Horrific accident that nearly killed him. Fans lined up all day and night hoping to grab a ticket to the hottest show around. Today saturday, october 17th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im harry smith alongside dylan dreyer. Im over here on the left. She showed up. And frances rivera. Good morning. It is like riding a bike. Youre good. Youre steady. Lets get going. The first wobble in the middle. Feeling good. Take a look outside. This is amazing. Everybody in the building and people around town and across the country, so excited that tracy morgan on saturday night they are lined up hoping to get a ticket live to see it. If not, you can watch it here on nbc. I hear there is a baseball game. Not far from us. I heard a thing or two about the game. They are getting ready at citifield. We have preparations happening on the plaza. Oh, look, its mr. Met. Mr. Met is here. We called chicago. Clark, the cubbies mascot was engaged this morning, but the offer and invitation was extend extended extended. Lets get to the top story. Millions of people getting an early taste of winter. Waking up to the holdcoldest weather this season. Some seeing the first snowfall. Dylan is here to get us up to speed. Im surprised im not out there standing in it. You will be. Im happy. It will be gone by tomorrow. We have a big dip in the jet stream. Air. Something we have not talked about in some time. It is just really, really cold out there this morning. We have freeze warnings, freeze watches. This doesnt effect humans as it does plants, but it is cold. 32 in detroit. 33 in cincinnati. 41 in allentown. The cool air settles in and sticks around through monday. Temperatures for highs this afternoon, 46 in cleveland. 16 degrees below average. 55, thats it in new york. Thats nine degrees below average. Over the next three days, each morning, we top out barely around freezing. In detroit, 32 on sunday morning. Monday morning, 34. The midwest. It will push into the northeast as we go into tuesday afternoon. In the southwest, we have a lot of clean up because of the mudslides we saw that way. Take a look at this outside of los angeles where the rain came down in some areas. Up to 6 inches. Without much vegetation because it has been so dry, the mud runs down the mountains. That has been the situation over the last couple of days because of the flash flooding. We have the flash flood watches in effect through Southern Nevada and parts of arizona with pockets of heavy rain especially tonight into tomorrow where we could end up with 1 to 3 inches of additional rain. A lot of that falls in a short period of time. That could lead to mudslides. Real life el nio. Turning to the war between donald trump and jeb bush. It comes on the heels of trumps comments of former president george w. Bush and the september 11th attacks. Kristen welker has more from the white house. Reporter good morning. Trump has a way of hitting bush, but on friday, he touched off a when you talk about george bush, say what you want, but the World Trade Center came down during his time. Wait a minute. Reporter jeb bush fired back tweeting how pathetic for donaldtrump. We were attacked and my brother kept us safe. You said your brother kept us safe, i wanted to be nice and did not mention the wtc came down during his watch. And then no, you are pathetic saying Nothing Happened during your brothers term. For trump, this is another dust up. For bush, the verbal sparring allows him to flex his muscles a bit. You can expect this to be a flash point for the gops over the next several days. One thing we are not sure we are getting this weekend is a decision from Vice President joe biden. What is the latest on that . Reporter we are hopeful. Vice President Biden is waking up in delaware this morning and under pressure to make a decision about whether hes in or out. Sources close to the vp say a decision could come within the next 48 hours. With democrats growing increasingly anxious, it is decision time for Vice President joe biden. He is tucked away at his home in delaware deliberating. He is looking seriously at reporter his family is on board with a run and now hes calling supporters in early voting states to gauge whether he has a path to winning. On friday, president obama declined to weigh in. I dont have to share my views about that right now because i think it is important for the American People to make up their own decision. Senator ted kaufman sent a letter. If he decides to run, we need each and every one of you yesterday. Biden wants space to decide. The door hasnt closed yet. Hillary clintons aides say it is too late. I dont see we are lacking anything in the field. I think the field is a good field and i dont see that theres a space. Reporter clinton showed new signs of strength after her dominant debate performance. One poll shows