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Today, terror in new york. With matt lauer in studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and savannah guthrie, live in tribeca. Good morning everyone, welcome to this split edition of today on wednesday morning, im matt lauer in studio 1a. Savannah is the the scene of this deadly attack in Lower Manhattan where an otherwise quiet halloween evening was turned into a night of chaos and carnage, savannah. It was, this was a neighborhood that was about to be full of kids trick or tre treating and enjoy the holiday. In a moment, everything changed. We have new information just this morning, matt, and i want to get to the latest on the investigation. As we know, eight people were killed, 11 seriously injured. This makes this the first deadly terror attack in new york city since. Sayfullo saipou, he drove his truck right on to a bike path, going nearly a mile before being shot by police. Hes under close yard in a hospital this morning. He is expected to survive. We have now learned that he entered the u. S. Seven years ago and sources are telling nbc news this morning, he left a note in his rented truck and just breaking, just a few minutes ago, we have learned exactly what was written in that note. Allegedly, saipou wrote, isis lives forever. Federal terror investigation is being elude by the Fbi Joint Terrorism Task force. This morning investigators are questioning the man behind a deadly terror attack in Lower Manhattan. An attack he apparently committed in the name of isis, just blocks from the World Trade Center. We got multiple casualties. This is a mass casualty situation here. 29yearold sayfullo saipou is in custody. Hes responsible for killing eight people and injuring more than a dozen others. This was an act of terror. And a particularly cowardly act of terror. Shortly after 3 00 p. M. , Authorities Say saipou drove a pickup truck rented at a home depot in new jersey along manhattans busy westside highway. He drove nearly a mile from houseton street to chambers street. Mangled. One gentlemans leg was hanging, the other gentleman had tire marks going across his chest. The suspect crashed into a school bus carrying special needs children, two of them were injured. There, he got out of the truck, brandishing a pelt gun and paintball gun. A Police Officer is being credited with taking saipou down, shooting him in the abdomen. Were there kids around . There were a the love kids. I first found out about it from a young, probably five, sixyearold girl yelling he has a gun. Then the mother was very, very scared. I ran to the window and i see a car, i see people dead, i see bicycles on the floor. Witnesses say saipou shouted ala akbar. So far, Police Believe saipou was acting as a lone wolf and not part of a larger terror cell or plot. Saipou, an immigrant from yoouz beck stan moved to the u. S. In 2010 and held a green card and florida drivers license. A friend, telling nbc news, saipou has been living in new jersey working as an uber driver. Uber says its cooperating with the fbis investigation. After the attack, President Trump tweeted, the suspect is a very sick and deranged person. Hours later, he tweeted again, i have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already extreme vetting program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this. Governor andrew cuomo focussed on new yorkers resilience. Weve lived with this before. We felt the pain before. We feel the pain today. But we go Forward Together and we go forward, stronger than ever. Overnight the spire of one World Train Center lit up in red, white, and blue, in honor of the victims. And with us now are two people who witnessed the attack and its aftermath, we have gene and anthony whos asked us not to use his last name, and good morning to both of you. Im glad to be with you. We met yesterday. You work here. Your son goes to school here. This is our neighborhood. Anthony, tell me what you saw. I was waiting for my son to pick him up from school. And i was in my car in the passengers side, the back door, and i heard a big smash so then i looked up and i saw the bus after it hit the pickup truck hit the bus, its coming right at my car. But then the driver swerved uphill. On chambers street and then i looked back down to the pickup truck to see if the guy was okay and you thought it was an accident. I thought it was an accident. He had his hands up in the air and i saw guns in his hands, waving them, and coming towards me, but then went around the truck and then went towards westside highway. At that point, i literally just went and started grabbing kids and saying get back in the school, get back in the school. Theres a shooter, theres a shooter. And i was just pushing kids back in the school. Looking for my son to make sure hes not out. I didnt see him and i pushed the kids back in and i ran up to get the police that were at stiverson to push them down in the right direction. Police asked you to identify the shooter later. Can you tell me about that . Yes, i was escorted down to the ambulance, the perpetrator was in the ambulance and i just said yep, that was him. He had a red stripe on his shirt and he was all bloody and he was in the ambulance. Gene, you and i met yesterday on this very corner. You work near here, you were walking home. Can you tell me what you saw. When i got out of the work, i was crossing the street. For some reason behind me i heard screaming, loud screaming, so it was a different kind of scream, so i went back, there was a female yelling really loud. I went back and i looked, i seen the white pickup truck in the bike path. And all of the sudden, i knew something was wrong. When i got closer to the lady is when i seen that there were people on bikes that were run over. And, you know, they were not with us no more. They passed away. And thats what she saw. And she was hysterical, crying, screaming, she was on the phone with somebody. And it was all the cops came running. They dont even know whats going on. They were just as confused as i was. I didnt expect to see Something Like this. You know, i just came out of work, im trying to get home and seeing this is its crazy. And when you saw that you saw two individuals i saw two individuals you knew in your heart. I knew they werent with us no more. You could just tell the shape they were in. Their body wasnt like if somebody gets hit bay car going 20 Miles Per Hour theyre okay, theyre moving. These guys, they had no movement, nothing. How fast do you think the car was going . About 50 Miles Per Hour. I didnt know where he got on until later on when i sat down after all of this happened and i found out he got on the path at houseton street, thats a long ways. I just came out of work here at 26. And i dont know if he missed me or i missed him, but, you know, somebody was looking out for me because that could have easily been me. Anthony, i know its so emotional. Listen, theres a school right there. Youre going to pick up your son. How, how are you processing this this morning . How is your little boy doing . He went trick or treating last night, he was like okay, normal day, went trick or treating, it was fine, did his homework. And it was back to school today. Like a normal day. You know, and now they have to put more barricades up on these bike paths so no cars can be on that. You know. To prevent this all. Well, it was quite a day. And i thank you both for being here early this morning and sharing your story. Youre welcome. Back to you, matt. Savannah, thank you so much. Jonathan is the deanst is the chief investigator here in new york. Good to see you. Why are officials so convinced so early that this guy acted alone . The best information is because theyve spoke within him in the hospital. He is boasting, apparently, from his bedside about his activities. Everything that they have detected so far on his social media, they have found that he has gone online and visited isisrelated websites. So every indication so far is that he has acted alone. Of course theyre going to run down Everything Else to make sure that he had no financial help, no supporters, this isnt part of a larger cell, but less than a day into this, they are reasonably confident that he is a lone wolf and over the last overnight hours, theyre increasingly confident that hes a lone actor. When you say hes boasting, they did speak in the hospital, apparently