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wall. kamala harris makes her first joint appearance, campaign appearance, with president biden in pennsylvania. while her run mate rallied union voters in milwaukee. we're live with her message to labor members. plus new battleground plans for former president trump. terror on the tracks in chicago. four people killed in a computer evcomputer train. a wide receiver out of the hospital just days after he was shot in an attempted robbery. how long it could be before he returns to the field. is a storm brewing for the nation's ports? why the battle over automation could lead to a costly strike in a matter of weeks. and the jaws of victory. the two greatest competitive eaters of all time finally settle their unfinished beef and set a world record along way. it's tuesday, september 3rd, "early today" starts right now.

good morning, glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. democrat spent labor day showing support for organized labor. president biden and vice president harris made a rare joint campaign appearance overnight in pittsburgh. they were hoping to win over blue collar workers in critical rust belt states. brie jackson joins us now. good morning. pittsburgh is known as steel city. so what did the president and vice president have to say to the steelworkers there? >> reporter: so vice president kamala harris came out against a controversial deal, announcing her opposition to the sale of u.s. steel, which is one of the leading american steel companies, to nippon steel of japan. she and president biden say they oppose this deal on economic and national security grounds, but it is unclear what actions they might take to block it. this event with president biden wrapped up a busy labor day weekend for the democratic ticket. the vice president visited michigan before pennsylvania,

while her running mate made stops in minnesota and wisconsin. >> kamala believes as i do. the unions are the spine of this economy! she'll be historic pro-union president. >> they said tim is in the pocket of organized labor. i said, that's a damn lie. i am the pocket. if you want to attack me for standing up for collective bargaining, for fair wages, for safe working conditions, for health care and retirement, you roll the damn dice. i'll take my chances on that. >> reporter: and former president trump was absent from the campaign trail on labor day. but he did post on social media, wishing a happy labor day to american workers. and he also criticized the economic policies of the biden administration. mr. trump also promoted a town hall that he'll be doing in pennsylvania tomorrow night. frances? >> brie jackson for us, thanks.

israeli-american israeli-am lynn wahlberg was buried in jerusalem just days after being murdered in captivity by hamas in gaza. thousands attended the funeral. his heart broken parents had been tireless advocates for their son and other hostages. they now hope for a resolution to the crisis. >> maybe, just maybe your death is the fuel that will bring home the remaining 101 hostages. >> after the death of goldberg-polin and five other hostages, large-scale protests erupted across israel, demanding a cease-fire deal with hamas. prime minister netanyahu remains defiant, saying he will not budge on the issue. two people briefed on discussions tell nbc news that president biden may offer a final take it or leave it deal to both hamas and israel as

early as this week. u.s. officials say two u.s. marines are now safe after they were assaulted in turkey monday. the attack caught on camera shows the man placing what appears to be a bag over the head of one of the service members. according to a navy commander, the marine who is on routine deployment with the wasp amphibious group was in the city when the assault took place. at least 15 assailants have been detain detained. the u.s. embassy in turkey thanked authorities for their swift response and ongoing investigation. we are learning new details about the horrific shooting on a chicago commuter train. four people are dead and a suspect is in custody. police say the four victims were not sitting together, and they appeared to be sleeping as the attacks adrienne broaddus has more.

>> reporter: police are investig investigating a mass shooting aboard a commuter train in what authorities believe may have been a random attack. >> appears to be three individuals unresponsive on the same rail car. >> reporter: police say the suspect shot four people in two separate cars. three victims pronounced dead on scene. one later died at a local hospital. the suspect initially able to get away. >> slender black male, wearing green pants and black shirt. >> reporter: police say the suspect was later located on another train line, tracked down with the help of surveillance video. >> we have somebody in custody. a weapon was recovered. there's no immediate threat. >> reporter: this woman says her brother may have been on board. >> i just hopped out of the bed and rushed up there. i was just trying to figure out is everything okay. >> reporter: police now trying to determine a motive. >> this, obviously, is shocking. it is uncommon to have a mass shooting like this, especially this close to home. so, for people to feel unsafe, you know, it's justified.

>> reporter: in a statement, chicago transit authority calling this an isolated incident and saying that this heinous and egregious act of violence should never have occurred. forest park's mayor grieving the killings. >> it's a horrible tragedy that four people are dead on labor day weekend. >> reporter: and this particular line runs 24/7 from chicago o'hare international to downtown chicago. >> the mayor here in forest park is asking for additional resources to help handle public safety. back to you. >> thank you. nfl rookie ricky pearsall is out for at least four games after he was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in san francisco. he is set to make full recovery and is already out of the hospital. here's morgan chesky. >> reporter: san francisco 49er

ricky ri ri ri ri ri ricky peer saul recovering. officials say the 17-year-old didn't target him for his nfl fame but his rolex watch. and during a struggle in the city's famed union square, both were wounded when multiple shots were fired. responding officer joely hair ral telling the san francisco chronicle she applied pressure to pear sal's wounds. his mother says he was spared today by the grace of god. after a highlight career in florida. >> a one-handed grab. in april, the niners drafted him in the first round. with the wide receiver's big debut set for next week.

