developing overnight from bomb cyclone to nor'easter, mother nature delivering a wicked weather wallop from coast to coast this morning. we have got you covered. kids and covid vaccines. official government approval may be imminent but almost 70% of parents say not so fast to putting the needle into their kids facebook under fire. nbc news has sifted through thousands of leaked internal documents given to the government and the s.e.c we will tell you what we found our emilie ikeda takes us inside the supply chain crisis into the heart of the matter

truckers and the need for thousands more. and as we approach veterans day, a tribute to an unknown soldier who became a symbol for so many. it's tuesday, october 26th "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> glad you are with us. i'm frances rivera we begin with a coast-to-coast severe weather. a nor'easter is beginning to batter the east coast. and the west is still reeling from a bomb cyclone. some areas of california seeing historic amounts of rainfall which has triggered landslides the heavy rain and high winds extended into washington state for more on the conditions there, we are joined by reporter ted land with our king 5 affiliate. ted, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances and phillip. this latest burst of bad weather toppled trees and power lines all across western washington state. take a look at what happened here in the city of bellevue a giant tree fell onto a road, crushing that car.

fortunately, the driver was able to walk away police say they had minor injuries it did take crews hours to clear that tree from the road and get traffic moving again this is a serious problem here during these storms. two people died on sunday when a falling tree crushed their car elsewhere in the region, thousands of customers remained without electricity on monday night and power crews worked into early tuesday to try to get the lights back on but they have a lot of ground to cover, and there is a lot of damage to clean up so, it could be late into tuesday before everybody gets the power back on. meanwhile, a lot of customers will be waking up finding a lot of damage in their yards and it'll take several days to clean up after this massive storm. that is the latest from here in the seattle region you will send it back to you. >> what an ordeal. ted, thank you. investors are still finding plenty to like about facebook even with the social media giant mired in a new controversy shares rallied 2% overnight

after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings wall street shrugged off yesterday's trove of internal documents released, which shed light on facebook's role in everything from the capitol riot to the spread of hate speech our jay gray has the story >> reporter: there is growing concern and evidence some say that social media giant facebook prioritizes growth and profits over users' safety, and as a result, continues to promote dangerous, divisive content and misinformation >> the current system is biased towards bad actors and biased towards people who pushed people to the extremes. >> reporter: facebook employee turned whistle-blower, frances haugen, answering questions from members of parliament in london. just weeks after her testimony on capitol hill. urging lawmakers to investigate and, when necessary, regulate the company. >> i think it's a question of facebook's willingness to act to protect people >> reporter: her mistrust, leading haugen to provide thousands of internal documents

and research to congress the securities and exchange commission and a consortium of media outlets including nbc news the series of reports from that group based on the information now calling into question facebook's actions leading up to the january 6th attack on the capitol and how the company has dealt with misleading posts about covid-19 and vaccines. >> we are not perfect at that. but we are investing billions of dollars, and we have more than 40,000 people across the company who are working on safety and security >> reporter: the process now being questioned by governments, journalists, and users around the world. jay gray, nbc news if you were an unvaccinated law enforcement official or if you prefer not to make your covid-19 vaccination status known, florida governor ron desantis wants to recruit you to work in his state. he made the comments during an interview on fox news. the republican said he plans to hopefully sign legislation that gives a bonus to any out of

state law enforcement officer who relocates to florida in the state's next legislative session. that bonus could be at least $5,000. >> his proposal comes as new york city workers took to the streets to protest the city's vaccination mandate. the march, which shut down traffic on a bridge into manhattan, was billed as an anti-mandate protest on behalf of nearly 50,000 new york city employees who have yet to be vaccinated unvaccinated city workers have until friday to get their first covid vaccination or they won't get paid the rally comes as the ap reports the u.s. is now averaging about 73,000 new covid cases per day which is a dramatic drop from the 173,000 cases per day recorded back in september. the outlet also found that covid deaths are running at about 1,700 per day which is up from two weeks ago. and today, the fda is expected to meet to discuss pfizer's covid vaccine for kids. for more on this, we turn to nbc's chris pollone live in

