new details surrounding th nspiracy theories behind the jersey city shooting and why the kosher bodega was targeted in the first place as the community works to recover. breaking the multimillion dollar settlement tentatively reached between harvey weinstein and his alleged sexual misconduct victims why none of it would come out of his own pocket the outrage this morning. house members were working late into the night on drafting the specific language and fine print for president trump's impeachment articles. americans confirmed among the dead in that new zealand volcano disaster two teen brothers killed their parents still missing and now fears of another major eruption as early as todayess c

almost suffers a major wardrobe malfunction when she finds out she was nominated for a s.a.g. award. meet the 5-year-old artist whose work has already captured the eye behind the creator of garfield the cat "early today" starts right now. good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. a new jersey community is in mourning after a deadly attack the first funerals were held overnight for the victims of a shooting at a small kosher grocery store that police believe was intentionally targeted according to social media posts viewed by nbc news, one of the two suspects appears to have pushed anti-semitic conspiracy theories and praised attacks on jewish people and police officers for the latest we go now to nbc's gabe gutierrez gabe, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. there is now stepped up security at synagogues across the region, but there is still no official motive here. they're the stunning moments before a rampage a white van parks on a busy street when a man calmly gets

out with a long gun, his passenger follows. people desperately start to run, but the suspects don't shoot instead, they head directly into a kosher grocery store only one person appears to make it out >> it hurts eachand every jew all around the world. >> reporter: police identified the two people who stormed the store as david anderson and francine graham. authorities say they also had a pipe bomb in their van three law enforcement sources tell nbc that anderson was a one-time follower of the black heeb hebrew israelite group with anti-police and anti-jewish writings investigators are trying to determine whether he posted them. >> we're not in the position at this time to say definitively why the suspects decided to stop in front of the supermarket and began firing immediately >> reporter: but jersey city's

mayor says it was a hate crime >> it's hard to argue anything other than this person or these people being motivated by anger and hate towards jews. >> reporter: the president weighing in. >> with one heart, america weeps for the lives lost with one voice we vow to crush the monstrous evil of anti-semitism. >> this is the synagogue and community center right next to the grocery store. dozens of children were huddled on the second floor of this building as the gun battle erupted. >> josie was inside that synagogue. >> the kids were terrified it's not easy for them it's scary it was like a war zone, when you see clips from afghanistan, that's exactly how it sounded. >> reporter: both suspects were killed three bystanders died inside the store. before the massacre at a nearby cemetery, police say the suspects shot and killed veteran detective joe seals. >> detective joe seals, a husband, a married father of

five children, was a stellar police officer. >> reporter: this is still a community on edge bound by faith, unit bid heartbreak investigators also consider the pair that shot up this grocery store as prime suspects in the weekend murder of an uber driver so the mystery as to the motive continues. frances? >> all right gabe, thank you. another crucial day on capitol hill as the house judiciary committee prepares to vote to advance the articles of impeachment to a full vote. the committee will get back to work this morning on the markup after burning the midnight oil in a passionate debate over the proceedings. the late night markup session only underscoring the bitter divide that exists between the democrats and the republicans. nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with more. tracie, good morning things got pretty heated last night. >> reporter: well, they did, but we've certainly seen this before over the last several weeks. this was not a hearing, no witness. it was what they call as you

correctly noted a markup in other words, the final argument between democrats and republicans to move this out of committee on to the whole house floor, and while republicans continue to argue that there was no justification for this inquiry, democrats said something had to be done now >> if the president can first abuse his power and then stonewall all congressional requests for information, congress cannot fulfill its duty to act as a check and balance against the executive. and the president becomes a dictator >> it's not just because they don't like the president they don't like us they don't like the 63 million people who voted for this president. all of us in flyover country all of us common folk in ohio, wisconsin, tennessee and texas, they don't like us >> reporter: so what we're expecting today, the final committee vote on these two articles of impeachment against

president trump, abuse of power for pushing for this biden investigation in ukraine and obstruction of congress for preventing white house employees from testifying about it back to you. >> these are historic days all right. tracie, thank you. now to a bombshell report about harvey weinstein and dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct word of a huge settlement taking shape. kate snow has details. >> reporter: on the same day harvey weinstein used a walker to enter a court where he's facing criminal charges, a potential $25 million settlement with the more than 30 actresses and other accusers who filed civil suits against the former movie producer accords to "the new york times." "the times" saying weinstein wouldn't admit any wrongdoing and he wouldn't pay any accusers but insurance companies for his former stuth filed for bankruptcy would make the payout. >> he would be able to basically walk away from those cases without paying any of his own money to those victims. >> reporter: a quarter of the

settlement would pay lawyers for weinstein and his former company. accuser zoe brock tells nbc news, this settlement breaks my heart. i have signed it only because i have explored every other legal option and at this point have found no alternative the advocacy group tup also panning the deal as too little if this is the best the survivors could get, the system is broken. >> there are also women who are relieved who feel like, listen, there was as these legal negotiations went on and the pot of money that was going to go towards them got smaller and smaller, there were concerns of whether or not there would be any civil settlement reached. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports self high-profile accusers would not be part of the settlement weinstein' attorneys declined to comment on the potential settlement he has pleaded not guilty to all criminal charges earlier a judge raised his bail after criminal prosecutors say he tampered with his electronic ankle monitor more than 50 times. a weinstein attorney told the criminal court he's having back surgery and they insist he'll show up for trial on january

