the run in kentucky. police searching the woods and warning nearby towns looking for a man they say shot five people near a highway. urgent evacuations in the west. thousands forced from their

homes near los angeles after a wildfire doubles in size. the flames now threatening more communities. the countdown to a presidential showdown. we are only one day away from a face-off between donald trump and kamala harris. how the campaigns are preparing for that moment. sunday night football is kicking off. we've got a recap of all the week one drama as it unfolded both on and off the field. and a wave of hope from the heartland, an iowa hawkeyes tradition that means so much to families in a hospital overlooking the stadium. it is monday, september 9th. "early today" starts right now. good morning to you i'm richard lui. we're going to start in kentucky where the hunt for a gunman has been suspended until daylight. 32-year-old joseph couch is suspected of shooting and wounding five people with an a r 15 on saturday night. we have the area contained until the manhunt can start up again.

>> we're going to continue to contain the area, continue to have people in the woods. not actively searching, of course, but in strategic positions to observe. >> couch is considered armed and dangerous. we're going to now turn to last week's deadly school shooting in georgia. we have some new details now coming to light about the urgent warning from the suspect's mother in the minutes before this all happened. priscilla thompson has the latest. >> reporter: troubling new details about the mass shooting at apalachee high school on wednesday. the "washington post" reporting that marcie gray, the mother of the suspected gunman tried to warn authorities making a ten minute call to the school at 9:50 a.m., half an hour before the gunfire erupted. gray writing in text messages to her sister, annie brown, i was the one that notified the school counselor at the high school and i told them it was an extreme

emergency for for them to go immediately and find my son to check on him. nbc news confirmed the call with brown, but has not seen or verified the text messages. one of the stews dents in gray's class reportedly saw an official looking for gray moments before the shooting began. >> she thought that he was another kid with a very similar name and then about 10 to 15 minutes later that's when the one they were looking for came shooting. if they would have acted in the beginning, maybe some of the lives could have been saved today. >> reporter: in all, two students and two teachers were killed. nine others were injured. in a statement to nbc news, baro county school system says they are not commenting on specific details. with the shooter and his father in police custody, both pleading not guilty to multiple counts of felony murder, investigators are now working to uncover a motive. as the community grapples with unspeakable loss. >> our thanks to priscilla for that report.

we are less than 48 hours away from the first debate between former president trump and his new opponent, vice president kamala harris. nbc news learning now some details about how each campaign is preparing. nbc's brie jackson joins us now live. brie, a very good morning to you. what are we hearing about how they're preparing here. >> good morning, richard. so the candidates do seem to be taking very different approaches. vice president harris has been hunkered down in pittsburgh since thursday. sources familiar with the preparations tell nbc news that the harris campaign has been working on ways to weave her biography into her policy answers. they also say the vice president is preparing for the possibility that former president trump could make derogatory comments about her. the trump campaign has been preparing by holding meetings with advisers and the former president held a rally in wisconsin this weekend, where he gave this preview of the debate. >> we're run by stupid people.

stupid, stupid people. and we found that out at the debate with joe. how did that work out? and we're going to find it out again on tuesday night. if i destroy her in the debate they'll say trump suffered a humiliating defeat tonight. no matter what. >> meanwhile, vice president harris has picked up the endorsement of gold star father khizr khan. khan, whose son was killed in iraq first criticized donald trump in 2016 during the dnc. now he says he feels the former president has gotten worse. and on friday former vice president dick cheney announced he will vote for harris. former president george w. bush has no plans to endorse any candidate this year. his office tells nbc news he retired from presidential politics years ago. richard. >> brie, thank you so much for that report. you can watch our live debate coverage right here on nbc and on our streaming channel, nbc

news now starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. three israelis were shot to death at a keyboarder crossing sunday. they were all workers at a bridge crossing into jordan in the israeli-occupied west bank. the gunman was a jordanian truck driver who was shot dead by security forces. land border crossings from israel and the west bank into jordan were then shut down over this incident. for the latest let's go to nbc's claudio lavanga. good morning. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, richard. israeli authorities say that the shooter was a jordanian national who arrived in a truck at the commercial cargo area of the bridge crossing on the border between jordan and the israeli-occupied west bank. once arrived he opened fire with a handgun killing three israeli workers before he was shot dead by israeli security forces there. the authorities have named him,

he was a 38-year-old former or retired, rather, jordanian soldier, and said that he acted alone. as you mentioned, the bridge crossing was closed as well as the other land crossings into jordan and israel said that they will reopen it at some stage today. in the meantime the death toll in gaza continues to rise. the health ministry in gaza said that on sunday alone at least 15 people were killed in israeli air strikes all across the enclave, including the deputy director of the gaza civil emergency services, which issued a statement saying that with this death the number of their members of the gaza civil emergency service that were killed by israeli forces since the start of the war has now risen to 83, richard. >> all right. claudio, thank you so much for that report. we now move to hundreds of protesters that gathered in seattle this weekend in memory of a dual american turkish

