♪ i saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight. >> if a candidate regularly and flippantly makes cruel and insultish comments about women, about how we look. >> the rhetoric along with conflicting reports about the state of the trump campaign. and then world leaders anyone? another cringe worthy aleppo moment. and details on the teen who opened fire at elementary school. and this wild scene of a deer lashing out at a driver after being hit. why is amy schumer the most

dangerous woman on the internet? how hillary clinton knocked kim kardashian from her perch. "early today" starts right now. >> we begin with yet another school shooting, this time out of south carolina, where a 13-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun at an elementary school playground. describing the wounded, a teacher and two students hit by gun shots, one of them a 6-year-old boy in critical condition. it was towards the end of the school day when they learned of the active shooter at townville elementary. police say the gunman pulled into the school parking lot and immediately began firing shots. s.w.a.t. teams descended upon the scene as the school went on lock down. the entire incident was over in 15 minutes, thanks to a first

responder that saved off a tragedy that could have been so much worse. >> he engaged the suspect and at that point, took him down and law enforcement was quickly behind him. >> and authorities are now investigating a second crime scene about three miles away, where the suspect's grandmother found the boy's father shot dead. as they work to identify the motive who has no parent link to the school, the school remains closed for the rest of the week. one woman has echoed the fear of every parent this morning. >> she told me they went to the bathroom and she didn't show up. i'm so scared. i don't even want her to go to school now. protesters took to the streets in el cahone. after another death of an

unarmed black man. they called on white citizens to stand up and fight with them. 38-year-old alfred was shot and killed in a shopping center parking lot tuesday. officers responded to a call he was acting erratically, according to police. and that the shots were fired one to two minutes after officers arrived on the scene. a woman who said she was the victim's sister was distraught. >> i told the police he's mentally sick. i would like you guys to take him to the hospital. i did not call the police officers to come and kill my brother. >> police say he pulled out an object later revealed to be a vaping device and pointed it at officers in a shooting stance. witnesses claim his hands were lifted in self defense. they ask protesters to remain

peaceful. >> i saw a man who was distraught, acting in ways that looked like he was in great pain. and i saw him get gunned down and killed and it broke my heart. >> he was a uganda refugee. donald trump is fanning the flames with new comments involving former miss universe, machado. he's criticized her both recently and in the past and she says he called her miss piggy and miss house keeping. >> i had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her. i saved her job. and you know what happened? look what i get out of it. i get nothing. i saved her job because they wauchbt wauch wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight and it is a beauty contest. say what you want, it's a beauty contest and i said don't do that.

let her try and lose the weight. can you imagine i end up in a position like this. >> a 1997 washington post story suggests trump's claim isn't the case. the miss universe president that time told the paper quote we did not consider taking away her crown. we're not about being thin, we're about being physically fit. and michelle obama used it as part of her message. it's clear who she was talking about. >> if a candidate regularerly and flippantly makes cruel and insulting comments about women, about how we look, how we act, well, sadly, that's who that candidate really is. >> meanwhile, senator claire mccaskill tweeting the democratic women senators have talked and we're concerned about donald's weight. we think a public daily weigh-in

is called for. one person said the debate was quote a disaster, they claim their candidate will be very well prepared for the next debate october 9th. a majority of voters think clinton won the debate. less than those who thought neither candidate won. and among independents, the majority didn't change their opinion. although slightly more said their opinion of clinton improved compared to trump. associated press is reporting increased voting registration in critical states like florida. and president obama is out with strong words about voting this election. election. >> speaking of third-party

candidates, the struggles continue for libertarian, gary johnson. remember a few weeks back when johnson asked what is aleppo on "morning joe?" it happened again. >> who's your favorite foreign leader? >> who's my favorite? >> name one you look up to and respect. anybody. >> mine was shimon peres. >> living. any continent, europe, over there. asia, south america, africa. name a foreign leader you expect. >> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment. >> anybody in the world you like. anybody. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain -- >> get him off the hook. >> it's worth noting, mexican

president hasn't served since 2006. and a new hampshire court saying the ban is like burning down the house to roast a pig. 26 others do ban voting booth selfies. hillary clinton is in des moines, iowa and tim kahne will be in north carolina and trump will attend a rally in new hampshire and running mate, mike pence is in pennsylvania. congress has passed a measurer to fund the government until at least december 9th. they approved the vote after the houses passed the same measure. among the items are money to fund zika and opioid addiction research. that came hours after congress overwhelmingly voted to override president obama's veto over a controversial piece of legislation that allows victims of 9/11 to sue saudi arabia for any attempt in a plot.