washington, d.c. chris, good morning. >> today, an fda advisory panel takes up pfizer's application for emergency use of its covid-19 vaccine in children between the ages of 5 and 11 the drugmaker says its vaccine is safe and more than 90% effective in children that age pfizer is preparing to send millions of doses to pediatricians, school districts, and pharmacies children will need two shots about three weeks apart. each dose is one-third of an adult dose if approved by the fda this week, the cdc will take up the application next tuesday and wednesday, meaning children over 5 could be getting vaccinated by late-next week if the cdc director signs off but it's unclear whether parents will be lining up to get their kids vaccinated. a recent kaiser family foundation poll showed only 30% of parents plan to get their children vaccinated right away as pfizer prepares to ship doses of vaccines for young children, moderna has announced that in preliminary data, its vaccine has shown robust immune response

for children of that same age group with only mild or moderate side effects, phillip. >> very important update, chris, thank you. new details in the shooting involving actor alec baldwin the film's assistant director dave halls who handed baldwin the gun that killed the cinematographer and injured the director was fired from a previous production in 2019. this was for the film "freedom's path" where a crew member was injured in an accidental discharge. yesterday, investigators collected bags of evidence, including firearms and ammunition meanwhile, hilaria baldwin breaks her silence posting on instagram, my heart is with halyna, her husband, her son, their family, and with alec. it is impossible to express the shock and heartache of such a tragic accident. just a few days ago, the actor met with hutchins' husband and son in santa fe. breaking overnight shoppers and mall employees in shock after a shooting at the boise town square mall in idaho. two people were killed and five injured including a police

officer. according to police, the incident involved a single shooting suspect >> shortly after responding on scene, officers encountered an individual matching the suspect's description and there was exchange of gunfire that ensued shortly thereafter, resulting in the officer's injury as well as a suspect being taken into custody >> authorities are still investigating a motive the mall is expected to remain closed today greenhouse gas levels in 2020 hit a new high, despite last year's covid-19 lockdown. a report by the u.n. world meteorological organization has found that greenhouse gas levels hit a ten-year high in 2020. rising to 413.2 parts per million. the wmo secretary general said the world is, quote, way off track in capping rising temperatures the data comes ahead of next week's international climate meeting in glasgow, scotland and an extremely busy weather day now with a

nor'easter hitting as we speak in the east and wicked weather out west nbc meteorologistjanessa webb is tracking it all janessa, good morning. >> good morning. first, i do want to start with the west coast that pineapple express, it's starting to come to an end but, man, the bay just hasn't seen rainfall like this. it rained for nearly eight hours in that area and now, that storm system is causing some heavy snow cause salt lake. that will continue throughout the afternoon, and then it will start to die down. now, the nor'easter on the other coast. you can see, widespread rain starting to make its way in from philadelphia new york city, all the way into the boston area. the problem is, is that this system will slow down, and it's going to allow prolonged moisture in this area across southern new england all the way into the jersey area so right now, we do have a slight risk for a flash flood threat the problem is that you are going to see rainfall rates an inch per hour in some spots. that could total up to 3 to

5 inches in most areas and that continues all the way into your wednesday. also, another topic i haven't talked about is the winds. for the next about 36 hours, that's going to be a major problem with this moisture surging in we could potentially see hurricane-force winds in some r today. temperatures even heating up with severe-weather threat across the southern plains so these two areas but we do have a seksz of the country under severe weather we will talk about that coming up. >> we will talk to you then, janessa, thank you. the saints and seahawks battling it out in seattle on monday night football. seattle started the game on the ground, until gino smith aired it out to dk metcalf shaking off the defenders and took it all

the way to the house 84 yards for the game's first score. and then, just before the half, the saints return this fumble into a miracle james winston regrouping finding alvin kamara for the touchdown new orleans would kick a late field goal to escape seattle with a low scoring win, 13-10. "early today" is back in one minute with why a trove of documents on the jfk assassination will stay secret for another year. and comedian dave chapelle says he's ready to sit down with trans netflix employees but only on his terms ly on his terms odors? they also trap bacteria. better get new febreze fabric antimicrobial. its water-based formula penetrates fabrics to kill 99.9% of bacteria and it eliminates odors. spray it on your furniture, your rugs, your clothes - wherever bacteria and odors hide. you can even sanitize your car seats! for a deeper clean and a freshness you'll love... try new febreze fabric antimicrobial.

