top generals and give them a simple instruction. they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. >> he's even talked about using nuclear weapons. >> strong talk just a taste of what's i head for the candidates today. zika sex guidelines are set as congress fails to act on the virus that spread to 60 countries. >> and police chase that had viewers nationwide transfixed but ended in a fatal shooting. >> plus, gretta quicks fox news

as news of a multimillion dollar settlement merges. "early today" starts right now. so great to be with you, this morning. >> what a heart felt story that is of those two twins. we'll talk a little bit about that in a little bit. first we start with tonight. and tonight is the night, the coin toss made and the stage is set. hillary clinton and donald trump will go head to head in their first general election faceoff. the matchup will take place on the iconic intrepid museum and will focus on national security, foreign affairs and more. the official coin toss determined clinton will take questions first with trump to follow. and we now have word trump will give a major policy speech in pennsylvania just in a handful of hours and trump gave a

preview of what he's expected to say. >> so we're going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction. they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. we have no choice. >> aides say trump will call for increased defense spending and getting rid of the sequester. those automatic budget cuts that were enacted in 2013. it is an interesting policy shift for trump who open i says the sequester quote, does no got far enough. all the candidates could talk about were taxes. trump's taxes. >> he said that the american people don't care about his tax return. and in fact, he's also said that it's none of our business. now, i just think he's dead wrong. he clearly has something to hide. >> nobody cares about it except some of the folks in the media.

just so you understand, i'm under a routine audit and when they're released i'll release my returns. >> and here they are hitting one another on national security on the leadup up to tonight's forum. >> he's very loose in his talk about nukes. he says he doesn't care if other countries get them, doesn't know why they haven't been used already. >> if she really can't remember, she can't be president. she doesn't remember anything. she doesn't even remember whether or not she was instructed on how to use e-mails. >> he says he has a secret plan to defeat isis. but the secret is he has no plan. >> her conduct is disqualifying. >> a lot f back and forth there. now later this morning keep an eye out for new spanish language acts, both bashing trump pretty explicitly. they come after clinton released an ad entitled sacrifice showing military veterans watching some

of the new york businessman's more provocative statements. today clinton will stay off the trail while she preps for tonight's forum. the former president stump ng florida, the former first daughter in pennsylvania. trump meanwhile will take his national security mess aage to philadelphia before speaking to the conservative party of new york ahead of tonight's forum. and nbc's prime time televised forum, it will focus exclusively on issues that the next president will have to confront as commander in chief of this country. it will be moderated by "today's" matt lauer. set your dvrs for that one, folks. and we know where they won't be. neither will be commemorating

the visit with to the world trade center sites. most notably when venn senators mccain and obama made a joint appearance in 2008, trump and clinton have elected not to. both have chosen not to campaign at all on that day and they've also agreed not to air any ads. >> more than 500 killed. that's the gruesome milestone chicago residents are waking up to this morning. with the city's top cop calling it a society issue, not a police issue, cementing its reputation of the murder capital of the country, chicago witnessed 13 fatal scho fatal shootings this labor day weekend alone. that brings it to 500 for 2016. a lot are gun related with 82 shootings per week. city officials blamed the

killings on increased gang activity and gun laws. >> if we had the gun laws in chicago that l.a. and new york have we would see our violent crime cut in half. >> the minimum penalty for having an illegal gun in chicago for example is one year in jail while in new york it's three and a half years. one activist is calling it a war zone that needs help fast. >> the state says it's broke, so call for a state of emergency and get some federal resources. >> meanwhile, mayor has not responded to the violence. congress has once again failed to pass a bill funding the fight against zika. a procedural vote failed in the senate yesterday 52-46. this as officials say seven more home grown cases of zika have been found in florida. six of which are on miami beach. that increases the total to 56 locally transmitted cases of zika in the sunshine state.

tracie potts joins us live from washington. where does the zika fight go from here? >> reporter: at this point they are trying to figure out if they can get something done by september 30th. keeping in mind that's also the deadline to prevent a government shutdown and they're going to try to attach some legislation to that. it's a $1.1 billion deal that they're trying to get done here and what's stopping them are democrats who don't want to see money pulled from planned parenthood. top democrat in the senate harry reid called that language strange, weird stuff when he was speaking about it before this vote failed. so they've been unable to move it forward to let this go without throwing some money at it, even republicans are saying is grossly irresponsible and so while it looks like congress has the will to get something done, to send money especially to states like florida, right now they just haven't figured out how. most of that money would be pulled from other sources. about a third of what they're looking at would be new funding.

