Century atop Niagara Falls could soon plunge over the side. A sunday night shocker the ravens hand the patriots their first loss of the season in the primetime spotlight we have all the action for you early today starts right now good monday morning. Im phillip mena im Frances Rivera. With the impeachment inquiry gathering steam on capitol hill, President Trump is lashing out at the whistleblower, calling on the person who set the investigation in motion to go public the whistleblowers lawyer says that wont happen but in a surprise move says his client is willing to answer written questions from republicans meanwhile, House Speaker nancy pelosi says to expect publo beg this month nbcs tracie potts joins us wite afrom now according to several democrats who spoke out over the it could be two or three weeks weekend and the transcripts of those private depositions that weve been hearing about are expected to come out this week but it may not be an eventful week otherwise there are 11 people lined up to testify, but most of them are trump political appointees not expected to show up except possibly john bolton, the former National Security adviser, who reportedly had issues with the president s personal attorney getting involved with ukraine policy but boltons Attorney Says he may or may not show up, kind of depends on whether or not he gets a subpoena. The whistleblower, democrats have said they dont need him to show up, but President Trump is pushing to identify that person and have then obama person, was like a big antitrump person, hated trump, and they said terrible things. The whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call my phone call was perfecto meantime, the latest nbc news wall street journal poll shows that now a plurality, 49 of americans, almost half, think the president should not only be impeached, charged, he should also be removed from office. Frances . Tracie potts. Thank you. More than 450 oklahoma inmates are set to be released from prison today. Officials are calling itson in u. S. History. The historic vote was approved by oklahomas pardon and parole board. Here with the eres Nbcs Jay Gray reporter michael tangle, rita parker, Craig Patterson reporter its a roll call. Of those to be released. 469 men and women behind bars in oklahoma who today will walk out of prisons across the state. Theyre going to be back with their families on thanksgiving, get back into the workforce, save the 11. 9 million for oklahomans right . I mean, thats a huge deal reporter a deal made when voters and the state legislature agreed that simple drug possession and nonviolent property crimes under 1,000 should be classified as misdemeanors and that offenders already serving felony sentences for those crimes should go free. This group of nonviolent offenders are just a part of the story. By the end of this year we are anticipating well have about 2,000 empty beds in our system reporter a system that later today will make history with the largest singleday commutation of prisoners in u. S. History jay gray, nbc news, muskogee, oklahoma all of the evacuation orders across Southern California have now. Lifted officials announced overnight that one of the latest major wildfires near los angeles called the maria fire is now 50 contained. President trump has made some of the first Public Comments about the emergency. Nbcs sarah harman joins us now with more. Sarah, good morning. Reporter frances, good morning. President trump has spoken publicly about the devastating California Wildfires for the first time, hitting out at the states governor, gavin newsom, and sparking a tweet battle. As california recovers from devastating fires ha scorched nearly 100,000 acres and forced thousands from their homes, the president lashed out ao ll fedel funding. Tweeting, every year its the same thing, and then he comes to the federal government for monetary help. No more. Get your act together, governor. And blasted newsoms Forest Management i told him from the first day we met that he must clean his forest floors. He doubled down on the south lawn the governor doesnt know hes like a child. He doesnt know what hes doing. Every year its always california its rarely somebody else or someplace else reporter newsom fired back, you dont believe in Climate Change you are excused from this conversation koechlt the president has suggested cleaning the forest floors before suggesting specifically that they be raked. After the devastating camp fire last year that killed 85 people the president said got to take care of the floors you know, the floors of the forests. Very important reporter adding he had taken advice from finlands president. They spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they dont have any problem. Reporter the finnish president later said he didnt recall mentioning raking many of californias most destructive blazes arent forest fires and are thought to have been started by faulty power lines and equipment. Residents in firedamaged neighborhoods reacting to the president. He needs to come backningnd s reporter sparks of controversy as the flames di frances, california firefighters finally have the upper hand in containing this blaze. But as the evacuation orders are lift, some folks are finding they dont have a home to come back to. Some of the worst damage that weve seen has been in suburban areas like here north of los angeles. Frances . Sarah harman for us sarah, thanks. A 42yearold milwaukee man is recovering this morning after suffering Second Degree burns during an alleged acid attack. The man who came from the u. S. Came to the u. S. From peru nearly two decades ago says the incident happened after a parking dispute. Police say they have arrested a 61yearold man in connection with the incident and are considering hate crime charges heres nbcs molly hunter. Reporter the man on the left is 42yearold mahud villaland it was saturday outside a restaurant in milwaukee when the the man on the right holds up a metal bottle then throwing what Police Believe to be battery acid on his face this happen a lot in america. Thats not right Reporter Police have now arrested a 61yearold in connection with what theyre callin battery villalaz says he was getting out of his truck when a man told him he couldnt park there i said why . Youre supposed to be 30 feet away from the stop bus and start talkt myaws, you cant invade m citizen i have my rights to. Reporter villalaz, who came here from peru nearly two decades ago, moved his car and the man is still there he was talking to me really angry. Reporter villalaz turned his face sought acid burns only the left side. And i start screaming because it was burning really, really, really bad reporter the Second Degree burns landing him in the hospital for 18 hours. And through blurry vision he explained to his two young sons