treating the covid-19 virus in a different way? we have details on the resignation of the los angeles raiders head coach john rudin after e-mails showed racist and misogynistic comments. that's not all trying to sell top secret plans to a nuke cheer submarine

hidden in a peanut butter sandwich. a whistleblower accused of mishandling the january 6th insurrection details on the small plane crash that rocked an area of southern california. a busy news day ahead. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. that breaking news overnight, jon gruden is out as los angeles raiders head coach, resigning after he made misogynistic comments back in 2010. he sent them to former washington football team president bruce allen. this comes days after he apologized for racial comments made about nfl player executive demarre smith. >> like i says, i'm not a racist s i can't tell you how sick i

am i apologized to d. smith i feel good about what i am and what i'v my entire life. i apologiz remarks. i had no racial intentions with those remarks at all >> gruden issued a statement saying he never meant to a distraction and never meant to hurt no one. the coordinator will tack over the head coaching duties and meet with the media tomorrow they reported he sent them as an analyst at espn. in a statement, his former employer called the comments clearly repugnant. a plane crashed into a neighborhood in santaee, california,killing at least tw people the plane belonged to a cardiologist at the hospital and its colleague. a ups driver whose truck was hi

decide at the scene. >> reporter: planes and thick smoke rise as dozens of firefighters spring into action. it happened monday afternoon in santee, california a company was flying to san diego when it started to have issues the pilot tried to land at gillespie field airport. but soon after crashed into a ups truck into the neighborhood. >> it's mind-boggling. it's a war zone. it's not even a house. >> reporter: witnesses say they could hear the plane as it got closer. >> it started to be so loud. i knew that was not right. before i could react it to, it hit. >> reporter: at least two homes were destroyed and two people were transported to the hospital the crash so graphic, fire officials called it a brutal scene. >> wedo have multiple confirme fatalities we do not know exactly how many. we believe that injuries are

non-survivable for anyone on that plane. >> some emotional from what happened say this is not out of the ordinary. >> it's terrifying in this happened pretty quickly with gillespie field right here. >> a community grieving over an unexpected loss. >> to lose your home and beloved pet is too much. >> for us to pick up the pieces and search for answers, gabrielle jackson, nbc news. >> there are explosive new allegations this morning about the january 6th attack on the capitol. a whistleblower is blasting the xom capitol police leadership. halle jackson has that story. >> reporter: new fallout from an explosive letter win by a police officer, describing top officials as responsible for the single greatest intelligence failure in the history of the u.s. capitol bliss calling out senior leaders specifically, quote, what i observed was them mostly sitting there blankly

looking at the tv screens showing real time foot only of others he says the two leaders were focused on the evacuation of congressional leadership pittman with lester in about the well-being of th reporter: capi although there is more work to do many of the problems described in the letter have been addressed and they're committing from prior mistakes. >> it's always more we need to see an aggressive bipartisan permission pursue the ground truth of what happened that day. >> it comes's the former president rallying in iowa, hints at another run. >> we're using the same slogan, make america great again. >> reporter: and clings tow the lie that triggered the insurrection, the election was stolen even though it was not especially never conceded. 97. >> reporter: state after state where the election was close, conducted a vote

they were demonstrating his dodge. >> would you sa i the election was stole season. >> what i said is there were states that didn't follow their legisl legislative rules. >> do you think it was not stole season. >> they did not follow rules that the state says they were to follow >> say they the duty of the stolen election are not true >> thanks to halle jackson for that report. here's a spy story straight out of a hollywood script. a naval engineer and his wife are accused of selling secrets to a foreign agent, even hiked them in a peanut butter sandwich nbc's stephanie gosk is on the trail. >> reporter: this criminal complaint read like a spy thriller but it actually happened and the consequences could not more

serious. if u.s. navy's virginia class submarine can stay submerged for months and attack fast using highly classified technology they say jonathan tevie att attempted to sell its secrets to an unidentifiedable country. an fbi agent obtained his package. on saturday the 42-year-old and his wife were arrested their neighbors in maryland left stunned. >> wow, it's pretty incredible like out of a movie. >> everybody talks to everybody. except, nobody's ever talked to that family. >> reporter: he was directly involved in name nuclear propulsion, according to court documents, he made multiple drops of restricted information, believing he was selling it to a foreign spy, when, in fact, he was an under cover fbi agency. one was an ad card stashed inside half a peanut butter

