okay. look, for everybody out there who's saying larry, are you really comparing trump to bus linney? >> yes, that's exactly what i just did. >> late night having a little fun with the gop debate. meanwhile donald trump returns to the campaign trail, and is once again coming under fire, but this time it's for something he didn't say. and overheard on amtrak, an official with the draft biden campaign makes a private telephone conversation public. apparently filling the beams on the veep's 2016 plans. and a young hero emerges. find out what happened when this school bus packed with kids crashed into a florida pond. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. and this is "way too early."

good morning, everybody. it's friday, september 18th. i'm amy holmes. we begin with presidential politics. last night donald trump following up his debate performance with an energetic town hall in new hampshire. where he turned the mic over to the audience. and what one of his supporters said is reviving memories of the republican front-runner's previous political cause. >> you know what we're going to do tonight? no speech. let's do question and answer. do you want? so i want to just say, i'm going to say a few words, and then we're going to do question and answer. you can make them vicious, violent, horrible questions. even though you're sort of probably on live television. how many cameras are lit? yeah, there's a lot of them. okay this man. i like this guy. >> i'm from white plains, amen, okay. we've got a problem in this country. it's called muslim. we know our current president is one. you know he's not even an

american. >> we need this question? this first question? >> but anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. that's my question. when can we get rid of -- >> we're going to be looking at a lot of different things. and you know a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. we're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things. >> trump was perhaps the most prominent advocate among those questioning president obama's birthplace. it led the president to release his birth certificate just before the 2011 white house correspondents dinner where the president mocked the dojd. >> you are not allowed to be a president if you're not born in this country. he may not have been born in this country. i'll tell you what three weeks ago i thought he was born in this country. right now i have some real doubts. i have people that have been studying it and they cannot believe what they're finding. >> you have people now down there searching in hawaii? >> absolutely. and they cannot believe what they're finding. >> no one is happier, no one is prouder, to put this birth

certificate matter to rest than the donald. and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. like, did we fake the moon landing. what really happened in roswell? and where are biggie and tupac? >> but trump would not acknowledge the president's birthplace as recently as just this july. >> do you accept that president obama was born in the united states. >> no, i don't know. i really don't know. >> you don't know? >> i don't know why he wouldn't release his records. but you know, honestly, i don't want to get into it. trump was able to get him to give something, i don't know what the hell it was, but it doesn't matter because i'm off that subject. >> explaining his answer about muslim training camps, trump's campaign said the questioner was rambling, and that trump was, quote, referring to the need to protect christians' religious liberties as his previous

statement says and nothing more. to be clear mr. trump's response to the question regarding training camps in this country was, we will look into it. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton responding late last night, tweeting, donald trump not denouncing false statements about the president, and hateful rhetoric about muslims is disturbing and just plain wrong. cut it out. russian president vladimir putin's name came up repeatedly in wednesday's debate. and one of the presidential candidates might soon be face-to-face with the russian strong man. here's donald trump's lawyer, michael cohen. >> he's a dealmaker, and everything today is about a deal. our dealings with foreign countries, mexico, china, japan, right, africa, it makes no difference, russia. i mean, there's a better than likely chance trump may even meet with putin when he comes here for the united nations. >> the campaign telling nbc news that cohen works in the business side of trump's operation and

that they don't know anything about a meeting yet. amid a swift drop in the polls, wisconsin governor scott walker's campaign is retrenching. "the washington post" reporting that walker will focus on iowa, as donors grow nervous about his fall from the top tier. walker had the least amount of speaking time in wednesday night's debate, and in an interview yesterday the wisconsin republican claimed that the media had decided the debate winner even before the debates ban. >> going in, we knew the narrative no matter what was going to happen was that they were going to say carly had a big night no matter what, and obviously they said that. >> and stay right here for governor walker's appearance later on "morning joe." nearly 23 million people tuned in to tuesday night's debate for carly fiorina's breakout performance, but one of her answers is facing scrutiny. >> as regards planned parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, i dare

hillary clinton, barack obama, to watch these tapes. watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. this is about the character of our nation. and if we will not stand up and force president obama to veto this bill, shame on us. >> but the scene that fiorina is describing in such detail did not exist. "the wall street journal" reporting that there was never any video that depicted, as fiorina stated, a live fetus on a table as a technician prepared for organ harvesting. the fiorina campaign replying the videos speak for themselves. they are gruesome and planned parenthood is funded by taxpayers. those are the facts. now, to the democratic side of the 2016 race, and a continued speculation surrounding vice president joe biden. the national review is citing an

unnamed source who says that he overheard senior adviser for the draft biden super pac josh alcorn talking on the phone on a train yesterday saying, quote, i am 100% that joe is in. the passenger also reported hearing alcorn say that he had just secured a commitment from a former obama bundler. alcorn later confirming to the national review that the call did take place, and did not deny the 100% comment. hillary clinton mentioned joe biden herself on the campaign trail yesterday. all but blaming him for a controversial senate vote she made back in 2001. the vote was for a bill being pushed by credit card and banking interests. and would have made it harder for people to get debt relief through perhaps. when she was asked about it at a diner in new hampshire yesterday she reportedly said quote, it was vice president biden who was the senator from delaware and the republican co-sponsor that i was talking with. so i said i'd support it, even though i opposed it before.