citizen who was shot and killed friday in the west bank while protesting israeli settlements there. eyewitnesses are saying that the 26-year-old was shot in the head by idf soldiers. demonstrators marched through downtown seattle saturday demanding a ceasefire between israel and hamas. the idf says it is looking into her death and the family has called for an independent investigation. arizona police say some 30 people were injured in an alleged drunk driving incident saturday night a 73 year old man driving into an elks lodge when he was trying to leave. he was arrested after that crash. officials say alcohol was a contributing factor. at least ten people were take ton local hospitals and five others drove themselves. one person is now in critical but stable condition, others were treated on the scene for minor injuries. we're now going to go to the raging wildfires in california that are forcing thousands of

evacuations. the line fire there exploding in size over the weekend devouring over 20,000 acres. san bernardino county now under a state of emergency as more than 35,000 homes and buildings are in harm's way. in northern california's lake county the boyles fire has destroyed more than 40 homes, 30 structures displacing around 4,000 residents. and then next door in nevada, the 6,500 acre davis fire prompting an emergency declaration south of reno. more than 6,000 customers still without power after lines were deenergized for safety there. and the extreme heat in the region has been adding fuel to these fires, that continues today as well. let's go to nbc meteorologist ryan hanrahan. so you're tracking those temperatures for us as well. we also have the gulf and we've got some concern about a tropical system there, too. >> looks like we may have a hurricane forming in the next couple days in the gulf of mexico and the good news is out west today will be the last

really hot day in california. i think temperatures begin to moderate a bit once we get past today into tomorrow and wednesday. here is that tropical system right now it's not a tropical storm, it's called potential tropical cyclone 6, that means the national hurricane center expects it to become a tropical system. winds now at 50 miles per hour. it's moving to the north and right now the forecast calls for this could become a tropical storm later today and then a hurricane by wednesday morning, just to the south of houston and then the storm gets very close to the texas/louisiana border. this could be a pretty significant storm for portions of texas and louisiana. we will watch this very closely. then the storm weakens as it moves over land. still an excessive heat warning today for los angeles, 24 million people impacted in southern california. going to be a hot one, temperatures today in los angeles in the 90s, las vegas 103 and

watching the beginning rain bands from that tropical system. temperatures in the low 80s in brownsville. and that's today's weather. richard, back over to you. >> ryan, see you in a little bit. appreciate that. coming up, google returns to court to defend its online ads. and and - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. i'm adding downy unstopables to my wash. now i'll be smelling fresh all day long. [sniff] still fresh. still fresh! ♪♪ with downy unstopables, you just toss, wash, wow. for all-day freshness. marshalls buyers are detail obsessed perfectionists.

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richard. the trial started today we look at google's advertising business and determine whether it acted like a monopoly and led to higher prices for customers. the department of justice will argue that google locked in publishers and advertisers to its product. back in august already as you mentioned just now a judge ruled that google has held a monopoly in internet search. so this marked the biggest antitrust ruling in the tech industry since microsoft more than 20 years ago. so the new trial starting today is likely to last for several weeks and it is a first tech antitrust trial from a case brought by the biden administration. sticking to tech, it's glow time for apple. this is how the tech giant named its annual event happening later today and it's set to unveil its latest iphone range along with other product updates. it's an important one, it's closely watched because it is expected to be the first lineup with its artificial intelligence system called apple intelligence

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wave at all the kids. >> reporter: it doesn't last long, only about a minute, but for these kids at the university of iowa's stead family children's hospital this is the thrill of a lifetime. >> woo-hoo, go hawks. >> reporter: the hawkeye wave a beloved tradition that started back in 2017, now a hallmark of the heartland. at every iowa home game some 70,000 fans and players in the stadium all turn and wave at the patients watching from the hospital windows next door. >> it's just an amazing experience. >> reporter: that love and support, a joy for the kids and a lifeline for families. >> good job, buddy. >> go hawks. >> go hawks. >> reporter: stacey and neal coleman's son atlas was a patient there. but now he's cancer-free. and one of this season's kid

captains, helping lead the wave. >> what is that like to know that you are on the receiving end that have kind of cheerleading from the community? >> it is an absolutely amazing gesture that says we are 70,000 people and we see you and we are sending you everything we have so that you can be strong and get through, you know, whatever challenges you're facing. >> do you want a hat? >> reporter: rachel is the hospital's child life program manager. >> it makes them feel that they are part of the community and that people are rallying behind them. >> go. go. go. >> reporter: a stunning show of unity where for a few brief moments, everyone is on the same team. >> there's one message you could give to the hawkeye community, what would you say? >> thank you. >> thanks. >> yeah. >> you don't know how important it is to the families that are there, who are, you know, looking for hope. it really does mean the world to them. >> got to love that, hallie jackson.

thank you. and before we go, a look at what's coming up on "today." the winners of the u.s. open, jannik sinner and an thank can a live on the plaza after their weekends. plus sitting down with members of the detroit lions looking at their lives off the field as fathers. how they say they are embracing football and fatherhood. that's ahead on "today." thanks for watching "early today." i'm richard lui. go and have a great monday and a week ahead.

an urgent manhunt under way in kentucky. authorities searching for a man they say shot five people near a highway. police now warn the suspect is armed and dangerous. we're just one day way from the debate between vice president kamala harris and