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as both campaigns respond to comments from president biden, appearing to call trump supporters garbage. we go inside one swing county in a critical swing state to see how voters there are thinking about the election and each other ahead of november 5th. in spain, dangerous flash floods turn streets into rivers, sweeping away cars and killing at least 95 people. we're live with the aftermath of one of spain's worst natural disasters in 30 years. after being down 5-0, the dodgers stage an incredible comeback in game five, beating the yankees one more time to become world series champions. the highlights are just ahead. and, on this halloween, a look inside mummies' tombs, like we've ever seen before. all thanks to ct technology. it's thursday, october 31st. "early today" starts right now. good morning. glad you're with me.

i'm frances rivera. the countdown to the election is down to only five days. today both candidates will travel west. vice president harris will hold an event in vaclas vegas with jennifer lopez. former president trump is expected to speak in arizona in a hurricane-relief benefit hosted by tucker carlson. last night harris spoke to a largely gen z audience in wisconsin. >> i love your generation. i just love you guys. [cheers and applause] and let me tell you why. let me tell you why. one of the reasons is you all are rightly impatient for change. rightly. >> meanwhile, former president trump rolled into wisconsin in a garbage truck, capitalizing on controversial comments made by president biden. here's nbc's garrett haake. >> reporter: former president trump weighing in on the firestorm over remarks by

president biden. where he appeared to call trump supporters garbage. looking to turn biden's controversial comments into a campaign rallying cry. >> joe biden finally said what he and kamala really think of our supporters. he called them garbage. and they mean it. >> reporter: later appearing in a garbage truck. >> how do you like my garbage truck? this truck is in honor of kamala and joe biden. >> reporter: while hours earlier vice president harris separating herself from the president's comments. >> he clarified his comments, but, let me be clear. i strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. i will be a president for all americans. whether you vote for me or not. >> reporter: the president made those comments on a zoom event with a latino group, referencing trump's madison square garden rally. >> a speaker at his rally called puerto rico a floating island of garbage. the puerto ricans that i know

are puerto rico where, in my home state of delaware. they're good, decent, honorable people. the only garbage i see floating out there is his supporters. his, his demonization is unconscionable. and it's un-american. >> reporter: two and a half hours later, the president posting on x he was not referring to all trump supporters, writing earlier, i referred to the hateful rhetoric spewed at his madison square garden rally as garbage. that's all i meant to say. josh shapiro reacting when he first heard the audio. >> i'll give you my first reaction to it. i would never insult the good people of pennsylvania or any americans, even if they chose to support a candidate that i didn't support. >> reporter: while trump and his supporters responding in real time, learning about the remark mid rally from senator marco rubio. >> just moments ago, joe biden stated that our supporters are

garbage. >> that's terrible. >> reporter: trump comparing the remark to hillary clinton's 2016 comment calling trump supporters deplorables. >> garbage, i think, is worse, right? >> reporter: but trump has his own long history of divisive rhetoric, including these comments attacking democrats. >> this is a sick group of people. i'm telling you. and there's a gareat evilness. >> reporter: and ryerepeatedly referring to opponents as enemies from within. while distancing himself from the comments from the comedian. >> i don't want anybody making nasty jokes or stupid jokes. probably he shouldn't have been there, yeah. >> reporter: news from nicky jam who endorsed trump. >> you know nikki? where is nikki? >> we need you to be the president. [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: jam now rescinding that endorsement, saying quote,

puerto rico deserves respect. >> and our thanks to garrett for that report. donald trump's wealthiest supporter is expected to spend his halloween in a courtroom. elon musk has been ordered to attend an emergency hearing in philadelphia this morning. the city's top prosecutors is trying to stop the tesla ceo from handing out milliondollar prizes to registered voters. the lawsuit accuses musk of operating an illegal lottery to influence voters. musk and his attorneys did not respond to a request for comment. north korean soldiers are now donning russian uniforms and hiding towards ukraine carrying russian equipment defense secretary lloyd austin said. the u.s. and south korean say some of the troops are headed toward the kursk region of russia where putin's army is struggling to push back a ukrainian incursion. the deployment was called a dangerous and destabilizing

development. in spain, flash flooding has killed at least 95 people in the country's worst natural disaster in decades. dozens more are missing. it happened in the country's east, mostly in the valencia region, which saw a year's worth of rain in just eight hours. for the latest, let's turn to matt bodner. what do we know about the search and rescue efforts? >> reporter: frances, good morning. search and rescue efforts are ong ongoing, and the spanish government has deployed more than 1,000 soldiers to help scores of people who are still stranded in inaccessible areas. many homes are in ruin, and it's unclear how many people are missing. one spanish official has called this the storm of the century. and the spanish king is speaking of enormous destruction. and that is clear from the videos out of valencia hitting social media. the city has been submerged. piles of cars are being thrown around the city streets. one dramatic video showed a helicopter airlifting here a woman and her pets from a home amid high winds and raging

