good morning. breaking overnight. the 14-year-old suspect in that terrifying elementary school shooting in north carolina questioned by police. the teenageroo the murder of his father. >> it's just a lie. a lie to protect him. >> the results are in. today's poll of voters say hillary clinton won as sources within the trump campaign now tell nbc news he will prepare more for the next one, possibly bringing in a debate consultant. their next showdown in nine days. justice denied arc mother who accused her former boyfriend

this verdict. >> the defendant is found not guilty. >> dividing a community, reopening old wounds, was the murderer just set free or was an innocent man falsely accused? this morning, we will talk to the man at the center of it all. and he's back -- ?? former football star tim tebow hit a home run on his pitch of professional baseball, sparking a whole new wave of tebow mania on this september 29, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. we have breaking news. it's the search for a motive in that school shooting in south

suspected of fatally shooting his father at home and opening fire at an elementary school play ground two, students, one six-years-old and a teacher were wounded. gabe gutierrez is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, i don't have night the suspected gunman was questioned at length. we will hear incredible stories of survival and heroism. a volunteer fire fighter took the suspect down and teachers who prevented him from getting inside the building. for a motive after shots rang out at recess. >> townville school board, a shooting. >> reporter: a 14-year-old opened fire wounding two students and a teacher. the unarmed fire fighter stepped in and tackled him. >> we've got a gun on the playground. we got to keep everyone from here. >> reporter: they say he shot his father two miles away.

grandmother in tears. >> she could not make out what he was saying. he was crying and upset. >> reporter: the young gunman had driven up near the parking lot, gotten out, walked towards the school and started shooting. the superintendent says one class was at recess a. teacher megan hollensworth was hit in the shoulder. she and other students walked inside and closed the door. >> courage. i mean, these teachers and staff members love those children and to protect them. >> reporter: this morning, a six-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in the leg. a teacher and another student who were injured were treated an released. >> what do investigators think of the motive? >> we really don't have any information like that. >> this community shaken, as terrified parents scramble to pick up their kids. her daughter is in kinder gart zbhn she told me she went to the bathroom and prayed she didn't

school now. >> reporter: police have not identified the 14-year-old suspected gunman. it's unclear what connection, if any, he had to the school. classes here remain cancelled for the rest of the week. authorities are crediting active shooter drills they have practiced beforehand with saving live, matt. savannah. >> thank you very much. let us turn to politic, with 40 days to the election. hillary clinton will spend the encouraging people to cast their ballots as early voting begins in the hawkeye state. donald trump has a visit to new hampshire. his fifth visit there, by the way, clinton was there wednesday. our latest survey monkey poll has clinton emerging as the winner of the first debate. 52% of likely voters said she won. 21% going with trump. 26% saying neither candidate won.

decision 2016 coverage. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah, good morning to you. there are conflicting opinions within the trump campaign this morning whether le needs a reset before the next debate. programs as telling the polls and the pundit he is lashing out at bill and hillary clinton. also new this morning, for the leader third party candidate, you want to see this. another major blunder. ?? >> reporter: donald trump again attacking hillary clinton's health this moment at the 9/11 ceremony earlier this month. >> all those days off, then she can't make it to her car. roichlt later on position news, a pivotal moment about whether he paid federal tacks. >> they showed he didn't pay federal income tax. >> that makes me smart. i think that's a lot of people say that's the thinking i want running this nation. >> reporter: multiple sources

one calling his performance a disaster. another insisting saying he will do mock debates and may get professional coaching. trump, himself, remains unfazed, telling katy tur it's hard to be so happy when we're doing so well. bernie sanders is courting yundz young voters. >> it is imperative we elect hillary clinton as our next president. >> the next 40 days will determine the next 40 years. >> reporter: clinton mill littlians that remain largely luke warm about her. her lead with millennials evice president rate issed. both president obama and the first lady offering this warning. >> the stakes are far too high to take that chance. too high. remember, it's not about voting for the perfect candidate. >> few don't vote, that's a vote for trump.

win, that's a vote for trump. >> meantime, third party candidate gary johnson in the spotlight once again for all the wrong reasons. after struggling to name a foreign leader he admires at town hall. >> who is your fate foreign leader? anywhere in the continent, any country. name one foreign leader that you respect and look up to. anybody. >> i likezy simone perez. any continent, canada, mexico, europe, asia, south america. affect, make the a foreign leader that you respect. >> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment in the former president. >> anybody in the world. >> i know. i know. >> anybody. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain freeze. >> who is your fate party get

any foreign leader. >> merkel. >> okay. fine. >> angela merkel, of course the german chancellor. also new, the arizona republic is reporting it's receiving death threats and countless endorsements for hillary clinton. the first time the paper has supported a democrat for president in 126 years. matt. savannah. >> all right. peteral shander. thank you. >> let's kornacki. he has the top line, 52% think hillary wovenl an important group swung for her may be decisive. >> it's the overall number. we talk about key voting blocks, one is white women with college degrees, suburban women. this is a group of republicans are traditionally with donald trump running behind hillary clinton. think of that the group. 66% of them said hillary clinton won the debate.

this is the group he's got to make inroads and he got clobbered with them. >> there has to be a reason there. we talked a lot about donald trump's personality and his temperament when that group was asked about those two key features what did they say? >> check this out that question of temperament has haunted donald trump. bake this down. republican women said they were fine with donald trump's temperament. look at this, independent women 80% four out of every five donald trump doesn't have after watching that debate the temperament to be president, obviously overwhelming among democrats, independent. these can be fate numbers politically. >> we know where he had work cut out for him. hillary clinton has work cut out with young voters. >> hillary clinton back in new hampshire yesterday. why does he bring out bernie sanders? remember in the primaries,

strongest and hillary clinton's weakest. this was across all democratic primaries. he clobbered her 71 to 28 among voters under 30. ironically if you are hillary clinton, your best weapon, the senior citizens. >> another interesting thing in the polls. even if people thought one side or the other one, most said it didn't change their mind. >> that's another thing. we are a polaized country. >> only a few said it changed their mind a bit. next we will talk to some moms to decide that election. let's talk about a major defeat for the current president. for the first time, congress has voted to override one of president obama's vetos. a bill that allows 9/11 families to sue saudi arabia. nbc's andrea mitchell is at the white house with more on this, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the vote in both houses was bipartisan and overwhelming,

