sridhar: it is absolutely too early to tell. when we first heard of a probe like this we did not realize it was a criminal probe. it was in the immediate months after the collapse of archegos, june 2021. all regulated some prosecutors are trying to figure out if there was wrongdoing. after we saw the case against hwang the presumption was the case would have probably got away but that does not seem to be the case. it was merely dormant. now, the doj is ratcheting up the antitrust probe. how will this ultimately go, we don't know. whether there will be a case come out whether there will be a set of mind. what we do know is this general antitrust posture under the biden administration has been fairly muscular. they are loath to make any settlements. they are out there trying to score points and make it clear that if they feel there is some level of wrongdoing that comes under their jurisdiction, they will go after it hard. vonnie: it is a pile of metals, the whole case. that is sridhar natarajan who broke the story. coming up, int

here's priya sridhar. >> reporter: the manhunt continues for suspected shooter in laurel county, kentucky. >> our goal is to apply steady pressure and wearing mr. couch down. >> reporter: according to newly-released court documents obtained by nbc news, a c news, would woman ca c called 911, warning that he had texted that he was going to kill lots of people and then kill himself. he drove 8 miles away and randomly shot at cars. officials say he served in the army reserves. officers began tracking his phone, which led them to his car. nearby, they found a green army-style duffle bag with his name on it and several magazines of ammunition. shayna lowry says her truck was struck in the gunfire. >> all i could think about was my children. and my significant other. you know, and the real reality that i couldn't be here. >> reporter: now dozens of law enforcement agents are scouring the densely-wooded area. >> we will search until we can find him, until we exhaust all resources. >> reporter: priya sridhar, nbc news, london, kentucky. >>> convicted sex offender, harvey weinstein is in a hospita

priya sridhar is there. >> reporter: tonight the manhunt continues for a suspected shooter in laurel county, kentucky. >> our goal is to apply steady pressure and wearing mr. couch down. >> reporter: according to newly released court documents obtained by nbc news, a woman called 911 30 minutes before the shooting to warn that 32-year-old joseph couch had texted her that he was, quote, going to kill a lot of people and then, quote, kill myself. authorities say couch bought an ar-15 and 1,000 rounds of ammunition at this store before he drove eight miles away and allegedly began randomly shooting at cars on the interstate. officials say couch served in the army reserve. according to the documents, officers began tracking couch's phone, which led them to his car. nearby they found a green army style duffel bag with his name on it and several magazines of ammunition. shayna lowry says her truck was struck in the gunfire. >> all i could think about was my children and my significant other. you know, and the real reality that i couldn't be here. >> reporter: now dozens of law enforcement

priya sridhar is there. priya, what happened in court today? >> reporter: that's right, lester. neither father nor son entered a plea in court today, but the district attorney did say there could be even more charges to come for the suspected shooter. tonight, the 14-year-old charged in the deadly shooting at apalachee high school shackled with hair covering his face in his first court appearance. >> you're charged with four counts of felony murder. >> reporter: family members of victims sitting in the first row. soon after his father colin gray appeared in the same courtroom. >> are you mr. colin gray? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: he's facing involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting. >> these charges stem from mr. gray knowingly allowing his son, colt, to possess a weapon. >> reporter: two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell nbc news that colin gray gave his son an ar-15 style rifle as a gift after they were interviewed by authorities last year following several anonymous tips that colt made threats online.

