rian frosh. go morning. honoring the victims. the first funerals being held this mor tng forhe 11 people who died in that synagogue shooting rampage p thesident and first lady traveling to pittsburgh today while the accused gunman appears in court facing charges that could bring the death penalty. we're live in pittsburgh. breaking overnight, immigration crackdown. president trump revealing plans to end the right to citizenship for babies born in the u. to undocumented immigrants. this just hours after sending thousands of troops to the border. >> called up to the military. >> will his tough talk connect with voters with midterms one we away? overnight divers recovering

bodies and new clues from the crash of that brand new boeing 737 wit 189 people o board. the airline revealing the plane experienced thnical problems just one day earlier. boeing's stock plunging in the wake of that crash. what does this mean for the hundreds of similar planes alreadyn the sky? thoseor ies,re plus bombs? the race to warn dozens of people on the accused mail bomber's list. usa galaymnastics facing anotr lawsuit. an explosive live interview with aly raisn. and the zone. the three. buries another one. >> golden statearrior klay thompson sets a record with 14 three ay proving three really is the magic number. today is tuesday, octor 30th, 2018

>> aouncer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah live from ko hoda studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thank you f joining u on this tuesday morning. you are just back from pittsburgh. the people there sti amazing how long they are. >> such a tight-knit community. a big city, but it feels small in so many ways and they are really mourning. >>ur top story, the devastated community in pittsburgh coming to grips with that senseless synagogue shooting that claimed the lives of 11 people. the first funerals today after the suspected gunman appeared in court for the first time. migu miguel almaguer with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned,or funerals those 11 victims are expected to begin today. we expect the president to arrive here, this as the suspect faced a judge for the first time.

handcuffed in a wheelchair, recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, robert bowers answered yes, sir, f when aederal judge asked if he understood the diarges against him. 29 in all, inc 11 counts of murder and a series of hate crim >> they are being attacked. >> reporter: bowers, if convicted could face the death penalty. investigators say during and after the bloodshed he spewed an -semitic rants. >> we have a team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justice is done. >> reporter: the suspect's online history could become a key piece of evidence. investigators are scrubbing bowers' social media account, including his profile on gab, an nline forum many extreme itss have accused, shut down by the domain provider. gab's ceo says the plaoiorm isn't anywhere.

meantime, in pittsburgh a grieving community is trying to make sense of the violence that took 11 lives. the victims mostly retirees enjoying their y goldenrs together. grandparents, a married couple among those killed side by side. the survivors narrow escape.eir >> bang, bng,g. afraid that the next shot i hear will be a bullet in my >> reporter: barry werber says o survived the 20 minutes of terror because his rabbi. >> we heard gunshots. we walkedack into the sanctuary or rushed back into the sanctuary and the rabbi pushed us into a store room. >> reporter: he and two others were rescued by a s.w.a.t. team. their story of survival forever is iertwined with the friends who did not make it out alive. when the president arrives here he won't be met necessarily by a friendly crowd. many in the s jewish community he must announce white nationalism before he gets to

pittsburgh. the mayor says the timing couldn't be worse as these funerals are just benning. th rabbi at the tree of lie synago says the patient is welcome in the community. back to you. >> thank you. >> and now to this morning's from the white house. the president announcing tough new crackdowns onn immigratust with the midterm electionsess than a week away now. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning you. that's right. as president trump enters the final sprint to the midterms he is escalating his hard-line stance on immigration saying overnight he plans to sign an executive order that would end birthright citizenship t would be his most dramatic move yet on immigration. with election day just one week away, president trump is trying to fire up his core supporters to turn f out republican candidates nationwide. topping his agenda immigration,

telling axios on hbo that he plans to sign an executive order removing the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on u.s. soil. >> we are the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. it's ridiculous. it's riculous and i has to end. >> reporter: the move to set up a major legal battle. the 14th amendment saying all persons bor or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states an of the state wherein they reside. the president making histi posi very clear. >> it was always told to me that you needed constitutional amendment. don't. >> reporter: the president appeared on fox news overnight escalating his threats against a mid-atlantic caravan with the pentagon announcing the

deployment of 5,200 additional troops by the end. week. ti >> they are w their time. >> reporter: those 5,200 troops actually out numbering the roughly 4,000 immigrants making up that caravan and nearly equaling the number of u.s. personnel fighting isis in iraq, but far less than the 14,000 american troops in afghanistop. the t will provide logistic support for bder protection officers already there, all aimed at keeping the caravan's immigrants and refugees from crossing the border. >> we will have tents. they will be nice. they are going to wait. if they don't get asylum, they get orout. >> rr: that caravan made up largely of families and children is nearly oneow miles away from the u.s. border. mr. trump tweeting thi is an invasion of our country and our military is waiting for you. >> the midterms are less than a weekway now, kristin. i guess it's a week away now. this issue of immigration is

clearly one the president is seizing on. he talksbout getting rid of birthright citizenship, something in the 14th amendment of the constitution, but he is saying he can fix this, in his words birky executi order? >> reporter: there is no doubt the executive order, if he issues it, would face significant legal chal edglenged force the courts to have a debate over the 14th amendment. now, axios notes that few immigration and constitutional schors believe it's within the president's power to change birthright citizen. all tv potentially setting up another legal batting for this white house. >> maybe it's a matter of signing the order and waiting for the legal battle snool hey, craig. >> good morning to you. crews have been worki through te night searching for victims and

that plane xes from that crashed in indonesia with 189 people on board. this morning t w mystery oft caused a brand new 737 to plunge into the sea remains. nbc's joe fryer is at a boeing facility in washington state joe, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. the lion airport that crashed was brand new, not even three yes old. it was a 737 max built here in renton, washington. so far, the cause of the crash is unknown. in a sea littered with debris, divers are battling strong currents asrch crews work around the clock looking for victims and clues. on land relatives of t passengers and crew anxiously await for news, including the family of one of the pils from india. search teams have found human remains from some victims, but the aircraft's blacka box d

