thanks for watching. good-bye. / >> let me be clear. based on the information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror. >> bodies and mangled bicycles spread out across a new york city street. at least 8 people dead after a driver used a truck to barrel sbro into people just after school let out on halloween. >> the main suspect is alive after a confrontation with police. did he do it alone? >> isis inspired attacks utilize trucks in multiple occasion s to mow down and kill as many nnts as possible. can they be stopped? >> and on capitol hill, russia's interference in your facebook feed is revealed spreading fake news and information. "early today" starts right now.

good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. terrorism strikes new york city with a deadliest attack here since 9/11. at least >> eight people were killed and 11 others seriously injured. a driver plowed a truck down a bike path mowing down multimillion people before crack crashing into a school bus. the attacker hopped out of the truck running through traffic on west side highway. the attacker opened fire with a bb or pellet gun, finally a police officer ended the may hem by shooting him in the abdomen. he was taken to a hospital alive. meanwhile, witnesses recounted the horror of seeing victims run over by the truck. >> when i go back across where i was crossing the street from, i looked down and i see a truck going down towards chambers street. and i'm saying, what 's going o? as i go down more, he's in the bike lane, clearly in the bike lane. and i see when i go down, i see two gentlemen laying right there in the bike lane with tire marks across their body and you could tell that they' n

more. >> the suspect now in custody, officials are investigating the circumstances of the attack and new york's governor addressed the threat of truck ramming. >> new terrorist tactic which they have called for publicly are these lone wolves who commit an act of terror. no evidence to suggest a wider plot or a wider scheme, but the actions of one individual, who meant to cause pain and harm and probably death, and the resulting terror. >> nbc's jay gray has more on the investigation from here in new york. jay? >> reporter: frances, good morning. we now know that police did find a handwritten note inside the rented truck used. police say by the attacker here. on that note he apparently pledged his allegiance to isis. he was carrying out the attack for that organization. thist

an ongoing expanding investigation here in lower manhattan. >> we have multiple people on the ground. from chambers all the way up to houston. >> reporter: victims of an afternoon attack on this lower manhattan bike path. >> it happened out of nowhere. i was walking down the street. it was a normal day, and multiple gunshots one after another. it was just completely unexpected. >> reporter: this rented truck barrelling over bike riders then slamming into a school bus, eight people were killed, 11 injured. >> this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians. >> reporter: carried out, police say, by 29-year-old sayfullo saipov. this showing him after he jumped from the truck yelling allahu akbar according to police. >> i saw this dude with two guns. and the guy with the two guns for some reason was running around. he was getting chased. and then all of a sudden four shots went off, and we all just

shooting and stopping the suspect. he's in bellevue hospital right now and to this point has refused to speak to investigators there. police now saying they believe that the suspect acted alone. federal agents say at this point, and it's still very early in their investigation, but there is no connection between the suspect and any foreign terror organization. that's the latest from here in new york. now back to you, frances. >> jay, thank you. >> now let's turn to my colleague morgan radford who is outside here in new york this morning and, morgan, what is the latest on the suspected terrorist? >> hey there, philip. good morning. in fact, you know, the investigators have been here at the scene of the crime working around the clock. i want to show you just here over my shoulder. you can actually see where that car, the suspect used, is behind that yellow police tape. and again, detectives are here, police are here, and there's been a real increased security presence since yesterday's attack. now, remember the new york halloween

yesterday. again, police were on every corner. traffic was backed up as streets were blocked off. we saw governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio come down and they called this a cowardly act of terror and that's what people on the ground are responding to, saying, this culture of fear comes from the randomness of these types of acts, especially as these types of attackers are having more familiar faces. remember, you heard jay gray mention this was a man who was a 29-year-old uber driver. this happened at a familiar time when kids were getting out of school. they were getting their costumes ready to go trick or treating. as daylight is going to break here in just a few hours, the question is how is new york going to move forward today. we heard president trump tweeting just late last night that he was ordering homeland security to, quote, step up our already extreme vetting program. and at 11:00 a.m. this morning, the police are going to have a press conference at their headquarters and they are going to continue to give us the latest on that

