you can find me on facebook.com/ari melber right now. find me on facebook. up next, first look. it is tuesday, september 15th. right now on "first look" breaking news overnight. as many as eight people have died and a handful are missing after thunderstorms trigger flash flooding in southern utah. breaking details surrounding the suspect wanted in connection with the killing of a college professor on campus. to california where 23,000 are forced to flee in what veteran firefighters are describing as hell on earth. plus, could a political ticket of clinton and clinton be a possibility? is this the car of the not too distant future? and a monday night football doubleheader. first let's start right now. well, good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us today, i'm betty nguyen. we do want to start with breaking news from the utah/arizona border. at least eight people are dead and another five missing

following severe flash flooding last night. intense rain triggered what emergency services called a wall of water and debris. enough to sweep away two vehicles. 16 people were washed downstream. authorities say several children and mothers were among the dead or missing. we do know at this hour that three people did survive. but the search has been scaled back due to safety concerns. emergency crews will return to full-scale efforts in a matter of hours. and of course we will update you on that information as becomes available to us. also breaking news overnight, the police say the suspect at the center of yesterday's campus shooting in mississippi is now dead. shannon lamb was a professor at delta state university. police had been looking for him all day after another professor was found fatally shot in his office. on top of that lamb was also being sought in connection with another deadly shooting 300 miles away. the woman he was living with was found dead in their home yesterday morning as well. police eventually got in contact with lamb and he told them he was, quote, not going to jail. a few hours later they found him

driving his car. >> at a point is when he pulled over, and decided to get out of his car, and that's when they heard the single gunshot. >> that sound right before police found him dead of an apparent self-inflected gunshot wound. they still are not sure of a motive. the lockdown at delta state university campus has been lifted. 23,000 people have been displaced by two devastating wildfires in northern california, with the community of middletown nearly being wiped off the map. 400 homes and hundreds of other buildings were consumed by the valley fire. it is the most destructive in the state. officials and residents were shocked by the intensity of the blaze. >> every ember that was blowing a quarter to a half a mile in front of the fire ignited a new fire and it became a self-pro l self-propelling animal. >> it same like a freight train. it was bounding from place to place. >> five firefighters have been injured battling the flames.

at least one person, an elderly disabled woman, died. 13,000 have been displaced in lake county following mandatory evacuations. politics now, gop front-runner donald trump got a texas size welcome at a campaign rally in dallas last night. as many as 15,000 people turned out at the american airlines center for the event. trump had a lot to boast about including his lead in the polls and his lack of a teleprompter. the donald was also outspoken about his plans for illegal immigration. >> we are a dumping ground for the rest of the world. we are. a dumping ground. i don't mean to be disrespectful. but when a man has a problem and he's got his wife, or his girlfriend, and they move her over to the border for one day, has the baby on the other side of the border, our side, now that baby is a citizen of our country for however long the baby lives. hopefully -- it's wrong. it's wrong. >> well, trump got a lot of

cheers inside the arena, outside was a whole different story. crowds gathered for a dump trump rally. they were protesting trump's stance on immigration. meanwhile, fellow gop candidate carly fiorina is turning one of trump's insults into a political ad, it's called faces and responds to trump's rolling stone quote about fiorina's works. >> this is the face of a 61-year-old woman. i am proud of every year and every wrinkle. >> fiorina isn't the only candidate out with a new ad. jeb bush released this one featuring his mexican-american wife columba. in the ad bush speaks entirely in spanish. and columba speaks in english. on the democratic side, bernie sanders tried to find some common ground with students at liberty university yesterday. now liberty is the world's largest evangelical university and is known for its conservative culture. sanders asked attendees to look past their disagreements on issues like abortion and

same-sex marriage and instead look in to his economic agenda. coming up on andrea mitchell reports senator bernie sanders will be andrea's guest at noon eastern right here on msnbc. during an interview with extra tv hillary clinton was asked whether she would ever consider her husband, bill, as her vice president. she says he'd be good, but he's not eligible according to the constitution. >> he has served his two terms, and i think the argument would be, as vice president, it would not be possible for him to ever succeed to the position. at least that's what i've been told. so it has crossed my mind. >> during the interview, clinton was also asked about donald trump, kim kardashian and kanye west. well nbc has a new host of the celebrity apprentice. actor and two-term governor arnold schwarzenegger. yep, he is going to replace donald trump for the 2016-2017 season. schwarzenegger tweeted wow, i'm