he is proud what have he did on that bike path. You talk about talking about his friends, his family, they are talking to his wife right now. Have they learned anything from her yet . I dont know what. I know that she has been met by fbi and Police Officials in paterson, new jersey, i dont know if she had any knowledge of his plan or how long this plan was in the works. Remember, lone actor, came to this country seven years ago, traveled from ohio to florida, been in paterson only since january it appears. Hasnt been here very long. Working as an uber driver. They know he drove over the george wav bridge at about 2 00 after he rented that truck. Drove down on the highway. And carried out the attack just an hour later. And they know he had been in that area many times in the past. Are they suspecting that is because of his work as an uber driver or perhaps that he was casing this location . Its very much part of the investigation. They want to know, did he do test runs. Theyre concerned he did test runs, how did he know how to hit is that site . But, again, because he worked as an uber driver, they also know its possible he went down the west side highway to that area many times in the past as well. What they do know, he knew that area. Doesnt seem he had any kind of escape plan, pelt gun, paintball gun, knife in the truck, left the note behind. Was this a Suicide Mission that didnt end the way he thought it was going to end . I would believe thats probably a very good summary of exact lay what was going to take place. He was going there to kill and possibly be killed. Wnbc, jonathan, thank you very much. Savannah. Im joined now by today National Correspondent craig melvin who is covering the victims of this terrifying attack, good morning. Good morning to you. Were learning a little bit more about those who were killed, about those who were hurt. Were also learning a little bit more about that hero nypd officer who stepped up to likely prevent even more bloodshed. Reporter five of the victims killed in the manhattan terror attack are from argentina. They were visiting and were in new york city celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation, another one of the People Killed was from belgium. Thats according to to the nations Foreign Affairs minister. Traffics shut down on the west side highway at this time. Its going to be a crime scene. Reporter the devastation could have been even worse if not for quickthinking nypd officer. The uniformed Police Officer assigned to the first precinct confronted the subject and shot him in the abdomen. Reporter according to reports, officer ryan nash sprang into action opening fire and ending his rampage. New york city councilman identifying nash in multiple tweets calling him the hero cop the world should be talking about. Command response for nypd officer that was on post near the location who stopped the concernage. Reporter just hours after the attack, resilient new yorkers attending the citys annual halloween parade. Among the tens of thousands dressed up in their costumes, a beefed up Police Presence to keep them safe. Some parade goers saying they wanted to honor the spirit of those who lost their lives. Its terrible. God bless everybody. Its terrible what happened. Thousands of new yorkers here. In your neighborhood, undeterred by what happened here last night. Weve also learned that the hero cop, five years on the force. In the exact right position that he needed to be in no to spring into action. Thank you very much. Stick close as we continue to cover this story, but for now matt back up to you. Okay savannah and craig, thank you very much. Other news to get to this morning, including new developments in the investigations into russias election meddling. This as fallout is growing after the first criminal indictments. Peter alexander at the white house, good morning. Reporter hey matt, good morning. The white house again tried to distance itself from that former Foreign Policy Campaign Adviser who pleaded guilty to misleading the fbi about his contact with russian officials during the campaign. The president himself belittling George Papadopoulos as a proven liar. With President Trump trying to shift the spotlight to tax cuts. I want the house to pass a bill by thanksgiving. I want all of the people standing by my side when we get ready to sign by christmas. Reporter the russia investigation appears to be gaining momentum. The president breaking his silence about George Papadopoulos. Dismissing the former volunteer Foreign Policy advisor, arguing, few people knew the young low level volunteer named george. In fact, mr. Trump knew him, saying this to the Washington Post in march of 2016. George papadopoulos hes an oil and energy consultant. Excellent guy. Reporter that same month papadopoulos had a seat at the National Security team with candidate trump and then senator jeff sessions. Former campaign manager, Cory Lewandowski down playing papadopouloss role here on today. George was never a person who was part of the team that was interacting with the Senior Management on a regular basis. Reporter but Court Documents contractor that detailing after russian officials had dirt on hillary clinton, papadopoulos exchanged emails and calls with Highranking Campaign officials, including according to sources familiar with the matter, Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and the chief policy advisor, sam clovis. Clovis was questioned last week by muellers team. The lawyers said he never encouraged papadopoulos to ensue relations between the u. S. And russia. The White House Press secretary offering this pushback. Papadopoulos is an example of somebody doing the wrong thing while the president s campaign did the right thing. Reporter still papadopouloss guilty plea is shedding new light on the inquiry. According to Court Documents when papadopoulos pleaded guilty on october 5th, one of the prosecutors described it as quote, an Ongoing Investigation of which this case is a small part. Speaking of that investigation, this morning, politico reports President Trumps longtime aid and Current Communications director hope hicks is scheduled to speak with Robert Muellers team in the middle of this month after the president s trip to asia. Nbc news reached out to hicks lawyer who is not commenting, matt. Peter alexander at the white house, thank you very much. Take a turn now, we have mr. Roker here with wet weather down south. Yeah, were looking at our friends in texas and all the way up, extends on up into parts of the ohio river valley with a little light snow. You can see right now, weve got heavy thunderstorms in Central Indiana with light snow stretching into parts of western pennsylvania and new york state. 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Berks county through the Lehigh Valley today. Temperatures getting into the upper 50s. Tonight, temperatures staying steady in the middle 50s. The springboards to a nice, warm afternoon tomorrow. A mixture of sunshine and clouds. Temperatures in the lower 70s. Planning your day, chilly to start, then a nice, mild afternoon. And thats your latest weather. Thanks very much. Coming up in the allegations against kevin spacey, new questions about the future of his hit show house of cards. The future in hollywood, savannah. And matt, from here were going to have a lot more on the terror attack in Lower Manhattan. What were now learning about the suspects past and the renewed fears of lone wolf attacks. But first on wednesday morning, this is today on nbc. A bridge shut down over politics. Their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. Chris christie and kim guadagnos failures shortchanged our future. After 8 years incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. 