i'm going to be praying for the community and first responders. >> reporter: priya sridhar with that report, thank you. >>> three former memphis police officers will stand trial on federal charges over the killing of tyre nichols. nichols was severely beaten by five cops after a traffic stop last year. he later died in the hospital after medics failed to administer aid. tadarrius bean, demetrius haley and justin smith have all pleaded not guilty to civil rights violations, conspiracy to tamper with evidence and obstruction of justice. two other former cops involved in the case have accepted plea deals so far. >>> hundreds of protesters gathered in seattle this weekend in memory of a dual american turkish citizen who was shot and killed friday in the west bank while protesting israeli settlements there. eyewitnesses say 26-year-old was shot in the head by idf soldiers. demonstrators marched through downtown seattle on saturday demanding a ceasefire between israel and hamas. the idf says it is looking into ag's death. her family has called for an independent investigation. >>> three is

lester. >> all right, priya sridhar, thank you. >>> also tonight the u.s. hitting russia with new sanctions for trying to manipulate u.s. opinion ahead of the election by spreading propaganda online. here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: with two months to go before the election, the biden administration says it is cracking down on foreign countries trying to influence opinion in the u.s. the target today, russia. the doj announcing the seizure of 32 internet domains used or sponsored by the russian government it says to spread bogus news stories. >> these websites were designed to appear to american readers as if they were major u.s. news sites. >> reporter: the doj also indicting two employees of the russia funded media company rt, which was banned in the u.s. following the invasion of ukraine. >> since at least last year, rt has used people living and working inside the u.s. to facilitate contracts with american media figures. >> reporter: the two russian nationals are accused of running a $10 million scheme to fund and direct a u.s. company producing vide

>> priya sridhar tonight, thank you. al roker is tracking the storm. al, what's the latest? >> okay, 130-mile-per-hour winds, but it's moving a little faster now, moving northeast at 23 miles per hour, a category 4 storm with tornado watches from the carolinas down to the keys. some tornado warnings embedded in there as well. landfall somewhere tonight between 8 and 11:00 p.m. and what we're looking at is that dangerous storm surge, 10 to 20 feet from apalachicola to south of cedar key. tampa bay may see its all-time worst. wind gusts from 75 to 110 miles per hour along the florida panhandle. tomorrow as we move into georgia, 50 miles per hour wind gusts all along the i-95 corridor. a lot of damage. we could be looking at a major flood event across the appalachians, but down in the panhandle into the mid appalachians, we're talking, lester, 10 to 20 inches of rain. the flooding could be catastrophic, lasting right on into early next week. >> this is going to be a tough one. al, thanks very much. >>> i want to get now to that sweeping federal corruption indictment of new york

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joining us now is priya sridhar. what's happening. >> reporter: 14-year-old colt gray facing four felony murder charges. he was very soft spoken in the courtroom. he was shackled. he said yes, sir to all the judge's basic questions as to whether or not he understand what charges he faced. the judge actually dismissed him and called him to come back in to clarify one point. that was that despite the fact he's being tried as an adult he will not face the death penalty which could have been on the table here in the state of georgia. instead he faces life imprisonment with or without parole. moments later his father 54-year-old colin gray appeared in the same courtroom in a black and white jumpsuit. he was also shackled. he was rocking back and forth. he's facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. those charges could have a 180-year sentence if he's convicted on all of those counts. he appeared to be very nervous, rocking back and forth as

priya sridhar arrived on the scene in the last hour.th us, retired atf special agent in charge, and msnbc terrorism contributor, jim cavanaugh, msnbc national security analyst, frank figliuzzi, and senior law enforcement analyst, cedric alexander. priya, what's the scene like where you are this hour? >> reporter: there's still a massive law enforcement presence here. representatives from local, state, and national authorities. the fbi, the georgia bureau of investigation are all on scene here. there's a lot of emotion as you heard from the people we've already spoken to. families trying to reunite with their students who went to this high school. there's an 1,800 student body here. many were directed to the football field where they were being questioned by authorities. we heard from parents that they had joined together in a prayer circle. most of the streets have been blocked off by law enforcement, so there were miles and miles of vehicles of family members trying to get as close as they can to this high school. and people were just

