palo alto a nice easy drive and the san mateo bridge slowing a bit. nothing dramatic. the lighting will be different on monday. >> that's right! change your clocks on sunday, you get to fall back. we gain an hour. maybe we'll look better by monday morning. have a great one! good morning. good morning. fear and voting. with four days to go until the midterms, president trump goes all in on the fear factor, claiming a caravan of migrants is getting ready to invade the u.s. >> they want to throw rocks at our military. our military fights back. >> fired up! >> you don't get up and go vote, you disrespect your elders. >> oprah winfrey knocks on doors to get people to the polls in georgia. big names comes out. but will they sway only of the

closest races? >> deadly road rage. a woman attacks a bus driver and causes him to lose control, plunging the bus and all of its passengers off a bridge. all that, plus dangerous storms. tornadoes and heavy rain causing destruction across the south. searching for answers. >> we demand structural change. >> the worldwide walk out by employees of google, pulling all of silicon valley on notice. >> and simon biles makes history at the world champions, winning all around gold for a record fourth time. today is friday, november 2nd, 2018. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live in rock feller plaza.

>> it is friday. nice to have you with us. simone biles. she sticks the landings over and over again. >> over and over. i think she is one of the g.o.a.t.s, greatest of all time. she said about this performance, it wasn't my best. really? because you won again. >> we'll catch up in a bit. but let's start with politics. final push now. these are the final days before those all important midterms. >> both parties are pulling out all the stops. in addition to solo events, president trump and vice president pence will make three appearances together this weekend. >> democrats are busy too on the heels of oprah's big push on thursday. president obama is heading to georgia today and he will visit three for states in the coming days. let's start with hailey jackson in virginia. >> reporter: good morning to you. today president trump will pick up the pace, kicking off multiple campaign stops every day from now until election day. expect his focus to be much of

what it's been over the last few days, looking at immigration with his critics concerned the president is fear mongering. while much of the buzz has been on the political world and the upcoming elections recently, the president la memted that was not the case after two major news stories captured the world's attention over the last week. president trump with his mind on the midterms suggesting the synagogue shooting and the mail bombs served as a distraction to voters. >> we did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible because for even days nobody talked about the elections. it stopped a tremendous momentum. >> reporter: those comments coming as the president pumped up his supports, amping up the fear factor. >> if you don't want american to be overrun by masses of illegal aliens and giant caravans, you

better vote republican. >> reporter: earlier in the day the president startling some by suggesting migrants could be shot. >> i told them consider it a rifle. when they throw rocks like they did at the mexico military police, i said consider it a rifle. >> reporter: now the president is pitching his new plan to deny asylum automatically to migrants who enter the u.s. illegal. >> illegal aliens will no longer get a free pass into our country by launching meritless claims and seeking asylum. >> reporter: if the president signs that executive order, it will almost certainly set up a legal battle since it would violate u.s. and international law, allowing refugees who qualify for asylum to obtain it. the president is also facing fall-out over a racially divisive web video. >> put it on social media because i'm being nice. and they said, well, what do you want?

well, i want a part and i want a part. what did you do? what did you do? what did you do? >> the video links a twice deported mexico immigrant killing two police officers to democrats without evidence. >> it is completely and totally inappropriate. there are ethical lines that you should not cross. >> reporter: to critics, it is a call back to the willy horton attack ads considering a low point in the 1988 presidential campaign. 30 years later it is not the white house but control of congress at stake. >> so with this push on immigration, it seems to be all about that base for the president. >> reporter: yes. the numbers really put it into some perspective here. recent polling showing three-quarters of the gop believes the issue of illegal immigration is a very big concern. but on the other side of the aisle, only 19% of democrats agree. in other words, president trump

is pushing his message to republicans who already see things his way to try to get them to get out and vote. >> thank you. all eyes are on georgia's race for governor. the candidates are getting some high powered last minute help. kristin joins us now from atlanta with this part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: hi, hota. good morning to you. today is the final day of early voting here in georgia. so both sides are pulling out all the stops, and the biggest names and the show stopper may have been oprah winfrey here campaigning for stacey abraabra. her message, vote. >> nobody paid for me to come here. nobody even asked me to come

here. i paid for myself, and i approve this message. >> this morning, one of television's biggest stars inserting herself into one of the country's tightest races. >> they said i have her cell number. i go, give it to me. i am going to call her up right now. so i called stacey abrams. and i said, stacey, this is oprah. you know what she said? she said, girl, let me pull over to the side of the road. delivering an impassioned get out the vote push for stacey abrams, who is attempting to make history as the nation's first female african-american voter. >> you get a vote! and you get a vote! and you get a vote! >> she is locked in a raiser thin race against brian kemp, with polls shows them virtually tied. >> i know it's easy for a will

the of people to feel that you have no power against those injustices. but this is what i'm here to tell you. this land was made for you and me. this land was made for you and me. that's not just a song. that's the truth. >> her presence here fuelling 2020 speculation, which she quickly tried to tamp down. >> i don't want to run. okay? i'm not trying to test any waters. >> the bimedia mogul knocking o doors and reminding supporters of a traumatic chapter in their history. >> for anyone here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote, you are dishonoring your family. >> the white house quickly working to slow the oprah effect.