why he now looks like this i was talking with my 5yearold aidan he was really confused, why people do that to you . There are people that willing to hurt another one for no reason just for the color of your skin or how you talk or everything. Reporter molly hunter, nbc news now to the city of chicago, where a 7 trickortreating Authorities Say the young girl named gisele zamago was shot in the neck along with a 31yearold male who is believed to be the intended target. He was shot in the hand. Police have arrested a 15yearold boy for the tragich are optimisticbout her recovery people should not be loose on the streets. So many kids were excited to ask for candy. Its not fair. Thank god people have prayed for my girl. Authorities say gisele has to undergo at least two surgeries but is expected to be okay grit and determination market this years new York City Marathon and it took just two hours eight minutes and 13 seconds for Geoffrey Kamworor of kenya to win the mens division. It is not his first time either. He also came in first back in 2017 as for the women, another kenyan, Joyciline Jepkosgei finished in two hours 38 minutes. This is her first marathon oust gate this is what she does unbelievable. Can you imagine . I can imagine shout out to our bill karins he finished it in 4 30 i think but he finished it he said he never stopped, he kept running thats a major accomplishment. Second Time Next Year hes going to be the winner and he needs a full week off for recovery too congratulations to everyone that ran or walked that marathon bigtime accomplishment with the weather being very chilly across the east now, were waking up to a frost advisory, and that will continue until about 8 00 a. 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Medical center the v. A. s 300 vet centers are part of a Counseling Service thats followed a unique approach since after the vietnam war, helping fellow combat vets readjust to life back home personalized talk therapy sessions and social activities most counselors are fellow Veterans Services are free. Have a good day did you feel you were helping people oh, absolutely. Ive personally had veterans tell me that i sachbd their lives. Reporter but hes been sounding an alarm about the v. A. s productivity targets for counselors this v. A. Memo in 2016 laying out minimum Service Delivery expectations for the number of clients that counselors had to see in sometimes intense counseling sessions. For some, 30 visits a week six each day blikwaitel says it created an ethical dilemma for counselors scl choosing between im going to do what i need to do to meet these metrics or actually do what i need to do thats best for the veterans to give them the quality care they need reporter he raised his concerns in emails to all 1300 vet Center Employees and their managers he showed us copies of emails he says he received in response from 57 counselors in 25 states. Almost all agreeing and criticizing more than just the standards. One wrote, a clear shift to a Business Model not ucptimum care. Another, i cannot help my vets to the degree they need. Theres no emphasis on quality. Its about the quantity. Thats all thats heard. Reporter mike fisher, a combat veteran who runs the program, defends the standards he says theyre helping vet centers satisfy the demand for care and most counselors, 77 , are meeting them 30 visits a week is the goal he says, 25 visits is the actual requirement. A lot of it had to do with making sure that as an organization we were being consistent across the country and really making sure that we were looking to are we providing or make sure were providing the right Services Within a community. Reporter but current and former vet Center Employees we talked to say the problems continue theyve turned it into a bean counting organization, one told us, all about numbers. Thats unconscionable they deserve better than that. Theyve given their lives. Weve given our lives for this country. Reporter he retired from the Program Last Year but hes since taken his concerns to capitol hill and standards for vet hurting. Ureyub n ns, washington i didnt have to run for help. Center counselors are helping or i didnt have to call 911. And i didnt have to come get you. Because you didnt have another heart attack. Not today. You took our conversation about your chronic coronary Artery Disease to heart. 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Reporter stuck there over 101 years ago. It broke away from its tug with two men on board. And it got stuck just short of going over the horseshoe waterfall. And they did rescue the two men in dramatic fashion. They were stuck out there overnight. But they were able to get them back on dry land and the scow has been there ever since. The rescue happened from the canadian side but it wouldnt have happened without the help of members of the u. S. Coast guard. Reporter the symbol of bravery and cooperation on display for the nearly 12 million tourists that visit the falls each year. A piece of history that will live on even after the ship is gone kendis gobibson, nbc news. That is fascinating. Id never been there so i didnt know that was there i didnt either former president jimmy carter was back in public on sunday for the First Time Since his latest hospitalization he spent the morning with his congregation in his home town of plains, georgia Teaching Sunday School he said hes at ease with the idea of dying and believes in life after death the 95yearold was back ahead of schedule following a fall do weeks ago that fractured his pelvis of course we wish him the best one of the toughest guys around. He gets right back out there you cant keep him down has a huge smile on his face a Minnesota College student is in a sticky situation with Krispy Kreme Krispy kreme hasnt been in minnesota for 11 years so you could say Jason Gonzalez was filling a hole in the donut market on weekends he would drive to krispy kreme in iowa, buy 100 boxes of donuts, and then drive back to the twin cities to resell them. Well, now the company has ordered him to stop. Gonzalez says he was told his sales created a liability for the company. I can see how that can happen. Great effort yeah, hes taking advantage of a market inefficiency thats true i dont know. That sounds like american capitalism to me people are going to need their fix somehow. Thanks for waking up with us im Frances Rivera good morning, thanks for starting your morning right here. Im marcus washington. The extra hour really helped. Im laura garcia. Lets get to that morning commute but first the forecast. Looks pretty good. Weve had nice, warm weather throughout the weekend. Were seeing fog at the golden gate bridge, low visibility in a few spots and our temperatures are very chilly in the north bay with mid 30s there. Well drop down a few more degrees