her inching up in new hampshire. In an nbc News Survey Monkey poll, clinton has a doubledigit lead. Clinton said biden should decide in his own time. Im not in any way that the Vice President accept any any timetable other thth the one he has. Reporter the reason biden is struggling with the decision, he always wanted to be president and this would be his last shot. Plus, his late son beau urged him to run before passing. The main factor right now is if biden thinks he can win. Erica. Kristen, thanks. Now to a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a teenager killed by a Police Officer in michigan. It all happened during a traffic stop and most of it was caught on the officers body cam. The family says their son did not have to die. Nbcs rehema ellis has more. Reporter the tragedy unfolded moments after a routine traffic stop. I pulled you over because you flashed me. Reporter last february, 17yearold Devin Gilford was pulled over by officer frost. Body camera of the officer. You had your lights on. Im not lying to you. Reporter when gilford refused several requests for documents, the encounter escalated. Get your hands behind your back. Reporter in the scuffle, sergeant frost first fires his stun gun. Before firing seven shots that killed the unarmed teenager. The sergeant was treated for facial injuries. After an investigation, the county prosecutor decided not to file charges against frost and determined that sergeant frost used his firearm within the limits of michigans self defense law. But this week, gilfords parents filed a federal civil lawsuit against frost and eton county. Alleging that devins civil rights were violated. It would have been appropriate for the facts to be in front of a jury. Reporter the sheriffs stood by the prosecutors findings that sergeant frost responded under the belief that he faced the threat of great bodily harm or death. Now once again, a court is asked to rule on questions surrounding the use of police force. For today, rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. Moving overseas. Another night of violence in the middle east. Frances is in for sheinelle. More unrest with deadly clashes that rocked the middle east overnight. As tensions escalate after a palestinian disguised as journalist attacked an israeli soldier soldier. We have nbcs bill neely with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, everyone. There is no let up in the violence. Three more attempted murders, stabbings this morning. Three more palestinians shot dead. Here in jerusalem, a 16yearold was stopped by police. And produced a knife and tried stab an officer and shot dead. In hedron, 20 miles from here, two other incidents. A teenager and two other palestinians tried stab a man on the street. That man had a gun and shot dead his assailant. A Young Palestinian woman stabbed a police woman at a checkpoint. She obviously had a gun and shot her attacker dead. Three dead in the space of a few hours. Some shocking pictures ss emerged of another stabbing. A warning you may find these pictures graphic. A man chasing an israeli soldier. He wrestles him to the ground. That injured soldier is recovering in the hospital. The attacker is dead. No letup in the attacks. They are very difficult to stop. Most of them carried out by who have no criminal record. They have Identification Cards so they can move about freely. Many speak fluent hebrew. It is very difficult to predict where the next attack is going back to you. Bill, thank you very much. Bill neely in jerusalem. The final u. S. Airways flight landed in philadelphia this morning. The red eye from San Francisco flew flight 1939. The year the airline began. All future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner following the completion of the twoyear merger. Nbc news learned the federal government wants drone owners to register with the department of transportation. That comes after a spike in close calls with unmanned drones and commercial airlines in the nations biggest airports. From the jet at jfk airport. The Cleveland Browns says the team is aware of the domestic incident with johnny manziel. Manziel was pulled over in ohio this week. A witness told police a person believed to be manziels girlfriend was trying to jump from his speeding car. Manziel apparently said he was drinking earlier in the day, but not found to be intoxicated. Manziel spent ten weeks in rehab in the off season. Now video here of the volcano erupting in mexico. Officials say the plume reached as high as 6,500 feet. Watch this thing. The volcano has been active since july leaving villages forced to evacuate. And while Anyone Around here can talk about the cubs and mets, the Kansas City Royals took home game one of the American League championship series last night beating the blue jays, 50, at home. Game two is this