priya sridhar joins us from birmingham. priya, good morning. what are we learning this morning?yeah, we just returned from a presser from authorities who say they're still trying to identify the suspects or the persons of interest in this shooting. they are now offering a $100,000 reward for any information that could lead to an arrest, both from the fbi and crimestoppers. but the incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. on saturday night, here at hush hookah bar and lounge. there are hundreds of people who come out to this area on saturday night. it is a pretty popular place for bars and restaurants. and people were standing in a line when they say the suspects came, jumped out of a vehicle, opened fire, they believed that they used some sort of switch that converted the weapon to an automatic weapon. they were able to find 100 shell casings at the scene alone and there are law enforcement agents here right now who are using drones and canines, still combing through the scene. as you mentioned, 21 people were shot, 4 of them died. they did say this was a targeted hit, and that among

. >> nbc news correspondent priya sridhar joins us from georgia's state capitol.now the board taking these decisions on is led by republicans, but you've got some republicans, like the -- actually, the guy who's in charge of elections there saying this may not work. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. the secretary of state here in georgia, brad raffensperger, has said that these rules are creating 11th-hour chaos and that's really the concern here, the new rule that was just passed today would require that three election workers in each precinct hand-count the ballots and get the same result as what the voting machines were tabulating on election day itself, and many of the election workers that you heard from in the public comment period earlier today said that given manning and staffing, that that was going to be a really hard task after such a long day, a 14-hour day on election day. i did get a chance to speak with one of those three republicans who's on the state election board, and i asked her, you know, a lot of the critics who are against these new rules say t

nbc's priya sridhar joins us from atlanta. what is the scene there right now?ok behind me here. imagine waking up to this, this is your reality this morning, homes completely submerged as you can see. take a look at that mailbox behind me here. we have been watching that for several hours. and the water has essentially not moved. it stayed at that consistent level. and that really shows you how much these houses and these vehicles in the driveways take a look are completely submerged. we're being told by neighbors that the homeowners here woke up overnight, one of the homes beside me here, they were able to evacuate overnight. the other one, over there, actually had to be rescued from their vehicles. and this is just one neighborhood, we're being told that a couple of miles away the peach tree creek, which is what is causing this flooding, has also led to several swift water rescues that are still playing place at this hour. 25 people were rescued overnight. authorities were going door to door, knocking on people's homes, telling them to evacuate these kinds of

priya sridhar is in atlanta with more on this.ened and the potential risks right now? >> reporter: this happened at a place called biolab, they are a manufacturer of pool and spa cleaning treatment products. a sprinkler malfunctioned and the water ended up mixing with chemicals that are resistant to water and that's what caused the fire. it was difficult for firefighters to contain it because they were trying to fight the fire with water, which was making matters worse. they were eventually able to contain it. then it reignited it. it went on for 12 or 13 hours. the shelter in place warning was supposed to expire at midnight. early this morning, residents in the area received another warning and it said it was going to remain in place until further notice. in addition to that, about 17,000 people who lived in that area had been evacuated and now people as far away as atlanta, by the way, which is 25 miles away from where this fire took place, they're saying that they're also reporting the odor of chlorine in the air and the same k

nbc's priya sridhar is following what happened in court just a few hours ago. whether you're able to read this morning the accused school shooter at the courthouse in essence, you are charged with four counts of felony murder, as outlined in in the state warrants that have been issued against you, 14 year old colt gray, facing a judge in georgia just hours ago after the deadly morning that. left four people dead, including two students and two teachers. gray's father, colin, also appearing in front of the court. overnight, the father was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. these charges stem from mr. gray knowingly allowing his son, colt to possess a weapon. two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation telling nbc news the father gave his son an ar 15 style rifle as a gift after they were interviewed by authorities last year following an online threat. the same type of weapon was used in the mass shooting, according to an investigators incident report. f

