Complete disarray following congressman mccarthys decision to step down. It has left gop law makers in a mad scramble. Eyes quickly went towards paul ryan. They caught up with him as he was leaving last evening. How surprised were you by mccarthy not going for it all . I thought he was going to get the job. I was surprised. So, you found out along with everybody else . I was very shocked. He told me right before. This is not the time or place to have those conversation as rs agz erse vashz conversations. Reporter it was a political bomb shell, just hours after Kevin Mccarthy made his final pitch to replace speaker john boehner. Were servants. We should put this conference first and i think theres something to be said for us to unite, we probably need a fresh face. Reporter and criticism for his speaking skills. Today is the day where you should look to and lelt pressure mount to have people have a say. Strong english like words. Reporter he recognized he risked a humiliating defeat. And suggesting that Benghazi Committee was to hurt clinton. Well, that wasnt helpful. Reporter the same forces that have propelled political outsiders to the top of the gop president ial field are also fuelling the revolt among some republicans in congress. Conservative opponent said anybodys misdeeds should withdraw from the race. But mccarthy denied that. A potential government shut down looming if a budget deal isnt struck. Democrats could barely stifle their glee from the white house to capital hill. It is a mes. I dont think its a mes, it is a mess. And the city counsel of charleston has namsh unanimously approved a settlement for the family of walter scott. Scotts family says the money will go to his children and that a portion will be donated to help with Disaster Relief efforts for flooding. While nothing can replace having walter in our lives, the city of north charlestons historic actions insure that he had he did not die in vein. Immediately after release of the video, the family took steps to keep the community calm and for that, the city is thankful. The officer who shot walter scott is currently awaiting trial for murder in jail. S s one of the American Heroes. Tonight, hes in the hospital. 23yearold Spencer Stone is in stable condition following a street fight in the Early Morning hours yesterday. Video shows the suspects fleeing the scene. Nbc reports. Reporter it started as an argument outside a bar in sacramento and quickly became a brawl. This apparently shows stone fighting with more than one person. Two groups of people pushing, shoving and throwing punches before eventually skatering as a Police Cruiser arrived. They say stone was stabbed multiple times in the upper body. This incident is a very unfortunate alterication between two groups of folks enjoying themselves in the night life of sacramento. Reporter what a very different scene from when he returned an American Hero who may have stopped a terror attack. Now recovering from knife wound here in his home town. A teen age survivor of last weeks Oregon CommunityCollege Shooting has just woken up. Shes able to look round the room. Meanwhile in just a few hours, president obama will depart for roseburg oregon, hell meet privately with families this afternoon. Thousands of gun rights advocates expected to protest the visit. The army vet was shot seven times when he allegedly charged the gunman to protect students. Gop president ial front runner took his campaign to las vegas on thursday. He got a warm and surprising welcome from one particular audience member. Im from columbia. And is this a set up . Did i ever meet you before . We vote for mr. Trump. Yes. Mr. Trump. We love you. On the way to the white house. I swear to you i think shes totally beautiful and great. I never met her before i swear. Mean while, were learning how much trumps rivals have raised. Ted cruz raised just over 12 million. Ben carson is gaining on donald trump, 26 versus 22 . Carson is getting attention this morning for comments he made in a cnn interview last night. If there had been no gun control laws in europe at that time, would 6 million jews have been slaughtered . I think the likelihood of hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been armed. Staffers. The report has not been confirmed by nbc news. Theres still a major threat in South Carolina days after the historic rain there ended. Flood water making its way to the oceans will slam through beach communities and it is a lot. Imagine this, in South Carolina alone, about 1. 2 million gallons fell per person. Could be more evacuations still ahead. 14 dams have been breached and this morning, North Carolina is sending 500 soldiers and airman to its sister state to help respond to the record flooding. In georgia, a horrific gas station explosion caught on video. A motorcyclist was gassing up when all of a sudden his bike caught fire. Police are crediting bystanders with saving a mans life. They say the rider was severely burned. They believe he left his motorcycle running and that is what caused the fire. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is here for your end of the week forecast. We made it to friday. We have had about 3 to seven inches of rain overnight at eagle pass. Areas from san antonio westward, the worst of it. We have a cold front heading to the east from buffalo to syracuse and eventually new hampshire, vermont, a steady cool rain today. We may see isolated strong storm or two this afternoon. Here is at noon today. So, a few strong storms popping up in pennsylvania. Steady rains continue through by 5 00 p. M. , the i 95 corridor could have wind. Todays forecast, heavy rain, westic texas. Cooler today in the great lakes warm it up. 80s return. 