/s \e let's be clear this is about facts and the constitution >> they don't care facts be damned. >> 14 grueling hours of debate, democrats versus republicans, two articles of impeachment, a vote hanging in the balance. and then the democrats' big surprise that unfewer yated republicans. >> that 1:00 a.m. eastern this morning president trump tweeting out congratulations to britain's boris johnson on a big brexit victory. we'll tell you what it means >> the hunt for a killer the 18-year-old college freshman stabbed to death in a new york city park near her school. the campus on edge this morning. >> the domestic terrorist investigation launching into the targeted attack on a kosher grocery store. and speaking out for the first

time, thelone survivor shown o survey langasq surveillance escaping as they entered. >> an octopus captures a wild eagle that tried to attach it. >> the new show airing on tlc, hot and heavy. "early today" starts right now >> good friday morning i'm phillip mena >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera a dramatic twist to a marathon debate over impeachment. after over 14 hours of arguing about the articles against president trump, the house judiciary chairman called it, delaying the vote, until this morning. and infuriating republicans. >> i will move to divide the question so that each of us may have the opportunity to cast up or down votes on each of the articles of impeachment and let history be our judge the committee is in recess >> you chose not to consult the ranking member on a schedule issue of this magnitude?

>> nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest. round three begins in another few hours. >> reporter: exactly republicans left furious you saw that a moment ago. the ranking member of this committee saying this was the most ludicrous thing he had ever seen, to debate all day, much longer than a full workday, and then not take the vote they accused democrats of wanting to do it in the daytime before the cameras so that vote now set, that hearing set to continue at 10:00 a.m. today with a vote happening at some point after that this debate got down in the weeds at times, talking about things like president trump's phone call to ukraine and whether he was really pressuring them to investigate joe biden or whether he just mentioned it >> the democrats have built this entire fake impeachment schema round an alleged demand. guess what word is not anywhere

in the transcript? >> there have been so many things that have been said, like the president never used the word demand. i can tell you this. when a robber points a gun at you to take your money, they usually don't walk up and say, "i'm robbing you right now." >> reporter: so, two articles of impeachment being considered again this morning abuse of power and obstruction of congress. republicans tried several times to omit or eliminate that obstruction of congress charge it didn't happen they were unsuccessful we'll see what happens this morning. >> all right, here we go again thank you, tracie. >> the deadly shooting at a kosher food store in new jersey is being investigated as a potential domestic terrorism authorities say that they are now looking into the attack as potentially fueled by both anti-semitism and antilaw enforcement beliefs. now the sole survivor of the attack has told his story to nbc's gabe gutierrez

he joins us now. gabe, good morning >> reporter: philip, good morning. the lone survivor inside this kosher market in jersey city says he came here just about every day. his survival story is nothing short of incredible. he calls it a miracle when two people rushed into a jersey city kosher grocery store and opened fire, david lacks could be seen in this chilling video running from the barrage of bullets. he's the only person who made it out alive. if you had waited a split second longer, do you think you would have been shot >> the way it looks like, yes. >> reporter: lack says he dove under a salad bar when he heard the first shots, then somehow bolted out the door. >> inat the point to kill. they came to kill. >> reporter: they came to kill it happened so fast lack says he can't remember whether the pair said anything did this seem to you to be an attempted robbery or -- >> it was not a robbery. >> reporter: authorities now say the evidence points to a hate

crime. >> i can confirm that we are investigating this matter as potential acts of domestic terrorism fueled both by antisemitism and antilaw enforcement believes >> reporter: police say the shooters why david anderson and francine graham and that they brought five guns and a pipe bomb in their van after having shot and killed police detective joe seals nearby online posts tied to anderson and seen by nbc news pushed anti-semitic conspiracies and advocated for violence against police police found both shooters dead in the store along with three victims identified as 24-year-old moshe deutsche, 49-year-old miguel rodriguez and 31-year-old mindy ferez who ran the store with her husband. she died on her son's 11th birthday >> i hope that this should send a message to everyone in our

communities. we have to stop hate >> reporter: as thousands gathered to mourn the victims, david lacks was among them they were his friends. the enormity is still sinking in >> i hope for good things in the future >> reporter: investigators are now looking into whether the pair that shot up this market was part of the black hebrew israelites, but so far investigators have not been able to establish any formal links although new jersey's attorney general said the pair expressed interest in the group. phillip? >> gabe, thank you >> now to election day in the u.k., the conservatives have won an overalma jort in the general election, passing the 326-seat threshold. this victory makes boris johnson the most electorally successful conservative leader since margaret thafrper. joining us from lone is cal perry. tell us what this means for the future of brexit and where we go from here. >> reporter: it means brexit is

likely going to happen almost certainty january 31st as you said, big night for the conservative party miserable night for the other party. meltdown as johnson sees majority the current favorite here, nightmare before christmas these are the left-leaning papers having a rough morning this morning as i said, brexit almost certainty january 31st this country has been in really political turmoil since the referendum in june of 2016 the prime minister played to that his slogan over and over again was get brexit done. we heard that in debates, we heard that in tv ads and it played very strongly. labor just couldn't seem to get their message straight and so this country is slipping to the right. in truly historic ways one thing we are going to keep our eye on, the bigger picture, what happens in the united kingdom. scotland in an interesting position now we heard they're going to push for a second referendum. that is going to push a bit of a constitutional crisis in this country. the prime minister would technically have to approve of

