a weekend tweet storm from president trump. who is on the offensive as a second whistle-blower with firsthand knowledge is made known in the impeachment inquiry. deadly twist just days after a dallas cop was convicted of killing an unarmed black man in his own apartment, a dkey witness in that case is shot and killed. the murderer is still on the loose. drone hunters. we'll take you inside a sting operation that took place at the world's largest hot air balloon festival. former president jimmy carter injured in a fall we have the latest. surprising week five in the nfl. we have all the highlights plus, the fall classic is in swing with do or die games ahead.

"early today" starts right now. >> good monday morning i'm mena. >> i'm frances rivera. >> breaking news in a policy shift, turkey is moving forward with a military operation in syria turkish military convoys have been bringing trooping and convoys into the northern region the u.s. will not be involved. more than 1,000 u.s. troops are deployed in northeastern syria and work with the kurdish troops against isis it is up to turkey to figure out what to do with isis fighters that have been captured in the area in an foeffort to reduce tensio, president trump spoke with the turkish president about establishing a safe zone east of the yeuphrates river. a second whistle-blower coming forward about president trump's phone call with the ukrainian leader this whistle-blower claims to

have firsthand knowledge the white house responding, in part, it doesn't change the fact that the president has done nothing wrong. president trump is targeting top democrats on twitter, claiming house speaker nancy pelosi and intelligence committee chairman adam schiff arf treason and calling for them to be impeached constitution does not allow for a member of congress to be impeached. tracie potts has the latest from d.c. for us this morning good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the second whistle-blower the focus here this week could very well shift to what this person knows and how it could be different from the original complaint. an attorney for the original whistle-blower now claims to represent a second person with firsthand knowledge of the phone call where president trump allegedly pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden. >> why should i care at all what his perspective or opinion and judgment of the transcript is? you and i cat matter how many

people decide to call themselves whistle-blowers. it doesn't change the fact that he, president trump, has done nothing wrong. the president tweets this new whistle-blower also had secondhand information democrats insist there is evidence to support the original complaint. >> the whistle-blower complaint has been corroborated by information in the public domain every step of the way. this is as serious as it gets. >> reporter: four current and former staepr stories to congress, including the yoeuropean union ambassador implicated in text messages released last week. >> what i certainly hope to hear is how he can explain his behavior in pressing the new ukrainian president to do something such a sort of nature. >> reporter: his deposition is set for tuesday. legal sources are telling us that there will be no second complaint, no separate complaint from this new whistle-blower back to you. >> tracie, thank you for the

update. a series of terrifying explosions in southern california shut down a crowded oktoberfest celebration in huntington beach you can see and hear the blasts from saturday night. authorities say it was a transformer that blew up the area was evacuated, and at least five people were injured, including two firefighters just days after former dallas police officer amber guyger was sentenced to ten years in prison for killing botham jean, her unarmed black neighbor in his own apartment, police are now looking for the killer of joshua brown brown lived across the hall from jean and testified in the murder trial. officials say brown was found shot multiple times in a parkiny >> we're not in a rush, okay >> 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 they boneighbor botham je >> how soon after the voice did you hear gunshots? >> 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 at a nearby hospital, joshua brown was pronounced dead the shooting in the apartments 6 miles from where brown lived last year where he heard the fatal shots fired by the dallas police officer, killing jean when brown took the stand last week, his testimony was credited in guyger's conviction. >> do you recall ever hearing someone say, hey, put your hands up >> no. no, ma'am. >> or, show me your hands? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: upon hearing of his death, the dallas prosecutor

wrote, he bravely came forward to testify when others wouldn't. if we had more people like him, we'd have a better world as questions swirl about the motive in brown's death, jean's family calling for action. tweeting, i spoke with 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. the search continues this morning for one suspect after four people were killed in a kansas city bar. police responded twice to tequila k.c. once due to reports of a fight and again just after last call on sunday morning, responding to a mass shooting. four people were killed and five others were wounded. one suspect is in custody while another is still at large. here's what police said about the potential danger to the public >> i believe that this was an isolated incident worried that we have two people out there that have done this,

definitely but that they're going te th's n >> officials released these surveillance photos from the bar, asking members of the public to come forward with any information. family and friends of the victims gathered near the bar for an emotional candle light vigil. former president jimmy carter fell and injured his head, but he was back on his feet last night. take a look. >> took 14 stitches, and my eye is black, as you notice. i had a number one priority, and that was to come to nashville. >> mr. carter became the first u.s. president to turn 95 years old last week. he and his wife attended the opening ceremony for a habitat for humanity build in nassshlerc taylor, according to his

publici publicist, died in california. he was on the screen for decades, acting in variety shows and on p"brady bunch." he was known as the king of camp and confetti and brought smiles to millions. his death has brought a slew of fo posts. al roker tweeted, it was hard to top him. he was 84 years old. the music community is also mourning a major loss. rock legend ginger baker died at the age of 80. he was best known as the energetic drummer for the trio cream. witheric clapton on guitar and bruce on bass, baker infused himself into the songs mick jagger remembering him as fiery and innovativinnovative. it is do or die for the r dg game three two-run homer, but l. brought the heat in the sixth. going on a seven-run tear.

