it's monday, november 9th. republican candidates back in attack mode. donald trump scored big on "snl." >> they're great. they don't have my talent, my money, or especially my good looks him but you know what, they're not bad. >> why dozens of football players are refusing to play until the president of their university steps down. plus an act of bravery caught on camera him more than a dozen vehicles without warning.

"early today" starts right now. good morning, happy monday. i'm betty lynn. tomorrow's debate is primed to be the most explosive yet. ben carson is answering allegations, largely firing back at the media. >> i have always said that i expect to be better. but being better and what is going on with me, you said this, no, you said this, 20 years ago. this didn't exist. i have not seen that with anyone else. if you could tell me where events happened with someone else, i will take that statement back. >> they are policing nearly two years of records. meanwhile, the numbers are in

appearance, of course, there was controversy there, too. >> reporter: dancing, tweeth and too much winning. >> the middle eastern e american people, sir, they're just sick of winning. >> reporter: donald trump took his campaign to the "saturday fight live" stage, despite protesters trying to stop him. the show on high alert he would have an alert. >> it's larry david, what are you doing, larry? >> i heard the they were giving me $1,000. >> despite ratings and laugh, not everyone was a fan of trump the comedian. trump was back on message and back on the attack, exploiting new doubts about ben carson's beliefs and background. >> he's going to have to excomplain i plain a lot of

things away the sclv scholarship situation the dinner with westmoreland when westmoreland wasn't there, the pyramids. you know a mir midz pharaoh. >> again, anybody on that message can be 100% on some reference. >> carson not the only one to feel the heat, marco rubio under fire, finally released 22 months of statement, including charges at a honda dealership, a children's sports center and a nearly $4,000 bill for home decor and iberia tiles, all of which the campaign says rubio paid back. on tuesday, the republicans head into their fourth debate. rubio hoping to shake his credit woes as trump hopes to shake a still surging carson. katy tur, nbc news, new york.

dozens of football players at the university of missouri are boycotting, vowing not to participate in practices until the university president resigns. they protest how the university president has handled several recent racial incidents. >> reporter: student protests escalated when at least 30 football play, announced they would not take part in team activities until university president tim wolf is removed. the head coach tweeted, we are united behind our players. this protest is one of several that stems from a semester that black students say has been marred by racial incidents on campus. protesters say groups of white students have repeatedly hurled slurs and a swastika was sprawled in fecies on the homecoming dorm. >> this isn't just me who is going through this. these are students coming from all different background who endure this. >> reporter: plaque students are 7% of the student body say the

school failed to respond and tim wolf has been inadequate. one student began a hunger campaign. students began camping out on the lawn of the west plas za zl we are advocating to make this a safer climate. >> reporter: the president of the university issued a statement saying he was dedicated to ongoing dialogue and will have spec plans in the coming months. now to egypt where the investigation into that russian jet crash continues nine days after the disaster killed all 2 two people on board. the question remains, was it a bomb that brought it down? >> as more evidence is analyzed, investigators grow more confident at what happened. >> he was hurt in the last second. >> they told the reuters news, a they're 90% sure that noise, 23

based on their analysis of the side waves, was a bomb exploding. egypt's aviation ministry called that a pure lipe saying it's too soon to reach any confoougs collusion. the answer may lie in fractions of a second and grains of san, russian teams took 15 sacks of sand looking for explosive residue. parts of the pane are missing somewhere in the dirt. but crucial pieces of evidence could be tiny the size of a finger fail and tough to find here. the fbi has been asked to help by the russians and has agreed. its role, it says, poddest. but the possibly of a bomb is causing shock waves above all for airlines. >> it is as a result of what it's alleged to be, i'm afraid

it's another game changeer for the industry. >> security officials are examining reports at the airport, a baggage scanning machine was often broken, the baggage handlers weren't monitored. >> that was bill neely reporting for us. in a few hours, an intense meeting. it will be the first time the two have met since netanyahu's cold shoulder visit in front of congress in march t. rocky relationship continue this weekend as old facebook posts emerge him they suggested obama is anti-semitic. >> that spokesman has since apologized. a terrifying scene to show you in china, it was all caught on camera. a truck went through flames, instead of stopping, the driver made the decision to keep driving before trying to

extinguish those flames. he was able to get through the tunnel and out of the truck in time. he said he kept going to pre vent people from being injured. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. also, check out this drone video of a passive sink hole in meridian, mississippi. can you believe this? it swallowed up at least 14 vehicles at an ihop parking lot. the hole was 50 feet wide, roughly 30 feet deep. officials say it would take several days to get the cars removed. it could be weather related. in california, sierra, nevada mountain, heavy snow made for heavy driving conditions, as much as a foot of snow was expected in some spots. for the latest weather, bill kierans is here i can't get over that sink hole. >> who knows?

yes. let's talk about november. we don't get a lot of tropical development. this one is near the bahamas. the good news is that the storm on the east coast will deflect this out to sea so all the rain you look at this morning. not associated with that tropical depression. but this rain system and this will produce heavy rain some possibility offese lated flooding. it's good for the rain. tonight through virginia and tomorrow as we head up towards maryland, there is great weather

minneapolis, this is perfect fall weather. not like last week. this is carry home in the afternoon type weather, we settle in. now a closer look at your day ahead. today, obviously the showers and storms are with us. still very warm in florida quite humid, too. tuesday will not be as pretty with the clouds and rain in new england. it was great to see that snow in california. we feed a big snow season out there. >> thank you, bill. nearly a thousand lufthansa flightss and you are watching

welcome back, everybody, tragedy in maryland on sunday.

