And not for the faint of heart, the kickoff to the 2019 wingsuitflying World Championships where the height, sights, and speeds are out of this world early today starts right now good monday morning. Im Frances Rivera. And im p dornans dorians devastation is causing a crisis in the bahamas the northernn ruins. At least 44 people are dead, and that death toll is expected to rise significantly as many as 70,000 people are now homeless bahamas paradise cruise lines has been helping transport stranded bahamians by taking them to florida. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is there with more on the rescue missions. Reporter phillip, it doesnt matter which direction you look, there are signs of mother natures incredible power. Most people this morning have decided to leave this area, and those that have stayed behind are making plans to get out. After days of chaos and panic, an orderly exodus from the abaco islands for the weary and fatigued. I cant wait to get out of here. Whats it been like the last couple of days in this nightmare . Terrible. Terrible reporter as relief ships organized by the bahamian government are offloaded in the Marsh Harbour women and children. Reporter those ships then become ferries to nassau, that island virtually untouched by the hurricane. Its very destroying for us, you know we lost everything we dont have nothing. Ive got to step up as a man for my family and then move on. Reporter tens of thousands of survivors are expected to eventually make their way to the capital island, some hoping to continue on to florida. Ive got a visa ive got a usa visa. My boy, hes got a visa. So youre going to go to the United States . Yeah, i want to go. Reporter by sea and now by air, Delta Airlines providing relief flights from Marsh Harbour. I think were going to be doing this systematically for as long as is necessary over the next several days to get people out into safety. Reporter survivors fear life as they know it is over. Well, abaco is my home, and i was devastated, but i feel happy that were going to a new place. We can rebuild. Reporter government Officials Say it remains difficult to get a clear picture on how many survivors are still on the abacos and on grand bahama vanity martin, heartbroken thank god for life because a lot of my friends have died. Reporter they have refrigerated trucks that are now makeshift morgues, and theyre filled already with dozens of bodies phillip. Imagery is devastating. Kerry, thank you Congress Heads back to work after a fiveweek recess lawmakers have a packed agenda from gun control to the border wall first, the fight to prevent a government shutdown. Nbcs Craig Boswell joins us with the latest from d. C craig, congress will have about three weeks to strike a deal to keep the lights on. Indeed, frances good morning good morning, everyone not much time to get that done theres a long legislative list of things to do when lawmakers return this morning. As you mention, not much time to get it done. Reporter lawmakers returning to capitol hill today still undecided on how to address gun safety legislation republicans say theyre waiting on President Trump. Were in the going to vote on bills on the senate floor that the president is not willing to sign the president needs to step up here and set some guidelines for what he would do reporter the president had voiced support for strengthening background checks. Theres a great appetite, and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks. Reporter then backed off after talks with the nra a series of Mass Shootings last month left 22 dead in el paso, texas, 9 in dayton, ohio, and 7 killed in odessa, texas. The odessa shooter failed a background check our bill would make sure that state Law Enforcement is promptly notified when someone fails a background check. Reporter democratic senator chris coons says he is talking with republican counterparts and the white house about new background check legislation a letter from the Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer places background check legislation, already passed by the house, atop the todo list, as well as securing 2020 elections from russian interference lawmakers have three weeks to fund the government. Current legislation runs out september 30th hanging over all of this is a possible push by many House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Craig boswell, nbc news, washington hot on the heels of his feud with will and grace star debra messing, President Trump is picking another fight with celebrities. This time, hes singling out singer john legend he called the couple out in a tweet storm that was seemingly in response to lester holts justice for all special on msnbc. The president touted his efforts to reform the criminal Justice System and said, quote, boring Musician John Legend and his filt mouth wife Chrissy Teigen didnt help. Chrissy sarcastically saying, it is an honor, mr. President and john legend said, imagine being president of a whole country and spending your sunday night hate watching msnbc hoping somebody, anybody will praise you. Talks are at a standstill after President Trump called off a secret meeting with the taliban at camp david planned for yesterday. Negotiations were cancelled in the wake of a deadly attack that the taliban claimed credit for now, the administration is facing bipartisan backlash over the timing of the proposed talks. Nbcs hans nichols has more. Reporter americas preparing to inflict more pain on th plo matt on all five major reporter americas top dip sunday morninge 9 11 anniversary it was a useful effort to try and get all of those parties in one place so that we could have serious conversations about how to reduce americas risk. Reporter the president dramatically called off the meeting after the taliban admitted to a car bombing in kabul that killed Army First ClassSergeant Ellis barreto, the 16th u. S. Combat death this year in afghanistan. How many more decades are they willing to fight, the president tweeted. But the u. S. Has also been hammering the taliban, which harbored al qaeda. In the last ten days weve killed over a thousand taliban. Reporter the plan to host taliban leaders at camp david angered some republicans no member of the taliban should set