"early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for tuesday, october 15th. >>> good morning to you, i'm richard lui. breaking news to tell you about. three dry ice bombs were found at los angeles international airport, one of which exploded. but even more alarming, one of them was underneath an airplane at a gate. two others were found nearby. there are no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. at least four flights were delayed. law enforcement sources tell nbc news they do not believe there's a terrorism leak and that it may be just a prank. late sunday another dry ice bomb exploded in a restricted area employee bathroom. fbi investigations are under way in both of those. >>> a wanted al qaeda suspect is expected in a u.s. court in new york today. abu al libi who worked closely with osama bin laden arrived on u.s. soil saturday where he was formally arrested. he had been held a u.s. warship and interrogated since his capture in libya earlier this month. al libi is one of nearly three dozen men under indictment for the 1998 bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya and

how early for you? >> too early. >> reporter: how much earlier for you this morning? >> oh, a couple hours. >> and your message to bart is -- >> why? >> reporter: the 5:30 ferry, which is unusual, never happens except this is an unusual time. they set this 5:30 ferry up that normally doesn't leave until 6:00. they have added the extra service here leaving oakland heading to the ferry terminal in san francisco. so they have actually added four boats this morning instead of having eight they now have 12. they have also added extra service. they have the 5:30 leaving instead of 6:00. how much earlier did you have to get up this morning? he doesn't want to say. how much earlier did you have to get up this morning? >> oh, about an hour earlier. >> reporter: your message to bart unions? >> get it together. >> settle this so we can all get back to work and be at peace. >> reporter: enjoy the boat ride into the city. because of the added service this morning, instead of being able to handle 6,000 passengers, which would be a typical weekday load, they will handle somewhere in

early.e no clue what time this bus is going to come. so therefore i have no clue what time i'm going to be able to leave work today. i'm very upset. >> reporter: now here is video we took earlier this morning of some of the first buses coming in to pick people up to go into the city. once the commute picks up, there will be staff at the transbay terminal and the bart stations to help direct passengers to their buses. ac transit is encouraging everyone to play with chipper cards or you can -- clipper cards or you can pay with cash but you need to bring the exact change. prepare for some delays. these riders told me last time around they didn't come here an hour early and they just experienced a very crowded bus. a lot of them had to stand. they didn't like it. they were worried. so that is why they are here earlier today. reporting live from oakland janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another option is to car pool. cal trans is expanding car pool hours. some hov lanes are open now unti

this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day here on nbc. >>> leading the news in "the hartford current," seven women say they were failed to be protected. university officials showed, quote, deliberate indifference to sexual assault allegations. >>> in "usa today," a rock veteran removed. kimberly walker's family says the cincinnati cemetery previously approved the design. cemetery officials say it's inappropriate. >> some stories you might have missed we're watching. florida officials say there have been at least seven cases where inmates have forged documents for early release. three of them were successful, including convicted killer charles walker and joseph jenkins, recaptured over the weekend. the third inmate was out for only one day before being caught. more arrests are imminent. >>> heartwarming news for the 15-year-old orphan walked into a florida church last month during sunday services to ask for someone, anyone to adopt him. well, he's reportedly gotten 10,000 responses.

this is "early today."e hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. we are going to deal with some rain off and on today. it will stick around for a while. it is moving in from the east to the last and it will be around for much of the drive time. maybeht make it to 59 or 60. it will be a breezy and cool day with periods of rain with the win between 20 and 25 miles per hour. >> 54 degrees at the airport. boehner, take the gun out of the head of this nation. >> the government shutdown reaches its 10th day. to a are looking ahead shutdown sit down between president obama and top republicans. what lawmakers are doing one week before a key deadline. >> concern from military veterans about their benefit checks. grandfather is charged with killing a baby. how the man said he forgot about his granddaughter. >> checking on a early morning accident along 100 this morning.

thanks for waking up with us early out there. we want to tell you there's some thick fog in parts of the bay area including the south bay this morning. so that is going to be different over the past week we started out nice and clear but this morning you have a half mile visibility and that's it in santa rosa. also on my way in i had to use my wipers, a little drizzle out there. and that situation will continue to get worse as we head throughout the next couple hours so track your visibilities every 10 to 15 minutes. it's a cold start to the day and temperatures are cold if you are waiting for b.a.r.t. this morning make sure you are prepared for the 40s and 50s out there. but we'll see a rebound this afternoon and temperatures are going to be comfortable. coming up i'm tracking some rain in the forecast. we'll show you when that moves in. the seven-day is ready in my next report. right now back to you, jon and marla. >> thank you. >> it's 4:12. still ahead on "today in the bay," our coverage for the b.a.r.t. strike. >> it's a pub