85 as far north as the canadian border. Still very warm from coast to there. Now a closer look at the day ahead. So, as that cold front pushes east, it wont rain for long in many locations, the exception being northern new england. Still very warm in portions of texas but cooler where it willby be raining. Nice columbus day weekend too. Looking forward to it. New details on those russian cruise ms. Z welcome back. A Dangerous New Development in syria, several missiles fired by russia have missed their target. Reporter Senior Defense officials tell nbc news that four of the missiles that russia fired on syria fell short and land in iran. What really has u. S. Military officials worried is that washington wasnt informed before the launch even though they travelled through airspace where american aircraft are operating. Already at least two u. S. Planes had to be diverted to avoid confrontations with russias aircraft. And theyre fuming at the choice we have not and will not agree to cooperate with russia so long as they continue to pursue this misguided strategy. Check out dramatic footage captured by Police Body Cam earlier this month. It shows five new Mexico Police officers lifting a 3,000 pound car off a woman in a desperate attempt to save her life. In that situation, none of us were thinking about being a hero. Unfortunately, the 46yearold woman did not survive. She was trying to jump start her car when it suddenly accelerated, pinning her underneath. And now to shocking video from yesterday. It shows a woman driving her car in circles at a busy intersection and crashes into not to one but two Police Cruisers and slips over an embankment. Legendary louisiana chef has died. Prudhomme hosted five cooking shows on pbs. Hes been hailed at popularizing cajun food world wide. And the dow climbed above 17,000. And netflix is hiking its price by 1. Existing subscribers will stay at the same price for another year. And just ahead, hes one of the most well known athletes in the world and now could face 22 this morning on today, how many times have you boarded a plane only to find the over head bins are full . Boeing is looking to change that. Find out later on show hoe today. Matt hasselbeck who is battling a illness all week, steps up big time connecting for two touchdown passes as indy went on to beat the texans. A rough night for the home team, including this grounds keeper who tripped and got swallowed up by the tarp. Were told he got out of there with just a bruised ego. And morales hitting one of his homers of the night. But it was the astros that went deep. Final, 52. Blue jays ace price gave up a pair of rangers home runs. And Josh Donaldson take as knee to the head whooil slide ile slide nothing ing into second. Rangers took game one 53. 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P which means charmin ultra mega roll lasts longer r than even the leading thousandsheet brand. P we made it to friday. Lets get started with 7 news today in new england. Jadiann here are some of the stories were working on. The search is on for a man and woman suspected in a stabbing on Boston Common in broad daylight near the park street station. The victims injuries do not christa jury selection continuing in the trial of philip chism. Yesterday the judge becoming upset when a potential juror apparently talked about his connection to Danvers High School in front of other potential jurors. That man could face a contempt of court charge. Jadiann a woman in boston is part of a federal lawsuit against uber. Assault back in february. The lawsuit alleges ubers screening process is in adequate. Rain in kansas city. One member of the grounds crew getting caught up in the tarp. The only thing hurt i guess maybe was his pride. It reminds me of a tsunami. Jadiann i think we may have some showers coming our way. J. R. , youre still laughing. Jeremy yesterday you guys brought muffins for each other. I thought why dont i bring in cider donts. These are for us guys. Jadiann thank you, j. R. Jeremy anytime, happy friday morning. Temps, 40s and 50s. A lot of clouds this morning. So far no rain out of those clouds. However, this is our weather system over here, rain back through the adirondacks. This weather system will cruise into new england late this afternoon. I think its a good idea to head out the front door with rain there could be a couple of sprinkles north of the pike this morning but the main event, the scattering of showers, does not happen until about 3 30, 4 00 this afternoon. Even then the word scattered will be in play. Some of you may not see a drop until 5 30 or 6 00 p. M. The point is you have a shot of rain. Scattered showers and a brief downpour late this afternoon, early this evening. During the evening commute but i dont think it will be like last week with four inches. Most towns a third of an inch or less. Dry 7 00, 11 00 a. M. Sprinkles. 3 00 this afternoon, isolated showers. Higher chance of showers by 7 00. Holiday weekend is looking great. 7 news today in new england begins now. Christa at 5 00 a. M. , courtroom drama a potential juror threatened with contempt of court in the trial of a teen accused of killing hess teacher. Jadiann a fight in broad daylight turns ddly