priscilla thompson has details. >> reporter: tonight, the uvalde school district is suspending its entire police sing it made the decision after recent developments have uncovered additional concerns with department operations. >> they finally did the right thing. >> reporter: kimberly rubio has been fighting for accountability since her daughter lexi, 18 other children and 2 teachers were gunned down at school >> my children are still in the school district i want to feel safe. i want to feel heard, and i don't right now. >> reporter: the district did not cite a specific reason for today's suspension or say how long it will last it comes just days after the release of body camera footage obtained exclusively by cnn from the day of the massacre >> if my son had been in there. >> yeah. >> i would not have been outside >> reporter: showing then state trooper crimson elizondo with fellow officers. she resigned a few months after the shooting but was later hired by the school district outraging families >> this isn't her. >> reporter: the school district fired her yesterday. for five months t

priscilla thompson, nbc news, new york >>> in an effort to help keep players safe, new concussion rules went into effect in the nfl yesterday. it caused several players to be sidelined. raf sanchez has the details. >> reporter: even as the nfl tightens its control around concussion, more horrific injuries on the field. >> smith goes down looks like he collapses. >> reporter: savion smist th tan to the hospital with a neck injury it comes as the nfl and players agreed to a more cautious approach to injuries a player won't be allowed back on the field if he shows signs of ataxia, impaired coordination, slurred speech >> we're trying to make the concussion protocol more conservative. >> reporter: teddy bridgewater, the first player removed as a precaution under the new protocols. >> and teddy -- >> reporter: another player confirmed concussed soon after. >> he is still in some pain. they're tending to him he has that. >> reporter: the rule change sparked by this serious injury last month to the dolphins starting qb tua tagovailoa >> oh my goodness. that's an awful, awful sight to see. >> r

priscilla thompson in houston, thank you very much. well done. >> one thing is clear about texas.leading edge of a national shift toward majority nonwhite populations hispanic texans are the state's largest demographic group period. joining me to talk about it all is julian castro, and former mayor of san antonio. he's now an msnbc political analyst, and host of the our america podcast. thank you for being here. wish you were here with us, but i do want to talk about this. the hispanic, the latino vote is extremely important in texas. and increasingly so. it hasn't been that potent in terms of moving the state though. not yet. right now, you're talking about 4 in 10, 40% of the population of this state in 2021, the largest demographic group. 6.2 million latino eligible voters but only comprising 32% of the voting population. you told me years and years and year ago when we were at a totally different campaign event, the was going to change. it is changing. do you think it's changed enough to make democrats viable state-wide here? >> i think it's about getting there. it's getting c

and bc priscilla thompson has more on this. so those positive jobs report could also be a sign of more financial trouble ahead. to quote, a literary classic, it was the best of time. it was the worst of times. but this is not a tale of two cities. buit's a tale of two realities, on one hand a promising new jobs report, showing unemployment at 3.5%. a half century low. and 236,000 jobs added. and yet, what would normally be good news sent the stock market tumbling. >> why is that? >> the fed has been raising rates and hopes of slowing the economy. and with so many businesses still hiring, that means the economy isn't really slowing that quickly. and it's likely going to mean that the fed will continue to raise rates. when they raise the rates, the market does not like it because it will cost big business more money to operate. >> the dow dropped more than 600 points on friday. the nasdaq close 3% lower. not reality, so much more than just numbers, to be polite genevieve v hill. >> it's a little scary because it is invested. >> i

andrea. >> thanks very much to you, ali vitale and priscilla thompson in katy, texas.ing you? they have had the terrible shootings, uvalde, schools and education and curriculum as well as not just guns as well as of course the abortion laws. >> well, andrea, voters on both sides, whether they're supporting abbott or beto o'rourke, are very passionate about this race. i'll start with what i'm hearing of supporters of governor abbott, acknowledgment that he has made his takes. they feel he could have handled the electrical grids better, the shooting in uvalde better. the issues that are bringing them out to the polls are the economy. it is immigration. and it is crime. these issues texans have had to bear. on the other side of this, you have supporters of beto o'rourke, who is looking to unseat abbott here. they are talking about abortion and immigration. i spoke to one voter here who said those issues feel very personal to her. and particularly the way governor abbott has handled them feel very personal to her. take a listen to some of what she shared. >> many of the de

