. >>> now, let's turn to ron mott who is outside in new york city. ron, what's the latest on the case against the suspected attacker? >> reporter: good morning, phillip. we're now able to get to this bike path where this all went down on halloween afternoon. you can see the decal on the asphalt, walking and biking path. the suspect drove that rented home depot truck down this bike path, killing eight people, and then he eventually ran into a school bus. the plan as he told the fbi was to go from here, to the brooklyn bridge, where he thought he would continue to kill pedestrians on the brooklyn bridge between manhattan and brooklyn. he obviously never got that far because he ran into a school bus, mini bus filled with special needs children strapped into their seats. it was a horrific scene there. this is reminiscent of 9/11 in this part of manhattan. i'm staring at the freedom tower now. it was the twin towers 16 years ago. the suspect said he felt good about what he did. he appeared to want to have the police engage him and kill him. he survived, an

. >> nbc's ron mott reports. >> reporter: this morning, a major push for change in the wake of tragedy at florida state university. the school's president announcing the indefinite suspension of all greek life following the death of a fraternity pledge at an off-campus house party. >> i want to send the message that we've got a serious problem and we need to deal with it. >> reporter: the ban coming just days after 20-year-old andrew coffey, a pi kappa phi pledge was found unresponsive at this house where he attended a party friday night. investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in coffey's death. shortly after coffey's death. pi kappa phi's office suspended activity and the members of the chapter have been directed to cooperate fully with the investigation. along with a pause on all greek life, fsu's president instituted a ban of all alcohol at all student organization events for nearly 700 groups on campus. >> our students and their organizations must step up. they will be able to participate and should participate in the solution. >> reporter: the far-reaching move promp

ron mott there for us in lower manhattan. ron, thank you. for more now on the attack, i'm joined by nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, what do we know about him? >> well, this is a very fast-moving investigation and authorities are learning a great deal about the past of sayfullo saipov. we know that he came to the u.s. seven years ago, he has a green card. he worked as a truck driver in florida, in ohio and new jersey. he had addresses in both new jersey and florida. we believe lived for a brief time in ohio as well. he had been a driver for uber. uber acknowledges that and says that he actually passed the background check. he had a truck driver's license and we believe that he came into manhattan yesterday afternoon. he rented the truck in passaic, new jersey, at a home depot. left his minivan there, which has been searched. came into manhattan across the george washington bridge. after the attack authorities found at the truck a note praising isis. he was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound and authorities did attemp

ron mott, thank you.chwartz is live outside bellevue hospital where the suspect is under close guard. >> reporter: hey, hallie, there's a large police presence here. around the corner, there's a line of police officers all the way down. and this is where sayfullo saipov is under close watch. he was in surgery last night and has been talking to investigators as they try to question him. so far, it does not appear as though he's said much, but he's reportedly proud of what happened. this morning authorities are putting together a detailed profile of accused terrorist sayfullo saipov. the 29-year-old is married with two children and from uzbekistan and came to the u.s. in 2010 with a green card. right after the deadly attack, witnesses jumped in the truck to shout allah akbar, got is great. they say they found a note in the car saying he did this for isis. he has a valid florida address to list a tampa address for an apartment complex. the woman who moved in here a couple months ago said she had never seen h

ron mott has the latest from the tallahassee campus. good morning. >> reporter: florida state university is blowing the whistle an fraternities and sororities, after late last week, a young man died here. this morning, a major push for change in the wake of taraji at florida state university. the college president, suspending all greek life. >> we have a serious problem. and we need to deal with it. >> reporter: the ban coming days after 20-year-old andrew coffee attended a party thursday night. >> we're awaiting the results of an autopsy. >> reporter: after coffee's death, the national office suspended the chapter's operations. and told nbc news in a statement, the members of the chapter have been directed to cooperate fully with the investigation. along with the pause on all greek long, fsu's president instituted a ban on alcohol at all student organization events for more than 700 recognized groups on campus. >> our units and the organizations on campus must step up. they will be able to participate and should participate in the solu

