this morning, we remember a giant in american history, the first black secretary of state, a former national security adviser, a former chairman of the joint chiefs and an ad advisor to five u.s. presidents, an educator and so much more general colin powell died from complications to covid. fda booster shots, on the verge of tens of millions. miami police chief in his first tv interview since he was

fired after six months on the job. the fbi is on the ground in haiti this morning working to find the kidnapped american missionaries and the children being held against their lmpblts plus the community rallying against striking neighbors on the picket line with the uaw it's tuesday, october 19th "early today" starts right now >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. colin powell's family says he died at age 84 from covidance cancer here's nbc news' andrea mitchell. >> reporter: he was the first black chairman of the joint chiefs, leading the charge desert storm. >> our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple, first, we will cut it off. then we will kill it. >> reporter: colin powell who started as an infantryman of two

tours in vietnam instantly became a household name, secretary of state, succumbing to covid, he was fully vaccinated aand suffered from colon cancer and parkinsons. >> you where in the book how wrenching the decision was >> i had to think about it it was expected of me, i'm a soldier. but after a few weeks of it, i realize, this is just not me this is not what i can do. >> reporter: his move of bar, if you break it, you open it, led him to privately oppose the iraq war. we were with him in afghanistan in 2002. >> what is it going to take to put the country back together? >> it's going to take the effort of the international community. >> reporter: making the case to the u.n. that saddam hussein had

weapons of destruction no weapons were ever found,en episode he said he deeply r regretted. in 2008, he broke from the republican party >> the correct answer is he is not a muslim, he's a christian the really right answer is, what if he is is there something wrong with being a muslim in this country the answer is no that's not america. >> reporter: tributes from around the world, including president biden. >> not only a dear friend and a patriot, one of our great military men with overwhelming decency. >> reporter: though he often stayed out of the spotlight, one exception two years ago. >> when i walked up to him, i said, you're general colin powell he said, yes, i am. >> i knew he was one of me, one of my guys. >> reporter: a military veteran, an amputee pulling over to help him physical it. he says, thanks, an thoip, you

tou anthony, you reminded me of what this country is about. let's stop screaming at each other. he says mrs. powell is home recovering from covid and subpoena not hospitalized. he is being recognized for his foreign achievements and legacy at a college in new york which recognizes so many immigration and people like him. >> overall, an extraordinary life, thank you. the fda could soon make a game-changing announcement regarding covid-19 boosters. according to "new york times" report, the fda is planning on giving the green light on boosters this would allow americans to get a different booster than the one they initially received. the paper sources people familiar with the planning no word yet on when a formal announcement is expected meanwhile, new data revealed

scams linked to the pandemic have cost americans $586 million since the beginning of 2020. americans filed more than 269,000 fraud complaints with the typical victim losing 292 in a range of scheme, charging online shoppers, travelers and others the data comes as three figures in the sports world are on the side lines over covid-19 vaccination mandates, the head football coach has been fired after the school says he refused to comply with the state's covid mandate. he was the highest paid public employee in the state of washington with a salary of $3.1 million. the nhl suspend evander kane from the games for having a fake vaccination card he made a statement and says he made mistake allison williams says she is leaving the network over the covid mandate. she joined espn in 2011.

a company representative said they would not except on an individual the fbi has joined the urgent effort to find a group of missionaries, 16 of which were kidnapped in haiti the gang is known as the 400 milago sam brock has the details. >> reporter: philip, good morning, it's one of the post-dangerous places on the planet this morning, we're learning about the federal government sending multiple teams to haiti trying to find the 17 missionaries still missing they demand the u.s. do more to stop escalating violence in that country. 48 hours after the start of an international crisis and one day after an fbi team touched down in haiti, still answers whether the 17 people will be rescued and how. part of that effort, a state department team now also on the ground the ohio-based christian aitd

ministries says 16 american%, five of whom are children. on the streets of port-au-prince and miami pleas for help for those living in violence >> you can't find food because if you get it, they will kidnap you. >> reporter: immigrants right protesters lying on pavement, demanding an end to haitian deportations, after an earthquake, presidential assassinations forced men to flee. >> reporter: are you worried they will not survive another week, month, a year in haiti >> every day you live in haiti, every single day, you will live in haiti, you are lucky. >> reporter: the wave of kidnappings appears to be skyrocketing a. u.n. report identifies 330 kidnappings in the first of the year. research points to much larger figures can 600-plus kidnappings