blown away and honored by all your tweets. i can't wait to bring my experience to the board room and raise millions for charity. trump left the show earlier this year in order to run for the gop nomination for president and he tweeted congrats to my friend arnold schwarzenegger who is doing next season's celebrity apprentice. he'll be great and will raise lots of money for charity. well it was quite a scene on an american airlines flight out of miami last night. a female passenger had to be restrained after allegedly striking a crew member. cell phone footage shows the woman being removed by police. the chicago-bound flight was diverted to indianapolis. but was back in the air a short time later. the woman now faces several charges including battery. both the fbi and tsa are investigating the incident. also a major turning point in europe's refugee crisis. hungary is slamming the door shut on its border with serbia. for months, it's been a virtual human highway for migrants fleeing the horrors of war in their homelands. many seeking refuge in the arms of the european union.

190,000 people this year alone. well, now, only a few are getting through, a single controlled crossing. nbc's richard engel is on the side of the fence with the families that did not make it in time, and they fear they have nowhere to go. >> you cannot imagine what i feel. i don't know. now i have no feeling at all. i'm surprised. i'm shocked. >> and because so many of you have asked how can you help, well here's what you can do. you can logon to nbc news.com for a list of organizations offering resources to help these families. click on the europe border crisis link at the top of the screen. seven minutes past the hour. you know what that means? time to get down to business. good morning. >> hey, betty. stocks fell monday as investors appear hesitant to buy ahead of this week's fed meeting. the fed is debating whether to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade. it could add more volatility to the markets in the near term. it could also boost the housing

market as potential home buyers try to lock in a mortgage before the rates go up. and more than 32 million americans say they've already started their holiday shopping, a new survey by creditcards.com says about 4 million have checked everything off their list. experts say if you're on a budget you're likely to get a head start to take advantage of layaway programs that won't run up your credit card debt. and toyota may be working on a flying car. a patent application from last year was recently discovered but don't think about the jetsons. reports say toyota's car, if it ever happens, would be closer to a whoever craft. betty i wonder what kind of license that requires? >> drones, flying cars, airplanes, helicopters, it's going to get a little crowded up there. >> it's crazy. >> all right. well a monday night football doubleheader. we will start with the eagles taking on the falcons late first quarter. falcons looking to extend their lead when matt ryan is picked off by alonzo in the end zone. he makes a one-hand grab. second quarter matt ryan finds julio jones for the touchdown.

20-3 at the half. falcons, well the eagles, they begin rolling in the third. 14 unanswered. both by running back dimarco murray. eagles down by two with under two minutes left in the fourth. sam bradford's pass is tipped. and intercepted by ricardo allen to seal the win. falcons win it 26-24. late night game vikings/49ers under a minute left, colin kaepernick in the shotgun and the nifty spin move scores the first points of the game. fourth, 17 yards out for his second touchdown of the game. he finished with 26 years and 168 yards the second most in san fran season openers. they win it 23. now to baseball yankees/rays top of the ninth. rodriguez rips one to right center field. they tie it up on a-rod's rbi double. two batters later, heathcot takes the pitch over the fence for the three-run home run.

yankees win. 4-1. dodgers taking on the rockies, gonzalez chasing down a foul ball near the stands. he makes the catch but look at this. got to play a little bit of tug-of-war with an overzealous fan. hey man let it go. gonzalez won the tug-of-war and the fan was booted from the stadium. dodgers pick up their eighth win in ten games 4-1. don't mess with the game. ohio state remains atop the ap top 25 football college football rankings. alabama and tcu remain at number two and three. michigan state and baylor round out the top five. usc moved to number six. georgia number seven. notre dame is eighth. and florida state and ucla round out the top ten. there you have it. all right so just ahead pope gets a little star power for his historic visit to the u.s. plus a virtual invasion of turtles overtakes a beach. find out why. and be sure to like us on facebook, you can check out our top stories in depth and find some interesting ones that did not make it into the show.