nbc's priya sridhar has the details. >> reporter: an urgent manhunt under way in birmingham, alabama. after authorities say shots were fired outside of a hookah and cigar lounge in a crowd entertainment district just after 11:00 p.m. saturday night. officials say multiple suspects got out of a vehicle and opened fire, killing four and injuring 17 others. >> you've got to go that way. >> reporter: authorities believe the attack was targeted and say a fully automatic weapon was used before the suspects fled the scene by vehicle. >> we believe the individual that was targeted is among the deceased. we believe that there was a hit, if you will, on that particular person as far s, you know, someone was willing to pay money to have that person killed. >> reporter: officials relying on the community and using surveillance video in their search. >> we know that there are people in our community who do have information who know who is responsible, who know what led up to this. >> reporter: derek gun was near the scene. >> at first we thought what was that? a backfire? we heard two or three mor

and priya sridhar's following a technical issue at a major airport that's causing some delays tonight. priya, what's the latest? >> reporter: that's right, tom. flights at both newark's liberty international airport and orlando's international airport are under a temporary ground delay today. newark's ground delay was the result of a radar issue and orlando's flight delays are because of thunderstorms. tsa anticipated it would screen 17 million passengers from thursday to wednesday of this extended holiday travel period. that's up about 8% from last year. millions of americans are also hitting the road to return home from their labor day travels. experts say this surge in travel can be attributed to gas prices being down almost 50 cents from last year. and if you're planning on driving home from this long weekend but you haven't done so just yet, experts say the best time to do it would be tomorrow after 1:00 p.m. tom? >> all right, priya, we thank you for that. and adding to the anxiety of so many holiday travelers, that strike by more than 10,000 hotel workers who have walked off th

priya sridhar reports from atlanta. >> reporter: a slow-speed collision at atlanta's hartsfield jacksonport. >> the whole tail of that crt's off. >> reporter: the crew of an airbus bound for tokyo seemingly unaware they hit a much smaller delta regional jet bound for louisiana. >> we just hit something on the taxiway. could you tell us what it was? >> reporter: the accident just after 10:00 this morning knocked off the smaller jet's tail. >> it felt like when you're on the interstate and you hit the rumble strip. >> reporter: nathan pike, a producer for nbc's kansas city affiliate khsb, was on the smaller plane. >> you could hear the metal scraping against the outside of the plane. and it was just shaking really badly. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news delta says the wing tip of the tokyo-bound plane came into contact with the smaller aircraft, adding "nobody was injured and they've rebooked the 277 passengers on new flights." jeff gasety an aviation analyst for nbc news says an version will have to determine what happens. >> maybe they were programming their jet for takeoff. mayb

sridhar: the mood music out of this conference is downbeat.oldman sachs and morgan stanley talked about the investment making side of the business. it is good in terms of conversations but not necessarily in terms of revenue realization. morgan stanley said m&a and ip revenue through the end of the year would remain below historical trendlines. the market is impatient for that revival to land and turn into real revenue. we talked about trading not being as great as last year. on the consumer side, you have heard commentary from citi and allied financial that gives some reason for pause and that is being reflected in the bank stocks today. scarlet: investors in patient? how could that be? thank you as always. coming up, we are going to take a look at the auto sector because bmw has cut guidance and dealerships across the u.s. are offering lower leases because of slowing ev demand. this is limber. ♪ -- this is bloomberg. ♪ investment opportunities are everywhere you turn. do you charge forward? freeze in your tracks? or, let curiosity light the

>> all right, priya sridhar for us.en this year. he was indicted in december on three felony and six misdemeanor counts, alleging that he failed to pay his taxes. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. jury selection expected to take about two days, and then opening statements are scheduled for monday. >>> also this morning, nasa is preparing to bring that troubled boeing "starliner" spaceship home from the international space station. however, they're doing that without the astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams. they left for a ten-day mission back in june. now their not going to come home until february. nbc's tom costello covers space for us. hey, tom, good morning. >> good morning. day 92 now for these two. mission managers have been reprogramming the ship's computers for a return to earth without williams and wilmore, who will close the hatch between "starliner" and the space station later today. the ship will then undock at about 6:00 p.m. eastern time tomorrow, controlled by mission control, as they aim

