good morning. thanks for starting your weekend with us. iran assessing the damage after retaliatory air strikes overnight. >> israel says the attacks are

over. questions remain about what might happen next. it's october 26th. this is today. retaliation. israel hitting several targeting in iran overnight. a direct response weeks after iran fired a barrage of missiles at israel. could it lead to an all-out war in the middle east? we're live with the latest. texas hold em. beyonce throwing her weight behind vice president kamala harris at home in houston. >> we are at the precipice of an icredible shift. we are on the brink of history. >> the vice president hitting the reliably red state to speak to women about abortion rights. while former president trump leaves michigan rally goers out in the cold for hours while sitting down with joe rogan hoping to reach more men and responding to his former chief of staff calling him a fascist. >> i was actually the opposite of a dictator. i was a very straight guy. >> the race to the finish line with 10 days to go until

election day. painful past. king charles wrapping up the first overseas trip since the cancer diagnosis this year amid calls for reparations. >> none of us can change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons. record setting heat. the calendar may say october, but it's feeling like summer in the west and the southeast with temperatures soaring and the potential for triple digits in phoenix today. angie will have your full forecast. all that plus a hollywood finish. >> hits the ball to right field. it's gone! >> the los angeles dodgers freddie freeman hits a walk-off grand slam in game one of the world series. the epic finish already an instant classic and fans can't

wait for game two. "today" saturday october 26th, 2024. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with peter alexander and laura jarrett. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thanks so much for joining us. dodgers fans are happy waking up this morning. >> rough night for some new yorkers. this was like deja vu all over again. freddie freeman with the best kirk gibson impression in 1988. both injured and game walk-off winners in the world series. they will talk about that for the next 36 years. >> yankees still have a chance. still a chance. >> a great series. we'll have that in a few minutes. also ahead, we have ten days to go until election day.

both former president trump and vice president harris appeared in red texas on friday. harris bringing out long anticipated star power with beyonce now formally endorsing her. we will have much more on that visit coming up. we do begin this morning with the surprise air strikes overnight by israel into iran. the attack said to be direct retaliation for when iran struck israel earlier this month. our team is covering this story from the middle east and here at home. let's begin with nbc's raf sanchez in tel aviv this morning. raf, what's the latest? >> reporter: laura, good morning. israel's military says its war planes struck missile sites across iran last night at the factories where the missiles were made and some missile launchers itself. it is also saying it targeted iranian air defenses to make it easier to carry out strikes in the future. at this point, israel is saying that its attack is finished and

it does not intend to escalate further. what is notable, israel saying it did not attack iranian nuclear facilities or oil fields. there had been deep concern in the u.s. that prime minister benjamin netanyahu could order attacks like that which could trigger an all-out regional war. now iran is saying that two of its soldiers were killed in the strikes. saying israel targeted military bases in three different provinces, including tehran. it is saying its air defenses largely held up and that the damage at this point is limited. ultimately, it will be the iran supreme leader if they will retaliate. israel forces are on high alert. right now, there have been instructions to stay near bomb shelters. that is a possible indication

that they do not believe an iranian attack is imminent. laura. >> thank you, raf sanchez. >> we have allie at the white house. we understand the u.s. got a heads up. what more are we learning overnight? >> reporter: peter, president biden is at his moment in delaware for the weekend. he and the vice president are looking for the latest that the u.s. was notified before hand, but did not participate in. the official calling the israel response targeted and proportional to the iran attack earlier this month adding the president and his national security team encouraged israeli officials to harm and escalate tensions. this should be the end of the back and forth between the two countries. now warning iran that the u.s. is prepared to help israel to defend against further attacks.