an early hour. going to be up early tomorrow. 20 years plus u.s.a. weekend has been part of make a difference day. >> it's been an amazing ride for us. we started in 1992 on a leap year day. we asked people to go out and do something for someone else and it just turned into this amazing thing. hundreds of millions of people have been helped by make a difference over the years. >> tell bus some of the projects take will be taking place. >> right here in the d.c. area, wusa employees and gannett corporate employees will be out there for food for others packing 5,000 food packs for kids. these are fairfax county children who during the week get subsidies for lunch meals but on the weekends they sometimes go hungry. so we're packing meals for them for the weekend. there are other activities going on in falls church. there's a movement to do troops -- care packages for troops. 6,000 troops will be helped by the care packages that will be made. >> not just helped by what you're doing and what all of our colleagues are doing but there's a way that the chari

so people obviously want to get here early.ne man heading to work extra early is aknowed. >> everyone has their right to do strike, argue. a lot of us get to work and get stuff done. feel a couple bumps and bruises and stuff like that. and just get to work. >> bart is offering free shuttle bus service from nine east bay stations this morning. along with walnut creek you can grab a ride from west oakland. concord. lafayette, dublin, pleasanton, san leandro, hayward and fremont. those buss are in high demand and only so many seats to go around. come back out here live to a live picture. people getting on the ninth bus of the morning. i don't think all the people in line will get on this bus. the gentleman from bart who is in charge here and organizing things is calling for more buses. hopefully another one on the way here soon. alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> if you plan to take the ferry today, expect a lot of company. claudine wong is out in alameda where we have seen people lining up very long lines out there. >> reporter

"early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, october 7th. >>> good morning. i'm richard lui. one week into the government shutdown and another deadline. ten days away from the risk of the u.s. defaulting on its bills for the very first time. nbc's tracie potts joins us in washington. if there are enough votes, what's the hold up. >> reporter: the white house insist there are enough votes. our own counts seems to suggest there may be enough votes to get this budget done but the other big question here is we've got a looming debate and a looming deadline over the debt ceiling, and america's credit card is about to be canceled. the pentagon has ordered more than 3,000 employees back to work but more than 400,000 remain at home because congress can't agree on a budget, what they call a cr. >> there are not the votes in the house to pass a clean cr. >> reporter: our count is they could without cutting or delaying the health law. with president obama refusing to negotiate on that, it's gridlock. >> his refusal to negotiate is what is putting the government

those trains stopped running early this morning. and now hundreds of thousands of people need to scramble for other ways to get to work today. today's strike came as a marathon bargaining session that lasted nearly 30 hours. there was hope at this point yesterday that maybe they would get a deal but everything abruptly ended late yesterday afternoon. both the unions and bart management said yes,s two sides were close to an agreement on economic issues. but then those talks broke down and we are told those talks broke down because of work rule discussions. we do have complete team coverage for you this morning and we will be covering this for you all morning long. >>> toyota is recalling more than 800,000 cars because of a problem that could prevent the air bag from deploying in a crash. if the recall includes the asynesia, camry, and avlon. all from the 2012-2013 model years. >>> there are new developments in a salmonella alert involving chicken. a costco is recalling fosters rotisserie chicken. this is in addition to the 40,000 pou

this is "early today." it is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. we have a little cloud cover out there today. we will see some sunshine today and tomorrow. 52 in westminster. 57 degrees in chestertown. we will start with clouds early this morning and then it will become partly sunny. high temperatures between 65 and 70. >> 57 degrees at the airport. >> a government shutdown is lingering for the 13th day today. >> the u.s. is running out of time to avoid default in on its loans. the story coming up. allegations that a candidate for governor encouraged state troopers to drive recklessly. >> it is not something we go and plan on messing up. >> the ravens running game black mark.only lac >> tracking some closures in anne arundel [captioning made possible by constellation energy group]

i have to leave work early so that i can catch the series' early.ery difficult to get up really early. i wish that would just settle this. >> it has been very stressful. >> this is not funding about 4:30 a.m.. it is making my life challenging but i just have to deal with it from day to day. >> more on the two bart workers who were struck and killed by an all-star restraint on the creek on saturday. kron4 has out tanks the emergency radio call. let's listen in. >> this is bart's emergency. >> we just a struck some individuals. this is all the seat track. be advised that they may be bart employees. >> we did have two individuals do inspections. can i can i get ahold of them. >> the truck is right outside. we will keep you posted. >> i have a person down the side of the train track. >> the advice there is a confirms body. >> there's one body in the middle of the track. we have a second victim that looks to be deceased. he is a bart employee. >> we have a video as well from the accidents. it is still unclear how this accident occurred. as we mentioned e

