. scary moments aboard governor mike pence's campaign plane as it skidded off the runway while hydroplaneing coming in on a landing. joe biden joins her administration. >> is the government sticking it to our secret service agents neighborhood, the collective act of charity that continues to build robin williams' legacy. when they focus their attention on pumpkin carvings, the results are out of this world. "early today" starts right now. >> oh my god. >> laguardia national airport, aircraft down.

>> i'm frances rivera. >> scary moments on the campaign trail, the campaign plane carrying vice president nominee mike pence skidded off the runway. pence and his family and secret service were on board t. plane's hard landing caused major damage to the tarmac. wind contributing factors and rain and they thank no one was hurt and first responders that rushed to the scene. before this flight, he showed this picture of him throwing a football around waiting for conditions to clear. donald trump spoke about the rough happeneding and commented on the incident at his ohio rally. >> i just spoke to our future vice president. he's okay. you know he was in a big accident with the plane t. plane

pretty close to grave, grave danger. but i just spoke to mike pence and he's fine. [ applause ] >> he got out. everybody's fine. >> pence safely made it to his new york hotel following the incident. however, he was unable to attend his previously scheduled fundraiser. >> we've got more breaking news overnight the 2016 race shifts dramatically after a new report came from politico, the report confirmed by nbc news that current vice president is at the top of clinton's short list for the job as the nation's top diplomat. if clinton were to win the white house, biden was the chair of the foreign relations committee and he has been campaigning for clinton at break-neck pace all year long. however, a source underscores his current cancer moon shot

decision. while clinton looks at possible secretary cabinets. donald trump lagging in national polls that have him trailing herbie several points. >> i'm winning in certain polls and then in other polls, the dirty polls we call them, i was losing by you know numbers that were ridiculous. >> i have all the polls here. >> i think we're winning, but, bill, you look at some of these polls it's absolutely ridiculous. the only ones i like >> bill, something's going on. bill, something's going on with the polls. >> that came before trump wandered out loudly why an election was even taking place. >> what a difference. you know, what a difference this is. in just thinking to myself right now, we should just can sell the election and just give it to trump, right? why do we eastern have any lex? >> meanwhile, a few "business

isn't to persuade voters to come out and vote in 11 day, his camp is working to keep clinton voters away from the ballot box. . . >> and michelle obama ran into those claims on the trail with clinton for the first time. >> that's the that we don't want any part of it. so when you hear folks talking about a global conspiracy and saying that this election is rigged, understand that they are trying to get you to stay home. they are trying to convince you that your vote doesn't matter. >> now, there is a clinton campaign that shares its controversy over newly hacked

foundation. they are hoping to steer the campaign against a scandal. >> reporter: their joint aexperience competing for headlines by the latest e-mail by wikileaks, describing how bill clinton personally profited, receiving millions in speaking and fees from donors. doug band writing a 2000 memo calling we have dedicated ourss to helping the president secure and engage in engagem himself. he says in all he secured $50 million for the former president but no indication hillary clinton did anything for those donors when she was secretary of state. still reenforcing suspicion long held about the clintons. >> i think they should have disassociated themselves from the clinton foundation when she became secretary of state. i don't think it's a smoking

>> reporter: clinton's memo says it's michelle obama's message that will drive people to the polls. the jerry sandusky case, a jury awarded the football coach $7.3 million in damages. one of his claims was the university defamed him after he helped prosecutors testifying against assistant coach jerry sandusky in his 2012 molestation trial. his lawyers argue his career was effectively damaged when the school publicly criticized them when he reported the abuse to then joe pa terno instead of going to the place t. university would not comment on the case until all counts are fully resolved. in north dakota, armed soldiers and police in riot gear continue to clash with

nbc's miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: this is a tense surface i face-off between an army ofplace police, native army protesters trying to shut down construction of a controversial oil pipeline on private land. officers in armored vehicles, wearing riot gear, are pouring in with air support. battle lines drawn, now making arrests. after setting fires and blocking the bridge in the path of the pipeline, months of tension have escalated. some promise a fight to the end. >> there's no career here. we know we have a moral high ground and we're doing what's right. >> reporter: the nearly complete dakota access pipeline will connect north dakota and illinois with some 1,200 miles of pipe. a $3.8 billion project, capable of transporting 570,000 barrels

said to be the largest gathering of native americans in modern history. no comment from the oil company. celebrities and activists arrive in north dakota, vowing to fight on and face a growing army of police. mikel almaguer, nbc news almagues . . >> just ahead the story of a suspect that stopped by a drive through at an inand out burger while being chased by police. first, snow before halloween? bill karins has the details, also, the world series. >> a lot going on. we had snow in areas of new york, pennsylvania, connecticut, massachusetts, now it's confined to the mountains of northern new england.