the strikes began after antony blinken wrapped up his 11th trip to the middle east since the war began. the region once again in uncharted territory as peace talks are slated to resume tomorrow in qatar just nine days out from the election that could shape the future of the war-torn region. peter. >> allie raffa, thank you. >> let's bring in jeremy bash, former cia at the pentagon. talk to us about the thinking of the locations here. clearly this was deliberate and intentional, but also trying not to prompt furthest can legislation. >> i think israel had three options. medium, big and very big. they did not hit nuclear sites or energy and oil sites. they went after military sites and radar stations and missile and drone production facilities and launch sites. this was a message to iran that we can strike inside, deep

inside your country, but we're not going to escalate. we'll leave this round as a retaliation for the 200 ballistic missiles that were fired at israel on october 1st. i think israel won this round here, if you will. >> jeremy, the relationship with benjamin netanyahu and president biden has been strained as the war extends. how does this escalate as the u.s. is trying to wind down the war in the middle east? >> peter, there have been strains, but tactical oord nation and the u.s. is providing weapons to israel and providing support in shooting down the ballistic missiles. this activity by israel was an carefully coordinated by the white house. the biden/harris team wants bebe to keep this round targeted. this was a dry run.

they will look at nuclear sites if iran develops a nuclear weapon. >> jeremy, what do you make of the timing here less than two weeks out of the presidential election. the hope is it doesn't escalate, but things can happen. what do you think? >> the clock was ticking on the retaliation. this strike happened on october 1st. iran's strike on israel. now we're several weeks away. everybody knew israel had to hit back at some point. they could have waited until after the election, since sinwar was killed, the head of hamas, israel wanted to let that play out with the achievements in lebanon and gaza. this was time for them to respond. i think the biden/harris feels this round is complete. >> jeremy, i appreciate your time. thanks. >> thanks. ten days until election day and vice president harris made a detour to texas looking for high

wattage help on the home stretch. beyonce joining her and former president trump sat down with the popular podcaster joe rogan. dasha burns is traveling with the former president this morning. dasha. >> reporter: peter, a lot of buzz about queen bey. a lot of hope to get out the vote for the vice president. meanwhile, former president trump took a three-hour long podcast with joe rogan to get his fans to the polls. overnight, the bey-hive swarming the campaign trail. the harris team hoping for a beyonce boost. >> we are at the precipice of an incredible shift. the brink of history. >> reporter: the diva talking democracy and looking to get the ladies in formation and to the polls.

>> you were ground zero in the fight for reproductive freedom. >> reporter: harris in the hometown of houston to highlight the strict abortion law which bans the procedure in nearly all cases. it is one state that enacted a nearly total ban. >> texas, what is happening across this state and our country is a healthcare crisis and donald trump is the architect of it. >> reporter: joining the vice president, women who were endangered by the policies. >> it almost cost me my life. >> if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: it's a message that the campaign hopes to resonate from the lone star state to the battlegrounds. abortion is the pop issue for women. a democratic that supports harris over former president trump by a 14-point margin. trump leads by 16 points mong men and leaning into the bro

vote. showing up two hours late for the michigan rally. >> i apologize, but it all about winning. >> reporter: after taping a three-hour interview with joe rogan. whose audience is heavily male. trump the hitting back at john kelly stating he was a fascist. >> i was the opposite of a dict dictator. i was a very straight guy. >> reporter: the battleground continues this morning. former president trump will start his day outside detroit with a rally and head to state college, pennsylvania. vice president harris also in michigan today. she'll campaign for the first time with michelle obama. peter. >> dasha, we are learning about another issue that former president trump and jd vance's cell phones were targeted by chinese hackers as were some members of the harris campaign. what do you know? >> reporter: peter, it was a

broad hacking campaign targeting mr. trump and senator vance. members of the harris campaign were also targeted. not clear if they were able to steal any documents, but the fbi and cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency are investigating. >> dasha burns on the road in michigan. thank you very much. president biden on friday apologized to native americans who run a government school system that separated families and children. the forced assimilation program lasted 150 years finally ending in 1969. it resulted in the abuse of thousands of indigenous children. the apology came in the wake of the years long investigation by the interior department. a judge in new mexico upheld the dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charges against actor alec baldwin on the set of

the movie "rust." the district court judge threw out the statement that prosecutors withheld evidence that might be favorable to his trial. halyna hutchins died as a result when the gun went off with live ammunition. meantime, game one of the world series is now in the books and it was one of the most dramatic of all time. the los angeles dodgers beating the new york yankees with a walk-off grand slam in front of the hometown crowd. we have dana griffin at dodger stadium. dana, the game ended hours ago, but can you still feel the excitement in the air? >> reporter: it is all calm right now, but the electric still in the air here at dodger stadium. the boys in blue setting the bar high for the world series that could be one for the record