recorder has not yet been retrieved. indonesian officials believe all 189 people on board were killed when the lion airra flight ced monday. it was supposed toe a one-hour flight from jakarta to a nearby island. minutes after taking off the pilot asked to return. flight radara shows the aircraft descend rapidly before the crash. lion air says during a previous ight one day earlier the plane experienced an unspecified technical problem, but it was immediately fixed. >> the investigatorsre going look very carefully to see if the maintenance performed on thp ne did, in fact, fix it. >> reporter: the plane had just been delivered to lion air in gust. it's a boeing 737 max 8, one of the most advanced jets. the company is deeply saddened, adding boeing is providing technical assistance. boeing says the 737 max is the

fastest sellinglane in its history with mor than 4,700 orders and over 200 delered so far. southwest and american airlines use the max 8 i their fleets. both say they are monitoring the plane crash investigation and communicating with boeing. southwest notes currently, our max fleet remains fully operational with no adjuments to our schedule. questions is renewing about indonesian airlines, which in 2007 were banned from the united states and european union because of safety concerns. the u.s. lifted its ban two years ago. back to you jguys. fryer for us in washington. thank you. also this morning there are new fears tie spree that left the nation on edge with yet another suspicious package turning up yesterday. investigators are concerned that even more could still be out nbc's kerry sanders has the very latest, including the suspect's

firstourt appearance. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the suspect is in a federal detention center over my shoulder here. he was in court monday briefly, seemingly relaxed, albeit with his hands in handcuffs and wearing a prison jumpsuit. also in the courtroom, his sister, who he looked at and then mouthed to her "i love you. this morning new information and disturbing new concerns in the case of against suspected mail bomber cesar sayoc. authorities say the 56-year-old suspect who made his first appears peerns in federal court in miami has a list of more than 0 potential targets, political figures, joualists and entertainers. >> another package has been intercepted. >> reporter: in the last 24 mb hours another destined for cnn was intercepted at an atlanta post office. the bomb dis postal truck on site. the fbi confirming that devices

similar to the other packages sent to prominent democrats, critics of the president, and cnn. 15 being analyed. defettorney jamie benjamin is one of three lawyers representing sayoc. are you bound to tell the court and l enforcement about other bombs that may be out there if, ined, he is wit unresponsive. other bombs have shown up in atlahaa. >> maybe bomb was mailed after he was arrested on friday morning and that's an exculpatory thing that shows somebody else is sending bombs. this rush to judgment that everybody is doing is not fair. >> reporter: the former male stripper and bodybuilder was arrested four days ago outside this auto parts store in plantation, florida, after authorities obtained one of his fingerprints from a package t t estined for congress wawoman

maxine waters. his next hearing has been scheduled for friday. he is not cooperating with investigators. and at that hearing on friday the defense team will ask for bail, but in a likelihood the magistrate judge will spend most of the heang talking about sigh ac to new york where prosecutors initially brought charges. guys. >> kerry sanders in miami for us. thank yome mean there are growing calls this morning for the bishop in buffalo, new york, to step down after explosive claims that came from a whistleblower. a person came forward to criticize the bishop's handling of sex abuse cases and catholic priests. >> federal and stateve authorits heir sights set on the buffalo diocese, but the most searing charges come from within. two members of thatiocese who have lost faith in the church's ability to police itse. this time it is bishop richard mall own under siege, haunted b

the problem the catholic church cannot put to rest. the cover-up. sexual abuse by priests. >> i started hearing from the survivors. >> reporter: she wasalone's executive assistance, fielding people's desperate calls. spoken to the fbi? >>ry ha >> >> i have. they wanted to know more about what i witnessed. reporter: one of the most serious claims, bishop malone and his senior sff drastically accusedthe number of predator priests on a list they disclosed publicly this spring. how many priests were on the original list? >> over 100. >> reporter: and how many priests were on the list that they published? >> 42? >> reporter: paul acider is a in the buffalo diocese. speaking out with o'connor. if you couldeet with the bishop, what would you say to him? >> resign. >> reporter: snide reached out to bishops across the country asking them to pressure malone

to leave. >> it is time for bishops to be accountable. >> reporter: themeustice depa is asking all diocese across the country, including buffalo, to preserve their records on sexual abuse of minors. do you think you arewn bringing your faith? >> no. >> no. i want to build it up. >> a spokesperson told me last noht bishop malone has intention of resigning. in a statement about o'connor's allegations, the bis acknowledges that mistakes were made decades ago and that he, himself, has made some mistakes concerning priests accused o sexual misconducts with adults, but never minors. hisfocus, he insists, is to protect children and to reconcile with victims. words that bring little comfort to his wounded church. >> astonishing to hear hoom someone was right inside. >> giving us a first look at how the diocese i really deali with this. it's extraordinary. >> thank you for staying on t. let'sn to anpe incredible ormance on the basketball

court. >> for nba htory, you got it! >> golden state warriors guard klay thompson hit a record 14 three-pointers last night in a winver the chicago bulls. the previous record, by the way, held by steph curry. he has 13. thompson finished with 52 points. this. he did it in just 27 minutes. the warriors didn't need him in the fourth quarter. they won easily thompson who has struggled this seasongaaid after theme, quote, i just knew wasue for a big night. i just knew it. >> talk about a hot hand. >> 14 three-pointers. >> why not keep him in the fourth quarter, make the record? >> you risk injury. you risk injury.o we are g the -- >> that's why i'm not in the nba. >>u for getting your first weather from us. a pretty gd cold fronts going to cause problems from the

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good morning. tm storm team4 meteorolog chuck bell. skies are clear overnight and hardly a breeze. a mirroralm finish on potomac river this morning. 44 degrees downtown. colder in the suburbs this morning. you will find 30s on tf other side it. you will need the warm jackety eais morning for the kids. no mattore than a squeter and ss lateremoday asratures rise to the low 60s today and low 70s ton.rrow for hallow >> thank you so much. just ahead, with usa another s hit with y lawsuit, we are going to sit down with aly raisman for an

