closing argument in front of a packed crowd at madison square garden, but it was overshadowed by racist remarks from a

comedian at the rally. and kamala harris goes all in on philly, vying to win over voters in the city of brotherly love. we have it all eight days out from the election. a shocking story out of minneapolis, a man allegedly shot by his neighbor while doing yard work. why police have not arrested the suspected gunman. mcdonald's beef ruled out as a source of the e.coli outbreak that sickened dozens throughout the united states. what that means for the return of a menu staple. crowd strike struck with lawsuit, why delta is suing over the i.t. outage that wreaked havoc over the sum juror and will show high play ahead of a crucial game three against the yanks in new york tonight? plus all your nfl highlights as we kick off your workweek. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. we are only eight days out from

the 2024 presidential election. today vice president harris will be campaigning across michigan focused on jobs and manufacturing, while former president trump will meet with faith leaders in georgia. nbc'salice barr joins me now. good morning, alice. donald trump was here in new york last night headlining the event at madison square garden. >> good morning, frances. that's right, about 20,000 trump supporters packed the iconic arena in manhattan last night. the trump campaign billed this as their candidate's closing arguments. the crowd heard from a wide range of speakers from melania trump to elon musk to dr. phil. when the former president took the stage he made his harshest comments about immigration and repeated his enemy from within. >> it's this amorphous group of people but they're smart and they're vicious and we have to defeat them and when i say the enemy from within, the other side goes crazy, oh, how can he

say -- they've done very bad things to this country. they are indeed the enemy from within. >> vice president kamala harris spent the day focused on philadelphia. pennsylvania is critical to her path to victory and this marked her 14th visit to the state. at a campaign stop she asked reporters to imagine the oval office on january 20th. >> if it's donald trump, you can see what's -- what that day is going to be. it will be him sitting at that desk stewing over his enemies list. he is full of grievance. he is full of dark language that is about retribution and revenge. and so the american people have a choice, it's either going to be that or it will be me there, focused on my to-do list. >> the harris campaign says the vice president and her running mate will visit every battleground state over the next four days. she will be in michigan today.

while former president trump will be in georgia attending the national faith summit. frances. >> alice, thank you. one of the opening speakers at last night's rally is facing backlash as the trump campaign tries to win over more latino voters comedian tony hinchcliffe made crude comments about that community and then he said this. >> i don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. yeah. i think it's called puerto rico. >> puerto rico's governor condemned the comments, saying everyone who cheered this on should be ashamed of themselves. hinchcliffe made more than one racist crack at the rally and the trump campaign responded by saying this joke does not reflect the views of mr. trump without specifying which one. hinchcliffe posted on social media that he made fun of everyone during his set and that he loves puerto rico. israeli forces have withdrawn from a hospital in northern gaza after a deadly

siege that lasted days. dozens were also being killed in air strikes in the city of bait lahia. it is called one of the darkest moments of the more than year long war. the idf says they are targeting hamas militants. for the latest let's go to matt bodner. what do we know about the hospital that was raided? >> reporter: israeli forces stormed this hospital last week as part of their ongoing push into northern gaza and it's actually one of the last remaining functional medical facilities in the area. reports from the hospital suggest that idf troops heavily damaged the facility during their operation there. footage taken by an nbc news team from within the hospital gives us a picture of what happened. you can see equipment, blankets, medical supplies, ceiling panels thrown about the facility. there's also broken furniture. the idf says it was conducting an operation in the area against hamas militants. several buildings were damaged by idf air strikes. medical personnel at the

hospital say that more than half of the medical staff was detained by the idf. this all comes as efforts to revise ceasefire talks renewed in qatar over the weekend with a new proposal put forward by egyptian mediators. it would see a temporary ceasefire of two days in the exchange for release of four more israeli hostages and the return of palestinian prisoners in kind. what is unclear is whether or not hamas is ready to engage in ceasefire efforts. they are yet to comment on the egyptian proposal. in israel one person was killed on sunday and dozens more injured after a truck ran into a bus stop in tel aviv. local police say they believe this was a terrorist attack. the assailant was shot dead on the scene and is a palestinian citizen of israel. back to you, frances. >> matt, thank you. growing outrage after a minneapolis man was allegedly shot by his neighbor while doing yard work. the incident even caught on camera. the suspect charged

with attempted murder but has not yet been arrested. nbc's dana griffin has more. >> reporter: this was a shocking moment caught on cam ration video obtained by our nbc affiliate shows david trimming a tree outside his minneapolis home wednesday but according to court documents a bullet was fired from his neighbor's upstairs window. >> the bullet went down through my neck and then all the way back to my spine. >> reporter: he told nbc affiliate care 11 he is also recovering from broken ribs and a concussion, adding the last 11 months since he and his wife moved in they've been living a nightmare next door to john shawshack. the victim called police for harassment, hate speech and verbal threats. also saw shawshake suffers from mental. he has been charged with attempted murder but he is not in jail. police allowing him to stay in his home because they say he is

a threat to himself and others. >> the likelihood of an armed confrontation where we may have to use deadly force with the suspect is high. >> reporter: that excuse sparking community outrage. >> we have to take violent criminals off the street. so i'm not a police officer, i don't know how that gets done, but i know it needs to get done. >> reporter: police say he rarely leaves his hospital and the department has not set an arrest date. >> we are not going to bust the door down, gunz blazing and get into a deadly source situation but we will ensure the community will be safe. >> reporter: matorri says he feels the minneapolis police department failed to protect his family by not arresting his neighbor when they need it the most. >> if you are saying you're scared what does that do to me? you have body armor, you have professional training -- >> reporter: dana griffin, nbc news. fire crews have been battling a large brush fire in a wooded area of salem,