afternoon. A lot going on. Around these parts, we have mr. Met in the plaza. A small game that is happening. Frances, thanks. I guess it is time for more weather. We didnt have enough before. So many things i left out before. Lets talk more about the snow through parts of the great lakes. You know when you have the colder air and it crosses over the warmer waters of the great lakes, you end up with lakeeffect snow. Erie, pennsylvania could see 1 to 2 inches of know onsnow. High pressure elsewhere is keeping it sunny. In the southwest, of and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you so much. There is a buzz in the air in new york and in chicago as well today. The mets and cubs facing off tonight in game one of the national League Championship series. The long suffering fans of both teams, oh, have they suffered. Dreaming of finally making it to the world series. Nbcs ron mott is a few miles away from here at citifield over in queens. Ron, good morning. Reporter harry, good morning to you. We all know the cubs and mets have been victimized for years by bad luck. Now one team is four wins away from getting back to the world series. Energized fans on both sides are fans of the chicago cubs and new york mets, good things have not come with the long wait. I have the pleasure to introduce the mets. Reporter it has been 29 years since they celebrated a world series crown in queens. 1908 1908, the last time for wrigley faithful. Only one gets the treat of playing for it all. 70 years ago in chicago, bar owner william sienna showed up at wrigley to root for the home team. The problem, the billy goat, the legend has it, cast a curse on the club. A black cat in 69 derailed that season. A cubs fan in 03 taking away an out five outs from the world series. Why do things seem to fold at the most critical time . Why are peoples hearts broken over and over . Better to blame a goat. Reporter at the billy goat tavern, there is the curse. Reporter while their suffering is not as long, fans of the amazins. It gets through buckner. The mets win it. Reporter they played second fiddle to the yankees who beat them in the world series 15 years ago. Now 2015 could wipe away years of pain if disappointment doesnt interfere. The games will play in new york tuesday. One team is guaranteed to the world series, but the other, they have another year to wonder if they are truly cursed. Back to you. Much. So many mets fans work in this yes. People cannot see straight. This is the best thing thats ever happened. One of our producers came in today. On. People you never met before are saying what are you doing . What are you wearing . Have never seen it. We should mention, we put the offer out to her good friend clark, the mascot, he was otherwise engaged. Day. Still to come, catching you up on the week in news. From the first democratic debate and president obamas surprise announcement of keeping troops in afghanistan. And is this woman who sued her nephew really the worst aunt ever . A story behind a story. Nbc. Back now on saturday morning with the download. Our chance to look back at the weeks stories. A recap of the headlines that grabbed our attention. The democrats. After taking a backseat to the republican, were finally in the spotlight. Facing off in their first debate. Hillary Clinton Center stage. Fathers will be able to say to their daughters, you, too, can grow up to be president. Her rival, Bernie Sanders, handed her this gift. The American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. And being generous made him look magnanamous. Secretary clinton, is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns . No, not at all. Americas longest war just got longer. I decided to maintain our current posture of 9,800 troops in afghanistan through most of next year. 2016. After 14 years, 1 trillion and more than 2,300 american lives lost, thousands will remain in afghanistan. Israeli and palestinians are blaming each other for the latest round of violence. Behind the battle of guns and knives that have seen israeli stabbed, a war of words. And at its center, video that has gone viral of the 13yearold palestinian bleeding. Hes like almost not breathing. Former nba star lamar odom was found unconscious in a nevada brothel this week. Multiple drugs in his system. His estranged wife Khloe Kardashian and loved ones are pulling for him. Is the woman the worst aunt ever . Backlash after a new york city woman sued her nephew for hugging her too hard at his 8th Birthday Party and breaking her wrist. Outrage. Jennifer connell and her nephew sean sat down with today. She would never do anything to hurt her family and myself. She loves us. This was simply a case of formality with the insurance claims. Your Dining Experience may be getting a makeover with danny meyer getting rid of tipping at his many restaurants. Without