war of words a nasty feud heats up between donald trump and jeb bush over the 9/11 attacks and whether they could have been prevented. and deflategate rematch, the patriots and the colts battling it out for the first time since the football scandal. tonight, their chance to clear the air. nightly news begins now. good evening. a slow-moving typhoon is bringing misery to the philippines tonight. typhoon koppu blew into the north eastern part of that island nation today, leading to massive evacuations. water poured into villages and devastating winds knocked out power across entire provinces. take a look at this satellite image of the storm and look at the sheer size of it. more than 500 miles in diameter.

predicted path. typhoon koppu expected to turn to the northeast but instead of then going out to sea it is forecast on wednesday to turn back toward taiwan and china. jacob rascon reports. >> reporter: they woke up surrounded by water, what was left of some homes drifting away. residents held on to rope, trying to reach higher ground. children on their shoulders, animals not far behind. many huddled under whatever they could find to escape the rain and wind. overnight, super typhoon koppu slammed into the northeastern philippines, packing winds of 150 miles per hour at its peak, as strong as a category four hurricane. by the time the storm clears, it could total an astounding six feet of rain. the flooding in many villages catastrophic, dozens of roads and bridges impassible. this video posted to facebook shows more than a dozen people on the underside of a

to be rescued. in the capital city of manila, a mother in anguish. describing the horror, she watched a tree come down on her house with her son inside. the tree flattened my house with my family, she says. nearby, a young boy lay injured on a stretcher. two people are confirmed dead so far, including a 14-year-old boy. some 16,000 people displaced. and millions are without power. on average, 20 storms and typhoons hit the philippines each year. in 2013, super typhoon haiyan devastated the country, leaving more than 6,000 dead and millions homeless. >> the big difference is that people have really learned from haiyan and that you need to heed warning and you need to evacuate on time. you need to prepare. and you need to be alert. so, i think that is a big difference that has been a cultural shift in the two years since haiyan.

>> reporter: the battered country now bracing for more flooding and possible mudslides. jacob rascon, nbc news. in southern israel today, another deadly incident in a month-long wave of violence in that country. an arab attacker killed an israeli soldier and wounded nine other people at a bus station. nbc's bill kneelly is in israel with all the latest. bill? >> reporter: good evening, kate. bold and unusual because this was a shooting spree in a heavily guarded bus station in which a palestinian gunman shot ten israelis before being shot and killed himself. he, first of all, stabbed an israeli soldier, then grabbed his m-16 rifle and opened fire, gininjuring four police officers and killing that soldier. it was the most serious incident in a weekend that saw six palestinians shot dead after stabbing police or civilian to try to stop the violence,

concrete wall, a 15-foot-high wall outside one arab district of jerusalem. it's where three of the attackers are from, but it's where 50,000 people live. palestinians say this is collective punishment and it's really not clear how effective walls are at stopping knife attacks. now, john kerry, the secretary of state, will talk to middle east leaders later this week but not together and not here in israel. he will meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in germany. he will meet palestinian president mahmoud abbas in jordan. but it's really not clear what influence he or indeed any of the leaders has in stopping this violence, which, kate, shows no signs of stopping at the moment. >> bill neely in jerusalem tonight. in this country, a normally enjoyable ableable event in chaotic turned deadly last night. it is called zombicon, draws thousands who dress up as zombies.

night, someone opened fire, leaving a young man dead and injuring five other people much the shooter is still on the run. we get more tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: the ninth annual zombicon charity festival was in full swing with about 20,000 people celebrating in fort myers when the crowd heard shots shortly before midnight. [ gunshots ] frightened partiers began to run and scatter as police ordered everyone to clear the downtown plaza. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: some thought the shooting was fake, part of the event, where people dress up as zombies. >> didn't really believe it 'cause i thought it was a part of what happened tonight. >> reporter: but it was real. five were wounded and one was shot and killed. police identified the man who died as 20-year-old tyrell taylor from okeechobee, florida. a friend said he played steel drums, high school football and basketball and had just started college in miami. >> the girl was screaming in the phone and she was like, get

