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Russians, stepping in to help investigate whether the plane crash in egypt was a terror attack. This amid reports that the airport baggage scanning machine was often broken. Security elsewhere lacks, as well. Were live in egypt with the investigation investigation. Nfl stars in the spotlight. Dallas cowboys lineman greg hearty take hardy takes to twitter, apologizing after images of his battered exgirlfriend is online. Jason pierre paul gets set to take the field months after he mangled his hand in a fireworks accident. Mystery in the sky. A streak of light over the skies in Southern California prompts panicked calls to Law Enforcement and sparks a social media frenzy. Well tell you what it was today, sunday, november 8th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Im craig melvin alongside Kristen Welker and dillon ylan dreyer. Maybe it was not a streak in the sky but it was al roker. Hes in spokane, washington, day three of rokerthon. Has a huge crowd with him. Well check in with him in a bit. Lets get to the top story. Donald trump on saturday night live. It was an electric scene here in the 30 rock overnight, as president ial front runner donald trump took to the stage. Protesters took to the streets outside the famed studio. Thats where nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is this morning. Between 250 and 300 protesters joined in the march last yesterday. One group offered 5,000 to any audience member who would disrupt the show. The show went off with any it didnt ignore the protest. Reporter surrounded by trump impersonators, donald trump played the bounty for laughs. Were going to have a lot of fun together. Trumps is racist. Its larry david. What are you doing, larry . I heard if i yelled that, theyd give me 5,000. As a businessman, i can fully respect that. Racism has got to go. Reporter outside, the protesters were in no mood for jokes. Their bring theyre bringing drugs, crime, theyre rapist. Reporter after those remarks, trumps beauty pageants were cancelled and he was told he was not welcome back to the apprentice. For saturday night live to make fun of that, its shameful. Reporter the show answered its critics with satire. How like the people outside are chanting dump trump, but health care . Reporter the cast manl imagined a Trump Presidency two years on. Like i promised. Prosperity is at an alltime high. Everybody is happy . Theyre so happy, mr. President. If you think thats how itll be when im president , youre wrong. Its going to be even better. Reporter the host of snl is usually asked to get out of his comfort zone. Listen to this, dave. Enjoy my tweets. Phone. Reporter it remains to be seen who gets the last laugh. I wont watch snl anymore. Reporter the kind of anger that could spell trouble for n nbc. Reporter donald trump was welcomed back, at least for one saturday night. One other controversy with trump hosting is will the other candidates now ask for equal time on snl. It ended up being about 12 minutes he was actually on camera, but well have to see if well see. Thank you. Meanwhile, Donald Trumps facing questions about his past. He opened up to nbc in an exclus exclusive interview in the scrutiny he calls a witch hunt. Ben carson is learning with front runner status comes scrutiny, in particular, from his rise in the inner city to the top of the medical world. As the questions about the biographical details pile up, so does the cash. Reporter ben carson coming off a week when his campaign raised 3. 5 million says he has the media to thank. The people are seeing through whats going on and getting fired up. Its almost an us versus them thing. Interview, he talked about whether he was offered a scholarship to west point, and about violence in his past. During a riot at his high school in 1968, he protected white students from the attacks by hiding them. The story couldnt be confirmed with a half dozen of mr. Carsons students and teacher. Why would they know about it, students . It doesnt surprise you that no one in any of these stories has come forward . Maybe one of the students will come forward. Reporter carson calls the scrutiny a witch hunt, unlike anything any former president has faced. I have not seen that with anyone else. Not even close. What do you think is going on . Why you . Because im a threat. Reporter a big threat, he says, to Hillary Clinton and the secular progressive movement. Along with all the new scrutiny foreign reporters in the mix. One british newspaper laz describes carsons home as a temple to himself, including the painting of the candidate with jesus. Ben carson expects many more questions and hell get some tuesday at the next republican debate. He says hes scheduled a half a day of prep, adding, life is preparation. You can see much more of my interview with ben carson today on meet the press. Thank you. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lets stay with ben carson. Hes shifted blame to the media. Does it look like theyll be able to shake off these questions about his past . I dont know. I say this because his candidacy is built on his personal story, his personal success, his honest and trustworthiness. If it starts coming apart, if the personal story isnt what he has said that it is, in some unravel more than it would for a traditional politician. Sheinelle, were conditioned to assume regular politicians embellish things. Ben carson was supposed to be different. Thats why, i think, its more of a danger to him than it would be, frankly, to anybody else in the field, simply because of how his candidacy has been built and why so many voters have been gravitating toward him. Its the honesty factor that has been his strength. One year out from the election. Well look where this race was four years ago. We dusted off a poll. Im sure youre familiar with this one. This is where we were in 2011. You can see right there, herman cain surging. Newt gingrich, surging. A lot of uncertainty then. Whats different about the uncertainty this time around . Notice who you didnt point out in there. The eventual nominee was on top of the polls at that time. Mitt romney was always in first this time, you know, if you dont believe donald trump or ben carson is going to be the nominee, then who is . I think its a lot more volatile than it was four years ago. I think the potential for a donald trump or a ben carson to be the nominee is higher today than it ever has been before. Is it possible that the Republican Party suddenly decides to sort itself out a little bit and goes to a little more of a traditional way, and maybe its jeb bush, maybe marco rubio, but i dont think so. I think when you look at the Different Things that have happened, craig, in kentucky this week, an outsider candidate, who republicans said was unelectable, guess what . They have a new republican governor. Hes not unelectable and won by ten points. I think a lot of conservative voters believe they dont have to settle this time. I think it means we are in for a long ride. I think its going to be twists is and turns. Pop the popcorn, sit back and enjoy the show. We will do it, my friend. Chuck todd, thank you. Well see you in a bit on meet the press, where youll have donald trump, Bernie Sanders and carly fiorina. The investigation into the russian plane crash over egypt. The question about whether bags were properly checked before the doomed flight. Nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely is in Sharm El Sheikh this morning. Good morning. This investigation is now focused on the final second of the cockpit voice recording and the noise that points to an explosion. Its sound waves may help unlock this mystery. As you say, the fbi the getting involved. Reporter its not unusual for the fbi to be asked to help in a disaster. It is unusual for the russians to ask, and the fbi said yes. A spokesman said its role will be modest. Russians teams have taken away 15 sacks of sand from the site. According to egypt, human remains for analysis. Theyre looking for evidence of a bomb. The number one most important thing is testing the residue of the airliner to try to see whether theres any kind of traces of explosives. Reporter investigators now know the time after takeoff when disaster struck. 23 minutes and 14 seconds. Reporter at that moment, the cvr, something extraordinary. A noise was heard in the last seconds of the recording. Reporter every fraction of that sudden noise will not be analyzed and compared with the sound of other crashes. Investigators have found the planes auto pilot was on, suggesting the crew felt everything was normal, until that moment. Some parts of the wreckage, they said, are still missing. They suggested that even a passengers lithium batteries could have caused this. Theyre also examining reports that a baggage scanning machine was often broken, that baggage handlers werent monitored, and deliveries to the airport werent properly searched. 11,000 russian tourists have been evacuated from the airport in one day. Itll take nearly a week to get them all out. In st. Petersburg, the church bells tolled for every victim, 224 times. Here, the search goes on for the missing parts of the plane, bad weather hampering the search. It is now day eight. Some new clues, but still, craig, no solid answers. Bill neely for us in egypt. Bill, thank you. In louisiana, investigators are now looking at 911 calls connected to the chase that led to the shooting death of a 6yearold boy last week. Two Police Officers are charged with killing the boy, who was sitting in the front seat of his dads car. Now, there are reports the deadly encounter may have started with a 911 call about a bar fight involving the boys father. