gaza to get in humanitarian aid that is desperately needed. a devastated community tries to come to terms with sudden senseless tragedy. we will have the latest from lewiston, maine, after last week's mass shooting. as mexico comes to terms with the destruction after hurricane otis our national

climate reporter tells us about the disturbing implications of otis's unexpected appearance. labor actions across key industries pay dividends for striking workers cnbc's joumanna ber shechy joins us for the latest. and after matthew perry died suddenly saturday, we look back at the struggles and legacy of a great comic actor. it's monday, october 30th. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with the urgent international push to get more help to the civilians in gaza. an emergency meeting of the united nations security council has been called for today to call for a ceasefire so more humanitarian aid can get in. and president biden spent his sunday making calls, trying to get more assistance into the war-torn enclave nbc's brie jackson joins us now from d.c brie, good morning what do we know about the diplomatic efforts being made there from washington?

>> reporter: good morning. the white house says president biden spoke to leaders in both egypt and israel yesterday one message he gave to both is that humanitarian aid into gaza needs to be accelerated and increased significantly. the united nations says the amount making it through the egyptian crossing is not nearly enough when the president spoke to israeli prime minister netanyahu he reaffirmed that israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism but that the flow of assistance to civilians in gaza needs to happen. the white house says the two also talked about efforts to secure the release of more hostages taken by hamas and other groups israel -- israeli officials believe 239 captives are still being held in gaza a former u.s. official tells nbc news that negotiations with hamas over the hostages have stalled. the source who has knowledge of the ongoing talks says hamas is objecting to the release of

captives until israel stops cutting off the fuel supply to gaza meanwhile, the new house speaker mike johnson is trying to get more aid to israel he says the house will consider a stand-alone funding bill this week which ignores president biden's request for a much larger spending package that includes funding for ukraine johnson says the stand-alone bill for israel has bipartisan support and seems confident that it will pass >> brie jackson starting us off from washington this morning thank you. it has been just over three weeks since hamas and gaza launched a surprise large-scale invasion of southern israel. more than 1,400 people were killed in 24 hours, most of them civilians, an unprecedented horror in a country that has seen its share of atrocities since then the israeli response has caused five times as many deaths on the gaza strip, most of them civilians, too for the latest on the conflict

nbc news chief foreign correspondent keir simmons has that fresh breakdown. >> reporter: good morning. israel continues to pound the gaza strip, escalating its air and ground operation israeli defense force now says it has hit 600 targets across the gaza strip since the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced a second phase of its air and ground operation. in the south of gaza the red crescent says 44 aid trucks have crossed that border, but it says that is nothing like enough and thousands of palestinians have stormed an aid warehouse there in northern israel, israel says it has hit hezbollah targets in lebanon and a military building in syria the iranian president says that israel has crossed a number of red lines, escalating fears around the world that this conflict could spread around the

region united nations on friday voted with a majority of 120 for a ceasefire and today the security council will meet again calling for a ceasefire. there's no sign that israel is listening. guys >> keir, thank you in israel concerns are kbroeg that iranian proxies might join the fighting, opening up a new front in the war. hezbollah in lebanon has been trading rocket fire with israeli forces across the northern border ever since hamas launched the war more than three weeks ago. hezbollah's chief patron, iran, warned last week that they might send missiles to a major israeli city that saw significant damage and casualties in the war with lebanon in 2006. the u.s. has stationed two aircraft carriers off the coast to deter other force getting involved. hundreds of protests descended on a russian airport and rushed out to the landing field to protest the arrival of a flight from tel aviv people in the crowd shounted

anti-semitic remarks and tried to storm the plane israeli prime minister netanyahu's office said in part that israel expects russian law enforcement to protect the safety of all israeli citizens the airport which is predominantly in a muslim region was eventually cleared and is expected to remain closed until november 6th let's turn to lewiston, maine, where a tight-knit community is mourning the loss of 18 people after a gunman terrorized their small town. the community is holding vigils to remember the victims. one survival who had a bullet rip through her arm spoke with kathy park about how hard it has been to cope. >> what brings me back to that moment, it could be a noise or it could be just someone is talking to me and all of a sudden it just comes, it just -- the picture of that guy. >> we're learning more about robert card who was found dead on friday. law enforcement officials telling the ap that they sent out an alert last month to be on

the lookout for card after he made threats to shoot up an army reserve base patrols were increased, but card was never found. the lewiston police chief told nbc news that he was not aware of card being under the department's radar. the cleanup continues in mexico after a surprise category 5 hurricane earlier this week. otis's rapid intensification caught experts off guard and signals another challenge of hurricane prediction amid climate change chase cane has more. >> reporter: wrecked beach front hotels in acapulco, a popular resort town. local officials tried to warn people in the final hours, but there was little time to evacuate because hours before landfall forecast models showed otis being a tropical storm or weak category 1, it made landfall as a powerful category 5, the strongest hurricane ever to made landfall in the eastern pacific.