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making the next generation pay. and all we got was the bill. ♪ >> i am sorry. ihought we burned that video. 7:30 tuesday morning, october 30, 2018. well, you know how it is here at "the today show." halloween. th was me, kenny rogers last year. we went country. hoda channelled her blake shelton. i mean, she looked good, too. >> yeah, d s. >> how about that surprise? >> that was the best part. did you know he was coming out >> i think we knew. he kept saying," you look pretty and that's terrifying me." >> this is our fun way of saying tomorrow is halloween. we'll have our costume can i say, craig, this is your

firs halloween on the show? >> this is the first. i am e yited? >> ye should be. >> we don't know what the other is going to be. we are going to surprise one another. > i am excited about my costume. looking forward to tomorrow. let's get a check of today's headlines on this tuesday morning. the first b funeralsng held today for thele 11 peop who died in the zog shooting rampage in pittsburgh. the accused gunman appeared in court monday. robert bowers answered ye sir, when a federal judge asked if he understood the charges against him. if convicted he could face the death penalty. meanwhile, in pittsburgh a grieving community trying to make sense of the violence that took 11 lives. president trump, first lady melania trump arrive there later today. experts from boeing are due to arrive in indonesia tomorrow to help the investigation after monday's lion air jet crash. all 189 people on board were killed when the plane went down in the sea minutes after

takeoff. divers are searching for victims and r clues. the plane's flight recorders have not yet been located. the 737 max is one of boeing's most advanced jets. it was a brand new plane. td just been delivered to lion air in august. some dramatic video. it shows a crane driver leaping to safety as his vehicle crashes down over a hillside. here it is. thisna happened in central chi during a rescue operation. look at that. the crane starts to topple over. look closely. you see the driver jump out. >> wow. >> he was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. aviously, could have bee lot worse. officials say the crane lost the balance due to,quote, human error. meantime, there is new trouble facing usa gymnastics in the wake of scanned ults that have rocked that sport. in a moment we will talk live and exclusively to olympic gold medallist alyaisman. firs stephanie gosk has our report. >> you know this week a lawsuit was filed against the

uaag by an olympic bronze medal winner. the former head of the organization pleaded not guilty to evidence tampering. stars le aly raisman continue to accuse the board of failing their athletes. >> repter: tasha swiek heart won a bronze medal in 2000. now she says former gymnastics doctor larry nassar abused her hundreds of times. >> yet to take responsibility for creating this toxic culture which allowed this child molester to get away with abusing childre for decades. >> reporter: her sister jordan was a member of the u.s. national team and says nassar abused her, t. in separate civil complaintat they allege usag and usoc knew or should have known of nassar's sexual abuse and could have prevented it by taking sexual abusellegations teriously. they claim they k a secret file of sexual abusega alons.

usa gymnastics said they are deeply sorry that tasha and jordan or athletes were abused adding the organization has dergone significant reforms in the wake of nassar's horrific acts that haveur impatted athletes and community forever. the sisters say they are looking for change. jordan is currently a coach herself. >> i will do it for the girls i coach because gymnastics is a ort that i love and it's my identity. so to make change for them is what i am going to do. >> reporter: tasha ways she inspired to come forward after the hiring and almost immediate resignation of mary bono as head of usagarlier this month following criticism from some of the sport'sta biggest. >> it had my blood boiling. it made me realize and it just moved that they weren't reay ying to make change. >> reporter: usag has gone through three leaders in the last year. the efforts to find a newt presiden have come under thering criticismld by

medal winner aly raisman who tweeted last week, i don't trust the current leadership board at usag toick a new ceo. they've failed us too many times. if changes in leadership/board don't happen, i am terrified that history will repeat itself. on monday the former long-time head of usag steve penny pleaded no guiltyo tampering with evidence in the case against larry nassar. he is accused of removing documents from the karolyi ranch when he learned it was being investigated. thecarolies have denied any wrongdoing pen lawyer says his client has not seen those documents. n the don't know what's documents and he doesn't know where they are. >> this morning there is morew bad the coach for the national tumbling and trampoline team has been forced to lee ziresign aft

unspecified alleg allegation wa against him. e report was made to the u.s. center for safe sport. forced him to resign. >> aly raisman is with us ppclusively this morning. stephanie just w up with this news of another coach who was facingomkind of allegations, forced to resign. you sat here a year ago in this chair. >> yeah. >> you were talking about kind of cleaning up the mess of usag. how do you think it's going? >> well it's just, it's really hard to put into words. i never maj ipd it would be this bad. that what i was thinkin about over the last year there has not been a full independent investigation by law enforcement and tyt is absolut absurd. until we have that, you know, it's very clear this problem is very much bigger thanpe steve y, larry nassar and this new coach. it's so important to get to the bottom of it andre ts no new

usa gymnastics until we understand every single thing that happened becsee can't trust usa gymnastics because they are not being transparent. she just said unspecified reasons. we don't even know what it is. how can usa gymnastics or the community believeno them or how to help? >> let's talk about steve pen. a lot of people say this was a guy, and i remember him from the sympics, he was in thetands with the families. he was part of this community. so what do you think he should have done to protect you? >> well, the first thing he should have done when he was even the slightest bit suspicious of larry nassar is to go and report it to law enforcement, and he did not do that. from the beginning his priority in usa gymnastics was always to cover it up. i mean,on gallomer is still working he was someone that was more concerned abouprotecting larry ssar.

he covered for larry nassar until the medical staff and anyone who asked, he told them they were sick. they were more concerned with protecting the abusinger. steve penny was that guy that everyone knew, he was nice. seit just goes to show that, you know, just becomebody might be nice to somebody else, they treat other people differently and we ha be educated to pick out these abusers and enablers. >> usa gymnasticng has c the leadership three times in the last year. what are theyot getting right? >> well, i think as i said the most important thing is a full independenu can have a great ce. ll the new ceo is s working with ron and other people that geated this problem. although they a new board, i am feeling like, you know, this ard is more, it's more important to them to protect and fix this pr problem that they have, but this is a child abuse it is so widespread and far

reaching. so we need to understand the problem. how manyan chancese give the board? we also have to look at the search committee. for the people involved in the mary bono hiring, because they are notve transparent, i o idea what they were thinking. i have no idea if they are looking io and investigating why these people thought she was a good idea. if they are just picking a ceo a few weeks or months, how do they learn from it? i feel like they had herheesign from pressure from the media. i am concerned they don't understand why it was a good chce this this- your fellow athletes called you the grandma because you would look out f everybody. would you be willing to be on a search committee to find this new ceo or, and i have thought about this, i know you're young, or wou you, yourself, say you know what? maybe i should get in the driver's seat. maybe i should be on the front end? ti i am glad you med that. i know the gymnastics are competing at world championships right n and i'm so impressed with them and so proud of them

