the gulf coast braces for a possible hurricane, while wildfires tear across the west, forcing evacuations in california. meteorologist bill karins is tracking tropical storm francine and the extreme temperatures

fueling the flames. a showdown in the city of brotherly love. donald trump and kamala harris go head to head in this first debate tonight in philadelphia. we're live with how the candidates are preparing for the critical race to the white house. stunning new body cam footage from the moment miss detained tyreek hill, and the exclusive interview with the miami dolphin star about what he says really happened. could there be more trouble on the horizon for boeing? and get ready for the a.i. phone. we'll dive into the core of apple's new products built around artificial intelligence. and the heartwarming tributes to the legendary james earl jones, ho jonw whollywohol remembering the baritone. it's tuesday, september 10. "early today" starts right now. good morning, glad you're with me.

i'm i'm frances rivera. tropical storm francine is expected to make landfall in louisiana as a hurricane within the next 48 hours. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking francine this morning. good morning, bill. >> good morning, frances. this is a serious storm likely to be somewhere between a category 1 or category 2 at landfall. that's a little over 24 to 36 hours from now. we have not seen any significant intensification, and that's great news. the hurricane center has it gaining strength during the day today, maybe even rapidly by the time we get to wednesday afternoon as a category 2. we're targeting between lake charles and new orleans. this is a mostly swampy area, t not a lot of population center. if it were to make landfall as a hurricane it's just about as

good as any along the coast. storm surge of course the biggest concerns near the center. that will be areas to the right. new iberia to morgan city, a little inland, but some of that water will get pushed inland. as far as rainfall totals go, new orleans has a chance for significant rainfall. ice l isolated totals up to 12 inches. we'll have many of these, this will be an all-day wednesday event. debate day is finally here for the first and maybe only time vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump will meet face-to-face, taking policy questions. with the hopes of winning over voters in a very tight race. brie jackson joins us s now. good morning, bree. w brie.

>> reporter: the vice president has been in pennsylvania for several days. she's been doing mock debate sessions and focussing on ways to provoke former president trump. a challenge for harris tonight will be to show that she is a change candidate. a new poll shows more than 60% of voters want a major change. and only 25% of voters say harris will bring that change. meanwhile, sources tell nbc news that mr. trump has been doing informal debate prep at mar-a-lago. one of the advisors he's been meeting with is former democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard. a challenge tonight for mr. trump is winning over women voters his primary rival, nikki haley, had this advice. >> donald trump and jd vance need to change the way they speak about women. you don't need to call kamala dumb. she didn't get this far, you know, just by accident. she's here. that's what it is. she's a prosecutor. you don't need to go and talk about intelligence or looks or anything else. just focus on the policies

>> reporter: and as for the rules tonight, there will be no opening statements, no prewritten notes are allowed. microphones will be muted when a candidate is not speaking, and there will be no audience. now after winning a coin toss, former president trump will be the one to give the final closing statement. frances? >> thanks for the run down tha there, brie. you can watch thn watch thelive. the manhunt continues for the suspect who seriously wounded eight people. joseph couch texted someone just half an hour before the shooting. he warned that he intended to, quote, kill a lot of people and then kill himself. authorities have charged joseph couch with five counts of attempted murder and five counts of first degree assault. the child trial for the man

accused of murdering four university of idaho students will be moved to a different county. the judge granted the request after the attorneys argued that they couldn't get a fair trial. the four students were found stabbed to death in november 2022. the trial is tentatively set for june and ex-secretpected to las months. deshaun watson is facing a new allegation of sexual assault. a woman is suing him for $1 million, alleging that the quarterback forced himself on her four years ago when he played with houston. it's the latest trouble for watson who settled 22 of 23 lawsuits against him after women accused him of misconduct during massage therapy sessions. he paid a $5 million fine before he was reinstated. watson has not commented on the new allegation. the browns did not immediately comment, while the nfl declined

to do so. newly-released body cam footage shows what happened when nfl star tyreek hill, was pulled over in miami gardens for alleged dangerous driving. hill later spoke exclusively to our jesse kirsch about the incident. >> get out! what part -- >> went from 0 to 60 immediately. >> reporter: tyreek hill and his wife are speaking out exclusively to nbc news after he is what forcefully detained and handcuffed by miami dade police on sunday. >> when we tell to you do something, do you it, you understand? >> reporter: newly-released body camera shows the moment officers approach his vehicle hours before the team's home opener. hill seen handing something to police before rolling up his window and being ordered out of his car.

