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for the fourth straight night, protesters hit the streets of charlotte, ignoring mappedtory curfew. new video of the police shootings that sparked it all. a police officer has been booked on charges of first degree manslaughter in tulsa. michelle obama's passport and other documents revealed by white house hackers. plus, last minute jabs before going head-to-head this monday. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm dara brown. >> i'm frances rivera. overnight protesters marched for a third straight evening. they have a midnight curfew in
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place. police refrain from enforcing it. the city struck guardsman and officer in riot gore. protesters sometimes silently walked the streets to battle to stand their ground. >> if we're not going to question why people are up there. don't just brush it off if you want to ride it. fathers are out here, they're not out here because they want to be rioters. there is something going on in this nation. stop killing our people. >> he made these controversial remarks to the bbc. >> the greatest in the mind is the animosity the anger. they think white people are successful. they're not. yes, it is you are in their face. >> he apologized. he said, quote, i apologize to those i offended and can can bring peace to charlotte.
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>> people are showing video. charlotte's mayor spoke to msnb msnbc. >> i have seen video and met with the family, the family has seen the video also, it is ambiguous. there is not a clear picture. the body camera, of course, moving and the viewer is obscured at certain points. the dash camera is only partial view. i think it is a challenge. i think it is ambiguous. this is one reason why we want to have time for the investigation to continue to gather all the pieces of the puzzle. >> charlotte's police chief said the video did not provide absolute video evidence prior to shutting stop shooting. he wants the video made public. >> what i see in that video is an individual sitting in a car, who gets out in a calm, peaceful manner, he never appears to be
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aggress off. it seems like he's attached to a news, i don't know if he's yelled at from too many directions. his hands appear to be down. there appears to be an object in his hands, at the moment he is shot. he is actually stepping back waerlds. the family wants the police department to release both of the videos that we saw today and we want the public to see it, let them draw their own conclusions. >> joining us is sarah ro sara, a there going to be more protests? >> reporter: we haven't been told, it's much different than you mention in the past two nights of violent protests we seen in uptown charlotte. we seen protesters stay out past their curfew. no major problemsch that's not what people are taking issue with. what they were taking issue with last night. they had no problems with the curfew. what they were most concerned
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about is the issue we have been talking about is the release of that video, keith scott's murder. that's something the police chief says he refuses to do. tuesday's shooting death is the latest officer-involved shooting following similar once across the nation. there is no video of the account here shown to the public. that's what the public feels it needs to decipher what is true and what is not. so this is something the public will be pushing for. tension still high enough in charlotte. still to see if there will be more protests today, as of now, nothing that we know. >> already, sar remarks thank you very much. the oklahoma police officer who shot and killed an onu unarmed black man is facing charges. betly shelby has been charged with first degree manslaughter. in the last few showers, shelby was booked and released on
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$50,000 bond. the corporation were welcomed by his twin sister tiffany. >> while we are pleased to learn the officer who senselessly killed my beloved when the brother, will face criminal charges for her recklessing a, we understand that nothing will bring him back. our yoel notice as a family is to ensure this never happens to another innocent citizen. 23 are demanding full progression kuchlths we want a conviction, when that happens, this is a small victory. but we know we got to get ready to fight this war. >> nbc's blake mccoy has more. >> reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with his hands up, moments before being shot and killed by tulsa police last friday. >> shots fired! >> the officer who fired, betty shelby, being charged. >> i determined the firing of the felony manslaughter in the first degree against police officer betty shelby is
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warranted. >> reporter: an attorney for the officer said after the shooting officer shelby suspected him to be hue on pcp. she said he wouldn't follow commands. >> reporter: i shot the suspect. he didn't show me his hands. >> reporter: the video shows the story. the tulsa world was told violent pcp was found in the car. no gun was found. legal observers say charges against officers, especially this combik quickly are unusual. >> we are seeing more attention and in rare cases fast movement towards prosecuting officers. >> the first steps in a long road to justice for terence crutcher and his family began today. >> reporter: crutcher's family is mourning the father of four. blake mccoy, nbc news. >> the events in charlotte and tulsa continue to the tumultuous race.
