>> i love a little man in a tux. >> bye, everyone. >> ready to testify. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser says she will speak to the senate but only if her terms are met. another twist in the russia investigation. what president trump's long-time lawyer michael cohen reportedly had to say to the mueller team. good luck grabbing these a shoestring budget. the yoits rarout rag outrage of sneakers. we'll break down drunk estates from the bottom up. "early today" starts right now. i'm marley hall. >> i'm phill mena. republicans are bracing for a bombshell. brett kavanaugh's accuser now

saysdy she's r to testify. however, sources tell nbc news she won't be rea until thursday at the earliest, which would mean missing the monday deadline set by senat republicans. dr. christine blasey ford hascu d kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party in the 1980s, an accusation kavanaugh has fiercely denied. president trump is still vouching for his nominee. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest humanng bei you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. we'll let it play out. and i think everything's going to be just fine. this is a high-quality person. >> while kavanaugh has the president's support,os he'sg ground with voters. alcording to the latest nbc news "wall street jou poll, more people oppose his nomination than support it.st he's the f to go under water in that history of that poll. peter alexander has the latest

from capitol hill. >> reporter: that offer from ett kavanaugh's accuser, christine blais e her lawyer saying ford would be prepared to testify next week as long as senators agree to terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. noting she's been receiving death threats. as for monday, the hearing date set bate republicans, ford's lawyers saying it is not possible and the committee's insistence that it occur then is arbitrary. ford's lawyer emphasizes it's ford's preference thatn investigation be completed before her testimony butoes itt demand an inquiry into her accusation. >> i really hope that she doesn't pass up that opportunity. >> reporter: meanwhile,ka

naugh spotted leaving the white house where he's been a regular visitor all wek. a sou involved in the confirmation process telling nbc news onauuesday, kav spent about two hours behind closed doors with a small group of senior staff, preparing for a hearing, grilling him about his past, his ding life and ford's accusation. kavanaugh and his family have also received threats and hatefule-mails. but the source says kavanaugh remains determined and hopeful. top republican chuck grassley saying kavanaugh has already been interviewed under oathy staffers, grassley saying we have no reason to doubt his truthfulness. >> we believe christine ford! >> reporter: but senate republicans are under fir protesters outside their offices, accusing them of trying to rush kavanaugh through. >> that was peter alexander reportin more possible trouble for kavanaugh. a prominent professor advised student on their physical

appearance if they wanted to seek a clerkship for kavanaugh. the time he was a judge on the u.s. court of appeals. a yale student was reportedly informed kavanaugh liked his clerks to have, quote, a certain look while the guardian reported that t was, quote, no accident his clerks looked like models. in a letter, the law school dean called the allegations quote, of enormous concern. the russia investigation i getting haep fr getting help from michael cohen. eller's team has sat do you knowh-- down with cohen for multiplenterviews. >> reporter: cohen spoke with the "new york times," and they are reporting that he has had a long interview with the mueller team. of course they are trying to figure out if he's going to cooperate in the russia investigation. now that we know that the president won't be speaking to

them atgt l the big question here is whether or not cohen is going to flip and cooperate with the government and reveal anyha details they were not familiar with. the times also says that cohen didn't express any loyalty to president trump and he would put his family first. this, from a lawyer who hasre esented cohen in a tweet saying that they are proving critical information or good for him for providingrical information to the investigation without having a deal in place first. that no one should question cohen's honesty, veracity or lots to the country over the esident, and in fact, the "new york times" backing that up with cohen telling them that his family comes first. he is being investigated for financial crimes related to his work as the president's personal lawyer, all of this comingnfter the raidis home and office earlier in the year. back to you. >> of course we learned thisha

week paul manafort also speaking with investigators. thank three people have been killed and multiple others injured after a maryland woman opened firecoke be on feratally h shooting hers. police say the horric rampage happened at a rite aid distribution center in hartfd county and have identified the shooter as a 26-year-old woman ewho worked at th facility. n shanman tells us more. >> reporter: just after 9:00 in the morning, in aberdeen, mainland, the shoot started. >> we have the active shooter at perryman rroad. orter: inside and outside a rite aid distribution center, workers suffered gunshot wounds. worried workers reached out to loved ones. alexi arman herd frard from her mother. >> there was a shooter in the building a she was hiding. >> reporter: alexi's mother was safe, others were not. four we killed, the shooter among the fatalities.