>> oprah is good. but the woman that she is supporting is not qualified to be the governor of georgia, by any stretch of the imagination. >> i'm kind of a big deal, too. i've got a message. this ain't hollywood. this is georgia. >> what is the o effect? >> there is something transformative about having a woman who has so much capacity stand up and say that she cares about your voice. >> one of the other big issues down there are accusations of voter suppression going on in georgia. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: democrats are accusing republicans and brian kemp, who is the state's secretary of state, of voter suppression for imposing a strict new voting law. they say it is suppressing the votes of minority voters. kemp firing back saying that's not the case and nothing could be further from the truth. but oprah had a message about

that as well saying if folks turn out in big enough numbers, their votes cannot be suppressed. this is a big issue. meanwhile, there are big names on the horizon. former president obama will be here later today campaigning for stacey abrams. president trump will be here on sunday for trump. >> thank you so much. be sure you stick around with nbc for complete coverage of the midterms. we will have the latest on all of the key races leading up to election day with live coverage as the results come in. that's tuesday night. savannah will be there starting at 8:00, 7:00 central sdwlrchlg. at least five children killed, seven others injured. all of them hit while they were waiting for their busses. kerry sanders is in tampa this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. the national highway safety administration says the most

dangerous time for children when it comes to school busses is when they are getting on or getting off. and in the early morning hours, especially because we still have daylight saving time in effect, it is likely that children will still be waiting in the dark. i saw the mom hid her face. >> all expected to survive. witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> they were on the sidewalk and he went off the road and he hit them. >> oh, lord have mercy. >> her daughter says her best friend was one of those hit. >> i was so scared i didn't know

what to do, so i just ran to them like trying to help everyone up to make sure they're okay. >> report of a child struck by a vehicle while waiting for the bus. >> in pennsylvania, a seven-year-old boy somehow hit at his bus stop. he was found dead by a bus driver coming to pick him up. police still investigating. >> in mississippi, a nine-your-old boy struck by a truck and killed as he waited to catch his bus. the truckdriver in that case charged with aggravated assault. a tragic crash in indiana killed three young siblings. a pick-up truck plowed into them and another child as they crossed the highway to their school bus. the children's family heart broken. >> he didn't lose one kid. he lost all of his kids. what do you tell your little brother? how do you tell your little brother that's going to get

better? you can't. >> reporter: here charges have not been filed against the car driver in that accident. a few tips to parents. make sure your children are wearing reflective clothes or something on their backpacks. guys? >> yeah. and a reminder for everybody, just slow down. slow down. thank you. google employees across the u.s. and around the world sent a strong message on thursday staging massive walk outs in protest of the company's workplace sexual misconduct complaints. >> reporter: from dublin to s zuri zurich, new york to chicago, thousands of the tech giants employees walking out in protest thursday saying they have had enough. >> we're walking out to support women and to protest the way that this company has handled sexual harassment issues. >> we are responding to the

stories of thousands of googl s googlers. we expect every member of our community feel safe and heard. >> reporter: it comes after "the new york times" reported andy rue bin was given a $90 million package to leave after a sexual conduct allegation. he has denied the allegation and calls the report a wild exaggeration. >> i walked out because i think it is not acceptable for a lot of upper management to let this go. >> reporter: in an internal e-mail obtained by nbc news, the ceo says 48 employees have been fired for sexual harassment over the last two years without exit packages. 13 of them senior managers. protesters demands include putting an end to private arbitration of sexual harassment, pay equity and equal opportunities for women and an employee representative on the company's board of directors.

during the protests, google's ceo admitted it is time for change. >> moments like this show we don't always get it right, so we are committed to doing better. the first step you take is to acknowledge and apologize for past actions, the pain they caused. >> what is your message to the google ceo about actually creating some change here? >> actions speak louder than words. >> employees sending a message loud and clear that they will be watching. nbc news los angeles. all right. mover moving to the world of sports. >> this is a good one. simone biles turning in yet another historic performance at the world championships. she now has got all the detail this is morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is impressive. on thursday, the five-time olympic medalist became the first woman to win four all around world titles. simone biles making history,

sticking yet another landing on top of the podium at the world gymnastics championships. >> similar boit is her fourth a title, something no other woman has ever done. her performance wasn't perfect, falling twice and stepping out-of-bounds during her floor routine. >> today wasn't my best. >> but even with a few missteps, biles still crushed the competition. >> even not at my best i was the best. >> earning her biggest margin of victory at championships, the largest overall gap at the world's since the new scoring system began in 2006. >> hands down there is not even a question. just proved to everybody why she is the best in the world. >> some call the 21-year-old super human and maybe she really is. just 24 hours before the competition began, biles spent the night in an emergency room the hospital on one, posting

social media, writing, this kidney stone has nothing on world championships. her friend and former teammate telling hota she's not surprised by any of it. >> she was texting me from the er. he was sending me a selfie. i don't know how she does it. she is so amazing. >> grinning through pain, she also led team usa to a gold medal finish, the team's fourth consecutive world title, securing a spot for them in the tokyo olympics. returning to competition this summer for the first time since the real olympics. biles proving herself once again as perhaps the greatest gymnast of all time. >> no question about that. she couldn't even be on m any kd of painkiller because that's forbidden. >> she's competing today and tomorrow because she qualified for those four individual

events. and she can't take pain medicine because they don't want to put her at risk for failing the drug test. and she's still smiling. >> all right. thank you. you can catch simone in action both today and tomorrow on our olympic channel nbcsn. and sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on nbc. >> i could watch her all day, and i just might. let's get our first check of the weather. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for getting your first weather for us. we're watching a frontal system from the east bringing rain into the northeast. it is a quick mover, but it will be potent. rains through the southeast and then eventually tonight and early tomorrow making its way through the northeast, bringing in strong winds behind this thing. rain fall to start off. a little light as you get through. but picking up as you get into new york and up into new england locally. three to four inches possible

and the winds will be kicking up. airport delays with wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour and with a lot of leaves on the trees in the northeast, we could have downed power lines with that as well. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ it don't get better than this ♪ lock and load. [ screams ] good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. check out this amazing shot of the golden gate bridge, and the fog rolling just under the bridge this morning. we are going to see slightly cooler temperatures there, and we're going to still reach up to

