Needed supplies. Our live report just ahead. Sabotage. An American Airlines mechanic accused of tampering with the plane filled with 150 people on board. The pilots forced to abandon takeoff with moments to spare. The suspect facing a judge today. What police are saying was behind the dangerous plot. All that, plus, nbc news exclusive. Did you have anything to do with jennifers disappearance . I did not. The First National interview with the connecticut man charged in the missing mother mystery, and the new arrest this morning. On a roll. Serena williams advances to the u. S. Open final. Just ahead, the royal visitor coming to watch her match tomorrow. And cheese whiz. The Green Bay Packers kick off the season with a win over their rivals, the chicago bears. Today, friday, september 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Nice to have you with us. I guess the packers are ready for football. No kidding. Darius rucker had this great quote. My favorite two seasons are football season and waiting for football season. It is here, and everyone is ready for it. The weather once again is a top for us. Hurricane dorian skirting the east coast and on the move north. Torrential rain and high winds are the features of this one. Our team is standing by to bring you the latest. Well start with al because the track is so important. Good morning. Good morning. Lets get right to it. You can see it is spinning. It has not made landfall yet. It is currently a category 1 storm. 30 miles South Southwest of Cape Hatteras, north carolina. 90mileperhour winds. Its forward speed is kicking up, moving northeast at 14 Miles Per Hour. As we look at the watches and warnings, all the way to st. Johns, we have got Tropical Storm watches, hurricane watches for newfoundland and nantucket for Tropical Storm warnings. Exndinfrom ocean city, maryland, to norfolk. And warnings for Cape Hatteras. We are watching this closely. In fact, Cape Hatteras will be the last shot at a landfall. Tropical Storm Force Winds extend 220 miles from the center of the storm. It is asymmetrical, so the 220 miles dont extend to the inland parts. Wind gusts, 46 in washington. Look for 41mileperhour gusts in wilmington. It then possibly makes landfall Cape Hatteras, continues moving into the atlantic. The next land masses that will feel some effects are going to be from eastern long island, montauk, on into nantucket, with winds and then it pushes out into the atlantic. Thats the good news. Then it is finally done with. Here are the impacts. A flood threat, rapid rises for streams. Drainage for norfolk to the carolinas. Heavier rain for cape cod. Rainfall amounts up to 5 inches. Strong winds extend all the way up the coast. Then it is out of here. It is about 50 miles away from nags head, north carolina. Thats where we find nbcs catie beck. How are conditions there . Reporter good morning, al. Hurricane dorian has made landfall in north carolina. We can see the impacts of it coming down now. Torrential rain. Extremely strong wind gusts on the outer banks. The conditions here may be getting worse before they get better. We are really approaching the peak of the storm at this point. Authorities say they are still worried about storm surge and telling everyone to stay indoors and hunker down. The carolinas in the crosshairs of Hurricane Dorian. The worst of the storm bearing down on the coast overnight, bringing torrential rain. Threatening storm surge and whipping win from myrtle beach to the outer banks. Officials urging residents to shelter in place. Everyone needs to stay in a safe place and off the roads. Dont go outside. Things are flying around in the air. The water is getting deeper. Reporter dorian churning over vulnerable, lowlying communities. One area north of wilmington already flooded as the storm approached. Dorians outer bands forming funnel clouds along the shore. One of the tornadoes ripping through an rv park in north carolina, lifting mobile homes and cars off the ground. My camper was tilting over. I said, lord, what in the world . Reporter now just piles of debris. Whoa reporter in South Carolina, a driver abandoning an suv after driving too close to the raging surf. Others riding out the storm in shelters. Hopefully our homes arent flooded. Thats what were hoping. Reporter candice sitner says she was forced to leave her South Carolina home, still damaged after last years hurricane season. We got approved to get it fixed, and here the another hurricane. Reporter all too familiar with what has become an annual drill. You were in this shelter last year. Last year. Reporter same thing all over again. Same thing every year. Reporter authorities start enforcing a curfew last night at 8 00. They say that will continue through noon today giving authorities a chance to survey the outer banks, see the damage and what roads are passable. They are hopeful dorian will make its way out to sea. Al . Catie, thank you so much. Of course, well continue to track it and bring you updates throughout the morning. Guys . Al, thank you. Now, we are going to turn to the bahamas, where the death toll from dorian climbed higher overnight. This amid around the