♪ i'm falling breaking overnight, a new trump campan ad was just released and it plays on fea and the approaching migrant travan as the president vows to send up 15,000 troops to the rd boer. but star power could also be pushing voters t polls as oprah winfrey gets involved and stirs more speculation over a 2020 bid. to breaking developments and a major find asnvestigators try to figure oit why a new boeing passenger jet crashed. two sisters found bound together by duct tape i the river hundreds of miles from home. authorities are tight lipped on this chilling case. plus supreme secret for years.60 the revelation this morning that stunned even their own children.

"early today" starts rightow. good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> great being with you. i'm frances rivera. it is final sprint to the midterms with just five days left until the pollsopen. president trump is on a whirlwind tour to try and get out theepublican vote. he is stumping in missouri today after doubling down on his ntroversial immigration proposals in florida. he once again called for an end to birthright citizenship despite pushback from within his own party. >> the democrats want to continue giving automatic birthright citizenship to every child born to an illegal alien even if they've been on our soil for only a matter of seconds. hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant children a made automatic citizens every year because of this crazy policy. >> the president's comments, another sign that immigration i a keystone to his midterm

strategy. nbc's tracie potts joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. that strategy clearly seems tob driving out republican voters with this iue of immigration, not only with what he just heard on the campaign trail -- and we can hear more of that in missouri t bight -- also on twitter. take a look at that new ad the president has posted on twitter blaming democrats for letting whate considers dangerous people into the country. >> i wl kill more. i will kill more coptoo. >> he says heants to apply for pardon for the felony he committed, attempted >> reporter: the president has claimed without proof that there are a lot of dangerous people i mixeo those caravans of thousands of migrants headed toward the border.

he is now promising to send up o 15,000 more troops to the border that would mean about four troops for every migrant traveler more than inan aftan. also on twitter, he's attacking republican paul ryan for opposing him o birthright citizenship. ryan says he doesn't think the president caneverse protections from the 14th amendment with the stroke of a pen, with an executive order. the president has tweeted that ryan should focus on keeping the publican majority in congress. back to you. >> all right, tracie, thank you. can the queen ofalk talk voters into going to the polls? oprah is making her own -m laute campaign push to try and help elect the country's first african-american female governor. but her bid to help georgia's democratic candidate h some wondering whether she'll run for higher office herself. as nbc's kristen welker tells us, even oprah's closest frien are keepi up the pressure on her. >> reporter: oprah off the sidelines and entering the 2018

fray. >> vote! >> reporter: the queen of talk now poised to lend her voice and star power to stacey abrams, the georgia democratunning to become the mauntry's first le african-american governor. abrams is locked in a tight race with republican brian kemp. the media mogul has large stayed out of politics, making brief but big splash in 2007 with her endorsement of candidate barack obama. >> i believe that now is the time for somebody like barack obama. >> reporter: also backing hillary clinton in 2016. but now oprah's the one generating buzz about a potential presidential run after this barn burner of a peech at the golden globes. >> that a new day is on the horizon! >> reporter: winfrey was quick to dismiss speculation about whether she'd challenge president trump in 2020, telling oubritish vogue, i wld not be able to do it. it's not a clean business. it would k lme. but in an article, winfrey telling "the new york times" her

best fraynd, king, is urging her to do it. winfrey saying she told king,ll you of people are supposed to care about my life. king replying, theountry is bigger than your life. oprah's not the only fi high-p name campaigning in that race. president trump and formert presidama will also stump in georgia. >> thanks for that report. a republican candidate ruing for a missouri house seat is dealing with some unlikely critics, his own ildren. in a scathing interview with "the kansas city star,"teve st's kids blasted their father, urging their state not to vote for hi they described their dad as racist, homophobic, and, quote, totally insane. his daughter says she can't imagine him being i any level of government, and his son called him a fanatic that must be stopped. in ah conversation w nbc news, west rebutted his children's claims andir blamed t strained relationship on his ex-wife and their, quote, extremely toxic divorce. some hollywood celebs are

taking center stage in a final push to get voters to the polls next week. stars like jane fonda, amy schumer, and julia louis-dreyfus will take part in a two-hour tele ton calledethon for america. instead of asking for money, nhey'll be asking viewers to pledge to votehe midterm elections. over 50 celebs will be answering the phones. the iniative was created by comean ben gleed to boost voter turnout. federal officials are nowei a mafia hit man in the prison death of notorious bostoe mo james whitey bulger. sources say the 89-year-old was attacked by seven inmates and struck repeatedly by a lock inside a sock the morning after he w transferred to a west virginia prison. officials say among their prime suspects is freddy gillas who in se a life sentence in the murder of an italian crime boss in massachusetts. his lawr says h client does not like anyone who was a rat. bulger became an fbi informant

during the time when the agency was trying to bring down the italian mob. a growing mystery. two sisters found bound together by duct tape in new york city's hudson river. their bodies hundreds of miles from home. authorities are being tight lipped on this case while asking the public for help. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest from the scene. stephanie, what can you tell us? >> reporter: frances, the gruesome discovery of these sisterst happen the j here on the hudson river. there was a passer-by who noticed their body and called the police. that was a week ago. still today the are many unanswered questions. new york city police want the public's help. anything anyone may know about two young sisters from saudi arabia. the bodies yies were found last in the hudson river just off of manhattaer, bound together by duct tape around their ankles and waists. they were dressed in similar

clothes, black leggings and fur-lined black coats. the youngerister had been reported missing. their deaths remain a mystery. according to multiple sources briefed on the investigation, there are no signs of foul play. suicide is a leading theory, but thing has been ruled out. >> there has been i iill call significant progress trying to get the complete picture of what ultimately led to the two young ladies being discovered. >> reporter: according to the saudi embassy, the young women were students accompanying thein brother washington. nbc news has confirmed that the sisters lived and attended schools in virginia. the familyrs to have had financial troubles. public records show two liens on their apartment in 2016. before the bodies were discovered here on the hudson river, officials say the sisters hadn't been heardm f since august 24th. among the many unanswered w questions i they ended up 250 miles from home in new york city.