gratuity, they charge a markup. The hourly rate goes up. This meal doesnt come with sticker shock, but . Say you are out to eat and you ordered fish. You are nearly done eating and hopes and dreams. You dont want a fish who still has hopes and dreams. Mccaffrey. Check out this play from francis owusu. Did he catch that up against the defenders back . Unbelievable. The tightest hug ever. Talk about this fish. The eyes and face and everything is bad enough. But the moving. Can you order it like that . Say, i want it. Is that when they ask how you want your beef cooked and you say i want it mooing. It is like rigor mortis. I feel bad for the fish. Thats it. Sad . How about sick to your stomach . And that. Theres that. From the fishs point of view, im sad for it. Its got to hurt a little. All right. Still to come on today, a hero speaks out. You hear from the survivor of college. That deadly day. I remember everything. Thank god. I remember you owe me 72. Are you sure . It may be 78. It may have been heratio. A bit of what may come tonight on saturday night live. Tracy morgans first time on stage since his near fatal car crash. A great crowd on saturday morning, october 17th, 2015. A little chill in the air. Its all over the place. Minutes. That chill is one of the stories we are following making headlines this morning. Tens of millions from mississippi all the way up to new england under a freeze or frost advisory. Early snow is even falling in some parts of the country. Dylan, were sorry. The cold weather expected to continue throughout the weekend. Winter. Get your ruler out. We will have you out any day now. Player lamar odom is showing signs of improvement. Sources close to odom tell our Sister Network e that he is off life support and breathing on his own. And u. S. Airways taking its last flight ever from San Francisco, the red eye, to philadelphia. Landing just a few hours ago. U. S. Air merged with American Airlines. This is the final flight and american is now the Worlds Largest air carrier. New details about the horrific shoot in the Oregon Community college. This morning, we are hearing for the first time from the man who classmates. Frances has more on that. Chilling. 30yearold chris mintz has been tout ased as a hero. He was recently released from the hospital recovering from his leg. Mintz posted a compelling account on facebook telling his day. Chris mintz said october 1st started out like any other. He was in a writing class in snyder hall in Umpqua Community college. He heard gunshots. He started running. He made his way back to the classroom where 26yearold Chris Harper Evans was targeting his victims. He said i could see one student through the door. She was screaming and covered in blood. I motioned my finger over my mouth to be quiet and motioned for them to stay down. And i yelled to the guy in the parking lot, go get the cops. The shooter opened the door to my left. He leaned out and started shooting. He was no nonchalant like he was playing a video game. The shots knocked me to the ground and it felt like a truck hit me. He shot me again and hit my finger and said thats what you get for calling the cops. I laid there in a fetal position unable to move and responded, i didnt call the cops, man. They were already on their way. He leaned further out of the phone. I yelled, its my kids birthday, man. He pointed the gun at my face and he retreated back into the class. Im still confused why he didnt shoot me again. I tried to push myself back against the classroom door, but i could not move at all. My legs felt like ice. When i moved, pain shot through me like a bomb going off. Chris says it wasnt an easy decision to post that first hand account. He thought it was important to get his side of the story out. We knew the story from the reports and accounting, but you hear it directly from him, it is chilling. Pictures of him in the hospital. Frances, thank you. Guess what . Dylan is out on the plaza . Amazing. And in a jacket which means fall is here. Not loving the jacket thing. It adds 30 seconds to coming outside. We are looking at lakeeffect snow across lake erie and lake ontario. It will warm up. Dont let this make you think winters here and it is downhill. We should get into the 70s. By tuesday, chicago back up to 74. Detroit back up to 70. Pittsburgh will hit 77 by tuesday. Get through the next couple days. The area of High Pressure is dragging down the cooler temperatures. We could end up with 1 to 3 inches of lakeeffect snow in the great lakes. We are looking at a chance of heavy rain today and tonight which could lead to flash flooding. Keep in mind. 