back to you. >> ron mott, thank you. >>> explosive developments in the harvey weinstein scandal. according to a new reporter "the new yorker" weinstein hired private investigators, some former israeli intelligence agents to dig up dirt on his accusers and reporters looking into his behavior. nbc senior national correspondent kate snow has more on that. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the headline of this report by ronan farrow says it all. harvey weinstein's army of spies. one of the accusers, why didn't i and other women speak out sooner? we were followed by ex-mossad agents. isn't that terrifying? very. it sounds like the scene of a hollywood thriller that harvey weinstein may have once produced. the movie mogul reportedly hiring private investigators who sometimes used false identities to gather information on women and reporters trying to expose weinstein. one of the investigators pretended to be a women's rights advocate, and convinced rose mcgowan to meet with her four times this year. all the while, the former israeli defense s officer was working for weinstein, pressin

ron mott is at the scene in lower manhattan. is an investigation at the scene still underway? >> reporter: absolutely, ali. you can see these two black panel vans. we don't know if that home depot truck is still down there. there was a flat wrecker that we believe took that vehicle away from the scene. this all got started across the hudson river yesterday at 2:00 when the suspect rented that home depot truck. they say you can rent those for as low as $19. he took that truck across the george washington bridge that connected that bridge to manhattan. he made his way toward downtown using the west side highway and of course plowed into all these bicycles. it all ended up back here after he hit that school bus carrying small children. one of them was critically injured in all of that. and once he got out onto the street carrying a pellet gun and a paint gun, the people started calling 911 who were there near that scene, called two cops who were walking the beat. they responded to the scene. they met up with an officer and that third officer is the one who shot and wounded that s

nbc's ron mott remains on duty here with me in lower manhattan. ron, as we watch the investigators still standing in front of that home depot, a rented truck pete was talking about, investigators continue to pore over evidence at the scene. he also have information on the timeline, precisely how this played out yesterday. >> it started across the hudson river in new jersey. the suspect drove his van to a home depot in new jersey, rented the home depot truck, calculating this at $69 for the truck. let's take a look at the timeline that was just given out to us by deputy nypd commissioner john miller. at 2:06 he rents this vehicle from home depot. at 2:43 a license plate reader on the george washington bridge, which connects new jersey to upper manhattan, saw this vehicle go by. he exited going southbound on the west side highway. then at 3:04 a port authority camera outside the holland tunnel shows his vehicle entering a bike lane at west street and houston and targets bike riders and pedestrians in that bike lane, collided with that school bus and

with more on the president, turn to nbc's ron mott in saint charles where the president is about to speak. ron? >> reporter: hey there, ali. g good afternoon to you. the president is on the way. an announcement over the loud speaker he is en route. a suburb of st. louis. a subject you mentioned top of the broadcast. everyone in the united states and yet the president seems to have stepped on the message he is set to deliver here this afternoon with a flurry of tweets this morning. you mentioned taking on fake news again. a couple shots of a our company, nbc and msnbc and also retweeted those disturbing, what somewhere describe as anti-muslim videos one of which debunked by dutch officials who say it does not depict a muslim nor a migrant as the video is titled to suggest, and so that is what his press folks now are dealing with. the deputy press secretary en route with the president on air force one defending the president on the plane ride over. this is sarah huckabee sanders, the press secretary, earlier today talking about this same issue. take a listen. >> whether it's, it's a real vi

league most influential nbc's ron mott is in chicago to ron, good morning. >> to you. roger goodell is getting used to last season patriots fans took >> rep no stranger to the nfl says it's aware of the sue league and fellow owners as early as today, taking aim at goodell over the c jones reportedly been unhappy by goodell on his own team. the star player zeke elliott ruling thursday. elliot punished by goodell domest violence by "the new york time whose firm caught up in the at issue, whether jones has a >> good morning, guys. >> rep according to the times, jones announced plans to workin on the parameters of goodelcontract. the nfl's top man for over a decade goodell earned more than $44 million in 2012 and a league spokes regardless of jones'threat, there is 2024. it is anticipated negoti will be wrapped up soon. the dallas cowboys declined to the feud between jones and now this past may all 32 nfl it wil take 75% of them to >> big family feud there in the nfl. ron, thanks. >>> sa news out of hollywood, heller appeared in blazing retire he rurnld to tex and don't le

