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nbc sunday night fooevall eryone, have a >>> here's gordon. thousands are without power as the deay storm makes landfall torrential rain bands pushing inland with gusty wind >> fear the new book by famed journalist boboodward has created a firestorm from the white house. wong with incredible revelation abot is going on inside the trump add macon, georgia. >> to the fight for the future of the supreme court and how democrats aretling to shelf the hearings until more a documentsre released. >> and another night of upsets at the u.s. open. it went deep into this morning. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marlie ha. tropical storm gordon's siege of heavy rainfall may have just gun, but h it already claimed its first life. just hours ago, the national hurricane centeou aed gordon made landfall west of the alabama/mississippi border with sustained winds of over 70 miles per hour. >> authorities report those winds from the storm's outer bands caused a tree to fall onto a mobile home in pensacola, killingd.

. >>> good evening, eryone. and well. bill griffeth is off tonight. we begin with a bombshell lawsuit. the securities and exchange commission is suing tesla's ceo elon musk for fraud. the agency cites musk's tweet back in august that he was considering taking tesla private, adding, quote, funding secured, e quote. according to the s.e.c., musk did not dis oss confirm key terms to take the company private prior to his tweets. and musk was reckless in knowing that his statements were false. the s.e.c. calls musk's actions harmful to tesla's investors. >> thee. 's complaint which was filed earlier today in federal district court in the southern district of new york seeks a finding that musk committed securities fraud and injunction prohibiting him from doing so in the future, civil permits, disgorgement of ill gotten gains and a bar prohibiting musk from serving as officer or director of a public company in the future. >> shares of tesla fell sharply on the news in initial after hoursg. trad what happens now when a ceo is sued? eric gourd isn't a profess

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governor roy cooper urged y eryone in north carolina to take it seriously saying this is a monster storm. it is big and it is vicious. one worry with florence-- the storm surge here could reach 12 feet. another worry: if florence stalls off the coast and dumps heavy rains as hurricane matthew did two years ago, inland flooding, typically a hurricane's top killer, then becomes a major worry. many evacuees plan to head hundreds of miles inland to feel safe. he of 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, the major bridge to this part of the outer banks becomes one way. jeff, deputies will be posted to stop anyone from coming on to this barrier island, except emergency crews. >> glor: all right, mark strassmann in kitty hawk. thanks. president trump addressed the hurricane today. >> the safety of american people is my absolute highest priority. we are sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. we're ready. we're as ready as anybody's ever been. >> glor: in that session, the president also praised the federal government's response to hurricane maria in puerto rico last year, though it has been widely criticized

what remains, the question on eryone's mind, why did this happen? >> we do not have a motive yet so serving being explored. >> other questions are whether this will be open for business tomorrow. we are waiting for word on that. >>hank you. >>> there have been three workplace shootings in the u.s. in the pasho 24 s. went morning a man shot four people this middleton,n. wiscon police killed the gunman. wednesday afternoon, four people were shot inside a court building in mason town, pennsylvania. police shot and killed the gunman there. and then this morning i aberdeen. seven people shot. three dead from the shooting at the rite aid warehouse. >>> more breaking news just in after two officers are shot in district heights. just moments ago, the police chief revealing the officers entered the wrong home while attempting to serve a warrant lastnight. tracee has the developments. >> reporter: the good news i that one of those officers has been released from the hospital. the other iste exp to be just fine and leave soon. meanwhile, the chief of police is

. >> congrats to stanford for showing some savvy to pull dubl considering plans today for a newt eryone is happy about it. ikea wants to hold a store near 580 and hacienda drive. some residents are concerned about ikea shoppers creating more traffic gridlock and have been sounding off against the plan. the city planning commission is expected to go on proposal tonight. >>> 30 minutes now before 7:00. jaclyn has her eye on some hotspots traffic was. >>> we're checking some problems in the south day. we will be over around 101 and 237. we're tracking the lane that is blocked. it looks like a truck blocked the lane. there's a bit of a backup along northbound 101. and also westmont 237. we will be in the red on the way to san jose. give yourself a good extra 20 minutes heading out the door. is 22 minute ride. the travel time continues to climb. this is 1st street. your dry between add and 101 as little over 20 minutes. we will take it to the lawrence expressway. it is currently blocked. we have some police activity. no estimated time as to when the direction will reopen. keep that in mind i

. >> i want to send a universal message to eryone it is possible. you have to have the fire and passion inside of you and believe you can do whatever yse your mind to. >> reporter: with each fire she sets o tosl fight, chief pry blazing a trail for women everywre. >> i'm excited. just trying to take it all in. >>> now at 6:00, showers and thunderstorms acrosshe region. the latest path of florence. >>> plus, a war o words on the campaign trail. >> if you thought elections don't matter i hope these last two words corrected that impression. >> i'm sorry that i watched it, but i fepl as >> reporter: tonight, two presidents with opposing messages ahead of the crucial midterm elections. >>> a dramatic crash and dash caught on tape. wh s neighborsay it's part of a bigger problem. >>> the unlikely friendship with a janitor and a student and it's going viral. >> just to be able to know he s able to bless me. truly touched my heart. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. >>> buckle up. we have some weather over us and we are tracking two big storms tonight.

