is it true the reason for nato and the reason for all these alliances is to prevent world war iii? >> no, it's not true. frankly, i like general mattis. i think i know more about it than he does. i know more about it from the standpoint of fairness, that, i can tell you. >> president trump comes clean on his cabinet, climate change, the u.s. being on the verge of war with north korea and much more. >> with election day just three weeks away, fringe groups on the right and left caliber escalating way past divisive rhetoric. saudi arabia threatens to

retaliate if there are any just an average office meeting when a giant python fall through the ceiling. and a jump basing festival. "early today" starts right now. good monday morning. i'm marlie hall. >> i'm phillip. street fights from far left and right activists in portland this weekend. nbc's matt bradley has more. >> reporter: on both sides of the country, both political extremes took their rage to the streets. street rights in portland, oregon, and a group called proud boys and latifah, short for anti-fascist. showing how america's political conversation is forgetting to

er obama attorney general raised eyebrows. when they go low, we go high. they go low, we kick them. >> reporter: later saying he was not advocating violence. two days later, scott wagner, a republican candidate told his opponent -- >> you better put a catcher's mask all over your face because i will stomp over with golf spikes because i will win this. >> reporter: some like new york governor andrew cuomo says it's trickle down rhetoric. >> i hold the president responsible. when you start to demonize differences. when you fan the flames of racism and division you can create a fire out of control. >> reporter: the proud boys say they're inspired by donald trump. >> i think the proud boys and

donald trump disenfranchise those that don't fit in. >> reporter: it has given a license to street level violence. >> in part, that's because the ability for people to try to leverage the public discussion on the ground is what brings people out. >> reporter: angry words that may translate into violent acts. matt bradley, nbc news. president trump hinting at another cabinet shake-up this morning in a wide reaching and objective combative interview with "60 minutes," mr. trump opened the door to the departure of his defense secretary, general mattis. >> what about general mattis, is he going to leave? >> it could be he is. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. he is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. that's washington. >> a pentagon spokesman said secretary mattis is focused on doing his job. >> turning to one of the more heated moments of the interview,

president trump defended his decision to attack brett kavanaugh's accuser. >> you mimicked professor blasey ford, you mimicked her. >> had i not made that speech we would not have won. i said she didn't seem to know anything. you're trying to destroy a life of a man who has been extraordinary. >> why did you have to make fun of her? >> i didn't really make fun. >> well, they were laughing. >> kavanaugh was confirmed in a bitter senate battle and denies the allegations from dr. ford. >> tensions flared on the topic of russia with president trump contending he has taken a hard line with vladamir putin. here's what he said when he was asked not to shut down the mueller probe. >> i don't pledge anything. i have no intention of doing at i think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. do you really think i would call russia to help me with an election, give me a break. they wouldn't be able to help me

at all, so ridiculous. >> president trump also weighed in on the case of the missing saudi journalist feared murdered by the hit squad at the country's consulate in turkey. >> there's a lot at stake, maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. there's something really terrible and disgusting about that if that were the case. we will have to see. we will get to the bottom of it. there will be severe punishment. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell has more from d.c. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. international pressure is mounting over a missing journalist feared murdered at a saudi consulate in turkey. the leaders have announced a joint working group to investigate the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. there is new scrutiny of the close ties to president trump. >> reporter: a haunting image and international mystery for growing demand of answers. >> if he is not alive saudis

know what happened. >> we cannot have an ally who murdered in cold blood in their own cobb s consulate. >> reporter: fall-out, stock market and pulling out of saudi investment and tweeting appreciation to all including the administration for not jumping to conclusions. >> we will see what happened. >> reporter: missing, jamal khashoggi, a washington columnist. turkey's government says it has evidence he was killed by saudi operatives. former via director, john brennan. i would be inconceivable such an operation would be run by the saudis without the knowledge of the day-to-day decision-maker, crown prince muhammad. >> a great honor to have the crown prince with us. >> reporter: the president's

close ties. >> i love saudi arabia. >> reporter: add pressure to deliver a severe punishment if the saudis are responsible. secretary treasurer mnuchin still plans to go to the conference next week. >> mr. mnuchin will make up his mind as the investigation progresses and information surfaces. >> reporter: the saudi government denied any involvement and issued a statement saying it would respond to any political or economic actions taken against saudi arabia. in a new statement from germany and france, they said there must be a credible investigation and expect the saudi government to provide a complete and detailed responsibility. phillip. >> kelly, thank you. president trump plans to visit florida and georgia today to survey the devastation left behind by hurricane michael. it slammed the panhandle with