and it just, i can't imagine how hard it is for them to represent an organization that just keeps making these same mistakes and does not care about athletes safety. they are giving the gymnastics community something to smile about and something to be proud about. so i'm so, so proud of them. but i think,nd i told this to suzanne lie o lyons. i said as soon as youre transparent, there have been so many resignations without o explanation. if usa gymnastics is covering things up and not to learn from the past, if you are not transparent, you cannot learn from youristakes. even if there is new people on it's the, i feel like same bad influence that created larry nassar, it's still a part of that, you know, new board because they are still working with people and still maybe peop't there. we d know. there still hasn't been an investigation. >> younk they should clean house completely and start over? >> you know, the problem is i

don't ve all ofhe answers. but what i do know is that you could hire the best ceo, but if you don't have the answers, if ede ceo is still working with people that cov this up, you are never going to get anywhere. we are never going to be able t move forward. so i hope the next time i'm on "the today show" i am with, you know, the new organization that ahas release their documents and data, that has told us everything that has happened, that has, you know, partnered with prevention because we need to prevent all different kinds of these verbal, sexual, physical, emotional, and anything in between. we need to prevent it. tocan't wait for this happen. i hope the next time i am on here imworking with usa gymnastics because i hate feeling like i am an adversary with them. it's really, really hard for me. >> on a lighter note, simone biles is competing. >> she says hi. we love you. >> i love you guys, too she is comp aing with a d

stone? >> i think it was friday night. she was texting me from the she was sending me a selfie. i am like you are the only person in the world. i don't know how she does it. s she i amazing. i text her all the time. i am like send me your secrets. incred ple. i am soud of all of them. >> we hope next time you come on "the today show" it' different story. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> over to you. >> rememberhen we ask simone, are you human? she is super human, right? >> that aly raisman is wonderful also. thank you. > lots more ahead. what matters to america's youngest voters and wil actually show up to vote in the midterm elections? a revealing conversation with the generation they call generation z. >> michael jordan or lebron james? eryone has an opinion o who is the greatest of all time. are the nba legends themselves now joining the debate? and remember this toddler

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crash. we have some delays in the main and local laneshere. 370 on southbound. woodbridge, anyowe have a crash >> we will take a break now. we will check your forecast next. stay with us. dave brat said he'd vote to reduce the deficit. i'm abigail spanberger, and i approve this message. but instead, he voted to increase it by $1.9 trillion. why? brat went washington, taking hundreds of thousands from big drug companies, wall street banks, and other corporate special interests and voting to give his big corporate donors big tax breaks, making the next generation pay. dave brat went washington, and all we got was the bill.

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late thursday evening. raindr friday. most of the weekend. >> thank you. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back t today show."

. it is 8:00 on "today." coming up, remembering t victims. the first funerals from the pittsburgh synagogue shooting being held today after the man accused of opening fire appears in court for the first time. >> and rest assured, we have team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justices done. >> we are live with the very latest. plus, this is chrissy. >> it worked, baby. i'm pregnant. >> >> miss metz is stopping by studio 1a to talk about the new season of "this is us" and her important message young women about self-esteem. and jumping the shark. >> alexa, play "baby shark."

>> the little girl who asked alexa to singrk "baby sis here live to make her request gone viral in studio 1a. we will see what alexa has to sayproximate that this-- a time. toy tuesday, october 30, 2018. ♪ >> stopping by the flaz a on my roadp from maine to arizona. >> i made it to "the today show." >> from tucson to today. ur 30th anniversary. >> woo! >> mother/daughteradventure. >> from dublin, ohio. >> hi to my husband earl from birmingham, arizona, roll on! >> shaking the heat from las vegas. >> to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. >> happy anniversary to you. welce to "today." we appreciate you being with us on this tuesday morning. by the way, tomorrow is halloween. we are going to have a big

crowd. supposed to be 67 degrees. >> if you are coming down, you should be in your costume. i think we have a ctume contest every year. >> we do. >> yeah, we do. >> come down to the plazeck out. you may be chosen. >> big prize for the contest. >> it'n.going to b let's get to the news at 8:00. the president and first lady are travelingts to prgh today where services begin for victims of saturday's synagogue massacre. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us with theatest. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. funerals for three of those 11 victims are expected to takee ploday in just a few hours. the president is also expected to arrive in pittsburgh ast fac first time. handcuffed in a wheelchair, recoveringrom multiple gunshot wounds, robert bowers answered yes, sir, when a federal judge asked if he understood the charges against him. 29 in all, including 11 counts of murder and a series of hate

crimes. >> they e being attacked. >> reporter: bowers, if convicted, could face deathna y after the massacre at pittsbur's tree of life synagogue. investigators say during and after the bloodshed he spewed anti-semitic rants. >> rest assured we have a team of prosecutors working har to ensure that justice is done. >> reporter: the suspect's online history could becomeke y piece of evidence. investigators arebi scr bowers' social media account, including his profile on gab. an online forum many extremists have used, shut dow by the domain provider. gab's ceo says the platfor isn't going anywhere. meantime, in pittsburgh a grieving community is still trying to make sense of the violence that took 11 lives. the survivors narrow escape.eir >> bang, bang, bang. afraid that the next shot i hear will be a bum lit in my back. >> reporter:te