and it wasn't the only barb she threw at the administration yesterday. during a town hall in the granite state she said she's putting the white house on notice when it comes to the keystone xl pipeline. it's a much different tone than the one she used when discussing the pipeline back in july. take a listen. >> i have been waiting for the administration to make a decision. i thought i owed them that. i worked in the administration, i started the process that is supposed to lead to a decision. i can't wait too much longer. and i am putting the white house on notice, i'm going to tell you what i think soon. because i can't wait. i thought they would have it decided way, you know, way by now, and they haven't. >> as president, would you sign a bill, yes or no, please, in favor of allowing the keystone xl pipeline? >> well -- as you know, i was

the secretary of state who started that process. i was the one who put into place the investigation. i have now passed it off as obvious, because i'm no longer there to secretary kerry. so i want to wait and see what he and secretary kerry decide. if it's undecided when i become president, i will answer your question. >> meanwhile there's new evidence suggesting that a recent attack on vermont senator bernie sanders is backfiring back time on the clinton camp. one of the super pacs supporting clinton recently sent out an e-mail linking sanders to remarks made by a british labor leader jeremy corbin, including corbin's praise for venezuelan dictator hugo chavez. the sanders campaign responding by fund-raising off the attack, raising more than $1 million in less than 48 hours. the website that processes the donations, called act blue, told

msnbc that the response was one precedented. at one point bringing in 180 contributions a minute. the federal -- meanwhile the federal reserve says it will keep interest rates locked at near zero percent for now. citing concerns about the strength of the global economy, stock market turmoil and persistently low inflation, fed chair janet yellen told reporters that the central bank wanted to wait and see what impact, if any, those factors will have on the u.s. economy before they decide to lift the rates for the first time in almost a decade. while the decision is welcome news for consumers taking out home loans or buying cars, yellen described it as a close call, and said the central bank still expects to raise rates later this year. and just 24 hours after saying it would provide safe passage for all asylum seekers, croatia is now the latest european country to close its borders. after more than 11,000 migrants desperate to reach western europe surged from serbia after

being shut out by hungary which effectively closed its border earlier this week, croatia's interior minister told reporters that it was quote, absolutely full, and had no capacity to receive new migrants. the country's president also called on the army to be on alert if needed to protect the border. and american airlines has corrected the computer outage that grounded flights until 2:30 p.m. yesterday in miami, dallas, and chicago. three of the airlines biggest hubs. the issue affected various airline computer systems, including its website and airport check-in counters. united airlines has had its fair share of problems as of late. in june, and july, computer issues grounding planes, causing widespread delays. these technical difficulties come at a tough time. as american completes the final stage of its merger with usairways and converting to a single reservation system. still ahead on "way too early," we'll show you which u.s. president was caught on the kiss cam.

and a tough night for players on the field with several scary moments last night. see why milwaukee jimmy nelson was lucky to walk away with only a bruise. and chaos in parliament. we'll explain what set off this melee among lawmakers in japan. these stories and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. everywhere you look, it strategy is now business strategy.?

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oops. nana's got the kids til 9... but it's only 2. guess you'll just have to see a movie... ...then get some dinner. what a pity. speaking of guys who like winning you still have the trump hat up there. have you talked to him at all? you have any advice for his big debate tonight? >> no. that's a keepsake. it could be a nice piece of memorabilia he sent me. >>'s a guy who likes winning like you. you think he's got what it takes? >> i hope so. that would be great. be a putting green on the white house lawn, i'm sure of that. >> i love winners. we love winners, right?

so, a great winner, tom brady. tom brady. right? he endorsed me yesterday, right? everybody up here knows that. that's good. when you get tom you're getting a champ. >> there you have it. the tom brady donald trump love fest continues. time now for some highlights. chiefs and the broncos on thursday night football jump to the end of the fourth quarter in kansas city. the broncos answer the chiefs go ahead touchdown. peyton manning connects with receiver emmanuel sanders on a 19-yard score. with 30 seconds left in regulation. and instead of taking a knee and running out the clock to send the game into overtime, the chiefs hand the ball on their next play from scrimmage, running back jamal charles is stripped, and fullages the ball which is recovered by denver's bradley robee who returns it 21 yards for the winning scores.

they shock kansas city with the 31-24 comeback victory. major league baseball. a scary moment in milwaukee when brewers pitcher jimmy nelson is hit on the head by a line drive against the cardinals last night. with no time to react, nelson is struck on the right side of his head and immediately falls to the ground. he stays down for several moments before eventually being able to sit up and walk off the field under his own power thank goodness. nelson was taken to the hospital where a ct scan thankfully reveals that it's only a bruise. it's unknown how long he'll be out of action. to pittsburgh, bad news for the pirates. rookie shortstop jung ho kang is out for the season out with a torn left miniscus and a broken tibia after the cubs chris coughlin slid into him trying to break up a double play. he had surgery last night and is expected to need six to eight months to recovery.