national security threat for u.s. personnel deployed overseas. this morning, they are taut touting a major victory. >> on this vote the ayes are 97. the nays are one. >> reporter: they are overriding his veto of a bill that allows victims to sue saudi arabia over the 2001 terrorist attacks. >> it's about the truth and justice. those are what we have been fighting for over a decade. >> repr: decades, terry strata lost her husband three days after september 11th. she has been insisting they have been giving saudi support to the terrorists. now she wants to bring them to a judge. finding no proof the saudi government was involved. >> i think it's a mistake. i understand how it happened. >> reporter: president obama criticized lawmakers, arguing it

retaliation overseas. >> sometimes you have to do what's hard and, frankly, i wish congress here had done what's hard. >> reporter: his argue echoed by america's top spy. >> foreign governments are going to start to pass similar type legislation that will haul the united states into court i don't have seas even for the most frivolous of allegations. >> reporter: even chuck schumer, a spons dismissing those concerns. saying it allows foreign governments not individuals to sue. >> reporter: the detractors is not strong. in fact, it's flimsy. >> reporter: the administration is facing opposition for both hillary clinton and donald trump. the two rivals finding common ground in support of a legislation. still the veto override, pitting the ma'am liss of the 9/11 victims to the white house. josh earnest slamming members of the senate.

that the u.s. senate has done possibly since 1983. those comments criticized by terry strata. >> how petty can you be. this is congress at its best. this is democracy at its best. >> josh earnest was referring to a bill that ronald reagan opposed in his first time. 33 years ago. yesterday the veto override is a stinging defeat for mr. obama. especially because it came at the hands of his fw democrats, including hillary clinton. matt, savannah. >> andrea mitchell at the white house, thank you. the embattled ceo of wells fargo is nation another grilg over accounts opened without customer only in or consent. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. wells fargo ceo john stump is speaking for the first time here today on capitol hill after his

back along with his bonus and the questions are expected to be tough. this morning more trouble brewing for wells fargo as the ceo john touch's future hangs in the balance. >> have you resigned as ceo or chairman of wells fargo? the board owe glow have you resigned? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: stump will appear on capitol hill. >> i think a number of laws potentiallyou our business in government is to make sure not just the bank but the individuals who are responsible are held accountable to the full extent of the law. >> reporter: in california the state treasureer suspending government business with wells fargo for at least one year, potentially costing the bank millions of dollars. >> how can my office continue to entrust the public's money to an organization that has shown such little regard for regions of california to a place of his

care. >> reporter: one day after wells fargo revoked $41 million of the ceo's compensation pack annual along with his 2016 bonus. earlier this month, wells fargo admitted it created two million accounts taking customers on with improper fees. >> i had 15 accounts at once. it was very frustrating. these are accounts i never opened. >> inside the bank the board of directors now launching an independent investigation, during which the ceo will note >> a lot are answers, incomplete. he didn't have a lot of answer. so the american people want to know how did this happen? >> reporter: the ceo is not expected to resign this morning on capitol hill. he is expected to stay close to his script from his senate banking hearing he had last week. here's a wriveng -- wrinkle. they represented a person from

in campaign donations from wells fargo. he is slated to lead off the questioning today. >> all right. on a rainy washington today, thank you. hundreds of fans joined the miami marlins players on wednesday for an emotional good-bye to jose fernz, their ace pitcher who died in a boating accident. teammates surrounded the urst. they headed to a local church for a blessing and to anoth a private funeral will be held tomorrow. a teammate said of hernandez, he was something special. a personality that cannot be replaced. >> in the meantime, talking about the weather and the storm that will impact the coast for a few days. i think we heard a little of it in washington. >> you really could. right in that area. they are in the bulls eye, in fact, remember this scene in july, ellicot, maryland, cars washed away by flash flooding.

ready to deal with more heavy rain again today. their folks are sandbagging, getting set. you are also looking at heavy rain down in north carolina right now. in fact, we got flash flood mrnlthss in parts of central north carolina. as we go to the radar, you can see what's going on t. flash flood emergency, the flash flood warnings, flash flood watches and warnings also in effect for this is a long lasting duration. we got this upper level low. literally an atmospheric river, tons of moisture off the atlantic. so we will have consecutive days of heavy rain that bulls eye going to be in parts of western and northern virginia, west virginia and stretching into the northeast. it is going to be a real circle. we need the rain in the nest. but this area is going to be

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7:30 now on a thursday morning. the 29th of september, 2016. smiling faces outside even though it's kind of dreary here in the northeast and going to be for a week or so. >> i think we were describing it as blah a. little bit blah. let's go to the headlines overnight. an arrest was made in a frightening kidnapping in los angeles. you see a man driving the victim out of a store and shoving her into a car. she escaped a few hours later. police were able to catch up with the suspect. they took him into custody late last night. >> mourners are paying respect to a former prime minister

this morning his body is lying in state outside israel's parliament building t. funeral is tomorrow in jerusalem. president obama will lead the u.s. delegation. >> our first nbc news survey monkey poll since monday's debate is out this moveng. ear are the results. 52% of likely voters said hillary clinton won the night. 21% said trump, 26% said neither candidate won. >> that brings us to today's campaign moment t. long wait is almost over. "saturday night li this coming weekend after a recent cast shakeup, the crew is finally revealing who is going to play donald trump. that's right, alec baldwin will take on donald trump opposite kate mackinnon playing hillary clinton.

case that has attracted national headlines. the college soccer coach on trial. craig mel zin, good morning to you. >> good morning, "dateline" has been covering this story for years. he was strategied in 2011. her ex-boyfriend was eventually charged with a crime and send sent a small town into a sta tailspin. it influenced the local election. but mick hillary t. man accused of that crime was acquitted wednesday in an emotional courtroom t. tension in the courtroom undeniable. >> the defendant, arnold nicholas hillary is found not guilty. >> a judge acquiting him of second degree murder in the 2011 strangulation of garrett philips. >> he was exxon rated t. defendant is released.

but the boy's relatives inconsolable. after the verdict, they turned off audio in the courtroom. according to witnesses, garrett's uncle was heard shouting, karma will get you. hillary's ex-girlfriend and mother in tears. >> they're devastated, obviously, extremely upset. >> at the time of the killing, hillary was the head soccer coach at clarkson university. he met cyrus while she was working as a bartender. both single pa she maintained hillary killed her son saying she blamed him for the breakup? >> for whatever reason he did not like my son. he was a problem for him. >> >> reporter: hillary was not charged until three years later. observers say was a key factor in the local election for district attorney.