that, frances. >> hanging in the balance. cal perry for us cal, thank you >> there is an intense manhunt underway in new york after the death of an 18-year-old college student who police say was murdered officials say tessa majors, a student at barnard college, was killed in a park in upper manhattan during an armed robbery. >> and now authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information in the case. here's nbc's ron allen >> reporter: just after night fall, 18-year-old tessa majors staggered up these park stairs, fighting for her life, police say, after she was robbed and repeatedly stabbed her wounds fatal >> this was a despicable crime >> reporter: new york's mayor vowing to find her killers >> there is a high level of confidence these perpetrators will be arrested and will be prosecuted >> reporter: the freshman was a musician and aspiring writer heard in the podcast before entering barnard college, an elite school affiliated with ivy league columbia university >> i'm really excited about

that >> reporter: in a statement majors' family called her a light that shined brightly adding our hearts will never be the same barnard's president saying this is an unthinkable tragedy that's shaken us to our core. >> to realize, dear god, that could have been literally any of us >> reporter: at the park just blocks from campus, that police say has one of the highest number of robberies in the city, students are horrified >> i know in the evening we should not enter the park. >> reporter: he lives right across the street from the park. >> it's a huge wake up call for all of us. >> reporter: with overall city wide crime down, but murders up, officials say they are committed to taking action >> we are not going to allow anything like this to happen going forward. >> reporter: now, a campus in mourning facing the loss of a young woman just beginning her journey. police now say they've questioned numerous teenagers from the area, but they have all been released. there are no suspects. meanwhile, police have stepped up patrols here at the park and around the nearby college campuses frances? >> ron, thank you. >> several former nfl players

are facing serious charges this morning. clinton portis is among ten explayers of defrauding the league's health care program for over $3 million. prosecutors say they gave fake invoices for medical equipment they never bought. portis' attorney denies wrongdoing >> wall street is rallying on renewed hopes of a trade deal with china sources tell cnbc the trump administration reached a phase one deal with beijing which would scrap new tariffs set to take effect on sunday. the dow climbed over 200 points on the news and futures indicated triple digit open. >> a lot of people trying to get out of town on this weekend. let's check with bill karins to see how they're going to fare. good morning >> holiday parties, people is errands to get done. the weather is not going to cooperate on the east coast. rain is break up, we have icy problems in western virginia and western north carolina atlanta has a period of rain you're going to go through the next couple hours. the rainfall forecast the next

24 to 48 hours has the blue is 1 inch, the red and pink is an inch and a half to 2 inches of rain new england will be soaked by this, too. the roads will be slowed down with the rain, but the airports is where we get the windy conditions and rain. we could see significant problems in charlotte and raleigh. baltimore and d.c. later today then it looks like saturday from new york airports back up through boston especially early in the morning it could be raininn western virginia into areas right around charleston, west virginia. we'll get the complete weekend forecast coming up >> all right, bill, thank you for that >> we're going to watch this video here where some fishermen in canada have what they're calling a once in a lifetime experience they encountered this. you know what that is? an octopus battling a bald eagle

right in the water the fishermen used a pole with a small hook on it to help free the eagle. look at the octopus. >> look how big they are >> that's a lot of cal mari -- that's squid octopus wasn't hurt. it swam away the eagle recovered on a branch nearby before it was able to fly away man, that's amazing. >> an octopus, that's one of the most incredible -- >> fascinating >> animals we have around. plenty more to come. president trump taking on time's person of the year, also a teenager we'll be right back. eeeeeww! dead skin cells! gross! so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy-duty dusters. duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha! and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweeper's on it. the textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. no more heebie jeebies. phew. glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering.

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for now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip, and we'll see you sunday morning >> we'll be watching i forgot she won an oscar right out the gate >> what she's been through, the ups and the downs. an award-winning college professor with a passion for science is going viral with his action packed lesson a montage of fire, nails and more has been viewed on twitter millions and millions of times here's nbc's catie beck. >> being a human hockey puck >> reporter: on his homemade hover board, college physics professor teaches newton's first law, motion stays in motion. >> you have to be enthusiastic in the class because physics has a reputation of being dull and boring >> reporter: no chance of dozing off in his classroom he's been sharing the gravity of the science he loves at virginia's tide water community college since 1974 at almost 70, a magnetic machine of energy. sling shotting himself into

demonstrations, with fire. p pogo sticks. even a bed of nails. >>i feel guilty. they're paying me to have fun. >> reporter: one student posted this stunt montage on twitter already watched 13 million times. you have to be going into the classroom thinking, what is this man going to do today >> yes >> reporter: the class is a roller coaster ride. while wright gets thrills from the physics of skydiving and bun gee jumping, nothing compares to teaching using a closet collection of gadgets to engage and inspire. >> nice job, you're a natural. i love coming to work in the morning. i've loved every minute of it. >> reporter: a passion and a purpose even science can't explain. catie beck, nbc news, virginia beach, virginia. >> man, i can see him blowing up his own youtube channel, netflix may be calling >> that's perfect. kind of what bill nye does if you're able to engage people and they can learn something at the same time, those are the best teachers that we have

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