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And that is the truck that was part of the carnage that unfolded here on streets of Lower Manhattan yesterday. A live picture. It is still there. This is a crime scene. Investigators working hard to determine why a man used that truck to run down pedestrians, cyclists, tourists, and unleashed such violence here on this part of the city. Good morning to you, im savannah guthrie, im at the scene here in Lower Manhattan. Matt and hoda live. This is an area well known to new yorkers. Its kind of part of a Lower Manhattan west side playground. With that bike path along the river. Especially well known to you, savannah, thats right in your hood, your neighborhood. Yeah, i mean, i live about three blocks from where im standing right now, and i know that i was about to take my kids out trick or treating, so many people were just about to take their kids out. School was letting out as it happened at about 3 00 or so. And in fact this all ended right in front of an Elementary School and a middle school. So there were kids milling all around. And its just heart wrenching and truly hits close to home. Were going to start this half hour, of course, with a check of the headlines and well start with this investigation. Terror in new york city. We have multiple people on the ground from chambers all the way house to houseton. New questions after a man inspired by isis plows his truck down a popular bike path. Killing eight and injuring nearly a dozen others. Ive seen the white pickup truck in the bike path and all of the sudden i knew something was wrong. The suspect alive and out of surgery one day after the first deadly terror attack in new york since 9 11. This was an act of terror. A particularly cowardly act of terror. Russia investigation fallout. President trump dismissive of former Campaign Advisor George Papadopoulos in the wake of his indictment as Robert Muellers team moves forward, reportedly set to meet with the president S Communications chief. Let me start with a political ad from facebook. Tech talk. Top execs back on capitol hill today, a day after officials from facebook and google and twitter took a lashing from lawmakers over russias involvement in last years president ial election. Those ads sought to sew discord and ample if i racial and social divisions among american voters. And here comes game seven. Peterson hits it in the air to left. The dodgers beat the astros to force a decisive final game in the world series. This series too good to end in six. Today wednesday, november 1st, 2017. Wow. They say theres nothing like game seven of a world series. Were going to get one tonight in los angeles. Some kind of hollywood ending coming there. Lets go back to savannah. Guys, back to this mornings top story, of course this investigation into the deadly truck rampage, god i did schwartz is at bell view hospital where the suspect and many injured are being treated this morning, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, yeah, sayfullo saipou is in this hospital. He is under close guard. He is not saying. He is reportedly proud of what hes done. This morning, authorities are putting together a detailed profile of the accused terrorist sayfullo saipou, the 29yearold is married with two children. Hes from uzbek stan, came in 2010 and has a green card. Right after the deadly attack, he jumped from the truck shouting allahu akbar. They found a note inside the truck claiming he acted for isis. Neighbors telling police, saipou is very religious, living with his family in his paterson, new jersey, apartment. But he has a florida drivers license which lists an apartment complex. A woman moved in several months ago, but doesnt know saipou and never seen him. Saipou was a truck driver with commercial driving licenses in georgia and florida. Hes been an uber driver. Uber says he passed the background check with no problem adding that the company is cooperating with authorities. It leads officials to suspect saipou may be a lone wolf, a single individual inspired bier terrorist organizations, but not directly working for one. The new terrorist tactic are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. Reporter last year, three attacks were carried out by lone wolves in the u. S. According to authorities. Omar mateen, a lone wolf who pledged allegiance to isis attacked the pulse nightclub in orlando killing 49 people and injured 53. Bombing in the chelsea neighborhood of new york injuring 31 people. Akbar roux many was it lone wolf. And Ohio State University wounded 11 people, police say lone wolf attacker was a somali refugee inspired by terrorist propaganda. Investigators are now piecing together a timeline of what happened. They say that yesterday around 2 00, he drove a minivan to a home depot in new jersey. There he rented a truck, drove that truck over the George Washington bridge into manhattan before the attack. Savannah, back to you. All right, thank you very much. And im joined now by nbc news National Security analyst michael lighter, good morning, good to see you. Good morning. Here we are, were standing in the shadow of the World Trade Center whereby im looking right at the building, what strikes you about this . It is the bookends that weve seen. The World Trade Center, 16yearold, big cop plex attacks planned overseas, executed with 19 hijackers and today what we see in this threat, small scale, one individual renting a truck, still terrorizing the community. Thats how the threat has morphed from 9 11 to today. Were learning more about the suspect. He is reportedly from use beck stan. That didnt surprise you, this is a region thats been a problem for a while. Central asia have produced a significant amount of radicalized individuals. As i mentioned to you, there are more people in syria than any other region in the world for foreigners. So this is an area where theyve been very, were repressive governments, very strong strain of islam which is intended to be extreme. Not exactly the same as we what saw in the tsarnaevs, but similar. And the propaganda, if youre reading this kind of jihadist literature as we understand this suspect may have been, is it saying go get in the car. Get in a truck, do this kind of attack . Absolutely. This is what al qaeda started to say but its what isis picked up three or four years ago. Dont worry about guns or planes, go get a truck, run people over. Its worked in france, barcelona, in the uk, and now here in the united states. Its just very difficult for officials to defend against. Its hard to defend against. And also hard to detect. If youre talking about a lone wolf who by all appearances seems normal, but is harboring these kinds of plans in their heart, i mean, how do you, how do you even find that . Its very difficult. We have generally looked for the networks because with networks theres communication and you can tech those communications. Now when youre looking at individuals sitting at home looking at their computer, you can monitor those websites, understand why it might radicalize them, but it relies on a partnership between police and Law Enforcement and government and communities, the muslim communities to identify these people. No ones better at that than new york city and then it can still happen and highlights how hard it is for us all over the world. Always good to get your experti expertise. Appreciate it. For the moment, matt and hoda, back to you guys. All right. We appreciate that, savannah, thank you very much. Mr. Roker is here, what do you have . Snow to talk about. Winterlike perhaps. Especially in the Northern Rockies and the western plains. Montana all the way just to south of minneapolis and west minneapolis along a warm front. Itll be a quick round of snow. Make for difficult track with blowing and drifting, but were not looking for huge accumulations. In fact been around the minnesota area, were talking about maybe an inch to two inches into northern wisconsin, but the maef amounts are going to be around mizzou la down to yellow stone out to gillette and one to two feet. Skier action starting to get. Good wednesday morning to you. Im first alert meteorologist steve sosna. More clouds in the sky on this wednesday. It will not be perfectly sunny. We could see sprinkles or showers. Berks county through the Lehigh Valley today. Temperatures getting into the upper 50s. Tonight, temperatures staying steady, in the middle 50s. The springboard to a nice, warm afternoon tomorrow. Looking at a mixture of sunshine and clouds. Temperatures in the lower 70s. 