Hillary the ham . Hillary clinton makes an appearance on saturday night live. Dond ald trump, isnt he the one thats like, you all losers . All the highlights from snls premiere. The French Bulldog who took on curious bears roaming around his home. Score, bulldog, 1, bears, 0. 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on this sunday morning. Erica is on assignment. Im sheinelle jones. Im craig melvin, alongside dylan dreyer and frances rivera. The French Bulldog, the name, jules. He has a pair of jewels. There you go. 20 pounds. Well have more on the dog in a moment. These are some troubling images from down south. This is harden street in columbia, South Carolina. For folks not familiar with the area, thats where a lot of the university of South Carolina students hang out. This is charleston right now. The low country. Historic, epic, lifethreatening in some cases, the flooding going on there. They call some of these storms 100year storms. This is a 500year storm is what theyre calling it. You just dont see rain of this magnitude. That is our top story on this sunday morning. Another harrowing night in South Carolina, as even more rain pounded the palmetto state. Its getting even worse today. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in charlestons Historic Downtown, which is underwater this morning. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter craig, good morning. This is what many people here in charleston are waking up to. Roads, impassable, cars, abandoned and water rescues are underway. This city got almost a quarter of its yearly average rainfall in 24 hours. This morning, parts of the southeast are under water, lifethreatening floods. In columbia, South Carolina, people waded through the raging waters hand in hand, fighting against the current, azores s as rescue crews rushed to help. Hundreds of emergency calls. We got them out of the water. We can get to the vehicle now. Legit rain, huh . Reporter more than 11 inches of rain fell here saturday, the citys wettest day on record. Overnight, the rains picked back up, flooding the neighborhoods again and inching closer to these homes. It was unbelievable. I mean, this street has not flooded since ive been here 14 years. Reporter the threeday rain total topped 13 inches, also a record. The president declaring a state of emergency in South Carolina, this morning was kind of mass chaos. Reporter from the carolinas to the northeast, storms are ripping down power lines, washing out roads and destroying homes. I heard this loud boom, and it was loud. I knew it wasnt i knew it was a tree. Reporter in new jersey, this house broke apart and floated down the bay. Down the east coast, officials are urging residents not to venture out. Were dealing with record rainfalls. Take it seriously. Reporter a warning not everyone is heeding. A historic downpour thats lets Kathy Jefferson cleaning up, as she braces for more rain. My house is full of water. The floors are all damaged. The furniture is all wet. Everything is gone. Reporter over the past few day, these torrential rains have been blamed for at least four deaths throughout the country. Here in charleston, this of the night. Many roads are oe opening reopening. We could reach record flood stages by tomorrow. Gabe gutierrez in the low country. Stay safe. How much more rain can we expect from the storm . The rain is letting up in charleston, but when you have river and creek flooding, it takes several weeks for the rivers to subside completely. Were still looking at the flooding threat even after the rains shut off. This has been the past 12 to 24 to 36 hours. Right in through here, the rain is finally starting to lift to the north, although columbia is still dealing with this heavy rain. So far, weve already picked up about 16 to up to 24 inches of rain in some areas, and that is just record amounts of rainfall that this area has not seen in years. Weve got this area of low pressure and this moisture just being pumped in from the atlantic. Eventually, this area of low pressure will finally start to up into parts of North Carolina, right along the coast through the day on monday. Tuesday, the whole thing finally starts to exit. We do have flash flood warnings in effect. North of charleston, thats where we could see perhaps up to another seven to ten inches of rain. Again, the creeks are flooded, and theyre going to remain flooded until the waters get a chance to recede. All right. Thank you. Now to a development in the search for the missing cargo ship in the atlantic. Searchers say they have found the life ring, but nothing else. The family members of the 33 crew members on board, most of them american, are not giving up hope today. Nbcs kristen has the latest on that. Reporter good morning. The life ring was found 75 miles from the ships last known position. Were told there may have been other life rings spotted in the water, but when they lowered a diver into the water, conditions were so bad, they were only able to recover that one. What does it all mean . Its too early to tell what it tells us about the fate of the ship. What the coast guard is saying it tells them, theyre searching in the right place. After hours spent scanning the vast and churning sea, a discovery in the water. Three life rings and one life jacket. Reporter its the first sign of the el faro in three days. Our highest hopes are that the crew remain with the ship and theyre riding it out. Reporter so far, search conditions have been rough. The winds were in excess of 100 naughts. Visibility, less than one quarter mile. Deborahs son was on board. The coast guard has been working tirelessly and putting their lives in their hands to find our loved ones. Reporter the ship was last heard from near the baja hamas on thursday, as