70 degrees. our inland valleys will reach the mid 80s today. well above normal temperatures and near record highs for parts of the bay area. we'll still have more of that as we go into the weekend. unfortunately, there will be a high fire danger for our east bay and north bay hills. keep checking in for more updates. >> looking at the fall foliage coming up in the next half hour. coming up, a worker at the prison where whitey bulger was killed, is sharing the unbelievable moments. and an unbelievable scene on camera. a woman who missed her stop attacking a bus driver, leading attacking a bus driver, leading to a fatal plunge off of a

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♪ oakland )s popular first good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia. oakland's popular first fridays event will not go on as planned tonight. this after a shooting incident that happened two blocks away from the same event last month. in that case, six people were injured in the shooting that happened a few hours after the event ended. tonight the art galleries will be open for business and next month's first fridays event is still scheduled to happen but with security changes likely. let's check the forecast, we're now in november but still warm. >> it's going to be a very warm afternoon. we're close to some records. live look outside in san jose as

the sunrises this morning, all clear skies and we're headed up to 78 degrees in oakland. 83 in san jose and mid-4 80s fo inland areas, livermore headed up to 85 degrees. we have a lot of mid 80s in the forecast for the weekend, and unfortunately we will have a high fire danger starting tonight. our east bay and north bay hills will see those winds picking up, and we may have gusts at 50 to 60 miles per hour. still dry as we set our clocks back one hour early sunday morning and 80s early next week. >> let's get an update on the commute from mike. >> the south bay we have a little extra slowing, a lot of extra slowing, northbound 280, a crash minutes ago cleared from the lanes. we have recovery already showing up but look, jammed all the way back to about meridian, northbound 280. that's it for the south bay. slowing south 880, there may be debris on the roadway or maybe some sweeper trucks. it's early for that, though, around the coliseum. south of the city on the right, we have slowing south of the

walnut creek interchange, a crash to the shoulder but that is jamming up headed down in to san ramon. back to you. >> thank you very much. i'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11.

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it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they can respond immediately when needed." vote yes on 11. back, now, 7:30 on this friday morning, november 2nd, 2018. from here to manhattan, to the nation's capitol. it is dark out there now. we're about to turn the clocks back the hour this weekend. >> yes. >> isn't it funny how much that hour counts, too? >> huge difference. we'll start this half hour with a check of your friday morning headlines. with four days to go until the midterm elections, president trump amping up the fear factor on the hot-button issue of immigrati immigration. >> if you don't want america to be overrun by masses of illegal

aliens and the giant caravans, you better vote republican. >> the president is vowing to hold undocumented immigrants until they can be deported and vowing to block asylum-seekers away from asylum if they try illegal entry. we have a big auto recall to tell you about this morning. subaru and toyota are recalling more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide, due to a valve spring problem that could cause engines to stall, increasing the risk of a crash. subaru models include the forrester, impreza and brz. toyota is recalling the 86 and scion. this time, not a player who kneeled it was a 49ers

cheerleader. it happened last night before a niners/raiders game. she is believed to be the first cheerleader to take a knee during the anthem. the 49ers is the team of collin c c kaepernick. we're going to go to white whitety bulger and his last hours. stephanie gosk is here with that story. >> reporter: an employee has told us that the penitentiary has a history of being under1 6 understaffed and violent. whitey bulger, in bed, his body was left to look like he was sleeping. multiple law enforcement officials telling nbc news, one

or more inmates beat the once-feared killer with a pack lock in a sock, known on the inside as a slock. bulger was serving 2 life sentences for 11 murders, arrived at hazelton at 6:45 on monday night. con feign fined to a wheelchair, according to a staffer who saw bulger's bus pulled in. the mobster turned fbi snitch, was asked if he wanted to be put in the general population. he agreed. at 9:53, according to documents, the 89-year-old was put in his cell. at roughly 6:15 a.m. tuesday morning, the nighttime lockdown

was lifted. at 8:00 a.m., bulger's body was discovered by gouuards. richard is an employee and serves as the local president of a federal labor union. speaking on camera for the first time exclusively to nbc news, he says the prison is understaffed and very violent. >> a lot of times, inmates are beaten, stabbed, my staff are assaulted, my staff are stabbed. >> reporter: he couldn't discuss the specifics of bulger's death. but last week, five members of congress wrote a letter to attorney general jeff sessions, about understaffing at prisons, including hazelton. this also sheds light on a transfer to west virginia. they suggest he had multiple discipline issues at the previous federal prison in florida. in february, he threatened a nursing sooue ining supervisor,,

her day of reckoning is coming. the documents suggest he was kept in solitary confinement until october, also completing he had medical treatment before being sent to west virginia. an employee at the west virginia prison tells us, they regularly receive inmates with medical conditions but not in need with constant care because there's a level one trauma center. nbc reached out to the bureau of prisons to comment but we haven't heard back. now, to a dramatic bus crash we told you about. a woman, attacking a driver and leading to a fatal plunge off of a bridge. lucy khavanov is following this. >> reporter: authorities released footage of a fight between a bus driver and an angry passenger on a bus. the speeding bus was packed full

of people. the driver, losing control, plunging off a bridge. all of it, caught on camera. the deadly confrontation on a bus, caught on camera. it starts when a female passenger begins shouting at the driver for missing her stop. the driver fighting back, seems to lose control as he steers to the left, swerving into incoming traffic. passengers are heard screaming. this video shows the bus colliding with a car, then, smashing through a guardrail and plunging into a river. the video helps shed light of what happened after the disaster. the wreckage laid more than 200 feet under water at the bottom of the yangze river.

several of the bodice hies had recovered from the divers. all 15 people onboard presumed dead. divers are still searching for the bodice of two ies of two of victims. let's get a check of the weather. warm fall nights. >> that's right. and the problem with the warm fall nights is it's retarding the actual changing of the leaves. we've seen since september 1st, warmest fall on record. top five from the mid-atlantic states to new england. normally, we could see past peek colors all the way down into new york and down into pennsylvania. but as you can see, it's all ranked up right in northern and central new england. take a look. this shows you. ten years ago this, is how much of the color has dropped off. now, because of the warmer

nights, we see those temperatures and those conditions staying further to the north. still some leaves out there. but after the storms this weekend, they will be off of the trees. and you can see, coo good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. before you head out the door, just wanted to give you a heads up that later on tonight, we will have a red flag warning in effect for our east bay and north bay hills. we will have a high fire danger, so winds pick up during the overnight hours, after a very warm day. it's going to feel like summer around the bay area, with highs reaching up to 83 degrees in san jose. 85 in livermore. 86 in concord, and 84 today in napa and santa rosa, with san francisco today reaching 70 degrees. >> that's your latest weather. coming up, imagine discovering that you and your single dad are using the same datie ining apps to find love.