you know, as leyla mentioned earlier, it's still very early. and if the traffic pattern holds true to form, what we saw friday morning, you know, you get closer to that 5:30, 5:45 hour, and things build very quickly and the picture changes very quickly. traffic gets very heavy as we get closer to the 6:00 hour. we'll see how things unfold this morning. guys, back to you. >> all right, thank you so much, dick. >>> something we can take joy in, panda lovers, you have a few hours left to vote to name the two giant panda cubs at zoo atlanta. the team has teamed up with "good morning america" to put five names up for a vote. the voting period ends 9:00 this morning our time. and the pandas will turn 100 days old on wednesday, the milestone when pandas are named following chinese tradition. the leading names right now -- mae loon and mae jong. one lucky fan will win a trip to the atlanta zoo for the celebration. >>> and a trick there to keep your mind off the b.a.r.t. cute pandas. >> cute alert. cute alert. yeah, i know, you could be thinking about p

"early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for friday, october 4th. >>> good morning. i'm betty nguyen. from shutdown to lockdown to a fatal shooting on capitol hill these are the harrowing moments of a 12-block police chase, much of it caught on camera. police say a woman tried to drive her car through the white house security fence tuesday. she was later shot and killed. during the incident senators say they were ordered to find cover and fast. >> seemed to be about four shots. >> the police told us to go back. >> the cops say get down and behind the car. we ran where they told us to run back. >> this morning we are learning more about the suspect. 34-year-old miriam carey was a connecticut dental hygienist with suspected issues of mental illness. investigators are trying to figure out what brought her to the capital. tracie potts is live in washington with the latest on this. tracie, any more clues this morning? >> not specifically. that's really what investigators want to look into. her family is talking. one of her former bosses is talking. what we're learning abo

many came early. >> i am nervous about getting home. it will be a long day. >> commuters on friday said the ride home was brutal. >> three hours. i expect to take longer today. >> the early birds got a ride into the city. bart brought in 13 more buses than friday and several of them started showing up at 5:00 to respond to the rush. it looked like the commute would be smooth but at 7:00 all the buses for correct were full. >> it was busier here today than friday so we will try to get a higher allocation for walnut creek tomorrow. >> he said to try lafayette but they were worried about the gamble. >> the traffic on 24 is crazy. i would carry car pool. >> car pool line was not too bad but not many cars stopped and people realized they were going to be late to work. >> everyone wants to go to work. everyone does. just a hassle. >> i checked with the car pool riders who left here at walnut creek a little after 8:00 to spend an hour to get into the city. the lessen learned? if you want a seat on the bus you need to show up before 7:00. commu

this is really critical in the early formative years. without any stimulation, infants do very badly. i admitted an infant to the hospital a couple of months ago who had-- came from a really grossly deprived background. and at first, i was sure this baby was going to be very, very delayed and had something wrong with his brain. but after a few weeks of very intense attention the whole staff was so moved by this infant's plight, we never saw him in his crib. i'd come to examine him and he was always in somebody's arms, you know. but anyway, once we fed him and gave him lots of attention and talked to him, and held him, and now put him in a foster home, he's actually a normal baby. and it's one of the most extreme i ever saw-- of what total deprivation can do. stimulate your kids. read to your kids. we know that reading, is one of the best things that we can do for our children. again, i think it's this stimulation of the developing brain, making those nerve connections early and optimally for those kids. so the data's very clear. you need

they are stating that it was okay but of course it is early still.est plenty of free parking at the bay bridge. this backup is reaching through the macarthur mayes. even the 880 approach is backed up. take a look at the east shore freeway. it is backed up beyond the 580 splits. 24 is the backing of but over the san mateo bridge we had stop and go conditions that may have been related to an incident just past the toll plaza where we had flashing lights. the sensors are stating that is easier now and this will make a better alternate red the drive time is about half an hour. the golden gate bridge is problem free. here is a look pepper rest of the east shore ride. it is heavy through the alta mount pass. this is out towards the dublin interchange. it is a little heavy but the rest is looking like friday conditions. >> this morning,peter castelli with the seiu addressed the public about the impasse. >> we want to be immediately have them agreed. we realize that the economics is done. we sat here and listened. the union needs to move. we did this and now