we've seen terrible ceremonial first pitches in the past. we'd like to take you back to milwaukee for a pitch that even the cameraman wasn't safe from. milwaukee bucks point guard with a toss that sails by the catcher and nails the camera. did you see that guys? my advice, better stick to basketball. and finally in atlanta, former president jimmy carter and his wife former first lady rosalynn are featured on the kiss cam during last night's braves game against the blue jays. the couple did not disappoint. the 90-year-old former commander in chief revealing that he'd been diagnosed with cancer. now let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> happy friday. we're almost there. >> almost there. in the home stretch. >> this is it for summer. >> this is it for summer, today? >> no, the last summer weekend. >> okay. >> then we jump into fall next week. as far as bad weather goes, chicago, i'm sure a lot of people got woken up middle of the night. thunderstorms really rolling through the last couple hours. still some flooding problems in

and around chicago. careful as you drive around there in the dark until the sun comes up. water should quickly recede by the peak of the morning rush hour. that line of storms is going through northern indiana and through areas of eastern illinois. as far as area that saw some of the worst weather go through there, south bend looks like the worst of it is over for you, too. we're slowly going to watch those storms die today. new storms this afternoon. this cold front is kind of the beginning of fall. it's very warm out ahead of this front, behind it is much chillier. that's why we've got the severe weather today. area in yellow, kansas city, columbia, through st. louis, joplin, springfield, almost to oklahoma city. about 6 million people are at risk of severe weather today. we may see an isolated tornado or two. we'll keep an eye on that. that will be late this afternoon. as far as your friday forecast goes it still feels like summer. almost 100 degrees today in dallas. 94, oklahoma city. on the east coast, another beautiful morning, low humidity and this afternoon is perfect. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. humidity is so low it really feels comfortable.

then your weekend forecast. fall begins to slowly take over. temperatures really dive from st. louis and oklahoma city, instead of 90s, you're in the 70s. east coast gets another fantastic day. not a lot of bad weather out there. for the people who are going to do the soccer stuff and activities with kids outdoor, saturday you're fine. friday night football looks great. sunday for the nfl games, what a great ending to our summer temperatures comfortable 70s and refreshing air. i mean this is quite the stretch of you know we had one of the warmest summers we've ever had for across the country and it continues into the last weekend. >> looks beautiful. what are your big weekend plans, bill? >> now that you ask? thanks for asking. today is my daughter's 4th birthday. >> congratulations. >> i'll be at a gymnastics party with 30 girls tomorrow morning. >> sounds like a lot of fun. thanks, bill karins. we appreciate it. still ahead, a young hero emerges from a group of good samaritans after his school bus crashes in florida. we'll hear from two of the people who helped pull dozens of

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now let's get a check on the morning's other headlines. it was a frightening moment for a bus full of elementary school kids in south florida yesterday. their bus overturning and plunging into a pond on the way home from school. all 27 students made it out

safely thanks to a group of good samaritans, including one of their classmates, who also happens to be on the school's safety patrol. >> -- screaming so i grabbed his arms and put them around my neck and brought her to land and then i went back into the bus and grabbed two other kindergartners and took them to land. >> i seen a kid grabbed him. seen a kid grabbed him, took him to the bank. >> how many kids did you pull out of there? >> i probably myself i probably grabbed a half a dozen. >> speaking of heroes, the three childhood friends who helped subdue a gunman on a paris bound train last month were honored by president obama at the white house yesterday. praising their courage and quick thinking, the president said oregon national guardsman alek skarlatos, anthony sadler and spencer stone represent the very best of american character.

secretary ash carter presenting the three with medals at a pentagon ceremony later in the day. now to the major scuffle involving lawmakers in japan. take a look at this video. you see a member of the opposition waving his colleagues over to physically block the committee chairman from approving a controversial security bill. the legislation would allow the japanese military to fight on foreign soil for the first time since world war ii. that bill is expected to pass today, despite the anger and outrage. and pope francis is now set to begin his nine-day trip to the u.s. and cuba tomorrow. the pope is expected to arrive in havana tomorrow afternoon and will lead an outdoor mass at revolution square. the pontiff is expected to meet with cuban leaders, clergy and parishioners. but the vatican says his agenda does not include a meeting with cuban dissidents. the president's private meeting with raul castro could present the chance to discuss human rights. we're also told vice president joe biden will play a critical

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who's saying larry, are you really comparing trump to mussolini? yes, that's exactly what i just did. just did that. >> well, it's friday. >> yeah. >> yeah, that's great. bring out the mucilini comparison right off the bat. that's kind of coming on. >> it's nice to have you in new york. >> it's nice to have you. >> we also have an editor of politi politics. >> holy. >> yeah, we're spending -- >> good staff. >> oh my gosh. >> that was a mess. you were out at the debate. that was a red hot mess. >> like mini metrics. >> about three hours and cnn got rewarded big time because trump was there. donald trump 23 million people as donald said you should send them