6th. >> all right that was kate snow reporting. new zealand police are preparing for a dangerous return to white island. the volcano there has a chance of up to 60% of erupting again the crews are finalizing a plan to recover the bodies after the disaster earlier this week this new development comes as the official death toll in the tragedy rises to eight and two americans are among the deceased here's nbc's janis mackey frayer. >> reporter: a family devastated matthew just 13 and his 16-year-old brother barrett are the first americans confirmed dead from the volcanic eruption here their parents martin and barbara still missing. it's unclear if they made it off the island. >> we are now living with a growing sense of desperation to bring home those that we know are there. >> reporter: but it's still too dangerous for rescue teams to reach there. satellite images before and after the eruption show the crater smothered with ash and a warning from authorities

>> the situation remains highly volatile. >> reporter: it could erupt again within 24 hours. seven australians are confirmed dead, even identifying survivors has been a struggle. their burns so extensive that skin needed for grafting has been ordered from the u.s. to treat them >> hi, mom it's me. i just want to let you know, this isn't a joke. >> reporter: american mother u left a voicemail telling his mother that he and his wife lauren needed surgery. their conditions remain critical >> my hands are burned i can't use my phone. >> reporter: the island sits on the pacific ring of fire and it's at its most active in years now with a 40 to 60% chance of another eruption, the pressure inside the volcano is rising janis mackey frayer, nbc news, new zealand. so is this a case of stealing from peter to pay paul? the vatican is under fire for using donations to pay for its budget deficit according to a report by "the wall street journal," only 10%

of the $55 million donated by catholics go to charity. about 2/3 of that is used to plug the vatican's administrative budget. it is raising concerns among church leaders who say the britishers are being misled about where their money is going. if you thought today was just a normal thursday, think again. today is 12/12 what does that mean? krispy kreme donuts will tell you what it means. the day of dozens. a "one day only" sweet deal. if you buy a dozen donuts for just a buck. also happening today, the last full moon of the decade. if you want to catch it, the peak time is at 12:12 a.m. eastern standard time. >> really? >> how about that? >> that's when officials say the moon is going to be 100% full. >> the last of the decade. we are really counting down. >> that's it >> it is it. >> today's not bad at paul friday, saturday, as everyone's trying to get all their remember rants done there is going to be

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coming up. >> looking forward to that bill, thank you. in today's quick hits, kawhi leonard got a hero's welcome in toronto. he returned for his raptors championship ridge in a special pregame smn. ceremony. it was the first time back since he left for the los angeles clippers. big whoa for keanu reeves fans the internet preparing for the double feature, dubbing it keanu reeves day. >> somebody give this man a raise. a manager at a utah pawnshop caught a baby just in the nick of time falling head-first off the counter. a little shaken but ultimately unscathed. we'll be right back. unscathed. we'll be right back. and i didn't have to contact your family. blood clot that led to a stroke. not today. we'd discussed how your stroke risk increases over time, so even though you were feeling fine, we chose xarelto® to help keep you protected. once-daily xarelto® ... ...significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib...

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a 5-year-old artist in north carolina is drawing the attention of a comic legend. her garfield pictures are getting serious props from the creator of the comic strip mike hanson has the story. >> reporter: she has loved the work her whole life, all 5 years of it. her mom could see it early on. >> she would stay inside the lines and not only myself, just family would say, you know, that's amazing i don't even stay inside the lines. >> reporter: but one cartoon on the computer caught her eye. the world-famous lasagna loving house cat garfield. >> because i watched it on netflix. >> you see the pictures here >> well, if he was, like, near his friends he would, like, tell stories, like, a lot. >> yeah. >> reporter: mom posted the art to her facebook friends, all 40 of them. >> and then the picture got shared to a group. >> reporter: through the power of sharing, garfield got to munsey, indiana, and the

television screen of garfield creator jim davis. davis then wrote a member on his footage page back to ciaunna >> you're already drawing like someone three times your age keep it up, young lady you have a precious gift jim davis. it's just amazing. >> reporter: a word of encouragement for a young artist with a ton of talent for mom, ciaunna's gift of drawing is special a picture of a very bright future. >> i want my picture to go to garfield by christmas. >> the support has been so amazing, which means so much to us >> and our thanks to wcnc's mining hanson for that report. the commercial that launched 1,000 tweets everyone seems to have opinions on this. we're talking about that viral peloton ad critics call it sexist, while a company shows how a peloton bike can improve your life. what does the actual peloton

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we begin with breaking traffic news. a mess along the peninsula. gravel spilled on highway 101 after a crash sending debris everywhere, shutting down both sides of the freeway. look at the aftermath. more on that for you in just a moment. first, good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to get right to that breaking news. mike inouye has been tracking that. how are things looking now? the same. the same as it's been for a while. the crash happened early this morning and they shut down the freeway. the tow truck ready to take another vehicle from the scene this is northbound 101 where the tow truck is. southbound 101 empty and