[ensemble playing early music] (narrator) tone color is an important aesthetic component in the musice. just as musical styles tend to change over time, so does the preference for types and qualities of musical sound. the use of timbre in european renaissance music was quite different from what it is today. (zajac) in the renaissance, there was a great proliferation of instruments of all sorts, and instrumental colors tended to be very bold and bright. [samples of various renaissance instruments] (herreid) early players, as far as we can tell, played more instruments then modern players do. in the same way that a modern reed player in a jazz band will play saxophone and flute and bass clarinet maybe, [light strumming] a minstrel at a renaissance court would be employed to play a string instrument, but could also double on a wind instrument like the recorder. [recorder plays high-pitched melody] some of the early instruments are limited in the range of colors. (zajac) a modern oboist can get a full blossomy sound and a very focused sound and a nasty sound, but a player of say a crumhor

"early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today "for thursday, october 10th. >> very good morning to you, i'm richard lui. breaking news for you from libya overnight. armed militants kidnapping the prime minister. early reports indicate it might be retaliation for last weekend's u.s.-led raid in the country. but now the prime minister has been freed. our reporter joins us live from beirut. atia, good morning to you, and what's the latest? >> reporter: as you mentioned, just hours after his abduction by armed gunmen in the hotel he was residing in, the libyan prime minister has been released. the rebels who took him, in fact, said that the reason they captured him was because of bribery and corruption charges. they don't claim to have a connection to the u.s. raid on saturday, but many speculate that there may be a connection, that the u.s. commando raid that captured al liby for his involvement in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in both kenya and tanzania may have been connected to the reason that this prime minister was abducted because they say that he did not condemn the raid. b

we had an early kwhut this morning. we had a lot of people on the road early.e who have a little bit of flex time. get on the road early on halloween and you get back and someone asks you why doufsh to get back early? put the costume on and have dinner. this afternoon, i want to warn you, this afternoon at about 3:00, you are going to see people leaving the office and getting on the roads trying to get across the bridge and back home. happens every year. probably no different this year. let's move along and take a look at the san mateo bridge. earlier crash on the bridge and that crash has been cleared. still very heavy all the way across. san jose still slow. northbound 101 all the way up into sunnyvale. and 101 the peninsula traffic very slow. 280 is a little slow. still better than 101. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. sunrise over the city. a bunch of 30s checking in all the way up to lake county. it's going to be sunny. sunny side up. there's not a cloud to be found. there's a little bit of patchy fog up in lake county. great with

stores want to start as early as they can, so get used to it so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. >> diet fries. >> that's what one fast food chain is offering. >> we'll see two newlyweds who you will never forget. >>> healthy fast food. they keep capitalizing. the latest effort, burger king's diet french fries or satisfry. we look at whether they will become another healthy fast food flop. looks like we're having difficulty with that story. we will move on to what's coming next. lots of great stories you can fiefnltd healthy eating is something hard to do. we're talking about all the candy because of it stockpiled. if you haven't picked up any candy yet, wait. you'll get some of the best deals the day of halloween. here's the best part, you won't be attempted to eat it. don't go everboard when you buy candy. >> if you have theater thrt kids -- 30 kids that normally ce to your door, you don't need 150 pieces of candy. >> another trick, buy candy that you don't like. experts also recommend buying hard candy to pass out. this takes longer to eat and typically as l

coming up on "early today," dire strait. the consequences will be huge if our government defaults on its bills and every american will feel the repercussions. >>> the interrogation of terror suspect continues as u.s. marines in libya are put on high alert. >>> death watch. a wristwatch that estimates how much time you have left to live. would you wear it? "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for tuesday, october 8th. >>> good morning. it is day eight of the government shutdown. president obama challenging house speaker john boehner to hold a vote immediately to end the partial closure. >> if republicans and speaker boehner are saying there are not enough votes then they should prove it. let the bill go to the floor and see what happens. just vote. let every member of congress vote their conscience. they can determine whether or not they want to shut the government down. >> speaker boehner responded on the house floor. >> now, the american people expect when their leaders have differences and in

this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. we are starting out with some fog in some never hides. --in some neighborhoods. we do not expect any rain. 55 in edgewood. lowl start out with the clouds and maybe some fog. high-temperature near 70. we will come back and take the forecast into the weekend. >> coming up on 11 news today -- >> a budget breakthrough -- details of a possible deal and what could happen next. >> los angeles airport investigating explosions inside the terminal. two of the devices were found monday night. is expected to cause major delays this morning on russell street. >> we will be watching to see how that impacts your morning how that impacts your morning what does that first spoonful taste like? ok. honey bunches of oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mmmm! wow! it's the oats. honey. yeah. honey bunches of oats. this is a great cereal. no! you don't e

the forecast track, once it does make land fall early, early sunday morning is it makes a beeline toward the mid-atlantic states, toward virginia. will it linger here and how much rain could we see or will we have delays for our commute the early part of next week? we'll talk about it in a couple minutes. >>> a guy is using a bank as his personal atm. he's robbing the same one over and over again. >>> our cameras caught heated confrontations. >>> tonight, report how security >>> tonight, report how security was alerted that a student was february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." building in our area. >>> a local student is in jail right now held without bond for bringing a gun t

