Wheel, millions of cars recalled over concerns they could spontaneously burst into flames. Baseball season is almost over, but one player managed to break a record days before the playoffs more than a year after leaving the earths surface, american astronaut frank rubio is heading home. A look back at his journey among the stars. Its thursday, september 28. Early today starts right now good morning, im Jessica Layton glad you could be with us, im Frances Rivera seven candidates clashed at the second Republican Debate while the moderators attempted to cover a lot of ground, it frequently devolved into shouting between the contenders on stage most notably this exchange between Vivek Ramaswamy and nikki haley posted on tiktok i have a radical idea for the Republican Party we need to win elections, and part of how we win elections is reaching the next generation of Young Americans where they are this is infuriating, because tiktok is one of the most dangerous social media apps that we can have. And every time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say, because i cant believe meanwhile, republican frontrunner former President Trump skipped the debate, opting to speak at a manufacturing plant in michigan. His absence did not go unnoticed by his challengers he was called out by ron desantis and chris christie. Desantis said trump was missing in action, while christie said he had to be voted off the island over his divisive nature. Travis king is back in u. S. Custody after being expelled by north korea. Sweden and china helped secure his release. Andrea mitchell has more reporter private trafvis kig is finally on the way home after an unusual exit from north korea. The active duty soldier has been held in north korea for more than two months after running from military escorts noon the reclusive kingdom. Its not what wed normally expect from north korea. I think in the end they interrogated him they understood the circumstance under which he left and they thought, we dont want him in the country. So they let him go reporter senior u. S. Officials say private king is in good health and good spirits and very happy to be on the way home t the u. S. Thanked sweden and china china. He talked to his mother. Shes on pins and needles they were able to connect on the phone and she relayed that he was in good spirits, and she was thrilled to hear her sons voice. Reporter he was flown to a u. S. Base and then to a Medical Center and to be reunited with his family in the past, north korea has demanded concession for prisoners, in 2009, kim jong uns father even demanding president clinton come this time it seems they handled it in a very businesslike manner reporter as for any military actions, Officials Say the main focus is on private kings health and readjustment and reuniting with his family. They say they will address any administrative actions after he is on solid footing back home. Back to you. Now to colorado where the remains of a missing wife and mother have been found Suzanne Morphew disappeared in may of 2020. Her family says they had faith she would walk back into their lives again and are instead getting this heartbreaking news. Well do whatever it takes to bring you back we love you. We miss you. Your girls need you. Morphews husband was charged with murder in 2021, but the case was dismissed i has r he has repeatedly denied being involved Officials Say the New Discovery has left them with more questions than answers and are holdi holding back details about where the remains were found it is expected that the arre arrest in the killing of a tech ceo will be announced. The suspects mother said she told him to turn himself n the tech executives body was found in the apartment where she lived. They havent revealed why they believe the sex offender might be responsible for her death it definitely makes you think twice about going out and about as a woman, alone. Reporter billingsley is wanted in acw wanted in connection with another incident last week as family and friends prepare to gather in the heart of the city she loved so much to pay tribute. How do you deal with this . Its devastating. Reporter Sherrod Davis was her Business Partner and friend. We have taken this week to frankly just grieve. Im trying to take it, not one day at a time. Not one hour at a time ten minutes at a time. Im just crushed Reporter Police also say theyre looking at cases stretching back over the past year to see if theres any connection to the suspect. Our thanks to ron for that update a delaware state trooper facing charges after Officials Say he brutally beat a teen pulling a doorbell prank the entire incident was captured on his body cam, which you may find disturbing. Kristin kri Kristin Dahlgren reports Reporter Police officers say it started with a prank, in this case, a kick to the door before the teen runs away, but the house was that of a delaware state trooper, and what happened next led to felony charges for dempsey walters. [ screaming it was his decision to enact his own form of personal justice. Reporter body cam video blurred before it was released by authorities, appears to showalters roughly taking down a team named al before tracking down a boy named jaden, seen in the doorbell video on the ground now reporter prosecutors say dempsey turned off his body camera before punching the handcuffed 15yearold in the back of the car. Other body cam captured jaden calling out for help sam davis represents the families of both teens and provided these pictures injuries, including a broken eye socket it took two surgeons eight hours to put plates and 11 screws and a piece of mesh to try to heal his broken face. Reporter walters was indicted under delawares new deprivation of civil rights