told myself justice for garrett's son is a good thing. >> kid, i need justice. >> reporter: at the trial, prosecutors played security video showing what they say is garrett riding on his rip stick with hillary waiting nearby, turning on his headlights, allegedly following garrett home. hillary always maintained his innocence, he says he was at the school to watch a soccer game and did not follow garrett. his daughter saying he was home murder. no physical evidence like dna or fingerprints connected him to the crime t. judge's verdict, not guilty. >> and they have been, don't get me wrong, but the fight is my family and i have been living underneath this cloud and the focus right now is to start putting this in the rear view mirror and try to reestablish some sort of normalcy. >> in an interesting twist in

rights lawsuit against him and the police department. hillary was deposed in a civil suit two years after the murder and the prosecution used that deposition in the criminal trial against him. it didn't work t. civil case is still pending. >> a fascinating story, craig. as you mentioned, "dateline" has been covering a. two-hour schedule called "the >> let's take a turn with mr. roker with a check of the weather. >> that's right. it's a rare time where you can talk about tropical storm mathew. as you can see right now. >> the haboob. >> that's right. south of southeast of san juan, puerto rico. mathew's moving west at 16 miles per hour.

on into week. it heads up towards cuba by tuesday morning as a category 1 storm and then after that, all bets are off, we have to confront to watch this. the rest of the country, gully watchers, the west coast looks fantastic. airport delays will be a big problem. boston, new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and look for more heavy rain

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violent not only on the ground but at altitude. >> hey, ho. >> reporter: from an on board fight at lax to a drunk passenger assaulting a flight attendant in charlotte. >> sit down, sit down. enough. put your hand up! >> reporter: to a s.w.a.t. raid in toronto. >> hand up, hand up! >> reporter: to airport after airport after airport. >> i'll get it for you. >> reporter: bad behavior on the ground and in the skies has an international airlines groups reporting 1500 in 2015, nearly 11,000 cases world wide, one for every 1200 flights cussing, screaming, spiting. even urinating and refusing to obey flight attendants. 11% of cases got physical last year. nearly a quarter involved drugs or alcohol. >> it's exhausting at times to deescalate conflicts every

it's also become a bigger part of our job, there are fewer of us on board. >> part of the problem, more passengers, less space. just like a ski resort, the effects of alcohol are magnified at altitude. >> i don't think people are really aware of that one drink is going to clobber them twice as bad. >> reporter: at 35,000 feet the stakes for everyone on board are very high. >> normally i tell the lead flight attendant, you into ed to inform them they need to sit down and comply or we will champblgs. >> reporter: the penalty for interfering with a flight crew up to $25,000 in fines and 20 years in prison. >> sit down. sit down! >> reporter: and the shame of making national tv. we talked about that fine, up to $25,000. 20 years in prison. >> that seems to have helped in decreasing the level of air rage in the united states. in the united states air rage

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number 20 on the countdown. >> i love him. good call. >> this guy is like the quadruple threat. he does it all, he's a writer, a screen writer, director, actor. he's one of the stars of the new movie "the girl on the train." worry going to talk to him ability that. >> i can't wait. >> a super nice guy. >> super easy to make dinners. it's as easy as getting takeout. >> first, the top morning, here is the "new day." >> reporter: i'm kristen welker at the airport in west chester. hillary clinton will depart from here and head to iowa later today, the latest survey monkey online poll shows 52% of likely voters say secretary clinton won the debate this morning, trump remains defiant. donald trump sharpening his attacks against hillary clinton at a rally in wisconsin

about hillary clinton can be understood with that simple phrase -- follow the money! >> reporter: some newest allegations aimed at regaining momentum after a rocky debate monday that one trump source called a disaster. his aides now pushing for more traditional proep racing. on fox news, trump trying to change the narrative. >> i really love the experience. i had a great time. i think you stay polls weren't scientific i won the poll shows clinton won the debate and 27% of women say their opinion of trump actually got worse. those opinions fueled by his criticism of elisa machado for gaining weighing. trump doubling down. >> i saved her job. because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight. >> reporter: a claim that was debunked at the time by the miss

reviveing more controversial comments. a 2013 tv interview in which trump criticizes a then pregnant kim kardashian. >> she's got an little bit large. i don't think you should dress like you weigh 126 pound. >> reporter: they unleash a full court press. mobilizing young voters in new hampshire by bernie sanders. >> reporter: i am asking all of you to think there bernie's campaign ennereyesed so many young people. >> reporter: michelle obama in pennsylvania getting personal about trump's birtherrism conspiracy theory regarding president obama. >> hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately designed to undermine his presidency. >> reporter: now the trump team this morning signaling that they are going to increase their personal attacks against the

secretary clinton will try to energize her core supporters by talking about women and families when she heads to iowa. >> kristen, thank you very much. the vacation of a lifetime has ended in tragedy for two american sisters. their stunned family in minnesota didn't know what happened. lucie cavanaugh is following this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning this is a destination most of us will dream of with will and kate. it's a tragedy that's left one minnesota family desperate for answers. it was supposed to be a dream vacation to a tropical paradise. just 900 miles off africa's east coast. staying at a $2,000 a night villa nestled in the hills. 37-year-old annie korkki posting

ever. six days later, she and her 42-year-old sister robin were found dead a. spokesman for the hotel group told nbc news the pair was discovered when an employee of the hotel tried to wake them t. cause of death, still unknown t. minister of tourism telling us this morning. >> as the minister of tourism, we get sensitive when anything like this hams. people come on holiday not to lose a life. >> reporter: now relatives are mourning two lives. affiliate that the family is still very much in shock. they're working with the embassy and local authorities to find out what in the world happened. the sisters, no strangers to adventure, remembered as kind, generous, loving, and incredibly compassionate. and, guy, we know that the mother and brother are now in the space shuttle. the american embassy is involved, as well as local authorities.

results of the autopsy which may shed some light on just what happened to these two women. matt, savannah. >> all right, lucie cavanaugh in london for us. thanks very much. >> back here, police are questioning a 14-year-old boy as they search for a motive in a south carolina school shooting. officials say the teen was armed with a handgun and killed his father on wednesday, then drove to nearby townville elementary school. they say he opened fire in the playground, wounded a teacher and two students at recess volunteer fire fighter tackled the suspect that entered the school building. they say the stein not a student at that school. we are saying farewell to a heavy weight, our team correspondent jim miklazewski who is retiring after 31 years with us. mik as we call him led our coverage to some of the biggest stories of the past three decades, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. he was a white house

9/11 mik was the first at the scene to report that the pentagon had been attacked. it was there that he was recently honored with the defense department's exceptional public service award for setting a standard on journalistic excellence and on wednesday night, our colleagues celebrated him at our washington, d.c. bureau, mik, we love you, congratulation and good luck. >> i don't know what we will do without you. so well deserved. coming up, walking a mile or more for a flight. why those terminal walks are getting longer and longer. >> the crucial mom vote that may decide the presidential race. this morning, how women really feel ability donald trump and hillary clinton. >> one of the stars of the >> one of the stars of the highly people always say let's just get a sandwich or something. you don't just learn how to drive... or solve the world's problems...

