breaking overnight, sean "diddy" combs arrested by federal agents in new york city. the arrest coming as the rap mogul faces a wave of lawsuits, alleged sexual assault and trafficking. what his attorney is saying this morning. the suspect in the second assassination attempt against donald trump charged in court. what we're learning about his alleged actions as police release video of the arrest. a gas pipeline explosion forcing thousands of evacuations near houston, texas. some schools and businesses forced to shelter in place. what the company that owns the pipeline is saying. a family demanding answers after finding out their deceased loved one's body went unclaimed and his body parts sold for medical research. the ten-month nbc investigation into how this happened. and a rare piece of american history goes to auction. what this original copy of the u.s. constitution lost for over 100 years could be worth. it's tuesday, september 17th.

"early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news. music mogul sean "diddy" combs has been arrested by federal agents at a hotel here in new york city. combs had been living there for several weeks. a person with knowledge of the investigation told nbc news. the arrest was based on a sealed indictment brought by the southern district of new york. the contents of the indictment won't be known until later today. but combs is facing a wave of lawsuits, accusing him of sexual assault and misconduct. in march, federal investigators searched his homes in miami and los angeles. combs' attorney expressed disappointment with the arrest, saying his client had been cooperating with the investigation, adding, he is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. authorities are still piecing together information about the second apparent assassination attempt of donald trump. law enforcement says the suspect

appears to remain hidden for 12 hours before he was spotted by a secret service agent. body camera video from the arrest is now public, as the suspect makes his first appearance in court. nbc's garrett haake is following the investigation. >> keep walking! >> reporter: newly-released body camera video showing the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of donald trump after he was arrested in florida. >> he was just driving with the flow of traffic. yeah, i think that he may have thought he got away with it. it was probably the highest-profile stop this sheriff's office has ever made. >> reporter: all of it just two months after the assassination attempt against trump in butler, pennsylvania, with new questions about how another armed suspect was able to get close to the republican nominee. the suspect in sunday's incident, ryan wesley routh charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm with

an obliterated serial number with more charges likely to follow. >> our fbi agents attempted to interview him, and he invoked his right to an attorney. >> reporter: routh's phone signals suggest he had been hiding in the bushes for nearly 12 hours. from 1:59 a.m. until 1:31 p.m. that's when, according to the documents, while trump was golfing, a secret service agent spotted a rifle poking out of the tree line. the agent opened fire in the direction of the rifle. and the suspect fled. this photo showing what he left behind. including a semi-automatic rifle with scope, a gopro camera and backpack with ceramic tiles as potential body armor. a witness saw a man fleeing, giving information to authorities critical to his arrest. the acting secret service director saying he's talked to trump. have you briefed former president trump on your findings so far, and has his campaign asked for any changes in his security going forward after yesterday? >> so, i've had a conversation with the former president. the president is aware that he

has the highest levels of protection that the skrersz is providing him. >> reporter: and we're learning more about the suspect's background. his north carolina home was searched which authorities. court records show a lengthy criminal history, including possession of a machine gun. >> he had problems with feds and stuff. i didn't know he was trying to kill the president, but. >> reporter: he was an outspoken supporter of ukraine whois have itsed the country in 2022. on social media, the suspect called trump his, quote, choice in 2016, who had since become a disappointment. routh contributed to democrats in 2019 and voted in the democratic primary in 2020. he also criticized trump, writing in april, quote, democracy is on the ballot, and we cannot lose. trump arguing the suspect, quote, believed the rhetoric of biden and harris, and he acted on it. comments echoing last week's debate. >> i probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me.

they talk about democracy. i'm a threat to democracy. >> reporter: trump has also used incendiary language against democrats, and authorities have not revealed a motive in either incident. vice president harris condemned political violence saying, i am thankful that former president trump is safe, and this from president biden. >> in america, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun. >> reporter: the suspect never had a line of sight on donald trump and never fired a shot, thanks to the fast action of that secret service agent. officials believe the suspect acted alone, but they don't know how or if he knew the former president would be here sunday. >> garrett, thank you. at least 33 bomb threats have been investigated in spring sp field, ohio since donald trump and his running meat sate start making claims about haitian immigrants. they're now going to make daily sweeps at schools.

two colleges have moved to virtual learning, and two elementary schools were evacuated monday after receiving separate threats. an arts and culture festival scheduled for the weekend has also been canceled. in kentucky, the manhunt continues for a suspected shooter who injured five people more than a week ago. joseph couch has been on the run he fired at cars on the highway. police searched a home in a rural county. he is considered armed and dangerous. in nevada, investigators are combing through debris after, to figure out what led to a deadly mid-airplane crash. authorities say two small planes collided over the tahoe airport. one of the aircraft managed to land. the other crashed on a highway killing the only one aboard. r a pipeline explosion in

texas has prompted evacuation orders in houston area. multiple homes have been damaged. the natural gas pipeline is operated by energy transfer. while the investigation is ongoing, the company said an unknown vehicle may have struck a pipeline valve before it exploded. sending flames hundreds of peoplefeet in the air. if you live in the northeast, you might need an umbrella to keep close by. angie lassman is tracking our rain threat. good morning, angie. >> we've still got flood alerts up at this hour for 10 million people across the carolinas. they've had substantial rain over the past 24-36 hours. so no surprise there. but what's left over of pote potential cyclone eight is what we'll see. and eventually, as we get into tomorrow, working a little farther into the northeast. washington, d.c. to new york will see wet commutes, especially into the early morning hours. so it will be a little slow on the roads. then we'll start so see things winding down.