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The palestinians and israelis have complained that the palestinians have been killed by israelis lying in a pool of blood on the ground, but they dont show the preceding attack. That infuriates the arab world and many others and inspires violence. They are calling on the palestinian leadership to to the inncitement and violence. What are the chances of the requests being heard, but answered . Zero. It is not changing anything. As we watch this escalate, the word intifada is thrown around. The first is sticks and stones. The second is bombs and guns and so far this is knives and ramming cars into people in crowds. It is an intifada . It is a pool of anger and resentment that reaches a peak. How long does it go on for . The leaders are trying to end it. We will see how long. We will watch for that. We did mention you have a new the war reporter way takehich takes place in a different area. You are realistic of combat and showcasing the survival skills of working journalists. Why did you choose to focus on this area and the ptsd . This is a book i always wanted to write. I wanted to write an authentic account of the issue. The book begins with a little boy with a hair lip and abandoned in a sarejevo. The siege began and the boy was there for two years. Thats how i begin the novel. I actually met the kid. I always wondered i wished i had taken a story a step further and said to the parents that is your kid is okay. And the tragic events take place. The rest of the book is how the journalists deal with the post traumatic stress. Love conquers all. Martin fletcher, thank you. The book is the war reporter. Coming up on today how getting a store credit card can looking for a delicious dinner idea . Make tonight white chicken chili night start with bushs white chili beans, simmered in our flavorful chili sauce. Then add rotisserie chicken. Punch it up with a little heat. And a few ingredients from your pantry. 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Feuding over 9 11. A war of words escalating with donald trump and his republican challenger jeb bush. The two sparring over the september 11th attacks using twitter to attack. And hopemecoming day. Tracy morgan hosting saturday night live for the first time car accident. It is a show that snl fans have been waiting for, today, saturday, october 17th, 2015. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. You know what . It is chilly out. It is. We have gone with the jacket . No, no. That. I have been shaking hands with people. A lot of cold hands and warm hearts. Indeed. Im harry smith. Nice to have you here. As yogi berra once said, erica hill, deja vu all over again. For the two of us. It is working out well. Nice to have you here. Speaking of the cold, dylan is inside tracking the big freeze for us. Dylan. The freeze. I dont want to talk about it. Its here. We have the dip in the jet stream that is dragging down some arctic air. It is warm out west. It is very, very chilly in parts of the midwest, extending to the northeast. Freeze warnings and freeze watching into st. Louis and tennessee. Nashville, 40 degrees right now. Detroit is currently at 31. Officially below freezing. Average. The next couple mornings are detroit, 32 tomorrow morning. Monday, 34. In philly, 34 tomorrow morning. Then warmer temperatures will move back in as we go into tuesday. Especially. Now we have lighter snowshowers. You have the cold air crossing over the warmer waters of the great lakes. We could end up in erie, pennsylvania, with 1 to 3 inches of snow. We have 3 inches of snow in marquette, michigan because of the lakeeffect. In the meantime, in the southwest, extreme flooding and mudslides. Roads in california. Especially right outside los angeles where we ended up with 6 inches of rain in some areas. It leads to flash flooding. We do have flood watches in effect for parts of california and nevada. Over the course of tonight and tomorrow, thats when we will see another round of pockets of heavy rain. We are looking at the chance of more flash flooding as additional 1 to 3 inches of rain is possible. We will keep an eye on that. Harry. Dylan, thank you. Firefighters in texas may be gaining ground on a big wildfire there. Frances is inside with more on that. Harry, they need that. Firefighters hope favorable weekend weather will help with the wildfire raging since tuesday. The fire is now 40 contained. It has destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds of evacuated residents in shelters. On friday, a dc10 jet dropped 10,000 gallons of fire retardant on the area. Hillary clintons aide is speaking out after answers questions on her boss and benghazi. Huma abedin answered questions to the best of her ability. Lawmakers say questions touched on benghazi and clintons use of secretary of state. Clinton is scheduled to appear before the committee on thursday. The first Prescription Drug to boost sexual desire in women hits pharmacy shelves this morning. The female version of viagra. It works differently. Won