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is on the scene. Good morning. Reporter sheinelle, good morning. The two officers are being held here without bail. The chase reportedly started after the father got into an argument with his girlfriend at a local pool hall, and someone called 911. Exactly what happened next is unclear. Today, were hearing more about the young life cut short. Hi, jeremy. Reporter this morning, friends and family are remembering 6yearold jeremy. Heart wrenching. Your heart is burning. Iranda was his babysitter for four years. He was autistic and full of life. He was the best kid you could ever think of having around you. For a child to be so loving, it was amazing and the most wonderful feeling you could have reporter on tuesday night, jeremy was buckled into the front seat of his fathers suv when he was shot five times and killed following a police chase in louisiana. This is a wounded community. There are wounded families out there. Reporter officers stafford and greenhouse jr. Have been arrested and are facing charges of Second Degree murder and attempted murder. The boys father was injured during the shooting and remains hospitalized in serious condition. Stafford and greenhouse work for the Marksville Police department but they were working side jobs. Investigators wont reveal exactly what led to the pursuit or what triggered the shooting. Initially, the local coroner said the officers had been serving a warrant. Case. There was no exchange of gunfire, they say, and no weapon was found inside the suv. Video from an officers body camera hasnt been released publicly, but the head of the Louisiana State Police Called it extremely disturbing and said it led to the arrest. This is a complex case, a lot of moving parts. Reporter they expect to have more forensic reports by midweek. Jeremy and his father had moved to louisiana in the past year. The visitation is scheduled for later today in mississippi. His funeral is set for tomorrow. So sad. Gabe, thank you. Kristen welker is here with more on the streak of light out west that got folks rattled. It looked like something out of the movies. We begin with the bright light over the california sky, which sent residents into an absolute panic. Social media lit up and police were inundated with calls, claiming it was a ufo, a comet or explosion. The light was from the test firing of a missile by the navy. High temperatures took their toll on runners at the rock and one person died following the race, as the mercury soared into the 80s. For a time, conditions were so dangerous, coordinators actually moved runners to shorter routes. In australia, a Daring Rescue to remove climbers from a dangerous situation. Take a look. Two men ended up clinging to a narrow ledge over a 160 foot drop to the sea. It started when one of the climbers fell off what is called wedding cake rock. His friend got stuck while trying to reach him. It took crews several hours to figure out how to get the men off the cliff before they were lifted to safety. We have amazing pictures of a huge sink hole in mississippi. Residents say they heard cracking as the earth opened up. The parking lot sink hole expanded to 50 feet as it swallowed 15 cars. Huge, gaping hole there. At the university of missouri, the teammates are staging a protest. The athletes of color are refusing to play ball. Its the latest in a string of demonstrations over wolfs response to raciallycharged campus incidents. They say the president isnt taking their concerns seriously. 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As we go through the day, its a fairly quickmoving system. Well clear out through tonight by florida. It lingers through South Carolina and North Carolina as we go through the day on monday. Its definitely a wash out for most of North Carolina. We could end up with heavier pockets of rain. Three inches near tallahassee. Up into wilmington, North Carolina. That could lead to the potential of flash flooding, when the rain comes down in a short period of time. The middle of the country, beautiful fall day. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Little stormy with rain in. Anchor good sunday morning anchor good sunday morning, everyone, 47 degrees in boston. 44 in bedford. So it is a cooler start to the day, but we also have a lot of sunshine in place. We will hold mostly sunny skies through the afternoon. High temperatures topping off lower to middle 50s but a bit breezy but seasonably cool this time of year. Take a look at the sevenday Beautiful Day tomorrow. As we get into tuesday, clouds thickening up early in the morning. Rain arriving in the afternoon especially late in the day tuesday night and wet into wednesday midday and another round of thats your latest forecast. Thank you. Two big stories making headlines in the nfl this morning. With the games hours away. Greg hardy broke his silence overnight after the website deadspin released Graphic Photos of his bruised exgirlfriend from a 2014 Domestic Violence incident. Hardy tweeting, quote, i have to express my regret for what happened in past and im dedicated to being the best person and teammate that i can be. Mostly, i am grateful for the opportunity to play in nfl. Hardy missed 18 games following the incident. And the new york giants are counting on a comeback from jason pierre paul, returning to the field against tampa bay, for the First Time Since the gruesome fireworks accident on july 4th. Pierre paul lost an entire finger in the incident that mangled his hand. 