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After first saying they were deeply troubled by the news, netflix now is shutting down production on the series until further notice, netflix says to give us time to review the Current Situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew. And the International Academy of television withdrawing spaceys emmy founders award amid an allegation that he made a sexual advance on an dor anthony rapp. It happened at a party in new york when he was 14 and spacey was 26. In a statement, spacey said im beyond to horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, adding, but if i did behave them as i described, i owe him an apology. At the old vic theater where he was artistic director, dismay and a call for people to send any complaints confidentially. Any experience shared will be tweeted in the utmost confidence and with sensitivity the theater says. We have appointed external advisors to help us deal with information received. Spacey is a twotime oscar winner, his next film, all the money in the world is due out in december. Where we are with sexual harassment, the outrage is so great, im just not so sure kevin spacey will survive there this. Reporter there are new allegations made against another actor. A former Reality Store and actress accused jeremy pivin of sexual harassment. He said i unequivocally deny the appalling allegations being pedalled about me, it did not happen. It takes courage for victims to come forward and my hope is that the allegations about me that didnt happen do not detract from stories that should be heard. I feel like every day were talking about it goes on and on. All right, kate, thank you very much. Coming up, is alzheimers a younger persons disease . This morning, the groundbreaking quest to spot early changes in your body that early changes in your body that could lead to that your body was made for Better Things than rheumatiod arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. Xeljanz xr is a oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. It can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. Xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. Dont start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. Tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. Your doctor should perform blood tests before you start and while taking xeljanz xr, and monitor certain liver tests. Tell your doctor if you were in a region where fungal infections are common and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. Xeljanz xr can reduce the symptoms of ra, even without methotrexate. Ask your rheumatologist about xeljanz xr. 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Starting today, new jersey residents have to be 21 to buy Tobacco Products and ecigarettes. Health officials by raising the age, young people will be less likely to start or debt addicted. At least one philadelphia Security Council member says its time for a recess for the school district. That means ending School Reform commission. The src will vote on whether to dissolve by the end of the year. If that happens, it would be replaced by a school board appointed by the mayor. Starting today across pennsylvania, you can sign up for heating help under lowincome Energy Home Assistance Program called liheap. The energy grants are based on household incomes. Similar programs started last month in new jersey and delaware. Our series on Womens Health continues tomorrow with a look at how women are waiting to have kids. At 5 45, the new technology and advances that are making later pregnancies less risky. Join us every weekday morning at 4 00 a. M. For nbc10 news today. Its 8 00 on today, terror in new york. I seen the white pickup truck in the bike path, and all of the sudden, i knew something was wrong. Eight people dead, at least 11 others seriously injured. After a truck plows down a crowded bike path in manhattan. The attacker shot by police and in the hospital, wieing behind notes saying he acted for isis. Savannahs live at the scene. Plus women and alzheimers. Maria shriver looks at Common Misconceptions surrounding that mysterious disease. So most people think they should start to worry about alzheimers when theyre in their 70s or 80s, big misconcepti misconception. Its a younger persons disease. How a study is giving people hope. And going for gold, were 100 days out from the pooeng challenge winter Olympic Games and our plaza has been transformed into rockefeller. Today wednesday, november 1st, 2017. This young lady is celebrating 67 years. Oh, and i am two years older than the today show. Yes, yes, yes this young lady came from washington, d. C. Team usa i turn 80 on today. Good morning from washington. And minnesota. Celebrating our anniversary on the today show. Good morning, l. A. we need to get outside and say hi to those people in just a little while with good reason also, look at some of the usa athletes, look at Lindsey Vaughn and look at that. The biggest we have ever had. Well be talking to lindsey and fellow athletes coming up as we mark 100 days, thats Ashley Wagner over on the rink, 100 days before we all head to the Opening Ceremony in pyeongchang, south korea. Thatll be great. Its fun seeing the fresh faces of athletes, it makes you get pumped up for it. It is. First lets head down to savannah in Lower Manhattan, hey savannah. Hi, good morning again, were going to start with the news at 8 00 and of course the deadly terror attack here. Investigators have been questioning the suspect, a 29yearold similar grant. And in the meantime, the victims are being mourned by families in distant parts of the world. This morning, terror has a name and a face, 29yearold sayfullo saipou now in custody after Law Enforcement Officials Say he deliberately drove a pickup truck down a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing eight and injuring more than a dozen. The suspect leaving a note in the truck according to officials, claiming he carried out the attack for isis. The carnage unfolded in the shadow of the World Trade Center memorial, marking the deadliest terror attack in new york city since 9 11. The citys mayor, calling it cowardly. We know that this action was intended to break our spirit. Investigators say saipou rented the pickup truck from a home depot in pennsylvania sake, new jersey, he drove across the George Washington bridge into manhattan, leaving his own minivan at store. Multiple people on the ground from chambers to houseton. Reporter it began tuesday afternoon when saipou veered the truck on to a bike path on the busy westside highway. Police say he drove south from houseton to chambers street. Plowing into cyclists and pedestrians before slamming into a school bus for special needs children. One gentlemans leg was hanging by skin. The other gentleman had tire marks going across his chest. You could tell he was going fwast and they didnt know what hit them. Reporter saipou hopped out of the truck and shouted ala akbar. A quickthinking Police Officer brought an end to the violence, shooting saipou in the abdomen. The guy was running around. He was goating chased, and then all of the sudden, four shots went off. Reporter saipou, immigrant moved to the u. S. In 2010 and holds a green card along with a florida drivers license. A friend telling nbc news, saipou has been living in new jersey, working as an uber driver. Uber says its cooperating with the fbi investigation. This morning, President Trump tweeting the terrorist came into our country through what is called the diversity visa lottery program, a Chuck Schumer beauty i want meritbased. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says saipou seemed to have carried out the attack as a lone wolf. At this point, theres no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme. Reporter and despite the attack, with ramped up security, new york citys annual halloween parade marching on, just blocks from where the truck crashed. A sign of the citys strength and resilience in the face of terror. Kristian wagner was walking when that attack unfolded. Were neighbors, tell me what you saw and heard yesterday. I was just whacking on the street at 3 00 in the afternoon, the school left on. I was walking amongst the kids and working my way towards the bike path. And i know ive only lived there a short time, youve got to live to the bike path. As i approach, i heard this crashing noise and i looked to my left, and i saw a truck coming directly at me. Hitting all kinds of things on the way and just seemingly out of control. It was going really fast. And was being chased by aunds cover car. So i thought it was just a car chase, like from los angeles, were used from car chases over there. As i looked for it, i moved out of the way, started running to one side. A bus came along, which kind of stopped the car. So then the bus rolled on through and stopped the