today watching for the flooding again. richmond, norfolk in the slight risk but stretching from washington, d.c. with 3 to 5 inches in isolated spots across that region. otherwise, we've got high 80s in minneapolis and chicago today, running more than ten degrees above normal across this region. that continues into tomorrow. cincinnati will hit 84. mid-80s store kans city and as f. full sunshine as we look to detroit and chicago. 85 in indianapolis. that's a look at your forecast, back to you. "early today" is back in a minute with a nbc news

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(♪♪) gain flings. seriously good scent. it's a disturbing story out of texas. a medical school that's been studying and leasing out the body parts of unclaimed people without the consent of any survivors. after a nbc news investigation exposed its findings, the center suspended its program despite months of defending its practices. here's liz kreutz. >> reporter: victor carl honey was a u.s. military veteran who sea ser served in the army for nearly a decade. >> he was outgoing, a nice dresser. >> reporter: he began struggling with mental illness and homelessness. in 2022, he died after an apparent heart attack while living alone on the streets of dallas. honey was entitled to a burial with military honors, but, instead, something else happened.

>> i think black man, he don't have no family. they don't care about him. you were wrong about this one. >> reporter: an investigation reveals that he was more than 120 people who died in the dallas-ft. worth region and given to a medical school that used and made money off their body parts, at times as their own family searched for them. for honey, within a month of his death, the dallas medical office declared him unclaimed. he did have relatives, some living right there in dallas. his evx-wife and two adult children visited him in the hospital a month prior to his death. to hear that he has been deemed an unclaimed person, what's your reaction to that? >> that's crazy. we're here. we've always been here. his son has his same name. how can he be unclaimed? >> reporter: this is where victor honey's body was then taken, the university of north texas health science center,

where according to government documents, his bodies what then froden, cut into pieces and sent out to different medical groups across the country, all without his prior consent or his family's knowledge. those documents show honey's severed right leg sent to a swedish medical device maker for $341. his torso to pittsburgh which m made $900. and a pair of bones went to medical training. his temporal bone, his torso. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: do you think he would have wanted this? >> no. the ten years we were married, he never wanted to be an organ donor. we talked about it. >> reporter: and honey is not alone. government data reveal repeated failures to reach family members before declaring a body unclaimed. our team has identified 12 cases in which families learned months

or years later that a loved one had been provided to the medical school. five of those families found out what happened from nbc news, including honey's, a year and a half after his death. >> i don't believe they tried to find us. i don't believe they did. you can find people. nbc found mye in a day. you can find people. >> reporter: why do you think they did it? >> for money. they did it to him, a decorated military veteran. they'll do it to anybody. and that's not okay. >> reporter: for five years, the university of texas health science center has had agreements with dallas and tarrant counties to take their unclaimed bodies for free, saving them a combined million dollars a year in cremation and burial costs. it also helped the school, making $2.5 million a year by leasing body parts to outside groups. >> somebody needs to answer for what they did, what they're doing. >> reporter: for ten months, our team has been seeking answers from both counties and the health science center. all three declined our repeated

requests for interviews. but in statements, the counties said they would be reviewing their contracts. the health science center at first defended its program, arguing using unclaimed bodies is critical in the training of future doctors, but just days before this story was set to air, it made a stunning reversal, telling nbc news it was suspending the program and firing the top officials who led it. writing in a statement, as a result of the information brought to light through your inquiries, it has become clear that failures existed. they're hiring a consulting firm to investigate the program's operation. >> my kids want answers. they want justice for their dad. >> reporter: honey's family recently received ashes that the county told them were his. >> we don't believe those are his ashes, but we gave him and did what he deserved as a decorated military veteran. >> reporter: and so, this summer, nearly two years after he died, the family finally laid honey to rest. >> you would think in this day's time, this doesn't happen here

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national treasure. a rare copy of the u.s. constitution missing for centuries was uncovered in north carolina. and the next stop is the auction block. fromour eastern north carolina affiliate, we have the story. >> we, the people. those were the first words read off a rare copy of the u.s. constitution that's been missing for hundreds of years. where dit was found? in an old, dusty and stained filing cabinet at a plantation in edenton. >> there is no two ways about it. for, it's sort of a dream for people. in the art and antiques world. >> reporter: two years ago, property that was once owned by samuel johnston, the governor of north carolina from 1787 to 1789, was being cleaned out. that is when it was discovered, and then authenticated as the real deal. >> the idea that we could get one of these ratification

copies. 1891 is the last time one's been on the market. and the idea that, you know, one was just sitting there, hadn't wi been found, hadn't been talked about. i never would have imagined that i'd have the opportunity to work on this. >> reporter: the copy is now in the hands of brunk auctions. the auctioning starts september 28th in asheville. >> a copy that we have is rarer. it's arguably more important. how it will resonate in the market place is, is an open question. >> reporter: according to brunk, it's one of nearly 100 copies printed by the secretary of congress, charles thompson. just it'eight are known to stil exist. the other seven are publicly owned. that is why the neighbor was so shocked. >> to find a copy of the constitution just recently is like, oh, my goodness. what else is there?

>> reporter: brunk says the last time a copy of the constitution like this was sold was for 400 dollars in 1891. >> and our thanks to bailey for that report. krispy kreme is getting into the fall spirit with the new golden harvest collection. three new doughnuts. maple butter cream, oatmeal cream pie and salted caramel cheesecake. plus the apple-filed doughnut. the maple cream has fall sprinkled. the salted caramel cheesecake has dolce de- di lechy. your news continues on nbc and