nbc's priya sridhar is on the ground. >> this is one of several neighborhoods in atlanta completely underwater. it's unclear exactly when this water will recede so people can return to their properties and begin to assess the damage. >> reporter: in southern georgia our priscilla thompson talked to a homeowner who narrowly escaped helene he high winds. >> what made you get in the hallway? >> when the first tree crashed on top of the house. >> reporter: bill lost 15 trees in his yard. he had just finished repairing his house from the last hurricane. a similar story back in florida. >> i didn't realize we would have this much damage, but it's nothing that we can't fix. >> reporter: paul millard's business was destroyed for the second time in just 15 months. >> it really hit me in the heart, to be honest with you. we worked so hard to bring this building where it is and to see this happen again. >> reporter: but among all the destruction, a bit of relief. unable to evacuate the staff of tampa general hospital, set up a nine-foot aqua fence to protect patients as the water rushed in, turning the b

priya sridhar reports from atlanta. >> reporter: a slow-speed collision at hartsfield-jackson airport. >> the whole tail is off. >> reporter: the flight crew of a delta airbus bound for tokyo seemingly unaware they just hit a much smaller delta regional jet bound for louisiana. >> we just hit something on the taxiway. can you tell us what it was? >> reporter: the accident knocked off the smaller jet's tail. >> felt like when you're on the interstate and you hit the rumble strip. >> reporter: nathan pike, a producer for nbc's kansas city affiliate, kshb was on the smaller plane. >> you could hear the metal scraping against the outside of the plane, and it was just shaking really badly. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, delta says the wing tip of the tokyo-bound plane came into contact with the smaller aircraft, adding nobody was injured, and they've rebooked the 277 passengers on new flights. an aviation analyst says an investigation will have to determine what happens. >> maybe they were programming their jet for takeoff. maybe there was some distraction in the control tower wi

priya sridhar has late details. >> reporter: tonight terrifying moments inside the deadly school shooting in winder, georgia coming into clearer focus, killing four and injuring nine at apalachee high school. the suspect, 14-year-old colt gray now in custody and charged with four counts of felony murder. investigators searching his home. authorities say they're looking into a potential motive and how he obtained an ar-style rifle. >> it was carnage. there was blood everywhere. you could smell the -- you could smell the gunpowder. >> reporter: barrow county sheriff smith says it was the second day at apalachee high. jackson county sheriff's office say gray and his father were interviewed last year after receiving several anonymous tips in may 2023 about potential threats posted to an online gaming platform according to a senior law enforcement official containing photographs of guns. his father stated he had hunting guns in the house, but said his son did not have unsupervised access to that. with no probable cause to arrest gray, authorities say they told local schools to monitor him. do

priya sridhar is in atlanta. priya, what's the situation there tonight? >> reporter: that's right, lester. here in atlanta, schools and businesses are already closed. officials say hurricane force from helene will be felt here in the city and across the state, warning of the potential for sustained power outages. tonight, millions are being urged to stay off the roads as we brace for helene's impact. lester? >> priya, thank you. bill karins is tracking the storm. what's the latest? >>> lester, we're watching for the first time in recorded history of a category 4 hurricane making landfall in the big bend of florida. you can clearly see the eye, it intensified rapidly all afternoon today. and now, it's only miles away from the coast. we're going to have land. sometime before midnight in florida, about 70 miles from the coastal area. so, what will this mean once it moves onshore? of course, with the winds itself, that's going to be incredible. even in the middle of the night, through georgia, the winds could still be gusting up to 100 miles per hour. at day