>> our suspect is a lone female suspect. she has died at th hospital from a fatal injury, self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: police have identified that lone suspect as snochia mosley, 26 years o from baltimore county maryland. >> we do not have a motive for the senseless crime. >> reporter: the shooting is over, the investigation goes onn dan n, nbc news. the u.s. department offing ais investigating a widespread i coli outbreak linked to packaged beef. 17 people have been sickened in four states nationwidup theier is recalling all 132,000 pounds of affected ground beef sold under various labels and packaged by cargill meat solutions. meanwhile, you'll soon be paying more to fly. more airlines are boosting

baggage fees, and is going to cost you unless you're traveling light. >> reporr: the price of checked bags taking off. american airlines thest carrier to announce a price hike. all bumping up luggage fees in the past 30 days. your first checkedl bag w be $30, up from $25, while the second will set you back another $40. southwest now the only major domestic airline not charging to check. >> even though they're making billions, that's into the enough f - not enough for them >> reporter: baggage fees are already big money for airlines. up 7% from last year. some i p congresshing for regulation, senator ed markey twting, airline have gone from nickel and diming ssengers tobsolutely gouging them. these travelers agree. >> people are getting squeezed all over the place. angrymakes me

i don't want to pay >> reporter: many complaining the skies are no longer friendly or free. nbcnews, new york. we'll sigh ee if we have ot problems with air travel because of rain. >> into the south, in texas and oklahoma, heavy rain in west texas. flood watches go from new mexico into little rock. and it will go for 15 million ople up through the coming weekend. here's the rainfall predictions. the heaviest rain from the three to four inches of rainfall. and eventually, asou we go t the weekend, toward sunday, this will spread intoia lou and west tennessee. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at the day ahead. we also have a cold front slicing through the ohio valley into new england today. we will see some thunderstorms,

isolated tornado watch out, pennsylvania, ohio and western sections of new york state later on today. take a look at the wesrest of t forecast coming up.as minute preparations are under way in munich for the oktoberfest. il attractsons of tourists who consume millions of liters of beer during the two-week stan. increased security measures wiln re a safe party. it kicks off tomorrow. when you see october written with a k, it's beer time. >> it's good weather andots of beer. what a way to spend the weekend. get out to germany. a taste of royalty. meghan markle debuts her new cookbook. and a hangup over phone scams. to you and to us. so at johnson's, we improved everything. we used 50% fewer ingredients. took out dyes, parabens, phthalates and sulfates.

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video shows the mountain side shaking as ash and smoke shoot 10,000 feet into the air. the second eruption rattled about three hours later, a popular tourist spot feeling double the wrath of mother nature'sur leading the news, the devastatingmpact of hurricane florence is still rocking the north east. flooding continues to be a concern with rain-swoen river expected to continue rising through the weekend. with cleanup und way, the new owner of the nfl's carolina panthers, david tepper, could be assistingn disaster relief efforts. the team's donation package would ilude a $1 million donation to the american red cross and $450,000 to regional food banks. now to the battle against an epidemic. spammers calling your home and cell phone, non-stop, from phone numbers that look lik yours or someone you might know. and soon, a report finds hf of all calls made will be

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good morning, everyone, welcome to your sfriday. >> i about 4:00 a.m. now on this friday morning as you head into the weekend. it's all but herehi at point. >> check in on your commute in

first 4 traffic. look who is back? >> good morning. >> i almost forgot you work here. >> we're not going to forget. >> they're rough, aren't they? >> i had atwo-day week before. how about the weather sheena. >> you have no day weeks coming up too, don'tyou? let's talk about the weather before we go on too far here.te eratures around 70 degrees this morning. 72 in washington. radar nice and dry but if you look farther to the south and west we have showers here. we're watching these because some computer models are holdina them togethe bringing them through. now about 8:00, 9:00, temperatures around 70 degrees. a little muggy outside. by 9:00 a.m. a couple of