unmasked a facebook whistleblower reveals her true identity, accusing the social media giant of a betrayal of democracy california catastrophe a massive oil spill covering 13 q square miles as officials scrambling >> it's been my home for 20 years. i have the best them ris, my kids are born here it's a great town, a great city, a great area i love it up here. i have so many people that i

have relationships with. >> it was hailed as the return tom brady taking on his former team in foxborough we have the highlights and much more from football night in america. today, the supreme court opens one of the most consequential sessions in recent memory with cases involving abortion, guns and god coming before the bench the moments when a passenger aircraft engine ignited. we'll hear from passengers about the ordeal it's monday, october 4th "early today" starts right now glad you're with us. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm philip mena developing overnight, a former facebook employee blows the lid off the world's largest social network, revealing how far the company went to put profits over public safety. the whistleblower behind a trove of documents is dialing up the heat on the social media company. for the first time ever, she revealed her temperidentity on minutes.

she says facebook knew about the spread of hate, violence and misinformation on its platform, and tried to hide it >> the thing i saw facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for facebook and facebook over and over again, chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money. when we live in an information environment that is full of angry, hateful content, it erodes our civic truth, our faith in each other, and erodes our ability to want to care for each other the version of facebook that is us today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence will around the world. >> in response, facebook released this statement saying -- >> she will testify tomorrow and

senator blumenthal says he will investigate her claims that facebook underminded security efforts by disbanding the civic integrity team after the 2020 election a massive oil spill off the coast of southern california has experts concerned for the safety of wildlife and humans alike the cause of the 126,000 gallon still is under investigation here is the latest >> reporter: cleanup is expected to take weeks, possibly months crews are out here right now, we know at least 5,000 feet of booms have been laid out you can see them floating in the water behind me acting as a barrier against the oil. >> we will do everything in our power to ensure this is recovered as quickly as possible >> reporter: a promise from the ceo of amplify energy, the parent company of beta offshore, one of southern california's largest oil producers. the 120,000 gallon spill coming from a pipeline, 80 to 100 feet below the ocean's surface,

connected to a platform known as elly, built in 1980. thick oil seen floating in the water, crews in haz/mat suits collecting as much oil as possible >> we are in the midst of a potential ecological dsisaster. >> reporter: beaches closed down indefinitely the city of la fwunguna beach following suit >> we are seeing oil covered fish and birds wash up >> reporter: the health department warning people to stay away from the water as fumes could evaporate into the air. >> people might experience irritation to the eyes, nose, throat you can get dizziness, vomiting, et cetera. >> reporter: federal, state, and regional agencies working in collaboration to stop the further spread of oil. >> california is supposed to be the green state. these spills have happened in the past as long as we rely on the infrastructure that is promoting

these spills, we'll continue to see them >> reporter: we also know the city of laguna beach closed its beaches asking locals and visitors to stay away from the water. i'm lauren coronado for "early today. the supreme court is returning today for their fall term, which is expected to tackle some extremely de ly div issues on saturday proshgs tess fors rallied for reproductive rights next to the court steps. more than 600 similar marches took place across the country. time to raise awareness about abortion rights just before the justices hear one of the biggest challenges to roe versus wade in decades. we're joined now by chris pallone. there are a lot of high stake cases on the docket this term. >> reporter: frances, this court is posed to weigh in on some of the nation's most impactful and

controversial social issues. on abortion, the court will hear arguments about a mississippi law that would ban terminating pregnancies after 15 weeks today, states can limit abortions around 24 weeks. that new texas law banning abortion after six weeks will also reach the court's document. on gun control, the justices could decide whether states can limit people's ability to carry a concealed weapon outside their homes and challenge the limits of the separation of church and state when it comes to using public funds in schools which teach courses in religion. this year's term will start out today with in-person oral arguments. that's the first time that's happened in 19 months because of the pandemic the new term opens up with the public losing confidence in it a poll found only 40% approve of the job the justices are doing, with 53% disapproving, it signals a historic low in the public's confidence in the court. >> chris, thank you for the update joe biden will hit the road

today to try and sell his sweeping infrastructure plan after it hit a wall in d.c progressive and moderate democrats have crashed over the $3.5 trillion price tag. the house had to delay a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill on friday once it became clear that it wouldn't pass without support from progressives nancy pelosi has set a halloween deadline to get the legislation passed now to the latest coronavirus developments more u.s. airlines are set to mandate all employees be vaccinated against covid-19. according to "the wall street journal," american airlines, alaska airlines and jetblue will announce new vaccine requirements on friday it comes after joe biden signed a letter mandating that employees of government contractors to get vaccinated. this as the vaccine deadline for unvaccinated school workers in new york city has passed. here's nbc's lindsey riser >> reporter: schools in new york city like this one are bracing

