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It is thursday, september 22nd. Im alex witt. North carolinas governor has declared a state of emergency after another night of violent clashes between protesters and police in charlotte. This over the shooting death of a black man. Governor pat mccrory made the announcement amid escalating tensions in that city, tweeting that he had initiated efforts to deploy the National Guard and Highway Patrol to assist local law enforcement. Meanwhile, one person is on life support in Critical Condition after being shot during the demonstrations last night. Initially, the city had reported that person had been killed, but later clarified their condition. Officials say that shooting did not involve a police officer. Now, several others, including police, were hurt during the protest in the uptown section of the city. Officers in riot gear once again used tear gas to try and disperse those crowds, several people were arrested. This marked the second night of violent in the wake of the Fatal Police Shooting of keith scott on tuesday. Police say scott was given multiple warnings by officers to drop his weapon, but a witness at the scene says scott did not have a gun and was reading a book in his car when he was shot. And a Police Source confirms that in an image obtained by our local affiliate, there appears to be a gun at keith scotts feet in the moments after he was shot. Joining us from charlotte is nbcs sarah risario. Whats going on there this morning . Reporter well, its much different this morning than what it was a cup hours ago. The streets are being cleaned. Just a couple hours ago, hundreds of people were marching through these streets, protesting the shooting death of 43yearold keith scott. Now many people are still upset about it. Theyre going to bed now, but we do expect more protests to arise later today. Anger, racial tensions boiling over after yet another officerinvolved shooting. The unrest and the violence continuing for a second night here in charlotte, bricking out police in the riot gear, having to use flash grenades, rubber bullets, and tear gas to try to separate the crowd and get them to leave. The protest yesterday started out peaceful, but as night fell, things started to get violent. At one time, they got to the city center, and thats when we heard that shots rang out. Were told one person was shot. Police are being pretty adamant, saying that person was shot by a civilian and not a police officer. But the violence still continued. Several officers were injured as well as other civilians, all taken to the hospital. After protesters got done marching through uptown charlotte, they took to the interstates yet again, marching this time on i277. It is the loop that goes around the heart of the city. Then police were eventually able to get them to come back into the city center. Today governor pat mccrory has called the National Guard and state troopers to try to help police officers. And the officer accused of shooting and killing keith scott is now on paid administrative leave. Live in shart, sarah rosario, back to you. Lots of news, thank you. And alex, donald trump has weighed in on the shooting of a black man in tulsa, oklahoma. The hm nominee suggested the officer in that shooting may have choked in the situation. I must tell you, i watched the shooting, in particular, in tulsa. That man was hands up. That man went to the car hands up. Put his hand on the car i mean, to me, it looked like he did everything youre supposed to do. And he looked like a really good man. This young officer, i dont know what she was thinking. I dont know what she was thinking. But im very, very troubled by that. The fraternal order of police endorsed trump last week, but their executive director scolded trump to be mindful of due process before jumping to conclusions. Meanwhile, Trumps Campaign is criticizing the Clinton Campaign over her comments on the shootings. Speaking on fox news radio yesterday, his campaign manager, kelly anneconw waway slammed clinton. Its unbelievable she would do that before the facts, the details. I think thats an over plit siization. The loss of life is always tragic. I feel like we all should be looking at very nonpartisan, not even bipartisan, if you will. But this is what she does. She doesnt pass up a moment to weigh in and try to score points and score votes. And donald trump held a round table with some of his close aides and a group of black pastors in ohio yesterday morning where he defended his controversial call for africanamericans to join his campaign, like the one he made in North Carolina on tuesday, claiming it resonates with black voters. Our africanamerican communities are absolutely in the worst shape that theyve ever been in before, ever, ever, ever. You take a look at the inner cities, you got no education, you got no jobs, you get shot walking down the street. Theyre worse. I mean, honestly, places like afghanistan are safer than some of our inner cities. And i want to thank the Africanamerican Community because i dont know if youve been watching, but the poll numbers are going like a rocket ship. Its interesting because i went down a list of problems in the inner cities, and i had said this three or four times before. I go down the list. I talked about the crime. I talked about the lack of education, the bad schools, and i talked about jobs. The jobs are just so bad. And i said it three, four, five times. Then one day i said, what do you have to lose . I mean, what do you have to lose . Im going to fix it. What do you have to lose . And somehow that resonated. Some people didnt like it. But i said, what difference does it make . Its true. What do you have to lose . Trumps campaign has been touting the Los Angeles Times usc tracking poll, which showed trump jumping with black voters. Donald trumps event in cleveland yesterday was a return to the sight of julys Republican National convention, but this time he was joined by a man that Party Leaders barred from speaking on the convention stage. Controversial boxing promoter don king used a racial epithet when talking about why black voters should choose trump. America needs donald trump. We need donald trump, especially black people. I told michael jackson, i said, if you poor, you a poor negro. I would use the n word. If you rich, you a rich negro. If you are intelligent, intellectual, youre an intellectual negro. If youre