it. you jumpwi in. >> free >> you get a vote and you get a vote, and you get a vote! >> the queen of talk brings her massive star power toor gia's race for governor to energize the base and get out the vote with just four days befo election day. >> nobody paid for me to come he a. nobody eveed me to come here. i paid for myself, and ive app this message. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'd like to remind sta and oprah and will ferrell, i'm kind of a big deal, too. >> as the vice-president channels anchorman's ron burgundy for the republican candidate. >> to president trump who is taking his hardline approach on immigration to the next level.

>> anybody throwing stones, rocks, we ll consider that a firearm. >> to what seems like an epidemicbl a hor week for school bus stops, with four heart breaking accidents that have left five children dead. >> google employees openly revolting about the company's treatment of women stage a massive walkout. >> to superstar gymnast simone biles making history with a fourth all around world title. >> and the extremely rare central park duck that's got top billing, as we head into the tsekend. "early today" stight now. happy friday. i'm melissa rehberger. >> and i'm marlie mll. thisning it's a battle ground blitz. both sides bringing out the big guns with just four days left until the midterms. in georgia, oprah winfr stumped for the democratic itbernatorial candidate while president trump the road for missouri. he is in full campaign mode with nine more stops scheduled before theolls en, including two later today. the president is going all- on

illegal immigration, while also turning up the heat on democrats. >> the democrat agenda is the agenda of the extreme far left. they've gone crazy, gofolks. they'v totally loco. republicans are the party of all piericans. >> d the tough words, democrats aren't shying away from the fight. c's kristen welker has the latest on oprah's trip to atlaa. >> you get a vote! and you get a vote and you get a vote! >> reporter: the o factor. oprah winfrey electrifying ters in georgia for democrat stacey abrams, knocking on doors. >> hi, oprah! >> reporter: hosting a pair of town halls supporting abrams who could become the trcos first female african-american governor. >> nobody paid for me to come here. nobody even asked m to come here. i paid for myself, and i approve this message. [ cheers and applause ]

>> reporter: quickly dismissing the question on everyone's mind. is her visit a sign she's thinking about running for president? >> i'm not here because i'm making some grandstand because i'm thinking about running myself. i don't nt to run. >> reporter: instead, oprah putting the focus on abrams. >> i said,y, st this is oprah. she said, girl, let me pullover the side of the road. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and on turning out the vote, reminding the audience of a painful past. >> for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote, and you are choosing not to vote, wherever you are in this stat inhis country, you are dishonoring your family. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: do you see her as someone who helps you energlye specificomen voters, voters of color? >> i think that oprah energizes yone. >> reporter: winfrey's visit comes as abrams is locked in a rar-tight race with republican brian kemp. democrats accusing abrams' opponent of using his office,

secretary of state, to purge thousands of minorities from the voting rolls. kemp has vehemently denied any voter suppression. mping forpresident s him. >> i'd like to remind stacy and oprah and will rrell, i'm kind of a big deal, too. >> reporter: oprah usually stays on the political sidelines. endorsing barack obama in 2007 and hillary clinton in 2016. still, oprah didn't miss a t chance te a not so subtle swipe at the trump-era politics of divis >> and i know it's easy for a lot of people to feel that you have no power against those injus ices. but t what i'm here to tell you. this land was made for you and me. [ cheers and applause ] >> this land was made for you and me. that's a not jusong. that's the truth. >> reporter: hoping that message will help makeistory. kristen welker, nbc news, decatur, georgia.

>> presidentdtrump's hea immigration rhetoric is now the target of two federal lawsuits. both were filed on behalf of migrants and alleged the trump adminiheration is violating rights of asylum seekers by aiming to block the caravan f tm enteri u.s. meanwhile, the department of homeland security releasedfa sheet about the caravan overnight, which includes a number of alarming claims. citing mexican and guatemala officials nearly people in the caravan have violent criminal records includingng knn membership. a claim president trump seemingly hinted at during his rally in missouri. >> these are tough people. these are not angels. these are not little angels. these are tough people. and when we're not letting them into our 'rcountry. th not coming in illegally. [ cheers and applause ] >> nbc's blayne alexander joins us from d.c. with the latest. blayne, immigration certainly looksan like the republ midterm strategy, doesn't it?

>> reporter: melissa, that is certainly what president trump is tryingo bring to th forefront. keep in mind, president trump himself is not even on the nballot this elect cycle. but yet he's crisscrossing the country, making himself and immigration a central issue. and in recent days, we've seen him announce or at least float the possibilities of making several policy changes. first, he talked yesearday beforeng for that campaign rally, he spoke at the white house and talked about plans to sign an executive order that would essentially make it more diicult for immigrants to seek asylum. saying unless they come to legal ports o entry at the border, they would be turned away and denied asylum. now, that's one thing he says he plans to sign next week. the other, of course, he's been alking about is revoking birthrightcitizenship. it is something that he doubled down on during that rally last night. take a look. >> democrats want to continue giving automatic birthright citizenhip to every child b to an illegal alien, even if they've been on our soil for a