"early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for tuesday, october 29th. >>> good morning. i'm richard l u6789 i'm richard lui. an obama care bombshell. an investigation finds the obama administration reportedly knew for at least three years that millions of americans would not be able to keep their health insurance. that has been one of president obama's key selling points for his new health care law. >> if you've got health insurance, it doesn't mean a government takeover. you keep your own insurance. if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. >> but four sources deeply involved in the affordable care act tell nbc news between 45% to 50% can expect to find a cancellation letter in the past year. the reason, their existing policies do not meet the minimum standards mandated by the new health care law. 2010 obama care regulations do cite a normal turnover in the individual insurance market. now the white house is pushing back on the investigation. josh ernest tweeted, quote, that's "a," not new, and "b," not caused by aca. it's a problem aca will solve. for more, head

they may stop early if buses become full. they will travel directly to the city and won't transfer to west oakland. one commuter said she will continue to use the buses. >> i think i will continue sticking with it for now. i have other coworkers that are use the ferry, the cal train and those didn't seem to be a whole lot better. >> reporter: they will run from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and the loading zone will be at the transbay terminal on howard street between fremont and biel. if you want to assure you will get a seat, you want to come early. i want to show you a shot. there is a line of about five people or so waiting outside to get on. of course they want to make sure they will get on the bus because again you know these can fill up early because this might be a true test of how busy it will be on monday. on friday many people took the day off. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> time is 4:45. the california public utilities commission will hold a hearing about a controversial natural g

early today starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday october 17th. >> good morning to you. it took a last minute deal but this morning the government is open and the debt ceiling is raised. president obama signing the short-term deal into law early this morning after 16 days of stalemate on capitol hill. he says he is convinced lawmakers on both sides can work together for progress >> we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the american people. there is a lot of work ahead of us, including our need to earn back the trust of the american people that's been lost over the last few weeks. and we can begin to do that by addressing the real issues that they care about. >>> well, the road to resolution was not an easy one. >> without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> the republican dominated house passed the measure 285-144. 87 republicans joined all democrats in support. speaker john boehner telling wlw radio, quote, we fought the good fight. we just didn't win, end quote. nancy pelosi als

welcome back to "early start."ke ago look at the top cnn trends on the web this morning but we start with rihan rihanna. she has done it again getting somebody in trouble because of her tweets. this time a twitter message about a lewd sex show she attended in thailand. authorities there saw the tweet and have now arrested a bar owner who faces a month in prison for featuring naked dancers. remember two weeks ago? a 20-year-old man and 16-year-old boy were picked up after rihanna posted this picture of herself. >> trouble. >>> walking dead is apparently infectious. the show is now the most watched able program of all time behind "early start" actually. >> if you dressed up like that, i would be tuning in too, berman! >> the fourth season premiere on sunday and drew more than 16 million viewers! >> wow! >> more than any other cable show on cable ever. even maybe a little more than "early start." it even beat "the big bang theory." 40,000 tweets were posted in the first minute of its east coast airing. >> what is it a

metro as we head into the afternoon and early evening.n futurecast, you can see we're still dry at noon except if you live in the south and eastern suburbs of the city. and a lot of people of course when you're on furlough, you're not heading into work so if you're staying put in southern maryland, you can expect rain for just about the entire day. but some sunshine in luray and winchester until we get into the afternoon and early evening. this is your evening drive home. heavy rain over la plata. most of southern maryland is going to be unindated with the rain. the -- inundated with the rain. toward fredricksburg could see pockets of heavy rainfall. it shifts to the north and east as we head into the overnight hours. we will get a period of steady, heavy rain right here in the district before all is said and done and then you can see it starts to get a little more spotty as we head into your thursday morning commute. but we will have plenty of rain showers during the day on thursday. thursday is a yellow alert because it looks like both

be delayed longer if we get another shutdown early next year. taxpayers expected to file tax returns by april 15th. >>> later the city of detroit will be in court as a taefpl lawyers will try to convince the judge that the motor city is eligible for filing bankruptcy. they cited about $18 billion in debt. unions and retirees are expected to play a big role in the hearing as they fight to keep pensions at the current levels. many face some reducktions in the pensions if the judge approves the bankruptcy. >>> now, a jobs report means the fed is unlikely to drawback the stimulus program in 2013. and wow, how about this? cnbc's kayla. >> hey, you look good. >> i am up every morning this hour. what do you have for business headlines? >> you saw the market rise. the investors like the idea that the fed will hold off on the stimulus massing buying program for a few more years. it has helped to prop up the numbers. we're still getting some news a steady drum beat about the settlement that jpmorgan is in in the final stages. they may strike a deal as soo