massachusetts, since the weekend. no evacuation orders have been announced but fire officials say it will take some time to extinguish the flames. this as massachusetts is under a red flag warning for high fire danger due to drought conditions. it comes as thousands of visitors are expected to flock to salem for halloween festivities this week. and it is a colder start to the week for much of the country. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is here with your forecast. good morning, michelle. >> we're waking up to chilly weather in parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast as well into the ohio valley. 23 million under freeze alerts, freeze warnings in the hot pink color, in the pink color frost advisory for roanoke, d.c. into the freeze warning. temperatures just before freezing in some spots. baltimore at 34, ocean city 33, 30s for morgantown, charleston, blacksburg and cold, too, in syracuse and buffalo, temperatures in the 40s. a chilly start. big difference in the middle of the country, we are tracking really warm air, summerlike

temperatures, the jet stream shutting off cooler air coming down from canada. temperatures soaring once again into the 80s and 90s. we will be chasing records once again. today el paso 90 degrees, a record there is 87, 87 in oklahoma city, shreveport 89 expected for today. warm day tomorrow, temperatures into the 80s and this warmth moves into the ohio valley, also the great lakes. cleveland 77, chicago 81, st. louis 86. we will see warm air into the northeast by thursday, looking at temperatures into the upper 70s for halloween in new york city, 70 by friday, temperatures the 70s alsin country, looking at a big area of high pressure bringing warm air, temperatures into the 80s and 90s in dallas.

all right. that's your monday forecast. >> thanks so much, michelle. the coast guard rescued a family off the coast of hawaii after their boat capsized. the coast guard responded to a distress call and deployed a helicopter crew. they located the overturned boat and rescued a father and his two sons. all three were hoisted from the water and transported safely to maui. thankfully no injuries were reported. "early today" is back in a minute with an update in the mcdonald's e.coli outbreak. and the new turbulence for crowdstrike as dtael files a suit over last summer's i.t. melt don. in your gut? try new align yogurt coated probiotic fruit bites. with a delicious apple and blueberry-flavored fruit center and yogurt coating, each bite is infused with added probiotics, to help promote a healthy digestive system every day. plus, they're packaged in individually-wrapped pouches, for daily digestive support on the go. look for new align yogurt coated probiotic fruit bites online and in the digestive care aisle of your local retailer.

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e.coli. mcdonald's has since removed their onion supplier taylor farms from its supply chain. the chain plans to bring back the quarter pound tore affected locations this week. boeing may be looking to jettison into space visits according to a new report but first crowdstrike is facing a massive lawsuit this morning for in summer's global i.t. outage. charlotte reed is here with the latest on that. good morning, charlotte. >> good morning, frances. indeed delta is suing crowdstrike. security software company involved in the global i.t. outage that brought down millions of computers back in july. delta airlines is accusing crowdstrike of breach of contract and negligence that the outage prompted the cancellation of 7,000 flights and delta took longer than other airlines to recover from the outage. now, the airline is seeking

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niners win it 30-24. what action there. >> yeah. >> late sunday night football. a lot of -- that's what happens when you fall asleep, you miss all the action. >> exactly. although i thought the cowboys, because i did stay up and watch it, i thought the cowboys were going to have it. i think the 49ers had the pep talk and came back a different team. >> in the zone and made it happen. the cowboys couldn't pull off the come back but their division rivals in d.c. had one for the ages. looked like the bears had the win over the commanders in the bag until jayden daniels made the play of the year. >> here comes the hail mary with the game on the line and the ball is caught! caught! it's a miracle. it's noah brown. oh, my goodness! >> yeah, kind of just dropped into his hands and that hail mary delivering the commanders an 18-15 win over the bears. and down in miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa made

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out. nbc's hallie jackson has the heart-warming story. >> reporter: when it comes to friday night football, no one does it quite like texas, but at friday's game between the yellow jackets and scots. >> let's have a big round of applause for these two. >> reporter: it was the preshow that had fans cheering. see those two guys hugging it out? that's coach mike trevino and coach mason williams, both competing against each other, but united on the field for the very first time. >> we're going to get it. >> all right. love you. >> reporter: after mike gave mason the life-saving gift of a kidney. >> i don't know that i've ever been more confident about a decision other than maybe marrying my wife. >> you don't really have words. at the end of the day someone else is making a huge sacrifice for you. >> reporter: that sacrifice, a no-brainer for mike who had been a mentor to mason for years, but

who had no idea just how sick his friend really was. >> he's just so young and looked so healthy that i couldn't imagine that he was down to like 10% with his kidney. >> reporter: with mason's only kidney failing quickly, time was running out for the new dad at just 27 years old. so mike, a grandfather himself, secretly got tested, found out he was a match, and last year surprised mason with the good news. >> i'm not much of a crier but i was laying on that table during the whole mri crying. >> that's the day that i really kind of think that our relationship went from a friendship to a family member. >> reporter: the pair going through surgery last christmastime. and now teaming up to spread the word about living organ donation. >> get checked out, see if you are a match. >> reporter: a match that gave mason a second chance at life and years ahead with his wife and little girl. >> you know, getting to hear her

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donald trump makes his closing argument in front of a packed crowd at madison square garden, but it was overshadowed by racist remarks from a comedian at the rally. the campaign's response.