this morning, more senators are calling a for delay in the vote to confirm supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. amid new specific details of allegations of sexual assault when he was a teenager. and florence continues to inundate more of the carolinas following a punishing and deadly weekend of evacuations, rescues, and emergencies. a border patrol agent is jailed on $2.5 million bond after being accused of killing at least four women and injuring a fifth. three new blockbuster studie on whether you should take that baby aspirin for your heart. or not. plus, the biggest games from the n week 2. "early today" starts rightnow. great to be back with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm marlie hall.

this morning calls from both sides of the aisle to delay a committee vote for supreme court naminee brett kah. this after the woman who accused kavanaugh of sexual mmeconduct orward in the "washington post."in chri blasey ford tells the paper during a high school party kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her, and tried to remove her clothes. when she tried to scream, he put >> immediately after the report leading democrats called for this week's vote to be ne post including senators chuck schumer and dianne feinstein, who first referred the once anonymous complaintdeo l investigators last week. republican senators bob corker and jeff flake both joined the calls, saying they'd like to hear more from ford.de and indep senator angus king called any gop deadlines for a vote arbitrary. >> what's the rush? the seat that merrick garland should have been considered for was held open by these same people for 14 months. and in fact some of them said if

a democrat gets elected tesident we'll hold the s open for four years. so suddenly there's this arbitrary deadline of thend of september which frankly doesn't relate to anything in particular. so why not slow down? >> still some lawmakers a t questionin timing of the report. for moreto let's gbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, there is that list, especially from the democrats, calling for them to delay. >> exactly. and democrats, frances, knew about this back in jul when that anonymous letter, then anonymous letter came in. they said that the not want to come forward at that point but now of course has been identified by the "washington post." still, some republicans quite skeptical why nothing, nothing about this came out during the confirmation hearing. >> i'm shocked that the matter didn't come up in the nearly 32 hours of testimony that judge kavanaugh was before us in the open ssion or the nearly hour, hour and a half session that we

had in a closed session. if this was material to the confirmation process, why on eah over theast four to six weeks hasn't it been discussed among the committee members? >> now, kavanaugh has categorically and unequivocally denied any of these allegations of groping ford when he was a teenager back in the '80s. that is her allegation. the white house reissuing that denial over the weekend and standing behind kavanaugh as well. but keep in mind as you noted, there are at least two republicans whoow sayet's slow this down, let's bring her in to tell her story. they don't want to vote un tl they hea other side. frances? >> all right. tracie potts for us. traycie, thank you. dangerous rising floodo ters continue a major safety concern as tropical depression florence drenches the carolis. rescuers have already plucked hundreds of people from their waterlogged homes, and the storm has been blamed for at least 16 >> we are working now and doing

everything we can to prevent more deaths. swift water rescues are going on right now. more than 900 lives have been saved by first responders. gton, north carolina flooding has left the city essentially inaccessible after drowning out portions of highdiys accor to officials. and it's not over yet. the national hurricane center warns tha flash flooding and major river flooding will continue over a sigioficant po of the carolinas. the center also says parts of western north carolina could receive an additional five to ten inches of rain with a possible total storm rainfall of over three feet in the southeastern part of the state. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: the winds may have easedbit. but the rain has not. as the attack from florence continues. >> this storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now. >> reporter: more than a dozen have died in the lstorm. theest victim a 3-month-old,

killed when a tree fell on his home. >> my heart is broken.se >> reporter: co a million are without por. in some areas there's already more than 2 1/2 feet of water rushing into homes and businesses with more on the way. and this is a firsthand look at the damage here in wilmington. you can see this giant oakll tr from the ground, thrown across the street. it's pulled down power lines. here.rushed a car this is the kind ofce sne playing out across the carolinas right now. hi water rescues continle. some puld to safety by coast guard choppers. others scooped from the rising wars by boat. >> the water started coming in the house. so we went up to the attic and >> stayed there for a little while. eporter: and like so many here, for a way out. jay gray, nbc news,gt wion, north carolina. as florenceontinues to hammer the carolinas, president trump tweets that fa first

responders and law enforcement are all working very hard. this comes just after the president spent last week casting doubt on the newly updated and officially accepted death toll numbers in puerto rico following hurricane maria last year. now, fema administrator brock long seems to be echoing presidt trump's criticism of the findings from the independent study while promisinglorence victims the agency will be there to help when rebuilding begins. nbc's jennifer johnson tells more. >> reporter: as rising waters continue to flood the carolinas, the federal emergency mcyagement ag focus now is on search and rescue, and fema is promising to help victimsfl of ence rebuild their lives. >> we're meeting their demands as they're comin up to us. we'll get through this. it will be ugly but we'll get through it. recovery is always a very frustrating process when they've lost their livelihood. >> reporter: north carolina's lawmakers say the state is still recovering from hurricane matthew two years ago. and now this.nk >> i that it's fair to say