law and plead not guilty nbc news reached out to walters and has not received a response. As a mother and grandmother, watching that video footage is very difficult as a prosecutor, the constitutional violation i saw were stunning. Reporter walters has been suspended without pay while his higher ups offered this apology. To the victims and their families impacted by the actions of mr. Walters, im sorry. Reporter Kristin Dahlgren, nbc news President Biden has approved an Emergency Declaration for louisiana. Salt water is creeping up the Mississippi River from the gulf and compromising that states Drinking Water the river is only about five inches now from hitting recordlow levels, so the downstream flow of fresh water isnt Strong Enough right now to keep the saltwater out saltwater is heavier, so it flows along the riff bid engineers are creating an underwater barrier to try and hold back the saltwater. Some parishes were already starting to rely on bottled water over the summer, and this underwater levee will only slow the problem. Officials say what they really need right now is prolonged rain that was a hot minute, not really hot after a glimpse of sun, this week rain is back on the menu for the east coast Angie Lassman is tracking just how much rain we could expect as if we didnt get enough the first time i know. I knew people werent going to want to hear this information. If you live in the interior northeast or interior mid atlantic, were going to see drier conditions, but its along the coast where were going to have a couple more days of rain. Lets talk about whats going on with your satellite and radar. Can you see showers along parts of the midwest showers in the unsettled weather expected across parts of florida. But heres what were going to watch through the day today. Its kind of like a scattering of rain. Not the big deluge that we saw for days and days previously, earlier in the week, but we still do have good rain that could work through and rounds of it as we get through today, tomorrow, the low will finally start to pull away as we get into saturday, but well get a dry day, a nice and dry day as we get into sunday well have to wait for that. We have strong onshore winds, so minor to moderate flooding is expected elsewhere as we look ahead to the weekend, especially in the middle of the country, its feeling like summer, augustlike temperatures, plenty of sunshine showers into parts of the high plains into the upper midwest i should say the warm and nice conditions spread a little farther to the east as we get to saturday sunshine for parts of the east great day inll really get a r 60s, and 96 for dallas. New orleans will deal with showers and thunderstorms, and tampa hits 87 degrees today. And thats a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. Okay, ang, thank you. 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Shipped with immobilizers in 2015, but theyre not required and only about a quarter of kias and hyundais had the protection. Thats why several cities sued the auto makers, alleging they contributed to a major increase in crime kia says the suits are without merit, while hyundai says its cars meet antitheft requirements kia and hyundai attempted a fix, offering a Free Software update. The update required the cars key to be in the ignition to start, but there have been reports of cars stolen even after they got the update. One victims father telling our washington affiliate i would like to find out if the program was actually put in or if it failed. Reporter hyundai responded by saying dealers across the country are maximizing the amount of software installations. Kia says its confident it works as intended. The car makers built their reputations on Affordable Cars for the consumer that allowed the pair, owned by the same south korean conglomerate to become the Third Largest manufacturer in the world at one point thieves still target the cars, which could mean a smashed window and abandoned car when realizing it can be hacked for a joyride, underscoring just how big of a challenge kia and hyundai face still to come, with days left in the season, did this player do something never done before and Damian Lillard is teaming up with another allstar teaming up with another allstar dr. Garcia . Whoa crest reality checkup. Bleeding gums are serious, jamie. I must be brushing too hard. No, its actually a sign of bacterial infection. One that can spread to other parts of the body. Check this out. Unlike other toothpastes, crest gum detoxifys antibacterial fluoride works below the gumline to help heal gums and stop bleeding. Crest saves the day, huh . No reason to fear. 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What should have been a 180day mission into space devolved into 371 kdays in spac for frank rubio. Heres tom costello with more details on the long journey. Less than a thousand meters from touchdown reporter frank rubio wasnt supposed to set a new American Space record he would rather have been home celebrating milestones in his ki kid kids lives. He got stuck after his mission was hit by space junk. The greatest challenge he says was psychological. Most difficult one is pretty easy the separation from family has been a challenge reporter a year in space carries increased health risks increased radiation exposure, body fluids that shift to the head muscle and bone loss can lead to balance problems back on earth there is a lot of science that has to happen in the first few weeks, and then theres getting back to enjoying life. Reporter rubio is also a combat veteran and doctor, who was vigilant about staying in shape in space i feel like ive stayed at a pretty high level up here. 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