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last night. >> mine was ten years ago. >> you gave them, i didn't give them anything. >> what's your story? >> and i abolished that agency. >> candidates clashed on the debate stage, as five presidential hopefuls exchanged jabs over the two-hour event. we break down the fiery moments, what it means for 2024 and what the party's presidential frontrunner had to say. >> as those candidates battled over diplomacy, the stakes grow higher by the day. toxic fumes filling the air in texas after a massive explosion at a chemical plant spent black smoke spilling into air. a photo finish for hollywood actors. a deal has been struck between the studios and actors guild. we break down the billion dollar agreement. a bear-y sad day in washington, d.c. the national zoo pandas took

their final flight back to china. it's thursday, november 9. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. hours ago five republican candidates tried their best to stand out on a debate stage in miami. the night was filled with deeply personal atax and also serious conversations with foreign policy. but candidate candidates do enough to convince republican voters that they should be the nominee over the absent frontrunner, donald trump. alice barr breaks down the big moments for us. >> reporter: in the third republican presidential debate, a slimmed-down five candidates aimed to narrow the field even more. >> you gave them stuff. i at any time give them anything. >> what's your story? >> reporter: they're trying to knock each other out of the way to be the opponent of frontrunner donald trump. >> he needs to be on this stage

to explain why he should get another chance. he should explain why he didn't have mexico pay for the border wall. >> anybody who's going to be focussing the next year of their life in courtrooms should not be running for president. >> reporter: foreign policy featuring prominently. >> you don't respond to an enemy and a terrorist with fear. you respond with strength. when you do that, that's when the world pays attention. and that's when iran stops. >> as president of the united states, my foreign policy is simple. you cannot negotiate with evil. you have to destroy it. >> reporter: ukraine aid another key topic. and on china. >> we have to declare economic independence from our enemy. >> reporter: the rivals zeroing in on the economy. >> everything involving

bidenomics, i'm going to rip it up and throw it in the trash can. >> reporter: the candidates all grappling with tuesday night's election results that brought big wins for democrats, centered on abortion rights. >> let's focus on how to save as many babies a we can and support as many moms as we can and stop the judgment. >> reporter: a night focussed on the issues, with the first primary contest fast approaching. in miami, ahislice barr, nbc ne. now we head overseas to yemen, the site of the latest escalation of violence against the u.s. iran-backed houthi rebels shot down a u.s. drone off the country's coast. meanwhile, fighter jets conducted what the pentagon called a self-defense strike in syria, the second in recent weeks. the target was a weapons storage facility the u.s. says was used by islam's revolutionary guard corps. the strike is in response to a

series of attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq and syria a senior defense official said they're very certain this didn't involve any civilian casualties. at israel-hamas war continues that'scontinues, there are new talks of a pause. >> reporter: hamas' military releasing this video showing street-by-street fighting in gaza city. here, targeting a tank, a bid to went the propaganda battle. it says hamas tunnels says were once here. increasingly, diplomats are seeing things differently, too. the white house says 80 trucks with humanitarian aid is pausing to allow more aid in and hostages out. >> that's what we're trying to get cemented is an agreement for

as many pauses as might be necessary. to get all of them out. >> reporter: a diplomat with knowledge of the talks between the u.s., qatar and israel telling nbc news a proposal is for a one to three-day pause, allowing the release of 10 to 15 hostages and paving the weigh f way for /* way fway for more. which is not enough for some. >> 15 is not enough. we want all of them. >> reporter: meanwhile, near gaza city, our team finding children and their parents caught in another strike. my child's hands are cold, this mother says. she's been clinging to her lifeless body for hours. for the second time in two week, the u.s. military says it has hit iran-related targets inside syria, calling it self-defense. >> keir, thank you.

breaking overnight, the actors actors union is finally getting its hollywood ending. sag aftra reached a tentative deal on a new contract with top studios late last night, ending the longest strike in the union's history. the union said the deal is valued at over $1 billion. the agreement includes the largest increase to minimum wages in the last 40 years, along with new residual programming for streaming and protections f protections against the universe artificial intelligence. now to the latest chapter in the trials of donald trump. the former president's daughter ivanka became the latest of his children to take the witness stand. testifying in the new york civil trial against her family. her brothers and father are trying to fight off a major civil penalty for artificially inflating their assets to get

better interest rates. ivanka distanced herself from the organization saying she stepped down from the role of executive vice president in 2017. she often repeated the same refrain. "i do not recall", when asked about her communications during her time with the company. eight people are dead after a police chase ended in a violent crash along atexas highway 80 miles southwest of san antonio. a honda driver suspected of human smuggling tried to escape authorities and crashed head-on into another vehicle, causing it to burst into flames. six people in the honda were killed with two other people in another vehicle -- officials in southea southeast texas are investigating a massive explosion at a chemical plant. morgan chesky is there with a wlook with a look at what happened. >> reporter: a frightening