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as the country was gripped with fear, we went on a mile-high search. we're headed east into aurora, colorado, the heart of the sixth congressional district where this may be decided. in kcolorado, everyone votes by mail, part of the reason turnout is so high here. but people drop off their ballots at a place like this, too. we decided to hang out to see what we could find. are you dropping your ballot off? i've been waiting. what do you want to change the most? >> well, the presidency. but it's not time for that. >> reporter: what matters most for you? >> not getting involved at the violence going on in other cities. >> reporter: you've been following that on the news, huh? >> yeah. president trump, the way they're pushing a lot of the

republicans. we believe what he stands for. >> i don't know what you're doing here. >> reporter: why we came? because the democrats have a chance of changing this district. you think they have a shot? >> this election it's really just important to make a shift. >> reporter: the sixth district of it could shift because of its demographics. some of it doesn't look like the rest of colorado. in this schappi shop this shopp alone, you have korean businesses, and a vietnamese business. what's that? >> try it. >> take a bite. >> reporter: that's delicious. >> it's very good, yeah? >> reporter: this is an area that voted democrats for president but republican for

congressman? >> the congressman, mike coffman really cares about his citizens. >> reporter: he does? right next to benjamin's market, he operates a restaurant. this lunch or din centnedinner? >> this is my wife's birthday. >> reporter: are you going to vote this time around? >> yes. this time, we want to go with the democrats. i thought that congress would make it affordable with health care. >> reporter: when you go to the polls, do you think about trump? if there's a district that is not influenced by president trump, is to the south. we headed to an episcopal church in centennial. can i help you out? >> these are weebees. >> reporter: my son would like this. >> i served two terms on the

greeley city kocouncil. >> reporter: what will happen this year? >> i think it's up for grabs. it was trump and the republican party mantra before the citizens of this house district. >> reporter: what are the local issues that matter most to people here. >> one of them is health care. >> reporter: you're saying the same thing annette op ette oehi said to me yesterday. >> he hasn't been one to hold trump's feet to the fire. we need a change. we need a change. we need balance. >> reporter: balance. the word balance is probably not music to republicans' ears in this case. can the democrats replicate this attitude and higher turnover? it's the opposite of what we're seeing across the country. >> some districts are very local. >> we've seen that a bunch. >> and some of the races are

nationalize. this district is where the president matters to them. >> they vote by mail. turnout is so much higher here regularly than over the country, in presidential elections and midterm elections. >> you've been to a dozen cities. >> yeah. >> what's the takeaway? on the whole, what are people telling you more than anything else? >> people want to be heard. they feel alienated not just by the politicians but by the media, as well. you having us do this, goes a long way towards that. i'm grateful. >> thank you. coming up, who will fill the holiday shopping void left by otherwise are us? where can you find the best deals right now? our early guide to take the alright, i brought in ensure max protein...

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well, we made it through another this year was a close one.eaten. yeah, tell me about it. ooh, feel that chill? i don't feel anything. uhh, this can't be good. good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're watching the golden gate bridge where the fog was there earlier this morning and cleared out and now rolling back in. we'll have slightly cooler temperatures today reaching up to 70 degrees but still summer like for the inland valleys. we're looking at mid 80s today, up to 83 in san jose. we will still have some well above normal temperatures going into the weekend, and the high

fire danger tonight for the hills. elevations above 1,000 feet may have some wind gusts at 50 to 60 miles per hour, and some very low humidity. we'll have more updates on that. let's get an update on the commute from mike. >> we have a slow drive approaching the bay bridge toll plaza but the toll plaza itself shows the fast track lanes moving pretty well. over here recovery southbound 680 an earlier crash at lavorna cleared. but slow south out of out of walnut creek. the rest of the bay moves nicely, north 280 the last half hour a good improvement as folks travel north toward cupertino. >> thank you very much. happening now, lots to digest from the battle of the bay finale between the 49ers and the raiders. arrests were made and a cheerleader making news coast to coast after kneeling during the national anthem. on our home page a link to those stories and more. an up-close loa technology being used to protect the country (and.. fight cancer!

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the commander in chief and the queen of tv. >> you better vote republican. >> you get a vote and you get a vote and you get a vote. a vote and you get a vote. >> with just four days until the midterm republicans and democrats bring out some political star power. the president and oprah hitting the campaign trail. we're live with the latest. plus 'tis the season. move over black friday, the holiday deals are already here forcing shoppers to make their list and check it twice early. >> it's the best time for me. i love all the offers you have. >> where you can find the best deals right now.

>> and jimmy knows best. >> what number am i thinking of between 1 and 5,000. >> jimmy fallon and jessica biel face off to see who knows justin timberlake better. >> what? what? >> today november 2nd, 2018. >> adriele. >> it's my 40th birthday. >> hi to our kids jackson and mckinley. >> we love "today"! >> celebrating mom and dad's 42nd anniversary. >> from minneapolis. running my 170th marathon. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." did he say 170th marathon? you'd be doing not but running. in a marathon right now.