the team announced he had been released from the hospital and continues to recover. >> this was a terrible and rare incident in union square. >> reporter: the shooting putting public safety in san francisco back in the spotlight. >> this kind of violence is simply run acceptable in our city. >> reporter: as police boost patrols the suspect remains in custody. the district attorney says the decision to charge the 17-year-old as a minor or adult should be made in the next 36 hours. >> and our thanks to morgan for that report. many hotel employees spent labor day demanding better working conditions. about 10,000 housekeepers, cooks and staffers hitting the pickett lines in cities across the u.s., asking for better pay, health care and reduced workloads. they say the industry has rebounded since 2020, but their wages have not. the strikes center around marriott, hilton and hyatt hotel chains and could expand to other cities.

pope francis is visiting indonesia this. >>morning. his 11-day jaunt will be the longest overseas trip of his papacy. what's on the agenda for the pope's trip? >> reporter: good morning, frances. this is, without a doubt, the longest and most-demanding trip pope francis has ever taken over the next week, two weeks, he's going to be visiting indonesia where he landed this morning, then east timor and papua, new guinea and singapore for a total of 20,000 miles. that would be challenging for anyone, let's alone an 87-yeard man who has had trouble walking without a cane or more recently a wheelchair. he had a few other issues like frequent lung infections that

forced him to take frequent breaks. on the flight from rome to jakarta, he looked like he was in good spirits and good health and managed to walk through the aisle to the back of the plane, greeting the journalists traveling with him as he does usually, and he told them that he was happy to be on this trip. now during the visit to asia, he will address a number of issues that are dearest to his heart and highest on his agenda, like interfaith dialog, climate change. today is a rest day. nothing scheduled because of the long flight. but from tomorrow he will kick start his busy schedule in jakarta where he's expected to walk through the tunnel of friendship that collects the mosque there with the catholic cathedral. that is a symbol of interfaith dialog. >> i'm sure a lot of down time woven in that itinerary. thank you. watch out for rain if you are headed back to work after the long weekend. let's check in with angie lassman who's tracking the

storms in the south and see who's going to get wet. >> good morning, frances. we've got rain stretched across texas and oklahoma and, no surprise, some flood watches. this will be the scenario. we have an area of low pressure near the coast. and we've got an unsettled kind of forecast for folks across texas, specifically across the coast as this low meanders in that area. the heavy rain on tap across the gulf coast even as we get into tomorrow, stretching from florida to texas. we'll see some of that rain. anywhere from an inch to three inches going to be the higher amounts that we see. pick pic big picture look, it's going to feel a little cooler than it has been over the past couple days. we'll see the nice, bright conditions stretching through the middle of the country. and even as we get to the end of the workweek, really seasonal conditions for the northern tier of the country. not the case as we look toward the southwest where we'll be warming up.

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one player is making a name for herself under the friday night lights. from our dallas-ft. worth station, vince sims introduces us to the rising star. >> reporter: small town ponder in denton county has a population of just over 2,000 people. like many texas towns, high school football is king. when ponder's high school team takes the field, they have their queen. >> i'm excited for the season. >> reporter: ponder senior, she's on the football team. >> i had the head coach as my pe teacher. he was always talking to me about it. at first thought it was a joke, then i was actually considering it. i asked my parents, and they were like, sure, come on. i don't think it's any different

from being a guy. i'm a part of the team. i never felt different from everybody else. i never felt strange or different from anybody else, so. >> reporter: apparently, the opposition doesn't see her differently either. >> back in eighth grade i got a pretty nasty concussion. got dropped on my head. i was playing running back. >> reporter: having a girl playing on the boy's s' team ist new for the coach. >> i was in houston for two years, we had a female athlete on our football program there as well. so, you know, having that opportunity with rocket down in houston, you know, i was used to it. so i was obviously open arms to it. again, she's not fearful of it. she's ready for it, and we're blessed that she's out >> reporter: she knows a lot of

eyes are on her. with the same passion as the rest of the team, having the heart and fight of a lion, she hopes to inspire other young girls. >> she also understands she's got a lot of people looking at her. a lot of younger girls who may be looking up to her. she understands and knows her role. >> i want to guide people in the right direction. i think it's pretty cool to have people looking up to me and watching what i'm doing. it holds me accountable so i can do the right thing. >> reporter: and following your passion is always the right thing. >> and we're seeing it happen more and more. our thanks to vince sims for that report. and thank you for starting your morning with "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great tuesday. have a safe and great back to work, back to school. see you ba here tomorrow. ck tck