Oct 8 Thur

Families are racing to prepare with some ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Isaias closes in. Isaias rapidly intensified and accelerated as it roared toward the coast. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch is in the storm zone. Democrats are calling for Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, to be removed after a Trump donor accused her of requesting $100,000 to pay a credit card bill. Her attorney disputes the authenticity of the text messages the donor said are from Guilfoyle. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports. The Pentagon said it will livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter who killed 13 people in 2009. President Trump has ordered the execution will be by firing squad. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports. Police charged demonstrators with clubs and fired tear gas as protesters resisted a crackdown, vowing to keep fighting for what they say are France's broken schools. NBC News' Richard Engel reports. Authorities say a popular San Diego chef who went by the name Troy Williams is actually 50-year-old Brian Anthony Williams, a fugitive wanted in connection with a violent 2012 kidnapping in Iowa. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports. The urgent investigation is underway into a possible serial killer in Lansing, Michigan after five men were killed under similar circumstances. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster has the story. At John Wayne Airport, a passenger attempted to steal an airport vehicle used to move planes. Meanwhile, passengers on a Frontier Airlines plane in Atlanta physically fought back after they were stuck without air conditioning. The airline is apologizing to passengers and looking into the incident. NBC News' Tom Costello has more on the moments captured on camera.