>> new york city. >> i bet that's why he's here. >> probably. >> good morning. happy friday. let's get right to the news at 8:00. lots to talk about. the president powering through the campaign's homestretch trying to help republicans keep their hold on congress. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. people starting to arrive for the president's rally today. this is where he picks up the pace. starting now, he will hold multiple stops every day from now until election day. the president is making that big final push on immigration, pumping up his rhetoric and supporters. that has people concerned he's fear mongering as he's getting blasted for a racially divisive tweet to his follow wers. the president with a plan that would automatically deny asylum. it's not just immigration. the president is also talking momentum.

overnight in missouri, he talked about how in his words the focus on the suspected mail bombs sent last week and the pittsburgh synagogue shooting have slowed momentum ahead of the midterms of the the president here in west virginia, by the way, a state he won by a landslide, is hoping to boost chances for republican running for senate. he'll be with vice president pence in indiana where they both are hoping to unseat another red state democrat, too. big push in these final four days, savannah. >> hallie, thank you very much. oprah wip friday helping democrats get out the vote in the nation's most closely watched governor's race. in atlanta where oprah's skill at firing up the crowd has people wondering about her own political ambitions. hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda, good morning to you. today is the final day of early voting here in georgia, so both sides of pulling out all of the stops. the biggest names, as you say, the queen of talk, oprah winfrey

campaigning for democratic candidate stacey abrams who if she wins will become the first female african-american governor. w winfrey talked about the painful history of voting rights as she urged people to get out and vote. >> for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote, and you are choosing not to vote wherever you are in this state in this country, you are dishonoring your family. >> oprah is quick to dismiss she's eyeing a presidential run. she made it clear she was focused on abrams and the race. for his part the republican candidate brian kemp bringing in his own parade of big names, including vice president mike pence, who was here yesterday having a little bit of fun with oprah, telling voters here, this is georgia, not hollywood. there are more heavy hitters on the horizon. former president barack obama

will be here will came pyongyang for abrams later today and president trump will be here for kemp on sunday. hoda, back to you. >> kristen welker. kristen, thanks. meanwhile school safety or safety at the bus stops is in the headlines following a series of fatal accidents across the country this week. at least five children killed, seven others hurt, all of them struck while waiting for their buzz. nbc's kerry sanders in tampa where the latest crash happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the dangerous deadly week we've had is really troubling. there are five children here in tampa right now who are recovering. thankfully they survived, but it has been a deadly week. we had three children who were hit and killed in indiana. two of those were twins. in pennsylvania a 7-year-old was hit by a car and killed. in mississippi, a 9-year-old. draws all the attention, the fact we have daylight savings time and children are out but

darker later, so drivers need to slow down. national highway safety administration says the most important thing to teach your kids is the most dangerous time for them is when they are getting on or off the bus. parents are told, make sure your kids have some sort of reflective clothing or maybe on their backpack. to underscore the most important part of all this, if you're driving early in the morning, slow down. kids are out there. >> great advice this morning, kerry, thank you. nightclub worker facing felony charges for knocking out a bouncer who she mistakenly thought had touched her back side. look at this video in new york. it seems to show carolyn grabbing the bouncer from behind. she's only 5'1". she gets him in a chokehold. the bouncer blacked out and slumped to the floor. police say video from the club reveals it was another woman and not the bouncer who had slapped the woman on her back side. >> my goodness, we need a boost. >> we've got one for you.

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blinking across the country. >> if you want to save on your shopping, there's things to know already. >> three weeks until thanksgiving. have you been getting the e-mails? it feels like we're being inundated with special offers for holiday deals. to help ease your holiday stress, here's our take on the best bargains so far. gone are the days waiting until you've gobbled all of your turkey for the black friday deals, the first ads are already out. inboxes are flooded with offers. and the deep discounts usually saved for the day after thanksgiving, are available right now. >> the deals were incredible. >> i love it. i love shopping. i love the offers you have. >> reporter: the offers include deals on big-ticket items. walmart with 40% off certain items, including tech.

home depot is running their black friday sale, with 40% off of appliances. and amazon has thousands of discounts already posted. >> the retailers want us to start thinking about going out there, our product, saving money. >> reporter: major chains are targeting parents' hottest concern, where to find the toys? walmart added 40% online. target adding 250,000 square feet of space in their stars. and dollar stores, party city and best buy, all getting in the market this season. unrolling technology that lets you skip the long lines and check out from anywhere in the store. >> as much as we hate to see the holiday sales bombard us as early as november, it's the right time for retailers to start targeting the consumer.

part of the reason why is they want the consumer in the stores and shopping online to get rid of the inventory. >> reporter: a few things to keep in mind now. use apps like pricewaiter or camelcamelcamel that alerts you on deals on the items you want. act now if you find a good deal. >> if you wait until the last minute, yeah. >> reporter: do you think it's too early to shop? >> it's never too early. >> reporter: if you can't brave the crowds, you're not alone. online sales, $124 billion this season. >> don't you think we should pump the brakes a little? i went into starbucks this morning. red and green cups. they must have been waiting for halloween to end. >> what else happened, grinch?

>> we don't bask in the glory of anything. my mom said, planning the trip, doing the trip and remembering it. >> what's your shopping strategy? >> i'm a last-minute person because i like to enjoy the season. something i stopped doing was i was a regifter. until one year, jill martin gave me a beautiful purse. it wasn't right for me. the next year i was like, who can i give this to? jill martin. yes. you have to be -- she's like, i gave you this one. oh. >> it had your initials monogrammed on it. i felt horrible. but i learned my lesson about regifting. how do you shop? >> until a few years ago, i didn't put my credit card online. now, i'm amazon one click. go, go, go. what about you? >> i do some things last minute. my husband is hard to shop for.

i love buying gifts for people, especially when you feel like they got something you're going to love. i want to tell them. >> you know who is done with their shopping? >> i know what i'm going to get, i haven't gotten it yet. and for certain folks, it's the ham. >> we're all on the ham. >> that ham is awesome. >> a few years ago, all of the "today" show guys decided, let's go out to dinner. we will not exchange gifltts. roker, can you still send the ham? >> i don't know. >> you have to. >> and some people, all year around, savannah would love this. in their notes, they have gifts. >> i'm a gift card guy. >> for family, i ask. what do you want? this way, everybody is happy?