foot there, ever, tweeted representative liz cheney. And democrats. You dont treat this like some kind of game show when youre dealing with terrorists. Reporter just last week, the president claimed he could win the war in afghanistan in a week, but at a tremendous cost to life. If im willing to kill 10 Million People in the course of a week or two, we could win that thing very quickly. Reporter though the peace talks appear over, mr. Trump has a history of restarting negotiations after calling them off. Trump is a risk taker in that respect, and i think you can make a case that these risks are worth taking. Oued that he wants to bring that number down, to 8,600 as part of a peace deal, but today that decision is being reviewed, and pompeo seemed intentionally ambiguous about how many troops would remain meanwhile a spokesperson for the taliban says that they will continue to fight to put an end to the total occupation of afghanistan. Frances. All right, hans thank you. Jeffrey epstein is spurring a reckoning at some of the nations most prestigious universities even after his death. This weekend a top official at Massachusetts Institute of technology resigned after several reports detailed his Financial Connections to the alleged sex trafficker joichi ito stepped down as director at the lab at mit and also left a visiting professorship at harvard in a letter to the community, the president of mit promised an investigation into epsteins donations. New allegations this morning surrounding the case of Harvey Weinstein and how critical Gwyneth Paltrow was in bringing allegations against him forward. Ron mott joins us with more. Good morning good morning, frances a new book out tomorrow reveals among other things that the actress Gwyneth Paltrow played a much more active role in organizing voices against her onetime mentor, the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein before sexual abuse allegations surfaced publicly against the hollywood produce Harvey Weinstein, one of his most prominent performers, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, was quietly working behind the scenes to expose her mentor as a predator, this according to an article in the New York Times about an explosive new book set for release this week called she said by times journalists jodi kantor and megan twohey, whose reporting helped inspire the me too movement. In an interview on cbs sunday morning, the reporters discussed paltrows role in building the momentum, sharing her own story and recruiting other actresses to speak that momentum eventually resulted in criminal charges against weinstein who goes to trial early next year in manhattan. She did play a much more active role than anybodys ever known, but it was hairraising for her because Harvey Weinstein had been such an important influence. Reporter paltrow told radio host howard stern last year that weinstein sexually harassed her in a hotel room in 1995, and how her boyfriend at the time, the actor brad pitt, confronted the producer what he did was he leveraged his fame and power to protect me at a time when i didnt have fame or power yet. Reporter another detail revealed in the book, according to the times, two years before the bombshell accusations against his brother, Bob Weinstein also confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment for his misbehavior, writing in a letter, you have brought shame to the family and your company through your misbehavior. If you think nothing is wrong with your misbehavior so in this area, then announce it to your wife and family. Weinstein, the times also reports, mistakenly viewed his brothers problem as a sex addiction and eventually abandoned his attempts to intervene. Lawyers for Bob Weinstein told nbc news in a statement that harvey promised bob he would take his advice and seek help but apparently never did they say bob was unaware of allegations against harvey for nonconsensual sexual behavior before they became public. Frances . All right ron mott for us. Thank you. Breaking overnight, an urgent searchandrescue mission is under way in georgia for four missing crew members they were on a south korean tanker when it capsized just 80 miles south of savannah. 23 crew members and one pilot were onboard the ship, which is longer than two football fields, was carrying a shipment of hyundai and kia cars when it overturned and caught fire 20 people were rescued, but officials had to put the rescue efforts on hold after the fire and smoke became too much. Once salvage professionals have determined the vessel to be stable, we will identify the best option to continue our rescue efforts for the four crew members who remain onboard. That ship was on its way to baltimore at the time. Its unclear why the ship capsized it is a new week and a new outlook weather wise good morning good morning. We have a small area that will see Severe Weather this afternoon. Thats minneapolis into the northern half of iowa. We have 5 million at risk. Should be in and out fairly quickly. Also, a big headline this morning, our first frost advisory here for utah those are going to be in the upper 20s but fairly warm throughout your afternoon. For the rest of the country, were watching the heat continue to build across the south with daytime highs into triple ud co throughout your afternoon. After the Severe Weather, a quiet week. 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Yes, i believe you are talking about trumps tweets, but ill start with a threat for tech companies. Google and facebook showing market dominance, and whether it is stifling competition. What weve seen from state investigations in the past, theyve proved a powerful force, bringing big tobacco and forcing big payouts, not to mention taming mortgage lending practices. Watch out for that turning to the index, one banker is proving that it is possible to track the president s tweets and look at market implications. Jpmorgan launched the index, named after the tweet from the president , when arguing for the merits of the index. Jpmorgan says there have been 10,000 tweets from the president since taking office with an accelerating pace. Often as many as a dozen a day increasingly, theyre also market sensitive, often on trade and monetary policy, and imme