. >> chris pollone has the latest developments on roy moore whose past has his own party calling him to drop out. >> reporter: in the alabama senate race even religious leaders are picking sides days after a group of pastors rallied in support of republican nominee roy moore -- >> we ask to be continually transformed in and by and through that holiness. >> reporter: another group of pastors called on him to drop out. >> watch the news if you lived outside the state, you might think that the extremist voice of roy moore represents the only voice of christianity in alabama. days, at least nine women have made accusations against moore claiming inappropriate behavior decades ago, ranging from unwanted romantic pursuit of teens to sexual assault. moore denies it all. he questions the timing. a fox news poll shows doug jones surging to an eight point lead, but the support of moore's ardent factors is unwavering. >> jones will wrote wrong and roy moore will vote right. we need to keep the big picture in our minds as we vote on december 12th. and the big picture is who is going to do the ri

chris pollone live with us here in lower manhattan. chris, thank you for that. eun and chris, the "today" show has a team here as well. they'll have more on this coming up in a bit. that news conference happening at 11:00 in the morning to update us on the investigation. >> aaron gilchrist live for us in manhattan. thank you. we continue our coverage now with news 4's justin finch. >> justin, can you tell us a little bit more about why the soft target? >> reporter: well, chris, it's such a place that people from all over the world come to gather, families, tourists, even school groups as well. this open space and open area also very attractive. police are saying there are ways all of us can keep spaces like this safe. let's give you a look at how. first off, all of those cameras. everyone has them these days. it's worth noting where they are pointed. photos of security checkpoints. questions, too, are always welcome in a space like this. there's history everywhere, but when those questions focus on things, that could be a red flag. other signs might be if you se

chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >>> time 7:07.ook from our city chaam as the sun is coming up. still windy, we'll tell you how the weather will impact the rest of your weekend. and also the week ahead. >>> and questions about a local sheriff's travel. what former deputies are telling the news 4 iteam. >> buying first class, is that normal? >> absolutely not. >> what the sheriff himself is saying about the first class >>> look at these duticuties. nearly 100 dogs are in needs of a home from puerto rico. >> lucky dog animal rescue is caring for the animals and there is an adoption event at the petsmart in gaithersburg from 12:00 to 2:0037. >> they have gone through so much. definitely need a home. >> the aah moment of the morning. >>> so today people from across the u.s. will be marching on the national mall to stand in solidarity with puerto rico. the efshts vent is expected to f at 10:00 to 3:00. organizers want lawmakers to change laws they don't think help the people on the island, that includes the jones act which bans foreign

for our country and who will do the wrong things. >> reporter: chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >>> lits take let's take a live look outside. the wind is here and we'll let you know how the weather will impact your weekend and also fine tune your forecast for the upcoming week ahead. >>> and questions about a local sheriff's travel. what former deputies are telling news 4's iteam. >> and what the sheriff himself is saying about the first class flight found by thes i >>> take a look at these cuties. nearly 100 dogs in need of a home, they come from hurricane-ravaged puerto rico. >> they got here last night from dulles. the lucky dog animal rescue has volunteers caring for the animals. and an adoption event is happening today. it's at the petsmart in gaithersburg from 12:00 to 2:00. how do you go in there and not take an animal home. >>> moving along, today people from across the u.s. will be marching on the national mall to rico. the event is expected to kick off at around 10:00 this morning. it will go until 3:00 this afternoon and organizers want lawmakers to change laws that they

. >> chris pollone live for us in new york this morning. we'll stay on top of the story into the broadcast. >>> this is raising questions about what can be done to stop future attacks. >> president trump has ordered homeland security officials to step up so-called extreme vetting of immigrants. news 4's tracie pots continues our coverage on capitol hill. what does that mean? >> reporter: we don't know, chris and eun. good morning, everyone. the president hasn't tweeted about it. extreme vetting has been part of his answer to the travel plan. what he means by stepping up extreme vetting, are we going to see more questions, more securi security and more people being pulled aside? it's not clear. we >> tracie, what about police? >> reporter: soft targets, law enforcement admits how do you stop a lone wolf attacker with a car, with a vehicle? one of the things they're talking about is better intelligence. trying to figure out who has an axe to grind with the united states. w who's under the influence of isis. trying to pinpoint who may be subje

let's get details from chris pollone in new york. what can you tell us >> good morning.nvestors have spent the night following several leads, trying to figure out how this 29-year-old suspect carried out this terror attack whether he worked with accomplices and why he did this. this happened about 3:00 yesterday afternoon when that rental truck he was driving went on to a popular bike and jong g i jogging path he left behind mangled bicycles and bodies along the path. we learned a bit today about the victims. five of the eight victims, according to the government of argentina are argentinean. one of the victims is from belgium. police tried to question this 29-year-old suspect last night in his hospital room we are told he did not answer questions. police told us he left a note in the truck indicating that he was carrying out this attack for isis they're starting to retrace his steps. they know he lived just across the river in patterson, new jersey that he was a truck driver, also drove for the ridesharing service uber and they're trying to figure out what launched this