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welcome back to "first look." i want to show you the anatomy of the lead story the deadly flood in hildale, utah. this is the topography. the two cities are at the base of what they call a canyon. the actual name of it is water canyon. this is where the thunderstorm went right over the top. you can see from the topography that all of the rain that fell into the mountains flowed into the canyon and roared right through the city. here's the radar at 3:00 p.m. yesterday. a nasty thunderstorm. that's magenta. that's extremely heavy rain right over the top of that canyon. and then all the water flied right through. millions of gallons in like 20 minutes. and that was all it took for that horrendous flood there. they'll be cleaning up from for a long time. the other story this morning. it still feels like fall for at least one more morning. it's 39 in western new york this morning. we are in the 60s in new york city. 51 in raleigh. there's some cool spots out there.

that's it summer returns quickly. d.c. 80s today, mid 80s throughout the rest of the week. new york city on wednesday up to 87. mid to low 80 frst tennessee through the carolinas. so we're definitely looking warm after a cool two-day period. also, we went and put together a big comprehensive thing on el nino and what to expect this winter. you can find it on our facebook page at first look. at facebook.com/firstlookmsnbc. >> thank you, bill. in what is bound to be an explosive video several women have accused comedian bill cosby of sexual misconduct. will appear on a new show called "cosby, the women speak." this thursday on a&e. >> my life changed when i met him. for the worse. >> we're going to rectify it for him. >> over a dozen women including model beverly johnson will give firsthand accounts of the alleged sexual allegations against cosby. now bill cosby's never been

charged with a skriem and has repeatedly denied past allegations. meanwhile though the stars, they are coming out for the pope's visit. according to the new york daily news aretha franklin, jennifer hudson and gloria estefan will perform at papal events when the pope francis visits the united states next week. he'll visit washington, d.c., philadelphia, and new york city. harry connick jr., norman lewis, and martin sheen will appear at madson square garden. the georgia joycen center says kids are actually getting drunk on hand sanitizer. a number of instances has increased 400% since 2010. sanitizers can contain 45 to 95% alcohol. so, consuming two to three pumps can give children alcohol poisoning. now to costa rica. look at this. sea turtle invasion anyone? that's what it looks like. on september 4th over 5,000 sea turtles arrived on shore to lay their eggs. air india has done something maybe a lot of people might not be happy with.

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pelosi says she will urge president obama to visit hiroshima when he travels to japan for the g-7 summit next year. >> it will be important for a president of the united states to see hiroshima, to see what happened at that time. >> the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima on august 6th, 1945. pelosi visited the city in 2008. new jersey congressman frank pal own is not too happy with all the commercials he's seen for fantasy sports league. in a statement he writes anyone who watched a game this weekend was inundated by commercials for fantasy sports websites, and it's only the first week of the nfl season. pallone wants congress to take a look at the relationship between fantasy sports gambling and professional leagues. rick perry's more popular now that he has suspended his campaign. yeah according to google trend peep's interest in rick perry as

a gop candidate has increased six-fold after his short-lived campaign came to an end. and there's a lot of talk about what catch phrase former california governor arnold schwarzenegger will use on the next season of "celebrity apprentice." gop presidential candidate donald trump famously had "you're fired" right, remember that? talk show host conan o'brien has come up with a few ideas for arnold. >> take a look. there's hasta last vista baby, there's you're terminated. your expendal. you've been totally recalled. i commando you. you're out of the running. it's not a tumor but you are the tumor. i'll show you collateral damage. have you seen it? you're fired! >> he's going to have a heart attack there. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. although the accent was pretty good. >> it was very good.