in terms of economic impact, rebuilding that we are talking in the billions of dollars. >> reporter: president trump sunday prais to florence tweeting "as the storm begins to finally recede they will kk into an even higher gear. very professional." this as brock long defended the president's controversial tweets last week about puerto rico's rideath toll from hurcane maria. the puerto rican government in one study claimed close to 3,000 hurricane-related deaths. president trump said it was more ndlike 18 claimed democrats inflated the number to make him look bad. >> it's frustrating. those studies, the harvard study was done differently than george washington study or this study or that study. and the numbers are all over t place. >> reporter: long says fema is now one of puerto rico's largest employers, helping that island rebuild. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. new tariffs on chinese goods could reportey be announced by president trump as soon as today. that's according to reuters. the tariffs would affect $200

billion in chinese imports, threening to escalate the tit for tat responses from china. the "wall street journal" reports the tariffs would come as u.s.ndhinese officials negotiate talks over thetr tens e war. but officials tell the journal, "china is not going to negotiate with a gun pointed to its head." the white house declined to comment on any tariffon discus all right. it was a big second week for the nfl including one of the most bizarre exits for a player that we've e before we get to that we kick o thingsff with sunday night football as seen rightn here nbc. giants visitg the dallas cowboys and right from the opening drive t cowboys took command starting with this dak prescott strike to tavon austin for a 64-yard touchdown.th e giants struggle throughout as big d's defense dominated. final, 20-13 cowboys. e jacksonvilln a rematch of the afc t championship andhe jags team that is 0- against tom mady-led patriots tea until today. first blake h bortlesits dante

touchdown.r the the jags only got hotter with the temperature on the field at 107 degrees. jags roll to a big 31-20 victory. then to arguably the week's mvp of the week, the chiefs' pat mahomes, 3 for 6 touchdowns, and 326 yardsgainst the host pittsburgh steelers. at one point kansas cit had a three-touchdown l but survived by going up 14 points to hold on. final score there 42-37 chiefs. and now the bizarre play of the day that happened off the field. buffalo bills defensive back vontae davis shocked his teammates and called it a career and then just retired at halftime. he later said, field reality hit me fast and hard. i shouldn't be out there anymore." that would be the equivalent of us right now saying all right, i just did -- i just did sports, marlie, i'm out. >> right. ionder if he knew he was going to do that before the game.

>> makes you wonder. makes you think. so bizarre. midway through the game. >> did he get a half paycheck for the game? >> right. >> wetill are dealing with a lot of rain from florence. it's not like it stopped. t like things have gotten better. today's the last dayinf the heavy n north carolina but virginia's going to get soaked. we still have 5 million people under fsh flood warnings all the way from south carolina into north carolina and virginia. today we take the rain, bng it up through west virginia, through virginia. eventually into pepesylvania, ally the second half of today. and then tomorrow we're going to see it heading towards and through new england. could get some very hvy rain in some of the mountainous areas of the appalachians, into an area of the catskills, the ir berk. we could possibly get some additional problems filip and the rainfall totals inan new en will be the highest over the next couple of days, two to three inches. that's a look at the big weather story of they. here's a closer look at your day ahead. so showers and thunderstorms continue through the southeast. look how hot it is still. it doesn't look and feel like the middle of seember. areas of nungds are still prey warm too.

86 a the way through vermont. there's the heavy rain today in the virginia the rest of this week will be a lot quieter but those rivers will still be a roblem through north carolina. >> still trouble for themthere. bill, thank you. a groupngf wiit jumpers took flight in china to compete in this year's wingsuit flying world onchamips. 14 participants from nine countries lpt from altitudes of 4,500 feet. the goal of the long-di gliding competition was to strike foam targets mid-air. not everyone scored a direct hit, but a lucky few managed get a bullseye. that was so cool. >> it looks really fun. but f them, not quite for me. still ahead, six kids were injured when a camel got spooked at a circus. we'll show y the rest of the video and what happened. let's see. if these packs have the same number of bladder leak pads, i bet you think bigger is better. actually, it's bulkier. always discreet doesn't need all that bulk to protect.

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