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belonging to brian laundrie. these items were found in an area that up until recently have been under water >> reporter: the 23-year-old is wanted for the disappearance of his fiancee and debit card fraud charges. he has been on the run for nearly a month after parents say he went hiking in september and never returned. >> you can't keep chocolate in utah. >> reporter: laundrie and petito were on a cross-country road trip, when laundrie returned without her in early september she was later found dead with an autopsy revealing she was strangled. the laundrie family attorney said in a statement, his parents went to the park this morning to search for brian, writing after a brief search off a trail he frequented, some articles ur evs on the s longing to brian were found. >> our evidence response team is on the scene using all available forensic resources to process the area. >> reporter: the last confirmed sighting of petito was august 27 two weeks after the moab police

stopped petito and laundrie after bystanders reported domestic violence. no charges for to find laundrieg with more questions th petito's disappearance and death spawning national attention in a race to find laundrie, leaving us with more questions than answers. >> thank you young children will likely be next in line to get vaccinated against covid-19. the fda and cdc are expected to approve pfizer's covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 in weeks. and the wlous white house is already preparing with a plan to begin vaccinating 28 million children in a age range. thousands of local pharmacies, schools, pediatric and primary care providers will be prepared to distribute the first shots as soon as early november dr. anthony fauci says he hopes parents and family members are enthusiastic about this news >> identity era of delta,

children get infected as readily as adults. and they transmit the information as readily as adults do >> if you are a parent under the age of five, vaccine trials aref expected by the end of this year. nuary >> the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection recommended criminal prosecution after the former adviser for the president refused to cooperate if the full house recommends contempt charges today, the matter will go to the justice department attorney general merrick garland must then decide if a case will be presented to a grand jury. president biden will take his economic pitch before the nation today he will answer questions directly about his massive spending plan at a cnn town haln in baltimore back on capitol hill he's scaling back some of his key proposals to win support within

his own party. here is mike memoli. >> reporter: in 2018, candidate bind came to the scrantop area to layout his build back better economy. as agenda as president he came back to push it over the finish line wednesday was the first time he returned to his hometown since taking office in january he says this northeast pennsylvania town was home not because of the memories, but because of the values he learned here this stop was an effort to turn the focus away from washington and his plans nearly $2 trillion price tag to instead focus on the benefits this would bring for the middle class he said america's global competitiveness in child care and green energy initiatives, in road, railways, and bridges would help put america's economy back on track. biden will continue to make his case to the country on thursday in a primetime televised town hall biden acknowledging yes there is skepticism about whether he can get this deal over the finish

line, but he said, i think we'll surprise some people nbc news scranton. it was an emotional day for families of the parkland shooting victims nicholas cruz in court now prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty. nbc news' kerry sanders is following the latest. >> reporter: frances, for the families of those who died, there will never really be closure. but nicholas cruz, the gunman, has now admitted his guilt, that he murdered 17 people. by admitting guilt it at least spares a long drawn out trial that would have been perhaps excruciating for the families listening to every detail of that horrible day. tears, hugs, anger in court. >> how do you wish to plea >> guilty. >> reporter: as the 23 year old parkland gunman admitted guilt that he murdered 17 students and staff at marjorie stoneman

douglas high school. the deadliest high school shooting ago >> reporter: three years ago, nicolas cruz randomly shot anyone he saw and some he didn't see, shooting threw walls, doors and windows. >> the defendant had with him a rifle bag that contained a ar-15 rifle. >> reporter: cruz applied no explanation and apologized >> i am sorry what i did sigh to live with it every day >> her son luke was 15 years old. >> he has no remorse he planned most those murders, 14 others, and attempted murder. he is an evil, evil young man and we hope the death penalty is the end result >> reporter: the broward county school district reached an agreement with the families, a 25 million dollar agreement. next up will be sentencing while there was no trial, because nicolas cruz has now

pled guilty, they will still have to panel a jury to hear the evidence and hear those guilty pleas and then make a n or the depth penalty. francis? >> kerry, thank you. the nfl coming to terms to end a practice that uses race as a factor in its billion dollar concussion settlement with former players this means the players with cognitive test scores won't be,s based on race. >> snow and heavy rain headed out west good morning, janessa. >> a series of fronts impacting the area

slowly but surely storm systems ramp up. we're talking about a good amount of rain and we really do need it in this area the problem is over 10-15 inches in these burn scarred areas is going to cause some massive flooding and that is what we're expecting across northern california and the coastline of oregon to seattle. now, the higher elevations into the sierra nevada, up to 18 inches of snow as this system continues to make its way al thl ry warm for the northeast. daytime highs in the mid-70s temperatures, they're all over the place. we'll check with that coming up. >> >> we'll check in, in a minute, thank you, vanessa

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more rain headed our way. the anxiety that's rising in some are recent burn areas. a northern california family were found dead on a remote hiking trail. >> and the increase of fully vaccinated people getting hospitalized with covid. this is "today in the bay."