good morning. breaking overnight. deadline day. republicans on the senate judiciary committee reportedly set a deadline this afternoon for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser to testify. the president's tweet about his accuser sparks a nationwide conversation about sexual assault and launching a hash tag on twitter whypo i didn't rert. sarcastic or serious? questions swirling about whether deputy attorney general rod rosenstein ever discussed taping out -- forcing him out of h office. president trump sounding off.

>> you see what is happening at the fbi. there is a lingering stench. >> is this ammunition for the president to fire rosenstein? deadly confrontation. three men get into a fight overg gae. >> i'll kill you. >> y hear him say he's going to kill me? >> and then gunfire rings out. this morning, one man is dead. the oths are facing murder charges. all p thatlus tornado vuchdown. incredibleideo from the middle of the twist with debris flyingor and damage to cars and homes. harshest campaign ad ever? >> not working for his district. >> the shocking twist that comes at the end of that ad. and super animal. a daring climb for a rcoon nine stories up. does he make it to the stop? stick around to find out. today, saturday, september 22nd, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news,

this is "today," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on saturdav morning. we harry smith with us this saturday morning. >> good to be here. busy. >> you are here on busy news morning. to our top story. the deadline for the thesupreme court nomination kavanaugh is for 2:30 this afternoon. have kelly o'donnell wit more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. suspense is building. no word on whether the woman d the supreme court nominee will appear publicly. lawyers for christine blasey ford said late friday night she needed another day toid d when and whether she would appear pbpublicly to testify. the president is making confirmation of his pick, brett

kavanaugh, a midterm election issue. a campaign stop in the heartld. >> hello, missouri. >> reporter: an event planned to help a republican senate challenger. >> josh is a star. >> reporter: but quickly became a rally for thembattled supreme court nominee. >> that's right. >> reporter: therowd anted. the president called on supporters to do battle for brett kavanaugh. >> we haveo fight for him. not worry about the other side. by the way, women are for that more than anybody would undeortand. >> rr: without talking directly about the allegation made by christine blasey ford. that kavanaugh,tssaulted her a a party when they were in high school, in t80s. a claim the judge categorically denies. the preside insisted kavanaugh will be confirmed. >> he was born for the supreme court. he was born for it.

and it's going to happen. it's going to happen. reporter: after days of restraint, president trump tweeted friday morning challengingvanaugh's accuser for the first time. if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as sheessays, cha would have been immediately filed. i asked that she bring those filings forward so we can learn date, time and place. social media erupted with #whyididn'treport as thousands of women and men posted about sexual assault that many did not report. the politicalsc dramaated friday when ford's lawyer responded with anger to senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley who set a 10:00 p.m. deadline. in a new letter, accused of bullying dr. ford and making a decision of life altering implications for her and her family. and claimed that ford is subjected to a harassmen hate

mail and death nathreats. kavaugh said he would appear monday. i remain committed tong defen my integrity. ford's sister-in-law says the pressure oav her is >> she is under a lot of stress and her safety is at risk and all of us feel a certain amount of press from that. >> reporter: the initial response from theca top repub in charge of the process, senator chuck grassley, thean chaif the committee, hetw put outs around midnight saying he granted five extensions and he does want to hear from christine blasey ford and explaining he granted yet another delay hing sheill come forward. sheinelle andwi harry. >> w see what happens. kelly. thank you. >> let's bring in meghan tewey and steve acko. the author of the book "the red and the blue."

good morning. meghan, let's start with you. storm that erupted yesterday after the president's tweet. th rction on the internet. n'why i dt report. talk about that. this is something you really know about. >> absolutely. oat tweet really struck me because as onethe reporters who broke the stories about the women wld came forwa with allegations ofmi sexuaonduct by trump during the presidential race, i went back and reviewed p my notes andsented him with the allegations. that was one of his first lines of defense. if this happened, w didn't the women go to police. >> where is the proof. >> exactly. th the thousands of women taking to the internet sdplchlt and men. >> -- internet. >> and men. >> and men. t i was reporter who broke the story.weinstein we realized through reports and research and thousands of women sharg stories is thathere