>> rep he survived the 20 minutes of terror because ofi.is ra >> we heard gunshots. we rushed back into the sanctuary and our rabbi pushed us into a store room. >> reporter: he and two others were eventually rescued by a s.w.a.t. team. their story of surval forever intertwined with their friends who do did not m here he president arrives later today he won't be welcomed by everyone. the mayor says this is a bad im time for to come, especially with the funerals here today. but the rbi at the tree of life says the president is welcome inni this com. back to you. >> thank you. with a week until midterm elections, president trump appears to be escalating his migration crackdown to mobilize republican voters. the president telling axios on hbo he plans to sign an executive order removing the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on u.s. il. >> we are the only country in the world where a person comes

in, has a baby and t baby is essentially citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous. and it has to end. >> the proposal would be very controversia and face an almost certain legal challenge. also on monday, the president stped up his attacks on the immigrant caravan heading to the u.s. he called it an invasion. he deployed an extra 5,000 troops to the southwest >border now an extremely rare and fascinating sight that's ing sightan encour for the environment. footage of a jaguar prowling along the beach at a national park in costa rica. they believe she is pregnant and searching for food.ve ho once it sensed the presence of hkans it ran b into the jungle. costa rica's environment minister says the presence of rs breeding jag is a sign that the ecosystem in that region is healthy. we ha the news covered. a little morning boost for you guys. sometimes every now and then you witness an everyday act of

kindness so sweet that you want to share with the world. after a trip to the doctor's office near birmingham, alabama, she saw a man in the waing room holding a sleeping baby so the boy's mother could fill out some just a stranger next to her. the mom says the man noticed her truggling, offered help. they blurred her face to protect her privacy.s she s the man held her baby boy like it was his own >> he looks like he has held a few babies in his time. so lovin just ahead this morning, our girl crissy metz is here. we wl catch up wthh the is us" star about many things keeping her busy these days. first, what's on the minds voters?oungest with the midterm elections one week away, will they actually vote? picking the brains of genz. that's right after this. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's

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just millennials anymore. >> there is going to be an increase number of generation z voters. >> reporter: generation z is made up of those born from 1996 on with the oldest now around 22. the social media and smartphone natives are multitraffickers who have never knownit world whout the internet in their pocket. they are the largest percentage of the population at over 25% and the youngest potential voters voting e also come of age in a unique political climate. >> and you tell them they are not welcome. >> a calculated and orchestrated political hit. >> i think the democrats have something to do with it. >> reporter: so what do our youngest and first-time voters think of all this? we met up with gen zers at a spot, a college footbale. g what do you think about what's going on in washington, what you see on the news? >> i feel like our politics are

very divided. y >> it's rea true because i see so many people de-friending each other because they don't ha the same political views. >> very hosttee. >> reporr: will heated rhetoric draw them to the polls or turn them off? according t circle, a non-partisan organization that tracks youth vote, about0% of 18 to 21-year-olds are registered to vote and 34% say they are extremely likely to vote. that's a higher rate than in previous midterm elections,f it holds. are you going to vote in the upcoming midterm elections? >> i don't know yet. >> i am gctually notng to vote. >> young people voting? i don't think they will show up as much as people to believe. >> reporter: those who plan to vote have zeroed in issues they care about. >> the environment. >> the environment.nt it's impor to gen z 'ers. >> i think gund violence mass

shoolgs shootings is a huge issue. >> reporter: in san diego a republican running for congress. she is a millennial who knows she needs the g z vote. we joined her for some unconventional campaigning. >> i am targeting voters. we feel super disenfranchised by fighting of the old generation that is dominating politics. >> reporter: many of her campaign techniques reflect that young sensibility. >> you know, like me vers has been exciting and crazy. >> reporter: you are rolling up with a ceseburger and you a like -- >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: efforts to reach these young voters areed unprted during midterm elections. a push to help a new generation realize their impact. >> i hope in my heart of hearts that gen z is out here to vote because we reall are the future this point. >> savannah, you talked to a lot of the kids. do you feel like they were really engaged in the political

process? do they feel l be theyonged to a party, or were they going their own way? >> a lot of them are more willing to try to find middle ground. they are not interested in the tribism. it kind of freaks them out. one girl said, are we scath? feel like what they are talking about are issues that they don't feel affect their day to day? >> what don't they care about? >> i heard from a lot of them, immigration and health care is not motivating them to vote, even though it's taking up a lot of time in washington, whereas gun control effects them in their schools and campuses. >> my daughter got her absentee ballot to make sure she can vote. >> taylor swift is actually posting on her own graham story, puses people at college c sending in absentee ballots. she is doi 3 like to 40 a day. it's been crazy. >> thank you. you can see more of her on stay tuned on snapchat. is that going all right? >> yes.

>> the most viewed snapchat ever. >> in the history of the world. >> it's fun. thanks. >> the most popular show at nbc. a little pop start. first up, nbc celebrated 15 years of "wicked" on broadway with "a very wicked halloween." ariana grande took the stage to perform the wizard and i. e brought down t house with her performance. it was an emotional moment for grande. it was the first time since she ded her mome ended . hengagement. engageme .r e. ♪ >> they ended the show with a

boufl b powerful ballot. ns >> congratulat on 15 years. up next, this is good, craig. >> great. >> a n michael jordan ad has people talking. the six-time nba champion is constantly referred to as the greatest of all time. >> because he is. >> many people now debate whether that's still the case as lebron james has three championship under his belt and is quickly building other accolades that surpass michael jordan's. so when m.j. released a promo that teased an epic matchup, many thought we'd finally get to settle the date. take a look. >> a lot of talk going on these days about who is the greatest evho. about w has the titles. the raw talent. i get it. it's a tough call. maybe the best way to settle this debate is to pady it out he to head. >> s yeah, there was a tease.

the promo was for this coming sunday nightootball head to head featuring tom brady and aaron rodgers. even lron james got psyched out tweeting, i'm ready, oh, my bad, i thought maybe you were um, never mind. turns out that will only be happening in our dream. >> is thatame here? >> d.c. >> darn right. finally,g breakin overnight exciting news. e have officially hit one million subscribers on youtube. >> wow. >> yes. and that's not all the exciting news.ou we are giving more "today" on youtube. we have brand new original series coming your way. hoda's quoted by, a sitdown with celebrities to discuss favorite quotes and wisdom. with savanna taking us into her dressing rm f a speed round of questions as she gets to know each guest in six minutes. ands through mo eyes. hatting with women who know the