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In one instance, he launches himself completely in front of chris, blocking him. Heres the kicker, guys, it turns out, this isnt the first time louie has photo bombed chris and megan. Some of their friends starting to think, louie might be just a little bit jealous of chris. What do you think . I think youre probably right. Dogs everywhere getting big thank you. Coming up, the race for governor in louisiana turns ugly. Plus, well talk about why this is being called the mother of all attack ads. How you doing . Where are we watching the game . Youll see. I think my boys have a shot yeah, especially with this new offense were running. I mean, our running back is a beast. Once he hits the hole secondary, oh hes gone. And never quit. You didnt expect this did you . No i didnt. The nissan altima. Theres a fun side to every drive. Nissan. Innovation that excites. 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Anchor good sunday morning, live look. And now to Chris Lambert with a check the forecast. A birth clearer, chris. Anchor nothing but sunshine, chris, yeah. Cooler start to the day. Mid to upper 40s now, but at least we have all this sunshine going for us and we will hold mostly sunny skies through the afternoon this go around. Great football weather. A little bit on the breezy side a little bit on the breezy side. Low to mid50s at gillette. High temperatures later this afternoon will reach into the mid50s overall. So we will call it seasonably cool. 51 in the worcester hills. Mid60s in the city of boston. Anchor chris are thanks. Our top story where one person is dead after a multicar crash earlier today. State police say the person who died was runs ride died was runs riding in one of the cars right near exit 20. State police are investigating the cause. A car crashed into the Charles River in boston last night. Rescue crews pulled two occupants from the water from survive. Both victims are from rhode island. Police are now saying that the vehicle went through a red light and then struck another car right before it went off the bridge. The driver and passenger in the car that struck that vehicle were not injured. And police in bridgewater have identified the woman whose body was found burning in the side of a train tracks earlier this week. Police say the victim was a 29yearold woman. Stay with us, 7 news in new england will return at 9 00 new england will return at 9 the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. Won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Sanders im Bernie Sanders, baby, baby, babe, im coming home to your tender sweet loving loving i like it. Leon bridges is his name. If you dont know him, you soon will. Rising star. A year ago, the guy was washing dishes for a living. We are back on a sunday morning, november 8th, 2015. We have a fantastic crowd on the plaza. A lovely bunch. Lot of people. Harry smith spent time with sharing his story in a bit. Rokerthon, al is in spokane this morning. Well talk to him in a moment. Republican rivals in the spotlight with donald trump taking the stage on saturday night live. Heckled by larry david, dancing to drake and mean twiet eeting backstage. As ben carson tells nbc, his detractors are questioning his past because hes a threat. In texas, police are searching for suspects after a judge was shot and wounded in the driveway of her austin home friday night. She was hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening. Dallas cowboys star greg hardy is expressing regret on twitter after the website deadspin released Graphic Photos of his bruised exgirlfriend from a 2014 Domestic Violence incident. Hardy missed 18 games and tweeted hes grateful for the opportunity to play in the nfl. Lots to get to. We start with the hotly contested race for governor in louisiana and whats being ads. Kristen is back with that story. Good morning to you. Craig, good morning again to you. We are talking about an ad released by Democratic State el edwards, which compares his military experience to the situation that almost dumped david v,tirks t career. Reporter Democratic State representative John Bel Edwards slamming opponent republican senator david vitter for his prostitution scandal eight years ago. John bel edwards, who answered our countrys call and sevg served as a ranger. Or david vitter, who answered a prostitutes call, after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave them lives