>> certainly something needed there in florida. thank you. this morning a minnesota hometown is reeling in grief and outrage from the outcome of a plea deal that has allowed a confessed killer off the hook for murder. he admitted in chilling detail yesterday how he kidnapped, sexually abused and killed an 11-year-old nearly three years ago. they've cut a deal with him. they agreed to this deal to bring an end to their tireless search. >> i want to say, jacob, i'm so sorry. it's incredibly painful to know his last days. last hours, last minutes. >> he still faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. he could spend the rest of his life in custody if he is civilly

committed after he finishes his federal sentence. a u.s. astronauts and a russian astronaut made it back to earth. the dust it creates the pod landing while recovery teams helped the three crew members out of the capsule and into chairs helping them to adjust to gravity. and a new record set for the most time spent in space. >> incredible landing. >> looks like something right out of the movies. the deadly police chase broadcast to the nation as it unfolded. >> we want to bring in bill karins who has the latest now. hermine, gone and newton now, bill? >> all that moisture is racing into arizona and areas of new

mexico. 3 million people under a flash flad watch and that will be with them the next 24 hours. thankfully the winds will not be a problem in southern arizona but from tucson to silver city, this is the greatest area of concern for flash flooding as we go throughout the day today from hurricane newton. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. look at the heat continues from texas all the way through louisiana. that's the other story today is our late summer heat wave from areas of texas into the midwest all the way through the southeast. no signs of fall at all. temperatures in the mid-90s. and for the catch of the night, we head off the court at the u.s. open. she launches one into the stands. check out the grabby a fan that just happened to be in the right place at the right time. great smile too. "early today" back in two. ♪ when is your flu shot more than a flu shot?

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will be the perfect start of your morning. this is from florida. look at this adorable photo of mason buck mire hugging his twin brother hawk and even looks like a smile right there. he was born with a rare birth defect in his diaphragm and he's undergone numerous surge rhis. this captures the first time since birth that the twins are together and reunited i. it's gone more than 26,000 shares on facebook and counting. that time together -- >> absolutely. heart warming and glad to see that the baby is doing very well. >> just a start of their close relationship i'm sure. >> a police chase of epic proportions has stolen attention around the country. believe it or not it was all caught on camera. >> shots are fired. shots are fired at the vehicle right now. >> the car chase led authorities 20 miles through the busy streets of phoenix, arizona.

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right now on "nbc 10 news today," overnight gusher. nbc 10 cameras were on scene in philadelphia's oxford circle section as a water main break sent a river of water flowing down summerdale avenue. classes start this morning for students across philadelphia. this year, classrooms are filled with 130,000 brand new books. trump to philadelphia, the republican presidential candidate makes a stop at the union league this morning. nbc news has learned what he plans to discuss with the crowd of supporters there. nbc 10 news starts now. >> just about 4:30. we've made it to wednesday. >> yes. >> which wasn't hard because most of us had monday off. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. 74 degrees at 4:30 this morning. 4:28 rather.

let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and his first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live. it will get warmer today, bill. >> the it's nice outside right now. the temperatures are close to what they were yesterday. there's a nice breeze blowing. humidity is low, 74 degrees in philadelphia, low 70s for the suburbs and new jersey. delaware just stopped to 69 degrees for the same northwesterly wind just a little bit lighter. temperatures into the upper 80s delaware, 87 degrees in new jersey. at the shore, there's still a slight chance we'll see a shower, 87 degrees at inland but at the shore, lower 80s, 90 degrees for philadelphia this afternoon. i'll go through these forecasts hour by hour to show you how quickly it will warm up when i come back in a few minutes. first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> thanks, bill. starting off on the vine street expressway, these are our cameras around 11th street. we're closed in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. the ongoing work closes it down

eastbound and westbound. some delays there, probably. you can take the vine street expressway local until about 5:00 this morning. another half an hour for that. there's reports of a road water main break in the oxford section of the city on summerdale avenue and north street. vai and tracy. >> thank you, jessica. now to a developing story from the oxford circle area of philadelphia. >> an overnight water main break sent water gushing through the street. nbc 10's matt delucia is there now. people will be waking up to quite a mess. tell us what you're seeing. >> quite a mess indeed, tracy and vai. there is a closure out here, traffic being diverted around north street at summerdale. just this part of the intersection. you see the muddy mess