clock recovery efforts. For thousands of survivors, help cannot come fast enough. Morgan chesky traveled to one of the hardest hit areas by the storm. Morgan, good morning. Reporter good morning, guys. Dorian just devastated abaco island, but Marsh Harbour took a direct hit from the hurricane. We flew in just hours after the airport reopened, witnessing the aftermath. Thousands of people still stranded with little food, water. All anxious to evacuate. This morning, a firsthand look at the devastation in Marsh Harbour. A small seaside town in the bahamas left beaten and battered by Hurricane Dorian. We have nothing left. All of our homes are destroyed. We have nowhere to go. Reporter we flew in for a firsthand look just hours after the airport reopened. Greeted by dozens of storm survivors, desperate to get out. We have suffered quite a bit. Dont allow us to suffer any more by staying here another night. Reporter among those waiting to leave, charles moss and his girlfriend. Marsh harbour is home . Marsh harbour was home. We have nothing left. Were trying to find support at this time. Reporter on every street, in every direction, dorians impact inescapable. The airport may be open, but you can see the roads are still completely covered in water on a lot of areas of abaco island, making the relief effort that much harder. Lets go. Reporter days after the storm moved through, rescue still under way. This family pulled from their attic one by one, just in time. U. S. Customs and coast guard helicopters flying nonstop search and rescue missions. Gary lewis, his wife, and onemonthold baby were saved by a coast guard chopper thursday. Water on the roof on all the other houses. I had to hold my baby up for an hour or two, just to keep her from drowning. Reporter other survivors still in a state of shock. We lost everything. Right now, we just, like, are in survival mode. Looks like we were bombed. Everything is gone. Reporter cruise ships recruiting from their normal routes to bring aid. Thousands of meals being delivered to those in need. A lifeline for survivors who are down but not out. First thing we have to do is treat one another, take care of one another, because help is coming. Reporter help is on the way not just from the cruise lines but individuals and relief agencies. The biggest challenge, reaching inaccessible spots. Those people are so resilient, to see them. Look what theyre dealing with. Help needs to be coming fast. If people want to help, and i know a lot of our viewers have big, big hearts, you can go to redcross. Org and, of course, donate. Itd be very helpful. Itd be very helpful. Craig is here with another story, a terrifying one for anybody who has flown before. Terrifying indeed ladies, good morning to you. A major scare at Miami International airport. An American Airlines employee arrested and charged with sabotaging a plane that was about to take off with 150 people on board. Tom costello covers aviation for us tom, what more do we know about this reporter good morning. This happened back in july the mechanic is expected today in a federal court in miami. The fbi launched an investigation, with the help of federal air marshals, that not only leads to serious charges but highlights a very real threat to aviation security. Abdulmajeed marouf ahmed alani is a 31 year veteran of American Airlines with no reported history of trouble on thursday, the Airline Mechanic was charged with damaging, destroying, or disabling an aircraft by tampering with the air data module, or adm, which reports Critical Data to pilots. A boeing 737 like this one was scheduled to fly from miami to the bahamas on july 17th when the pilots noticed a problem on the ground, aborted the flight, and returned to the gate 150 passengers boarded another plane and completed their trip overnight, American Airlines released a statement in part, we are taking this matter very seriously. At the time of the incident, the aircraft was taken out of service, maintenance was performed, and after an inspection to ensure it was safe, the aircraft was returned to Service American notified federal law enforcement. According to Court Documents, the man said his intention was not to cause harm to the aircraft or its passengers instead, he said he was upset over a long simmering dispute between the airline and the mechanics union, and this affected him financially he tampered with the plane to have the flight cancelled to get overtime work. No matter the motive or intent, employees always pose a potential security concern the greatest vulnerability is always the insider threat. The challenge with the insider is they know the system. Reporter no indication which was terrorism related. No indication. It appears to stem out of this frustration over a fiveyear labor dispute. Nbc reached out to alanis family and got no response this idea of an insider attack, how much of a concern is that for federal authorities in 2017, the House Homeland Security committee issued a report warning about the dangers of inside jobs or inside threats involving an airline or airport employee every time i talk to the tsa, and even the airlines, they will tell you, Insider