the country. great weather through the southeast. this continues for the weekend. the exception being along the northern board their saturday. even that sunday. this looks like a september forecast. not late october. that's great. that's a look at the big weather story of the day, now, here's a closer look at the day ahead. the raempb will be exiting boston early. it will be lingering in portland, up toward banger, maine all day long. warmth from texas to oklahoma, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. and the great news is the warm conditions is going to continued right into halloween for many people and a lot of happy trick or treaters. >> yeah, especially with a lot of costumeing happening before halloween. thank you. just ahead, we may have a story that tops a 1983 new york post that read headless body in a

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this year's election. many are working long hours and fought getting paid for them. with a secret service hiring freeze, it's putting a lot of strain on agents. pete pull u williams has that story. >> it's not a 9:00 to 5:00 job, safe guarding presidential candidates on the road and keeping alert for potential trouble in boisterous crowd, not to mention the core mission of protecting a sitting president. secret service agents do get but a third maxed out months ago at about $160,000. because of salary caps, they have been putting in brutally long hours with no extra pay. >> there is no reward to the family. are you not seeing income come income out of it. all the things that are broken in the house aren't getting fixed. so there's a major moral issue for that. >> reporter: the numbers are stalgering. acts are now protecting 26 people the current president the candidates and their families,

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now on news4 today, rough landing. a plane carrying donald trump's running mate skids off the run way. the big scare as both sides make their final push for the white h safetrack shifts to a new section with new problems as many look ahead for a busy weekend. >> ready for snow and ready to go. plow teams are prepping for winter well before flakes start falling. good morning everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> not a pretty sight is it? >> not yet. >> too soon. i'm eun yang. meteorologist chuck bell, we'll think about that in the future. >> in the distant future. very distant future the way

flirting with, and this is your favorite kind of flirting. we may be flirting with 80 degrees by sunday. get ready for an incredibly warm weekend. not so warm this morning it is in the 50s and blustery outside. winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 miles an hour. today will feel like fall. this weekend, the final weekend of october, will feel more like early to mid-september. gusty, northwest winds are blowing the clouds out of here. any tiny rain chance should stay north of the it should be on the cool side for today. this is it. wait until you see the weekend temperatures coming up. speaking of of the winds, restrictions on the bay bridge. let's go to melissa for that. >> the wind warnings went into effect a couple of hours ago, actually. right now, with the wind warnings in effect. they're just kind of giving us the heads up. no vehicle restrictions but they have the warnings in place here. 50 at 202, that doesn't want to

good. inner and outer loop, everything is rolling along nicely. no real roadwork bothering anybody. 66 and 95, no problems. we'll look at 50 and 202 coming up. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. a d.c. library officer robbed of his gun and radio. this is in ward 7. police say the suspect was armed and approached the officer locking up the dorothy heights benning neighborhood library and took the location is also an early voting site so, again, police looking for the suspect that robbed an officer that was locking up the library of the gun and the radio. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you. 4:28, vice presidential candidate mike pence returns to the campaign trail after a rough landing in new york. it was raining outside when the indiana governor's campaign plane slid off the run way at laguardia airport last night.

he did cancel an appearance after the scare. donald trump was in ohio and took the chance to praise his running mate. >> i just spoke to our future vice president. what a great decision it was to get mike pence. what a great guy he was. what a great job he is doing. >> an nbc news reporter recorded the rough landing. they felt the pilot slam on the rubber. there is no time for the candidates to slow down ahead of election day. america is headed to the polls in 11 days. it is a busy weekend for the candidates and their teams. mike pence is expected to make stops in north carolina today. trump has rallies in new hampshire and maine. hillary clinton will be in iowa. tim kaine and president obama will campaign on her behalf in florida. former president bill clintonon

today the man accused of brutally murdering a d.c. family and setting their home on fire will be in court. it was one of of the biggest stories in our area when it broke in may of 2015, darren wentz is accused of killing a family in a mansion in northwest washington. they charge wint with the help of dna of a slice of pizza found at the scene. also today, the appear in court. the judge will consider setting bond for kilah jones. jones stabbed minor to death last week. jones is claiming self defense. minor threatened her and stole her cell phone. that is when jones stabbed minor in the chest with a steak knife. she called an uber and left the crime scene.