A fan taunts members of the European Team at the ryder cup over a missed putt. So they turn the tables and bring him out to give it a try. Then, this happens. How the heckler became the hero today, friday, september 30th, 2016. From nbc news, this is Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. We should say the today show with matt lauer, Savannah Guthrie and matt johnson who made the putt in the practice round after taunting the European Team. Imagine the pressure. He heckled them, comes out, crowd. Hes already said, i could make that putt. And by the way, not an easy putt. Well have more on that in a little while. Also, were going to go out to the golf course later on to watch some members of team usa as they tee off. But let us start this morning with our top story. Were talking about overnight developments on the investigation into that new Jersey Transit train accident. It killed one woman and injured more than 100 others. Well talk to the ntsbs vice chairman in a moment. First, nbcs tom good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Investigators now recovered the black box at the rear of the train. They still need to get hold of the black box and the outward facing cameras from the front of the train, from the cab, where the engineer sits. People who ride this train every day say it feels like the engineer never applied the brakes. Piecing through the twisted and broken remains of the transit train, ntsb investigators are focusing on two crucial pieces of evidence today. Cameras and its black box. We hope to get information, such as speed and braking. Reporter this Surveillance Video captured the train 40 minutes before the accident. The question this morning, was there some sort of mechanical breakdown or was the engineer somehow distracted or incapacitated . Ntsb investigators hope to interview the trains engineer, 48yearold tommy gallacher, injured in the crash and released from the hospital late thursday after cooperating with local police. Senior officials briefed on the preliminary review has found no red flags in his background, no infractions, medical episodes or criminal history. His father telling w nbc, his son has worked for new Jersey Transit since he was 19. Very anxious and were very upset about this whole matter. Reporter we do know, new Jersey Transit does not have the automated braking system, known as positive train control. A former ntsb board member says it would have made a big accident if that technology was on this rail line. I just heard these horrifying, terrible screams. Reporter the packed commuter train screamed into hobokens train station at 8 45 a. M. , the height of the rush hour. It felt like it never stopped. Reporter it slammed lieu a barrier, knocking out pillars, violently collapsing. Underneath, people trapped in the rubble. In the path of destruction, wires. First responders triaged victims on the platform. Five months pregnant, alexis was in the first car. She says part of the stations ceiling fell on her head. I thought we were going to die. I didnt think we were going to get out. Reporter one person was killed. 34yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon, standing on the platform, hit by falling debris. Her child in daycare, her business trip. I saw a woman lying in front of the train. There was nothing the First Responders could do for her. Reporter the train should have had a working dead mans alerter system, essentially requires the engineer to tap a button every 20 to 30 seconds, and if he doesnt, then the train begins to automatically slow. But was that working and was it working in the final stretch into the train station . Some questions they still need to get answered. Back to you. Tom costello, thanks. Were joined by the National Transportation safety boar thank you. Reporter do you expect to have a formal interview today and how do you talk to him at all in a more casual setting . Has he given any indication of what happened . We have not spoken to him yet. And we hope to today. Were making that request. And we have a very methodical way we speak to anyone involved information and as Accurate Information as we can. And what about his devices, his phone, any other digital devices that might have been in that compartment with him . Have they been confiscated so officials can find out if perhaps he was texting or Something Like that . If there are any mobile devices or electronic devices, we will be getting those. We are currently making sure that the scene is as safes did collapse on top of the train, so the passenger cars, including the controlling car, where the engineer was likely sitting, then those places, we cant access them right now. The only place we have been able to access is the locate motive, which is at the rear, which where we were able to get the recorder. When do you expect to be able to access those key pieces of evidence, such as the socalled the pieces of the canopy are being removed today. So we hope to access it later today. And you said something a second ago, doctor, that i think is really important. You guys are methodical in this. You want to make sure that you dot all the is and cross all of the ts, but in terms of any eyewitness accounts, anecdotally, have you heard anything that leads you to believe the brakes were ever applied, or there was ever a warning, a horn being sounded, or anything e tragedy . Well, thanks for asking that. Because i think