Left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, an 800 million settlement has been reached. Weve got the inside details then to the brave bank teller who fought off an Armed Bank Robber and playoff baseball is in full swing weve got your highlights and the best of thursday night football its crazy in the middle of being investigated for asking Foreign Countries for asking Foreign Countries for election help thats like chugging a beer while taking a breathalizer test early today starts right now. Good to be with you on this friday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Defiant and in the face of an impeachment inquiry, President Trump is adding fuel to his own political firestorm by publicly calling on china to launch an investigation into his political rival joe biden. The same action with ukraine is what set the houses inquiry into motion. When democrats seized on the moment, mr. Trump tripled down on twitter claiming he has the absolute right to investigate corruption and that includes asking other countries to help out. For his part biden shrugged off the latest baseless sless accusations at a palo alto fundraiser last night he said trump said my son made nt know where the hell it is Nbcs Alice Barr has more. Reporter President Trump defiant urging another Foreign Government to investigate political rival joe biden. China should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with, um, with ukraine. Reporter the president has accused jop his son hunter who was on the board of a Ukrainian Energy company and started a Chinese Private equity firm while biden was serving as vicepresident there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by the bidens im not going to be distracted by his lies, his conspiracies, distortion and name calling reporter this as House Committee members heard the first closed door deposition of impeachment inquiry of kurt volker special envoy to ukraine resigned friday shortly after he was called to testify. Not one thing he has said comports with any of the democrats impeachment narrative. Reporter Kevin Mccarthy in a letter asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to suspend the impeachment inquiry calling the pace reckless and saying she hasnt laid out clear procedures but House Democrats are digging in its sad for our country that we would have a president who would put us in this situation but no one is above the law and the president will be held accountable. Reporter the Intelligence Committee chair calling President Trumps comments that china should investigate the bidens a new breach of his oath of office. It endangers our elections and endangers or National Security reporter this all comes as the u. S. And china are locked in a trade dispute. President trump speaking to the next steptz. Ifthey dont do what we want, we have tremendous repo with china are set next week here in washington alice barr, nbc news overnight, house lawmakers shed light on that testimony from former ukraine envoy kurt volker the committees released dozens of texts ben biden. Nbcs tracie potts joins us now with more from d. C tracie, what do those messages reporter there was a big thing overnight, frances, about 20 pages of Text Messages between state department officials, diplomats, President Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani and at one point an advisor to the leader of ukraine. These Text Messages provided to the committees that are investigating during the closed door testimony of former envoy kurt volker. What do they reveal . Well, they reveal that after President Trumps phone call with ukraine where he is accus investigation into biden, there were conversations, for example, between the ambassador to the European Union and volker where they discussed drafting a statement to help the ukrainians announce that they were launching this investigation at least one top diplomat expressed concern, threatening to quit, saying that it was crazy to hold aid from ukraine for what he considered at that point a political purpose. And then the e. U. Ambassador encouraged him to stop texting about that the same day. The inspectorgeneral informed congress about this complaint and a couple of days later that money was released now, that Intelligence CommunityInspector General is going to be testifying here behind closed doors today. So more on this inquiry as we head into the weekend. Frances . Layer after layer in this investigation. Tracie potts for us, thank you we have another one for you there is another bombshell report this morning about a second government whistleblower, this time at the irs. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has more. Reporter this new whistleblower complaint is from an irs official who says he was told that a Treasury Department appointee reportedly tried to interfere with the annual audit of the president or vicepresident s tax returns this is according to the Washington PostWashington Post, citing multiple people familiar with the matter nbc has not confirmed that, but it is circulating on capitol hill alarming some congressional democrats. Trump Administration Officials are dismissing the complaint as hearsay and politically motivated. Remember the backdrop to all this, House Democrats have been in a fight with the Treasury Department over the release of President Trumps tax returns, which he so far has refused to share publicly our thanks to Hallie Jackson for that report. Reporter north korea is claiming that its recent under water Missile Launch was a success. Their state media released these images describing this as a type of missile capable of being launched from a submarine. This would pose a threat to the u. S. And its allies because these types of launches are harder to detect early the pentagon says there is no indication this missile did launch from a submarine, but instead from a barge or floating platform this week marks two years since the Las Vegas Massacre that killed more than 50 people. And this morning there is a major Settlement Agreement between mgm and the victims. Nbcs jay gray has the details reporter the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History left thousands of lives torn apart. Its just its something thats never youll never, ever be able to repair and be the same emotionally ever. Reporter as their emotional and physical struggles continue, mgm agreed to pay as much as 800 million to the victims and families of the Las Vegas Attack this is a step in the right direction to try to put that behind us. Reporter the settlement comes two years after the massacre along the vegas se on c festival from his suite on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. The 64yearold retired accountant and high stakes gambler killed himself as Police Closed in. Investigators found 23 assaultstyle weapons and a cache of ammunition in his room. A discovery that prompted hundreds of lawsuits from families of the victims claiming