shot, he got shot. i'm like who? i'm like what happened, is he okay? she said no. she said he dead. >> reporter: four of the wounded were hospitalized for non-threatening injuries. another refused treatment. >> we were set up right here on the corner. >> reporter: james didio helped one of the victims. >> he was definitely in a state of shock. wasn't saying much to me. >> reporter: police say the shooter got away. >> at this time, there is a suspect at large. we have numerous violent crimes detectives out here working the scene. >> reporter: desiree was in the panicked crowd. >> there were a lot of little kids that the event and really little. i saw kids in strollers and i just never imagined that someone just would pull a gun with you know, children around. >> reporter: on facebook, the event pop is source sent out condolences saying it is deeply saddened by the news of what happened within the footprint of our event. police are asking everyone with cell phone video from the shooting scene to come forward to help identify and catch the killer.

mark potter, nbc news, miami. the september 11th attacks and whether they could have been prevented were at the center of an escalating feud between donald trump and jeb bush today, all while we wait to see whether vice president joe biden decides to run or not. nbc's kristen welker is following it all from the white house. >> reporter: the war of words between donald trump and jeb bush is heating up today. trump using 9/11 and the former president, george w. bush, to again jab at jeb. >> i don't want jeb bush to say, my brother kept us safe because september 11th was one of the worst days in the history of this country. >> look, my brother responded to a crisis answered did it as you would hope a president would do. he united the country. >> reporter: the fight got started friday when trump threw the first punch. >> when you talk about george bush, say what you want, the world trade center came down during his time. if you look -- >> hold on, you can't blame george bush for that >> he was president, okay? don't blame him or don't blame him, but he was president.

>> reporter: today, the front-runner seemed to double down, arguing his immigration policies would have prevented the attack. >> i believe that if i were running thing i doubt those families would have -- i doubt that those people would have been in the country. >> reporter: but bush hit back. >> it looks as though it's -- he is an actor playing the -- a role of a candidate for president. mr. trump talks about things that -- as though he is still on "the apprentice." >> reporter: characteristic clirks trump wanted the last word, escalating the last fight, saying, jeb, why did your brother attack and destabilize the middle east by attacking iraq when there were no weapon of mass destruction? bad infoe. the latest poll shows trump still leads but dr. ben carson is catching up. trump gets 24% of republican primary voters while carson gets 23. so, will trump's comments about september 11th be the controversy that resonates? >> he can say things that would get any other politician or a regular politician in a lot of trouble and

yet, it doesn't seem to affect him. >> reporter: meanwhile, for democrats and front-runner hillary clinton, it's a waiting game to see if vice president joe biden will enter earth race. saturday night, biden accepted a human rights award in new york, where he made no mention of the topic on everyone's mind even as some audience members shouted, "run, joe, run." biden did praise his late son, beau, who urged him to run for president. >> as my son, beau used to say just keep moving forward. >> reporter: the vice president headed to mass in delaware, perhaps looking for guidance. there have been a number of signs that biden is leaning toward yes. he is reaching out to key constituents, organizers and union leaders to assess his level of support. sources close to him say a decision is imminent but if he wants to get in, he has to announce soon. kate? >> okay, kristen welker at the white house. thank you. the predictions were true. much of the eastern half of the country felt the coldest weather of the season this weekend.

temperatures in the 20s meant this morning looked like this from parts of michigan to upstate new york, to the slopes of killington in vermont which, today, became the first ski resort to open for the season in north america. how long will the cold wave last? we turn now to nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. hi, dylan. >> good evening, kate, going to see improvements as we go through this week. the meantime, we still have this dip in the jet stream that is dragging down the cold air, going to be very chilly back still through parts of the great lakes areas and also up and down the east coast where we have freeze watches and warnings in effect for temperatures that will be close to freezing early monday morning. temperatures in washington, d.c. starting off at 35 degrees. 34 in new york, portland, maine, 26 degrees, it's unseasonably cold, morning lows running about 10 to 15 degrees below average but it's not going to last all week long. by monday in chicago, we are back up into the 70s, close to 80 by wednesday. detroit starts to warm