priya sridhar in winder, georgia. the judge. his father appearing in the same courtroom in front of the same judge. this morning, the accused school shooter at the courthouse. >> in essence, you're charged with four counts of felony murder as outlined in the state warrants that have been issued against you. >> reporter: 14-year-old colt gray facing a judge in georgia, just hours ago, after the deadly morning that left four people dead including two students and two teachers. gray's father colin also appearing in front of the court. overnight, the father was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children. >> these charges stem from mr. gray knowingly allowing his son, colt, to possess a weapon. >> reporter: two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation telling nbc news the father gave his son an ar-15-style rifle as a gift after they were interviewed by authorities last year following an online threat. the same type of weapo

nbc news correspondent priya sridhar joins me.alk about what happened. >> reporter: this happened shortly after 10:00 a.m., this is the world's busiest airports, always planes landing, taking off, thousandsover people passing through here, what happened was a larger delta airbus heading to tokyo, its wing actually clipped a regional jet that was heading towards louisiana and it basically snapped that tail in half, you can see the video right there the vertical stabilizer completely fell off, now one of the fascinating things that i discovered because i did an interview with someone who was on that plane heading towards louisiana, it was actually full of journalists who were going to cover the hurricane that you were just talking to kathy park about. the man told me it felt like he was going over a rumble strip on a highway. nobody had any idea of what was going on. they weren't scared because they weren't in the air, he first saw what his plane looked on twitter, the plane headed toward japan were taking pictures of it and posting

joining us now from atlanta, nbc news correspondent priya sridhar, so water rescues in atlanta, nowherecity doing? >> reporter: absolutely. i'm standing in one of several neighborhoods that as you can see is still very much submerged. if you take a look at that mailbox and the vehicle behind me there, you can see just how high the water is right now. we flew a drone over this neighborhood not too long ago, and we saw homeowners at the end of this road actually trying to get water out of their house through the windows. we talked to one homeowner to my right who said that his yard is basically in 15 to 20 feet of water. and that's really what prompted a lot of residents in neighborhoods like this one to leave their houses overnight, when they realized that the flooding was happening. others stayed behind and they are stranded inside of their homes. we're seeing swift water rescues make it from house to house. we saw fire crews knocking on doors overnight, trying to tell people to evacuate before it got too bad. you mentioned, for some people, this was life threatening, 11 fatalities in g

nbc's priya sridhar is live in atlanta for us. >> reporter: that's right. here in atlanta, there was a flood emergency issued. that's extremely rare. sometimes we see flood watches and flood warnings, but a flood emergency is something that people in atlanta basically never see. that's because of what happened right behind me here. this is one of several neighborhoods here in atlanta that's basically completely submerged. if you take a look at the mailbox behind me in the o vehicle, you can see just how deep that water is. many residents were able to get out overnight, as they discovered their homes were flooded. others ended up getting stranded inside their homes today awaiting rescue teams to come and take them out. there were dozens of swift water rescues. fire crews going door to door, asking people to evacuate. this is still very much an ongoing problem right now. also, those heavy wind gusts that you mentioned, knocking down power, leaving about a million people here in georgia without power. governor kemp, of course, issuing a state of emergency here

with more on this, nbc's priya sridhar joins us at international heartfield airport.hed for the tsa. they were projecting 70 million passengers would be traveling through their check points between thursday of last week, and wednesday of this week over the extended holiday travel period, which is up 8 1/2% since last year. aaa projecting there was a surge in domestic travel, up 9% compared to last year. what does that translate to? lines, lines and more lines. if you are heading to an airport you get here early and leave enough time to get to your departure. we are seeing millions of people hitting the roads with the worst traffic times projected from 11:00 a.m. today until 8:00 p.m. tonight, so if you haven't hit the roads just yet, you may want to wait until tomorrow. the best time to drive that war tomorrow would be after 1:00 p.m., ali. >> and what are you seeing delays-wise for anyone trying to take a sunday night flight back home? >> reporter: the two airports where we're seeing the most delays right now is dallas and houston. if you are flying through or out of