books. it was pretty uneventful for the first half of the game. take a look at this. you can see this diving catch which sends the game into extra innings. chisholm not stealing one, not two, but three bases. in the bottom of the tenth, freddie freeman with the first walk-off grand slam. the first ever in the world series. dodgers top the yankees 6-3. it has been 43 years since the franchises has faced off in the world series. the yankees winning eight of the matchups and these teams this year have some of the biggest stars in the game. some of the highest payrolls. yankees with more than $305 million in salary totals and the dodger was nearly $240 million in total payouts. far out pacing the mid $100 million. fans have to shell out the big

bucks as well with ticket prices averaging $1,700 a pop. that is definitely setting a record. for those lucky enough to get the tickets, game two is here tonight. then they head to new york for games three, four and five. guys. >> dana, i hope you have tickets for game two. >> reporter: i'm not lucky enough. >> that's all right. >> i thought you were going to breakdown if cortez was going to be brought in. >> i was waiting for you. >> i can't believe that was the first walk-off grand slam in world series history. that is what every boy and girl dreams about. i was that boy dreaming that for a long time. >> laura, give us a definition of a walk-off. >> i'll get back to you on that. you do the weather. october usually means fall weather with baseball. we cannot find fall

temperatures. you have well above average numbers for afternoon highs. denver in the 70s. triple digits in the southwest. notice austin and baton rouge in the upper 80s to low 90s. we see the potential for the record highs to be broken again. it has been a week of this. tomorrow is no different. the middle of the country starts to see things staying in the upper 90s to 90s. we will see minneapolis at 63 degrees. now the northeast and great lakes have seen a little bit of a cooldown thanks to the earlier cold front. we will see the temperatures go right back up into the middle of the up coming workweek. we can't not talk about the big games when it comes to the world series forecast. we just saw l.a., partly cloudy and low 70s. not a bad forecast. as we get back to new york city for game three and four, it will be nice and clear and mild. we keep the dry streak we're going for. temperatures

and that's a look at your forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you very much. still ahead, kathy park is in north carolina where students in one district are getting a little normalcy back in their lives one month after hurricane helene roared through. kathy. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, after weeks away from the classroom, thousands of students went back to school yesterday.

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we are back on saturday morning with the weekly download. our week at the other big stories. >> joe is here. >> good to see you. among the headlines, the cdc friday saying the number of people getting sick is growing after eating one of mcdonald's most popular menu items. >> the hottest juicy quarter pounder yet. >> the cdc looking into the e. coli breakout with the quarter pounders. one person died and raw onions were to blame and mcdonald's took quick action to halt the

spread. >> we are confident you can go to mcdonald's and enjoy our classics. we took swift action yesterday to remove the quarter pounder from our menu. >> boeing union members rejected the proposed contract deal voting to continue their strike nearly six weeks after walking off the job. >> as s&p global estimates the strike is costing boeing more than $1 billion a month. >> the first thing we have to do is stabilize the business and obviously getting through the strike is the first step in doing. that. >> american airlines is testing out new technology to crackdown on passengers jumping ahead of their boarding group. agents will be alerted with an audible beep and on-screen message when someone tries to board too early. >> you know you are board group 78. no reason for you to be hanging out in front of the line holding people out. >> pressure. tua steps up.

he'll run for the first time and takes a shot. >> the miami dolphins announce quarterback tua tagovailoa is cleared to play on sunday weeks after the third diagnosed concussion of his nfl career. he says he has been symptom free ever since and never considered quitting football. >> i appreciate your concern. i really do. i love this game and i love it to the death of me. that's it. >> will you wear a guardian cap? >> nope. >> why? >> personal choice. there is risk in any and everything and i'm willing to play the odds. >> 28 years in the making! the new york liberty are wnba champions! >> the wnba's new york liberty celebrated their first ever title with a parade down new york's canyon of heroes. >> i appreciate you so much. this is an incredible journey.