"early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for wednesday, october 23rd. >>> very good morning to you. i'm richard lui. a white house insider leaking details under an alias for two years is finally found and fired. senior administration official with incredible access and information is now off the job. he was revealed as the voice of a twitter account using a fake name. his name is jofi joseph. he was on the white house staff but he was also famous in d.c. circles. the tweets began in 2007. he was said to have openly criticized administration policies. joseph had worked at the state department and for senators bob casey and joe biden. so far the first time, we are hearing from the woman in charge of healthcare.gov. kathleen sebelius admits there were concerns about the launch. >> the president said he was angry about this. did you know when he first knew there was a problem? >> well, i think it became clear fairly early on, the first couple of days. >> not before that, though? not before october 1st? there was no concern at this point in the white house or hh

we see a milder trend into early next week. getting some of the emails from snow shoe mountain, west virginia, they had an inch to two inches. you get the idea it's starting to come in here. >>> we're coming up on the anniversary, one of the strongest storms we've ever seen. it's on the east coast. >> we seat progress of one of the historic places. >> we are about five days away from the anniversary of superstorm sandy. today the damage is visible and the recovery efforts are slow but there are signs of progress. david has more on one of the hardest areas hit and how the community is rebuilding. >> anybody like a drink here? >> reporter: one of the oldest restaurant bars in manhattan is open for business. it's been around since 1873, a hickic gathering place, but in one night superstorm sandy almost closed its doors for good, leaving behind roughly million dollars in damages. >> the water came up to about here. as you can see, the mirror is cracked in the bar. >> reporter: the water marc shows how high flooded and it still car

"early today" starts right now. >> this is "early today" for friday, october 25th. >>> good morning to you, i'm richard lui. two american lives are at stake as a group of pirates kidnap and hold them hostage in one of the world's most dangerous locations. it happened aboard a supply trip off the gulf of guinea. u.s. officials believe the pirates took the captain and engineer ashore as hostages. someone that's been through an attack like this is captain richard phillips. somali pirates kidnapped him for days, now a hit movie. he offered perspective to brian williams. >> they will usually take a captain or chief engineer and take them ashore and hide them so now rescue attempts will be made. you've got to understand it's dangerous out in the gulf of new guinea but also on the land in nigeria. >> the navy always has phillips and his capitalers in their sights through thursday they disappeared. piracy is down to the its lowest level in nearly a decade. attacks in nigeria up 30% so far this year. >>> investigators want to know what drove a national guardsman to go after his own. a guardsman

sometime late saturday, early sunday.all between new orleans and panama city, florida. and you can see how it curves to the right. don't think we're going to see much strengthening with it, but it will provide quite a bit of rain to our area. take a look at the seven-day forecast. through the weekend we're try. but summer is goek to end this weekend. the summer warmth that we've had. we drop back to the 730s with two wet days. on monday, i think we could even have some thunderstorms thrown in. >> >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes julianne moore. from "mike and molly," billy gardell. the music of stone temple pilots with chester bennington. and "ask jay anything." and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you. here's a -- here's a -- here's a story i read today. according to a report, experts in pakistan say $25 million in cash is smuggled

he likes getting up early and being done in the middle of the afternoon. he really liked it. >> reporter: crews were stunned. the $1.2 billion stopped for the day. >> it's a big shocker, but then it is a tragedy. we had a fellow co-worker lose their life, which happened pretty quick. it's really emotional. a little banged up in there. >> reporter: they were struck and killed by the counterweight. wondering about two deaths in five months. >> the safety on that side is that it is not being upheld to today's standards or is it a truly freak accident here? counselors will also be available. >>> everett's wipeout disease carrying mosquitoes are underway in one bay area county. but we're not talking about west nile virus. the yellow fever mosquito was discovered in the residential area. since then, they controlled three adult mosquitoes carrying the disease along with 14 infected larvae. found in the southeastern part of the united states. so far there are no r reports of humans contracting yellow fever. >>> coming up, an update on the bart talks right after th

