i think the press makes me more uncivil than i am. you know, people don't understand i went to an ivy league college. i was a nice student. i did very well. i'm a very intelligent person. >> president trump taking a victory lap claimg the republican party is united except for two republican senators. today tough new security measures hit all air travelers coming into the u.s. the biggest concern catching terrorists who travel through multiple countries before boarding a flight into the u.s. a country music icon says good-bye to nashville in a final farewell concert celebration. >> 1, 2, 3.

it's time for dodger baseball. good night, we love you. >> a legendary start to an extra inning game two at the world series. "early today" starts right now. today the story of a fracturing gop remains on front pages across the country after two leading senators come out swinging against their own party's commander in chief as the president reaches a new low with just 38% of americans approving his job in office. 57% disproving. that's according to fox news. among those polls 57% find disproval with the president's consistent tweeting. quieting speculation at least for now of a major rebellion against the president as mr. trump himself shrugged off the recent criticism as he stood before the white house press

core. hally jackson has more. >> i will say this, i think the republican party has pretty good unity. >> reporter: a victory lap for the president after two retiring republicans slammed the president's character. >> well, i think the press makes me more uncivil than i am. you know, people don't understand i went to an ivy league college. i was a nice student. i did very well. i'm a very intelligent person. >> when is it okay for you to -- >> well, i think it's always okay when somebody says something about you that's false, i think it's always okay to counter punch or to fight back. >> reporter: to senators bob corker and jeff flake, that's part of the problem. >> we can't continue to just remain silent when the president keeps going on like this. >> reporter: but the silence on capitol hill speaks volumes. many republicans moving on

rather than rising up. >> we've got a job to do damn it, and so all of this nonsense, i've got nothing to say on. everyone shut up and your dure job and my view. >> reporter: all of it a win for steve bannon, too. telling nbc bannon feels like it's another day, another scalp with flake's retirement just the beginning. the politics playing ought randy restaurant in scots dale, arizona. jeff flake's state. >> where was all this high mindness flake has shown when obama was in? >> reporter: but donald trump's territory. >> he doesn't back down. >> reporter: the shoots which their lawmakers wouldn't either. >> they're dedicated to the party not the country. and they're just trying to cover air ass so they can get re-elected. >> reporter: there's a bit of a new development now. the president seeming he might be open to cutting down how much americans can save on their

401ks without getting taxed right away. want to turn now to nbc's tracy tracie potts to capitol hill for more. americans getting to see a real change when the comes to the way they save and republicans could take a major step in bringing about tax reform. >> reporter: today we expect a vote on the budget in the house. that could behave the way for tax reform. it leaves open $1.5 trillion for tax cuts. the president says he's getting involved, and he's talked to lawmakers about moving this along quickly. listen. >> well, i think we're going to get it. i think the senators are going to come together. i think the house is looking really good. you know they're passing this bill along very rapidly. in fact that's going to happen hopefully today. and i did make a couple of calls. i said, fellas, please no changes. just pass it along. we have to get tax cuts, and

just pass it along. >> reporter: now, we still don't know what's in the bill. we're not expecting to see that until next week. democrats say if there votes are needed, they're going to have to have some input. ivanka trump here on capitol hill pushing the child tax credit. that's been a big concern of hers. and also 401 ks. the president said on twitter that retirement accounts wouldn't be touched, wouldn't be part of but then yesterday admitted they might be part of the negotiation. so bottom line, the dedales of this still up in the air. the white house has been delaying sanctions on russia for nearly a month. and now senate relations committee chair bob corker is vowing to find out why. he told reporters he wants to hear the administration's reasons. it required the us who to identify russian inties for the new sanctions by october 1st. according to officials its complicated review process is

still under way. corker says he doesn't know if this delay is deliberate. meanwhile president trump discussing the relationship on tv. >> i think it would be great if we got along with russia. they're a nuclear power. i think we could have a good relationship. if we had a relationship with russia, that would be a good thing not a bad thing. now, to new screening changes. today mandatory screening measures take effect across the country impacting millions of americans from coast to coast. at the center of it all terror scans of carrying explosives on laptops earlier this year. nbc ffs tom costello has more. >> reporter: the new security measures apply to every flight kmoog into the u.s. from a

foreign airport. 2,100 daily flights, 325,000 passengers. security up grades both seen and unseen. including closer inspections of personal electronic devices, beefed up security in passenger areas and around the aircraft and more thorough interviews with passengers as they check in, hoping to identify terrorists. the changes was announced this summer after it was suggested isis would be able to smuggle oaks plosives into laptops. among the top concerns, terrorists could travel through multiple countries before boarding a flight to the u.s. >> i think with european airport security they're challenged because they can't control as much access from one country to another from border to border. >> reporter: for 180 airlines flying to the u.s. including u.s. car javiers the deadline is

now to upgrade their security. many airlines are now telling their passengers arriving at overseas airport to get there even earlier, 30 to 60 minutes earlier. mean mile tsa tells us a vast majority of airlines have already met the stricter protocols. it was a wild one in los angeles for game two of the world series. the excitement started with the ceremonial first pitch which brought long time dodgers announcer vince skully to the mound along with two other greats. the lefty to throw out the first pitch. they were both from the 1981 world series championship team. that was such a great moment there. and onto the alcohol game. they ended up tied 3-3 in the niengt. and that was rookie cody bellen jr who nearly ended the game with this long flight. the astros would score two runs in the top of the nengt answered by two dodger runs later that

inning. and in the 11th astros george springer, the center fielder hit a two run home run. the dodgers would not go away, though. they added one more home run before finally striking out to win the game. the astros win the game 7-6. and they even the earsies at one game apiece. game three is friday night in houston at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> you can add the extra time to the dvr instead of losing the final play. >> it was two and a half hours to four and a half hours. let's talk about some of that snow that's going to happen. really big changes because we've had such a warm october. how rare in mississippi to get a bit of snow, last time was 2009. past 20 years, three times you had snow in october. so not unheard of.

snow in fargo, international falls. as we go through the night we drop it down. when you wake up tomorrow morning, you should see some snow. most of it accumulating on the grass and on top the cars. a lot of should melt. 1 to rogers.

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