in defense for our freedom. Reporter vitter apologized for being linked to the scandal after his number showed up on a list. I want to offer my deep and sincere apologies. Reporter he survived and was reelected, but now its coming back to haunt him. This ad aired last night. David vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. Reporter John Bel Edwards commercial is a disgrace for those of us that live by the honor code. Vitter released an ad, painting edwards soft on crime, which edwards denies. Political analysts believe edwards may have run the ad out of concern that he could lose the race. Race locked up but he could have overplayed his hand here. The Edwards Campaign stands by the video. The national Republican Party is closely. The gop has recently picked up a years. Louisiana is another key state, as the party tries to expand its back the white house. Nationally. Kristen welker, thank you. Lets talk to dylan for day three of rokerthon. Day three. Now, it gets tough for the one and only mr. Roker. Al, i know youre in spokane, washington, right now. Youve made your way. My brothers were stationed in fair child air force base outside of spokane. Im very familiar with the area. Tell us whats going on today and what your big plans are. Well, weve got big plans but were along the spokane river. Thats the washington power station there, the oldest hydroelectric plant in washington state. We have all these folks, day three of rokerthon, as we storm across america. Were going to be leaving here in a little bit and going throughout montana, idaho. Well be in wyoming, in sacramento. Were making our way across. Were excited that all these nice people showed up. Just as a nice thank you, were giving them the first view, ladies and gentlemen, this is the apple ipad pro. 13 inches. Is this nice or what . Well use this to give you the forecast. You like that, dylan . Pretty sharp. Im jealous right now. Im telling you. Heres our forecast for washington. Rokerthon forecast. In walla walla, itll get to 53. Spokane, 47. 51 in seattle. Weather today, a lot of wet weather through the southeast. Gulf coast states. Sunshine in the northeast. Sunny through the great lakes. Looking at wet weather in the northwest, where weve seen showers. Tomorrow, wet weather to the midatlantic states. New england, lots of sunny. Snow in the mountains. There may be light snow as you get to the inner Mountain Region and the rockies. By the way, before we go to our local, heres a little trivia for you about washington state. What National Holiday was created here in spokane . Dont say it. Dont say it thats whats going on around. Anchor good sunday morning anchor good sunday in boston. 44 in bedford. So it is a cooler start to the day, but we also have a lot of sunshine in place. We will hold mostly sunny skies high temperatures topping off lower to middle 50s but a bit breezy but seasonably cool this take a look at the sevenday forecast. Beautiful day tomorrow. As we get into tuesday, clouds thickening up early in the morning. Rain arriving in the afternoon especially late in the day tuesday night and wet into wednesday midday and another thats your latest weather. Dylan, any guesses . I forget the question. National holiday originated in spokane, washington. Im the one who is supposed to be loopy, not you. Anyway, okay. What National Holiday was created hire create ed here in spokane . Fathers day. Thats right, fathers day. Wow. I didnt know that. We are thankful for that. There you go. Al, i have a question for you. Were going to plant the okay. Go ahead. Have you traded in technology for the goat or is the goat coming back at some point . We do not have the goat today. But we have some of the cutest i like babies. This little one, mckenzie. Ill give you the flag, maam, to hold on to, for rokerthon. Wait a minute, hold on we have a goat im so happy there is a goat. Ive got the goat. We need 47 more goats, al. Keep it going. Thats right. Hold on. Theres another baby. Here . Oh, lincoln left. Huge crowd. Guy. It is big, big, big. Al, youve got a big day today, so safe travels and see you again tomorrow. You got it. Go, al up next, our sunday stories. From a Police Officer turned social media star who is using his badge to bridge a growing divide. 