give anything foanything, e. >> in el paso, a mother covered her two-month old baby boy to protect him from the shooter who terrorized walmart shoppers. this morning new details on the alleged shooter and reaction from across the nation in dayton, ohio, a vigil for the nine victims and dozens who were wounded in the second mass shooting in just 13 hours. now investigators are looking for a motive of the shooter who even killed his own sister and today a nation waits to hear what president trump has in store as he prepares to speak to

a shell shocked america. a special edition of "early today" starts right now. good monday morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena in el paso, texas. the country is reeling this morning after two mass shoot ings in el paso and ohio claim the lives of 29 people in just 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. here in el paso, a 21-year-old gunman opened fire inside a crowded walmart inside cielo vista mall people went scrambling for cover. 20 people were killed and 26 people were injured. >> we have coverage with phillip in his hometown of el paso phillip, especially when it happens to be where you grew up and where you call home. >> it's surreal, frances, it's something that i could have never imagined would happen here i got the news on saturday and then it hit me like a ton of

bricks, especially when i found out i had family members that were i cousin were inside that cielo vista mall when they got word that shots were ringing out and chaos ensued and they were able to run out thankfully in time, and they were safe. but so many people -- 20 families here that are grieving after that my brother, he is a first responder. he is a firefighter and he first responded to that scene. he is among those who saw the carnage firsthand. this community is waking up this morning in shock and disbelief that something like this could happen here. most of the families here, they were back to school shopping they had to dive for cover just to escape those shots. some were not so lucky one couple died trying to shield their baby jordan's family spoke with our own lester holt about it >> we're here at the unification centere praying to god that --

>> the baby suffered two fractures and some bruises but miraculously survived. the parents also leave behind two toddlers ages 2 and 5. witnesses say the rampage started in the parking lot with the alleged gunman shooting his way into the store miguel almaguer with here with details. >> let's go, let's go. >> reporter: as the onslaught of gunfire erupts, chaos turns to carnage at an el paso walmart. the first 911 calls flood in at 10:39 a.m. >> they were pulling people out, shot, covered in blood >> reporter: the active shooter spraying round after round into a crowd of families shopping for school supplies. the gunman seen here with his ak-47 style rifle with eye protection >> once you saw people running for him, pop, pop, pop, pop, increased rapid fire to get as

much people as he could kill >> reporter: with frantic shoppers running for cover and others paralyzed by fear, stores at the nearby mall go into lockdown >> you have to run down. >> the shooter is that way >> reporter: 10:45 a.m., 6 minutes after the killine t pat crusius surrenders investigators say they found a racist manifesto and the 21-year-old was targeting certain victims. >> you say the suspect has been cooperative. in what way? >> he's been volunteering information pretty much on his own. >> reporter: you say he expected to die, but he surrendered >> yes >> reporter: with 20 dead and dozens injured, the wounded were everywhere shopping carts becoming stretchers >> blood everywhere and i said, i need to find my daughter and the girls. >> reporter: many desperate to find loved ones. >> i got tired of waiting and waiting and waiting and i just want to know where my mom is >> reporter: keyana long

survived the gunfire >> bless those kids. >> he barely got to see life >> reporter: with victims ranging in age from 2 to 82 years old, some of the injured remain in critical condition >> level one, level one. >> reporter: off duty army specialist glenn oakley saved children separated from their parents. >> it hurts me, like i lost -- like they were part of me. >> reporter: a community in shock and in grief this time after a shooting at a walmart packed with families >> miguel, thank you unlike so many other mass shootings, the alleged gunman in this killing spree has surrendered. patrick crusius is being held on a capital murder charge in allen, texas federal authorities are now investigating the incident as an active terrorism joining me, morgan chesky, good morning. what more have we learned about the alleged shooter? >> reporter: right we heard a press conference from authorities earlier today. specifically they were talking