Threats remain a very top security concern. All right tom costello for us in d. C thanks, tom. There have been new attacks on u. S. Troops in afghanistan. One killed in a car bombing and others wounded in an explosion there. Peter alexander is on the story this morning good morning. Reporter good morning to you. It has another violent stretch in afghanistan with three suicide attacks this week. This year the deadliest for u. S. Troops in combat in afghanistan since 2014 a car bomb in kabul yesterday leaving one american soldier and at least ten civilians dead, Dozens Injured another explosion hours later hurt more members of the military, along with some two dozen civilians. A child was also killed. It is the most recent in a series of attacks by the taliban. Coming as washington is preparing to unveil a new agreement with the group jim mattis speaking on msnbc, calling it a signature move of the taliban. They hate ballots and love bullets and bombs. The challenge to the diplomats is enormous, for our folks trying to end this. Reporter the proposed deal would see the phase withdraw of u. S. Troops from afghanistan 5,000 american troops over 135 days in return for the taliban agreeing to enter peace talks with the Afghan Government there are currently about 14,000 american troops in afghanistan the u. S. Has had troops in the region since 2001 when it first took on the taliban regime for harboring the terrorists behind the september 11th attacks nine former u. S. Senior diplomats warned this week that afghanistan could slide into an all out civil war and, again, become a sanctuary for terrorists if the Trump Administration withdrew all u. S. Forces without a Peace Agreement between the taliban and Afghan Government the state department declined to comment. Savannah and hoda . Peter, thank you. Also breaking overnight, the longtime leader of zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has died he was a former guerrilla chief. He took power after the end of white minority rule in 1980. He presided over a country whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections, and Human Rights Violations growing discontent over hi leadership prompted a military intervention and impeachment proceedings. He was 95 years old. An investigation is under way after an air force attack jet accidentally fired a rocket into the arizona desert yesterday. The air force says a jet like this one unintentionally released a single rocket while on a training mission. It was halfway between phoenix and tucson no damage or injuries reported. That Training Area is not designated for munitions release. Turning now to something we love, talking about football thats our song savannah has been saying its a ring tone. I love it. Its the music we love. Nfl kicked off the season last night in chicago, bears taking on the packers see what they do here first and goal rodgers hangs in the pocket. Throwing into traffic, and it is caught for a touchdown Aaron Rodgers rodgers finding jimmy graham in the end zone for the only touchdown of that game the packers go up 73. The bears had a chance to tie it up right here. Two minutes to go in the game. Mitch trubisky, intercepted in the end zone, and green bay holds on to win it. 103 Serena Williams punching her ticket to another u. S. Open finals williams will face andresscu thats the title match tomorrow. If she wins, Serena Williams would equal the Margaret Court record of 24 grand slam singles titles, more than anyone else, male or female, in tennis history. There is also word this morning, we can confirm, that serenas good friend, meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, is on her way right now to new york to be there at Arthur Ashe Stadium to cheer her on this is her first weekend away from the baby. A quick girls trip. Shes going without baby archie, but shell do a yoga class and hang out. A lot of people are seeing serena i cant think how many people are going to be looking around for meghan markle. Bring the binoculars to see who is in the stand. Maybe a good luck charm, too. Mr. Roker, you have a little weather for us. Lets see what else is going on into the weekend. Record highs through florida now that dorian has moved away, oppressive heat through the lower southwest. Look for strong storms working their way through the Western Plains sunshine along the west coast. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good friday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. A live look in San Francisco, some low clouds rolling by and wale get some clearing today, but its going to be cool and breezy there in the city, reaching up to 67 degrees. 85 will be the high in napa, while oakland reaches 73 degrees. We have some upper 70s expected in san jose, and some upper 80s in antioch, as we go into the weekend, well be cooling off with some upper 70s tomorrow. Thats your latest weather, guys. Al, just ahead, well turn our attention back to dorian well have a live update from the hardhit outer banks plus, well talk about the storms impact on the weekend for a lot of people in the south all the way up to maine. 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