through september including a three-fold increase in three months the florida immigrant coalition was born an raised in haiti. >> it is like living in a war zone, you don't know when you will get shot at or kidnapped. >> reporter: he run this is hospital where it is believed armed gangs control the city he has to negotiate for oxygen tanks for covid-19 people. >> you can have 40 dead people in a matter of hours, if you don't succeed. and it is very complex to go through a gang to get the oxygen. >> reporter: as far as the gang that carried out this kidnapping, officials say it's the same one that kidnapped five priests and two nuns months ago, known for hijacking cars and snatching people off buses taking brutality in an already lawless country to new levels. philip, back to you. >> president trump is suing the

house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection as well as the national archives. his lawyers are fighting the handover of documents wanted as a part of the investigation into the capitol riots. they claim executive privilege, meanwhile, the committee will vote on whether to recommend charges against steve bannon bannon, too, argued for executive privilege in the case. former president trump appeared in a videotaped deception e deposition this week to answer questions in one of ten civil lawsuits the suit was brought against him by protesters who say they were assaulted by trump's security guards in 2015 the demonstrators were protesting the outside trump tower over comments he made about mexican immigrants during his presidential campaign. in a statement released after the deposition, trump said, in part, the plaintiffs have no one to blame but themselves and went on to say they renter went on to rile up a crowd.

one of the outspoken advocates for police reform was fired in miami the police chief was terminated by city leaders after only six months on the job. >> now he is speaking out. gaby joins with us the exclusive interview. good morning. >> reporter: philip, good morning. this is art acevedo's exclusive interview since his firing last week he had built a national profile advocating for police reform then things took a turn. he calls the situation an imbarrasment miami's mayor once called him the michael jordan of police chiefs, but he is out of a job after city commissioners fired him six months into his tenure >> an embarrassing episode in a 25-year career. >> reporter: he claims he was punished for interferinterferin. he says he lost the rank and

time, threatened suspension of unvaccinated officers and said the force was run by the cuban mafia. do you regret saying that? >> yes because it was used for political gain by some, but also i do believe that members of the exile committee saw them, a part, that it was hurtful to them. >> reporter: acevedo had become a national advocate for police reform after leading departments in california, austin and houston. he drew intense criticism there after a botched drug raid. let me list a couple of adjectives that people have used to describe you. outspoken. >> yes. >> brash >> can be, yes >> grandstander? >> i would say i use the bully pulpit these things bring, yes >> what is yourbiggest regret during our tenure here >> not doing my homework before agreeing to come here.

>> he hopes to do public service growing emotional when asked about his father. >> i'm not a quitter my mom and dad didn't bring us here to quit i don't plan on quitting. >> reporter: the depart in the last two years unusually high turnover among top cops nationwide philip. >> gabe, thank you a potentially quiet day weather wise, let's bring in janessa webb to see if that's going to change or trick i stick around good morning >> hi, good morning, across the east coast, cool, a different weather story for our west coast friends. we are talking about a foot of snow for wyoming so they have altogether a skip fall and now into winter very quickly. reduced visibilities i do expect these winter storm warnings put in place across that area to transition to blizzard warnings this afternoon. that's storm number one. we do have a series of storms that will enter the gulf of

alaska and sweep across the west coast. this will provide wet weather from seattle down to san francisco. it will collide with some cooler air. that will allow for some snowfall across the cascades fot southwest. phoenix 80 degrees so fall kind of transitioning to some warm and cold air we'll take a look at temperatures coming up. >> all right talk to you soon, thanks up next, standing in solidarity, the netflix star speaking out against transphobia. >> the disappearance of a georgia mother and desperate plea to help find her.

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fight. the iowa illinois border, businesses are showing support for workers that walked off the job. >> reporter: you see these signs on windows showing support to united auto workers. >> we felt we feed to help out a little bit so we told them we were going to support them a lot of these union workers supported me throughout the years. so we get to give back a little bit and support them. >> reporter: the pub giving away free pull pork sandwiches to john deere employees on strike right next door, legend's corner is offering a discount on burgers and beer >> being born and raised in the squad cities, you learn to be a caring person, help out whoever you can. >> reporter: he says he is grateful and supported local businesses during a difficult time of the poke. >> they did it sim mr. i to make sure we would stay in business

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