>> look at everybody out here and the parade and look at new york city! >> l.a. lakers superstar lebron james and his son bronny made history on tuesday night. >> the first father/son duo to play together in the nba game. >> and finally, this video is going viral this week. california woman praising a worker as the orange county fair and grabbed her phone and kept on filming after she dropped it. >> i got y'all. >> the woman posted the video to social media with the caption give this man a raise. >> first of all, you can set the "curb your enthusiasm" music to anything and it works. >> it works. it works so well. >> very cool to see that. they had a froze part of it to realize when the person was keeping the video going which is pretty cool. >> i love the moment when he looks at it, oh, wait. we still got this. >> we live in a world where

people know what to do in the situation. still to come, we have lady gaga coming up. and the monitor bestowed on olivia

october 26th. i'm kira klapper an east bay man is under arrest, accused of killing his own

father. hayward police arrested david sanchez on thursday. police say he told them he shot and killed his own father and dumped his body in a dumpster in union city. on wednesday, family members requested that hayward police check on the father and son. relatives said they were concerned because the father did not show up for work and was not answering his phone. the 25 year old sanchez now faces murder charges. now to a follow up for san jose city council candidate tam truong. criminal charges tied to a mortgage fraud lawsuit suit against truong were dismissed yesterday. truong is a san jose police sergeant vying for the district eight seat. he's running on a platform of public safety and accountability on homeless spending. but his campaign drew questions and opposition when he was charged with criminal grand theft back in september. the santa cruz county district attorney asked the judge to dismiss the charge because of insufficient evidence, and the judge agreed.

we're going to turn now to the weekend forecast and cinthia pimentel. good morning cynthia. good morning kara. good morning everyone. our final weekend in october and another chilly start around the bay area. we have some low 40s up there in the north bay. 42, santa rosa, 41 in sonoma, and they continue through the east bay and parts of the peninsula. 48 and palo alto 43 right now in danville. so definitely those clear skies not helping to keep us nice and blanketed this morning. it's going to be hard to get out of bed. 48 in south san jose. let's plan your day. maybe you're going out to a hike in mill valley, avoiding all of those halloween crowds. you just want to connect with nature for today. it will be a chilly start in the upper 40s, and then some cloudy skies and temperatures in the low seconds as we go on into livermore. maybe you're going out shopping today. we are looking at a cool start there to upper 40s, and then getting some more mild numbers on the board by the middle of the day, with a mix of sun and clouds in the upper seconds. now, as we go through the rest of today, we

will see more clouds trickling on in and those temperatures feeling just a little bit cooler than where we were yesterday. finally feeling like fall. we're going to put that on for tomorrow. as i track some cooler, cloudier and maybe even a chance of rain in that forecast. so join me at seven kira back to you. all right cynthia, thanks. we'll see you at seven. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay. once again, professional crab fishers will not be able to put their traps in the water. we'll explain how long it could last, how it could impact your holiday meals and why. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you join us right now. back to the today show. san francisco is in crisis and we need real experienced leadership. we need mark farrell. our interim mayor who got things done. who showed we can clear tent encampments, fight crime, and address the drug crisis. who will make the tough choices for our city's future. "i'm mark farrell. i'm running for mayor because san francisco deserves better."

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fired on israel. israel now says its attack is over and it does not intend to escalate any further. the former ceo of abercrombie & fitch pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges in the new york court. he is facing charges to 15 alleged victims from 2015. he promised modelling and other job opportunities to the mostly male victims leading them to believe their careers would be harmed if they did not comply with the sex events. jefferys remains free on the $10 million bond. sad news from the music industry this morning. rock legend phil lesh, founding member of the grateful dead, died on friday. he co-wrote some of the famous songs like "truckin'."

he was one behind the band traveling the world. lesh was 84 years old. also this morning, it was a big day for students in north carolina. a community up ended last month when hurricane helene devastated that region. nbc's kathy park was there as students returned to school for the first time since the disaster. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you. that's right. this wasn't your typical first day back because keep in mind we're still in the disaster zone. schedules had to be adjusted and bus routes reworked and students still relying on bottled water for now. regardless of the changes, everyone is grateful to be back. after weeks away from school, thousands of western north carolina students returned to the classroom. the first time since helene ripped through the region. >> a lot of people was real happy. they were crying from happy tears because they got to see their friends after a month. >> reporter: power, internet and

non-potable water back up and running in the county. one of the largest districts with more than 25,000 students and staff. >> it was a massive, massive undertaking. when we knew they were safe, we started to do the work. >> reporter: administrators prioritized getting kids to school safely after bridges and roads washed away. one dropping off his ninth grader. >> i'm glad do get back to normalcy and hope they don't experience too much trauma. >> reporter: making sure mental health needs are help. superintendent rob jackson hopes to the social workers travel across the state to help with the transition. >> the biggest issue is grace. we still have students without power and water and students without internet access at home. >> reporter: the healing coming in had all forms, even outside the classroom.