>> i like the you're terminated. >> you're terminated is better than that long, long, long did >> you have a timer portion. >> all right. political analyst and co-author of how to catch a russian spy, thanks for joining us, as always. >> great to see you. i'm psyched for tomorrow night. >> are you? you, too? >> yeah, i think a lot of people are. they want to see how this plays out. donald trump's people say they're preparing for carly fiorina. is she going to be his biggest worry? perhaps his biggest contender? >> one of the biggest. they've been going back and forth about whether carly is, i guess, too ugly to be president? >> well, yeah, he kind of backtracked on that a little bit. he was talking about her looks. >> honestly, compared to carly donald looks like -- he should be a little careful. >> yeah. you know, and i want to hear more from donald trump and maybe we'll hear it at this debate. i kind of doubt it though. but he was in dallas last night. he was starting to talk specifics about his tax plan. a lot of people want to hear

these specifics, right? does it seem like wall street right not like what they're hearing? >> well, no, they're not going to like it. first of all he's been on television the last couple of days complaining about their big salaries. >> right. >> totally unreasonable what they make. i think what's happened on wall street is not so different from what's happened in a lot of parts of america. early in the game, people thought oh, this is kind of fun. he's making it more lively -- >> he's not really going to be the nominee. >> he can't win that guy. but you know what? as the poll numbers have stayed so high, people on wall street and around the country are starting to say, wait a second, this guy really could get the nomination. oh, my god. what does that mean? >> how important is wall street and the leaders of america? these big high pay check earning people, how important are they to both donald trump and the republican party? >> well, they don't have that many votes because they're not getting any of them. but you know what they have a lot of? >> power. >> a lot of bucks, too. when it comes to funding a campaign. looks like donald is maybe bending a little bit on the idea of taking campaign contributions. so far he's paid for the run

himself. but he's kind of hinting that well maybe he'll start taking some money from other people. >> well you know it seems that we hear every year and i'm going to shift gears quickly because this affects everybody about this government shutdown that is looming. we're hearing it happen yet again. do you think it will? >> mitch mcconnell republican leader doing everything he can to stop it. some of the tea party folks in the senate, ted cruz and others say if planned parenthood gets a nickel they'd rather shut the government down. i got to tell you, it seems crazy but i think it might actually -- it's possible. it's possible. >> we may see a shutdown, then. >> doesn't that seem crazy? >> all right. seems like groundhog day. we hear it every year. thank you, ellis. just ahead your chance to own a piece of beatles history and the governator meets the apprentice. we'll get jimmy fallon's take. are you moving forward fast enough? everywhere you look, it strategy is now business strategy. and a partnership with hp can help you accelerate down a path

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leading the news in the detroit free press, first ever bubonic plague case confirmed in michigan. a woman is recovering after apparently contracting the flea borne illness after a trip to colorado. she is not a public health threat. ringo starr and his wife are sending more than 800 items to auction to clear up some clutter as they call it. among the items are starr's first drum set from the beatles. this auction house estimates the lot will bring in $10 million. >> that's a garage sale and a half. >> i'll take that clutter. last night jimmy fallon celebrated arnold schwarzenegger taking over "celebrity apprentice." but he had one small concern. >> the first challenge figuring out what arnold wants you to do on "celebrity apprentice." you've got to go down to the chair.

you've got to make sure that they make the lemonade. that's what the battle will be. >> good job. all right. i'm betty nguyen and this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. you know at the beginning, three, four months ago, well, he's just doing this for fun. he's doing this for his brand. i need this like for my brand. okay? but he's doing it for his brand. one person, a real loser said, he's a clown. he's a clown. now they're saying oh, how do we stop this guy? no more clown. i haven't heard the word clown in awhile. tell you. they don't use that word anymore. >> donald trump does dallas while bernie sanders makes a play for the south. both candidates drawing some of their largest crowds yet. plus -- >> there is nothing easy about this. anybody who tries to tell you, hey, when i get there everything will be fine, i mean, i have to

admit, donald trump is entertaining. i have to tell you. >> hillary clinton riffs one on the trial in iowa even giving her best trump impersonation. we'll play that plus your reaction to polls showing her support eroding among women. and developing overnight, at least eight people dead and five others missing after thunderstorms trigger flash floods in utah. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." good morning, it's tuesday, september the 15th, i'm louis burghdorf and one of the biggest rallies of the 2016 presidential campaign donald trump took over the arena where the dallas mavericks play with