back and forth, did the benghazi committee learn anything new? and with texas breaking for an absolute deluge on the pacific size, preparing for hurricane patricia. and new details surrounding a u.s. led rescue mission in which an american soldier was killed by isis militants. and the suspect in the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl faces a judge. that and so much more on a busy friday. "early today" starts right now. we have breaking news to tell you about. shots fired at a college campus. this time at tennessee state university in nashville. it happened in an out door court yard prompted by a dispute over a dice game. hospitalized. right now, no indication of an active shooter but all of this does come just a week after three people were wounded by gun

fire at a nearby off campus fire. and texas facing a deluge of water. in odessa, 30 swift water rescues yesterday morning after three inches of rain. and over 2000 customers without power in midland and the national weather service has issued a flood watch through saturday. bill karins will have more on that. with a marathon 11-hour testimony in the rearview mirror, hillary clinton is looking to get back on the campaign trail. chairman couldn't justify anything new that he had learned, saying he'd need to read the transcript but yesterday was not without its fireworks. >> reporter: the wuz supposed to be about benghazi but soon

dezauvlde dissolved into bickry. i don't care if you send it by smoke signals, what is important is that he sent it to the secretary of state. >> that'sats exactly what i want to do. >> reporter: and the star witness tried to stay above the pay for, unlike in 2013, this time hillary clinton was poised, practiced, pushing back with put downs p. >> i wrote a whole chapter about this in my book, i'd be glad to send it to you. i can only tell you what the facts were and i know that's not the answer you want to hear. >> reporter: laughing off unwelcome suggestions, showing irritation, or scorn. the republicans were also armed and ready. >> happy to bring breakfast in

it would sure be helpful if we could get the -- it wasn't a trick question at all. >> reporter: and sidney blumenthal barred from working in her state department but sending her emails to her private account. >> he had unfettered access to you. >> i don't know what this line of questioning does help us get to the bottom of the deaths of four americans. >> reporter: it was clinton who spent the most time talk bouth the victims of the attacks. >> i would imagine i've thought more about what hand than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> reporter: air force veltteran sean smith, woods, and ambassador, chris stevens. >> i sat next to president obama

as marines carried caskets at andrews air force base. a american soldier has been killed in iraq in combat for the first time in four years. is nbc chief correspondent has the dramatic details. >> reporter: the raid was supposed to rescue kurdish hostages like these held by isis in cages. u.s. intelligence learned they were about to be executed. so, when the kurds, the closest ool l allies in iraq, asked for help rescuing them, u.s. forces agreed. and they headed for the town of hawija, landing near an isis prison on the out skirts of town.

mass graves for their hostages. about 20 isis guards inside fought back. and the u.s. troops there to assist, guard the perimeter and communicate, decided to step in to protect the pentagon says, their kurdish allies and the hostages. about 15 isis guards were killed but not before an isis fighter shot one american commander. the first to die in iraq since u.s. forces with drew four years ago. but the pentagon insists this was a unique situation. >> they're not in an active combat mission in iraq. i can say that directly. >> reporter: the americans and kurds freed the hostages, 75 of them according to u.s. officials and at least five captured isis left.

hostages turned out to not to be kurds. about 20 were iraqi forces and so called isis defecters. on the same day we mark 100 days until the iowa caucus, donald trump has officially been leading for 100 days. a new poll reveals that ben carson has over taken trump in iowa. go figure. that prompted this 37. ben carson is now leading in the polls in iowa. too much monsato in the corn creates issues in the brain. the trump campaign blamed that retweet on a quote young intern. ben carson will also appear on nbc meet the press this coming sunday. and trump is disavowing nine

demanding they return money raised and calling on others to do the same. he's trying to get out of link between him and the amaking america great super pack. and potentially bad news for chris christie and the state of new jersey. they're being sued by the nurse being held in quarantine. they claim she was held illegally against her well. and chafee will address the future of his campaign. it's unknown if he will withdraw. bond has been set for the suspect in a road rage shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl. torez appeared via video but did not inter a plea. the judge agreed to the $650,000

he's accused of opening fire on the pick up truck carrying lilly garcia. and judge had this to say. >> this is possibly one of the most wanten and atrocious acts history of the city. >> he went on to say that the weight of evidence is substantial and that he failed charge. texas flooding and what's hurricane. today. this is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the eastern areas of the pacific. and this is what mexico will be dealing with the next 12 to 18 hours. this is heading for land fall about 12 to 18 hours from now. one of the fastest intense fieg storms we've ever seen.

it's amazingly low, down to what wilma was 10 years ago. and winds 185 miles per hour and it may be getting stronger than that. category 5 land fall at about 5:00 p.m. friday, eastern time. about 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. possibly on the west coast and then note this is red track so, this is go going to be a catastrophic, devastating blow. and imagine what those people are going through right now trying to get out of harm's way. we have one flash flood warning out there. five-day rainfall totals because of the storm we're dealing with now and steeling some moisture of what will be left of patricia, weal have a a widespread area of five inches of rain. and all eyes on mexico. that's your national weather,

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leading the news in the l.a. times, st. louis area shaken by seven church fires in two weeks.

they all follow the same pattern, lit late at night and luckily, no one was hurt. puerto rico looks to organ transplants to help cure ailing economy. they spend thousands on hotel, transportation and cost of care is lower than the mainland u.s. and they have the shortest median weight time, about three weeks. the famous statue at the ronald mcdonald house was vandalized. the children of families who stay in the house for medical treatment, they're just traumatized that the statue is gone. they have no leads. and a replacement will cost about $7500. a baby giraffe makes a debut

that los angeles zoo. and the male is expected to be about 10 feet tall by its first birthday. they can grow up to 17 feet tall. it's already 6 feet tall. >> do you feel for that mother? >> oh, yeah. well, if your bunny is destined for stardom, this may be its big break. general mills kicks off the the #real tricks -- it's part of a mission to remove artificials and colors from its cereal and one lucky bunny will be featured on limited addition triks cereal boxes in their home town. guaranteed that you have never seen a soccer practice like this before. a viral video of the sc mets football club shows the boys training in sink with a ball that improves brain organization

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thanks for watching show hoe.now on today in iowa: what's the new republican frontrunner in iowa saying about the poll putting him in front over donald trump? plus -- does trump now have to do damage control in iowa? also this morning:

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