stars thebest, their moms. all of these will be coming very soon, so keep an eye out. >> congratulations. >> you can find cold cuts as well. >> i knew that was coming. >> good stuff. oh, wait, a daily clip. we know that feeling after a long day, can't wait to get into bed. this clevend toddler f a way to speed up the process. callen marches across the bed, flops right into his crib. here we go. his mom saysto he loveake people laugh and the bedtime routine is no diff >> sometimes you are just tired. you just go for it. mr. roker, a check on the weather? >> how many times she does that without getting -- you know? >> fully clothed. >> enough of you. >> anyway, we have a stormy pattern this week really, this wavy pattern with the jeter dips to the south and makesov a to the north. that will be bringing wet

weather from arkansas to ohio, three to four inches of rain by thursday, upwards of five to six inches possible. also, look for heavy snow hout the rockies today. a fire threat out west. these could be fast-spreading flames if they develop. sunshine along the mid-atlantic states into the southeast and rain and snow showers up into northern new england.t' that's w going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the wood good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. off to a clear andeautiful start to the day. a little chilly though. temperatures still in the mid-30s across montgomery county, fairfax and prince harro ty. manassas one degree above freezing. it will be a nice day to be spending quality time outdoors. all sunshine all the time tod with afternoon highs up in the upper 50s and low 60s. and we will be in the 70s ermorrow for halloween. trick-or-treat weaill be perfect tomorrow evening. rainy weather moves in friday. >> always take us with us.

sirius xm channel 108. today 1:00 off the rails with me, dylan, and channel. it is tuesday. have you checked to make sure that you are fully stocked on tisss? >> tissue boxes. >> not tissues. a brand new episode ofonthis is us"ht is on. so it's best to be prepared.jo ing us now crissy metz. good morning. >> good morning. >> w should be a fiv box of tissues episode, two? >> it's probably like a one. you know, the thing is it's so hain because every hits us all differently. that's what's so special to the show. we can all relate in some capacity. for always emotional, even me >> i love the story line kate is in right now because she is pregnant. i know. finally. >> exciting. she went through an ivf journey. something so many women have gone through and it's rarely talked abou >> absolutely. i don't think we feel like we can bring it up. how do you bring it up? where? i have gotten soge many mes

and people have shared, you know, i went through the same thinghat the character did a hopefully it's a better turnout for you. you know, people complely divulge the sweetest, their seepest darkest secrets. i think i also inspiring women. one woman said to me yesterday thatpi thede helped her to get througheryou know, when it didn't take, the ivf didn't ke, and that it brought her hope and she knew she could get through it because kate did. now shes pregnant. >> oh, you're kidding? >> she is having a rainbow baby. i am like crying. it's beautifu >> this ivf chapter in your character's life, or any chapter, i feel like people are co way they are not connecting with anyone else. they walk up to you on the street and talk about everything. >> yeah. >> what does it feel like to be on the receiving end of all of th? it's so nice because for so

long i never felt like i could relate to anyone or i was ever going to be able to relate to other people.am one woman island. and i realized how much we area e as opposed to different. it's beautiful because i get to see that every single time. i have a cool interaction with anyone. >> we were just talking before we came on, you were saying that -- you are on theover of "glamour" magazine. u said it felt surreal? >> it does. >> that's cool because it still feels -- >> it's all very exciting. n't take it for granted. it's not lost on me. i am like, what? people don't know my first and last name? >> you have lot o things you are good at. we have watched you act, and it's incredible. savannah and i were talking this morning that we did not knodi that in on to acting your first love has always been singing? >> yeah, music n >> did y think in the beginning like, is this something i could pursue when you were younger? >> it's something i wanted to but it was never encourad or supported, sort ofe l kate.

she sort of never felt like she would mease up so it was never cultivated in that way. i am writingome music right now. >> you are? >> i am. >> can we play some of it? >> oh, god! that is so old. >> wt a nute, it's already been on television. >> oh, great. i think we are playing something you like. it sounds really good. >> oh, wow. ♪ ♪ climb and mountain i turn around ♪ ♪ and i saw my reflection in the sn covered hills ♪ ♪ til the landslide brought it down ♪ >> okay. >> oh! >> i am ready to buy the album. so beautiful. you have a beautiful voice. >> oh, thank you. thank you. >> when you sang -- >> this is awkward. >> exciting. when you said you weren't

encouraged in that lane or weren't encouraged in the acting lane. >> how did you overcome the fact that people didn't thi it uld be you? >> it was just like i innately somewhere deep dn ias like, i'm not doing it for the fame or money or any of that. like i just want to tell a story and i want to relate, i wanted people to relate to me and i want to feel a part of something. i think that was sort of the drivin force behind itall. i don't know. sometimes i am like, i don't know how the heck i got here. i am not kidding. >> you are not going anywhere. you have new projects. a new show coming out? >> a movie. i am starring in a movie filed break through based on a true story of a mother's aptive son falls through a lake and is pronounced dead for an hourme a back to life. i got to meet the real family. it's exceptional. it's exciting. >> exceptional. and you are, too. and we await the forthcoming single album. >> can't wait.

>> thank you. tonight's episode of "this is us" a one-tissue box. 9/8 central here on nbc. a toddler wanted alexa to play "baby shark" coming up. ews this is a news4 today break. >> good morning everybody. 8:26, on this tuesdayoctober 30. melissa molett has a look at our first4 traffic. >> on the beltway district heights outer loop at crash witha avenue the left side still blocked right now. taki taking k i d.c., d.c. 12th street expressway, delays around there. and gaithersbur southbound 355 near lake forest, small crash with one right lane blocked. >> thank you. om> we will have a look at our forecast when weback. stay w. hey! havertys is having a big sale.

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good morning. good morning. good morning. >> 8:30 now. the 30th of october, 2018. pausing to tele a littlfie there. of course,omorrow is halloween, guys. it's halloween. it's going to be. amazing tomorrow morning right here unforgettable celebration. costumes, we really hope you come down and wear your costume or not. auto eith either way, come and have fun. >> i am amazed.

you took a selfie and talked at the same time. >> look at that picture of that young girl, that she drew. it looks lik the anchor desk. >> good job. >> how cute isthat? the hair and everything. >> exactly. >> speaking of our anchor team, i have a special skroudoment for you. okay. how are you s guys? annah, hoda, look at this. they happen to be from your hometown. and then patty. >> hi. >> patty happens to be an alumni. >> hi! >> that is crazy. are y'all standing next to each other? this just happened? >> yeah. >> my homeys. >> you're the wilats. >> yeah. >> here we go. hokey,, hok hokey high!