up this week as well. pittsburgh a little chilly on monday, high of 59 degrees, back up near 70 by wednesday and new york, even though we are starting off about 55 for a hay high on monday, should be 54 by the time we get to wednesday. out in the southwest, see some improvements on the rain front as well, the area of low pressure produce the flash flooding and heavier downpours we have seen recently is finally starting to exit. that means after we get through tonight, we shouldn't see as many heavy downpours as we go into monday. before it winds down though, we still could see another inch or so tonight but then we should start to pull monday. >> thanks so much. a tragic note to report from east texas where a high school football player died this weekend after collapsing on the sidelines friday night. cameron matthews, a junior at alto high school, reportedly suffered an aneurism. he was airlifted to a hospital yes died yesterday afternoon. he was the sixth high school football player to die this season. a big football rivalry on tap this

evening here on nbc as the new england patriots face the indianapolis colts. it is their first rematch since the afc championship game last fall that started what became known as deflategate. we get more tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: the team that blew the whistle on deflategate has a date with tom brady tonight. >> go, pat, man. get them! >> reporter: their first since the super bowl-winning quarterback spent months battling the nfl and accusations he is a cheater. so, how's that for motivation? >> i'm always pretty motivated, you know, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the team or the week. >> reporter: still, grade downplayed the significance of the game against the indianapolis colts. one reporter even challenged him, calling him a robot. >> i'm a human. there's no doubt. [ laughter ] definitely human. >> reporter: the new england pay the tree the i don'ts clonered the colts 45-7 the last time they played. few who covered the sport are sold on brady's meek approach, especially the man who broke the story. >> if they can put 80

on the colts, they are going to try to put 80 on the colts. i believe that they have every desire to not only beat the colts but to try and humiliate them. >> is tom grade cheater? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: deflategate cast brady as villain, leading to a public spat with nfl commissioner roger goodell and an eventual show eventual showdown in federal court. brady won that contest, too, getting his four-game suspension overturned, which the league is appealing. the scandal also became a running joke. >> that was regulation to you? i think it needs more air. >> reporter: with a large national audience expected to tune in, one analyst and former teammate says getting the last laugh is brady's brand of revenge. >> there's no doubt in my mind that this game means more to him and i think we will see that he wants to make sure everyone knows that the deflation or inflation levels of the football has nothing to do with how good of a quarterback he is. >> reporter: undefeat sod far this season, and keeping patriots' fans pumped up.

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when he competed in the 2012 olympics then became infamous when he shot and killed his girlfriend in south africa. now, pistorius is about to get out of prison. nbc's john yang has our report. >> reporter: tuesday, oscar pistorius will trade this grim maximum security prison for his uncle's sprawling suburban mansion. freed on parole just one day short of a year behind bars for killing his model girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. in johannesburg today, disbelief. >> not fair. >> to serve that amount of time is unacceptable. >> reporter: for steenkamp's family, one more heartache. june steenkamp spoke to nbc news this summer on what would have been her daughter's 32nd birthday. >> we had to learn to live without her and it's very difficult. i don't think it's ever going to be possible. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, that's what you did. >> reporter: during

his globally televised seven-month trial, pistorius testified that he shot steenkamp late on valentine's day 2013 as she hid behind a closed door in his apartment bathroom, thinking he was an intruder. >> fired four shots at the door. >> reporter: he was convicted of manslaughter, acquitted of premeditated murder. >> i wanted the truth. i don't think we got the truth. that's the whole point. we did not get the truth. >> reporter: his sentence, five years in prison, eligible for parole after just ten months, allowing pistorius to serve the remainder of his term under house arrest, free to go to work and family events, no direct supervision, no monitoring device. >> he is going to have most of the freedoms that people who did not kill anyone also enjoy. >> reporter: in another bizarre twist, pistorius' parole maybe short lived n two weeks at the south african supreme court, prosecutors will get a rare second chance at

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