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>> so excited for trending. >> are you liking this? >> we should all favor the moment. you know why? a new study says this is the least we will weigh all year long. yes. >> with one exception. >> that's true. we are all, most of us, still slim from the summer or slim as we probably will be. now it's holiday time. this is the point where people yourself every day in. >> i do. >> god no. a couple times recently. i don't even own a scale. >> i don't. >> i feel skin my i weigh myself. >> i haven't weighed myself in a good long time if i feel fat, i don't weigh myself. >> i just removed every mirror in my home. >> black over the windows? >> i don't want to see anything. >> experts do have suggestions.

years resolution, make your november resolution in time for the holiday. >> really glad you brought that up. on the show yesterday, savannah was outraged. right. we were talking about usa today's list of this most overrated foods. you know what good was on there that freaked her out guacomole. >> we love it. >> the folks at usa today were apparently watching and listeningful so what they did this morning. they put out a list of the most under rated foods. attack here. >> brussel sproud sprouts. >> yes. >> english muffins with butter? >> overrated. >> plain old american cheese. >> yes, white american, not yellow american. >> a good hard boiled egg. love hard boiled eggs. >> a little salt. >> dip it in salt. rotisserie chicken from the food store. >> that's a tapele.

the list and i have to say, it is so under rated. how about a klondike bar. >> what would do you for a klondike bar? >> i eat 50 of those a year. >> oh the original, baby. >> on me. >> oh my gosh. >> they have a proprietary taste to them, it's not just any chocolate. >> proprietary taste. >> special to klondike. >> that has a crunch. >> yeah. we were at our slimmest? it starts now. >> that brings me back to the out rage of yesterday, ice cream was an overrated on the original list. ice cream is not overrated. >> this is a huge temptation to bring us tons of them. >> absolutely. >> here's something. we all travel a lot.

>> exactly. >> way under rated. >> prada shoe, under rated. have you noticed in airports, it seems like you have to walk longer and longer to get to the flight. it's really true. all these suspicion, why am i walking 20 miles t. "wall street journal" confirms, at some airports, travelers are now walking more than a mile to catch a flight n. philly, you can even cross the county line. >> it's right on the line. >> most of the reason is airplanes, they need more space. >> they need to sell more stuff. more stores. >> that is a big part of it. what they decided to do is have more space, better stores, whatever, restaurants. >> i was in detroit last week. i love detroit. but i entered gate 21 i think. it must have been a half mile to the baggage claim. >> then you got to get on a train. >> and a lot of airplanes get rid of those people movers the moving prauk walkways to put

stores and things. but i do like how you can get a pedicure at the airport if you have to. >> you can get a blowout in some place, they have hair salons. >> how about those kiosks. those are great. >> what would do you for a klondike bar? >> i love them. >> kim kardashian got attacked by a notorious celebrity prankster. she was walking down the street in paris t. man in white slipped back and rushed her t. guards immediately pounced it looked like he was going to tackle her. he has done this to kim before. she is filing a complaint. last week he lifted gigi haddid off the ground. he has done this to a ton of celebrities, after brad pitt in 2014, he was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to undergo. >> it's assault? >> yes. >> can we make a deal?

>> good. >> next to another great song for throwback thursday, al, this one celebrating his 26th anniversary. ? freedom ? ? freedom ? >> the whole record is under rated. >> george michael's "freedom" came out in october of 1990. remember this video. cindy crawford was in it. >> it was live. >> yes. >> i can't read the teleprompter. well, it's for the anniversary of friends at "vogue" are using a next generation of models. the next gen of models. adriana lima. they take to the streets of new york during fashion week. great song. >> that whole record is awesome. >> i didn't know there was a

i didn't know. >> you knew the song? >> finally, you may have noticed ellen, one teeny change. she is not there hosting. miley cyrus is. ellen a little under the weather, miley in to fill ellen's dancing shoes. >> has that ever happened? >> i know you all came to see ellen. i am going to do my best to make you happy. i am dressed like her. i smell like her. actually before i came out admit, i'm a little bit nervous, because i've never hosted a show with my clothes on before so this is so weird. >> there you go, as if miley wasn't busy enough with us at "the voice" she is guest hosting. no shortage of chatter. >> talent. >> which is great. yeah a. great personality. >> carson, thank you so much. can you return to the teleprompter by the way. let's get a check of the

>> well, we have been telling you about the flooding going on down in fayetteville, north carolina. take a look. they got flash flood warnings in effect. a flash flood mortgages. some areas have picked up 12 inches of rain overnight and as you can see, it has turned streams into raging rivers. it is going to continue. here's the latest. flooding from north carolina all way up into pennsylvania. you can see on the radar the heaviest precipitation between wilmington and fayetteville. with are seeing moisture making it way up into pennsylvania t. bulls eye for this, the heaviest rain going forward is going to be in western virginia, west virginia to the west of washington, d.c. we're worried about ellicott city a as well where they have

rain, plus a lot of gusty winds. it will be a lot today. let's check in with morgan radford in ellicott i have, maryland. what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, al, we're in the middle of a flash flood watch here in the baltimore and d.c. area. we're expecting to see up to five inches of rain in the next 24 hours. this is a part of a larger system as you mentioned has hit north carolina and virginia. can you hear the eme ellicott city, maryland. they're cleaning up, sandbagging, trying to prepare this city and prevent what happened two months ago almost to the day when two were killed, hundreds more rescued. that's when six inches of rain struck in two hours t. emergency services are here trying to keep these people safe as they hit the roads today, al. >> thank you. again, still reeling from that flooding. so this is going to be a very touch and go situation.