reengaging and getting back to the routine after so much loss. >> i think being back in school will definitely make everything feel a little more normal. >> reporter: and more signs of progress, asheville city schools will be reopening this coming monday. they will operate on a modified schedule to ease students back into the classroom. peter. >> the whole region looking for normalcy. kathy park, thank you so much. angie is back with a very dry forecast in the northeast. >> dry as a bone. guys, we have been going through it without rain in the region. it is another day we have to be concerned about the fire weather. we have all of the ingredients there. boston, hartford and atlantic city. we have the fire risk up for 14 million. over the next seven days, will there be rain? it doesn't seem like it. the rain across the great lakes and sketching ought.

we will see this trend going. it has been 27 days in philadelphia without recorded rain. the last time we were close to that, 1874. we're likely going to break that, of course, and then some. we have to go back to the 1800s to see this long of a stretch out rain. new york, not quite as good of a chance we will see a record. still, 26 days since we've seen rain there. we move up to boston. it's been longer. 30 days in a row without that rain. we will continue to see the drier pattern last through the day today. great for outdoor plans, but milder condi

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decision's consequences could rear its head again. we went to speak to a patient and doctor about what's on their minds. >> our very first visit, we sat on this couch. just coming back here brings back the memories. the nerves. >> a year after giving birth to her son ryder, she returned to birmingham, alabama, this month for another milestone. she and her husband concealed concede ryder with ivf and now a number of patients move the embryos out of state. >> you feel better with colorado than alabama? >> i do. the main reason being the law. i don't feel comfortable. >> the law, unprecedented decision from the alabama's highest court in february finding parents could sue an ivf clinic for wrongful death after their embryos were dropped on

the floor. equating embryos on ice to unborn children in the womb prompted panic. as some are routinely discarded to avoid miscarriages or complications. the court decision did not spell out any such exceptions and clinics here legal jeopardy. >> what has the year been like? >> stressful. >> she is a specialist in birmingham. one of the few clinics in the state that did not stop ivf. now many patients are moving their embryos to places with less restrictive laws. >> does it feel odd that people are planning their families around a court decision? >> the whole thing feels odd to me. >> tomorrow, life sciences has partnered with, has seen a 60% rise in 2024 alone. in alabama, lawmakers moved quickly after the court decision to pass a legislative fix.

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we are back with ""popstart" joe? >> lady gaga released a song "cure" years ago and now "the disease." here's a snip-it of the song. ♪ if you want to make me believe ♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> dancing on the couch. fans are excited because it is taking her back to her dance music roots. odds are good this is going to be the first single off the next studio album which is expected early next year. i can feel the groove here. >> i like that. >> we were dancing on the couch? >> peter? >> dancing?

>> all right. more music news. olivia rodrigo. billboard is naming her the touring artist of the year. this sparked absolutely zero debate online because no one could possibly think of another artist who had a wildly successful gdp boosting, earthquake inducing tour over the past year. kidding aside. billboard calls the most-see rock event of the year. rodrigo says they made the tour with guts in mind. this was the first arena tour. the average ticket price was $148 making it an affordable option. >> my girls love her. >> the first concert ever. >> great. good to see that. >> we have a theme this morning. maing women in music. kelsea ballerini.

