♪ ♪ it is monday, november 1st air travelers had another weekend of chaos more than 1,000 flights impacted as american airlines becomes the latest to blame tight staffing and weather for their troubles joe biden riding a wave of low poll numb sboers scotland for a major u.s. client summit with his credibility on the line multiple shootings over the halloween holiday in illinois and texas. >> there are incidental accidents on film sets from time

to time. but nothing like this. we were a very, very, you know, well-oiled crew, shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened >> speaking out for the first time since the fatal movie shooting, alec baldwin describes the scene and what he's allowed to reveal. the houston astros managed to survive to play another world series game against the dominating atlanta braves. plus, we'll take you to the halloween house that lights up a community while helping those in need let's get started. "early today" starts right now good morning >> we begin with a travel nightmare this halloween weekend. american airlines delayed or canceled more than 1700 flights. the carrier is blaming it on bad weather and staffing shortages, but the chaos could be a sign of what's to come as we enter the busy holiday season. >> reporter: american airlines

in the midst oh of a travel meltdown this weekend. >> delayed and then they said it was the original time, then they canceled it. >> very aggravating. >> reporter: from dallas to miami and beyond long lines snaking through terminals, passengers waiting for hours to rebook. the frustrations growing by the second >> they said choose another night but there's no other flights until monday or tuesday. i have to work monday. >> flying is stressful chld and with canceled flights, it's more stressful. >> reporter: howard jackson describing the chaos >> i saw maybe two customer service agents trying to support all of these passengers that were waiting in line >> reporter: american airlines canceled close to 2,000 flights this weekend alone 33% of its normal daily flights canceled sunday. how bad is it? >> this weekend is bad >> reporter: the problem started with high winds in dallas, closing down runways and limiting operations at the

airline's maybe hub. american airlines saying -- >> if there's any bit of bad weather, it will be a domino effect and their operations are just not running well right now >> reporter: this comes on the heels of southwest airlines' own travel chaos three weeks ago, resulting in 2,000 flights canceled while airlines beef up staffing, travel expects say plan for extra travel time. >> be prepared i was very anxious, but i'm grateful we're getting into our state tomorrow >> reporter: it could be time before things are back to normal the airline has canceled more than 100 flights for monday. as joe biden prepares for another summit overseas, his approval numbers a new poll finds that 42% of adults say they approve of the

president's job. that's a decline of seven points since august as the g20 summit in rome wraps up, world leaders are being accused of lacking ambition on cli mmate action. molly hunter joins us from glasgow. morning. were there any signs of progress from the g20 leaders >> reporter: yeah, i mean, we heard a lot of talk over the weekend. we saw all the g20 leaders come out talking about climate change as it related to all other policy issues and greasing the wheels for cop26 which is happening here they offered a lot of encouragement, no concrete commitments. the cop26 comes six years after paris. it was supposed to happen last year, but the pandemic pushed it to this year in the last six years, signatories, almost 200 countries, were supposed to go back to their capitals and come up with ambitious plans to reach

the goals that were laid out in paris. joe biden went back to the u.s., of course. he came up with a vert a plwod half u.s. emissions by 2030 to reach that net zero goal by 2050 the problem for everybody, the world cannot reach these goals without china and president xi jinping will not be in glasgow >> not only russia and china basically didn't show up in terms of commitments to deal with climate change. and there's a reason why people should be disappointed in that i -- i found it disappointing myself but what we did do, we passed a number of things here to end the su subsidizing of coal, we made commitments across the board, all of us. >> reporter: to be clear, it's not just russia and china that

haven't met their commitments. joe biden arrives here in glasgow today before he speaks later today. and we'll be listening >> molly hunter for us thank you. new york city's covid vaccine mandate goes into effect today. more than 2,000 new york firefighters have called out sick in the past week in a large-scale protest against the mandate. municipal workers who haven't gotten at least one shot or filed for a religious exemption will be placed on unpaid leave meanwhile, the white house press secretary jen psaki announcing she has contracted a breakthrough case of covid-19 after members of her household tested positive. she's been working from home and quarantining with her family she tested negative from wednesday till sunday and says her symptoms are mild. the cpress secretary will retur to work after quarantining

in texas, a suspected gunman has been arrested after shooting up a halloween party just east of dallas. police say a man opened fire on a crowd of nearly 200 people one person was killed and nine others injured a motive is still under investigation. in illinois, two people killed and a dozen injured two gunmen opened fire on more than 200 people at a party there. a deputy was nearby, and when he arrived, he said he saw more than 100 people running down the street three people are dead after an amtrak train collided with a car in south carolina. officials say none of the crew or nearly 500 passengers were hurt, but three of the passengers in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene while a fourth was taken to the hospital the train was able to make an emergency stop after the collision. police are investigating the cause of the crash actor alec baldwin has broken his silence, delivering

the first on-camera comments about the tragic shooting that claimed the life of halyna hutchins hutchins was laid to rest yesterday in a private funeral for family and close friends in los angeles. >> reporter: ten days since a cinematographer and director were shot, the man who pulled the trigger turning heads. >> this is a one in a trillion episode. >> reporter: actor and producer alec baldwin praising the "rust" film crew. >> there are incidental accidents on a film set from time to time but nothing like this we were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together. >> reporter: but others payment a different picture. a source close to the matter say some members walked out over safety concerns, including numerous misfires. the production says they were not made aware of any official complaints >> obviously, this was not a