car, and i saw the damage to the car, kind of flipped up and landed back on its feet. And i stopped at that point to look at it and take a picture just in case somebody needed, you know, a note of it. And i saw the driver was out of the car, the truck, it was a flat bed truck. At that time, so i took the picture, i loadered my camera and i saw guns in each one of his hands. And he started raising his hands up, so i turned around and i said guns and all the kids were there. Actually the kids reacted also, fairly quickly. You were surrounded school just let out. School just let out. Must have been 50, 60 kids right there. And parents. But the kids reacted really quick. The parents kind of froze and they just looked at the scene. And i saw him raising the guns, i was like, run, get out of here, get around the corner. And so, people started running and i looked one more time and and i looked at the guns, and i thought those are oddlooking guns. Ive seen a lot of guns in my life and never seen anything like that. Now we know a paint ball and bb gun, but they looked like real guns to you. Looked like it and the way he was behaving i thought he was going tosh did. What was his dehaifr . He stood very quietly and started raising his hands, he was waiting for somebody to take him out i guess because he knew he was going to shoot those guns. I didnt know that. Nobody, you know, around me knew that. Did you hear him say anything . Couldnt. Everybody around me started screaming, so i couldnt really hear him say anything and people started running, thank god, and i assumed they were guns he was really going to fire. I within the around the corner, went a little bit further, and then i heard the shots and i thought, wait a minute, those are single shots. So obviously he doesnt have any kind of machine gun or, you know, whatever. So i thought, sounds like a police shot him. Which is i think exactly what happened. That is what happened. Yeah. Kristian, ha a horrifying sight. Thank goodness you were there to help with the kids and youre just new here and new to the neighborhood. Just new here, but ill tell you, the kids were really smart about this. You know, i think thats going to be a future, these kids are going to grow up with this kind of stuff. Sad, sad reality. Sad reality. Thank you for being here and sharing your story. Appreciate it. Be well. And for now, hoda and matt back to you guys. Okay. Thank you very much, savannah. We have other news out of washington. House republicans struggle to complete work on a sweeping tax proposal delaying its public release until tomorrow, the bill was originally scheduled to be unveiled today, but tax writers havent completed some last minute changes to the legislation. Gop leaders have promised it will be the most extensive overhaul of this countrys tax code in decades, President Trump has set a late december timetable pass anl. The utah nurse who videotaped, whos videotape arrest sparked outreach reached a half Million Dollar settlement. Alex was seen on Police Body Cam being dragged in handcuffed by a Salt Lake City detective in july. She had refused to let him draw blood from an unconscious crash victim without a warrant. The detective was fired. The settlement will be paid by the city and the university that runs the hospital. Shes going to donate part of the money to the nurses union and start a legal fund to make Police Body Cam video much more accessible. I remember that story, very, very well. Off boost for us this morning . Ive got one for you. Sometimes it can be hard to get a new puppy to calm down and go to sleep and unfamiliar surroundings. One little girl found the perfect way to get her familys registration cue dog to just relax. Take a look. Sweetie pie, sweetie pie stop it. Who could blame oakly for falling under the spell of that sweet lull by . This is the start of a very cute relationship. Awe. Love that. All day long. Lets roll that again and again and again throughout the show. All right. Thank you for that. Just ahead this morning, why does alzheimers strike twice as many women as men . Maria shriver is here with a revolutionary new search for that answer. And then we are shining a spotlight on mens health with return of the no shave today. Really . Yes, were ready. 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And you know how sometimes youre in bed and you cant get out of it until you hear that one song that. Okay, playing your getoutofbed playlist. Yeah, it can do that too. Its Google Home Mini and the rest of the google home family. Back now at 8 14 with the ongoing brain power today, november is alzheimers awareness month. We are looking at new advances in the fight against that disease. Maria shriver is here with more on that, maria, good morning, welcome back. Thank you so much. Were kicking off with a month of alzheimers as matt said with a look at women and alzheimers. Believe it or not, women are twice as likely, two ut of every three brains diagnosed with alzheimers belong to women and no one knows why that is. Now an Innovative New study hopes to get some answers and help develop effective treatments for this devastating disease. Reporter in a disease riddled with unknowns, its one of alzheimers biggest mysteries. Why do women make up twothirds of cases . To be frank, we dont exactly know. What i believe is that there is multiple reasons. Reporter a neurologist dr. Richard isaacson is determined to find that. He runs the first alzheimers prevention clinic. Treating younger people at risk for the disease decades before symptoms occur. So most people think they should worry about alzheimers when theyre in their 70s or 80s. Big misconception. Its a younger persons disease. It starts in the brain 20 to 30 years before the symptom of memory loss. And thats shocking to some people. When it comes to women, there are biological changes, metabolism changes in the brain that happen decades before. Reporter this month, hes launching a new, potentially revolutionary study. Monitoring 75 women, ages 40 to 65 who are at risk for alzheimers. Trying to pinpoint those early changes in their bodies that may lead to the disease. For example, the menopause transition, could that be a trigger . Reporter so much controversy for women around being premenopause sal, then they wonder, should i take hormones . Is that good for my brain or bad for my body if i take who monos im going to get cancer, but maybe im protecting my brain. Theres not a one size fits all approach here. Certain women may benefit, other women may not benefit, and these are the things we need to figure out much better. Reporter alyssa joined the study after losing her grandmother to alzheimers. As a result of that experience, losing her, i decided that i needed to do whatever i could to help change the outcome for future generations of my family and others. Reporter over the four year study, subjects will undergo regular blood screens, brain scans, and cognitive tests to track changes that competitor lat from the early signs of alzheimers. Dr. Iowa sackson says there are steps you could take right now that may help delay symptoms, like daily rigorous exercise, eating a mediterranean diet, reducing stress, and getting plenty of sleep. Give me a 30 second spiel to a woman out there whos 40, got kids, whos got a job. Explain to her how shes going to get the time and why. Got make the time. This is your brain. One out of three cases of alzheimers may be preventable if the person does everything right. The other two out of three cases, were not there yet. If question delay by six months of year and two years, and that block buster drug comes. That persons lifestyle and other choices prevented their own alzheimers disease. Dr. Isaacson helps to enroll at least 300 women in the alzheimers study, but he does need more private funding to do that. And we have more information, including those Lifestyle Changes that may help delay symptoms at today. Com. Were not saying prevent alzheimers, but delay symptoms. When you say aggressive exercise, rigorous high intensity, high intensity, moving it around, trying to remember things and this is a whole new place that people are looking now at lifestyle, at food, exercise, meditation, and one of the things were going to be doing tomorrow is also talking to people about thousand ask their doctors because primary physicians are missing these cases. Theyre not diagnosing them, telling people youre stressed, go on vacation. Take time off. Completely Different Things and how to ask your doctor what might be wrong with you. Fascinating with the pet scan and you can see it all. Yeah. Very proactive, important. Always good information. Thank you, maria. We love, love, love, love. Love. Yes. We love mr. Roker too. Check of the weather . We love maria more. Thats the way i feel. You know what, its been a warm october in the northeast of new england and you think so, with the statistics are in, it was the hottest of october for portland, for boston, number two, albany number one, new york city, warmest october, same for burlington and guess what, its going to start off warm and continue warm into november. 