Hurricane Joaquin bore down. A distress call said the ship had taken on water and was listing to the side. 33 men and women on board. Daniel randolph is the ships second mate. Frank hamm is a husband and father of five. Hes strong. He better be strong, because i just pray everything is okay. Reporter his daughter desiree and wife rachelle dont allow themselves to think the worst. I know hes coming home. Im waiting for the phone call. I dont know if i have to fly to puerto rico or where i need to be, but ill be there. Reporter for those that know the crew, hope is very much alive. Fight, fight and fight some more. Because you know you can make it. Reporter kenneth worked on the el faro last week. He knows the crew, the training and the equipment on board. Like neoprene survival suits like this one. Once you put the suit on and expose yourself to the water, youll float. If youre unconscious, youll reporter theyve searched 31,000 square miles but this find narrows theyre focused. Theyre up flying now. Thank you. Turning now to oregon, where a tragedy is uniting a Community Devastated by the loss of nine People Killed in a mass shooting on a college campus. More on how theyre coming together. We learn more about the gunmans final moments. Jacob is outside of the college this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Investigators discovered another gun at his home where he lived with his mother. More revealed on how the shooter died. New information about the gunman who killed nine people at the Community College in oregon. Authorities saying Christopher Harper mercer shot himself to police. His stunned father told cnn he had no idea his son has acquired an arsenal. Of the guns, it wouldnt have happened. Reporter in oregon we have lost precious souls. Reporter the congregation lost one of their own. Moore, a single mother who never finished her business degree. I miss her. Ill miss her. Reporter for this family of believers, there is some comfort in how she died. The shooter reportedly asked some victims about their religion, including serena. She did stand up and say, im a christian, knowing that she would be shot. Im sorry. Reporter several of the wounded are still hospitalized, including an army vet, mint, shot five times after confronting the gunman. Investigators say a 26yearold himself after the rampage. The community and nation, searching for answers and peace. For the First Time Since the shooting, the road leading to the Community College has been reopened. Students allowed to retrieve their cars from the parking lot. Classes wont start until a week from monday. Sheinelle . Thank you. To politics, where speculation is mounts about whether Vice President biden will enter the race. The pressure is also growing because the first democratic debate is nine days away. Kristen welker is at the white house with the latest. Reporter good morning to you. Biden supporters say while it is late, the Vice President technically has until the end of the month to make a final decision. Multiple sources are telling me he is still undecided. All this as he and secretary clinton shared a forum together saturday at the human rights campaign. The dual appearances only fueling the buzz about a possible biden run. Hillary clinton and vice different times saturday but on the same stage in d. C. , a potential preview of what could become reality. Im running for president to stand up for the fundamental rights of lgbt americans and all americans. Reporter still undeclared, biden shrugged at the august suggestion of a run. Didnt say that. Reporter he sure sounded like a candidate, taking on the gop. The American People are already with you. Look at the numbers. Theres homophobes still left. Most are running for president , i think. Reporter vowing to fight for stiffer gun laws after the oregon massacure. I will continue to fight. Reporter sources close to the Vice President say his team is ready to deploy a plan the moment he says go. He seems to be comfortable delaying a decision. First, we thought he was going to decide by the end of the summer. Now, it looks like well get, perhaps, to the end of october before we know, or even later. Reporter biden acknowledges hes still undecided, grappling with the loss of his son, beau. You have no right as an individual to decide to run. Your whole family is implicated. Reporter clinton has been rebounding from the email situation. Bartender, keep them come ing. Reporter saturday, she appears on snl. All anyone wants to talk about is donald trump. Donald trump . Isnt he the one thats like, oh, youre all losers . Reporter of course, that was snls premiere. Bidens supporters say key states have deadlines in november and december. Thank you. Well have more highlights from snl in a few minutes. First, lets bring in chuck todd, moderator of meet the press. Busy show. Time is running out. Is biden going to be or out . I think if hes in, well know in the next week. The longer he waits, the more likely it is hes not going to run. The only way to put together a campaign that can win is to do it in the next week or two. Longer. You sat down with republican front runner donald trump in an interview that will air today on meet the press. He talked about what hed do if his support starts to fall apart. Lets take a listen. Number one, im not a massicist. If i was dropping in the polls, why would i continue . Its tunny, maybe its not like me because its a power positive thinker, and im a positive thinker, but the truth is, im a realist. Is his campaign built for the long haul . Well see. Its only a question he can answer. I thought it was fascinating, he basically said when he stops leading in the polls, if he falls and thinks he cant win, thats when he pulls the plug on this thing. It was a fascinating tell. He