mere matter of seconds. because of this crazy, lunaticc po that we can end -- that we can end. >> reporter:innow, keep in that is something that is protected by the constitution, melissa. go if the president were to after that and try and do something to change that right or take away that right,ult likely face a lot of legal challenges ahead. back to you. >> blayne, thank you. in texas officer is critical condition this morning after a fourour standoff with a sex offender. it started at a dollar general inta grange just w of houston. officers approached a man for failing to register as a sex offender when they tried to arrest him, he resisted, so they tased him. that's when he pulled out a knife, cutting one officer in the hand and fleeing to a nearby hotel. he then barricaded himself inside and shot at police, injuring on after four hours, the suspect was arrested. >> it has been a horrible week at school bus stops in this country with a series of tragedies involving children on

thei to school. there were two more accidents on thursday, bringing ito four crashes that have left five children dead just this week. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> oh, lord have mercy. >> reporter: terror at a school bus stop in tampa. >> i didn't know which kid to help because there were so many laying on the ground. >> repter: witnesses say a speeding car slammed into five children and two a sultdults, lg one child in critical condition. the drir now in custody. one at four school bus stops in just days. in central pennsylvania, a 7-year-old killed in a hit and run. the driver never even stopping help. while in mississippi, this man is now charged with aggravated assault after a 9-year-old was struck and killed. and in indiana, a community is mourning three siblings killed this week crossing the road on their way to the bus. that driver also facing charges. some 2 million students nationwide ride a school bus, but experts say getting on and off can be thet dangerous

time. especially this time of year, right before daylightaving time ends. it's often dark as children wait in the morning. so reflective clothing or back packs canhelp, and teach children to line up away from the street. stay alert, and never assume a driver will stop. a deadly lesson learned the hard way for so many this week. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> newly d releasedhcam footage shows the dramatic moments when milwaukee police rescued a toddler from a burning car. police initially tried to pull the car over for a routine traffiwe stop last . but instead, the driver led them on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood. the car eventually crashed into a tree, catching on fires police caught up to it. officers broke the windows to try to rescuehe passengers and that's when they discovered the child. >> there's a baby in there. >> good samaritans helped the officers pullut a 2-year-old of the back. she suffered a broken leg and

bruised lung. the girl's w mothe was driving was also rescued. but sadly a third person died. one person has been charged. >> c one hallowetume got a thumbs up from a former first lady. we told you abo-year-old parker curry in march when her awe struck reaction to michelle's portrait in washington went viral. yesterday mrs.obama tweeted, you nailed it, i love t. rker. >> she sure did. kidney stones didn't stop the world's greatest gymnast simone les from making history. she won her fourth all around title at the world gym nasa ticks championship in qatar and is the first female gymnast to do so. she did get off to a rough start, though, falling twice on vault and balance beam, but her routines were so difficult that she still had a leadve japan's may morikami. after her win bilesgi apod to fans on twitter for giving them a heart attack. >> with a kidney stone, by the way. >> yeah, she's so good and

beyond. she's doing tricks no one else is. >> super human. >> let's tk about t travel forecast. because of heavy rain in areas of t northeast and mid-atlantic, we start this morning it's mainly northern new england dealing with a little bit of rain. we watched the rain bae out around charlotte heading towards raleigh for the evening commute. lathis evening if you have in washington, d.c., philly or new york, it's going to be a heavy soaking rain moving into southern portions of new england. keep that in mind for your friday night. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. there's the forecast for all those showers and thunderstorms on and off. again, during a good portion of the middle of the da it will actually be dry. the heavy rains tonight in the areas of the northeast. down through the southeast and florida we'll deal with showers and thunderstorms as the cold front tries to move in. now let's t gothe battle of the bay in california. we're talking niners vsus raiders. quarterback nick mull enz. who? nick muerens. he delived one of the most productive debut games in nfl history. mullens threw for 262 yards,ow

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harassment. >> reporter: the protests follow a "the new york times" report that google gave android creator andy rubin a $90 million package to leave after a sexual misconduct allegation. rubin denies the allegation and calls the report of his compensation a wild exaggeration. >> why did you walk out? >> well, i walked out becse i think it's not acceptable for a lot of upper management to let this kind of thing go. >> reporter: google ceo sen darcy pachai said 48 employees have been fired for sexual harassment in the last two years. 13 of them senior managers. >> moments like thi show that we didn't always get it right, and so we are committed to doing etter. >> reporter: googlmployees making it clear, a respectnd safety are not things they should have to search for. jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >> well, just ahead, a fire exchange between the summer's hottest cole. why ariana grande had a problem with pete davidson joking about their break up. with a

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y off. >> i need to get happier. >> he got happy yesterday. if you'reeading out tonight, the weather may effect your evening plans. >> melissa has a check on your commute, but we begin with chuck bell with your friday forecast. pretty warm and mild out there. >> no kidding. it feels like a late summer morning with u temperatures way into the 60s. our temperatures now at 4:00 in the morning are above what would be an average high temperature for the second day of november. yo know something is off when you wake up wit temperatures that warm on a november morning. a couple of rain drops as well. no rain here for the first part of the day. we're likely to have a round of thunderstorms come through here starting as early as4:00 this afternoon going up to as late as midnight. check out these 0temperatures,