frances? >> just keeps getting more bizarre, stephanie, thank you. there is growing anger the university of maryland where the board of regents voted to reinstate the head football coach five months after the death of a player after practice. the decision didn't sit well with some of the players, and last night w he once again fired by the school's president. nbc's t costello has more from college park, maryland. >> reporter: back on the practice field, maryland oa football head d.j. durkin five months after 19-yejo-old linemaan mcnair overheated, collapsed, and later died. mcnair's family called it a personal affront. >> it feelsot like a slap in the face, a total lack of regard of no accountability for losing my son's life. nobody's accountable. >> reporter: the university president suspended coach durkin after learning his staff had failed to take emergency steps to save jordan's life. but the board of regents reinstated the coach, saying he was unfairly blamed. instead, it's the university president who is out.

credited with building maryland's academic reputation while bringing it into the b ten. >> this will be my last year as president of the university of maryland. >> reporter: meanwhile several players walked out of a team meeting when coach durkin returned, one tweeting every saturday my teammates and i have to kneel before the memorial of our fallen teammate. yet aeoroup ofe do not have the courage to hold anyone accountable for his death. "the washington post" sally enkins wrote, don't send your kids to maryland to play football. we have received word from the university president's office that the coach is out again. the university has bought outtr the ct for d.j. durkin. he is out of a job now after the governor, the state legislature, and many members here of the university system demanded an explanation from the board of regents. and now the coach is out. back to you. >> tom, let's take a turn now and get a check with nbcor meogist bill karins. struggling a little bit wit hour halloweegover from sugar

highs. >> we were lucky. we were able to retrick-or. this storm system in the middle of the country stalled out and drenched in texas. now we've been dealing with overght tornadoes in louisiana. serious situation continues. those storms are pushing into mississippi. ere's a huge amount o rain heading right along the ohio river into areas of southern alioy with 18 million people under a flash flood watco or watch all the way from tennessee, now even into nestern new yor buffalo. this region could pick up an easy two to three inches ofhe rainfall by time it's all said and done. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, those storms are going tor keepolling through mississippi and louisiana ely this morning. then they'll be in areas of the panhandle of florida and southern portions of alabama as we go throughout this and areas of the northern plains still looking a little bit chilly. there's roughly 50,000 runners, including yours truly, prepared to run the new york city marathon. race officials and city leaders gathered for the blue line

painting ceremony in central park. officials painted a colorful finish line. the blue line wilead racers through the entire course through all five new york city boroughs. new york city is going to g rain friday, saturday, miserable weather, and the forecast could not be anybetter. it's going to be a cold start, but running in the 40s and 50s is perfect. i have no s. >> you'll be great. thanks. a skateboarder turns the meantr sts of new jersey into a whole new world dressed up as aladdin. his skateboard magic carpet. in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® works in just one week. with the fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to work on fine lines and wrinkles. one week? that definitely works! rapid wrinkle repair®. and for dark spots, rapid tone repair. neutrogena®. see what's possible.

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admit new patients while the outbreak continues. and now a second new jersey children's health care center has been hit by the virus. cthe confirmed four cases at the voorhees pediatric near philadelphia. preliminary tests show it is a different strain than the one affecting wanaque. health officials say the children sickened at vor he's are not in critical condition. in pittsburgh as funerals continue for the 11 people killed in the synagogue mass shooting, the suspect has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with 44 counts including hate crimes. prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty. breaking this morning, a crucial discovery off of indonesia. navy divers have recovered the black box from the lion airfl ht that crashed into the sea earlier this week, killing all 189 people onboard. the bla box could be key in figuring out why the plane went down. let's get right to nbc's sarah harman in london with the latest.d sarah, grning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marlie. this is a very important

development in t investigation. the black box should provide some insight into why this brand-new boeing 737 plunged into the just 13 minutes after takeoff. now, remember, what w think of as a plane's black box is actually two separate devices. the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. and side note, as you see, they're generally orange and not black. now, the indonesian transport ministry says the device they found is the flight data ngcorder. they're still looor the cockpit data recorder. now, s divers foughtong sea currents in order to recovere this dev from the sea floor on thursday, and it's going to take some time to interpret the data off this device. so it might still be a while before we know why this brand-new plane crashed. a plane that had only been in use for two months. american plane maker boeing is also assisting in the investigatio and we're hoping that this discovery gives some clarity to the families who lost their loved ones.

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check of your commute. but we go to chuck bellchith a eck of your forecast. it was so mild yesterday for halloween. >> it was lovely. i wtp to a friend's house, lots of trick or treaters, everyone having a grand old time. body bundled up against the late october chill. man, is it off to a mild start for the month of november. that big area of storminess in the midwest, that promises a very rainy, potentially stormy finish to thek. wee today, though, mainly dry. therest might be y sprinkle or two early this morning across parts of the north valley.ndoah mainly dry around town. the real heavy rain arrives later in the day tomorrow. friday evening is looking outright stormy. check out thesepredawn temperatures. we're in the upper 50s to 60 degrees already. temperatures will be way up into the 70s this afternoon. melissa, enjoy it because it's not going to last. >> trust me, i'mn hanging as long as i can. college park,