>> don't forget, you can catch us on sirius radio channel 108. i wonder why savannah and hoda are sitting on the couch? >> do you think it's because i look particularly good in my suit. maybe not. the book turned into a blockbuster in "the girl on the train." a woman obsessed with a

this guy right here, justin theroux is to co-star in a story where nothing is as it seals. >> she said you yelled at her. >> no, that itself not what happened. shelves in the tunnel. she hit me. >> you are drunk. >> i'm not drunk, tom. >> my wife is scared of you. >> of what? >> i don't know if that's a joke or not. let's start with child abduction. >> that's not how it pp capable of. >> hey, justin, how are you? >> i'm great, thank you. >> we we have mutual friends that tell me you are anything but creepy. you are a really nice guy. >> i'm glad. >> yeah. >> and yet, i keep reading about you, everybody raves how well you play creepy. >> thanks. i guess if i am doing a part that's creepy i guess or and i

i guess it means i'm doing my job. >> i like how you end on and up note. which is good. >> kind of creepy. >> i mention this as a major selling book. it's wildly popular. that doesn't always mean that the book translates with el to the big screen. why do you think this one does? >> well, i think it does only because it was very faithfully adapted. the direction is fantastic and we were really mobbed up with so you know, we can only hope we do service to the book and sort of honor what the author had in mind. >> without, i know there is a lot we want to be careful about in terms of not spoiling something. give the basics of the story line in your opinion. >> essentially, the story about a woman named rachel who rides the train. she's in a slightly depressive state, drinking too much and she projects on to other people that

what we all kind of do in life. she builds this sort of fantasy life around this couple and then a woman goes missing and all these sort of players are around it lube lubricated in a way. >> i remember my dad drove through a particularly nice neighborhood one day, my dad said something to the effect, don't assume you know what's going on behind those au >> this is kind of that personified. >> it's that and i would go further on that, life as we take the train, the corridor a bunch. you are not only look nook people's windows sometimes, are you look nook the backs of their houses. >> that's right. >> it almost tells you more than the front. some people's literal dirty laundry is hanging out back. it's kind of grave, a beautiful sort of see other people's

when are you choosing a low. does it usually serve you well? >> it has. i could say that when i choose roles or projects to work on that don't, that someone has told me are smart to do or things that are good to do, i usually don't enjoy myself as much as when i find something that i just love doing. >> one of the things you seem to love doing the a show called "the leftovers." and the creator of that show said something about you i was he says, he's a ken doll, but he's every ken, astronaut ken, interior designer ken, i'd be lying if i didn't say there's a part of me that wants to strangle him. but in terms of what he can do as an actor, he can be much bigger than he is in terms of notoriety. the reason he's not i by design. it's his choice. is that true? >> i don't know if it's true. i, i think, you know, i've made

so i never had any particularly, particular interest in doing

>> we are back now at 8:30 on a thursday morning the 29th of september, 2016. a little earlier in our program, al talked about some rain on the way. you know what, i here. i feel a sprinkle. >> we have weather sensitive hair, the two of us. >> we do. al will catch up with a legend, dig van dyke. >> i love this man, secrets of a remarkable career. let me tell you, he is still as funny and as limber. just a great guy. and he's got some news about the mary pop pins remake.

this is the day to cozy up with a reading book. your fall lined up. >> something easier to make at home. you have to try this chicken and broccoli recipe for yourself. that is coming up. >> first, mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> where is general tsao? god, i love that chicken. let's see what's happening. tomorrow, a washout in the northeast and great lakes. wet weather in the southwest. rain in the pacific northwest as well. we a a more rain in the northeast, great lakes as well. new england, we need it especially there. wet weather in the western plains. sunday! sunday! the rain continues in the east and the northeast and heavy rain starts moving into the area of

. >> that is your latest weather. don't forgive, make sure you get the weather you check out the weather channel on cable and other channels. guys. >> all right, al, thanks very much. we will talk about a group of voters that could decide the presidential election. we are talking about women. hillary clinton and donald trump are fighting for them, especially moms, who may have been watching monday's debate very closely. >> our new poll shows nearly 30% of women say their opinion changed after the debate. 11% said of donald trump. nicole wallace just got back

out with fellow moms. good morning to you. >> i love to hear about noif movie stars, snacks, weather, people. >> tell us about this group you talk to. >> well, listen, moms are the rulers of the universe, we run our households. and we pick presidents. if the candidates for the white house this year want to win, they're going to have to win over this group of voters. yesterday, i traveled to wake county, north carolina. and i talked to this group. take a least bad choice honestly. >> did it bother to you hear him as the debate ended say, i get points for not raising the issue of infidelity about chelsea in the room. well, chelsea las a television. did you -- >> it definitely bothered me, because i felt as though he was doing, getting a dig in while still getting credit for not

up, but he might as well have. >> what do you think of the wrath that hillary clinton has by playing by her own set of rules. >> everybody should be held to the same set of standard. i find the e-mail thing is very shady. she tends to play little shell game here and there. so that causes pulse warming. >> i'm not sure i trust her. >> if one of the candidates sat down, we'll be donald trump on the bench first and said i must win your voight. what is the one thing i >> the things he says about health care are really frightenning to me, i'm a single mom. i buy my own insurance, i have a daughter with die boats. if he wipes everything out, i cannot insure her. >> do you think donald trump is the next president? >> i'm not sure if he has a connection to what my life is like. he's a billionaire. he doesn't have a kwlu it's like to live paycheck to paycheck.