are so many reasons women done report at -- women don't report at the they are scared or not believed or smeared. the is a lot of evidence when women report allegations get swept under the rug. >> that leads me to the next question. negotiations are ongoing for dr. ford to testify before the iciary committee next week. there are a lot of people saying let's stop the back and forth. why doesn't she testify on monday. based on experience, talk about the concerns surrounding this public exposure for her. >> there's -- anita hill did an incredible piece in our paper. she lamented the fact that decades after she testifi and underwent this grueling and looking back people say unfair process when she testified about her experience with clarence thomas. how outrageous there is nooc prol in place for the judiomaryttee to field

complaints of sexual harassment and assault. how easy it is for them to be turned into the political circus. i think wt is easy to forget there is a person here and a woman who says she was a victim of sexual assault. she spent hours yesterday with the fbi reporting on the deathh threats has been experiencing. while there has been a lot of political pressure games going on, there is a real person here who is trying tolf protect her physically and psychologically. >> and alinteresting all those agh anita hill there was an fbi investigation and now not so much. steve. >> we had an nbc news poll come out that measures the uimpact. an see the nomination right uaw. sitting at ay more opposition than support. 38% to 34%. a small margin. no modern supreme court

nominaon since robert bjork in ' ' '87. still i think the bottom line question in terms of t confirmation. republicans on paper have t votes. if they all ban together, he will be confirmed. are t poll numbers bad enough to take a susan collins or lisa murkowski fro alaska and say politically i have to be against it. it hasn't reached that point yet, but suggesting it is going in the wrongirtion. if this turns into full blown could have political fallout. >> thank you. i appreciate it. we are following another hung story from wasn this morning. involving one of president trump's favorite targets. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. a new york times article on friday setoff a bombshell reportinghat rosenstein discussed whether the president should be removed from office. it added fuel to the fire for president trump at the rally la night.

bc's geoff bennett has more on that. >> reporter: sheinelle and harry, good morning. thexplosive report of the man in charge of the rsia investigation potentially puts his job on the line. now st look at what i being exposed in our department of justice and fbi. >> reporter: president trump lashing out at the fbi during the fri night campaign spot in missouri. hours after the new york times reported that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed invoking t 25th amendment last spring. and rosenstein even suggested wearing a wire to secretly record conversations with president trump on at least two occasions. two justice department officials tell nbc news that rosenstein was being sarcastic. a person in the room for one of the meetings tells nbc he was

serious. >> the prospect of a high level justice department official secretly recording the president in private, even in jest, that is something you do not see in past presidential history. >> reporter: rosenstein's remarks came after grew angry afterg the firf james comey. rosenstein this morning denying the explosive report saying i never pursuedr authorized recording the president in any suggestion that i have ever advocated for the removal of the false.ent is absolutel despite the push back, the story threatens to reignite tension with mr. trump and the man overseeing the russia investigation putting rosenstein's job on the line. >> it would certainly give the president a reason, justified or not, to fire the deputy attorney general. that would be unfortunate.

in many ways, rod rosenstein is the person who is now protecting the specialcounsel. >> geoff, this story is fueling concerns that thent presi may fire rod rosenstein. what is the reaction from lawmakers so far? >> chuck schumer warned the president on seizing on the report as air reason to rosenstein. i think the president doing that would certainly be theen disast io that so many democrats and some republicans in congress have been warning about. here's the thing, sheinelle. firing rosstein may not have the desired effect of derailing or shutting down the russia since they are doling out pieces in the soutyorn district of new . if rosenstein goes, the investigation could continue. >> thank you, geoff. one of the most closely watched senate races in the country. ted cr facing off against democratic challenger indeed red

texas. -- in deep red texas. last night, the two faced off id a heate debate. wee hc's catie beck there. >> reporter: good morning, harry. this is a texas showdown. th candidates fighting hard and spending millions to win the race. this week, the politico report changed it to a toss up that is a big deal in texas because a democrat hasn't won a ewide election in three decades. here was no easing in to the firstbate. the gloves came right off. >> you just said something that i did not say. >> whatidou not say? >> and attributed it to me. >> what? >> i'm not going to repeat the slander. >> reporter: trading jab on policy, ted cruz taking aim at

his opponent for rising health care. >> voted 67 times to keep obamacare. orter: and slamming cruz for missing votes during the 2016 presidential run. >> you tolds me you half the days at work and be rehired for the same job. >> reporter: on issues like immigration and criminal justice and trade a policy gun rights and taxes. common ground between the two cawhidates. e in sight. >> senator cruz has promised to deport each and every single dreamer. >> t wre is a right to come into the country. you wait in line. you follow the rules like my father did 1957 when he came from cuba. >> reporter: the hour-long debate on the campus of southern methodist university in dallas stirring intere. texas hasn't seen a state race this close in more than 25 years. >> i think the race is four or five points apart. for texas that is clos