>> have the kids sent a list yet? >> yes. >> santa claus is coming to town in 2 1/2 months. >> you can check out our "today" gift guys for kids and adults. go to today.com/shop. how about the weather? >> i was going >> we really want the ham is the bottom line. >> all right. who doesn't. we are looking at a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest. windy conditions through the plains. heavy rain moving into the mid-atlantic, northeast, strong storms southeast and atlantic, too. we're looking at p that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. hey, the fog is back at the golden gate bridge. we've seen it kind of drifting by at times. our temperatures will be a little bit cooler along the coast, but warmer for the inland valleys, reaching up to 84 in antioch and also 84 in napa and in santa rosa.

san jose, 84 degrees. fire danger for the hills. it's going to be windy and dry through next week. >> and that is your latest weather. guys. >> all right. one of our favorite people jenna bush hager is here with a heartwarming story about a father and daughter's unusual bond. before we get to you, carson, do you have "pop start"? >> late night edition of "pop start." we'll start with justin timberlake. the singer wouldn't let vocal rest prevent him from stopping by "the tonight show." he had help. his wife jessica biel joined in on the fun battling jimmy fallon in a best friends challenge. >> one, two, three. >> what is going on? what is a tequila mule. >> beggin and tonic. that's what we drink. you don't like it? you don't like what i do for

you? the beverages we make and have, that's not fun for you. >> i think it is fun, it's just not the most fun. >> what is tequila mule. what is a mule? >> rest assured, jimmy did pensacola a comeback putting their broke manslaughter back on top. don't worry. still tight. jimmy kimmel bringing back his hilarious, i told my kids i ate their halloween candy. >> i ate all your sweets when you were in the bath. >> mommy. >> we're so sad! [ crying ] no. >> no one's coming in, unless they have all my candy. >> do you know i ate all your

candy. >> no. >> i did. >> i forgive you, mommy. >> you do? >> i love you. >> thank you. >> she saved it. >> no, you didn't. that's a jimmy kimmel book, you didn't eat my candy. >> now to the reason jenna is here. touching story about a family looking to find love again. hi, jenna. >> hi, guys. after father and daughter experienced tremendous loss, they decided it was time to find joy again. they just weren't exactly sure how to navigate love in the time of tech. >> follow me. >> their love began in an unexpected way, but it was a love straight out of a storybook. a saleswoman and auditor for pepsi meeting 40 years ago at a party in the philippines. >> i always say it was love at first joke. >> their laughter that night was only the beginning. they fell in love and were married a year later. >> do you feel like that evening was one of the best nights of your life? >> i was so lucky, trust in

fate. when they do show up, you'll know it. >> and you knew it that night. >> yeah. yeah. >> she had you at that dirty joke. >> yeah. she had me at that dirty joke. i can't repeat it. >> don't repeat it here. >> how old are you? two. >> soon after they started a family giving birth to two daughters, mattie and sammie. >> what did you witness when you were a little girl? >> i got to see a lot of fun. i got to see people not just in love but really, really like each other. >> in 2012 their fairy tale turned the page. >> we got the diagnosis she had cancer. it never ran in our family. it was very shocking. her health declined very quickly. my sister called me and said, you know, mommy's heart isn't doing well. >> within three short months,

karolina was gone leaving her family brokenhearted. their pillar no more. >> i tell everybody i was lucky. i was lucky. i know a lot of people don't have good marriages. i had a good one. >> inspired by karolina's love of laughter, george and his daughters were determined to find joy again. a few years later george decided to start dating. his first time in more than 30 years. it's not an uncommon story, but it caught people's attention after sammie posted an article online. my dad and i are on dating apps at the same time. >> tell me how you found this out. >> it's not like you matched. >> no. god no. no, no. he was telling me about someone. i was like, ha, did you meet this one on tinder.

he said, no, i met them on match but tinder has it right. i was like, no, this is not happening. >> who has been more successful at online dating. >> he totally has. >> he's had more dates. >> more dates. >> 100%. >> we won't necessarily call that success. >> you both talk about even in terms of online dating, ghosting. >> ghosting. >> have you been ghosted? >> yeah. that was weird. i finally said, are you dead? just please. >> george and sammie say their new normal has only brought them closer together. >> i never in my wildest dreams thought at 30 years old i would be talking to my dad about -- who is 65 about online dating. >> we have fun. we talk about silly dates. have fun, spare me the details and we'll be fine. >> through their humor, the pain of karolina's absence is still

very real. >> i won't get that moment to be like, mom, i met him, and he's everything you said he would be. >> as the tears dry, their story continues and a new chapter begins. father and daughter together searching for their happily ever after. >> you'll always have a hole in your heart but you'll learn to laugh again. there will be a day you'll laugh again. >> that's sweet. >> so george and sammie both think karolina would get a kick out of them both dating online. i think this has to be a new normal for a lot of people. this is the way people are meeting people, whether 65 or 20s. >> what are breadcrumbs. >> when you act like you're a little interested and pulling back. i'm also 10 years away from dating to sont ask plef that's

wh -- so don't ask me. >> that's what you roll chicken in. >> panko. i )m ... oakland )s popular first good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. oakland's first friday event will not go on as planned tonight. this is after a shooting incident that happened a few blocks away last month. in that case, six people were injured in the shooting that happened a few hours after the event ended. first fridays take place over several blocks on telegraph avenue near 27th street. the art galleries there will still be open for business. the next month first friday's event is still scheduled to happen but with security changes likely. right now, mike has a look at your commute. >> a friday, it's a fluid drive for most of the bay. we still have slowing for oakland. 580, 880, not as bad as you see

monday through thursday about this time. we still have the point where they mix coming down off richmond or off the bridge from san rafal. right around golden gate field. loosens up right around university. the bay bridge plaza metering lights are still on. we see fast track, your quickest route through the area. rest of the bay shows a slow drive northbound from san jose now. the north bay, heading up to 280, all pushing up towards cupertino, sunnyville. send it back to you. >> thanks, mike. another local news update in 30 minutes. also, we're always on at nbcbayarea.com. there you can get news, information, weather.