mgm which owns mandalay bay failed to prevent paddock from bringing the guns and ammo into the hotel. In a written statement, the company says, our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and the victims and their families can move forward in the healing process. Mgm has stepped up and done the right thing. Reporter an independent auditor will distribute the funds, a process expected to take a year or more. Jay gray, nbc news now to the first vaping related death that has been reported in connecticut. The patient was in 30s vapingrelated lung injury that brings the National Death toll to at least 19. The cdc says more than 1,000 confirmed cases of illness related to vaping have been reported in 48 states. In new york an Appeals Court knocked steam out of a ban of flavored ecigs that was supposed to go into effect today. It will now go on hold until at least october 18 the new jersey man accused of masterminding the now infamous gofundme scam has been hit with federal charges. Officials say 40yearold mark damico has been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit Money Laundering damico is one of three people accused of duping thousands of donors out of 400,000 after he and his then girlfriend kate mcclure claimed that a homeless man, johnny bobbitt, gave them his last 20 for gas the scam was exposed after the three fought over the money. If found guilty on both charges damico faces 30 years in prison and nearlyd a second drug to prevent hi scald descovf truveda. Both can lower the persons risk of getting the disease if taken daily. It was first approved by the fda in 2016. Its a smaller and safer pill with less side effects according to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, nearly 40,000 people were diagnosed with hiv in 2017 all right, we are heading into the first weekend of october. Lets see if its going to feel like that, bill karins pumpkin time. Yes, good morning were going to have a weekend still feature hot conditions but not as bad as its been this last week. Some areas are going to be down right cool and chilly. Especially the northeast in the early morning. S on the move from new mexico to the middle of the cousins tri. Still record heat especially in back in a moment bam through georgia. Still hot on saturday but not as many records will be broken. Rainy day, possible thunderstorms from Kansas City North wards up into wisconsin. Keep that r me of the co on sunday well watch that rain and cold front trying to push into the south and that will bring they was 102 degreesn montgomery 100 in lraleigh, 100 in Columbia South carolina it will be cooler in arkansas and tennessee as you finally get your relief. Well take a look at the expected record highs today coming up. All right l bill, thanks. A group of Climate Change activists didnt go so well. 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W strength of a lioness give it everything you got tough as a knot rocking the stage and we never gonna stop case you forgot a texas bank teller is being hailed a hero after fighting off an armed robber when she arrived to work. Surveillance video captured the moment the robber ambushed the teller as she opened the front door to the bank the 39year banking veteran quickly went into survival mode and fought back protecting both her and her coworker you saw the suspect eventually walking off without taking a single thing i did not see that one coming all right. Lets hand it over to bill karins here. Record highs once again today. The red dots show you where theyre going to be. Were pushing to the south as we go through theafternoon, some of the hottest spots are going to be in areas of alabama. Look at montgomery, record 97. Atlanta should break their record high alonwi augtag thus, macon, georgia should do it today. Record highs will be pushed further to the south, not quite as warm. 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We got together to talk about the latest installment of his best selling series of childrens books how his legions of young fans have responded to his message of perseverance and following the path blazed from dewayne johnson, from the ring to hollywood stardom. Our sunday sit down with john cena plus the latest news and politics on sunday today. You can catch us in the morning or set the dvr and watch us any time you like. For now ill send it back to you, frances and phillip, and well see you sunday morning sounds good see you sunday now to a boy of a military family with a toy that is defying stereo types heres Gadi Schwartz reporter at 4 years old he knows all about baseball, tanks, dirt bikes, but his real love are his babies his mom ashley said it started with a trip to pick out a toy to help her son cope with his fathers deployment to the mooes. He walked over to the doll section and looked up to the shelf. He pointed at the baby and said, i want that baby reporter jensen named her 3 and soon was taking her fishing, strapping her to the bike and showering her with hugs. One day his mother a photographer decided to snap some pictures. He thought they were bootiful thats what he said. So i posted them reporter and like lightning her images started racking up the shares and the likes then came the prejudice and hate they thought because hes a boy and not only a boy with a babydoll, but a boy with a doll that is not the same skin color as him, and i think that people just couldnt grasp the concept. Reporter for jensen, its all pretty simple. The girl should be able to play with what they choose and boys should be allow todayplay with what they choose. One day these little boys are going to need to know how to nurture and care and love. I think its incredible what he learned from us and applied it to the babies reporter a lesson jensen is happy to teach piling on dolls and dresses and reminding us all how to play. Gadi schwartz, nbc news, shelby ville, indiana love it those days of boy toys and girl toys are long gone yeah, and seriously who cares what someone elses kid plays with yeah. You know hes got a big smile on his face, happy, healthy kid sure is clean your own house, everyone that kid is cool thanks for waking up with us. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Coming up on the third hour coming up on the third hour actor james spader will talk coming up on the third hour actor james spader will talk look a door to another dimen. Oh, no, just a bag. Train insane, or remain the same. Phew well never totally figure them out. But we do know what makes them happy. Meow mix. Forty years and still the only one cats ask for by name. Good morning to you. It is friday. It is october 4th. That means its 104 little buddy. Everything is going to be okay. Looking live at the bay bridge this morning. Thank you for joining us. Im marcus washington. Happy to be on a friday. I had a s but its almost worse. Yeah. Right. Whatever. First world problems. Take another look outside this morning. A cold