ron mott is in chicago to explain this one for us. ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. roger goodell is probably getting used to being a target. last season patriots fans took him to task over tom brady's suspension. now it's jerry jones who has a bone to pick. no stranger to controversy this year, nfl commissioner roger goodell apparently has found a new foe. jerry jones. the powerful owner of the dallas cowboys. the nfl says it's aware of the outspoken team owner's threat to sue the league and some of his fellow owners as early as today. taking aim at goodell over the commissioner's contract negotiations. jones has reportedly been on happy about a key suspension initiated by goodell on his own team. star player ezekiel elliott back on suspension after a court ruling thursday. elliott was punished by goodell in august after an accusation of domestic violence by a former girlfriend. an accusation that has not resulted in criminal charges. "the new york times" reports that david boies, an attorney who represented al gore in the infamous florida presidential recount, and

ron mott is in chicago to explain this one for us. >> reporter: last season patriots fans took him to task over tom brady's suspension. now, jerry jones, the owner of the dallas cowboys, has a bone to pick. no stranger to controversy this year nfl commissioner roger goodell has found a new foe, jerry jones, the powerful owner of the dallas cowboys. the nfl says it's aware of the outspoken team owner's threat to sue the league and some of the fellow owners as early as today, taking aim at goodell over the commissioner's contract negotiations. jones has been unhappy about a suspension on his own team. ezekiel elliott, back on suspension after a court ruling thursday. elliott was punished by goodell in august after an accusation of domestic violence by a former girlfriend. an accusation that was not resulted in criminal charges. it charges that al boies has been fired by jones. at issue, whether jones has an ability to stop or delay the contract extension. jones announced his plans to a group of six team owners who are tasked with working on the parameters of goodell's contract. >> that'

. >> reporter: i'm here with ron mott, who has gotten more on the victims and the human toll here. >> reporter: good morning, just an awful scene in lower manhattan with these bicycles mangled this morning. we are learning about those who died and the man they called a hero, a new york city police officer who stepped up and he wanted to prevent even more blood shed. five of the victims killed in the manhattan terrorist attack are from argentina. the group of france were visiting and in new york city celebrating the 30th i was in of their high school graduation. another one of the people killed was from belgium, according to nation's foreign affairs minister. >> traffic shut down on the west side highway at the time. it's going to be a crime scene. >> reporter: the devastation could have been even worse if not for the quick thinking of an nypd police officer. >> the uniformed police officer confronted the subject and shot him in the abdomen. >> reporter: according to reports, officer ryan nash sprang intoing a opening fire on the suspect and ending his rampage. new york city councilman

the problem here is it's mott just that he came up as ron said and lied the first time. i think some people who are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe the first time he went up, didn't remember correctly, confused by the question. but there can be no doubt anymore he's intentionally misleading this committee. when you come up two weeks ago with the questions swirling about russia and the fact he's under attack for not telling the truth and you mislead the committee again about something that you -- it doesn't pass the smell test that he doesn't remember when it came up in a meeting and he said to the people in the room, no one talk about this anymore. i'm afraid it's going to leak. that is a kind of thing you remember. and that he had to have remembered it coming up to congress and didn't tell the truth. >> let's all keep matt's description of that in mind as we listen to what jeff sessions says next. this is from june. this is a sitting attorney general. this is not someone trying to get through a confirmation hearing. he is the attorney general of

results of an autopsy to determine whether that body found in a shallow grave is mott's grandmother and the cause of death. ron, abc news, new york. >>> coming up in the next half hour. the single act of kindness that triggered jgenerosity has surpassed the six-figure mark. >>> it was the most watched college football game of the season. auburn's win over alabama has upended the playoff race. sports is next. results starting day 1. "there is not a friend i have, that will not own this product"" visible results or your money back olay. ageless. trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. ♪ >>> okay, we're back with some sports, getting down to it, and we're going to start with a crazy weekend for college football. the auburn tigers really stirred things up. performance. the victory over their rival, alabama. >> the wen plomted a hoonl celebration. thousands of fans covered the entire field. many went on to auburn's famous tumor's corner