dodgers power to a 10-4 wins. in st. louis, the cards held on to a 1-0 lead for most of the games but the braves came alive at the top of the ninth, jumping out to a 3-1 lead. it was enough to win it. atlanta take as 2-1 lead. defense stealing the show in a wild sunday night football game the colts smothering the high octane offense, sacking the quarterback four times mahomes, just one touchdown. that was one impressive though then the colts' houston came up with a huge stop on fourth and one in the fourth quarter. indy upsets k.c. 19-13 now to dallas. cowboys t, he'd in the third the cowboys would make it interesting though they'd fight back. it all started with a bomb from dagreen bay wins it, 34-24 at heinz field, overtime

thriller the ravens jumped out to an early lead lamar jackson finding brown. the steelers would tie up the game only to lose on a justin tucker field goal in overtime. it barely gets through the uprights ravens win, 26-23. now to houston where the texans put on a show against the falcons. deshaun wa deshaun watson had his best game, throwing a touchdown to fuller games fuller put up 53ron jones, 49 ps rounding out the top five, mccaffrey, watson, andma with meteorologist janessa webb. >> we're going to skip fall for the pacific northwest. this has escalated quickly we have winter storm watches and winter storm warnings just in the last hour for montana into

idaho, as well that's for at least the next three days the storm system is coming out of western canada, seattle, oregon you start to see the remnants of a little bit of rain, then more snow up to 6 to 8 inches for the higher that colder air by tuesday begi i mean, this is going to be significant as it makes its way to the midwest, as well. >> you'll be watching it for us. thank you. ahead, tyler perry rolls out the red carpet for his new studio and from a daca decision to reliougis freedom, the major cases on the docket as the supreme court gets back to work. . try mr. clean magic eraser. just wet, squeeze and erase tough messes

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technicolor balloon festival what is above is also e a tear >> reporter: a danger to the balloons and spectators below. >> we have a 1,300 footer. >> 10-4. >> reporter: on the front lines, officer pierson. his mission, hunting for rogue drone pilots violating the faa's 4-mile restricted radius around the festival what is the biggest danger with drones at an event like this >> sir, using it as a weapon most people wouldn't know that it's coming. >> reporter: for the second year in a row, his unit has some high-tech help, partnering with a company called aerial armor. >> drones are an integral part of society as they'ree popular, we'll see an increase in the need for this service. >> reporter: they developed high-tech sensors placed around the event and software alerting the instant a drone activates, pinpointing the pilot's location rogue drone pilots can face a

$30,000 fine from the faa and risk criminal prosecution. recently, drones have proven their potential for disruption and terror sightings near the runways at gatwick airport in england last year led to hundreds of flights cancelled. in karcaracas, drones blew up in the skies over a president aerial armor detected drones being activated. we jumped into pierson's squad car. >> we'll try to get over there >> how you doing, sir? >> reporter: and tracked the pilot minutes from the park. >> what happened is, nick found a drone operator who appeared to turn on his drone and fikly t q turned it off, getting the warning. >> reporter: in this case, the pilot did the right thing. he spoke to us off camera. >> it was enough to scare me, just sg ec

problem, allowing police to take a human approach to enforcement. steve patterson, nbc news, albuquer f ntival beautiful and safe for everybody. that's the way to do it. >> good job of that. thanks for watching. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. before we go, check out this underwater pumpkin carving competition in the florida keys. the news continues on nbc.

we will want to hear from that person. >> people who are in the very core of all of these events are saying this can't happen >> a second whistle-blower with firsthand knowledge of the president's controversial phone call with ukraine's president. what's next in the impeachment inquiry? four people are murdered in cold blood at a kansas city, kansas bar as two gunmen remain at large

police have their manhunt and it continues. the supreme court is back in session today, facing hot button issues on immigration, gay rights and religious freedom then to the bizarre story of weeding pig the size of polar bears.