if she sat down there and said i'm not giving up until i have your vote. what would you need to hear from her in. >> i think she should be honest and relate to people on an every day basis. sometimes she loses that connection. >> like go to costco, wait in line with, right? what's the choice are you all prepared to pick one another on election day? >> i'm hoping i whoen be making a game time decision. >> i'm hoping i will make it in advance, it might booth. like, last minute pull the trigger. >> wow! >> interesting conversation. >> they were so lovely. they let me into their home. i never have done this before, gone out and do you know cold pack annual, right. and i texted everyone i knew in television for their advice, i almost threw up in the toilet. now she knows. the most interesting thing is after our exercise walk, we went back to dori's house, i said how

affected them having their kids in the room. could anything happen that could move you back towards donald trump's camp? they said if more information comes layout from wiki leaks or the fbi, we could go back the other way, that's why they said they will wait until election day. >> campaigns don't like undecided voters. >> they don't like them. they need them. they need these moms. >> great job, thank you, nicole. >> we you, my friend. we want to know where you stand on the election, the candidates the issues, use the #momvote. >> i didn't see the almost throwing up in the bam bathroom story. next, al goes one on one with a living legend, dig van

zblmpbls back now with more of our special series "today's living ledge ends." this morning dig van dyke. >> dig van dyke. come on, i got a chance to learn a few moves and talk about his iconic career that spans more than 50 years. >> da da da da, da da da da. >> it's been more than five decades that 90-year-old dick n "bye-bye birdie." ? why look so awfully tragic ? ? put on a happy face. >> in chitty chitty bang been and the magical world of mary pop pins. >> tell me about mary poppins. >> there was something image cal going onful we all felt it. each day, we were reviewing it. it had something, a life of its

going to be good. >> but it's still over 50 years, it's still image cal today. >> walt, he was computer generated, he wasn't around for. that he would have gone crazy. they're remaking mary poppins. >> yes. >> how do you feel about that? >> people traditionally aren't very good. i said, without walt disney and the sherman brothers to write the music, i have i talked to the director. they said, it will be an homage. i think they want me to come in at the end as the old banker and sing a little song and do a little dance. which i'd love to do. >> oh my gosh. >> judy and meryl streep is in it. >> in this body of work that you

proud of? >> dick van dyke. >> nominated 25 times for prime time emmy awards. the 1960s telecom sit-com starred dick van dyke and mary tyler moore. >> don't you think it's time we get him a new home? >> not in front o.d-u-c-k. >> it was the most creative time. it was a ball. i just haysletted to see it >> do you sometimes marvel at the things that have you been in. >> oh, yeah. sometimes i don't believe it. >> you look back on 90 years. are there any regrets? >> well, i had a period of like i got stuck on the booze and i hated that. i got through it all right. i just one day it didn't taste good aerial and it went away. >> you have been very opened. you seemed somewhat fearless. >> i don't know why that is.

people are happier than at any other age and i think partly wisdom, you know, and peer pressure doesn't mean anything anymore. >> what do you attribute your secret to longevity? >> i'm married to someone less than half my avenl everyone said it wouldn't work. but it's just delightful. she keeps me young and i keep continuing and we go like that and the secret is not to slow down. you got ouch. that's pretty good for a 90-year-old. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> oh, he goes to the gym every day unbelievable. he has this new passion project. acapella quartet called the fantastics. he says, every day you got to move. keep moving. >> incredible. physically, mentally, so bright,

years. >> i did not want to leave. >> really cool. >> coming up next, we will dig into a great prop of reads for fall, great for a day like this. first this is "today" on nbc.

welcome back to "today" fall is in full swing. it's time to turn over a new leaf you might say, a new page. here with the inside scoop on y' buzz feed's book editor isaac fitzgerald and guys, good morning. >> good morning. >> i think it's fair to say you are all uniquely qualified to tell us what we should be roding this fall. we want to race through this list. so we start with fiction, isaac, what was your pick? >> all right. this is "close in white heads," the under ground railroad. listen to oprah, don't listen to

it impacts this beautiful way of writing and thinking and colton is basically at the top of his form. you have to read this book. >> what do you pick? >> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a complicated blend of family over next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography. it really looked at her life not

mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected with that. brad. >> this witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose of things that happened in this book. >> in this trial, we learned about in journalism school. now our author's choice, which means runner's up. >> no. runners up. october 11th, she is such a

about basically community, two young teens best friends "the mothers." such a wonderful book. >> the mother. mine is "the red car" by marcy dermansky. it's about a woman that inherits a red sportscar and the trips she takes. >> what about you, brad? >> all right. i got one and a bonus. so i by amoir samples towles. history breaks out outside the hotel, he has an amazing adventure over three decades, finally, haven't read it. i seen everybody with this book every year. "here i am. >> let the record reflect you cheated. i love jonathan. >> how about your book.

lovers" already a best seller. tell us about it. >> it's exciting to see people connect with it. younger people, older people. it's been wonderful. i'm so happy. >> and in a totally different vain, we have brad a foreign agent. this is a thriller and could have been ripped out of the headlines. >> the greatest escape with steve mcqueen meets jason bourn. five times on the new york best seller's list. >> let's leave all those books. going on. isaac, thank you so much, great to have your expert selections go, to our website today.com you can hear a lot more about what they like. just ahead, a healthier, faster, yes, cheaper way to make the perfect chicken dinner. but first, this is "today" on

>> 8:51, we're back with a new "today" food, you don't want to splurge on takeout, social media star, creator of the "fifth man cook.com" he has an affordable at-home solution. good morning to you. say hello to folks in dallas. >> what's going on in town? >> let's talk about what we're

boring, bland meal. chicken, broccoli and brown rice and in on onion garlic olive hoyle and tamari blend. >> i will talk to you about tamari and surprise blend. talk about how we prepare. >> we cut chicken in small pieces. this is a one skillet meal. so you want everything to cook really fast. we will chop up the gar like like this chunks at it, you can use a knife and chob it up to make minced garlic. >> you will put this into a really hot pan or a skillet. but you want to make sure when the people do this, they don't burn the garlic. >> that's right. you want to add garlic here. olive oil. you don't to have this. you don't want to brown the garlic. that will make it really bitter. once you get this going, you add olive oil, garlic, we will toss

this is where the flavor comes from. also, this is how you get your house smelling really good, man that is going down in the kitchen today. >> that's right. >> people will say, man, are you killing it in there. >> we have a tasting table downstairs t. tasters are getting ready. >> then we are going to add in some cooked brown rice. >> you don't like brown rice, there something to >> you can use rice or kinwa. check it out. add a little of this. thank you for helping me out. >> that will absorb the flavors already in the pan? >> now we will add in the hero of the dish this five spice blend. >> al mentioned. how would you describe the taste of this?

cinnamon clove fennell and black pepper. give that a quick stir there. then we will add in low sodium tamari. >> tamarzy what? >> it's almost like a sy sauce, it's less suesy, if you have an allergy, this the perfect for you. >> how long will this cook? >> it will took for about a good three minutes. once you do that, we will add in our chicken. once you get the chicken going, this is where all the magic happens, i skillet is drying out this dish, decrease the heat a little bit. this should cook for about five-to-seven minutes. can't you smell it right now? >> yes, we will turn this down a bit. we put the broccoli in. how we doing downstairs? >> we were discussing this. >> very aromatic. >> there we go, aromatic.

