in to detail about how he is deciding whether he will run for president. colbert's show about whether he's running for president. "first look" is up next. it's friday, september 11th. right now on "first look," fear in arizona as a sniper strikes again. the 11th shooting hits motorists over the two week period. candidates get down right personal as they gear up for the next debate. america pauses 14 years at 9/11 to remember that day. thank you for waking up with us. no suspects and no leads. the phoenix sniper has struck again. another vehicle hit on i-10. the bullet pierced the side of a tractor trailer. that makes 11 incidents in two

weeks with several more under investigation. drivers have been lucky so far. only a single injury is related to this. the director of public safety tells nbc news there may be more than one shooter. he wants pedestrians on are alert. >> every one of these incidents is lethal. these are all potential homicide waiting to happen. >> this morning police are monitoring 200 free way cameras throughout the the area hoping for a clue. now to politics. donald trump referring to fiorina, he said quote, look at that face. would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that, the face of our next president? he faced backlash last night.

>> just so i'm on the record, i don't think you're a first time offender making a personal crack at a woman. second thing is you didn't -- the remark was about her face not her persona. >> it all goes hand in hand. many of the statements -- if you notice i'm leading with women -- this is nothing new. a colleague of yours mentioned something during the last debate. this is nothing new yet i'm leading with women. >> he went on to say he made the comments as a quote entertainer. >> hillary clinton talked about trump at her stops last night. >> he is criticized and says he loves women. in fact he cherishes us. if it's all the same to you mr. trump, i would rather you stop cherishing woman and start

respecting women. >> bernie sanders has edged ahead of clinton in iowa 41 to 40%. last night joe biden made an appearance on stephen colbert. he said he's not sure he's emotionally prepared to make a run for the white house. >> i don't think any man or woman should run for president unless must be one, they know exactly why they would want to be president. two, they can look at folks lout there and say a promise you you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion to do this. and, and i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> biden told colbert he doesn't think anyone has the right to

seek presidency unless they can give it 110%. nbc dave wagner reports. >> 14 years after the world stopped, watched, mourned, grief remains at ground zero. a new tower, old painful wounds for those that lost family and friends. each year a somber reading of names is reminder of human toll of that day. >> my father douglas brian l. >> nearly 3,000 lives lost from new york to washington. to a field in pennsylvania. on thursday, the national parks service opened a visitor center in that field. >> this center will insure people from engenergenerations will not forget. >> heroism is a big part of the

story. a united jet was headed to san francisco. investigators believe the hijackers were going to fly into the u.s. capitol when passengers rushed the cockpit crashing it into this field. >> this is a result of countless actions of ordinary human beings like the passengers and crew on flight 93. >> this town commemorating a tragedy that hit home. the memorial museum welcomed 3 million visitors since it opened last year. >> breath taking. just breathtaking. >> museums, memorials, memories of a day too personal and painful to forget. dave wagner, nbc news, new york. >> the u.s. is stepping up effort to help innocent people fleeing violence in the middle

east. the obama administration is willing to take in at least 10,000 refugees in the year. 1500 have been let in since the war began four years ago. some are pushing for more. the white house says most effective way to help is $4 billion provided to relief agencies in the region. u.n. says 1 in 122 million on the planet are refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum. putting them together, they would be the 24th largest country in the world. syria alone has produced 4 million refugees since the war began there. to devastating flooding in japan. massive floods from a tropical storm have rescue crews searching for 22 missing people. helicopters spent hours plucking the strand add from rooftops. one woman was killed when a landslide hit her house. in the u.s., this is what you get with a lot of rain in a short amount of time.

it happened near san antonio. dangerous flooding. one is dead, another missing. that's treated as a recover ri search this hour. there's good news, conditions have improved. seven minutes past the hour. let's get down to business on this friday. landon is here. >> good friday to you. zillow shows confidence is weak in strong housing markets in san francisco and denver where rising home prices and rents make it harder for young per buyers to save enough for a down payment. honda gets the okay to test drivers on public streets. it includes google and volkswagen. honda has a testing facility already near san francisco. google moves to mobile payments in the u.s. it can be used in a million locations.

google wallets can access android pay with a software update. we're not going to need purses or wall lets anymore. >> that's true. makes traveling easier and lighter. football night in america with kickoff of 2015 nfl season. defending super bowl champion pay tri y09s started with the parading in vince lombardi trophy. first of three touchdown connections of the game. third quarter, third and goal. johnson punches in one yard touchdown to cut the pats lead in half. steelers connect on two-point conversion. patriots prevail 28-21. massive rain delay four inches and 90 minutes could not put a damper on mets in atlanta taking on struggling braves. the 42 pitcher helped the team

with a win. eli manning is about to be a whole lot richer. the two time mvp is closing in on a new extension contract including $65 million guaranteed. finally, amazing video taken five miles off the coast of san diego. look at this. a pod of killer whales caught on camera by a fisherman as they approached his fishing boat. that is cool but definitely keep your distance. the latest on the nypd investigation of officers allegedly roughing up james blake. plus breaking overnight, police chase this a hostage situation at a popular la restaurant. you're watching "first look." how much protein does your dog food have?