floods below them. another showed a child. valencia has been devastated but it's not the only area hit by the floods. the nearby town of chiba saw 19 inches of rain in the eight hours. and regional officials have declared a red-level emergency. though the rains had subsided, more storms are forecast to hit today. to put this all in perspective, frances, this is the worst natural disaster to hit europe in years, rivaling those massive f floods that hit germany in 2021, that killed 185 people. nothing like this has happened since 1986 when 87 people were killed by floods. weather events like this stad lay are becoming more common, the scientific community says this is more likely is the result of the climate crisis. >> matt, thank you. on wednesday, rain helped fire crews battling two brush fires in salem, massachusetts.

while the rain didn't fully extinguish the flames, it drastically improved air quality. we could see record heat for halloween. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us. at least kids don't have to wear those big, bulky coats over their costumes. >> you're exactly right. here's looking on the bright side of that. it is potentially going to be one of the warmest halloweens on record for a lot of folks. notice the records we're expected to break or come near. new york city expected to hit 78 degrees. not quite a record. philadelphia into the low 80s. pittsburgh set to tie the record for this date at 79 degrees. warm air continues to sit across this region. we'll have that again for tomorrow, just part of a, kind of a sliver of the northeast included in that before this cold front starts to work through and really cool things down. we're going to see things rebound eventually as we get into next week. in the meantime, mid-50s for boston into the weekend and early next week. upper 50s for detroit. chicago will end up into the low

to mid-60s here through the weekend. big picture forecast for your tric trick or treating, unfortunately, we have a spooky and stormy night across the great lakes. dry conditions, places like sleepy hollow new york ending up in the omaha, topping in at 55 degrees today. rain in the forecast from chicago to indianapolis and down through st. louis. we've got low 60s on tap for wichita. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >> okay, angie, thank you. now to the west coast that emerged as the best coast on wednesday. >> start the party, los angeles!

your dodgers have won the world series! >> the los angeles dodgers took home their eighth world series title and a second in five seasons in an epic game five comeback versus the new york yankees. after getting out to a 5-0 lead, the yanks surfed sufficient suff suffered a massive collapse. freddie freeman didn't continue his historic home run streak. he was unsurprisingly named series mvp, thanks to his four homers, including game one's walkoff grand slam. the celebrations began immediately in l.a. dodgers' faithful will also get the parade they missed out on with their 2021 windu t, due to pandemic. we're back in a moment with a town divided by politics but still united as neighbors.

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we may shake our head and say oh, god, how could they? >> reporter: what's the sign in your yard? who for president? >> kamala harris. >> i'm choosing not to vote for kamala, because there's no benefit for me. >> reporter: the split runs through this home, married 50 years. the january 6th atatack on the two made a difference. >> the insurrection was just terrible in my mind, and i said i wouldn't vote for him again. >> reporter: why would you voigt f v vote for former president trump? >> i don't like the guy personally, but i think he did a good job with the economy in office. >> reporter: with the decline of the auto industry, the economy shifted gears in the '80s. james helped build cars at gm nearly 40 years. do you want to see more manufacturing jobs here? >> i'd like to see them come back. >> reporter: the county's population has dropped more than 17% since 1980. saginaw's my hometown. these empty buildings are a

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researchers are getting a new look inside ancient covffins without opening them. >> reporter: researchers are let letting usc see in a new way. >> it's extremely unclear. >> reporter: for the first time, the field has exposed the collection of mummified egyptian remains to modern ct scanning. >> what we'd like to do is take the nu mummies to the hospital and run them through the scanner. >> reporter: the remains were scanned using a portable ct parked in the museum's lot, taking thousands of photos and

building up models like this on what lies inside the coffins. gr even though we've known about mummies for hundreds of years, researchers aren't sure how the process works. >> people have tried to recreate mummies using what they think are the techniques that are described. the descriptions we've got are very basic. so, you know, it's not like there's a clear recipe for this. but they haven't been very successful. >> reporter: but researchers have learned that the ancient egyptians shared something with modern cost-conscious shoppers. >> people wanted a good-looking burial. but they didn't necessarily want to pay a lot for it. >> this really gives us better insight into these individuals as just that, as people, as humans. who lived lives and we are hoping to get away from that spooky story and show the public who some of these individuals

are. >> our thanks to charlie for that report. coming up on "today", we are counting down to the election with full coverage from our decision 2024 team. and, here's al roker with a preview of their halloween b bonanza. this morning on the third hour of "today", it's our annual halloween celebration. we're going to have our big costume reveal. share a spooky ghost story and share fun ideas for all the leftover candy. there are leftovers? all that and more coming up on the third hour of "today". >> always such a fun day on the plaza. thanks so much for being with us for "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a spooky, fun and importantly safe halloween. tly . p