well-oiled machine, and nobody would look at it that way. >> reporter: the lawyers representing the person in charge of weapons say hannah gutierrez-reed has no idea where the live rounds came from. and dave halls said he should have checked the gun more thoroughly before handing it to baldwin. the district attorney saying -- >> i think corners were cut on this set >> reporter: and this from the investigating sheriff. >> i think there was some complacency on this set and there are some issues that need to be addressed by the industry. >> reporter: hutchins' colleague, who held her in his arms while she was dying, wrote -- >> reporter: hutchins' death spot highing safety protocols in production, some he says he's interested in. >> what has to happen now is, we have to realize when it does go

wrong, some new measures to to take place >> reporter: his off the cuff comments come hours ahead of a private funeral for hutchins >> she was my friend she was my friend. >> reporter: his wife seen recording the entire encounter, later saying -- >> we sat down as a courtesy to talk to you. please stop following us >> reporter: experts don't think the needle is moved for a criminal case, but his comments could be used against him if he is sued. the astros played with their backs against the wall in game five, but it was the braves who struck first this grand slam made it a 4-0 ball game in the first the astros would respond, trading the lead with atlanta,

until gonzalez scored two on a blooper to left field. astros win 9-5 game six is in houston tomorrow night. to the nfl, and a tense ending to the halloween night game in minnesota. curt cousins got the veh viking the board first with this toss here the cowboys were out dak prescott but cooper rush stepped up in the second half, he finds wilson for the 73-yard score minnesota took the lead with 3:00 to go, but rush quickly got dallas into the end zone with under a minute left. the cowboys win 20-16. and around the nfl, it was defenses turning up the fright for quarterbacks on this halloween. >> starting to get warmed up faking the handoff under pressure >> despite the titans' defense clamping down on carson wentz, the colts forced overtime late

in the fourth. but another wentz pick in o.t. led to the titans get thing game-winning field goal. t and tom brady lit up new orleans with a quartet of touchdown passes, but he did throw two picks. the last one cost the bucs the game the saints win it at home 36-27. and mike white showed up and showed out for the first jets game as a starter in his career. white threw two touchdowns to give new york the lead in the fourth a controversial personal foul on the bengals sealed the comeback. the jets fly high, 34-31 winners. that puts white among the eight top performers and the 49ers' offense stood out in their win over the bears. >> let's turn to weather you hear him laughing back there, clapping, rubbing his hands in excitement.

bill cairns is in with us for janessa. good to see you. >> i love my mike white jersey i don't know if they make them, but when they do make them, i want one let's get into this forecast october was like this, historically warm month. now it's back to reality for a lot of people. temperatures feel cool and chilly we have two storms on the map, we have one coming out to the west coast snow and rain for our friends in nebraska here's our week ahead forecast east coast, very enjoyable wear the jacket in the morning we head towards the middle of the week, new storm develops in texas and oklahoma notice we didn't talk severe weather or anything that's going to be bad. so all your travele of the chils

week, highs in the low 40s if anyone could find that jersey it would be phillip, by the way. >> i'll be looking for it. they're going to be hard to come by these days. thanks, bill and congrats again coming up, jury selection will begin in the kyle rittenhouse homicide trial >> and an attacker dressed like joker injured over a dozen

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halloween helped light thed. kate snow has this story good morning, kate >> reporter: this is a story about lighting the way for those in need. and a young tech whiz giving his neighborhood a dazzling way to celebrate halloween, generously giving his time to help others as darkness closes in on south tampa, florida -- ♪ ♪ an epic halloween light show

comes alive. [ applause ] enriching. >> i did not expect this it's cool. >> reporter: bedazzling. and casting a spooky spell >> this is really fun. >> reporter: more than 16,000 l.e.d. flights that can be programmed to be any color and match the music. the mastermind behind it all, 22-year-old sam johnson, who started out with a small light show in hi cafeteria, then started lighting up the family home a few years back, teaching himself the complex software to make each year bigger and brighter ♪ this is the monster mash ♪ >> i started planning in february and march and started setting up september 1 >> wow, it's a lot of work now, in his fourth year, sam's mission has always had a deeper meaning, too

sam, why do you do this? >> i love to see the reaction on people's faces and i love raising money for charity. >> what charity are you benefiting right now >> a charity that provides a week's worth of clothes to any child on any free lunches in the county >> reporter: so far he's raised over $11,000 for the organization clothes to kids and he'll do it all over again come christmas these special shows now a family tradition for so many, helping light the way for those in need. how does that make you feel, sam? >> it makes me feel proud and very happy and joyful. >> sam will be back with his christmas light extravaganza real soon. >> kate, thank you impressive that you can see the six months of work >> we're blown away every day by technology it's just a matter of time

>> thank you for waking up with "early today." >> coming up on the "today" show, savannah guthrie's exclusive first interview with huma abedin, long-time aid

♪ ♪ with his domestic agenda still in the hands of congress, a new nbc news poll shows joe biden's job approval at new lows this morning he's in scotland at a u.n. climate conference where his credibility is on display. >> god forbid there is a major fire or a severe car accident or if a crime takes place >> today's covid vaccination deadline for all new york city