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three days away, they told african-american protesters, they're outraged that they're threatening their own communities. >> the riot in the streets is a threat to all peaceful sids. it must be ended and ended now. the main victims of these violent zraegss are law abiding african-americans who live in these communities and only want to raise their children in safety and peace. >> that came after trump sr., suggested drugs were in the nightly protests we seen out of charlotte. >> i will stop the drugs from flowing into our country and poisoning our youth manned other people. and if you are not aware, drug are a very big factor on what you are watching on television at night. >> a trump spokesman rejected
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that he was speaking of the charlotte protesters. however, those comments come when trump is trying to bill his support among african-american voters a. group resoundingly supporting clinton by large mar jivenl that was clear when the trump campaign distanced itself from ohio county chair kathryn miller who said this to "the guardian." >> i don't think there was racism until obama got elected. we never had problems like that. in the real estate industry there's none. now the feel with guns, shooting up neighborhoods, not being responsible citizens, that's a big change. i think that's the philosophy that obama has perpetuated on america. if you are black and you haven't been successful in the last 50 years, it's your own fault. >> miller has since told a local ohio publication, quote, i am apologizing that it's causing all the problems for mr. trump, not for statements. it's not just miller who put
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trump in a situation. he kid ruled him himself. >> have you mefr donald trump? >> i don't know. sometimes you see the outrageous hair, something like that and his mouth so. but i don't know. >> hmm. the hair. well, both, presidential candidates are expected to spend the weekend in debate prep before monday squareoff. just ahead, a series of hacks that include one of michelle obama's personal documents. bill karins is talking about flash flooding. >> how about this, a tornado in utah, not often we put those two words together. this was near ogden, the winds were whipping near the center of that tornado. to the flooding problems, yesterday, it was all about wisconsin, southern minnesota, northern iowa.
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this is the town of green the one that had mandatory evacuation. we still have other flooding problems this morning. more heavy rain is in northern portions of iowa. aems ames, iowa, major flooding expected this upcoming weekend. you see the area of red. we are dealing with flash flood warnings this hour. there is damage being done. it's a hot day through texas and the southeast. here's a closer look at your day ahead. >> well, thatters the first signs of that cool fall air. minneapolis is dipping down to 67 degrees. it will make it through the great lakes and the ohio valley and northeast this weekend. for the deep south, you will remain in the heat. that's a look at your friday forecast. your weekend forecast is coming up. "early today" back in two. up. "early today" back in two. huma. who knew hpv could lead to certain cancers and diseases? who knew my risk for hpv would increase as i got older? who knew that there was a vaccine
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russian government of trying to influence the u.s. election by ordering the hacking of political organizations. those accusation were made by vice chair dianne feinstein and house intelligence committee ranking member adam schiff who agreed on all the intel secrets. the comes after sensitive white house information including the first lady's passport. nbc's pete williams has details. >> reporter: to prepare michelle obama's visit to the middle east last year, a contract employee working for the white house got an image of her passport, including personal data, which were ob skurk and sent it on to his own non-secured gmailk. e-mails including a passport has been posted on d.c. leaks, which u.s. officials suggest is run by russian intelligence t. site says, if such sensitive information can be hacked, we will see the fall of our country. they posted campaign related
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e-mails hacked from collin powell, a part of a string of cyber attacks u.s. officials say may be intended to influence voters. >> we're deeply concerned that the russians are meddling and from what we know of the russian system, instructions for that kind of thing we believe will come from the highest levels. >> reporter: it includes briefing materials for a trip to cleveland in june by vice president biden. >> hey, guys. >> reporter: and an april event in georgia, including an appearance with al roker on "today." a white house travel manual, now the government is investigating why it happened and why so much sensitive information ended up on an unsecured account in the first place. pete williams, nbc news, walk. disgraced congressman anthony weiner is being investigated by federal prosecutors this morning for allegedly sexting a 15-year-old girl. a subpoena has been file for his