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but not eryone is going to get a deluge like yesterday. it is incredibly warm and humid. upper s to near 80. the dew pointde was 7ees. that's ridiculously high. planning the next couple of hours. rumbles of thunder early. rain should end at 5:00 and6: . maybe sooner than that. it should be all over by 8:00. you'll get sunshowe tomo more about that in the ten-day forecast coming up. >>> can't wait. we were talking about that. we need to see the sun again. >> need sun rays. thanks, chuck. more on the problems that aln that r causing. this is forest glenn road early this morning. you can see that road was closed off becau of high water. >> it's not just the high water we're talking about. justin finch is in fairfax right now with a look at conditions there. hi, justin. >> reporter: hey there, angie. this has been a patterne've seen played out kind of over and over again. the rain comes down, we cat t a brea rain comes back, we catch a break. then we also have to deal with the atafte which of course, has been the flooded roads. there's sometimes cones in the road because of r

s when you purchase a serta icomfort, icomfort hybrid, or beautyrest black mattress.ev it's time eryoneood night's sleep. havertys life looks good >>> welcome back. a notorious quadruple murder in washington and only one suspect going to trial. >> yeah, earlier this week, news4 spoke with legal experts about the significance of t som of new details about evidence in this case and the thing is they don't all agree. >> we are talking about the notorious mansion murders from three years ago. savvas and amy savopoulos, their son philip and housekeeper vera figueroa all killed in the family's home one man, daron wint, goes to trial nhis week. >>s4 meagan fitzgerald's has more on the -- meagan fitzgerald has more evidence on the impact. >> a crime scene means that no one can touch anything under a circumstances. >> reporter: but according to these court documents filed by prosecutors describing the collection of dn evidence, that wasn't the case. and long-time criminal defense attorney bernard grimm says when a crime scene is n flawlessly preserved, that can have major impact on the outcome o

patchy morning clouds and lots of bgh sunshine thisteor eryone weekend. so we are dropping from the mid-90s in the inland area to the low 90s so still going to be quite warm and then it's going to be much cooler by the middle of the week and this is a water vapor satellite image so we had this warm, dry air mass and over the last three hours and you notice it's starting south and it is weakening and as it does, the warmth weakens as well and then what we have going on next week is the trough moving in and the cooler air is going to drop temperatures for everyone especially inland neighborhoods by midweek. highs will range from 60s at the coast to low 90s inland and plenty of sunshine for everyone. half moon bay, 63 and san francisco, 67, oakland will be nice and comfortable, 74 degrees for the as game today and san jose, 82. low 90s and 92 in fairfield and antioch and livermore and look for mid to upper 80s and napa, 84. santa rosa, 89 degrees and it will be a great day to head to the art and wine festival today for much othe same, just slightly cooler. a

eryone in the cast auditioned for donald trump. >> let me just -- before you show -- they made us allghter ] i wasn't at home like, "let's go." >> seth: yeah. >> you know what iean? so, yeah >> seth: and so -- but there you are. this is a very rare photo. [ laughter ] >> that is. >> seth: and how was -- [ applause ] >> yeah. thank you, everybody. >> seth: how was your trump? be honest. didn't even -- i was so upset that i had to do it. it was just very -- it was very bad. b >> setthe way, he's upset that he has to be president. so that might have -- >> yeah. >> seth: you could have pulled fr that. >> what a [ bleep ] dork. [ laughter ] i'm sorry. >> seth: that's all right. we're on very late. [ light laughter ] you -- since i last -- you were last on the show, you got engaged. congratulations. >> i did. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. >> seth: we have talked -- i believe we talked on tow about how back in the day, you would just leave your door open anrtyour friends would have of carte blanche to come over and crash on your couch. >> yes. i >> setthere now a -- >> t

eryone needs to see themselv themselves. >> next question, next issue that i would like to get to. mark with theext question on health care. >> what do you think believe the future of the affordable care act, in light of commonwealth's decision to join the medicexd nsion program and what changes would you urge democrats to make if they w controlf congress in november? >> i support the affordable care act. i suppo medicaid expansion. my opponent opposes and wants tl rehe affordable care act and opposed medicaid expansion. what would i do? what are the next first, we need to stop the trump administration's sabotage against the affordable care act. cutting out the individual mandate, cutting down enrollment periods, cutting down enabling people to enroll. the insuran for rates in virginia are saying their rates are going up because the administration is tryingo sabotage the program and president trump even brags about it himself. i couldn't get it done by votes, but i'mrying to kill it anyway. what we need to do is first stop the sabotage and then, second, my proposal medicare x that

applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: my thanks to chris cuomo, jerrod carmichael, ruston kelly, eryone> c call."elcome to "last i'm carson daly. coming to you from the lovely phd terrace at dream, midtown he in new york city.