14 are hospitalized after a vanko lied with two other vehicles, crews worked to free several people trapped in that wreckage. >> you could tell he was trapped. they definitely looked scared. >> eight remain in critical condition. there is no word on what caused the crash him myanmar's first free elections in 25 years. voter turnout reached an estimated 80%. the party is expected to win. lufthansa says it will can sell nearly a thousand flights in germany today. almost a third of those scheduled. due to a cabin cruise strike. it started saturday after talks broke down. check out this 12-and-a-half foot alligator. guess where it was. a mall parking lot. that thing is not happy. luckily, though, a dental assistant who happened to be an alligator hunter was on the

wrappingle the gator, now nicknamed godzilla for good reason, apparently. time to get down to be futures are higher this morning. stocks come off their sixth straight positives week. it signals the fed will likely hike interest rates in december. motorists are seeing a slight hike. a gallon rose a penny to $2 phone i.25 cents. wall street bonuses are expected to fall. they are feeling theics of this year's choppy mark. it is the first time that compensation is expected to drop. just ahead, a fantastic day at snfl football. score. if you didn't stay up for the eagle's cowboy's game, you want

this morning on "today" day four of rokerthon, 2. watch him knock out the forecast from four states. time now for sports and another action-packed sunday lutsz look at yesterday's highlights from around the league. >> 33rd down an 7.

end zone, flag, touchdown carolina! brady, golden, touchdown. >> there they come. there goes mariota up for grab, all this talk touchdown. >> taylor going to take his shot throwing end zone. touchdown. >> looking in that direction, throw, a diving cap by brandon marshall. >> another quick hitter. out of the back heel to evans. taking it in for a touchdown by trevor wade? now the dhaes cowboys hosting the eagles on sunday night

football. photos surface of the victim arrest. the cowboys express their regret in a tweet on saturday. game tied at 14 when a dallas pass is intercepted by jordan hicks, who takes it 67 yards score. on the cowboy's next drive. pressure. to the back of the end zone dez bryant able to tie the game up. his second game back after missing five with a broken foot. the eagles have first possession. >> mathieus now in the game at the 21 yard line. and fires and it's caught on the run and pence the end zone, mathieus to win the game. >> a heart breaker for dallas

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>> oh, yeah, it was an exciting week at the box office, the latest james bond film "spectre" opening. the second biggest of all time behind "skyfall." >> what was your review? >> i thought it was good, it was. a you in "star wars" release, they gave us a look at new footage in the movie. a lot of people excited with that. "saturday night live" got the biggest ratings this weekend since 2012. it featured donald trump as host with musical guest sia. did my reports they have enough extra lines from robinwoods from the aa laden movie to make a whole other sequel. any plans were quickly scrapped because of a chaus in his will preventing use of his work for 25 years after his death.

sold at auction for nearly $2.5 million. to record "ps i love you." and "love you do" before it was stolen in fine 53. yesterday marked the 50 years of "days of our lives." it started in fine 65. i remember them. on saturday, larry david made yet another return as bernie sanders on "snl." >> we need to rebuild our nation's infrastructure. it's crumbling. that's why i no longer drive on bridges or through tunnels. instead, i keep a kayak struck to the top of my car. whenever i get to a bridge, i park abandon my car and pedal to the other side. so if you ever see a soaking red

river and screaming about bridge, give him a handch he's your next president. >> for seven hours we did battle until i said, you will not be me me just put it in the cooler. if you're a fisherman, you tell tales. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. put the fish in the cooler! start the interview with a firm handshake. ay,no! don't do that! try head

good morning, everybody, we're back at it. it's monday and lots of news ahead on "7 news today in new england." >> jadiann: here's some of the stories we're working on today. a man behind bars this morning accused of dragging two boston police officers after a traffic stop last night. police say the officers were dragged about 100 yards and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. >> christa: boston mayor marty walsh will announce a ban on replica guns in public places. police would be able to confiscate any toy gun not clearly marked with an orange or >> jadiann: hillary clinton will be in new hampshire to file paperwork to appear on the

she plans a pair of rallies in the state for this afternoon. >> christa: national grid raising electric rates in massachusetts. how much more you might be paying and what the company needs the money for. how they're explaining that. happy monday to you. >> jadiann: same to you, did you have a nice weekend? >> christa: it was busy. a snap and it was gone. chris, how was your weekend? >> chris: busy but the pats won, now looking forward to new york. good morning, it's clear outside. 44 in the city of boston, 24 in norwood. colder in the suburbs, even a little bit of patchy frost. not much going on in southern new england. through the carolinas, it's raining raleigh south shore. it rain works up the east coast so i expect wet weather to work in here by tomorrow afternoon.

today, a lot of sunshine, mild, close to 60 degrees. tomorrow morning, clouds thicken up quickly and by early afternoon, south of the mass pike, especially southeastern mass, the cape and the islands, rainfall arriving. widespread late in the day tuesday and wednesday morning. otherwise it's comfortable out there this afternoon. we're jumping up close to 60 degrees so above the averages for this time of year. not quite as warm as last thursday and friday but we'll still have a nice day. that rain chance moving in beginning tomorrow afternoon, continuing into wednesday. gusty wind tomorrow night into wednesday, overall, the week looks seasonable. a lot of 50s on the board. more on the 70s as "7 news today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: two boston police officers dragged down a street by a car. we're live with the charges that driver is facing this morning.

>> jadiann: a dgerous drive