a meteorologist create this had graph showing the forecasts versus what actually happened, the dotted line. otis intensified so quickly it more than tripled the criteria of rapid intensification, when a storms winds increase 35 miles an hour over 24 hours, otis gained 115. >> this rate of rapid intensification that we're seeing is off the charts and very scary, frankly. it's a scary rate of intensification, but the problem is and my concern, myself as a hurricane specialist for nbc, is that i'm going to miss them, too. you know, the hurricane center missed it, i might miss some, because these rapid intensification cycles are happening at the drop of a hat because of the hot sea surface temperatures which are record-setting hot across the planet due of course to man made climate change >> reporter: the national

hurricane center called this a nightmare scenario imagine thinking you're facing rain and winds of 65 miles an hour, instead you get winds of 165 miles an hour, a major category 5 there is also increasing research, including one study from just last week around atlantic hurricanes that shows that this type of behavior is increasing globally as we heat up the oceans because we're burning more fossil fuels so we can expect more of this with climate change in washington i'm national climate reporter chase cane. millions of americans are waking up to frost today, freeze warnings as well nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is track that go cold front that is moving across the country. good morning, initial. >> good morning. it's a very cold start looking at temperatures well below normal, 30 degrees below what is typical for this time of year temperatures in the teens, feels like the single digits we will see winds gust to go 30 miles an hour, 40 miles an hour in some spots. waking up this morning to 78 million people impacted by freeze and frost alerts, so many

of them across the country, especially from the south central states into the northeast. freeze warnings, that is in that hot pink color and we are looking at a lot of them as we wake up on this monday morning this is why, we are looking at temperatures in the teens, 20s, 30s, wh40s. feeling like 9 in portions of the northern plains as well. feeling like 18 in minneapolis feels like 21 kansas city. it's chilly in the great lakes feeling like 30 degrees, the air temperature is 30 degrees in chicago. we have that long stretching cold front that is going to move off to the south and east by tomorrow and will bring those cooler temperatures but a big temperature divide behind this we're looking at 20s, 30s, 40s, ahead of this very harm, above average for this time of year, upper 70s, near 80 degrees in d.c. today, that will be the last day before they see the cooler weather move in tomorrow. 85 in raleigh, and the cold front moves through, it will be cooler, chilly in philly tomorrow, 54 degrees, 7 degrees

below what is typical for this time of year many 30s ands. it is cold in the northern plains, portions of the central plains as well, temperatures in the 40s. all right. grab your coats, that's a chilly monday forecast. >> thank you, michelle. america has been organizing and it seems to be getting results. >> coming up after the break the newest on strike breakthroughs in two major industries. henever you want it to be. it has derm-proven retinol that targets vital cell turnover, evens skin tone, and smooths fine lines. with visible results in just one week. neutrogena® retinol sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand for a better night sleep. so now, he wakes up feeling like himself.

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other products to flow in between the united states and canada this shipping system carried over $12 billion worth of cargo last year. the auto industry has seen some progress and some setbacks in their effort to get striking employees back to work cnbc's joumanna bercetche joins us with the latest on those uaw strikes. good morning >> good morning. so some positive developments over the weekend for sure. the united auto workers union, the uaw, actually has reached a tentative deal with ford after six weeks of strikes the four and a half year deal includes a 25% compounded wage increase including an 11% increase in ratification $8.1 billion in new plant investments by the company and 5,000 ee ratification bonuses. the stellantis agreement is like the ford they also preserve that

belvedere plant that means those workers will retain their jobs this is good news, of course, it still needs to be signed by the union and union workers. the president tweeted over the weekend, i applaud the uaw and stellantis for reaching a historic agreement however, it is worth mentioning that there is still no agreement in sight with general motors, if anything, over there the strikes have actually expanded to include another assembly plant the strikes collectively have cost gm, ford and sflan 'tis billions of dollars in lost production and ford said that the union strike cost $1.3 billion alone but the deal if ratified could increase labor costs by $800 to $900. still a lot of economics to digest but we're moving in the right direction. >> all right joumanna, thank you so much. hollywood paying tribute to

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can hope for is to work with these guys. >> look, i'm a real live boy >> i used to think it was essential to be funny all the time and honestly i gave that up sort of in my mid 30s, i was like, i don't have to be -- i think i'm actually annoying people just be yourself, it's okay. >> i'm going to say this for the last time. would you please just -- >> oh, no, you didn't, i didn't. >> oh, no -- >> when you get your first laugh around 6 years old and i pretend to fall down and people laugh and just something tingles in your brain and you're like, i want more of this. >> pivot pivot. >> shut up shut up. shut up. >> making my mother laugh was a great thing and, yeah, that's what lights me up to make somebody laugh. >> guess what, guess what, guess

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israel ramps up its offensive in gaza. the prime minister announcing an expansion in the country's ground operations. our first look at the devastating destruction left by israeli airstrikes the second largest city in maine comes together to mourn as lewiston remembers the lives it's lost. new details emerge about the warning lines about last week's mass