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♪ ♪ you're a mean one, mr. grinch ♪ 8:30 now. it is november 2nd, 2018. okay. we're trying to make some snow happen. it's not really snowing. that is some whoville magic, thanks to our sister company, universal pictures.

they built this 30-foot-tall grinch tree. site is november 3rd. >> exactly. i love it. >> it's pretty cool. >> just grew three sizes. >> it's snowing in one section of the plaza. a weather phenomenon. >> this is because there's a grinch movie. it stars benedict cumberbatch. we're going to hear from him ahead. first, we want to tell you about the grinch for good contest. >> here's what you do. visit grinchforgood.com. that's where you nominate someone. the winners will be zeselected

receive a new car. and universal pictures kicking off the contest. donating 2,000 meals to feeding america. we have our own special prize. let's get help from the grinch himself. benedict cumberbatch. where is the matthew family. there they are. oh, i know. it's a bit much. what is your name? >> melissa. >> where are you from? >> richmond, virginia. >> what's your name? >> say it. say henry. >> i want you to meet the matthew family from richmond, virginia. how are you doing, henry?

is it a bit too much? bit too early for you? bit too early for me, as well. >> we have something that might warm him up a little bit. i think we have a basket of goodies. we have a basket of goodies. perhaps you heard. >> he's smiling on the inside. >> he's like, what is happening to me? >> worth getting up at 5:00 a.m. >> absolutely. anything else for him, maybe? >> how would you like to go to the premiere, matthew? >> you can join benedict at the premiere. >> come see the film with us tomorrow. >> thank you. we would love that. >> poor boy. >> he would love it. so nice to meet you. enjoy the show tomorrow, as well. benedict will stick around and tell us about the movie.

>> 20 bucks henry doesn't show up to the premiere tomorrow. >> and sunny is dressed as max. >> aww. >> look at him. bohemian rhapsody, another breakout movie. a queen superfan, mike myers will be here. some of us watched sunday night. big game, featuring the biggest q.b.s of all-time. tom brady's patriots and aaron rodgers' packers. we're all into that. first, a check of the weather and the fake snow by al. >> this "today weather" is brought to you by verizon. all of the network you need on the network you deserve.

>> let's get it going. we have a lot of weather going on. new york city marathon, sunny skies and chilly and breezy. the rest of your weekend around the country, strong winds with rain. look for snow in the northern plains. a fire risk out west. sunday, sunday, sunny for the marathon into the mid-atlantics. look for snow into that's what's going on around the country. here's where all the snow is coming from in your neck of the woods. >> it's coming out of my head. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. here's a live look outside in san jose. it's still a hazy start. we'll get sunshine as we go throughout the afternoon. we're still heading into the low 80s today. up to 83 in san jose. 82 in palo alto. san francisco reaching about 70 degrees. a little cooler there compared to yesterday.

but still very summer like for our inland valleys. later on tonight, the high fire danger will be in effect. we will start to see the winds picking up. dry and warm through next week. >> and that's your latest weather. all right. it's time for the greatest night of the week. that's right. it's sunday night, football night in america. oh, it's a big one. we got a barn burner going. aaron rodgers and the packers. clear and cold. it will be a good one with plenty of nine. except it's at night, so, moonlight is better. america night, football night in america. patriots/packers, be there. let's talk more with benedict cumberbatch who stars in "the grinch."

it's the famous story between the dr. seuss character and his sidekick. take a look. >> max, you know the rules. you sleep in your bad and i sleep in mine. oh, no. not you, too. did you teach him puppy eyes? fine. this one time. >> benedict cumberbatch, good morning. >> good morning. >> what is it like playing the grinch? >> it's amazing, the world they create. we did this over two years with two-month gaps between each record and lots of other jobs between that. and then, the technological

advances in animation get to play in what i think is up with of the most beautiful films we've seen so far. it's f ee's stunning. >> how did you master the voice? you have a bit of an accent. >> you work on it, any job that has a dialect. i insisted he was going to be american because it's an all-american comic. it was too angry and we can't do that for a whole kids' film. we take the joy he has being the grinch. it eached up. and there were levels and expressions within that. more range. >> one of the things eni enjoye about the movie, we get more of the back story. >> you want to enjoy him when he's mean. but it makes sense to get to

understand what brought i'm to that place. >> if you get outside of that, because he's an orphan, that's devastating. it makes sense on who he is. he goes on an amazing journey where his heart is too small and. >> you managed to humanize the grinch. but it's a feel of what we've turned christmas into. >> i think it has. the bottom of the whole film is him to say, in love and kindness. that's never more true. >> did you talk around the house practicing the voice? >> that would have scared the kids. >> what else are you working on? >> this mustache. it's for a character. a real-life character that was caught up in a cold war episode around the cuban missile crisis. an amazing story.

>> when it comes to the holidays, are you like the grinch or the whos? >> the whos are unsustainable. >> thank you for enduring the snow with me. >> is it melted? >> thank you. i hope folks check it out. "the grinch" from our sister company, universal pictures, hits theaters next friday night. ahead, the star of another movie that people can't wait to movie that people can't wait to see.

