Hawaii and the busy vacation season is just getting under way. And tracys triumphant return. People are wondering, can he speak . Does he have 100 mental capacity . But the truth is i never did. Tracy morgans hilarious comeback on the saturday night live stage, his first appearance there since the car accident that nearly killed him just over a year ago, and weve got all the highlights today, sunday, october 18th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im harry smith here with dylan dreyer and frances rivera. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back. Did you stay up . I didnt want the entire show but i watched the first 40 minutes or so. The first sketch suz so great, right . All these people from rock with, tina fey, alec baldwin. Lots of funny stuff. Well have all kinds of highlights for those of you who couldnt stay up. Right to our top story. The chaos in ft. Myers, florida, when gunfire rang out in the middle of a zombie convention. Nbcs dara brown is here with more. Good morning, harry. Thousands of people were all drszed up as zombies out talking the streets for this big festival, but their fun turned to terror when someone opened fire, killing at least one person. Reporter people were celebrating zombiecon in downtown ft. Myers just before midnight when shots rang out. [ gunfire ] the gunfire sending masses of people running for their lives. Oh my go. Reporter witnesses reported hearing firecrackers going off before Emergency Personnel respondedtim laying on the ground. One person was fatally shot and died on the scene. Memorial hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Zombiecon was expected to draw more than 20,000 people. In a statement, organizers said they were saddened by the news and the group takes the safety of its patrons very seriously. And at this point, police are still looking for the gunman and are urging anyone who may know anything to come forward. Harry . Dara, thank you very much. Turning now to weather, where the extra blankets definitely coming in handy this morning. Several states are seeing snow on the ground. As many as 50 Million People are still under a free warning this morning. Dylan has the latest on that. Good morning. And i had no hot water this morning. The coalest morning weve had and i had to take a cold shower. But the snow in many areas was just a bit of a dusting, but it already has some winter lovers excited for whats to come. Reporter a bitter blast of winter across the northeast and parts of the midwest, from new york to michigan and pennsylvania, snow has arrived it was about 4 inches. It was gorgeous. Reporter vermonts Stowe Mountain resort isnt scheduled open until late next month but is already starting to look ready for business. The ski trails are covered in white. Reporter at mt. Washington in new hampshire, temperatures plunged to 20 degrees, winds between 60 and 70 miles per hour. Hikers are being reminded to stay alert. Its very dangerous conditions out there today. And it is still snowing in some areas this morning. We have that cold air crossing over the warmer waters of the great lakes thats producing lakeeffect snow near erie, pennsylvania, arnold buffalo. And we are seeing this cold stretching all the way down into northern georgia and mississippi and alabama, including most of tennessee, which is under a freeze watch right now, freeze warnings in this lighter shade of blue with temperatures at or below freezing in several areas. Its 32 in charleston, 31 in cincinnati, philadelphias at 40 degrees. Later on this afternoon, its only going to warm into the 40s, so temperatures running about 5 to up to 20 degrees below average. Rochester, new york, 42 degrees, thats it for a high. But its not going to last that much longer. This area of High Pressure will slide to the south, winds turn to the southwest, cleveland is back up to 68 by wednesday, 76 in louisville, even new york city should get into the corner the lower 70s by the time we get to wednesday. So its just a taste of winter to show you whats to come, but its not all in just yet. Appetizer. Thats right. Makes it so much harder to get on the golf course, frost warnings. Yes. Makes it tough. America. Speculation is still running high this morning, believe it or not, about when Vice President joe biden will decide if hes running for president or not. During an interview in excuse me, during an event in new york last night he didnt speak about his intentions, but it does come as he has a call with a major labor leader. Nbcs Kristin Walker is at the white house and has more. I thought this was going to happen yesterday. Are we going to find out today . Reporter well, a lot of folks are hoping so because it is the big question here. According to a source familiar with that call, the Vice President left the union leader with the impression hes likely going to run, and today biden supporters say a decision is imminent. Accepting a human rights award in manhattan this may be the greatest honor i have ever received in my public life. Reporter Vice President joe biden made no mention of his future plans but did pay tribute to his late son, beau, who had encouraged him to run for president. As my son beau used to say, just keep moving forward. Reporter and while a few supporters cried, run, joe, run biden stayed on message. This comes as the Vice President gave the clearest sign yet hes leaning toward yes, calling the president of the powerful International Association of firefighters. It would be a key endorsement if biden runs. Biden spoke at one of the year. Hello, firefighters reporter according to a source familiar with the call, they spoke for about 20 minutes friday, discussing strategy, infrastructure, and fundraising. This source says bidens message to the labor leader, he knows he can get the political pieces in place. Now he just has to make a final gut decision. Secretary Hillary Clinton has heavily courted unions, but the iaff is not planning to endorse here. Still, clinton is capping one of her strongest weeks yet with a postdebate bump in the polls. Saturday she tried to build on that momentum in alabama, promising to work for Voting Rights and slamming the republican frontrunner. When the election comes around, donald trump and the coke brothers for all their money, they only get one vote each, just like everybody else. Reporter now, biden spent the day in delaware today. Secretary clinton takes a break from the trail to prepare for a critical test on thursday, her testimony before the benghazi committee. The benghazi attack and her emails will be a may focus, biden watching all of it. Kristen welker, thank you so much. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. I like the way kristen put this, inching closer, because weve all been inching. Yes. Is it sprying to you hes leaning towards yes . Its not. I talked to a couple sources on friday who told me that the Vice President was getting irritated with what he believes is basically stage craft pressure. Look, in his mind, this was never going to be easy whether he made the decision to get in three weeks ago or makes the decision three weeks from now. He snapped, actually, at some aides who told the Vice President , you need to make a going to run, weve got a lot of torque wo work to do. Thats when he said, i need more time. In the last 48 hours, the letter from his longtime close adviser who sent a letter to supporters saying theres still plenty of room and time, and then the leak there of what happened with the firefighters union. That was to me done on purpose to send a message, hey, hes not leaping no as everybody thinks he is, hes still very much leaning yes. Well continue to watch it as i know you will too very closely. Moving to the republican side, theres been a lot of talk since donald trump came out and basically blamed 9 11 on former president george w. Bush. Jeb bush, of course, hitting back. Then the captain, jebs campaign, released this commercial pretty quickly yesterday. Lets take a look before i ask you about it. Trump says he felt, quote, i always felt i was in the military despite neve serving. Theres nobody bigger or better at the military than i am. Donald trump said senator john mccain is not a war hero. Hes not a war hero. I like people who werent captured, okay . This is sort of the strongest pushback weve seen yet. What does that say about where the campaign is for jeb bush . Its interesting. I think jeb bush, to me that ad doesnt get made that quickly, erica. Thats been ready to go is my guess. You dont have it all just cobbled together in a 12hour period just simply to respond to this attack from trump. I think the Bush Campaign is looking to pick a fight with trump. I think they were hoping to find a moment that trump would target him again. Look, jeb is theres something missing. We all know theres something missing with hicham pain. The fund raising wasnt as good as he wanted it to be. Hes not shocked and awed other people out of this race. needs sort of to step things up a bit. Picking a fight with the frontrunner right now isnt a bad idea. Before we let you go, a couple of your guests this benghazi committee. Hillary clinton set to testify on thursday this week. Is this sort of another make or braek moment for her campaign . Well, i think the campaign believes this, that this is the single most important event of her campaign of 2015. Basically, not until voters the most important event until voters start voting. More important than last weeks debate. Thats why shes off the trail for four days. Nothing but i say debate prep, theyre taking it as if it was debate prep. Its going to be a long day. That testimony thursday, think 8, 10, 12 hours. Dont be surprised. Nice to see you this morning. Thanks again. Thanks, erica. And hi, harry. Good to see you, buddy. Well be watching that. It is niles to see you here. We agree. We should point out, too, for chuck this morning on meet the press, one of his guests, an exclusive interview with senator ted cruz. The u. S. Is stepping up let me try that again. The escalating tensions in the middle east. More of that and frances is here. That involves secretary of state john kerry who has Just Announced he will meet with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian LeaderMahmoud Abbas this week as unrest in the region reaches a critical point. Nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely is in jerusalem and joins us this morning. Bill, good morning. Reporter yes, good morning, frances. John kerry will meet Benjamin Netanyahu in germany as israel reels after another day of attempted murders. All the attackers were shot. All were teenagers. Theyre so frequent now that people here are beginning to use the word uprying. Stabbed but alive, an israeli soldier survives an attack by a palestinian teenager. It was the fifth of the day. Here an israeli civilian in white holds the gun hes just used to kill an 18yearold most of the attackers are from east jerusalem, and most are palestinian teenagers with israeli i. D. Cards, free to move around with no criminal or terrorist record. For their families, the attackers, one was only 13, are heroes. Israel disagrees. Hes not innocent. He tried to kill, murder, knife to death an innocent israeli youngster. Reporter israel says theyre terrorists. Terrorists. 