fda approval in august. It comes with a strong warning not to drink alcohol while taking the drug. It can cause sudden fainting. And controversy over ebony magazines cover. It features a shattered image of bill cosby. He is accused of drugging and raping women dating back decades. The cover shows the legacy in controversy. It has a hash tag on twitter. And finally an australian fast food chain is giving a new meaning to the term foul play the chicken treat put a chicken named betty in charge of the twitter account. She has until november to break the record. She is a hit. She has 23,000 followers as of right now and counting. Im lame compared to those 23,000 followers for betty. The point of the bird is supposed to write a word . Peck an actual word. I dont know. Its not called lunch. Too much . Fried. Grilled . Frances, thank you. Dylan is back with a check of the cold thing. It will be chilly. By tuesday, we get back into the in the meantime, 50s and 60s and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Now to lamar odoms fight to stay alive. The former nba star showing signs of improvement after the last several days in a coma. This morning, as he recovers, his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian is pleading for the privacy. We have nbcs jacob rascon with the latest. Reporter harry, good morning. It was a surprising improvement. It is far from a full recovery. Family members are turning to his bedside over the fight of what becomes public about the story is heating up. This morning, sources close to lamar odom tell our Sister Network e he is out of a coma and spoke for the first time in days. In the morning, khloe who had been by his bedside the entire time was with him. He opened his eyes and said, hey, baby. Gave a thumbs up. Reporter its an improvement, but not recovery. Odoms motherinlaw kris jenner said there had been signs of condition. The damage to the organs is serious. Keeping up with the kardashians is an entertainment staple for millions who know the star because he married khloe. The family made rich and famous battling the brothel owner over privacy. Ill tell everybody every ranch. Reporter and dennis hof said odom paid 75,000 to stay the love ranch. Cameras show him arriving saturday. He was unresponsive on tuesday. Reps for khloe asked for privacy. I think the kardashians owe it to the world and their fans and more so lamars fans to give daily reports. Reporter kardashian watchers staying tuned as the former costar clings to life. Odoms motherinlaw, kris jenner says after speaking a few words to his estranged wife, he immediately went back to sleep. The doctors warn the extent of back to you. Jacob, thank you. Tonight is the night the long awaited return of tracy morgan to the saturday night live stage. There are people lined up. Morgan hasnt been back on the stage since the near death accidents. Frances has more on that. Erica, the post crash forced him to miss the anniversary celebration earlier this year. Tonight, he is back in front of the live studio audience across the street in studio 8h. It is good to have you back here. Did i used to work here . You worked here for seven years. I cant remember anymore. Im so sorry. Im messing with you. Reporter what a difference a year makes. 8h. Hey, pretty bird. Who are you . That bird is a liar i know that, but what is research . Reporter but last june, morgan almost lost it all in a horrific accident. A tractortrailer slammed into morgans limo killing passenger and friend james mcnair. Putting morgan in a coma. He recounted an emotional interview with matt lauer. The fans cant wait for you to come back. We cant wait for you to come back. I wonder how i will be funny again. Reporter words hard to believe. Dance. Reporter for seven seasons on the series, 30 rock. Thought he would for the snl 40th anniversary show. I wish my friend tracy morgan i know he was hoping he would be here too. Reporter the world wondered if he would recover. But then a surprise appearance at the emmys. Im honored to be here. It has been a long road back. I fine by regained consciousness. I was ecstatic to learn i wasnt the one who messed up. Reporter at his wedding where he walked down the aisle without a cane. And this tweet. My first time on stage in 16 months at comedy cellar. Only recently i started to feel like myself again. So, which means a lot of women are going get pregnant at the afterparty. Reporter that signalled to his fans his story has another chapter. Welcome home, tracy. This not my home. My home is way bigger. An old familiar place. You can see he is back. Of course, you can see tracys return with musical guest demi lovato here on nbc. So many milestones since the accident. This is one of the bigger wins. Frances, thanks. This is my body of proof. 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