62 in burlington by friday. 71 boston, new york city, 71, and in fact, National Weather service out with its november outlook, its going to stay warm for a good portion of the country from the northeast, new england, southeast, gulf coast, on into the southwest, cooler in northern california, on into the western plains, precipitation wise, wetter around the great lakes. Nice and dry, unfortunately, through the southeast into the golf coast and the southwest and staying wetter thanks to will a nina into the. Good wednesday morning to you. More clouds in the sky on this wednesday. It will not be perfectly sunny. We could see a few sprinkles or showers. Temperatures getting into the upper 50s. Tonight, temperatures steady in the middle 50s. But the springboard to a nice warm afternoon tomorrow. Temperatures in the lower 70s. Planning out your day, chilly to start, then well have that nice mild afternoon, highs around 58. And thats the latest weather. Thanks so much, its time for the men of today to put your razors today. We are going to launch or special series that we love, its called no shave today. And its all to help raise awareness for Health Issues affecting men across the country and were encouraging you guys throughout to join us. Weve done this in the past, Prostate Cancer and other important screenings. This year were going to take a specially close look at mental health. Sometimes it can be a little difficult for guys to talk about these issues. So all this month, our friend, dr. Drew pin sky is sharing some insightful tips, drew, take it away. Hi, im dr. Drew here with your mens health tip. Over six million men suffer from depression every year. Men are less likely to seek help for depression, substance abuse, or stressful liech events. Why . Could the social norms, reluctance to talk, down playing symptoms. Gentleman, its important to touch base with a friend, ask for help or see a therapist. Dont be afraid to talk about your issues. Im glad we kind of expanding it this year to talk about that because we do so many stories about depression and men and Mental Illness in men. And we need to make sure we cover that. For a lot of guys, they feel like its not the mask lin thing to do. Hey, im the man, i figure this out alone especially when youre the dad. You know, and you feel like you have to kind of hold it together for the family and be strong. By the way, we have a psa were going to share with people next week yes. Psa. How was that . It was interesting. It was interesting. Little drafty. We will premier that psa for you next week here on today. Looking forward to that. As weve been mentioning today does mark 100 days until the start of the 2018 olympic winter games. This morning we are getting our first glimpse at team usas official closing ceremony outfits. They are provided by poe low ralph lauren as they have been for the last five games. Brother and sister ice dancing there. Mya and alex, free style skier an Gus Kenworthy and gold medallist, jamie anderson. Folks, good morning, nice to have you. Nice. So obviously the folks at ralph lauren want everybody to like these, how do you feel about the outfits . We love them. Yeah. They look really good. They do. They feel really good. They look awesome. Since you have them on, does it feel more real. Does it feel like this is actually going to be happening . It does. Yeah. The olympic spirit, right . How do the shoes feel. Shoes are great. Really comfortable. My favorite part. Theyre so comfortable. Really . When do the nerves really kick in . Youre 100 days out, when do you really start have trouble falling asleep at night . All of us have different selection process, the selection events are the most nerve racking, once youre on the team, know youre going, youre less nervous. Glove mitten thing, how is that working. Good for texting and selfies. Perfect. Aside from winning a medal, what where are you looking forward to when you go overseas . Its really special to represent our country and to wear all of this amazing gear too. Yall are adorable by the way. Your new outfits. Thank you so much. By the way, we have more athletes to watch, olympic legends just ahead including Lindsey Vaughn, apollo ono and more, but first, your local news. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Your time now is 8 26. Lets get you right to your first alert forecast. Pretty chilly out there. Thats right. Catching some early rays of sunshine down at our shore points this morning. Any early sun will fade, though. Clouds will win over today. Temperatures right now, warming up slowly, 44 in philadelphia, 35 mount pocono and 49 down in dover. Theres the cloud cover that i was alluding to, even some sprinkles possible north and west of the city today from coatesville up to allentown. Temperatures in the upper 50s this afternoon. Today well learn more about how this old bridge will transform into a new bike and walking trail. City officials plan to extend the Schuylkill River trail by turning this historic swing bridge into a trail crossing. Work begins next year. Today you can make extra money on halloween candy and help a good cause. More than 60 dentists in the tristate area are holding candy buyback events. You get a buck for each pound of candy you donate and the candy goes to our men and women serving the nation overseas. Tonight, the nbc 10 investigators look into why a new jersey law is keeping smart guns that only the owner can fire off shelves nationwide. Thats tonight on nbc 10 news. Chris brown has never been afraid to take on the big fights. Thats why he stood up to republicans and democrats alike to fight the north jersey casinos and the takeover of atlantic city. Chris brown is fighting to protect jobs in our region. A true champion for the working men and women of atlantic county. On november 7th, lets keep him fighting for us. Chris brown for state senate, hes on our side. Nice to meet you sir. Joseph, im nice to meet you. U . Hows it going man . The yankees . Come on. [ laughing ] look at the smiles and the hard work that the people here are doing. Its like making mini sandwiches. Theyre no different than anyone else. They just want a job. They want respect and they want dignity. This is a nice place. Yeah. He plays basketball with lauren. Steve called, fairly frantic. You know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. Lauren brought out the best in me. She made me a different person. Deep down in his heart he feels for people who are disadvantaged. Laurens a light in everybody eye. Shes the spark that has started the fire. The goal is to keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. See, i love you. I love you guys too. You know that. Yeah. [ drumming ] all right. Were back now 8 3030 on this wednesday morning, its the first of november, 2017, listen, you hear that . Thats the five drum dance. Dance performance bay group called the korean traditional dance of tunori. Theyre here to help us get in the spirit of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in south korea, now just 100 days away. We are downtowning down, we are standing at the foot of our very own mt. Rockefeller, athletes from different sports who are hoping to make the team, team usa in the coming months are all around. You know who i see . I see Lindsey Vaughn. Lots of people out here. Oh. This is a little scary, dont you think . Help you get in the spirit. Hello. From south Korea Building this out here in the plaza. Can we just for a second talk about our staff . This was a halloween extravaganza 24 hours ago, and now its a winter wonderland. Nice job, folks. Way to go. It would be fun to see you go down. I was going to say it would be fun to see you go down as billy ray cyrus. Lets start the clock. The official time keepers the game omega this and the countdown clock. Got that going now. Thats right, much more with our athletes in a moment, but first, megyn, whats coming up in our next hour . If i went down there in my shania twain skirt, it would be an rrated broadcast. No one needs to see that. We would have 30 olympic athletes come over and talk about the big games. And then we two guys, theres two, two guys, best friends, one with a devastating diagnosis, but the friendship and what they did on 500 mile trek thereafter will make you believe in the power of humanity. Oh, i want to see that. Megyn, thank you very much. Well see you shortly. Al with the weather and also with a special guest. All right. 