dancing and sliding and gliding [ bleep ] i mean negro you are dancing and sliding and gliding negro. You cannot assimilate. You know you going to be a negro until you die. Theres only one don king. Only one don. There are 47 days to go until election day and only four days to the first debate. The polls are showing a tossup among likely voters nationally. The new nbc wall street journal poll Shows Hillary clinton with a narrow lead, 43 to Donald Trumps 37 . Gary johnson is still at 9 . In the states, a Marquette University poll shows a nail biter in wisconsin. Clinton at 41 , trump at 38 , gary johnson at 11. Fox news polls of swing states are giving trump an edge, a statistical tie. In North Carolina, a fivepoint trump, 45 to clintons 40. Trump also has a fivepoint lead in the pivotal battleground state of ohio. Now to the latest on a string of bombings in new york and new jersey. Chilling new Surveillance Video obtained by nbc new york appears to show suspect ahmad rahami. Investigators are looking for the two men who made off with the suitcase after removing the bomb. Nypds chief of detectives says the men may have accidently pulled a wire and disabled the device, adding, quote, theyre very, very lucky. Authorities stress theyre only witnesses and will not be arrested, adding they want to examine the piece of luggage as a part of the investigation. Were getting our first look at what is said to be the journal found on rahami at the time of his capture. House Homeland Security chair called its contents a new era of terror, saying its clear rahami was inspired by isis, mentioned in its pages. Hillary clinton took her campaign to orlando, florida, yesterday, where she gave a speech outlining a plan to help americans with disabilities. Today i want to focus on one area that hasnt gotten enough attention. It concerns a group of americans who are too often invisible. Overlooked and undervalued, who have so much to offer but are given too few chances to prove it. Now, thats been true for a long time, and we have to change it. Im talking about people with disabilities. And while clinton made no mention of donald trump during the speech, her Campaign Later are e leased an ad hitting her opponent for allegedly mocking the disabilities of a New York Times reporter. I first met Hillary Clinton when i was 9 years old, and i could tell that when she looked at me, she didnt see disability. She saw someone strong and capable like i see myself. Donald trump doesnt see people like me. He just sees disability. I honestly feel bad for someone with so much hate in his heart. We need a president who sees the best in all of us. Trump, meanwhile, has continued his attacks on clinton this week, at one point mocking attendance at her events. When we have rallies like this, i have to say, we have rallies like this and we have 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, 10,000 routinely. Those are like the smaller crowds. Hillary goes out for rallies, and yesterday i think she had 200 people. She had 200 people. Maybe 300. Ill say 300 because theyll say i was wrong. Well, according to the orlando sentinel, clinton had an audience of about 400 at her event yesterday. Still ahead, what chicago is doing to combat the dramatic increase in shootings the city has seen this year. Plus, mylan ceo does her best to stifle the fire over the epipen increase. Those stories and more when we come back. Using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework. Wire. And plants needed to give my shop. A face. No one will forget. See what the power of points can do for your business. Learn more at chase. Com ink trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax see what the power of points can do foconstipated . Ess. Use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcolax, designed for dependable relief the outrage over the skyrocketing cost of epipens took center stage on capitol hill yesterday with mylans ceo sitting in the hot seat. Congress demanding answers to the dramatic price increase. Nbcs tom costello has the details. Reporter she may be senator joe mansions daughter, but Heather Bresch found new friends on capitol hill. You have five executives in five years that earned nearly 300 million. Reporter Mylan Pharmaceuticals accused of driving up the price of epipens. Theyve raised the prices, the reason being, i believe, to get filthy rich at the expense of our constituents. Weve worked diligently and enhanced epipen. Reporter usa today reporting Heather Breschs mom helped lead the effort to get epipens in all schools nationwide. In a statement, she tells nbc news, my only concern and motivation was, and always will be, how we can protect as many children as possible. But mylan insists it wasnt the only provider of injectors and actually provided many schools with free pens. Meanwhile in seattle, a pediatric e. R. Doc says the price hikes have put the pen out of reach for families who need it. Ive heard numerous stories of people who have chosen to go without an auto injector at all because they couldnt afford one. Reporter mylan insists it spent hundreds of millions of dollars redesigning the pen, but on the hill, more skepticism. Theyll fly back to their mansions in their private jets and laugh all the way to the bank. Reporter but even after a public shaming, American Families will still be left paying the price. That was tom costello reporting. Right now the new York Attorney general has an ongoing antitrust investigation looking into the pricing and allegations of price gouging. The fda is also under fire for not approving alternatives that could compete. And chicago is making new moves to get a grip on its se seemingly out of control crime after 500 homicides already this year and more than 2500 shootings. The city is beefing up its police force, expected to add nearly a thousand more officers over the next two years. When asked how the city plans to pay for it t mayor rahm e manall said, quote, we are already paying for it today in lost lives. He says its not a budget question and pledge not to raise property taxes, adding, quote, well have the resources to pay for our obligations. All right. Lets get a check on the weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. It feels like fall this morning, bill. Its starting to. Wait for this weekend. It will be chilly in many areas that have been feeling like summer. I want to start with breaking weather news