coming up on "early today," man hunt. two convicted murderers use fake documents to fool the department of corrections and escape. >>> edward snowden said he did not bring leaked files to russia. >>> a frightening school bus hijacking. and will october's frightening flick drum up big bucks at the movies? "early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for friday, october 18th. >>> good morning everybody and happy friday. i'm betty nguyen. it sounds like a plot from a hollywood thriller, two convicted murderers serving life sentences forge documents and are released from prison. the brazen scheme unfolded in florida and a manhunt is underway for charles walker and joseph jenkins both freed within weeks of each other. the orange county sheriff's office only learned about it on tuesday. a judge says someone took his signature off a public document and electronically passed it on bogus release orders. before that phony state motions were filed to correct an illegal sentence. >> this was one enterprising way to break

some early sun mixing in with the clouds. mostly cloudy, still mild. highs mid- to upper 60s but get ready. a big chill heading our way. we'll tell you about that when i see you in a few minutes. right now over to monika with timesaver traffic. >>> if you're planning to come in from southern maryland, they're all in good shape to the beltway once here at branch avenue, whether going north toward college park or south towards the wilson bridge, you'll find the lanes open on the beltway in prince george's county. >> thanks, monika. >>> 4:40. time for your first money segment of the morning. >> jessica is off. >> this morning investors get an update on the unemployment picture. the september jobs report will be released two and a half weeks because of the government shutdown. yesterday the markets were mostly flat. the dow lost seven points. the nasdaq gained 5. automaker hyundai is recalling more than 27,000 genesis luxury cars after the government opened an investigation into possible brake problems. the recall includes the 2009 to 2012 model years. >>>

landfall later tonight and early sunday morning in the gulf..k, and i know you got weekend plans, and we've got, we are featuring warmth this weekend.th thi we are featuring augustring temperatures to kick first to week of october this year and we're seeing that early this morning. 71 at reagan national. 60s at dulles and bwibwi

let's take a quick peek at the early numbers. a mixed bag but it's early. crunch the numbers and talk all things business with jason brooks right after the break. the founder of merce benz once wrote something on a sheet of paper ♪ the challenge always accepted. and the calling forever answered. ♪ introducing the all-new 2014 s-class. facebook is down... right n you can't update your statu post comments, send message >>> in just in, some breaking news here. facebook is actually downright now. you cannot access facebook at all. users are also unable to like posts. the error message says there was a problem updating your status. please try again. and michelle is in a twirl righ now! >> facebook is broken. >>> jpmorgan chase is settling a case with the feds for $13 billion. it's one of the major business stories this morning. >> it is. here now to chat about it, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this would make history that is kind of settlement would be the biggest of its kind. still need to settle a few th

chad myers is in with that. >> a very good early morning to you early, early morning or good evening, if you're watching in hawaii. miami and ft. lauderdale thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. northeast is pretty good and could be early morning fog in atlanta and showers in portland and seattle. other than that, airports looking pretty good, especially throughout the afternoon. high pressure in control in the east. sunny. fell like a fall morning and then a nice really early summer kind of day. temperatures going to be nice. not a lot of humidity in the air and sunshine everywhere. remember, just because the temperatures are cool today, 80 for a high in new york didn't mean the u.v. is gone. the uv will be 8, 9 and 10 in some spots. a pleasant 71 as you family wake up i hope in los angeles. >> thank you, chad. >>> coming up, diplomatic drama. the white house relationship with iran could literally reach new heights as one close ally issues a grave warning. >> why not? >> can you rigged me? >> i have no idea. >> because it's awesome. >> one couple treating their guests to a wedding

a report after 15-minute delay which happened early. it continues for the line because of a reported equipment problem. the rest of the lines are operating on time. ac transit is moving. their buses. we have the watch on their potential for a strike in a couple of days. meanwhile t the roads, typical traffic tuesday. the build so out of ka knoll your typical flow. we have a couple of issues. reports after crash. quickly moved to the shoulder but that is enough sometimes to cause additional slowing so. far the sensors are holding over the last five minutes. north 680, reports after crash or stalled vehicle. waiting to get clarification. it is southbound 680 out of pleasant hills kiptal for that walnut creek area. south 880 toward earlier crash at 92, there is paperwork but it's off of the highway. union city south 880 and north as there is another crash in the center divide which might distract the commute. that's where we see the orange. back to you. >> thanks. a man who lives a it a south bay home day care for kids faces charges ever s