♪ bear down arizona ♪ bear down >> we did it. yay! >> i love it. appreciate it. >> ceting tr. look at that. bringing people together. selfiyou want a >> yeah. >> just ahead. >> just ahead? >> here is a little girl, you guys. we fell in love with this little girl. play s asking alexa to "baby shark" for her. she is here. her mom and dad are here. we will have some fun with that cute lite family when we get back. also, the very busy jason segel. we are going to talk to the actor turned best-selling author about his new page tner. a big anniversary for one of his hit movies and why he is apparently living on an orange grove. >> you should go there.yo love oranges. >> bathe in orange every day at 8:00. >> it has a great appeal. thank you very much. hot new trende discovered

athe natural foods expo. >> guys, first "glamour" magazine is out today honoring its women of the year, and here is a look at the five different a special digital one is there as well. samantha barry, editor, is with us. go morning. u have great covers. tell us about the women who are the women of the year. >> we had such a year to choose from. ween picked w from viola to chrissy to the sister army of womanho stood up against larry nassar. te judge who let them speak. we have parkland girls. we have a woman who started the drive for women to drive in saudi arabia. we haveama harris. honestly, these women stood for things this year and we are so delighted to be honoring them. narrowing down this year. this year seemed to be the year of the woman. it must have boun to narrow it down? >> even the magazine itself

we did 11 moments of what women did this year. you guys are one of those ymoments. >> favorite, page 20 something here, 11 big momts for women in 2008. >> i haven't seen ythat. >> haven't? >> 2018. excuse me. hoda and savannah. >> we picked you because in the first 48 hours of this yearou changed the history of the show. the two of you sat together anchoring the show in the first time two women did it in 66 years. we are like, that's themeirst wo we are honoring this year. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> guys, the wen of the year issue is on newsstands in new nationwide on nd november 6th. mr. ker, a check of the weather? >> your halloween forecast, is it a treat or is it a treat? we have tricky weather from cleveland tomorrow. 53 and rain. nashville thunderstorms, 69. same in new orleans with 78. daas thunderstorms 59.

houston thunderstorms 76. a treat for the trick-or-treaters new york city mild, 61. washington warm at 62. miami gorgeous 80 degrees. denverool but nice. 40 degrees in l.a. >> clear and mild, 68 degrees. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods good morning, everybody. clear skies over washington this morning. it is going to be a perfect day to quality time outdoors. may need a little jacket first thing this morning. temperatures in the mid-30s for most of the suburbs. low 40s near the chesapeake bay sunny,sunny, and sunny up until the sun goes down at ten minutes afte six. ghs today in the low 60s. we get into the 70s for the next couple of days. 72 tomorrow, 75 thursday, cooler and dry for most of the >> stay with the halloween theme. 68 years unicef's iconic orange boxeen part of our nation's halloweenradition. raising $177 million for kids in

need around the world. unicef's president and skceo wi mornins happy birthday. >> thank you. >> over 60 years doing this. what difference does this little orange box make? >> it makes a huge difference in ways.of the average box is somewhere between $2 and $3. $1 buys enough clean dwanking r for a child for 20 days. that gives you a sense ofr it. this y partilar, have a conversation with your child and talk about he or she can be a part of creating the world they want. >> somebody wants a b get, how do they get one? >> trick-or-treat for unicef t-org. you can do a crowd rise through the site. >> terrific. carol stern, always good to see you. d for more on trick-or-treat for unicef we have it on our page at today.com. guys. >> thank you. i am glad we are playing our song. get ready for "baby shark" to be in your head all day.

>> the dance video nearly two billion views on youtube. >> one of its young fans we introduced you to the other day. she is a 2-year-old. a little trouble getting alexa to pla her request. take a look. >> play "baby shark." >> baby cncir ided with prime but -- >> alexa, play "baby shark." alexa! alexa! play "baby shark." >> go ahead. >> whatid she say. >> play "baby shark." >> luckily, mom stepped in.pe you h alexa find the little girl's jam. take another jam. >> alexa, play "baby shark." ♪

>>ti zoe is at it this morning. am good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> hi, zoe. >> you want t hold this? maybe she can talk in there. alexa will do it. do you want to ask? >> alexa, alexa. she is looking for the blue light. >> can you say it again? >> alexa. alexa. play "baby shark." alexa. an do it, ♪ >> yay! wow! >> can you imagine you think this is how, you know, you talk to something and it mom, how did you know this was going to turn into a viral video? did you just put it up and it went crazy? >> i didn't know. my mom is so wonderful.

she said you should put that on facebook. that's the kind of stuff that goes viral.ke i am whatever, mom. >> how often does zoe ask alexa to do something? >> this is pretty normal. >> alexa! >> and the other day actually she unplugged talexa. >> is it always "baby shark"? are there oer songs? >> she wants to do it. >> alexa, alexa, alexa. >> alexa. >> play "baby shark." >> alexa, play "baby shark." ♪ >> show us the de ce. show us nce. les see. >> oh, there is a lot ors different ns. ♪

>> is your accept are the song complicated like minet like do you to the point where you are like, enough? >> it gets there sometes, yeah. >> isn it your head all day long, you guys? >> i'm singing it at work. i'm singing it athe car. >> when you fall asleep at night, it's still in your head? >> yes. he is like mumbling under his e. vo >> what are you singing? >> what are you singing? >> do you know why it gets in our heads. i am curious about this song, what happens. >> i like the technoversion. do you like this? version. do you like this? >> we got to go. what is she going to be? >> a dinosaur. >> she should be a shark. >> we have something for you. >> a "baby shark."

would you like? >> okay. okay. no, she doesn't want it. >> okay. we want to thank you guys for coming tos.ee this is like being at all day long. by the way, we are back with another huge "baby shark" fan. jason segel. do the shark. yeah! first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

all right. welcome back everybody. we all kno jason segel as an actor, screenwriter and singer. with hits of children's and adult books, he is a "new york times" best-selling author. >> jason is back with part two of the sci-fi series called other earth and it finds the heroes questning their own reality. jason, jason, jason.