>> reporter: the last exchange at the debate was meant to end aigh note. each candidate saying something nice about each other. >> i havehao question senator cruz wants to do the best for america. he does so at great sacrifice to his family and kids. >> rep tter: eve last words were fiery as cruz compared o'rourke to bernie sanders. >> you believe in expanding government and higher xes. you a fighting for the principles. i respect that. >> true to form. >> reporter: political experts that watched this last night said they did not see a clear winner on the stage. bother candidatesrmed well. neither delivering a knockout punch, but neither delivering statements damaging to campaigns. this is the first face-off. we do expect to see more fireworks. harry and sheinelle. >> took the words out of my mouth.

catie beck, thank you. to a deadly confrontation caught on camera. three neighbors arguing over trash in an alley behind theirm when words turned to gunshots. a warning you may find the video disturbing. here is nbc's tammy leitner. >> i'm at the dump, sir. puthe gun up. >> reporter: it started asar an gument over where to dump att ss in the shared alley in abilene, texas. >> i'm standing my ground, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: now one man is dead and father and son facing murder arges. police say the dispute has been going on for several days. >> this triggered a back and forth between the neighbors.ep >> rter: police say 37-year-old aaron howard was armed with a bat. ile neighbor john miller had a gun and h son michael can be seen with a shotgun slung over his shoulders. >> come closer and i'll kill you. >> did you heare' him say

kill me? >> reporter: hisommon law wife recorded this video and made it public. >> point it at me. >> reporter: the two-minute video captures the men threatenin each other. >> i promise you you're dead. >> it is an al >> [ bleep ] kilte you. >> rr: and then gunshots.oh police sayn miller firedfi rst. his son then opened fore. llowed by two more rounds his father. police say howd was unarmed at this point. howard died at the according to police, the millers admitted shooting him and in custody on $200,000 bond. >> aaron was a fighter up until yhe end. >> reporter: a fam waiting for justice. for "today," tammy leitner, nbc news. >> that is a story we did to the

want to watch this morning. we will turn now because it is the weekend and people wantt to know w is going on out there. here's

we're seeing a fewhowers that tlo win andnu we'll con with isolated stuff into the afternoon. picking up i intensity later tonight. this is due to the frontal system that's going to roll through our area and then stall out through our region as we head intof the ende weekend and the beginning of the workweek. step outside, watchut for the fog. the temperatures in the 60s and 70s. staying in the 70s todayith chances of rain. cl forecast. >> is this not the autumnal he can -- equino >> it is. i was saving it for later. today at i9:54 p.m. when the

sun is over the equator. that is the official mark. >> congratulations. >> i'm getting the wrap. i'm too hanerdy. >> you, dylan. still to come, the latest on sexual assault allegations against the cifornia doctor and his girlfriend as prosecu r prosecutors now say dozens of women came forward. and the unforgettable moment a little girl met her baby sister and would not let her go. first, though, this is "today" on nbc.

ac> we're on saturday morning with the weekly download. the look back at week that was. >> headlines dominated by the roversy over judge kavanaugh. there were a lot of other stories we covered with the aftermath of the gas explosions in boston.

near nds of residents boston returned to their homes after gas explosions gutted their neighborhoods. >> 49 miles of pipeline neetd t be replaced. yutility crews making repairs. >> i hope to rebuild. wda barzee was set free after 15 years in custody in the role of the kidnapping of elizabeth smt. >> she is now listed on the sex offender registry. >> smart speaking t students at lockhaven university. >> i will not let these people or this woman stop me from living the life that i want to live. su nee broke her silence about her husband, woody allen. she married a when word of the affair went public and the

trouble did not end there. >> spoke out about the allegations of the adopted odaughter. whlaims she was molested by 1992. in 19976 -- >> he has been lying so long. >> she is taking advtage of the me too movement. julie chen walked away from "the talk" days after her husband les moonves leaves cbs. the network hired two law firms to investiga allegations of sexual misconduct made by a dozen women in the norker magazine. >> chen used her maiden name as host of "big brother." >> and unexpected proposal melted hearts during the emmys on monday. >> you wonder why i don't like to call you my girlfriend. because i want to call you my