warming up the crowd on a chilly autumn morning. she is chatting with willie on sunday talking about the sold out show next week at madison square garden. >> it's a big girl show. >> yeah. >> i haven't skipped any steps. i think for me now being in a place is it still scary? uh-huh, yup. me back stage will not be cute. i'll be finding a bucket. i bet on myself. if there is ever a time to make that jump, it's now. >> i love that message. you can catch the rest tomorrow morning on "sunday today." >> finally, steve kornacki, you know, there are traditions we have grown accustomed to in america. patrick mahomes win on super bowl sunday and watching steve kornacki on election night. there is a kornacki cam fixated

on him as he crunches the numbers. you can watch that live stream on the peacock app. it's just one of three streams you can watch simultaneously in multi-view. you might recall multi-view was a hit in paris during the olympics. this time for the election, you can see kornacki plus nbc news now, our digital news service and another feed focused on the results coming in from our decision desk. this multi-view experience starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern on election night on peacock. i hope at left one of us is in one of those boxes. >> leslie jones loves her some steve kornacki. >> we need a fourth box of leslie jones watching steve kornacki. still to come, our saturday morning boost and a new look at what those adorable pandas who will soon be on public dplayis

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commuters on high alert. it happened yesterday morning at the martinez amtrak station. police say a woman a victim as they were putting luggage in the back seat of their car. the woman drove over the victim's foot as she got away. an elderly woman in the passenger seat was forced out of the moving car and dragged before eventually freeing herself. police arrested that female suspect in walnut creek. but people we spoke with say they're concerned. yeah. it's scary. you know, it's not something that should happen, especially at a transit station. you know, it's should be more like, protected. this is a not a typical event in martinez, but wherever you are, i think situational awareness is always is important. the victims were treated for their injuries. no word on how they are doing this morning that accused carjacker now faces multiple charges. her bail is set at $315,000. we're

going to turn now to the microclimate forecast with cinthia pimentel. good morning kira. good morning everyone. we are off to a clear start, seeing it from our cameras around the bay. and it is cool out there this morning. we've got 43 in point reyes, 44 out in napa, and those chilly 40s continue to the east bay. 47 for both concord and livermore. right now. 48 in morgan hill, 50 in palo alto and just a touch warmer in san francisco. so let's take it by our hour by hour on this final saturday of the month, we are going to keep those cool temperatures, dip them a little bit right around sunrise, get into some gradual warming. if you're out the door, a little later on this saturday. a bit of a slow start to the weekend in some 60s and 70s, and that's kind of where we'll keep it into this afternoon. some mild numbers only getting into the mid to upper 70s up there in santa rosa, the livermore valley, and down here in the south bay. if you're finding yourself along the peninsula, maybe half moon bay for the pumpkin patch, i would bring a jacket as those temperatures are only going to stay in the 60s,

and we're going to turn things a little bit more cloudy as we set up our pattern change into sunday, we are going to get a chance of some sprinkles and some cooler fall like feelings for tomorrow. join me at seven for all of that here. back to you. all right, cynthia, thanks. coming up this morning on today in the bay, there are dozens, hundreds, thousands of residents who feel the same way. we do. and we know that the council members lost just a south bay group is rallying and urging san jose council member omar torres to leave office or face a recall. we'll have the latest on that, plus all your other top stories and cynthia's full forecast coming up at seven. we

good morning. breaking overnight. target iran. israel launching air strikes against iran. a surprise attack coming weeks after the iranians fired

hundreds of ballistic missiles at israel. will this lead to all-out wa? the latest from the middle east. queen bey in texas overnight. >> we are at the precipice of the incredible shift. the brink of history. >> highlighting the state's strict abortion law and former president trump sitting down with the most popular podcaster. >> this will be my last election. >> we're live on the campaign trail. and tricks, not treats. with halloween days away, it is not too late to find or make that perfect costume. we have the best to help yours be a spooky holiday. today, saturday, 26th, 2024. good morning. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. everybody is ready for "monster

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not attack nuclear facilities or oil fields. there had been deep concern in the u.s. that prime minister benjamin netanyahu could order strikes like that that could trigger an all-out regional war. iran is saying two of its soldiers were killed in the strikes. they say israel targeted military bases in three different provinces, including tehran. they are saying their air defenses largely held up and the damage is limited. the u.s. was given a heads up by israel before this attack began, according to a senior administration official. president biden had been encouraging israel to attack in a proportional we to limit civilian casualties. this u.s. official says this should be the end of the matter. there should be no further action by either side. ultimately, it will be iran's supreme leader to decide whether or not his country retaliates at

this point. israeli forces are on high alert, but no civilian declaration that stay near bomb shelters. they do not believe an iranian tack is imminent. peter. >> raf sanchez, thank you. >> vice president harris was briefed on the strikes speaking with her supporters with beyonce by her side as former president trump made appeals to male voters on joe rogan's podcast. we have dasha burns in detroit with us this morning. dasha, good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. the bey-bey-hive swarming the campaign trail. hoping for a beyonce boost in their get out the vote efforts. >> i'm not here as a celebrity.