even said, if im falling in me. Sometimes interviews can be expect. I have to say, it was that part was revealing in a way i didnt expect him to say. Challenging week for jeb bush. He was slammed for comments he made in the wake of the Community College shooting. Lets look at the poll numbers. They show him dropping to 4 among possible republican voters. Can he pull out of this . Whats your take . Hes pouring a bunch of money into iowa and New Hampshire right now. The fairest way to assess whether he can pull out is to see where he is november 1st. After he spent a month advertising on the air. Well have new polls coming out on the show in 45 minutes. Evidence that early money, that he is spending in New Hampshire, is starting to pay off. Can he sustain it . Well find out in a month. Never a shortage of news to discuss. For sure. Well look for more of your conversation with donald trump in a little bit on meet the press. Join us tomorrow when we sit down for an interview with Hillary Clinton and told a town hall meeting with her. Thats tomorrow on today. If you want to ask secretary clinton a question, post it on facebook, twitter and instagram, using hillary today. A high profiling firing at the vatican. Good morning to you at home. Proep pope francis asserted marriage being a bond between man and woman. His comments came hours after the vatican fired a priest who came out as gay saturday night and challenged the churchs position on homosexuality. Police in california say theyve arrested fourteens in an alleged plot to shoot students school. The plan included names of targets, how theyd be killed and where. The school was apparently tipped off by students earlier this week. At least 25 people were hurt when a ryder truck slammed into a high school, causing the roof to partially collapse. Many victims were believed fob ed d to be studented ed s on site for band competition and testing. Firefighters say when they arrived on scene saturday, the entire front of the Apartment Building had been blown into the street. Three bystanders were hurt. Tragic story, where a young skate border was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. When trauma nurses tried to identify the victim, one was horrified to discover it was her brother. I recognized the wallet, and she opened it up and it was my brothers face right there. Heart wrenching to hear that. Witnesses say the victim has the street. Arrested. Finally now, taking a turn here, two bears found themselves barking up the wrong tree in california. This is what were talking about. This incredible home video of that tiny French Bulldog taking them on, the bears, on his owners property. The 20 pound dog named jewels, confronted one bear and then goes after the other bear. They weigh 100 pounds. Chasing right out. They jumped the fence. Jewels wins. Bring it. Bring it right now, big bear. I fell like we should get together and write a childrens book. Theres a theme in that, right . Dylan has another look of where joaquin is right now. Joaquin is approaching bermuda as a category three hurricane. Itll stay to the west. The northeastern side of a hurricane is very strong. Its windy, and we are looking at the potential for gusty winds. Obviously, the rough surf in that area. The storm races to sea. Across the country, the rain continues across South Carolina today and North Carolina tomo good morning, everyone, temperatures right now in the 40s and lower 50s, coolest inland. Breeziest abeing lo the coastline as weve wind gusting close to 30 miles an hour. So it will be a breezy day along the waterfront. A bit of a breeze inland but were dry. Even some breaks of blue sky out there this morning. For some towns, do enjoy a better day. Overall i think more clouds than breaks of sun and it will be a windy day. Temperatures into the 50s. Sevenday forecast bringing in mild thats your latest forecast. Thank you. Up next on today, hilarious. Snl was seeing doubles, from hillary to how do you stay on top of your health . Ahh. Ahh. Ahh. Cigna customers have plan choices and tools to take control. So theyre more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. Take control of your health at cigna dot comr slash take control. Saturday night live is back for the 41st season. Miley cyrus was there, but Hillary Clinton was serving up laughs and drinks, as well. Francis has more on that. Tv programming is complete with the return of snl. Miley was host and musical guest. Clinton, who played a bartender to the version of her. You can say that. Hi, im Hillary Clinton. Great name. Im val. Do you think hell win the primaries . He must. I want to be the one to take him down. I will destroy him, and i will mount his hair in the oval office. [ applause ] well, thats kind of a lot. Maybe you should take a vacation. A vacation . A vacation. What did you say . A vacation. Did somebody say vacation . All right. Thats good enough, right . Not to be outdone, donald trump was taken on. This is blown out of proportion. He was worried. He said shes bleeding everywhere. Go to the hospital. Thats right. I was afraid she was going to die, honestly. I love megyn kelly. I think shes great. Shes talented and beautiful. Shes always on her period and i hate her and i hope see dies. I think we have 13 more months. More material from those guys. Looking f theres something in me. Crisp garden vegetables. Fresh local milk, real cream. And no artificial flavors. Now you know why nothing else tastes like philadelphia garden vegetable. Rich, creamy, and delicious. Now with even more crisp vegetables. Only philadelphia. Still to come, well go live to South Carolina, where eight inches of rain is in the forecast for an area already under water. Trouble object n the way. 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