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welcome back. "bohemian rhapsody" is finally hitting theaters today. >> we had some of the film's

stars stop by earlier this week. and kelly cobiella fought up with another famous face that you may not recognize in the cast. >> good morning. fans have been waiting for this day for at least eight years, for this movie to actually come out. originally sacha baron cohen was going to play freddie mercury. he bowed out, leaving room for rami malek. and here's this ode to queen. they were rock royalty. the songs, epic. the lead singer, a legend. now, a long-awaited movie brings you queen. na named after their most famous

song, "hbohemian rhapsody." >> he's a swinger in a square world. >> reporter: mike myers of "austin powers" and "wayne's world" fame. almost unrecognizable, as a fictional emi record executive. >> teenagers can crank up the volume and bang their heads to. "bohemian rhapsody" will never be that song. >> reporter: mike, spoke to us just before the premiere in london, at wembley stadium. >> can you believe where we are? >> this is hallowed ground. >> reporter: the movie re-creates the live aid concert in 1985, and queen stole the

show. an played the most famous song. do you remember where you were? >> yeah. i was in a dodge dart swinger. a car with a bonnet stain. was that just on the radio? what is that? >> reporte >> reporter: sound familiar? >> i think we'll go with a little "boeheim rhapsody." >> reporter: that would give way to the opening scene of "wayne's world." >> thunderbolts and lightning. >> very frightening thing. >> galileo. >> galileo. >> it had a ritual around it. ♪ beelzebub had a devil in his sights for me ♪ >> and the head banging part just --

>> back then, introducing a whole new generation to queen. ♪ you think you can stop me and spit in my eye ♪ "bohemian rhapsody" is one big sing and stomp-a-long. and for freddie mercury's bandmates -- >> we get one chance to do this right. and i feel the movie does. >> it's a happy film. they deal with a lot of stuff in a lot of tasteful ways and it is ultimately a celebration. >> you're a legend, fred. >> reporter: myers told me, he didn't campaign for the role.

it was one of the surprise phone calls and he said, yeah, i'll do it. he told me that "wayne's world" almost wasn't. he wanted to use guns and roses instead of bohemian rhapsody. >> i feel he gave "bohemian rhapsody" another life, too, in the '90s. >> if i had a movie theater with "bohemian rhapsody" and "a star is born," siri and i could go to the movies together. next, game day grub. this is "today" on nbc.

it's friday. that means it's time for "today" loves football. >> a big match-up. tom brady and the patriots,

aaron rodgers and the packers. we're officially neutral. but you can't watch the game without good grub. >> we have jason santos. and jill evans from green bay, wisconsin. good luck to you both. >> i'm officially not neutral. i'm from new england. and i know the patriots are going to take this. we're going to start with one of my favorite things. the smashed meatloaf slider. i have celeries, onions, garlic cooking down. a slider like meatloaf is better. and altogether, is best. >> you do it with your rands. >> parsleyparsley. and your hands.

you put them on the griddle and we just smash them. >> i thought sliders were supposed to be small. these are big. >> does the pop reaprika give i heat? >> you have to talk about the pace piece de resistance. >> mushroom mayonnaise. >> this is a whiskey barbecue glaze. and my favorite thing. these are corn chips flavored with chili and cheese. >> delicious. >> and you have a little cauliflower on the side. >> with goat cheese. >> transport us to green bay. >> we're the tailgating nation. i have friends tailgating and we're an away game.

we have beer brats. get your brats in a big pan. we're going wisconsin brats. jason is going to need comfort food on sunday. after those boil about 13 minutes, you can use ginger ale, too. you're going to get them on a griddle or a grill. we want to get caramelization here. >> are they cooking in here. >> want to cook in the beer and onions. and finish them. along with the sauerkraut. we're going german comfort food here. off of the griddle, you can slice them up. i'm doing a ruben hybrid here. i have toasted pretzel rolls. >> look at what's happening. >> the wisconsin swiss.

and then, the beer-soaked onions. >> it's all about football at this point. >> and your favorite thousand island dressing to ruben it up a little bit. >> carson, i want to see you get after it. >> i'm in. >> to go with that, we have to keep the tailgating going. i have beer brats with onions and puff pastry. >> i have to dip it. thank you so much. >> he's recipes are at today.com/food. don't miss the big game, patriots and packers. they're clashing sunday night here on nbc. first, this is "today" on nbc. jill, sfx: squeak

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enjoying a little bit of the food. we have ms. jones here. what's happening this weekend? >> we will have the last-minute

push to the midterms. and how you can have a civil conversation about politics. and on sunday, willie sits down with mark wahlberg. >> it's so good. mark is a great guy. we look forward to that conversation on sunday. in our next hour, we're all about men's health. that's everything about men's health. >> beer at 8:00 in the morning. >> includingi )m - -... lots to digest from last night s good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. a lot to digest from last night's battle of the bay. police officers made at least 20 arrests, mostly drunk in public. also, a cheerleader making headlines. this is after kneeling during the national anthem. happening now, the team so far not identifying who that cheerleader is but there's a lot

of reaction coming in. we'll have the latest on our midday newscast. lifrg to more right now on our homepage. link to more right now on our homepage. two more earthquakes have shaken the same area, southeast of salinas county. that makes six earthquakes since around 6:00 this morning all between 3.0 and 4.1. oakland's popular first friday events tonight canceled. this is after the shooting last week. super computers.

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four years ago, we rejected marshall tuck and his billionaire backers for superintendent of public instruction. but they're back. the corporate billionaires and their handpicked candidate, former wall street banker marshall tuck. tuck's billionaires have spent over $25 million distorting tony thurmond's outstanding record on education. all because they know tuck shares their agenda: diverting funds from our public schools

into their corporate charter schools. the same agenda as trump and betsy devos. protect our public schools. say no, again, to marshall tuck. live, from studio 6a, this is "today." [ applause ] good morning, everybody. it is a friday morning. i'm al, along with jacob soboroff and jenna and craig. we are saving a spot for carson. hopefully bringing food. we have a show dedicated to men's health. you're going to learn some things. of course, for the ladies in the audience, if you have a stubborn man in your life. >> thank you for letting me be the token woman. just for now.