>> i feltthey felt like i was a threat. >> reporter: the miss union says hill was pulled over for dangerous driving but was never under arrest. >> he wasn't cooperative. handcuffs were put on him after a short time. >> everybody has their own side, their own version, and i feel like they do that, you know, to kind of protect, you know, the officer. >> reporter: miami dade police launched an internal affairs investigation, saying one officer has been placed on administrative duties. after the incident, hill played and scored a touchdown, celebrating like this. what message were you hoping to send with that celebration? >> like i said, man, you got to learn how to laugh and, like, have a good time. i'm going to look every man in his eye and shake his hand and say thank you. that's it. i mean, mutual respect. i did that with all the officers. even the officers that got administrative leave. i did that with him, too, though. >> reporter: now he hopes he can work with police in the wake of

this incident. >> if i wasn't tyreek hill, lord knows where i would have been. >> reporter: you would have been locked up? >> i don't like dividing people, i like bringing people together. that's the way my parents always raised me. more than a dozen wildfires are torching the wers. and what's happening there from idaho to california. the volatile conditions forcing some fire crews to fall back. thousands have had to flee their homes. >> the massive inferno devouring 25,000 acres and is burning so hot that it's generating its own thunderstorms, sparking hundreds of lightning strikes. three firefighters have been injured. and tens of thousands of homes are threatened. farther north, the boyles fire erupted quickly destroying dozens of homes and vehicles. it's now 41% contained. and the davis fire has spread to 35 5,000 acres. the changing climate causing

record-breaking temperatures and drier conditions that continue to fuel these dang terous fires. bill karins is back now with more on the forecast. >> some areas are going to get relief, other areas are going to have to wait one more day. 90 degrees still in las vegas. we have been cooling off in the pacific northwest. but in southern california, one more day of excessive heat warnings. 20 million people included from los angeles to ariaseas just outside san diego. we do expect record heat, palm springs, 111 today. phoenix, about 107. many of these temperatures are at least 5 to 10 degrees least >> water warmer

fargo at 90 warm degrees. frances, another warm summer day. that heat's heading east. >> okay. we'll be ready for it, thank you, bill. jets fans around the world held their collective breath as aaron rodgers took the field on monday night football, almost one year removed from tearing his achilles. he got to play more than four snaps this time and launched a vintage touchdown pass to wide receiver allan lazard. but they couldn't contain the niners' rushing attack. christian mccaffrey was a surprise inactive due to a lingering car injury. 147 yards and a touchdown gave the niners the win over the jets as they look forredemption

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substantially all of big lots stores and business operations. lots in store on that story. >> arabile, thank you. apple is finally rolling back the curtain on the next generation of iphone. but it's not the hardware that's getting attention, it's what's inside. brian cheung takes a look. >> reporter: apple ceo tim cook offering a grand vision for the future. >> the most-advanced iphone we've ever made. >> reporter: which looks a lot like the present. the new iphone 16 nearly identical in shape and size to the 15, but with a slightly larger screen on the pro models. >> we are thrilled to introduce the first iphones designed from the ground up for apple intelligence. >> reporter: apple now promising a smarter, more personal siri and a way to create custom emojis. it's a big step for the iphone.

more recent models have largely been the same in form, beginning with last year's iphone 15 pros and today's iphone 16, they are leaning into features to give a new boost to sales. >> if you want these a.i. capabilities, apple is asking you to shell out a good amount of money to get them. >> reporter: a concern, balancing privacy concerns. apple execs say iphone 16 buyers will have to wait. the first set of features will be available in beta next month with more features rolling out in the months to come. >> the most disappointing thing is that the a.i. features do not come out of the box. >> reporter: apple hoping it can convince shoppers to buy a smartphone on the promises of it getting smarter, brian cheung, nbc news. still to come, the cma snub. "cowboy carter", and a legend makes his debut on america's game.

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the gulf bracing for tropical storm francine as the storm quickly gains strength, heading for land. how strong could it get? bill karins is tracking the storm. tonight is the