for who may or may not show up today. one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country goes into effect. connecticut demanding all state workers ge to weekly testing, or face suspension >> i'm concerned about making sure we're well prepared if there is another delta i'm concerned about making sure we keep our schools open and our economy going. >> reporter: the governor preparing the national guard to step in, if necessary. the health commissioner hoping that won't be the case >> we are looking at really having so many of our people vaccinated that that will not be necessary. but at this point, things are still being tabulated. >> reporter: in new york city, fears of a staffing shortage in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated, no testing option. some 10,000 employees may not be allowed to work. the mayor says substitutes are standing by, and most teachers are vaccinated >> 93% of our teachers, 98% of

our principals this mandate has worked. >> reporter: teacher nicole broker won't be showing up >> now you're taking away their go-to person >> reporter: she says she had asymptom mattek covid last year. >> i've had many doctors say you don't need it. maybe in the future. >> reporter: while the white house covid-19 data director says today saw the highest reported increase of vaccinations in a month, the nation's top doctor says it's too soon to tell whether we can gather for the holidays. >> we just got to concentrate on continuing to get those numbers down and not try to jump ahead by weeks and months and say what we're going to do at a particular time. >> reporter: the mayor of new york city says there are thousands of vaccinated substitute teachers ready to jump in, but schools are worried about support workers and custodians >> all right thank you. now a monumental return to

new england for tom brady, coming back to face the team he was the face of for 20 years >> please welcome tonight's visitors, the tampa bay buccaneers >> mostly cheers for brady as he entered the stadium for the first time from the visitor's tunnel but that changed once the game started. >> here comes tom brady. off the opposite sideline. [ crowd booing ] >> brady booed as he began his first drive. in the first quarter, the g.o.a.t. entered the record books, breaking drew brees' all-time record for passing yards. >> but it was mac jones who found the end zone first in fact, the pats held brady to no touchdown throws on the night. tampa did get a rushing score

with four field goals to put themselves ahead new england would get one last chance to spoil brady's homecoming, but it hits off the crossbar brady becomes the fourth starting quarterback to beat all 32 teams the buccaneers win in new england, 19-17 around the nfl, arizona took the fight to the rams, right out of the gate in the battle of the unbeatens. tyler murray had two touchdowns and the run game produced 216 yards on the ground. the cardinals flying high in los angeles, 37-20 in the saints's first game at the metrodome, they win in overtime big blue stands tall 27-21 the chiefs bounced back. patrick mahomes thre and kansas city beats the eaglen

laying out for the touchdown the ravens put up 23 unanswered and they knock the broncos from the ranks of the unbeatens, 23-7 with the broncos, rams, and panthers losing, only two undefeated teams remain in the nfl. the raiders put their 3-0 mark on the line tonight against the charge es. now to the mlb the playoffs are setten the yankees can clinched the final a.l. wild card spot in dramatic fashion with aaron judge's single driving in the game-running one they will take on the red sox in the wild card game the winner faces the rays on thursday and the 106-win dodgers will host the cardinals the winner of that heads to san francisco on friday. just so much to watch this weekend. i couldn't even get it all in. i did try, though.

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>> officials have yet to identify a cause of death. the statue of george floyd has been vandalized again in new york city. a tribute to the late congressman john lewis, breonna taylor and floyd had been unveiled on thursday and by sunday morning, that bronze bust of floyd was splattered with paint. it was also vandalized in brooklyn for juneteenth. the coach for one of the teams in the national women's soccer league is out of a job this morning paul riley, who has coached for the north carolina courage and other teams was fired after a dozen women told the athletic he was verbally abusive there were also allegations of sexual coercion. following the bombshell report, the league postpone all upcoming matches. two players spoke to nbc news about the culture of the league.

>> we need more structure, standards, policies, background checks we need to be treated with basic human rights >> this obviously is affecting you deeply why are you so emotional >> what are we saying to young players, 12 or 13 years old, about what we are going to allow to happen to our athletes? >> paul riley has denied all allegations saying i've never had sex with or made sexual advances towards the players the national women's soccer league did not respond to our request for comment. former president trump is fighting to tweet again. he filed a suit on friday asking a judge to force twitter to reinstate his account. he argued that not granting the injunction would cause him and his followers frommer repairable harm a couple of california found

a sparkly surprise they were searching for about an hour when they stumbled across the 4.4 carat rock the largest diamond found in the park this past year. more than 75,000 diamonds have been found there since

california in crisis a massive oil spill is covering over 13 square miles ascleanup crews work franticly to contain the spread and protect beaches flames from a moving passenger jet. a new supreme court session is about to take shape and america may never be the same. >> the racial divide