13 years and 15 years, terrorists. I dont i dont know what to say. They are children. Reporter new york citys mayor saw victims of the attacks and stands by israel. When you are going through pain, we feel pain too. When youre under attack, we feel under attack too. Reporter amid the daily stabbings, daily clashes, palestinians convince israel is eroding their rights. Some marched for peace last that seems a long aoff. Yes, no sign of that as israel promises what it calls an iron fist, and some palestinian groups urge their teenagers to keep up what are almost appear to be suicide stagings. All the signs are that israel is spiraling into a conflict that, stop. Jerusalem. Thank you very much. Now to beachgoers in hawaii who are being warned to be on alert after two swimmers were attacked by sharks in separate incidents yesterday. Both occur on oahu with one happening just 100 yards from the beach. The 44yearold victim wutz rescued by horrified onlookers. I didnt realize the severities of his injuries until we pulled him out of the water. Both legs just above the ankle were just hanging on. Hours later, another man was bit in the foot by a shark, the third attack in oahu just this month, bringing the total number of shark attacks across hawaii this year to seven. A Texas Community is reeling this morning over the sudden death of yet another High School Football player. Kevin matthews was airlifted from friday nights game after collapsing from a suspected seizure. Late saturday a vigil was held at the football field after School Officials announced he died at the hospital. No word yet on the official cause of death, but matthews is believed to be the sixth High School Football player to die nation wild since early cement. Theres apparently been a dramatic turnaround for lamar odom, found unconscious in a las vegas brothel last week. The l. A. Times citing unnamed speaking. And enews reports he is moving around. Odoms sisterinlaw, reality tv star Kim Kardashian west has broken her silence on line, tweeting a photo with odom. Her first post since the the mets and the chicago cubs, another win for kansas city kansas city beating toronto 63 in game two. Game three is set for monday, and the mets are back in action tonight. An then theres this. Just when you think youve seen everything on the streets of new york city, maybe you havent seen this. Police caught up with a runaway kangaroo saturday. Ladies and gentlemen, that is in staten island, new york, in a backyard there. The fourfoottall kangaroo was apparently visiting neighbors in the area and somehow unlocked the gate in the backyard where its staying. No charges were filed, but, you know, when you have a kangaroo and it wants to hop around outside the backyard, he does his thing. He was just visiting. Visiting neighbors. Avoid traffic, too. Tell us theres a break for this cold weather out there. Tutz. Thats when we turn things arnold on the east coast. Also, the rain in the southwest will eventually come to an end by the t good sunday morning. 34 in boston, below freezing in many towns west norwood at 30. 29 bedford. Sunshine this morning, partly cloudy skies this afternoon, mid 40s to the city of boston. Cold tonight mainly clear as we lose any cloud cover in place. Lower to middle 20s to many of the suburbs, even close to 32. The freeze warning does include the cape and forecast. Coming up next on today, Tracy Morgans comeback. We have all the highlights from snl last night looks like some folks have had it with their Airline Credit card miles. Sometimes those seats cost a ridiculous number of miles. Or theres a fee to use them. I know. Its so frustrating. Theyd be a lot happier with the capital one venture card. And you would, too why . Its so easy with venture. You earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. Just book any flight you want then use your miles to cover the cost. Whats in your wallet . This moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey. Flaky. Happy. Toaster strudel. Now with more icing. Lowes presents how to lay down the law. I thought i told you not to come around here anymore. Now get a husqvarna backpack blower for only 249. This guy is not a life coach. Yes, i am. I have my degree right here tracy morgan on saturday night live in a comeback so many have been waiting for, knocking it out of the park. He was back on stage in studio 8h saturday night look like he never missed a beat, i think its fair to say. His first time back on snl since a terrible car crash last year that critically injured him. If the early reaction to how he did is any indication, you can safely say tracy is back. Here ooh nbcs ron mott. Lame, tracy morgan reporter it was a heartwarming intro. Tracy morgan hosting saturday night live, a comeback performance after escaping death 16 months ago. Thank you so much. Nah, im just playing. Reporter he wasted no time getting right to the punch lines, his brain injury among them. People were wondering, can he speak . Does he have 100 mental capacity . But the truth is i never did. I might actually be a few points higher now. Music reporter it was also a that made him a household name, familiar characters like brian fellows, outofcontrol camel and all. I cant see, camel where the heck are you, jackie chan . Throwing in new ones for measure. This jukebox every night hoping someday someone want to share the magical rit wm me not with these but with these. Its me reporter morgans hallmark is a deadpan delivery often punctuated with a dash of sapeny, and it was on full display last night, facing off against his exwife, morgans old family was ready for a feud. Commitment oh, here we go. Reporter Tracy Morgans long road back now paved with humor, driving fans to a happier place. We dont know if hes going to make it. Boring im back and better than ever. Reporter funny is his kurp currency, still semied and welcomed by millions. And i love yall. Thanks for being here with me. Reporter for today, ron mott, nbc news, new york. You just saw there it sunt only tracy morgan making a comeback last night. You saw some of his costars. And larry david back for the first time in decades. Used to be a writer for the show. Last night he appeared as senator bernie sanders. Senator sanders, how are you . Im good. Im hungry, but im good. And now if you dont mind, im going to dial it right up to a 10. Go right ahead. Were doomed we need a revolution millions of people on the streets and we got to do something and we got to do it now ah. The whole thing. He really was bernie it was perfect. Larry david, bernie sanders, might have been my favorite. Good stuff. When he was a writer for snl, there for a year, got one skit on the whole time. Thats why he left apparently. He did okay. I think it worked out all right. 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