100 days on the plaza is sponsored by hersheys gold, taste the gold. And we are going to get to our special guest in just a moment. Lets show you whats happening as far as your weather is concerned. Looking ahead toward today, weve got rainy and cool weather in the northeast, make that Northern New England, also into the great lakes, weve got snow back through the western plains, warming up through the southwest for tomorrow, record highs from texas, into the southwest and snowy conditions making their way into the pacific northwest, some wet weather in Northern New England. New york. Have a nice time . Yeah, great time. Everybody in the back there, very good. Good wednesday morning to you. More clouds in the sky on this wednesday. It will not be perfectly sunny. We could see a few sprinkles or showers. Temperatures getting into the upper 50s. Tonight, temperatures steady in the middle 50s. But the springboard to a nice warm afternoon tomorrow. Temperatures in the lower 70s. Planning out your day, chilly to start, then well have that nice mild afternoon, highs around 58. 100 days on t on the plaza sponsored by hersheys gold. And we are here with the one, the only, apollo ono, so good to see you, sir. Eight career medals, the most decorated winter olympian, also, spokesperson and mt. Rockefeller. All over the world, and the Olympic Games is one of those things where it brings people together and we as americans can root for one team. Ill root for you over in the full month of nbc. A man with eight medals, two of which gold makes you the perfect person to be the spokesperson for a hersheys gold, the new candy bar. Hersheys teamed up with team usa to unveil in only theyve been making chocolate for over 100 years. This is the fourth flavor ever, hersheys gold, it has salty bit of peanuts, pretzels, its perfect, we all to want go and get a slice or a bite of gold. Salty, sweet, very nice. Much like yourself. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Apollo, thanks so much. Looking forward to seeing you over in pyeongchang. Were getting in the spirit. Our olympic inspired celebrations just getting started. Just ahead, more fun on mt. Rockefeller. Ashley wagner perform ts live. So much more, but first, this is today on nbc. Yeah. A bridge shut down over politics. Their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. Chris christie and kim guadagnos failures shortchanged our future. After 8 years incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. We are better than this. Im phil murphy together well build a stronger, fairer economy that works for every new jersey family. Christie and guadagno left new jersey stuck. Im serious about moving new jersey forward. Why arits because sweeneysing been exposed as aeeney . Double dipping pension padder. Caught spending Campaign Money on lavish dinners and fine cigars for his pals. Investigated for being a lobbyist and a senator at the same time. Sweeney voted to raise taxes 145 times while our economy continues to struggle. South jersey is a mess, and its time to take out the trash. On november 7th, make a change. Dump sweeney. Welcome back to today. Pyeongchang 2018. That sounds good. Mike turico is going to host the prime time coverage for all of us. Hes already in pyeongchang, mike, tell us about it, what can we expect . Well good morning, we have the youth of south korea, here 100 days away from the 23rd olympic winter games. And pyeongchang is getting the attention of the Global Sports fans because this will be the first asian city to host the winter games in some two decades. Reporter the first headline is the location. Its between north and south korea. It has raised concerns following an eventful few months earlier this year when north korea undertook a series of provocative weapons tests. And President Donald Trump and north Korean Leader kim jongun traded insults and threats of destruction. International Olympic Committee officials have sought to calm concerns with the president citing recent positive meetings with the president s of china and south korea to discuss the issue. Pyeongchang will be ready. And the tests were successful. Oh, ladies and gentlemen zplr and in february, the venues will welcome a u. S. Team that has legitimate medal contenders in every sport. Leading the way is snow border sean white. Whos aiming for his third olympic title after being dethroned in 2014. Oh goodness. Reporter his climb back got steeper after a recent crash. Like white, gold medallist lindsey von has also had to deal with injuries. She missed the last olympics with a bad knee, but when healthy, no woman in the world sl faster. Wins gold for the u. S. Reporter michal la was just 18 when she won gold. And since then, shes developed into the best alpine skier in the world. In pyeongchang, shell be a medal threat in multiple events. The u. S. Will feature new events as well. Landed five quadruple jumps. I have never seen a skater like him. Reporter and khloe has already been dominant for years, shes a medal favorite in the womens half pipe. We could see some history in two sports, the u. S. Womens Cross Country ski team has never won a medal, but theyll have several contenders in pyeongchang led by jessie digens, while reigning world champion, bailey, hunts for the First American medal of any kind in biat long. With the nhl keeping players home, the mens hockey tournament will be a throwback to the days when the u. S. Team was a group of underdogs. Can you believe that . Yes reporter and the womens urn to element see the latest chapter in one of the great Winter Sports rivalries as the u. S. Looks to dethrone canada to win olympic gold for the first time in two decades. And the ice hockey will be happening right behind us here. Been on the ground all day checking out the venues and the mountains and here by the coast, spectacular. One other note, 14 hour time difference once we get to the olympics. 17 hours to the west coast. Weve been checking out the dates, it is in place, we are getting ready to go and morning is evening here in south korea. So you all will be working nights, so since ill be working mornings in south korea, i can borrow your alarm clocks . You certainly can, you can share the jet lag with us as well. Hey, good job. Cant wait to see you over there, all right . Same here, look forward to it. Thank you very much. Were excited to have a host of usa athletes and hopefuls with us. There is one who could not join us, snow boarding legend sean white as mike just talked about, he had a bad crash recently, but sean did send us a bit of a message, take a look. Good morning, today show, sean white here saying hi from los angeles. Im really sad and bummed that i couldnt be here today for 1900 days out. I dont know if you can tell with my face, but most recently i took a bad crash while i was training in new zealand, i was working on a new trick and as i reentered the half pipe, the clipped the top. I flew about 22 feet and hit my face at the bottom and, you know, 62 stitches and bad bruising in my lungs. Maybe my modelling days may be over. But, i will definitely be there 2018 in pyeongchang for the olympics. And i want to say hi to team usa, all the girls and guys out there. Best of luck. And ill see you soon. Thanks, guys. All right, sean, thank you. Hope you feel better. Lindsey von is here. She is the most successful female its been almost eight years since we saw her win that olympic gold. That was in vancouver and after missing sochi due to an injury, shes hoping to be back on the podium in south korea. Lindsey, nice to see you. How are you feeling . I feel good. You know, im healthy, great prep period. First time in a