explosion over sheppard, texas. >> reporter: plumes of black smoke billowing from a chemical plant. injuring one employee. >> pretty scary, not knowing what's burning out there. >> reporter: the explosion sending a fiery mplume so high the black smokey haze could briefly be seen on satellite. authorities issuing a paid five-mile shelter in place. >> local crew also remain on site through the night to monitor any fires that may pop out. trr >> reporter: county emergency management says the mplant houss chemicals known to be toxic. >> the company tried to reassure

residents. >> we'll make sure that any remediation work is done in the right way so there's though effect on the community. >> reporter: reassurance, but few here are breathing easy. morgan chessky, nbc nurks shepherd, texas. texans are waking up to rain this morning. it won't stay there for long. angie lassman is tracking that system. >> you're exactly right. we've got some rain to deal with across parts of the south. it's much-needed rain. we've got a trout drought going on there.rout drought going on there.out drought going on there.ut drought going on there.t drought going on there. drought going on there.drought going on there. this big plume of moisture is going to spread. it's spread from memphis to del rio. houston could see moisture working through.

by tomorrow it works through the mid atlantic to the southeast. new orleans to the carolinas could see wet weather. we could see localized flooding. two to three inches will be on the higher end. but more widespread about a half inch to an inch across portions of the southeast. notice where you see the dark jackson to new orleans. 73 in san antonio and dealing with showers and thunderstorms for portions of texas. and that's a hook at your forecast, guys, back to you. >> okay, thank you so much, angie. still ahead, the murder trial that captivated the country is back in court.

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the murdaugh murder trial gets another day in court. alex murdaugh's legal team asked for a new trial and new judge last month, claiming the clerk are the court pressured the jury to find murdaugh guilty. that clerk says none of it is true. now a trial court will weigh in on all of it. sam brock reports. >> verdict, guilty. >> reporter: the six-week trial that captured the nation's attention and ended with alex murdaugh convicted of murdering his wife maggie and son paul will not see a new trial or new judge if south carolina state prosecutors have their way n a blistering response to the murdaugh team's allegations, becky hill tampered with the jury, she issued her own

statement. she said i did not instruct the jury to watch him closely. i did not instruct the jury to look at his actions. murdaugh's attorneys declined to comment on the latest legal response but had this to say in september. >> we never considered the likelihood as reported to us by the jurors that the clerk of court would go in to the sanctity of the jury room before he testified and tell the jurors, don't be fooled by his body language. >> reporter: in swatting down the claims, the remarks say, never does the haw permit highly-motivated convicts to put their own jury on trial. one juror said i was not coerced to give my verdict. i came to the decision on my own free will. and the other, the only time i had interaction with anyone was through a bailiff other than one time when a comment was made to

watch his body language. three other jurors declined to be interview bid the state. several jurors sat down with savannah and craig. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> reporter: now the state is arguing for this chapter of the murdaugh saga to be closed. sam brock, nbc news. >> still to come, the dream lives on. a long-time tv heartthrob is honored with a title every actor dreams of. that's coming up after this. so now, he wakes up feeling like himself. the reigning family room middle-weight champion. better days start with zzzquil nights. my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn.

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journey home to china, marking the end of an era in d.c. amy cho shows us the sendoff. >> reporter: it's almost as if the d.c. pandas know just how much we'll miss them. here's one of them peeking out right on cue to say good-bye, as they boarded their long flight back to china. we've known this day was coming, but at that didn't make it any easier. so many of us have watched them grow up over the years. that includes smithsonian national zoo director brandy smith. >> i've been taking a lot of time this week to say good-bye on my own. but today, all i am is proud. i'm proud of our team. i'm proud of our pandas, it's been a very successful day as they head home to china. >> reporter: fedexing three pandas halfway around world is no easy feat. their journey started at the national zoo, where the pandas

left their habitats for the last time. they got into their travel crates. they've practiced getting into the crates for months now so they would feel right at home. then the pandas got a special convoy as they headed to dulles international airport. we spoke to one young panda fan who says his mom let him skip school to witness history. >> i only got to know them for a little bit. but it is sad. >> reporter: each crate was carefully loaded into the back of the plane. it's a special fedex plane named the panda express that will fly 19 hours to china with a quick stop for fuel in alaska. the pandas will have plenty of snacks along the way. the plane is loaded with several hundred pounds of bamboo. at the helm is the pilot. what is your favorite part? >> just the fact that i get to be part of the panda shipment. it's a true honor. we take great pride in flying these loveable bears back to

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