. >> joining us now is nbc's priscilla thompson. good morning. what more do we know?reporter: jose, good morning. well, we're learning that that officer who was killed was off duty actually on his way to work whenever this shooting unfolded. we also know that there is still a 59-year-old victim who remains hospitalized here at the hospital just behind me in critical condition. there was another officer who was injured -- who responded to this shooting and was injured but has since been released. as for that 15-year-old shooter, he is also in the hospital here in critical condition. police have not been able to give any information about a possible motive or even been able to say whether this was targeted or random. they're hoping to have more of those answers in the coming days. but here's what they did share with us this morning, they shared that the shooting happened over a two-mile radius. it began in neighborhood streets and then the shooter fled towards a greenway and continued shooting people as he did that. the police here really praising all of the witnesses a

nbc's priscilla thompson is in new york this morning. priscilla, why was the reaction so negative?reporter: peter, it is because the positive jobs report could be a sign of more economic pain ahead. to quote a classic, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. this isn't a tale of two cities. it's a tale of two realities. on one hand, a promising new jobs reports. unemployment at 3.5%. a half century low. 236,000 jobs added. and yet what would normally be good news, sent the stock market tumbling. >> why is that? >> the fed has been raising rates in hopes of slowing the economy. with so many businesses still hiring, that means the economy isn't really slowing that quickly. it is likely going to mean the fed will continue to raise rates. when they raise rates, the market doesn't like it because it costs big business more money to operate. >> reporter: the dow dropped more than 600 points friday. the nasdaq closed 3% lower. that reality so much more than just numbers to people like genevieve. >> it is invested. >> reporter: in her 70s, she will soon tap into our 401(k). sh

nbc's priscilla thompson is in a raleigh with more, and priscilla, you spoke to the fiance of one of the victims, what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, peter, kristen, good morning, i spoke to robert steele, the fiance of mary marshal who was killed, and he told me that his world has been completely destroyed. he wasn't ready to talk on camera but he said that yesterday he went through their home looking for the wedding bands they were set to exchange later this month, and he found the one that mary had gotten for him and saw that she had it engraved, writing you're my favorite place, but now instead of preparing for a wedding, he's planning her funeral. >> i think i heard three or four gunshots, there were people screaming. >> reporter: this morning, newly released 911 calls paint a harrowing picture of a gunman on the loose in a north carolina neighborhood. >> we heard some shots outside. and i looked out my window, and there's the neighbor on the ground, i think. >> reporter: the serenity of this normally quiet neighborhood shattered as the community mourns the five who were ki

joining us now with the very latest is priscilla thompson live from katy, texas. and ali vitale from fort pearce, florida, and normal political editor for lx news and victoria degrees cho soto, an msnbc contributor. early voting kicks off today in texas. there's already long lines to be seen. what are the top issues driving the race? >> reporter: that's right, jose. there were around 40 people here whenever polls opened this morning. we have had an opportunity to talk to around a handful of voters so far. and what we're hearing from them, we spoke to one young voter, first time voting. he is a student at ut austin. came back to cast his ballot for beto o'rourke. he is focused on abortion and lbgtq issues. he feels beto owe returning will be the better candidate for him on those issues. at the same time, every other voter we have spine to have been a bit older and their issues are far bigger than that. they are talking about immigration, the economy, and what's happening in schools and finding a candidate that aligns with their values. take a listen >> i want to ma

starting us off this morning priscilla thompson in houston, and ali vitali is north of miami, national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big morning, and charlie sykes, and adrienne elrod. priscilla, early voting the gets under way in texas. you're at a polling site right now just outside of houston. what are you hearing from folks you're talking to? >> yeah, lindsay, i'll set the scene for you here. there are a couple of congressional races in south texas that are really big for us here and then there's also the governor's race which everyone is talking about because you have governor greg abbott running against beto o'rourke and to give you some context, in 2018 when both of these men were on the ballot here in the county, beto o'rourke beat ted cruz by about 12 points here and governor greg abbott narrowly won the governorship by less than 500 votes in this country. so this is a county that was once red but has been trending blue over the past several years. but what is interesting here today as we've been talking to voters, it feels like a bit more of a toss-up. ever

nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson has the details. >> these are the moment a shooter startedng in a maternity ward at methodist dallas medical center. the gunman opened fire saturday morning, killing two nurses. new video shows hospital staff and visitors hiding as police closed in on the shooter. >> that's when it all kind of hit us that, like, oh, this is serious. the this is actually happening right now. so we all went back there. everyone was crying. >> hospital police shot the suspect who was now under arrest for capital murder. the suspect 30-year-old nester hernandez, a convicted fell on with a long wrap sheet. he was on parole and still wearing ankle monitor but got permission to be with his partner who was giving birth at the hospital. police have not released names of the two victims. we spoke to the daughter of one of the victims. she told nbc news her mother always feared for her safety there. some of their co-workers are demanding change. >> do you feel safe at work? >> not anymore. >> a nurse at methodist health systems spoke us with anonymously fearing retaliat

nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson has more. >> reporter: kids are back in school.e. something else is back, too. the flu. as covid restrictions ease, flu cases are on the rise. >> we spoke to local doctors keeping a close eye on the numbers. >> reporter: one city in alabama reporting more than 250 students recently out sick. >> everyone should get a flu shot. >> reporter: in new york, cases already widespread. the state health department releasing this reminder. >> we need to prepare for both flu and covid this fall and winter! nationwide, cdc data shows cases are 13 times higher now than around this time last year. what's behind the rise? we sat down with nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres to get you answers. at the peak of the pandemic, flu cases were low. now they're ticking back up, why. >> we have been wearing masks, staying away from other people. now we're not doing that. >> reporter: how bad will it be? >> we think this could be a bad flu season. >> reporter: who should get the flu shot, everyone six months older, pregnant people and seni

>> priscilla thompson in dallas. thank you. >>> with a little over two weeks to go before the midterms, a new nbc news poll shows voters more engaged than they've ever been for them. and gives a fresh glimpse into which party has the edge. this is josh lederman. >> reporter: as candidates crisscross their states, revving up voters. >> you need someone who's going to stand up and fight for democracy. >> reporter: americans are more fired up for these midterms than ever. the new nbc news poll revealing 70% of registered voters say they're highly interested in the election, the largest percentage ever recorded at this point before the vote, suggesting turnout in november could be sky gh but on enthusiasm, republicans have the edge, and their advantage is growing. >> you're going to vote for an incredible slate of true america first prub cans up and down the ballot. >> reporter: voters continue to rank the cost of living, jobs, and threats to democracy among the top concerns. but voters are still deeply pessimistic about

lester. >> priscilla thompson, thank you. >>> here in new york, the mayor declared a state of emergency as the city grapples with an influx of thousands of migrants, many of them bused in from texas in recent weeks. stephanie gosk is following this. stephanie, why this mechanism, a declaration of an emergency? >> well, lester, the mayor says he needs it to free up state and federal funds to accommodate thousands of asylum seekers that have been bused here from texas. he says it will cost ha the city about a billion dollars. he is also accusing the governor in texas of using these people as political pawns. the governor, greg abbott, responding today. he says the state of emergency is really on the border, and it's the result of the biden administration's policies. his office released some new numbers. the state of texas since april has bused 12,000 migrants to 3 cities, chicago, washington, d.c. and new york. >> all right, stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> in las vegas, the suspect in that stabbing spree on the famed stri court today accused of killing two people and wounding six others. m

priscilla thompson joins us now from raleigh, south carolina. police revealed the names of the victims this morning. what more do we know about them? >> we are now learning about those victims and their lives. we know that they range in age from 16 to 52 years old, including 52-year-old nicole connors, who her husband of five years says that she was such a caretaker and was just always looking out for other people. also, 49-year-old sue karnatz, a mother of three. her husband says that she died while running and their family will miss her so greatly. and a 44-year-old woman, mary marshal. her fiance is speaking out saying that she was shot while walking their dog and how devastating this has been for him. it feels like his whole world has collapsed. and there's also officer gabriel torres, a 29-year-old officer who was on his way into work wherever he was shot, as this violence erupted. and the youngest victim, a 16-year-old james thompson, who we're now learning was an 11th grader, a junior here at the local high school. and so these are the ea

>> priscilla thompson, live for us there outside the stadium. thank you. >>> major league baseball's first ever wild card weekend, it is living up to the hype. on saturday the cleveland outfielder oscar gonzalez hit a walk off homer in the 15th inning to beat the tampa bay rays 1-0 and to win their series. the seattle mariners moved onto the next round with the second largest comeback in playoff history erasing an 8-1 deficit to the toronto blue jays to win 10-9. how about that? the mariners just dancing wildly, celebrating on the field after the game. what a win. superstar bryce harper helped lead the philadelphia phillies to a 2-0 victory and a series win over the st. cardinals. and the new york mets kept their playoff dreams alive by beating the san diego padres 7-3. thanks >>> good sunday morning. once again, we're waking up to those low clouds, a nice marine layer around the coastline, but it's made its way in through parts of the interior. limited visibility down to less than two miles in santa rosa. meanwhile, areas like oakland down to a