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you have not watched my special from beginning to end. you must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing >> chapelle went on to say his issue is about corporate interest, not the lgbtq community. the fbi released updated data on anti-asian hate crimes the newly corrected numbers show hate crimes increased more than 73% in 2020. the fbi reported 279 hate crimes against asians in 2020, compared to 161 in 2019 and white people made up more than 55% of offenders across the board. the data was reposted after an error was found in ohio's reporting system secret documents about the 1963 assassination of president john f. kennedy were due to be released today but the biden administration has delayed that publication until at least december 15th the white house says that the national archives needs more time to review the classified material, and that the pandemic

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do you have parked here because there is not a driver to fill it in. >> we have 910 tractors, total, in our fleet and today, we are sitting as of this morning we were 47 open >> reporter: and ceo john stomp says his worker rows are minor compared to some of his competitors. the industry short a record 80,000 drivers according to the american trucking associations, further aggravating the nation's troubled supply chain just ahead of the holiday season. trucks in the u.s. haul 12 billion tons of freight a year >> everything you eat comes from a truck and it takes a driver in this truck to get it there >> reporter: but where there is need, there is opportunity and the face of trucking is changing. >> this basically controls the brakes of the trailer. >> reporter: more minorities and women like alicia hudson are getting behind the wheel at the dse training academy in jackson. >> females are taking over >> reporter: 7% of drivers in the u.s. now women a new high hauling up to 80,000 pounds can

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welcome back the house has passed a bill to award the congressional gold medal to the 13 u.s. service members who were killed in a bomb blast outside the kabul airport in august. the medal has been given out less than 200 times throughout history. the bill was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of more than 300 lawmakers. the legislation says the troops went above and beyond the call of duty to protect u.s. citizens and our allies that bill now goes to the senate honoring a soldier we never knew who became a symbol for so many others a century ago. aaron gilchrist is in france with those who serve

>> reporter: it's a powerful celebration 100 years in the making. >> that's once-in-a-lifetime experience for tomb guards this is where we have to be on the centennial >> reporter: leading former guards of arlington's tomb of the unknown soldier to transfor the 100th anniversary of this. the selection of an american world war i soldier killed in france, representing thousands who never came home. a soldier returned to the u.s., and buried at arlington on what we now call veterans day. >> it's something that touches your life forever. >> reporter: this pilgrimage, an emotional experience for will king, a korean war vet and former tomb guard. >> when i get here, i look around and at the -- the scale of the war, world war i, it just -- i can't get my brain around it. >> reporter: there are tens of thousands of american soldiers from world war i buried all over europe but this journey was intended to honor one soldier who represents all of the unknowns.

the small city is where the unknown's selection took place and where a request for a simple wreath laying became this. french soldiers, alongside american service members, a casket draped with an american flag a flashback in living color in vivid tribute. and now, as they did then, the french coming out in droves. >> i want to -- to show to american people that we -- we don't forget this event. we want to thank them. >> reporter: remembering our history, a shared story of sacrifice and victory. aaron gilchrist, nbc news, france >> moment in history, so many years ago. decades ago. 100 years ago now, that is so, so vital for all of us to remember and honor. >> yeah, i went to the arlington national cemetery. it's chilling, it's humbling i never knew that part of the back story, though fascinating. >> thanks so much for starting your moneyor morning with us

i'm frances rivera. >> and i am phillip mena before we go, i want to tell you about what is coming up on the "today" show chrissy teigen will hit down with hoda for a live interview she is talking about her challenging year, which included her miscarriage and allegations of cyberbullying have a great tuesday we hope to see you right back we hope to see you right back here tomorw.ro your doctor gives you a prescription. let's get you on some antibiotics right away. you could have it brought right to your door, with 1-to-2 day delivery from your local cvs. or same day if you need it sooner.

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