theres a lot of speculation, and thats what were here to get rid of. We want to make sure we get all of the facts, and were going to be interviewing anyone. We also ask people who may have information to let us know. Well also be reviewing any of the video recordings that are available, any of the security footage available. So all of that, along with people well be doing to make sure we get the most factual information. But youre right. I think theres a lot of speculation. We dont want to get into that. We want to make sure we only give you the most Accurate Information. Well, ntsb vice chairman dr. Denzar, we know youre busy and appreciate your time, maam. Thank you. Thank you. Overnight, president obama and former president clinton joined people from around the world for a good morning to you. Reporter that ceremony now over, but security still very tight here in jerusalem with president barack obama and leaders from every corner of the globe here to pay their respects to shimone perez, a fan who fought for peace for decades. President s, Prime Ministers and the statesmanship built an unbreakable bond with the United States of america and so many other countries. Reporter 90 delegations from 70 countries. A sign of his impact across the globe. Simone lived a life of purpose. He soared to incredible heights. Reporter the former israeli president and Prime Minister celebrated as a statesman and a peacemaker. Paris held secret talks that led to the historic handshake on the white house lawn in 1993 between sworn enemies. A handshake prompted by then president bill clinton. He knew exactly what he was doing in being overly optimistic. He knew exactly what he was doing, with his dreams. Reporter 50,000 israelis grandfather. Palestinian president mahmud abbas, shaking hands with netanyahu. He was remembered as a fighter, a father and a friend. Paris was laid to rest next to the Prime Minister. He spent nearly his entire adult life in service to his country. Matt and in public service. Guys . An extraordinary man. Kelly, thank you very much. Closer to home, Hurricane Matthew grew even stronger. Forecasters keeping a close eye on its potential path and that includes al, down in raleigh, North Carolina, this morning. Hey, al. Good morning. Yeah, guys, here to celebrate a Bluegrass Festival. But lets take a look at the latest on matthew. It is quickly strengthening and right now threatening a lot of the caribbean. Matthew it continues to churn, latest from the National Hurricane center. Category 2 storm, 130 miles northnorthwest of curacao, moving west at 1,400 Miles Per Hour. Heres what the path looks like currently. We expect to see this strengthen to a category 3 by monday morning on top of jamaica. Right now by the current track. And then as we move during the day monday, it makes its way over eastern cuba, and by tuesday, it is out in the atlantic over the central ba a 100mileanhour winds. Heres the latest from the european and american models. They slow it down a little bit, at least the european model slows it down and brings it further south and east. The u. S. Model brings it a little further north, and to the west, closer to florida. So the models are still theres no divergence here. There is divergence here, we have to continue to track this but again, we dont know exactly it gets out into the atlantic. So guys, were watching this very closely. Like to call it hurricane matt. No. No, lets not get casual here. A busy day of campaigning in the race for the white house, 39 days left until the election. Hillary clinton heads to florida for two events today, while donald trump is holding a rally in michigan. Thats his fifth visit there since its nomination. Former president ial candidate jeb bush is suggesting he may not vote at all this hes not comfortable supporting either partys nominally and then said this. Everybody didnt vote, that would be a pretty powerful political statement. And for the first time ever, usa today is taking sides in a president ial race. The papers Editorial Board is urging its readers not to vote for donald trump, deeming him unfit for the presidency. But they stopped short of endorsing Hillary Clinton. Let us bring in Nbcs Chuck Todd on all of this. Thing . How big a deal is it . Again, bad news for donald trump, but they said there was no consensus to endorse Hillary Clinton either. So its a mixed bag. It is. Whats amazing here, matt, is its more of the collection of firsttimes. First time usa today has done this. We have the arizona republic, the dallas morning news, first time they ever endorsed a democrat instead of the republican. There is this collective. The ceo for trump. All of these people saying you cannot support trump. Whats amazing is how little impact all of this is having. Its not as if these collapsing right now. Right. So it isnt just for the core trump voter it might not matter at all. I dont think its moved anybody. What will it do to the middle of the road voter or this republican that isnt comfortable with trump . We dont know yet. You mention republicans not Reince Priebus said to the former candidates, get on board. What do you make of what jeb bush said, not only that hes not voting for donald trump or Hillary Clinton, suggesting the way to go is not to vote at all. Not to vote. And the rest of the comment, he said im going to vote for marco rubio still and im going to do my civic duty, but says i may skip the