sandwich his wife was in on the plan and acted at times as a lookout. he claimed he had a cache of information, including thousands of pages and schematics slowly collected over several years he proposed selling 51 installments for 5 million in crypto currency, writing unwi unwittingly, my friend, we have both taken considerable risks to reach to this point, with good luck, we will soon have much to celebrate. instead, the couple are expected in federal court today they have not entered a plea, the maximum penalty is life in prison frances. >> what a story, thank you texas residents won't be mandated to roll ul their sleeves to get covid-19. late monday evening governor greg abbott prohibited any entity including private businesses from imposing covid-19 vaccination

requirements on employees or customers. >> meanwhile, california's covid-19 deaths have surpassed 70,000, making it the highest in the nation this according to data from john hopkin's university. new covid-19 deaths have seeing a dramatic drop. >> reporter: now officially seeking emergency use authorization from the fda, if fraptd, merck's first of its anti-viral pill to fight covid could be prescribed later this year saying it cuts hospitalizations and deaths in half for unvaccinated patients with early symptoms the five-day regimens costs $500 per patient. similar to tamaflu in that it's taken at home. the prescribed pill would be for adults with mild-to-moderate cases of covid at high risk for severe disease or

hospitalization. >> wow, this is excellent news, it's still 50% a lot of people that get infected will get very sick with covid-19 so it's not a miracle. >> reporter: if authorized, merck's milestone would be a game changer but not a substitute for vaccinations. the u.s. government has ordered enough pills for 1.7 million americans but 67 million who are eligible have yet to be vaccinated still, there are signs of progress on the front lines him new infections are down 53%. daily deaths and hospitalizations are also dropping >> i think we really can start to spook the football as we emerge into the spring but we should stay vigilant until then, continuing with the precautions we have, so we do not have any risks with the fifth surge. >> reporter: amid more signs of normalcy like the boston marathon, authorities have also said, it's safe for most children to trick or treat this

halloween. more stems forward in a pandemic that has offered so many set backs. on thursday and friday the fda's advisory panel will meet to discuss boosters from moderna and johnson&johnson, last month, seniors at higher risk were fully vaccinated qualified for their boosters frances? miguel, thank you. let's get an early check of your weather on this tuesday with nbc meteorologist janessa webb good morning >> hi, good morning, you know how we have multiple symptoms impacting the west coast and then the southern plains today, high impact weather day with severe weather really going to be rolling through the southern plains area this afternoon 5 million people at risk and it's the hail that's going to be a problem. tomorrow when i see you, we will be talking about baseball-size hail and few tornado, so make

sure you're a weather alert. the flooding will be an issue. right now, flash flood watches are not in place going into this morning, i do expect them to go into a place for dallas and kansas city, where you can pick up 3 inches of rain, at least 15 incheof s sn the cooler air side across the upper mid-west, casper 35. we have our first freeze warnings of the season i'll talk about that coming up >> mark it down okay 12th. all right. thank you. it is still halloween. you know, getting into the halloween spirit krispy kreme announced they are changing their name for the holiday rebranding it crispy

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with the covid-19 pandemic has brought on challenges for the carolina community one student reportedly took her own life in her residence hall. >> it hits me, it's hitting me. >> reporter: they are announcing a wellness day to address mental health in the letter, he says, quote, we are in the middle of a mental health crisis. we are aware that college-age students carry an increased risk of suicide >> we almost had a second pandemic on our hands with mental health and suicide. >> reporter: it's a responder for peir2peir. they offer one-on-one calls. she seen an uptick in school in the past two weeks. >> seniors trying to get jobs, freshmen trying to getted a judd in the fall, it's a lot for everyone. >> reporter: they want to see

longer efforts of addressing mental health. >> the school is trying. we see it is failing and it needs so much more input and help >> thanks to aaron thomas for that report a reminder, if you or anyone you know is in distress, you can call the lifeline, 1-800-273-8255 the sesame workshop is doing something different to connect children with autism and their families they feature a 4-year-old puppet who learns to overcome her fears by drawing them. this was drawn by a team of artists. sesame partnered with the exceptional mind studio which helps them prepare for careers in animation lego plan to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after research found girls were held back by those stereotypes.

it hasn't specified what was modified the company says they want to make the products more inclusive so that children's ambitions are not limited by gender. when you say it's happening with legos him some say it should happen with other toys, clothing, too. >> thanks for starting your

right now at 4:30, the wind remains the top concern as a red flag warning remains a concern across the bay area. we're going to win. >> yes, we are. celebrations continues with the giants beating the dodgers. the team one step closer to eliminating l.a. highlights of fan reaction straight ahead. this is "today in the bay."

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