wife. >> glenn weiss w anad acemy, stole the show by proposing to his girlfriend, jan, on stage. >> will you marry me? and some of the week's most candid moments caught on camera. a camel at the circus in pittsburgh got spooked and ran wild. a quick thinking police officer saved a woman from a truck flying around the corner. and a florida woman is thankful to be alive after her car was stuck on the tracks. a finally, a little girl in pennsylvania quickly bonded with her newborn siter. >> you w me to take the baby? i'll take her. n i? i'm sorry. >> the protective sibling simply shook her head to anyone who wanted to take her new friend away. >> you want me to lift her out now? >> so sweet. >> precious.

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getting ready for a summer send off. fool begins at 7:54 this evening. soak in the last few hours of summer. not too much sunshine to soak in. we have rain showers. i don't thk they're going to soak you. isolated light enough. heavier rain later this evenove. this is due to a frontal system that's going to stall across the region bringing us rain. 76 today. increasing chances of rain.ol ed showers through the day. tomo rain throughout the day. temperatur are going to be only in th 60s tomorrow. and then we'll stay unsettled monday, tuesday, dnesday, thursday as we have frontal systems rolling through. temperatur all over the place.

by friday we have sunshine. >> all right. lovely. more rain. we'll be back with another che your local news and weather in 25 minutes. fo. we are back on saturday morning, september 22nd, 2018. a nice look at the new york city skyline. temperatures finally cooling off as fall arrives today. according to the new york times, the senate judiciary committee has set a deadline of 2:30 this afternoon for the woman accusing supreme court nominee sexual assault to testify. kavanaugh attacked her decade ago while at a high school party. kavanaugh strongly denies the allegations. at the campaign rally last night, president trump said his supporters need to fight for kavanaugh to be confirmed. also at a campaign spot, the president lashed out at the fbi. after a bombshell new york times

report claiming deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussee invoking 25th amendment to remove him from office. rosenstein discussed secretly taping theredent as well. two justice officials tell nbc newse was being sarcastic. rosenstein strongly denies the new york times report. also this morning, officials are warning the floodin danger is far from over in the carolinas in the wake of hurricane florence. transportation officials say travel remains dangerous across north carolina where hundreds of roads remain closed and rising flood waters is a serious threat. at least 43 peopleave died since the hurricane barrelled through a week ago. was it a bird? was it a plane? no, it was super raccoon. onlookers staring io theky on the jersey shore. it scaled a tall building. >> he runs away.

harry, he runs away. it's okay. he jumped? >> hoo none the worse for wear. >> he wasn't too hurt. i'm panicked for a moment. he ran away. we can watch it over and over. all right. also this morning, a accusers coming forward to point the finger at a california surgeonir and hisriend accused of sexually assaulting two women. prosecutors now say allegations first cameght and now 12 more people have come forward. we have kathy park with the latest in los angeles. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. after more than 50 calls fm victims, investigators are expanding the probe and going back two robicheaux is facing a drama. the surgeon once crmed contestants on reality tv.

>> cheers to the first date. >> reporter: but now off screen, the doctor and his girlfriend, cherissa riley, are facing charges of sexually assaulting two women and drugging one of them. investigators say after more than 50 calls from potential victims this week, they now have at least a dozen credible lds in california and beyond. >> no one gets a pass torave thei way with you once you are unconscious or past the point of consr:t. >> reporte prosecutors claim the couple worked together getting the attention of victims before drugging and assaulting them and recording the crimes. >> we believe that robich x and riley preyed people through dating apps. >> reporter: the couple's attorneys unequivocally deny all allegations. >> we will not try this case in the media. >> reporter: lauren hayden went on a tind date with him at his home. >> he would pull and try to take

my top ohi. i remembering how inappropriate and disgusting. >> reporter: she said she left shaken and physically .unharm >> i'm looking for my wife. ac reporter: once looking for courtship, a dis doctor headed to the court room as inrostigators continue to his past. and the couple isba out o. they are set to be in court the next month. the d.a. says there could be additional charges. that would mean the pair would be taken into custody. sheinelle, harry. >> kathy,hank you.

i don't think today is going to be as wet as tomorrow. we'll have a new isolated showers. seeing a few east of i-95 and back toward the shenandh valley. e throughout the first part of your day. better chances of rain through overnight. this is a frontal system that's stalled acros the area. oit's going set up shop around the mid atlantic.