about once they encountered him here at the scene, they took him into custody without incident. they were able to question him several hours yesterday. he is in police custody now. when we asked what was asked of him and what he said in return, they didn't want to get in specifics. they're holding their cards close to the vest as they build a case against this gunman because of the heinous nature of the crime. now, charges he faces on a state and federal level. for hate crimes and for federal firearms charges, which could bring the death penalty. of course, as all this goes forward in the legal aspect, the investigation is really honing in on that 2300 word essay we believe he posted online about a half hour before the shooting took place he posted it to a social media forum knownas 8chan that's ver well known for extremist nature, the rhetoric that's expressed there. and we just learned within the past few hours that the site that hosts that social media forum has decided to pull that down as of right now >> there's no longer operational. >> reporter: right that's at least the plan as they say. we're still waiting to hear

further details from that company. but again 8chan is a forum known for sometime to be a space where these people with extremist views can go on, they can share them, and they can potentially spread those views to others so what they're trying to do is basically cut that off to where this ideology that was so racist and so hate filled that we saw in this wording isn't shared with others in hopes it doesn't influence someone else to do the same thing >> maybe it was the place harboring hate and it's shutdown now. morgan chesky, thank you so much in el paso, it's not the only community processing a tragedy today. a similar horrific scene playing out in dayton, ohio, less than 24 hours after the massacre here in texas nbc's kate snow is there, and we warn you, some of the video you are about to see is disturbingt really popular part of dayton. lots of bars and restaurants here and on a saturday night it was filled with people it was almost last call when the shooting happened.

>> active shooter on 60. >> reporter: it happened outside a popular bar in the oregon district of downtown dayton. >> multiple shots. >> reporter: video released of the shooting starting just after 1:00 a.m. the shooter walking up an alley then firing dozens of rounds into a crowded street nearby a long line of people waiting to get into ned pepper's bar. as people ran for cover, it took police less than a minute to take down 24-year-old connor betts, who they say wore a bullet proof vest and mask >> threat was neutralized in approximately 30 seconds of the suspect firing his first shots >> reporter: but he had already killed nine people ranging in age from 22 to 57. among the dead, the gunman's 22-year-old sister megan, the youngest of the victims. the shooter and the si to the v line of violence, it's hard to

imagine that there was much discrimination in the shooting s sought cover in a bathroom and behind the bar, trying place one heart breaking photo shows the dozens of shoes left behind in the chaos >> when you're in the midst of it you don't know how ire you're going to react you don't know where the bullets are coming from and if you're going to get the bullet next >> reporter: the mayor praising the rapid police response. >> if the officers hadn't done that in the next 24 seconds, he would have gone into ned peppers and hundreds of people would have died. >> reporter: the mayor proud, too, of how the city responded >> the grit and resilience of the city always sticking to together, never giving up, something why i'm so honored to be the mayor of this city. >> reporter: this city has been through a lot in the past year i often come here to report on the opioid epidemic that's taken a lot of lives here. in may they had a string of tornadoes pass through now this tragedy

we are already seeing this community really pull together, though phillip? >> kate, thank you and this latest gun violence has sparked a lot of outrage across the country. the generally conservative leaning rupert manu dock owning new york post is calling on the prest ban weapons of war and schumer is calling for a vote on gun safety legislation nbc's tracie potts joining us from washington, d.c. this morning. tracie, good morning senator schumer, it's not just him who is now urging lawmakers to get back to washington and do something about this >> reporter: no, phillip there are several lawmakers and presidential candidates who say it's time for congress to act. and that time is now they want to end the summer break early, the senate, and come back and vote on universal background checks that already passed the house, but stalled and were not considered in the senate so they're trying to put the pressure on republican leader mitch mcconnell to get back to washington and to do something

about this, noting that the president several times had noted support for universal background checks. the other thing that there's a lot of talk about on the campaign trail is white supremacy, and whether the president's rhetoric has actually encouraged white supremacy in the u.s >> we also have to acknowledge that the open racism and intolerance and hatred that we are seeing throughout this countreio encourages this kind of hatred and as a result, this kind of violence must be stopped >> reporter: now, the president defended this weekend by his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney saying there's no way you can blame the president for what's happened in el paso or in dayton either when it comes to racism and white supremacy, or gun legislation. but there is a big push to try to get members of the senate back to washington to deal with

