Stories this morning. Urgent warning. Health officials discouraging people from vaping as they investigate new deaths potentially linked to it. Five people have died. Hundreds more developing a mysterious lung illness. How Health Experts are trying to track down the cause. Celebritys plea. Desperate housewives star Felicity Huffman asking for no prison time in the varsity blues case. What prosecutors are saying this morning and how husband william h. Macy has said this has affected their family. Going for history. Serena williams looking for a recordtying 24th grand slam title. The opponent who stands in her way. Can the tennis champ put the past behind her . With the help of a royal supporter in the stands. Should be a good one. Good morning, dan is off. We are so happy to have mary bruce filling in. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you guys. So great to be here with you. Making the trip from d. C. Good to have you here. We start with a busy morning. Hurricane dorian whipping up wave
Trace Trace Gallagher in los angeles. Sandra and john have the day off. We all remember the chinese spycraft that flew over the u. S. For a week, and chinese citizens suspected of being spies who posed as tourists to infiltrate Military Bases in alaska and the heart of the city, doj busted communist part for running secret police stations to spy on Chinese Nationals on u. S. Soil. Lawmakers warn the ag scheme is one of the worst troubling yet. Put china in control of the global food supply. A aishah former cia Station Chief dan hoffman, but first bryan is in iowa and that is where lawmakers met to talk about the theft by the ccp. So, bryan, what did farmers say about this threat . Yeah, hi, aishah. Farmers are particularly concerned about the secret patented genetically engineered seeds that are the target of chinas theft. In 2016, there was a Chinese National here in iowa who dug up genetically modified corn seeds and was convicted in 2016, and sent to three years in prison. U. S. Agr
More bad news for metro riders, the latest proposal and what it could mean for your commute. The news at 10 00 starts right now. We begin with the latest at ohio state university. Thanks for joining im shawn yancy im tony perkins. 11 people were injured when an 18yearold student plowed a small gray honda into a crowd. The man got out of the car attacked people with a butcher knife. At least two people stabbed. One had a fractured skull. A Campus Police officer arrived on the scene and shot and killed the suspect. Shortly after the attack began. Police identified the suspect as 18yearold Abdul Razak Ali artan. Hes a somali refugee. Granted legal permanent resident status and was studying management at ohio state. Back in august, the newspaper interviewed him. He told the lantern he is a he also said, quote, if people look at me, i dont know what theyre going to think. Whats going to happen . I dont blame them. Its the media that put the picture in their head the motive is unclear but La
Michael phelps, in the pool for the First Time Since the olympics, going headtohead with longtime rival, ryan lochte. Battling it out, all the way to the finish line. We have ktl on this friday morning. Good morning, america. We have news overnight, on the rising tensions between the u. S. And russia, over the crisis in ukraine. President holding a press conference in south korea, threatening more sanctions, saying putin is, quote, not a stupid man. And then, a hijacking scare on a virgin flight. A drunk passenger trying to break into the cockpit of an australian flight on the way to bali. Well have much more on that. And then, well also have the very latest on the measles outbreak. The worst in almost two decades. Cases in 13 states. And dr. Besser is with us live with the latest. Lets get right to the Severe Weather outbreak expected over the next three days. Ginger tracking it all. This is only the start of whats going to happen in the next three, four, and five days. A powerful sys
Here, sky rocketing tensions with iran and the new warning today from its foreign minister. What would be the consequence of an american or saudi military strike on iran now . Allout war. The secretary of state just responded to that. Our team is here following the latest developments this hour. Nbcs ken delaney is joining us to talk about his reporting on the wristhistleblower and rober costa, political reporter and msnbc political analyst. And guys, just a warning weve been looking at that live shot of the microphones and may see lawmakers leave their meeting with the Intelligence Community Inspector General any minute, so if i interrupt you im giving you apologies in advance. Start with you here, you write in your piece a whistleblower complaint about a private president ial phone call would be an Extraordinary Development likely without precedent in u. S. History. So walk us through what we know and what we dont know so far . What nbc news has been able to confirm is that this comp