president ial race. I thought it was a remarkable statement that a member of basically the first family of republican politics says dont vote for president. Weve got to talk about whats happening on twitter this early, his first tweet of a tweet storm at 3 20 a. M. And he started tweeting about Alicia Machado, the Miss Universe contestant, making some allegations against her. Suggesting that she has got a pass. What do you make of this . That he is continuing to tweet about it. Right. Is there a method to that . Does it demonstrate that his candidate, are no longer holding sway . The day that usa today calls him unfit for the presidency, he wakes up at 3 00 in the morning and attacking this civilian again. You know, this is a pattern with him. He did it with the khan family. When he gets into a bad place, and he is in a bad place right now. There is clearly discord in the campaign. The Campaign Staff not happy with. There is some anger there. Part of this tweet sources, it means everything is a lie. Thats at 3 20 a. M. He is an unhappy man. And when he is, he lashes out. And right now the person to lash out at is machado. Chuck, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Of course, hes going to have the latest on the race this sunday. An october surprise. You know why . Why . Its finally october. So theres your surprise. That didnt work . No, it was good. Thats what we call meet the press humor. All right. In South Carolina set to appear in court this morning as we learn about recent trouble in his life. Gabe kwurz gutierrez is on the story for us. Hi, gabe. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. This is where the 14yearold suspect is scheduled to be in court later today. Police say he shot and killed his own father before heading to the nearby Elementary School and opening fire. According to a source close to his family, for years he had been bullied. Boy. Reporter this morning, prayers for 6yearold jacob hall, now on live support. Taking a little boy and its touched our hearts. Reporter shot in the leg, his family says he lost 75 of his blood and suffered a major brain injury. His older brother at one point overcome with grief. Nobody in this world deserves nothing like that that happened. Reporter investigators now looking into whether the accused a source tells nbc news he was being home schooled after he brought a machete and hatchette to his school earlier this year. His mother says we are absolutely shocked and saddened by the senseless actions of our son. We experienced a lifechanging event. Reporter volunteer firefighter jamie brock rushed to the elementary and wrestled the suspect to the ground. No no father, ever wants to hear the words, shooter and school. Reporter his son survived when the teacher hit in the shoulder rushed students inside and locked the doors. The third grader says he knew this was no practice drill. They told us to get in the bathrooms, which has never happened in drill so we started thinking it was real. We heard gunshots outside. Reporter the reunion with her son overwhelming. Pure joy. Little face. Peering out of the bus window and he waved like this. And i dont i dont have words. Just relief. Reporter according to a source close to his family, the mother of the accused gunman visited him in jail late thursday. She said it was overwhelming, telling him, im very angry at what happened, and dont understand it. But youre my son. Savannah . Really difficult times there. Gabe in other news this morning, the comet chasing space probe rosetta reached its final resting place on the space rock. Scientists say it crash landed on comet 67p, ending its tenyear mission. The spacecraft traveled 4 billion miles in the past decade. Rosetta has given scientists a trove of information. Attempted by the European Space agency. Pretty cool. Lets go back down to al in North Carolina and get the rest of his forecast. Hi, al. Hey, guys. Other parts of the state here in North Carolina, some massive flooding going on. There has been flooding here in the raleigh area and fayetteville, North Carolina, the mayor declaring a state of emergency. Massive of flooding, dams bursting. A real big problem. Finally, the water is receding, but we are expecti around the rest of the country, as well. We are looking for heavy showers in the northeast, and the great lakes. Well talk about that coming up in the next half hour. Out west, gorgeous weather. Monsoon moisture through the southwest. Well get to your local forecast right now and should be back in their banks this weekend. The mississippi is behaving as well. A few showers may track through the area today and tomorrow, but we are not expecting much in the stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras may catch a stray shower this afternoon as clouds increase throughout the area. Temps are in the low to mid 50s this morning in our viewing area with 40s again out to the west. Winds will start from the north and turn to the northeast today as bring a few showe and that is your latest weather. Guys . Al, thank you so much. Coming up, a special rossen report in the wake of the crash in new jersey. Would escape in an emergency . And a family searching for answers after the mysterious deaths of two sisters on a dream vacation. Autopsy results released just this morning, as their brother is speaking out. But first, this is today on nbc. 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