>> so terrifying when it's that unpredictable. morgan, thank you. >> tuesday's attack in new york city just the latest in which an attacker has used a car or truck to mow people down on sidewalks or walkways in cities around the world. isis and al-qaeda have called on followers to use vehicles to kill innocent civilians in sudden and dramatic attacks and they're very hard for law enforcement to prevent. we get more now from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it's a growing terror tactic used around the world with devastating results. july 2016, a truck on the board walk in nice, france, plowed through crowds of people on holiday. 86 killed, 200 injured. similar tactics used on the london bridge last may, 8 dead. another five killed in march. around the world, attacks in barcelona, stockholm, berlin, and in the u.s. last year at ohio state university 11 injured. for years isis and al-qaeda have called for just this type of low-tech attack u

trucks to mow down and kill as many people as possible. >> these small-scale attacks using tools, not even weapons, but tools that are widely available make actually suppressing this entirely, not just difficult, but truly impossible. >> reporter: in new york last may, it wasn't a terror attack, but a deranged suspect on drugs who killed a woman and injured 22. after driefrmiving through a crn times square. n.y.p.d. commissioner james o'neal told lester earlier this year the threat from trucks is top of mind for the n.y.p.d. critical response command now using city trucks to wall off large public gathersings, including thanksgiving. >> we had a ring of sanitation sand trucks around the whole route to make sure there are no unauthoriz unauthorized vehicles on the route. we did the same thing on new year's eve and the 4th of july is always a challenge. >> reporter: after isis called for targets on thanksgiving day parade last year, police visited 140 rental t

who might try to rent a truck. >> that was tom costello reporting. beverley hills police say they have opened up investigations into disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein and film maker james toback. police released few de tails but said they received multiple complaints involving both men. in recent weeks more than 60 women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault against weinstein. his spokesperson has repeatedly said weinstein unequivocally denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex. according to the l.a. times, more than 200 women contacted the paper about allegations of abuse and harassment against toback after they published an article interviewing 38 toback accusers. toback has also denied any wrongdoing. >> for the second straight year the world series is going to a decisive game 7 before the start of game 6, dodger stadium paused for a moment of silence to honor the victims of the new york city terror attack. the houston astros came into los angeles with a 3-2 advantage in the series and they would strike first thanks to a solo homer by

astros the 1-0 lead but that's all they would get. los angeles tied the game at the bottom of the 6th in a double by chris taylor. scoring austin barnes. cory seeinger would bring one home bringing the dodgers up 2-1. the dodgers would also add one more in the seventh from jacques peterson homer. a 6 out save. 3-1, game 7 tonight. >> it all comes down to tonight. all right. can't believe it's already november and november weather, let's collect in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> november starts the cold ska season in some spots. significant snow event in higher elevations montana, light know breaking out through areas of the dakotas and minnesota. that many be the case today. 7:00 a.m. this morning light snow possible around fargo. we're going to track this during the day today throughout the northern half of minnesota. also the northern half of wisconsin. not a big deal. again, most of it will stick mostly in the grassy

northern portions may get a little on the road. snow forecast through thursday, mountains 8 inches or so around missoula, bose man, less than that, one to 2 inches at most northern wisconsin and also minnesota. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, there you see the temperatures are a little above freezing in most areas, but duluth you could get some accumulating snow high today of only 31 degrees. areas plenty warm in the south and that's where temperatures are also going to be warming up in the days ahead towards the weekend. we're talking more about that coming up, big warm up for the east. >> looking forward to it, bill. thank you. in today's quick hits, russian president vladimir putin is in iran today meeting with the country's president and supreme leader to discuss iran's nuclear deal and cooperation in syria. >> police in wisconsin say a local father found more than just candy in his kids' halloween stash. he found a bag of meth. they are investigating where the drugs came from and urging all parents to be extra vigilant. >> in southol

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breaking news this morning where a terror attack has claimed the lives of eight people. what we're learning about the man police say intentionally mowed people down on a popular bike path. and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. after a bright and sunny day yesterday, the clouds are back. ce'll detail any chanes for

"news 4 today" begins with breaking news. good morning, everyone. i'm molette green. we're going to get you up to speed on the weather in just a moment, but first up, to that breaking news and this poignant sh

center, the site of the worst terror attack on american soil. it is lit up in red, white and blue this morning just hours after yesterday's mele a few blocks away. that is where a man drove a box truck on to a popular trail killing eight people. we're going to get you up to speed on the very latest from the speed and what we're learning about the suspect. first up to chuck bell and what you'll face as you head out the door. how the wind is behind us, we're moving forward, chuck. >> still on my little sugar fix. that's all right, though. didn't have as many trick or treaters, so extra candy for me. cloudy skies across the area. these clouds will continue to thicken up as we go through the remainder of the day. most of the rain. that is light snow across indiana and ohio. most of that staying well to our north and west. not much of a rain threat for the next couple of days, but that being said, a lot of cloud cover here early this morning. temperatures