i'm not here as a politician. i'm here as a mother. a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. >> reporter: now the vice president using the event to highlight the texas strict abortion law which bans the procedure in nearly all cases. it is 1 of 14 states enacting total bans after the overturn of roe v. wade. women hopes the message will resonate. as nbc news polling shows abortion is the top issue for women. the voting block that supports harris over former president trump by a 14-point margin. trump, however, leads harris by 16 points among men and he's leaning into the so-called bro vote as he taped an interview

with popular joe rogan podcast in texas before heading to michigan for his rally, trump hitting back from comments of john kelly that he fits the description of a fascist. laura. >> thank you. meantime this morning, the fbi says russia is behind a recent viral video that falsely shows a person tearing up filled out ballots in pennsylvania. the agency says that russia made and amplified the video to disrupt the u.s. presidential election and undermine trust within its integrity. within hours of its release, it had thousands of views from a single post on x on thursday. federal officials are investigating unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure. and nasa astronaut is recovering in a florida hospital this morning following the return to earth from the international space station on friday. the space agency did not share the astronaut's name or the

nature of the medical issue. the four-person crew, including three americans and one russian, was in space nearly eight months. the return on the spacex dragon capsule was delayed after the hurricanes in florida. we have the news and now the boost. joe. >> the national zoo on friday sharing the videos of the giant pandas that arrived from china last week. the two young cubs having loads of fun, each separately seen playing with bouncing balls and hugging, sniffing and pushing them and wading through water. if the pandas are acting like preschoolers, it is because they are. the 3-year-olds are in quarantine as they adapt to their new home. they are scheduled to make the public debut in late january. you can watch that all day long. we were talking about the kornacki cam earlier.

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closing out the trip overseas. >> the king talking about the painful past with slavery. >> meagan fitzgerald is following it for us from london this morning. meagan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we are talking about a trip that didn't seem likely several months ago in february when the king first announced he was diagnosed with cancer. we know this was supposed to be a trip that was visiting four different countries. it was cut back to two because of medical reasons. look, we saw some tense moments when king charles addressed the need to right wrongs from the britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade. king charles and queen camilla in the south pacific and the final stop in samoa. king charles with dignitaries

with slavery being a major theme. >> i understand from listening to people across the commonwealth the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate. >> reporter: the king expressing remorse, but stopping short of apologizing for the role in the transatlantic slave trade amid growing calls from caribbean nations from reparations and many signaling they are ready to leave the commonwealth. >> many of us cannot change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons. >> reporter: the royal couple starting their trip in australia. the king giving a speech to parliament. >> to say a few words here. >> reporter: before being heckled by an indigenous senator. >> give us what you stole from us! >> reporter: the king's visit reviving the debate if a british royal should be head of state in australia with the recent news corp poll show 45% support a

constitutional monarchy. the king, overall, receiving a warm welcome on what was his first overseas trip since announcing his cancer diagnosis in february. a month late, his daughter-in-law, princess kate, sharing she is dealing with the disease. but now the future queen is slowly returning back to work. a journey that took her nine months. a testament of the resilience of the princess of wales and the king. now, we don't expect to see the king in the coming days as he is expected to recover from the trip to the south pacific. we do know he is expected to make an appearance at the remembrance day ceremony scheduled next month alongside the princess of wales. we also know princess kate is already planning for christmas. guys. >> all right. meagan, thank you so much. >> important to have the conversations. that's what leadership is all about. let's get one more check of the forecast from angie.

