mike tirico is host and play-by-play announcer for nbc hosts and he'll be calling it for nbc. making time for us today. it's good see you. welcome. >> good to see you. happy nfl season. here we go. >> so many different things. i want to start with something to clarify that i heard. are they changing the kickoff rules tonight? yeah. >> so what's it going to look like with the first opening play? >> yeah. we saw it in the preseason. they wanted to do two things. kickoffs were at the low of the point ever in terms of return kick offs in the history of the league last year and the kickoff has been a play that indecked higher in terms of injuries than any other play and they wanted to address both. if you didn't see in the preseason. teams will still kick off through the 35 yard line, but all of the guys covering kick will be a lot closer to where the ball has to land and essentially they want the ball to land in an area between the 20 yard line and the goal line. if it lans you have to return it. if it goes out of the back of the end zone it's a touchback and instead of the 35 it'

here now, mike tirico. >> 271 more nfl regular season games to come. we're off to a good start. kansas city, 27, baltimore, 20 here for the kickoff game, 2024. our players of the game for this opening night, patrick mahomes, just under 300 yards, pacheco, good running in the second half, and xavier worthy, the rookie out of texas, two touchdowns and worthy and mahomes standing by with melissa stark. >> talk and coming down to the wire. patrick, how nerve-racking was that? >> yeah, nerve-racking. that is a game of inches as they say, and to come out here and get a win in arrowhead, it's a way to start the season. >> you said after losing week one with the lions, you did not want to be pushed around. how did you pill it out? >> this is a really good football team. we got to see what training camp did for that. it's a great start. >> how excite ready you to have this rookie xavier worthy on your team? >> yeah, he's a play maker. to come out here in the first game against one of best defense fls the league to score touchdowns, it's just a start. he has a long way to go. he's going t

mike tirico will join? a little bit. everybody is ready for the fall and some football fun. >> we sure are. >>> but let us get started right now, guys, with our top story. the nation mourning two students and two teachers at apalachee high school about an hour northeast of atlanta. they were killed in a shooting just days into the new school year. >> and here they are. their names were released by investigators overnight. and two teachers, richard and christina. >> authorities have also identified the accused shooter, 14-year-old student. and he is set to be tried as an adult. the georgia bureau of investigation now saying he was investigated last year for online threats to commit school shootings. so, in a moment, we will hear from a student who was there when the shooting unfolded along with her mom. but we're going to begin with nbc's priya sridhar with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the school remains closed for the rest of the week, as authorities continue to conduct interviews with

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