this before something like this happens again. >> tracie potts joining us from washington, d.c. this morning. tracie, thank you. and, frances, like tracie was talking about, something has to be done. you see that candle light vigil behind me. there's only so much of that that a community and a country can take before -- before your heart breaks and you -- we need to do something about what's happening. this can't be the scene and this cannot be our new normal, frances. >> we know the president is speaking at 10:00 a.m. local time witosemarks we'll see what he has to say phillip, we'll check back in with you in a little bit for now let's get a check of the day ahead weather wise with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill >> good morning, frances the weather cooperated over the weekend, tropics remaining quiet. we're tracking thunderstorms today we'll watch the wind damage threat in areas of nebraska, iowa, southern minnesota and wisconsin. also the southeast will be dodging typical afternoon storm team4. greater concentration along the carolina coast line.

by the time we get to wednesday we'll see the system moving through the northeast with showers and storms, even airport delays by friday the weather may quiet down a little bit with just a few storms over the tennesse valley thate 's to chicago in the northeast most of the day sunny with typical afternoon storms overall not a bad monday forecast >> all right, bill, thank you. fast forwarding into monday, a funeral will be held for robert f. kennedy's granddaughter at the compound at cape cod she died thursday after a suspected overdose he pleaded guilty to sending 16 packages to trump critics including former president obama in the days leading to the 2018 midterm election prosecutors are seeking a life

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here in el paso, investigators are combing through the suspected shooter's online post found on the same website where other mass shooters have posted it is raising questions about those websites that spew hate and violence nbc's steve patterson reports. >> keep going. run out that way >> reporter: moments before the mass murder in el paso, the suspect detailed his plans and ideology in a post on the internet forum 8chan making it the third mass shooting connected to defy the unregular 4r5i9 unregular lated message board. >> it is difficult for law enforcement to intervene >> reporter: the suspect praised the new zealand shooter before

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this city of el paso is mourning the loss of loved ones killed in this tragic shooting candle light vigils have been held i in honor of the victims. >> this father is helping those in el paso he happened to be in the city during the attack. our lester holt spoke with him >> thank you for helping >> hour long lines just to donate blood, the reunification center overwhelmed, now asking people to stop bringing supplies and on the side of a building, a mural with a message, already partially completed, because it wasn't meant for this tragedy, but another. >> this is not going to stop happening unless we do something. >> the artist, manuel oliver lost his son joaquin in the parkland florida shooting last

year today would have been his 19th birthday >> i always knew joaquin as an activist himself >> joaquin was passionate about immigration rights born in venezuela, he became a u.s. citizen in 2017 >> for some others right now it's kind of a surprise that this kid is supposed to be a victim is becoming an activist >> since the massacre, oliver has been spreadi 30 murals ato g this shooting. his advice to the newly grieving families >> you a a husbandyour voice to voice. i need to he protect waukee. that means i'm protecting other kids, i'll do that >> the mural meant to be a tribute to one lost child, now a symbol for so many more. >> thanks to lester for that report

>> the stars of the sports world are also making their voices heard on this issue of gun violence after a first half goal, alejandro of the major league soccer team philadelphia union he found an on-field mic to deliver this message to lawmakers. >> congress, do something now. end gun violence let's go >> that powerful statement was made just a few miles away from capitol hill as the union were playing d.c. united. >> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also speaking out on the shootings that took place over the weekend. on behalf of all government and ministers in israel, i send condolences to the bereaved families best wishes for the recovery of the injured and solidarity of the american people. it created an american flag image in light on a government building

and it is monday, august 5th, let's take you out live to sfo, perhaps you're off for business today, somewhere interesting. it is monday morning, thanks for joining us. it's an unusual crew. i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. mike's off today so kari's pulling some double duty. it is the dog days of summer, which means we're a little flexible so people can get their time off in. >> everyone's on vacation and headed out of town. >> not everyone. >> we're going to be here and holding it down so we're going to start out with a few clouds this morning. we are going to have a cooler day, so in campbell, we'll see those temperatures dipping into the upper 50s and by noon, we' and normally we'rep