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This Police Officer is in arkansas, and hes connecting with his community in an unusual way. Becoming a social media star and a hero to local kids. Heres nbcs kerry sanders. Reporter early morning, north little rock, arkansas. Whats up, buddy . Reporter the most popular guy with the kids . I have candy right here. Reporter a cop in a uniform. Look here. Day how you doing . Reporter officer tommy norman shares the moment on social media. Keeps your ears warm and head warm. Give me a hug. Have a good day. To look on social media and see my daughter is in almost every photo and video, its inspiring to me. Reporter with the Community Policing, tommy norman has more than 85,000 followers. Some who call from as far away as australia. I wanted to say that you are an amazing Police Officer. How you doing . Good to meet you. Wow. Your idea, to meet at a doughnut shop. Well, yeah, it was. Yes, we do eat doughnuts. Yes, we do. Reporter getting a cameo in officer normans videos goes to a much deeper connection he makes with everyone he knows. You think of this officer as awesome. A Community Dad. A Community Dad . Reporter thats a sharp contrast for some kids here, who grew up wondering if the police will help them. Theres hurt and pain in neighborhoods and families, and we want to erase that and make those peoples lives a lot happier. Whip. Reporter 17 years on the force and never afraid to reveal those in blue are also human. I love you, too. Theyll remember that when theyre 17, 18, 19, 20 years old. Reporter to protect and to serve. When it comes to one officer in north little rock, also, to post, post, post. For today, kerry sanders, nbc news, north little rock. Love you. See you later. I recently spent 24 hours with a Police Officer in cleveland. He said Community Policing is the one thing that he thinks can bridge the gap right now between police and the policed. I agree. 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Reporter charles and carolyn met here in first grade. He remembers when the telescope first came to town. Talking about . Yeah. We didnt know what they were talking about, radio telescope. Could pick up the entire stadium from up in morgantown, from West Virginia university, and stick it inside our telescope. Reporter karen oneil is the sites director. These telescopes are so sensitive, they can pick up the energy of Something Like a snowflake falling to the ground. Your wifi, those signals will blow away the astronomical signals were looking for. This is a vault that keeps the electronic noise in here. Even the microwave, its sealing the electronic noise. Reporter its a dream environment for green banks newest residents, who came here to escape the noise where she believes was literally making her sick. I came here because i was harmed by emissions from a cell phone tower. When im exposed to a cell phone tower, i get headaches. Reporter shes not the only one. Im diagnosed with electrosensitivity, sensitivity to wireless. Reporter this couple make the trek from canada a few times a year to get relief. When i come here, my body relaxes. I dont feel anything on my skin. Im a normal person. They did these tests and turned it on and off without me knowing. Every time she turned it on, my heart rate doubled. Reporter youd think not being a cell phone would have a teenagers worst nightmare. Its interesting youre not saying, oh, i wish i had a cell phone. Yeah, we dont really want one. Dont need one either. At least in one pocket of the country, the childhood you remember remains, in some ways, in tact. Lets hope we can keep that pocket here. The kids are playing soccer and the telescope is looking for life in outer space and to try to understand the universe and how we got here. I thought people would say, i wish we had cell phones. They love not having it. The kids dont miss it, dont want it. There you go. Sheinelle, thank you. 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On stage, i want to give off those simple vibes, and i feel that simplicity is key. Let me tell you, honey reporter that simple thing is working. My name is on the marquee. Reporter we met bridges at the Apollo Theater in harlem, preparing to play for a sold out crowd. Let it shine reporter a year ago, bridges was washing dishes. He thought he was going to be a dancer or choreographer, until he picked up a guitar and started writing songs. He moves when he sings. He cant help it. Sweet honey darling, you know im calling music cuts against the commercial grain. I was looking at black music today. Why isnt anybody doing this . Specifically, black music. I felt that as a young black man, i needed to go carry on this sound the best way i could. Its such beautiful music. I wanted to recreate it in my own way. I just want to be a better man reporter the world took notice, social media spread the word and, soon, bridges and his band were on the road from austin to amsterdam. On the other side of the room, a brown skinned girl starring with her brown eyes i came from playing 10, 15 people around town, at a time when it didnt really matter. Now, that its on the big stage in front of everyone, you know, thats something to think about. I take it one day at a time. Feels good. Ill bet it does. Yeah. You know. Dont close your eyes reporter leon bridges is the next new thing, with a great old sound. Were all like this this morning. Im rooting for him. Goods luck if luck if you want to see him. Hes on tour in the United States and completely sold out. On veterans day, you get these. I think its time to bring it back