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is fayette vill, north carolina, we've had torrential rain with one band of thunderstorms and another one and our heavy rain event has begone around washington d.c. and through the midatlantic. we have a couple flash flood warnings, but 11 million people under a flood watch today. the heaviest rain will be towards the day today. isolated totals, up to a foot are possible. and the next highest are in harrisburg, and now a closer look at your day ahead. you can see the heavy rain threat, especially if you get the thunderstorms, like in north carolina and tats ahat's where risk is. a cool mass. and this is in eastern china at least 27 people are missing after a massive land slide crashed into the mountain vill

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a group of world airlines reported 1500 more air rage incidents last year alone. nearly 11,000 cases world wide. that's 1 for every 1200 flights. while the majority involved verbal abuse, 90% got physical. the problem, say flight attendants. >> our aircraft are fuller than ever and the incidents that lead to air rage incidents are higher than ever. >> reporter: drugs and alcohol were a factor in a quarter of all air rage cases. and they divert to the nearest airport for police help. >> i have to make that decision before and the consequences to the passenger were quite severe. >> reporter: in the u.s., up to 20 years in prison and a fine. fast forwarding today, president obama leaves for israel to attend the state

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♪ well, we want to take a moment to say fair well to one of our own, our chief pentagon correspondent retiring after 31 years with nbc news. mick, as we call him helped guide us through some of the biggest stories including the war in iraq, the conflict in afghanistan and the 9/11 attack on the pentagon. calling his reporting tough, fair and persistent. we all wish him the very best. >> and for being such a good sport, especially when i would butcher that name and now we're sending him off, but good luck to him. fresh off news that wells fargo john stump is forking over stocks and salary.

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right now on "nbc 10 news today," rainy morning commute. take a look. the nbc10 "first alert" radar heavy rain and thunderstorms are moving into parts. area and rain will be with us for much of the day. officer jurisdiction. nbc10 cameras were there as a philadelphia police officer was taken to the hospital after a suspected drunk driver plowed into the officer's car. and eliminating the wage gap. today on philadelphia city council, they'll explore a plan that would make it illegal for employers to ask job seekers about their salary history. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. just about 4:30. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we've issued a "first alert" for part of our area and tomorrow because of heavy rain. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with the "first

alert" neighborhood forecast a look at conditions where you live. bill? >> vai, it's steady rain in philadelphia international. you see the cameras shaking. that's the wind also present during the day today. steady showers in philadelphia and not alone. reaching into the suburbs into new jersey. in fact, a large area into moderate rainfall. new castle county, say level and cumberland. and camden county as well. within that area, we have seen a few lightning strikes, most the lightning with heavy rainfall overnight into southern delaware. and the rain is still coming down at a pretty good clip. more than 2 1/2 inches an hour in parts of this area. some heavy rainfall and there's already anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain on the ground there. flood warnings up for southern delaware. but the rest the area, no sign of flooding, but we do have a steady rainfall. it's not going to be an all-day

rain, we will see breaks during the day. that light rain is on and off in new castle county. and the temperatures, they're going to be cool. 61 degrees, northwesterly winds are going to keep things cool, cloudy and damp. 60s for southern new jersey and lehigh valley. clouds, rain, temperature it's in 60s not going to see a whole lot of change during the day except that we will get some breaks in the rainfall before the next batch of heavy rain moving through. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour but first we'll see how the road, faring, francesco ruscio has the "first alert" traffic center. >> thanks, bill. we're going to open up on the vine street expressway, you see the water on the roadways. right now, the road is closed, the construction should be lifteding up right around 5:00 this morning. over in n