priya sridhar is at the scene, what are you seeing and hearing, what more have we learned? >> reporter: i'm not sure if you can hear it, it's farther away now, you can hear some sirens in the background because there's still a massive law enforcement presence here, authorities from local, state and national agencies, we have the fbi here, the georgia bureau of investigation all conducting an investigation because this is very much still a crime scene, about 1800 students go to apalachee high school, they were directed to move to the football field after this horrific event occurred and they were being questioned by authorities and waited for them to be reunited with their families and that's essentially what we're seeing right now, we're seeing a lot of families walking over to the school, that's because a lot of the roads in this area have been completely blocked off, so you saw miles and miles of vehicles of families trying to get to the school as fast as possible. setting off on foot to get here. the school is directly across the street from a preschool and a middle scho

will have time to take up this issue prior to the rules going into effect on october 14th >> priya sridharfor that. let us bring in colorado secretary of state and chair of the democratic association of secretaries of state, jenna griswold. thanks for joining me. i am curious your reaction to this new law we just heard about from priya . how long does a hand count of ballot take and how much chaos does this add to the counting and the certification process or is it a good thing? what do you think? >> first off, thank you for having me. it is great to join the show. this is, of course, this is not a good thing. we have seen this type of movement across the nation, where election deniers have tried to slow down the certification of elections, including here in colorado. i tighten the laws to avoid this type of scenario. ultimately, hand counting of ballots can take a lot of time. it is slower. remember, if they delayed certification of the statewide election, that opens up a window for donald trump and friends to file a bunch of bogus lawsuits. that is exactly what we saw in 2020. from my pe

joining us now, priya sridhar, and director of the black law enforcement alliance, mark claxton, the director of safety and emergency services for a large school district in south carolina. priya, what can you tell us about the law enforcement response to this shooting? >> reporter: we did hear from the barrow county sheriff a few hours ago, and we're expecting to get an update in 30 minutes. the first calls came in around 9:30. you saw a very significant law enforcement presence here about an hour later at around 10:30. and now we're about five hours after that, and there's still a massive law enforcement presence here. agents from local, state and federal authorities are all still on campus at this time. the georgia bureau of investigation is here conducting an investigation, and also agents from fbi atlanta's field office, i should say. we don't know too much about the shooter at this time from official sources. we know that that shooter is in custody, that they aren't alive. we don't know too much object the identity of the shooter or what a potential motive is. i can say there a

>> nbc's priya sridhar, live in winder, georgia, thank you so much. before we get back to the human tragedy that is the school tragedy, we have a couple law enforcement points to make on your beat, ken. the resource officers inside the school, according to the timeline, engaged this kid reallyckly and got him to drop his weapon and surrender before he could do any more danger and take any more lives. also, some contact we heard from the georgia bureau of investigation last year with this young man when he was 13 years old about making online threats. what happened there? >> that's right, willie. the fbi and jackson county sheriff's office put out a joint statement last night acknowledging that in may of last year, the fbi's national threats operation center got a series of online tips, anonymous tips, that there were threats made on a gaming site about potentially someone carrying out a school shooting. they traced the threats back to this individual. the jackson county sheriff interviewed his father. his father said that he had rifles, hunting rifles

we have priya sridhar with more. priya, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. neither father nor son entered a plea at the first court appearance. we are hearing from the district attorney that more charges are expected for the suspected shooter. 14-year-old colt gray appearing in court for the first time. shackled with hair covering his face. >> you are charged with four counts of felony murder. >> reporter: family members of victims sitting in the first row. soon after, his father, colin gray, appeared in the same courtroom. >> are you mr. colin gray? >> reporter: he is facing involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting. >> these charges stem from mr. gray knowingly allowing his son, colt, to possess a weapon. >> reporter: two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell nbc news that colin gray gave his son an ar-15 style rifle as a gift last year following tips that colt made threats online. >> i don't know him saying anything like that. i'll be mad as hell if he did. >> reporter: he said he was