my cousin's in the hospital right now. >> how can you go into a place full of people and just start shooting >> hunt for the killers. two gunmen are at large after police say they opened fire inside a kansas city, kansas bar, taking four lives and wounding five others we'll have the latest. a second whistle-blower. president trump with a full-court press of tweets over the weekend as a report of a person with firsthand knowledge of the president's phone call with the president of ukraine has come forward military escalation overnight. new word from the white house that turkey will invade northerr the u.s. the incredible caught on camera moment when a mans sprinn

to help. a sy weekend with "joker" setting box office records along with week nfl highlights buckle up for a busy week ahead. "early today" starts right now >> welcome to the week i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. police in kansas are still searching for two suspected killers this morning after a shooting at a bar left four people dead and five others wounded. officers were on the scene twice, first for reports of a fight, and again two hours later for a mass shooting. police released these surveillance images of two suspects remain on the run overnight family and friends of the four victims gathered near the bar for an emotional cashenlians st after last call at deck la kc early sunday morning when the shootinm >> reporter: in all, nine people r ffered gunshot ws. hispanic males one of them is late 50s.

one is mid-30s, and two are in their mid-20s inside the bar deceased outside the bar, we had five other victims that all sustained gunshot wounds >> reporter: just a couple of hours earlier, a bartender says he refused to serve these one of the gunman because he was screaming gang names both gunmen are at large. >> worried that we have two people out there that have done this definitely, but that they're going to go out and do this again, i don't believe that's going to happen. >> reporter: regular customers at the members only tavern saye everyone else. >> the ones that passed, known them for a long time my cousin's in the hospital right now. >> how can you go into place full of people and just start shooting i mean, it's sad breaking news in a major policy shift turkey is moving forward with a military operation i

been bringing troops and equipment inside the country's northern region. the white house says the u.s. will not be involved more than one thousand u.s. troops are deployed in northeastern syria and work with kurdish troops against isis. it's now up to turkey to figure out what to do with isis fighters that have been captured in that area in an effort to reduce tension, president trump spoke to the turkish president about establishing a safe zone east of the euphrates river. the two leaders are set to meet next month in d.c. the impeachment inquiry is coming forward with information about president trump's phone call with ukraine's leader the difference this person claims to have firsthand knowledge which would punch a hole in a key defense for mr. trump. the white house responding in part it doesn't change the fact the president has done nothing wrong. meanwhile, president trump is targeting top democrats on twitter, claiming that house speaker nancy pelosi and intelligence committee chairman adam schiff are guilty of

treason and calling for them to be impeached we should point out the competition does not alu for a member of congress to be impeached. nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest from d.c. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the whistle-blower who launched the impeachment story is getting some backup. lawyers tell me they are now representing multiple whistle-blowers. they would not provide a specific number, saying only it is at least two. a second witness is challenging president trump's ukraine call and thforeign help he sought to investigate the bidens. the new whistle-blower is cooperating with the intelligence community inspector general michael atkinson, but is not expected to file a separate complaint. according to legal sources, this government official has firsthand knowledge that supported the first whistle-blower who submitted this nine page document august

12th firsthand knowledge is critical because whistle-blower one was not a direct witness, but claimed to be informed by more than half a dozen u.s. officials. for democrats, this new whistle-blower could aid their impeachment inquiry. >> we will want to hear from that person. >> people who were in the very core of all of these evehappen >> reporter: president trump taunted on twitter they're going to the bench and another whistle-blower is coming in from a few splinters. three gop senators, mitt romney, ben sasse and now susan collins criticized president trump for urging china to investigate joe biden and son hunter's business there. the bidens deny any wrongdoing collins is considered vulnerable for reelection in may. >> i thought the president made a big mistake by asking china to get involved in investigating a

little opponent. that's completely inappropriate. >> reporter: responding to that criticism, the president had taken to twitter excoriating mitt romney with belittling tweets, but he has not done that with ben sasse and susan collins, at least so far in part that may be because both are up for reelection, and hitting them could help democrats. frances? >> all right, kelly o'donnell. thank you, kelly the question this morning is what exactly does that second whistle-blower know. democrats are hoping the person can shed new light for their impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: if the whistle-blower does have a firsthand account, he or she could clarify open questions about the president's interaction with ukraine, including the call log of trump's july 25th conversation with president zelensky amidst any crucial information where ellipses existed, and if any officials concluded that the president's i would like you to ask us to do a favor, though,

amounted to a quid pro quo the president -- >> you know, so-called whistle-blower. >> -- used the lack of firsthand knowledge. >> he was second and third hand. >> reporter: to try to undercut his credibility. the new whistle-blower's information could inform questions by house democrats who will depose four diplomats this week, and the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gord sondland who rebuked bill taylor over text messages for suggesting that security assistance wasto iestigating th. sondland responds i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind adding i suggest we stop the back and forth by text it's that text message from sondland, a trump donor that the president touted but a key republican senator arguing that the president is simply ordering an investigation into the 2016 election >> what he wants is an

accounting of what happened in 2016 >> reporter: late sunday the campaign announced that trump would be heading to louisiana to help the republican gubernatorial. it's one of three governor races this fall, all in republican-leaning states that will be a barometer for how strong or soft the president's support is there >> thank you just days after dallas police officer amber guyger was sentenced to ten years for kiaparg ent, police are searching for the killer of joshua brown he was a key witness in the guyger is nbc's morgan chesky. . >> we can take a moment. we're not in rush. okay >> yeah, i need a moment. >> reporter: in the murder trial watched by millions, joshua brown one of the few able to describe the moments before amber guyger shot and killed their neighbor, botham jean. >> how soon after this did you

hear the sound of gunshots >> after. >> right after >> right after. >> it was quick? >> quick. >> reporter: that scene in the courtroom making this scene friday night even more tragic and suspicious police scouring a second dallas apartment complex after someone shot brown multiple times and drove off. witnesses reported a silver sedan speeding out of a parking lot. soon after in a nearby hospital, joshua brown was pronounced dead the shooting in the aterra apartments six miles from where brown lived last year when he heard the fatal gunshots fired by the former dallas police officer killinbotham j took thet week, his testimony was crediten >> do you recall ever hearint ys up". >> no, no ma'am. >> o hds >> no, ma'am >> reporter: upon hearing of his death, the dallas county prosecutor wrote he bravely came forward to testify when others wouldn't, adding if we had more people like him, we would have a

better world as questions swirl about the motive in brown's death, the attorney representing jean's family calling for action, tweeting i just spoke with joshua brown's mother. she is devastated. we need answers. police say there are no suspects in brown's death, and the investigation is ongoing leaving a new family calling for justice in dallas. morgan chesky, nbc news a man in texas is recovering this morning after being struck by lightning this happenes shocking video he. it shows him walking his dog when he was hit. good samaritans rushed to give him cpr. he wasn't breathing, but he wa struck by lightning and okay too. surviving it >> the luck of this guy, getting >> help right there. heavy rain and possible flooding in the northeast ahead. let's check in with nbc meteorologist janessa webb with more on that good morning. >> good morning. we have our first cold front that's going to make its way in earlier this week here but the second cold front will likely cause fall temperatures across much of the u.s

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