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cell phone records, they say he traded sexually explicit texts and requests for nudity. they say the scandal is the latest in the series of alleged sexting episodes since 2012. last month, his wife, a top clinton aide announced she was separating from him and his reports that he was sexting another woman. when nbc news asked him, he admits he has shown terrible judgment but claims he is likely the subject of a hoax. fast forwarding today the president and first lady will hold a reception at the white house for the opening of the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture. the 400,000 square foot museum opens to the public tomorrow him tune into msnbc, tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern, live from new york city's central park. the performance is by rihanna
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cnbc has us covered this morning. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rebel markets are taking a bit of a breather, but it has been a strong week, yesterday the dow and s&p both posting three-day winning strikes. that's the first time in two weeks t. real outperformer there was the nasdaq t. tech heavy index crossing an all time high once again, amazon the outperformer there, it crossed $800 per share for the first time ever. but it wasn't all good news for tech, because yahoo confirm 500 million users have been impacted by a hack going back to 2014. analysts say it's the largest cyber security hack of its kind ever. so that can be big news around yahoo. those users who think they might be impacted. yahoo has a message, change your password and invalidate any security questions tied to that account. the good news is they don't expect payment data or credit card data is at risk there.
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finally, you mentioned, trick or treat season is upon us. it's appearing it's going to be good news for retailers. a study is showing americans are set to spend a record $8.4 billion this season, guys, getting the costumes and candy ready. i suspect we will see a few clinton costumes out there. what duping? >> i am sure. maybe for you. >> okay. thank you so much. >> i cribbed bimy $12 with my first bag of candy. >> a little too soon. >> not for the kids, though. just ahead, we'll tell you who the world's highest paid tv actors are. plus, awkward modems as hillary clinton goes between two ferns. you are watching "early today." you are watching "early today." n every sausage perfectly. so you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh
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idonald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what i'll do as president.
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breaking right now on "nbc 10 news today," trapped in traffic for hours. the northbound blue route is shut down in radnor after a violent crash. cars and trucks were backed up for miles overnight with nowhere to go. wanted man. this is brand new video showing to talk to in connection to a deadly slashing attack. unhappy with an endorsement. a group representing hundreds of african-american philadelphia police officers will stand up against the fop's support of donald trump. nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning, it's friday. we made it. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. also rather cool to start off the fall. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast, a look at conditions right where you live.
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bill? >> it is a first fall morning. the temperatures are falling right now. 57 degrees in the suburbs. new jersey is also 57. look at 56 in the lehigh valley where skies are clear. a cool start, 60. that's at 7:00. the sun will be up and the temperatures will slowly be climbing into the low 70s at 10:00. we're in for a warm day on this first full day of fall. 56 to start with in philadelphia, temperatures will climb into the upper 60s by 9:00 and then it's upper 80s this afternoon. at 20 degrees to that 9:00 temperature for philadelphia, with sunshine, 88 degrees. a quick warmup in the suburbs, new jersey, lehigh valley and delaware. at the shore, we'll see 80s. close, 78 degrees this afternoon. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour when i'm back in just a few minutes. just about 4:30 right now. the blue route has been a mess since about midnight last night. >> let's get you updated on that. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is following the breaking news on northbound blue route in radnor. >> we're shut down this morning
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in between lancaster avenue right around route 30 to the schuylkill expressway near conshohocken. so you can see what's behind me right now. a few vehicles just left the scene. they are making some improvements here on the blue route northbound. in our camera, it's the blue route around county line road. it's shutting down the northbound side completely. the good news is the traffic that was stuck past the point where before they shut it down and diverted traffic off. all of that traffic was allowed to go back down the southbound side and get off the highway. we are seeing that improve there. there's no backup sitting behind it. it's just a diversion off of route 30. take the westbound side of that, you'll make a left when you get off here, take king of prussia road in here and that turns into matsonford road. big delays behind that on the blue route and more updates for the rest of the morning when i'm back in ten minutes.
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