155 miles an hour winds and the death toll has now risen to at least 19 as emergency crews continue to sift through damage and debris for survivors. with over 200,000 still without power over georgia and florida, the latest. >> reporter: hurricane michael is gone but the storm's impact remains. entire communities flattened or washed away. >> we won't rest easy until we know everybody is okay. >> reporter: rescue teams continue to comb through piles of rubble looking for survivors, where homeowners don't know where to start. >>there's nothing salvageable. we came down here to get pictures my grandmother who would have been 100 years old painted in the house. >> reporter: winds reached 95 miles an hour, 95% of the town is unfit to live in. other panhandle communities are also struggling. >> we're estimating somewhere around 80-90% are almost beyond repair in this town.

we have no power, no sewer, no light. >> reporter: in lin haven, residents line up for water and other supplies. the town seems unfamiliar. >> right now, my heart is broken and don't recognize the streets when the lights go out and literally have to count the blocks to find my house. >> reporter: a hometown that no longer feels like home. d dan, nbc news. a primetime matchup between two of the nfl's best teams, chiefs and patriots. pats jumping out to a 24-9 lead in the first half, control playing at home. patrick mahomes is pretty good, too, shook off a shaky start rallying his team back from double digits down, this 75-yard touchdown pass to tyreek hill. and tom brady is tom brady and would lead them back and patriots win 43-40.

and ryan returning to the same stadium he suffered the devastating spinal injury. andy dalton putting bengals on forth. a back and forth game as it usually is between these two. it all came town to the fourth quarter. 15 seconds left, steelers down one, antonio brown winning it for steelers. in washington looking to rebound against panthers and putting pressure on cam newton early in this game and took a double digit lead. only a matter of time before the former heisman got warmed up. too little too late. washington beats carolina. and dolphins can win it here if they punch it in. kenyan drake dropped the football before he gets in the end zone. the bears' chance to win and sails to the right. miami's turn again, how about this kick?

he can do it. that's between the uprights. miami upsets the bears, 31-28. it's the middle of october. check out the amount of snow falling on these pumpkins in colorado. several closed for business due to the snowfall. this is at mile high stadium for denver broncos for kickoff sunday against the l.a. rams. i can't believe we're talking about snow already. >> it is odd to see that. what does this week bring, bill? >> we're talking about rain and a cold rain in texas and snowin northern illinois and the quad cities. throughout the day, we focus on texas, thunderstorms in texas, people at risk with heavy rain once again. here's the rainfall forecast, san angelo and dallas and cold

football games in october. today, still very chilly from chicago to grand rapids and warmer air around richmond. the weekend photographs, things quiet down this week and nothing in the tropics either. >> we are so relieved to hear that, bill. thank you. in a rush this morning and wondering which is the fastest of the fast-food joints, burger king may be your best bet according to a qsr voted the fastest drive-thru of 2018 from the time you order your food to receive it at the window, dunkin', second, kfc, wendy's, mcdonald's and chick-fil-a, last, but lead

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nbc's jeff bennett has more. >> here he is. >> reporter: it's a university class like no other. >> they would call them the get down parts. >> reporter: at clive davis recorded music, the professor is a performer. ♪ rapper and producer q-tip, the grammy award winner of the famed group, a cyb called quest. >> reporter: why did you decide to teach this class? >> i want to share what i've learned and help s generation. >> reporter: he and ashley klein teach a one of a kind course. historical and musical connections between hip-hop and jazz. >> both musical styles, jazz and hip-hop had to kind of fight for respect. >> reporter: some four decades after emerging from new york,

hip-hop is now embraced as a driving cultural force. >> it's something we did and we made is now part of the american pantheon of creation. that's a great thing. >> repr: create agnew hip-hop culture counsel, q-tip artistic director and rapper common. >> it helped change things and people forever will be able to come and learn more about hip-hop curl. >> reporter: a legacy cultural institution and a major university both committed to serious study of hip-hop's transcending influence. >> i think courses like this definitely bring hip-hop into its rightful place as a true american art form. >> that's why that happened. >> reporter: jeff bennett, nbc news, new york. >> that's amazing. so cool for those students. one of my favorite grouped.

>> what do you know about them? >> makes me want to go back to school and go to nyu. scenario. >> bonita apple bum. >> she knows what's up. all right. there you go. we will continue that discussion when we're done with the show. taking falling to new heights. the annual base jumping festival over the weekend, jumping of a 680 foot high bridge before releasing their enjoy that soft landing. thanks for watchg

impact that would make -- >> i'm not denying climate change, but it could very well go back. we're talking about all -- >> well, that's denying it. >> we're talking about millions of years.

they say we had hurricanes that were far worse than what we just had with michael. >> today, president trump heads to florida and georgia to get a firsthand assessment of the damage from michael. that as the president discusses a wide range of topics, idi the saudi controversy calling his secretary of defense a democrat and much more. then, former first lady hillary clinton speaking out about her husband's presidency amid the monica lewinski scandal. to london. breaking baby news and a big announcement from harry and meghan. wild nfl weekend