hill on earth. >> it's insane. i've never seen anything like it. >> thousands frantically forced to evacuate from their homes as more than a dozen california wildfires grow to over 6,000 acres, taking at least ten lives and many people are reportedly missing. house as president trump battles senator cork era head of new plans to terminate obama's climate regulations on coal. >> breaking overnight, an arrest is made after a fatal shooting at texas tech. >> an incredible story of survival for a young girl whose mother battles drug addiction. >> and making progress in storm battered puerto rico with the help of elon musk. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on this tuesday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena.

california is under a state of emergency this morning as vast swaths of the state are consumed by deadly wildfires. more than a dozen blazes have swept through killing at least ten people and injuring more than 100 others. the danger is statewide burning from the los angeles area all the way up to wine country in the north. there the fires have destroyed 1500 homes and businesses forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and leaving more than 100,000 without power. threatened by these massive wildfires at least two hospitals had to evacuate their patients, transferring them safely to other facilities. and the california highway patrol took to the skies conducting helicopter rescues, saving at least 44 people from the flames. >> well, these new fires started suddenly sunday night ander charged by powerful hot winds sometimes called los diablos or the devil winds creating critical fire conditions. >> the fire has done a good amount of magnitude of damage.

and we are still working with putting our damage assessment teams together and getting them out to accurately document the amount of damage that we have. >> trying to prevent further damage, thousands of fire fighters are battling these extreme blazes, but for many the destruction has already reached catastrophic levels. and here is what one santa rosa neighborhood looked like before the fires and here's what it looks like now, scorched beyond any recognition. homes are left in smoldering piles of ashes, vehicles melted in a charred heaps. neighborhoods completely destroyed and residents stunned at the devastation. >> this is like apocalyptic, it seems. this is so out of the norm, like i'm from southern california and everything is dry out there and i'm used to fires, but i've never seen anything like this in an urban area. >> nbc meteorologist bonnie snyder is with us this morning. bonnie, tell us more about how the winds here can really impact these fires and where it goes. >> it's really incredible when you look at it from outer space. this ghost satellite picture shows we were able to see the

smoke from far out. there is still a red-flag warning and this is going to go into effect for today for southern california. northern california getting a little bit better weather today. though we are still watching a front that could bring shift in winds by wednesday. so, something to keep watch on very closely as we move forward. philip, frances? >> all right, thanks, bonnie. now let's turn to my colleague gadi schwartz in california where the wildfire there is scorching through homes. gadi? >> reporter: let me show you what's going on. check this out. these are fire fighters that are putting out hot spots in this home and they were protecting this home over here. in this neighborhood it is house after house that has already gone up in flames. from above you can see it is house after house that has been destroyed by this fire. very different fire than the one that is burning up north because these homes are so close to each other and the wind is so strong that it is traveling from house to house, neighborhood to neighborhood at lightning speed and this is something that you can see from all across southern california.

you can see the smoke cloud from disney land. you can see the smoke cloud from the ballpark, from the traffic snarled all the way around here, a very stark reminder this is the type of danger people live with every day here in southern california. >> incredible images. gadi, thank you. >> in texas tech, police officer was shot and killed monday night allegedly by a student placing the campus on a lockdown for over an hour. the university spokesman said officers were conducting a student welfare check when they found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the suspect's room. they brought 19-year-old hollis a. daniels into police headquarters for a standard debriefing. that's when police say he pulled out a gun and fatally shot the unidentified officer in the head. >> the freshman fled on foot and a chasten sued placing the university on lockdown as the school enurged those on campus to shelter in place on twitter. the university later issued an all-clear in the twitter update after texas tech police apprehended daniels near the jones at&t stadium and took him into custody. >> texas governor greg abbott

issued a statement saying our hearts go out to the family the police officer killed at texas tech university. the university's chancellor also posted a statement on facebook saying, our texas tech family is strong and we will support each other as we grieve. >> today a new report from the washington post is shedding light on the tumult with the gom and the president with the post reporting the commander in chief in recent days has been lashing out rupturing alliances and imperilling his legislative agenda. one of those ruptured alliances now taking place between the president and republican senator bob corker of tennessee. the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee. as mr. trump escalates his public feud with the senator. >> and the war between corker and trump could dash any chances the president may have to get his much promised tax reform plan passed. one trump loyalist saying bluntly, quote, his presidency could be doomed. for more we go to nbc's tracie potts for us this morning. tracy, good morning. >> reporter: frances, phil, good morning, everyone. the key here, the most important

thing about this twitter feud is the fact it could have an impact on policy on your wallet, on taxes, on the budget that republicans want to get started on next week. in the washington post, one polster describes it as a slow-motion break up with the republican party that the president seems to be speeding up according to that. that's patrick, veteran polster who has worked with steve bannon. now, speaking of bannon, former white house chief strategist, he has said that he wants to target many republicans in this upcoming election, but is specifically talking about this feud between president trump and bob corker. he thinks corker needs to back off. listen. >> these people have no respect for the working men and women in the united states. i tell you what, senator corker is an absolute disgrace. if bob corker has any honor, any decency, he should resign immediately. he should not let those words stand what he said about the president of the united states.

nobody is safe. we're coming after all of them and we're going to win. >> reporter: now, the president and corker woentd just be meeting on twitter. bob corker is head of the powerful senate foreign relations committee. that will be the first stop if president trump wants to back out of this iran deal he's talked so much about. philip and frances, back to you. >> we're watching it all. tracy, thank you. >> fast forwarding into tuesday, president trump will sit down for lunch with jim mattis and rex tillerson. it will mark the first known sit down between tillerson and trump since nbc reporting on the fraying relationship between the two machine. >> lgs on the president's agenda a white house celebration with the pittsburgh penguins ringing in their stanley cup win last year. the penguins visit cubs after the president rescinded the invitation to the golden state warriors last month. >> nasa set to take the reigns for the second of three space walks to repair the international space station today with nation nasa live streaming the coverage of the event this morning. >> let's go to bonnie snyder and

the california fires with how crucial the wind is when it shifts. >> we are checking for scattered showers and storms that will impact travel across much of the east and temperatures that are plummeting. we are looking at really cold weather all the way through the central u.s. through the northern plains. low temperatures this morning are in the 20s. so even though it's early october we're feeling like winter in this part of the country. something to keep in mind. bundle up if you're heading out there.

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furious over mold. parents take on a local school district after a health risk cancels classes. they're demanding answers. the safety initiative taking on new importance after a crash leaves four people dead. fight over bears. the hunting debate that's at the center of the race for new jersey governor. coming up on 4:00 a.m. tuesday morning. this is "nbc10 news today" first look at 4. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and the most accurate weather forecast. another warm day. >> another beautiful day in october. temperatures climbing back into the 80s this afternoon.

84 degrees for philadelphia. 84 in new jersey. look at the 80s for the suburbs, the lehigh valley, and delaware, too. at the shore, you'll see partly sunny skies and 78 degrees this afternoon. we're not there yet. it's going to take some time to warm up. 73 now. 71 at 6:00. and still in the low 70s at 9:00. with the northerly wind, that's great news. that's going to help the drying process. pretty muggy outside after the rain yesterday. this drying will take place during the day. temperatures will still be warm this afternoon. i'll break it down hour by hour and show how quickly the temperatures move up when i'm back in less than ten minutes. first jessica boyington with the first alert traffic. thanks. the schuylkill expressway and cameras at 30th street. we are closed here on the westbound side. that's what you're seeing here for the construction project. right before this point, they will be diverting you at 30th street station. you can hop on after that toward

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