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it. we were starting to get bad brought conditions. obviously nothing like what's out west. for new england it was pretty bad. that rain is exiting. little from boston this morning up to the north. bad flooding in kansas last night. that rain is starting to fall apart as it moves through illinois and chicago. big story this weekend. temperatures plunging. going to feel like fall for the first time. coolest temperatures in months in the central plains. only 65 today in chiging chig. that's with late day sunshine. tonight in the 50s and 40s. great for friday night football games. by saturday, that cool air into areas like west virginia and pennsylvania. sunday it makes it to the east coast. for today, beautiful day on the heels of that rm to. yesterday, lower humidity. lower from d.c. to new york. saturday, chance for late day showers as the cold front comes in. not a lot of rain but few showers out there. sunday, 71 in boston. big changes from the hot weather

we had in the eastern half of the country to cooler transition to fall. >> it's almost clock work after labor day. temperatures start to take a dip. thank you. breaking overnight, a dramatic carjacking and hostage situation. the suspect hold up inside with hostages. the swat team entered and found the suspect shot dead. unknown whether it was a police bullet that killed him. this began when an la county sheriff helicopter noticed the suspect holding someone at gunpoint. democrats able to block the disapproving iran nuclear deal. it was two votes short of 60 needed to push the bill forward. it limits the iran's ability to produce nuclear weapons in return for lifting of sanctions.

former tennis pro james blake was misidentified as a credit card fraud suspect and slammed to the ground by police. >> james blake says he's shaken and bruised but mostly shocked by his encounter with police. >> picked me up and body slammed me, put me on the ground, told me to turn over, shut my mouth. put cuffs on me. i said officer, i'm scared. i want to know what's going on. i think you have the wrong person. >> in an interview, blake says he was arrested and pinned down 15 minutes by plain clothes officers. blake says he was waiting for ride to u.s. hope when he was slammed to the ground. a hotel surveillance camera captured it on tape. >> police say officers were trying to bust a credit card slam. the witness mistakenly identified blake as a suspect. blake says the force used by

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now here's your friday edition of "scrambled politics." from the wall street journal, senate blocks gop measure against the iran deal. this isn't the end of the fight. senate majority leader mitch mcconnel has taken steps allowing the senate to repeat the vote next week. nancy pelosi talked about the deal during her weekly briefing. >> some members say this is the first time since i've been here i've been able to vote for peace rather than just against war. >> president obama gave a special nod to academy award winning artist sally field at the white house yesterday. >> the words of one of the recipients today, we like you. we really like you.

>> the president recognized 18 people including author stephen king for excellence in art and humanities. >> independent review journal put out this video, how to make an honest buck on wall street. they got martin o'malley to sing on wall street and see how much money he can make. after playing an hour, o'malley collect whopping $1.74. someone drop aid bag of gummy bears into his case. he's one of many running for presidency. we are wondering if you were offering money, could you name all candidates? stephen colbert made an offer like that last night. >> all of candidates, see this guy up here? see this guy? you on the front row, you. i will give you $100 bill right now if you can tell me that man's name.

nobody help her. >> in case you're wondering, that man in the corner is gop presidential candidate and former virginia governor jim gill more. that's your dish of "scrambled politics." 21 minutes past the hour. it's friday. i'm joined by kevin, reporter for the hill. good morning kevin. we won't put you to that test. don't worry. >> i appreciate that. >> plus i don't have $100 to give you. that could be one of the reasons why. vice president biden told stephen colbert last night he's still deciding if he'll run. did he appear to have the drive to run? after all, he said unless you give 110%, you shouldn't be in the race. >> this is a personal decision for vice president joe biden who we all know. his family stricken by this terrible, terrible tragedy losing his son beau biden. i think the fact we're talking about biden, it's indicative of

struggles of hillary clinton's campaign. sh she continues to be dogged down by this e-mail scandal. bernie sanders has surged ahead of her. he's making significant grounds. biden offers alternative to establishment democrats to hillary clinton should she continue to be dogged down by this e-mail controversy. >> going to get interesting if he decides to run. >> absolutely. >> on the meantime, donald trump on the defense after remarks about fellow presidential candidate carly fiorina's looks. he said he made them as an entertainer and wasn't talking about her face. he was talking about her persona. here's the thing, an entertain senator i thought he was a president candidate? >> he's showing himself as a

politician that shoots from the hip. >> you said politician. he said entertainer. >> exactly. voters decide if this is the rhetoric they want to see in a candidate. i will say if rhyme going to put on prediction cap in a minute, i think the second gop presidential debate we're days from is going to be a battle of board room between former ceo hewlett packard carly fiorina as well as donald trump, simply because both are presenting themselves as political outsiders. i think there's a hunger for that. i think it will be interesting to see how carly fiorina responds to this on the debate stage. i think she can hold her own. >> going to be interesting whether this debate makes a turn for some of these candidates too. thank you kech. our week in review is ahead. continue want to miss that. check out our facebook page for content throughout the day.

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jabbish. that's what you'll be hearing in four months. >> i'm betty nguyen. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. i want to talk about the elephant in the room which in this case is a donkey. do you have anything you'd like to tell us now about your plans? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] i think you should run for president again. i'll be your vice president. >> an interview that will make you laugh and make you cry. vice president joe biden remembering his son beau and pouring his son out talking about the can difficulty dealing with the loss and how it's complicating his decision about 2016. unstoppable.

nfl season opener and tom brady not missing a beat. we'll have the highlights. i'm winning in all the polls. >> winning. you make a choice to win, and you win. wow winning. >> winning. the attacks on donald trump getting sharper. is there thinking anyone can say to bring the republican front runner down a few notches? it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." ♪ ♪ all i do is win, win, win ♪ everybody hands go up ♪ and they stay there good morning everybody. it's friday, september 11th. i'm amy holmes. we begin this morning in new york hours after vice president