>> hi, guys. not much to complain about with the weather. we have plenty of sunshine from coast to coast. a couple of spots in the tennessee valley and the pacific northwest dealing with a little bit of wet weather. otherwise, it is the record warmth that will get your attention not just today, but into tomorrow, too. notice across the southern tier of the country for sunday, 80s and 90s. across the northeast, that's when we have the autumn chill that has settled in. we will see temperatures

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what are you? >> i'm a lip smacker. i'm a child of the 90s. i love the costumes. everything we're showing you today, super easy to do and with things you have at home. >> tupperware. >> you can do this on the home printer. very easy to do last minute. >> mine gives this away with the sign. >> i printed this. we have a template on goodhouse goodhousekeeping.com. >> i think i need a partner. >> you are the small. i'm the extra large size. >> this is a great crew costume. you can all be different colors. the straws are paper towel rolls and glued it together. >> i can't walk through the door. >> it's very comfy.

>> super comfy and easy. >> i love this. all right. let's bring in peter and our director adam's daughter hannah. take a look at this great costume here. >> yes. rain gear to turn them into the cute critters. peter is daddy long legs with pipe cleaners and foam circles for the eyes. >> it doubles in case of precipitation. very practice. >> for hannah, we have a red poncho that we cut through the middle to make wings. foam circles to give her the spots. >> all stuff you have around the house. >> exactly. >> what a great ladybug. well done, hannah. and let's ivite our friend. elfaba. >> "wicked" is the hottest. for angie, a black dress and

infused green with the tights and body suit. mickey is wearing the pink dress that she owns and accessoriesed with the pipe cleaners. >> we have to bring out your brother, hudson. i hear it's just a toy you have laying around the house. >> yes, he is in the squishmallows. all i did was cut holes for his head and arms and sewed a t-shirt inside. it took an hour max. super easy to do and repurpose. >> do you have to sew the t-shirt? >> you have stuffing inside. that stuffing will get messy. the shirt helps it slides on easier and keep it in place. >> it's comfy? >> yeah. >> he will stay warm on halloween. >> wearing it beyond halloween. >> warm on halloween.

>> you can do angie's forecast. that is so much fun. i appreciate this. you have to be careful walking through doorways. >> i almost lost my straw. >> a near straw -- lexi, thank you so much. that was so much fun. reminder, no one does halloween better than "today." tune in thursday for the big reveal. our theme only on "today." >> we're back right after these messages.

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26. i'm kira klapper, an east bay man is under arrest, accused of killing his own father. hayward police arrested david sanchez on thursday. police say sanchez told them he shot and killed his own father and then dumped his body in a dumpster in union city on wednesday. family members had requested that hayward police check on the father and the son. relatives said they were concerned because the father didn't show up for work and wasn't answering his phone. that 25 year old son now faces murder charges. now to a follow up on san jose city council candidate tam truong,

the criminal charges against truong were dismissed yesterday. in september, he was charged with criminal grand theft in connection with a mortgage fraud lawsuit. truong is a san jose police sergeant vying for the district eight seat. he's running on a platform of public safety and accountability on homeless spending. the santa cruz county assistant district attorney asked the judge to dismiss the charge because of insufficient evidence. the judge agreed. turning now to cinthia pimentel with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. yeah. good morning carol. good morning everyone. still awaiting the sunrise about an hour away, but we see it creeping right here through the east foothills in san jose. a clear morning and also some cool numbers in the low 50s. dark but already busy. 580 dublin. where the temperatures are in the 40s this morning. so hopefully those people have the heater on. i would with these kinds of conditions even cooler as we move up into the north bay in santa rosa. good morning. 43 degrees and we will warm up

slowly but surely as we go throughout the day. so let's stay in the north bay. find something to do. it's going to be the weekend for pumpkin patches and all things fall. we are going to see some mostly sunny skies there today. temperatures not bad. mild 76. but notice that cooldown major drop as we go on into our sunday and even a chance of squeezing out a raindrop or two as we go on and take a look at the second half of our weekend. so major changes are coming, not only for the north bay, but for everybody. we're going to see more fall like feeling as we go on into tomorrow, and that should continue for the next couple of days. actually, as we're going to drop down those numbers on my extended 7-day forecast. we're also going to add a few more chances of rain there as we go on and look towards the last couple of days of october. even got that halloween forecast in there too. kira back to you. all right, cynthia, we'll see you at seven. thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay. once again, professional crab fishers will not be able to put their traps in the water. how it could impact your holiday meals and we'll explain why.

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