60s and 70 that's your last forecast. >> thank you, dylan. just ahead, in the wake of hurricane florence, how to protect yourself from buying a car damaged in flood waters. and will he or won't he? what alec baldwin is saying if he will return to "saturday night live" managing my type 2 diabetes wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresiba® reason.

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storms and submerged in water and resold like nothing is wrong. hurricanes, by e way, most active in september. all of the o images hurricane florence remind us that rising waters pose a huge threa not st to people, but cars as well. the cars pose a hidden all of us on the road. major mechanical failuresrn without g. owners spend a little money to cover damagesnd and sell a never tell you. we have the tips to protect yourself. >> reporter: rising flood waters. cars floating. damage from hurricaneislorence till being tallied. last year, more than 637,000 cars were damaged. engulfed by water as a result of harvey. some of those carsere here in thflooded car graveyard. we have the nbc drone up. we will bringou yp and give you some perspective. this is just a fraction of the flooded out cars from hurricane

harvey and hurricane irma. these are the people that touched their cars in to the -- turned their cars in to the insurance companies. around here, % of people don't have car insurance. experts say they could try to resell the flooded cars on the open marketcross the country without ever telling you there's a problem. >> fromll of the dirt and debris, it has been through a flood. somebody could havclean it up a sell to an unsuspecting buyer. everything is great until the electronics go out. >> reporter: canton said it happened to him. he bought the 2012 chevy silverado fm a dealership in texas. the looks>>ood. lmost brand new. tires look new. no sign of water damage. good.ese look pretty >> let me look around. this is somethingee you s on any car lot. let's see what it looks like

here. i'm curious. it doesn't smell musty or bad. >> it smells good. >> and it's fine. it looks new for a used car. did you test drive this before you bought it? >> i test drove it. rode just fine. >> no red flags? >> no red flags. >> soon he realized something was wrong. >> automatic locks don't work. i took it to a mechanic. >> reporter: he calledur affiliat in houston. the stationrought the car to two independentor mechanics f a full inspection.s >> t has been spray painted. this is probably all rusted out and they tried to cover it up. >> this is wet. >> reporter: the national insurance crime bureau ran the vin and turns out this car was in florida during hurricane irma. >> this caras in a storm in

florida. >> it ended up in texas. >> it could impact anybody an co cross the -- across the country. >> reporter: how can you tell if you areuying a flood car? >> one is con sdensation. >> reporter: he says there areh otr clues. rust oros ion. sand and dirt in unusual places like deep under the seats. a harsh reality focan taton? >> i don't drive this car ever. >> when you are at the dealership, look up the vin to see if the car you are about to buy has previous damage before you buy it. by the way, you cand f the link at our web site right now. today.com/rossenreports. thank you. >> coming up, how to protect

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7:26 is your time tg.s morn go to you. i'm david culver. we'll start with anboupdate the crash along i-95. this was in laurel.

nl lanes a reopened. crews had closed the northbound lanes after two-car crash early this morning. taylor gourmet will close al 17 d.c. area stores tomorrow. no official reason for the closures but the -- >> memorial bridge is remaining open this weekend. it's second time w ik being rescheduled. and a weather update on the .ther si

we are lookine morning. the temperatures in the 60s and seths right now. we have a few isolated showers and a few off towards southern alongand and a few coming the i-81 corridor light stuff. this is associated with a frontal system. you can see a line of rain. it goingo stall across our region as we continue through e weekend and early next week. if you have yard work, i get done today. isolated showers. better chances of rainow tomo hold off washi -day. rain chances almosach and every day all the way through

dry day looks to be friday. >> join us for a full hour of news and weather starting at 8:30. for good morning. breaking overnight. deadly day. republicans on the senate judiciary committee set a new deadline today for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser to real a dealte to ify. -- to reach a deal tsto ify. the president's tweet about kavanaugh'sccuser sparks a nationwide conversation about sexual assault. it launches th ththe the #whyididn'treport. and a tornado touchdown. leaving pnty of damage in its wake. tens of thousands without power. this morning, the clean up begins. and harshest campaign ad ever? >> not working for his