long time that ive actually been able to ski quite a bit in the summer which is nice. Are you healthy or lindsey von healthy which means youre going to ski with a bunch of aches and pains no matter what . I mean, thats kind of life, you know, that the point, ive had so many surgeries, but i feel good. Honestly i feel great and i feel strong. So thats the most important thing. Just staying healthy and staying like this until sochi not sochi south korea. You talk about the surgeries youve had, youre a little bit older, does it change the way you ski . It doesnt change the way i ski, it definitely changes the way i have to work out and train and i have to do so much extra work to make sure my body is functioning. You can stand up out of bed every morning. I know, but owe knob west its good. Its all part of the game. And im like i said, i feel good right now, im just going to keep working hard. In your opinion austria last weekend, it was . Yep, saturday. You were skiing giants for the first time in like 600 days. What was it like . I felt a little rusty. I kind of knew what i was doing, but i also didnt. I felt just label the out of place and a little bit rusty. So i think it was a good starting position for me you know, get one started before lake louise, kind of get the kinks out and then build my way up before the olympics. I want to talk about lake louise in a second. What drives you these days . Is it gold medals . Is it records . Is it just wanting to go faster or just not wanting to stop. Combination of all of those things. I mean, i love what i do. Hands down why ive always come back from injuries, but at the end of the day, i also want to win. I love winning. Winning is good. And lake louise, is it true you want to ski the mens downhill . Yeah, i do. Why . Men are the pinnacle of sport, and ive accomplished a lot in my career, but thats one thing that i want to push myself to try to achieve. All right. Well look forward to that. Cant wait to see you in south korea, lindsey, thank you very much. Lets go to hoda. Hey honey, just 13 years old, this girl, khloe kim was called the future of snow boarding, the future is right now. Four years later, cloe we has become the younger female snow borders in the history to win, hi hi. Youre going to fall in love with khloe, first of all, you are the daughter of south korean immigrants, number two, you like to color your hair a bunch of different ways. Have you decided the olympics yet . I honestly dont know yet. Its always like a last minute decision. Ill just be like all right, im just going to go purple. So hopefully that happens again and i just might show up with green hair, who knows. You know what i love about you . Your parents are with you all the way. Your dad quit his job as an engineer to go with you and train. How do you think youll feel if youre standing on the podium with your dad nearby . Honestly never seen my dad cry before, so i feel like thatll be a first. I dont know. I dont want him to cry, but if he does, bill bawling my eyes out on the podium as well. But yeah, i mean, you know, hes sacrificed so much for me. I feel like thats the least i could do for him. Off wonderful family, your grandmother is going to be there too. Shes never seen you compete, that is going to be a first. Are you going to have butterflies before you think you hit the slope . Yeah, you know been i love my grandma so much and shes always like bragging about me to her friends. So, i think itll be really cool have her there. And yeah, its really exciting to just think about that. All right. Our crowd has a message for khloe. One with, two, three go khloe good luck khloe, thank you, we cant wait to see you in korea. Coming up next, our celebration rolls on from the rink including a Live Performance from Ashley Wagner, were back in a moment. First this is today on nbc. Christie this is governor christie. New jersey is facing an epidemic fueled by addictive opioid painkillers. Codeine. Oxycodone. Fentanyl. Morphine. These are just some of the medications prescribed for pain relief. These pills can be highly addictive, and the addiction doesnt end when the prescription runs out. Many times, people turn to a deadlier option heroin. Addiction is a disease, but help is within reach. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Hi, welcome back. Our crowd checking out the action over at mt. Rockefeller, and if you want a pair of those mitt tens by the way, you can get them at todayteamusashop. Com. The proceeds support our olympic athletes. I want to say im back here on the rink now be three members of the u. S. Womens National Ice Hockey team. Theyre at the top of their game right now. Number one in the world. Winners of seven of the eight last world championships, brianna, hillary, jocelyn, ladies, good morning to all of you. Check out the new duds. What do you think of the jerseys . Awesome. Unbelievable. This is the first time anybodys seen these by wait. Yeah. No, were extremely lucky. We got you one. Thank you very much. Talk to me about your preparations. Number one team in the world, i just mentioned that, when it gets to south korea, does it all come down to you and canada . Yes. I mean, were the two nations that are battling at the top of the list, but right now its part of the process, regardless who have we play in the end, we to want bring back a gold medal, in 20 years, its gold or bust. You play them seven times between now and south korea, does that help . Yeah, we get familiar with them, but its exciting, i think, put womens hockey on show for everyone to come see and really grow the sport. Well, we cannot wait to see you folks over there. I love coming to your games. The excitement slefl enormous, good luck, well see you over in south korea and thanks for the jersey. Yeah. I will wear it, i promise you. All right, lets go over to hoda. Hey guys, i am joined here by the wonderful Ashley Wagner, hey ashley, how are you . Im great, how are you . So excited for you, you have a team bronze from sochi, right . And tell me what your hopes are frr pyeongchang. I think the u. S. Is going to put together a strong team, a team me accidental not out of question and im going for an individual medal myself. The interesting thing is the tryouts are going on, you find now the january. Yep, so we have a bunch of different competitions that are part of the process, but january at our national championships, thats when we find out. We love you and rooting for you. What are you going to skate for us today . Hand clap. That is one of my fave accident s, all right, take it away. Ashley, that was awesome, good luck, were back in a moment. First this is today on nbc. Were putting the most important people in front here. We wanted to thank these athletes. We cant wait to see you in action. Huge, huge thanks to White Face Mountain for building our rockefeller mountain and the snow and by the way, nbc 10 breaking news. A crash between a trolly and a school bus in southwest philadelphia, heres a look at the scene from sky force 10. Its at woodland avenue and 57th street. We know the crash injured eight people, including the trolly operator and the bus driver. No children were on the bus at the time of the crash. Lets get to your most accurate neighborhood forecast. As we take a look at our sky camera, you can see the high clouds taking over the sky. Any early sunshine fading out fast now. Temperatures 47 in philadelphia, 37 in mount pocono. Well add about ten degrees to these temperatures coming up this afternoon. We have cloud cover that will put a lid on the sunshine for today. 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Aarp applauded sweeney for freezing property taxes for seniors and cutting prices on prescription drugs. I got to take my hat off to him. Hes a man of his word. Steve sweeney. Because theres more work to do to get south jerseys fair share. This morning on megyn today. Hes fascinating, sexy, sexual, which sing very important. Then two best friends, a stunning diagnosis, and a 500 mile journey of faith and friendship. But first, bloodshed in the streets. A terrorist attack in new york city. Well have the very latest. All that and more right now. Hello everyone and welcome, im megyn kelly. Wave lot on the show today including on a lighter note were going to get to 30 olympic athletes who we are delighted to be bringing to you, but, we have to begin with this, it has happened again. Er