>> this is early today. we hope this is your first stop today on nbc. >>> leading the news in the huffington post, hud virus concerns reduce pilgrims by 1 million. unestimated here 2 million muslims were unphased by the deadly coronavirus that killed dozens. >>> about 300,000 people showed up for brazil's second largest gray pride parade. >>> stories we're following for you. gabby giffords and her husband at a gun show in new york. the attorney ins gaits background checks when a gun is bought or sold at a show. gifford would like the new york protocol to serve as the model. >> we must never stop fighting. fight, fight, fight. be bold, be courageous. the nation is counting on you. >> overnight workers avoid a strike on the california bay area transit system. the union says they'll give bart one more day to reach the deal. >>> the brazil largest city, soak fans clashed with each other and with riot police. it began when fans of one club tried to fill the empty space separating them from rivals. >>> street arti

they're taking a recess and they will be back later in the early afternoon. bart unions initially said they would strike if they did not reach a deal by midnight early this morning. the possibility of the strike is still there as the unions gave management in 24 our retreat from what would have been the second strike and more than three months. >>darya: our team coverage continues with kron4's will tran as they emerged this morning at the headquarters. they will return at 1:00. >>will: i got into at least admit that part. they would not say anything. they would not even comment on whether or not they made progress. at 530 this morning and decided to leave the building. go home to a little bit of a now and come back. here's video that we shot of about sides of the bargaining table leaving. here's one of the chief negotiators and to that. we just her she could not comment because she was placed under a federal gag order. not just her but also the other players here. and we did get some comments from the federal mediator. it was his job to come up to the media a

we do have a wind advisory expire early, about 15 minutes early. it was planning to expire at 5:00 p.m. it's done. so that's good. things are calming down. it's going to be cold today. i want to make sure you're ready for that. 63 degrees in concord, 64 livermore, we'll hit the low 60s in san jose. and we're talking about a return to the upper 50s at the coast. not just today, tomorrow as well. then temperatures start to warm up just in time for halloween. so we're looking good on thursday. mostly cloudy conditions to start the day but a sunny finish. ladies, i was at the winchester house for the flashlight tour. i don't know if you've done that. it was spooky so we've got that this week to look forward to. have you done it before? >> i never have. i have done the tour in the regular season, not flashlight tour. glad you made it out alive. 4:49. middle school students will return to class in sparks, nevada a week after a classmate brought a gun to school, opened fire and killed a teacher. students will be greeted by extra police officers. last week

we're startingÑçç early to bri you the latest on the b.a.r.t. situation.m kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. and we thought we might be bringing you b.a.r.t. strike information this morn, but, nope. b.a.r.t. is still in business. the trains are rolling after a strike looked inevitable. a federal mediator says nobody leaves until a deal is done. matt keller is live in oakland with the very latest details. matt? >> reporter: yeah, one union says the deal is extremely close, as both sides are inside, and they're being told that they can't leave until a deal is done. in a statement released earlier this morning, at about 1:00, the atu says the director of the federal mediatione is close. the district was told they cannot leave until a deal is reached. they made a counterproposal after the last, best final offer. no one is talking about specifics, just that the negotiations are still going. >> the bargaining has produced some constructive and productive progress, and i am authorized by the parties to say they are prepared to continue negotiations through the nigh

heaviest through the early afternoon hours.s up for the evening commute. so if you're going to the east you're likely to still get wet through the evening and then clearing skies overnight. forecast for today, showers and thunderstorms will be likely. a few of those could be severe and produce damaging wind gusts. the rain will be heavy at times. high temperature in the mid- to upper 70s. tomorrow we'll clear things out. plenty of sunshine. a high near 70°. and then rain showers and cooler temperatures for the middle of the week. hello october, you're finally here. that's your forecast. let's find out what's happening on the road this morning. amanda. >> thank you jacqui. some people are happy to hear that cooler weather is headed our way. a lot of people are happy that the inner loop is back open as well. that crash is cleared all lanes open. typical delays also along 66 which is where we're getting this news chopper 7 shot from. traffic is slowly moving but heavy and steady there on 66 eastbound coming in towards fairfax. the

only 32 states have early voting and other states have no method at all. you have to have an excuse authorized by the state. we're not talking about the fundamental right to vote. we're talking about convenience voting. 32 states have come up with different more convenient ways of voting but what's interesting is the studies actually show the more convenience options you give voters the less likely they are to turn out to vote. the states with fewer early voting options actually have higher voting percentages. so we're not talking about keeping people from voting. the case law says as long as you can cast your vote one way or the other that is not a burden to you, then you don't have a case. >> jade says that reservations have enough oppression and outside racism to last for years. we shouldn't make them pay to be heard. and marginalized population isn't being marginalized. and rick says there's no racial diversity in montana other than nonwhites, might not even be citizens. tom i'm going to go to you is this playing a role here or is it racially neutral?