>> from start to finish how long will it take at home? >> 30 minutes, you have this delicious meal. will you garnish with a little sesame seed and some green onions. >> perfect. >> how is it? >> it is delicious. it is really good. >> chicken and broccoli. it's about $3 bucks a meal and comes with less than 300 calories, 30 grams of protein, 40 grams of carbs. take this saim save some money for the fall. >> everyone get the recipe on

she saw the boots and fell for fall all over again. was she expecting to find the perfect designer boots at such an amazing price? no. but that's the beauty of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find,

>> is this morning, find out why these two talented stars are making front page news and be prepared for the funniest videos and singers that caught the eye of beyonce, all t coming up now. [ music playing ] >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, tamron hall and billy bush live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" billy bush and al roker and tamron has changed her views. >> oh, come on. >> you went out of here seconds ago to change shoes. you had a lovely set of pumps

negative way. >> the other looked like it skreels, i thought you would be wearing thigh high boot zbhs i ran out. >> i love it al has an opinion. it screams high thighs. you went out and got some. are you two married and i don't know it. >> we're tv spouses. i have two tv husbands. >> the reason why he knew that, we did a segment last week and thighh i got these, you have al roker's wife, fashion icon, deborah roberts. i don't encourage googling people. google deborah roberts' fashion. >> coming from you, high praise indeed. >> remember a couple years ago, she war dress for the white house correspondent dinner. it was so beautiful. i was sneaking up behind her to touch it, it was creepy. >> it was. >> i'll move on. >> the amazing thing i notice

morning. people might assume you looking like that the way you come out every day, it must take forever it takes no time and do you it yourself. >> we are launching something special, i did take something a few minutes ago in our dressing room, doing my hair and makeup, 20 minutes. hit a record there. we have something really exciting coming up, it vf involves fashion. >> i am wearing my monday suit on a thursday. >> i like to wear a i'm a little bloated. i always go hard on the weekend. truth be told. i have my dark shirts and blues. >> at any moment, is there a voice that might say, i don't know if we want to go there. then another voice comes in and goes, you say it. you just go ahead and say it. >> he doesn't have that. he doesn't have the guy. >> you know the outfit. you feel looser. >> monday eye cream you gave it to me for my birth die, by monday after a long weekend,

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hard working person. >> i am looking at al's instagram, why didn't i get to eat that last night? >> i have been asking that, ten years i have been asking. >> here's the thing. i love the "new york times" cooking hour. >> you do? >> i want to try it out. >> you get an e-mail, the beginning of the week, sunday, ten things we're cooking this week. i usually make at least two things every week from this. this was zimmers chicken with shall lovely wife. i did the whole roast can califlower. >> our executive producer, oh, blah blah blah blah. she actually did this. like that. and so it's weird to watch her do that bbbbful the kids are,

hours the discussions. you are fighting. yes. >> did you cook like that when they were smaller? >> yes. >> the teenagers are out of the way. >> same thing. i'm very blessed. my children eat etching. very adventurous because we didn't. look, they'll knock down chicken nuggets and a corndog with the best of them. >> there is always room for that. by the way, that "new york times," i went to that at a critical always in my house. but my father-in-law, my wife's dad, comes and he always carved the turkey. >> what's up with that? >> i was feeling particularly masculine. i said not this year. not in my house. i will carve that turkey. i got to do it right. she is judgmental, critical. >> you know, this is going-on-out over the air? >> it is handsome and powerful. i get this app. sure enough, it's three minutes.

so i was ready. i studied, studied, i went there. i did it. i thought i nailed it to perfection. he comes in over my shoulder and says it's too thick. come oranges then it was a little bit of -- it got ugly from there. >> anyway, while we talk about. that yesterday i did something else. i have an employee workout program. >> what does that mean? >> my assistant julian, whenever you wan t with me t. classes are free. i don't know if have you spin classes. >> i can't do spin. it's hard. we should point out your family is not here every day with you. that's why you are dragging julian. >> what was that? >> we'll see. >> where were you looking? >> the beautiful back lighting system, it's unbelievable. >> people say it's like cult, once you do it, you are in it. >> it's therapy on a bike. i can't believe, the guy saying

man that burned you? everyone is letting out these feelings. >> we did it on the plaza, we dade huge, we broke a record raising money for charity on the cycle thing. my butt hurt for like i kept telling you. >> you need gel pads. >> speaking of. >> i'd rather be embarrassed. >> speaking of back sides. >> speaking of gel seats, kim kardashian has the most famous one his name has been banned. >> by the way, this is the last time we're showing this guy. >> highway has some greatest hits out there. he went to try to kiss will smith on the lips. will myth almost dropped this guy. >> i can't tell you, if someone did that to me, i would still be looking for them. >> this is last week when he picked up gigi haddid. >> you see how scary that is? >> that's ridiculous.

>> it is. >> this is his latest here. >> he got one more. he ran up, got kim kardashian. he tries to kiss her on her bottom. >> how about the body guard with the boater? >> it never fell off. what is the motivation for this guy? >> i don't know, they should have probably pounded him a couple times. fancy jeans, there he goes. >> he tried to kiss her legendary -- anyway, to french authorities. she will file complaint and probably sue the guy. >> charge him. put this guy away. >> anyway, it's a deplorable line of work. >> how do you make main off that? >> bizarre. up next, one of life's biggest mysteries solved. the back street boy versus finally revealed the lyrics to

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when they do their reunion thing. >> it's sweet. >> probably each generation has their boys. jackson five. i love the all white suits t. muscle shirts, everything. >> 9.5 million albums sold t. lead single. they're now admitting t. guys are admitting. they have no idea what this song is about. is there they didn't write it, right? >> it's max martin. maybe that explains it. they're swedish. >> you know the theory, if you put 30 monkeys in a room with typewriters, you end up with something. >> no, this the a hit, al! >> it doesn't make sense. it makes no sense. >> they actually agree it doesn't make sense.

sent. they listened back and said the one that makes sense isn't as good as the one that doesn't. >> what does it mean? >> is this a breakup song? and i love you song? you are my fire, the one desire. believe me when i say, i want it that way. but we're two worlds apart, can't reach to your heart when you say that i want it that way. >> i totally understand it. >> tell me why. >> she wants it her way. so he said, you are my fire, my one desire, i'm not i want it that way. >> nothing but a heartache. ain't nothing but a mistake. i never want to hear you say. >> he never wants to hear i don't love. >> you your one desire. i know it's too late but i want it that way. this is confusing. >> want it that way you do. sense you must make. boys of back street. these are not the droids you are looking for.