>> hi. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> first of all, you are a busy guy. when do you find time to write these books? >> well, i have always written. when i was like 21 years old after we finished a show called freaks and geeks, the director said you are kind of aeird guy. the only way you will make it is if you write. it changed theli course of my fe and career. i am kind of constantly writing. >> iredible advice. did you write forgetting sarah marshall? >> yeah. >> i don't know if it's your most famous movie, but it's classic. >> thanks. i don't think anyone will put a dracula musical at the end of a comedy. >> how did you get into the head of a young adult to put the series together? >> well, i think there is a part of me that never left that. those books and movies like the

gu goonie part of my dna. that's why i tried to be an actor. it's impossible, all of this stuff, inadheory. i voices telling me it wasn't impossible and you could do it if youelieved enough. i guess i wanted to provide that voice for kids as well. and this is the second but it's going to be a trilogy? >> yeah. nd i think i understand you might some day make a tv show out of it o a movie or something? >> i'd like to. every time we write a book, i write the script along with it. i am working on another tv show right now. after that one maybe. >> what is the other tv show you on?working >> yeah, for amc. it's a little bit secret. we are working on it now. >> so tell us. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i promise you will be the first. i'll perform "baby shark." >> thank you. >> so many cool things about you. >> thank you, i agree. >> a lot of people look at you and s bet this guy lives in

hollywood, he hits the scene. >> i am a male model? >> but you live on this orange grove. you have kind of a cool, unique life. why did you choose that? >> well, i started working when i was 17 years old. i got seen in a high school play. i was suddenly an actor. worked really hard and constantly in my 20s. when my tv show how i met your mother ended which was a decade long, ili rd i hadn't checked in myself for a long time. so i moved out of los angeles and tried to figure out what i wanted to do next. you don't do that often. you sort of get on a track and stay on it. i wanted to make sure i was happy for the next period of my life. i decided to write these books. there is some stuff pertid nt portant about them. we are at a moment where we are questioning what is real, not just in the virtual world, b bu k two explores, like in our current world our reality is being called into question.

don't believe what you see and that's a crazy thing to say to people. this book sort of explores what happens whenou take away the anchor to reale -- to reality. i wanted to write about that. >> thank you. we are happy you came to see us. >> yeah. >> thanks for hanging out. >> theest morning of my life. >> actually, you like to post with really small food? >> aal you are you? >> 6'4". >> i have been this tall since i was 1years old. >> oh? >> yeah, it was embarrassing. and i had to t sl atool once what a bar mitzvah was because i went to ahristian school growing up and i had to stand up and be like, on saturday i will be a man. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> yeah, enjoy the cupcakes.

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it's highway robbery. there's also healthcare robbery. barbara comstock voted to sabotage e healthcare market, hiking premiums up to 64%. barbara trumpstock -- everything that's wrong in washington. and we're back with today's consumer. with so many new products in the supermarket hard to tell how to make the right choices, especially when they are marketed as all natural. health and wellness contributor, founder of eat this. on the hunt for tasty new products, he has brought them here for us. the best part nol artific flavors, no artificial colors, no artificial sweeteners. here in the flesh. >>ood to see you. >> first of all, the difference between organic and all natural. >> organic is really tightly regulated. you are talking about no artificial colors, sweeteners,

flavors, but also no artificial hormones or pesticides. tightly regulated. all natural, also natural ie ingrs, but not as tightly regulated by the fda. >> so all these products we are looking at all natural? >> yeah. when you are doing that, you nt to flip over the label. you want to make sure you have the fewest number of ingredients on the nutrition label. yo want to makeure that they are pronounceable. so nothing that ends in o-s-e, mall troes, dextrose, sucrose. and natural flavors. that could be anything. parts of animals youay n want to eat. >> let's get to the products. all of these pro cts fit into that category. >> these are awesome. you heard of lego my eggos. these are swaffles. no t, no morning bloat. it's met with a starchy yucca

root and coconut oil, which is a healthy fat. p it in the toaster. a couple minutes later you are putting eggs or avocado on cream cheese on it. this is lava yogurt. it sounds volcanic for a reason. that's because this is made fros rom southeast asia. it has a buttery, creamy taste. >> that's good. >> right? it's really great. it's sweetened with a touch of mango. it's plant-based, dairy free, no sugar. >> let's movetown here. >> the expo there was all this talk about, like, things that pop. popping snacks. this is great. right here made in, natut's all natural. it's delicious. there is basically no potato. it'sab just veg seeds, nuts, and beans. and those are terrific. and then these water lily pops are terrific because a harvard couple brought, they wanted to

bring this indian snack to the world. so they did this out of, with seeds, with the water lily seeds. >> they are good. >> it's just delicious. >> let's move down here. this looks likhi som i would use at home. >> this is called ready, set, salmon by fish people. goically, it's a grab and dinner that you could make. it's 80 calories, 15 grams ofei pr what's great, you don't have to cook at all. >> cookies? >> real cookies? >> these are the hail mary peanututter cups. sorry. over there. those arehe hail mary peanut cups. these are potato cups. it's shredded coconut. it's naturally sweet potato and it's only 120 calories a tcup. re are a couple more? we will put those on the website. thank you, thank you, t.nk y

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o iy. just case you couldn't get enough, we will close with zoe and her mom and dad. i am getting tweets that alexa all over the country is going off. you.ve tune in next hour. scary good halloween decorations after your local n this is a news4 today news break. this 6 is your time on tuesday, october 30th, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. right now melissa molett is keeping an eye on the roads for you. she has yourirst4 traffic. >> hi, the outer loop after river road left shoulder is blocked. seeing a little delay there. actually not as bad as you might expect. hearing something like that. silver spring 2at coolidge avenue, downed wire. street closures in effect right

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i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. live from studio 6a, this is "today." >> good morning, everybody. welcome. i'm al roker,alongside savannah guthrie, craig melvin, sheinelle jones. again, a difficult day in pittsburgh and across the country, as everybody's hearts still continue to go out to the victims of the shooting in pittsburgh. first, of the funerals starting today. the president will be going there with the first lady. again, you watch c thismunity come together, not just here but all around the world. heartening, that part of it. >> it is. >> a lot of towns have been dealing with, a school