overnight. A lot of horrible flooding in areas of iowa and wisconsin. Minneapolis had a lot of bad flooding to the north of town, right along the iowa minnesota border. We in the town of greene, iowa, people having sandbagging all night long. Counties in red are where we have flash flood warnings going on. Well give you updates as the water hopefully begins to recede this morning. Additional rainfall, the storms are now here. Theyre going to shift to the south. Be prepared around ames to waterloo. Thats where we have the potential for additional flash flooding today. Another two to three inches is possible today. And it doesnt feel like the first day of fall. Officially at 10 22 this morning on the east coast, thats when we kick in fall. Everybody is waiting for that cool shot of air to come in today. Not today. Mid80s for the east coast. Still in the 90s around dallas. Northern louisiana could be in the upper 90s today. But heres the first signs of that cool air now coming into montana and areas of minneapolis. The cooldown will happen this weekend for the northern half of the country, but its going to take a while. As far as the thunderstorms go, its will improve. Heres fridays forecast. Signs of fall. The green here is temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Thats northern new england, northern michigan. Thatll sink to the south this upcoming weekend. The one spot that wont get any relief is our friends in the southeast. Areas like atlanta, they just saw their 85th 90degree day this year. Oh, come on. Yeah, its called hotlanta for a reason. Remember yesterday he talked about global warming. I dont know if you use that phrase, but the heat around the globe. Thanks, bill. Still ahead, everyone, the nba season gets under way next month. Officials are seeking ideas for social change in the wake of National Anthem protests. Plus, the Atlanta Braves stun the mets at citi field with a gamesaving play. You got to see this catch. Well have all the highlights next. Ry and Abigail Higgins had. A tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. Which provided for their every financial need. 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Coach gilman used his cash rewards credit card from bank of america to earn 1 cash back everywhere, every time. At places like the batting cages. [ crowd cheers ] 2 back at Grocery Stores and now at wholesale clubs. And 3 back on gas. Which helped him give his players something extra. The cash rewards credit card from bank of america. More cash back for the things you buy most. Im not going to answer any questions today, and its no offense to you guys, but i think this state of things in the world today is very interesting. I think the last couple days, a couple more guys have gotten shot and killed in the middle of the street. More videos have come out of guys getting killed. I think people are still missing the point. You know, the reason these guys are kneeling, the reason were locking arms is to make people aware this is not right. Its not right for people to get killed in the street. Welcome back. That was Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declining to answer questions at the weekly media availability and instead using that time to comment on the recent Police Shootings and the sports worlds response to americas social unrest. Meanwhile, the nba is getting ahead of potential anthem protesters. After discussion with the players union, a joint letter was reportedly sent out yesterday, informing players the two sides have decided to stand together. Of course, the nba rule book states, quote, players, coaches, and trainers are to stand and line up in dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the National Anthem. According to the associated press, yesterdays memo did not remind players of that rule. Well see what happens october 25th when the nba starts. We turn now to major league baseball, where defensive blunders were the undoing for a pair of playoff contenders in the american league. In seattle, game tied in the bottom of the 12th inning. Josh donaldson commits a throwing error and drops a throw allowing the winning run to reach their base. Robinson cano fouls with a sacrifice fly to walk the mariners off with a 21 win over the blue jays. In baltimore, what should have been an out at first that would have ended a bases loaded sixth inning led to disaster after the os chris davis errant throw allows one run to score. Then a threerun homer out to right field as the red sox go on to win 51. The damage, toronto and baltimore fall to five and six games behind the a. L. East leading red sox. The orioles lead is cut to one game ahead of the tigers and astros on the a. L. Second wild card spot, while the mariners move to within two games. While the yankees odds of making the playoff are a long shot, silting two and a half games out, catcher gary sanchez is tightening his grip on rookie of the year. Sanchez connected on two home runs in last nights 115 win over the rays, becoming the quickest to hit 19 homers in mlb history, taking only 45 games. Those were rockets. Finally, to queens. Trailing the braves by one with two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth, cespedes is robbed of a home run by atlanta outfielder ender ens yar today. The gamesaving catch sends the braves home with a 43 victory and steals a i way new yorks shot at a sole possession of the top wild card spot, which is still in a threeway tie as the cardinals and giants also posted losses yesterday. Alex, that was an incredible catch. I just still cant get over it. I think the mets are still waking up stunned this morning. Wow. What a player. Hes on such the roll. Incredible. Still ahead, donald trump calls a nationwide stop and frisk policy, but some leaders are already pushing back. Plus, were following the latest out of charlotte after another night of violent protests. We have a live report coming up next. 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Protests turn violent for a second straight night in charlotte. One demonstrator shot, businesses damage, and now a state of emergency has been declare. Plus, donald trump has an idea of how to stem inner city violence. Its a controversial tactic thats already been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. And new Surveillance Video of the suspected new york and new jersey bomber as investigators look for two unidentified men who were near the