so alec baldwin is going to be trump this year on "saturday night live. request itself. >> this is his wheel house. go on, talk about it. >> yes. yes, nothing new to me, just roll the video. epic. epic. >> maybe not a lot tuning in. >> it will be big. >> biggest day but of "snl." i will guess for a new season in ten years. >> i think you are right. i think are you right. baldwin has hosted this show 16 times, more than any other person in 41 years. this is the 42nd season. think about that. 42 years. >> i love how animated he is. >> it's amazing. like a 90-minute program live every week, it has been on this

>> larry sanders was so skevlg larry david as bernie sanders, i this i the stunt character, bring in the big one. >> this was a pivotal character. >> he barely has to put on makeup. >> i am going to say i called this month ago,io one likes that guy, i did. on the air. he is the guy. >> you are right. >> i like that they have the delays kicking off the new -- they delayed kicking off season to coincide with after the deba it to increase the material. >> it's interesting. >> the only thing that can beat this? >> a chicken playing a piano. >> boom! >> bring it home, chicken. roll it. >> his name is patrick, by the way. >> he's playing i want it that way. [ music playing ] >> he's writing the sequel. >> you are my fire. >> it makes as much sense. >> the one desire.

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talk about it. >> this is such a classic broadway play. was it something you thought, i got to do this? >> it was a no brainer for me. jack o'brien our fabulous director called me last february i believe yeah, it was all i could think about. >> they called it vulgar in 1988. one ve view said it was a vulgar play. of course, that was 1988. has it evolved or is it story? >> it's the same stuff. in terms of the language, it was shocking. tennessee williams said it was the play that uncorsetted broadway. because of the subject matter and the language. >> it's the chicago criminal

why does it endure? >> i think it's a massively constructed play, a three-act play, which they don't do anymore. certainly, there was the charles macarthur, i don't know if we said that the writers that came from this world. so it's a very authentic, gritty feel and yet george s. kauffman what is the original it's an incredibly funny and satisfying piece of theater. >> this thing a critique of the media, bureaucracy, it still holds up? >> absolutely, like any great piece of art, it reflects shot. >> 1978 when you first worked together? >> that's right. >> same guy, are you sitting

again? >> he's still as nice and kind a person and as great an actor as he was then. >> you return the fire back, john. >> fabulous nathan lane who has great taste. >> an amazing cast here. >> yes. >> they really are. >> it's an amazing ensemble. very lucky to be here. >> 23 people or something with that kind of delivery, it's really you that in rehearsal? >> it is about team work. >> we have a skillful and brilliant leader. >> looking forward to it. thank you so much, john. nathan. >> love them, nathan lane. front page currently, opens at the broadhurst theater october 20th. >> what is new? >> i will sashe over there is tamron, she is playing.

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what are you seeing? >> what i can tell you is there are emergency vehicles all throughout this area. many of the streets have been blocked. so i've literally been running through the streets, trying to get up to the scene. as you pointed out, what happened this morning shortly around the 9:00 hour, just beyond the height of the rush hour, a train coming into the station. witnesses say the train simply did not stop. it kept going and ran into the platform, into the reception area, where be standing, waiting to get on this train. as you point out, it caused mass chaos. there are reports of mass casualties, but we don't know the extent of the injuries at this moment. this has been called a massive casualty incident. there are emergency crews all throughout the area. roads have been blocked. i am right now trying to get exactly on to the site so i can give you more information.

height of the rush hour, a train coming into the train station simply did not stop. it kept going. we don't know at this point what the speeds of train was. all of those details will come out as this incident is unfolding. emergency crews are on scene trying to get passengers who i have maybe injured, get them help, and to assess exactly what happened here and the extent of the injuries and the damage. >> and i just want to say, i'm being told this is an area where so it is truly a terminal. when you say that train didn't come to a stop, it would have had nowhere else to go but off the end of the track and right into that terminal building. >> matt, that seems to be exactly, precisely the case here. i'm not exactly on the scene, so i'm making my way to it, but what i can see is chaotic. people have been forced to not go into the area, including me.

run as fast as i can into the area. but you're right. it's an area where the trains, they converge here coming into the train station. it's a new jersey transit commuter train. it's above ground. the train just didn't stop and plowed right into that passenger terminal. >> and obviously traveling at a pretty high rate of speed based on the damage we're seeing. i want to bring in tom costello. he covers transportation for us. tom, i guess the first thing ntsb, they send teams there quickly. >> yeah, that's correct. obviously the immediate concern is evacuating all of the injured, treating the injured, and then trying to determine what happened. this will become a federal railroad investigation, as you suggested, and the ntsb, in coordination with the federal railroad administration. one big concern here, matt, is going to be did the train and did the system have positive train control.

federal authority is there is no positive train control on this particular track. you may recall from the philadelphia train crash you and i covered 18 months ago, that particular incident occurred when there was no positive train control on a stretch of track, and the train derailed going at an excessive speed around a curve. positive train control is essentially an automatic braking system. it brakes the train if the engineer fails to do so as the train approaches some sort of an immediate stop zone or slow down zone. in philadelphia, we had 200-plus injured and eight dead. we are hoping that we don't have anywhere near that kind of scenario here, but the immediate concern that federal railroad authorities have had for years is the slow rollout of this positive train control automatic braking system, why have various jurisdictions and authorities been slow to put it into effect when it's been proven to save

authorities, there's no positive train control on this stretch of track. >> and we don't know how many injuries have resulted from this crash, but keep in mind there would be people on that train and there would have been people standing near that platform. this could be mechanical error, it could be human error, it could be something else. too early to rule out anything, including a potential deliberate act. again, the investigation will come after the rescue operations take place to find out who may be trapped on that platform and i'm matt lew lauer in, no this has been an nbc news special report. ? new life attracts sometimes ? ? all at once ?

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. the thirsty thursday. >> yes it is. >> september 29th. the very last, next to the last day, tomorrow is the last day of september, unbelievable. that's gavin degrau. >> we're so excited. we have a big star today, huge. >> yes, we do. samuel l. jackson starring in "miss pellegrine's home for