Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, august 31st, im betty nguyen alongside Louis Burgdorf. With just 69 days to go, donald trump is set to meet with his first head of state in a lastminute announcement that took the political world by surprise. The Washington Post was first to report that trump and mexicos president will meet today in mexico city. The New York Times reports he will travel to mexico. The post reporting it will be between a fundraiser in california, and a major speech on immigration in arizona. Now last at about 10 30 eastern trump confirmed saying i have accepted the invitation of president Enrique Pena Nieto of mexico and look forward to meeting him tomorrow. The post reports peen yeto extended the offer to trump and clinton and trump pushed for a visit this week. Among those advocating the trip according to reports were Stephen Bannon and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie whose 2014 visit to mexico was a precursor to his president ial campaign. The mexican president added a personal message late last night saying quote i invited the u. S. President ial candidates to mexico to discuss the bilateral relationship. Tomorrow i welcome donald trump. I believe in dialogue to promote the interests of mexico in the world and mainly to protect mexicans wherever they are. From the beginning of his campaign, trump has branded mexico as a source of crime flooding into the u. S. , as he did at a border visit in laredo last july. People are saying oh, its so dangerous what youre doing mr. Trump, its so dangerous what youre doing. I have to do it. I have to do it. What danger are you talking about . Theres great danger with the illegals and were just discussing that. But we have a tremendous danger on the border with the illegals coming in. Have you seen any evidence here to confirm your fears about mexico sending its criminals across the border . Yes, i have. And ive heard it. And ive heard it from a lot of different people. Now Democrat Hillary Clinton has also received an invitation to visit president pena nieto whom she last met with in 2014 but so far no meeting is planned. In response to trumps visit a spokesperson said donald trump has painted mexicans as rapists and criminals and promised to deport 16 Million People including children and u. S. Citizens. He has said we should force mexico to pay for his giant border wall. He has said we should ban remittances to families in mexico if mexico doesnt pay up. What ultimately matters is what donald trump says to voters in arizona, not mexico and whether he remains committed to the splitting up of families and deportation of millions. Trump has had a volatile relationship with mexicos leaders over the past 14 months of his candidacy. Publicly taunting them for saying they will not pay for his promised border wall, including a charge back and forth with former president vicente fox. The president of mexico yesterday, or the expresident , whatever, whoever, who cares, he said we will not even consider paying for the wall. You ready . Whos going to pay for the wall . [ crowd chanting mexico ] who . [ crowd chanting mexico ] 100 . I declare, im not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. He should pay for it. Hes got the money. Democracy to crazy people that do not know whats going on in the world today. In march current mexican president pena nieto said trumps tone was how mussolini got in, how hitler got in. He said the comparison was a call for reflection and recognition. The visit comes at a low point for the mexican leader. A poll earlier this month found his job Approval Rating at just 23 with a 74 disapproving. The lowest level since he took office back in december of 2012. The mexican president has stood firm against trumps proposals while seeing the need for a strong relationship if he turns out to be the next president. Under no circumstances would mexico pay for that wall . There is no way that mexico can pay a wall like that. But any decision can be taken for the government of the United States. We have to make it very clear that development and prosperity in the United States is built necessarily through the prosperity of its neighboring countries. We also have to bear in mind that the security of the United States is linked with the security of its neighboring countries. This is what we have been doing with the u. S. Government. We have a relationship of coordination, collaboration and cooperation in the area of security. Betty this morning the Islamic State groups second in command has reportedly been killed. The terror groups news agency announced the death of Abu Mohammed Al adnani, killed while surveying operations to repel the military campaigns against aleppo and the pentagon could not confirm his death. But said quo ligs forces were carrying out air strikes targeting him near the border of turkey. Now al adnanty is perhaps best known for issuing the proclamation for lone wolves to kill westerners in september of 2014. Joining us now msnbc Foreign CorrespondentAyman Mohyeldin. He was an extremely high value target to the United States actually one of the top on the list with 5 million bounty on his head. What does this mean if this is actually confirmed . Well the significance of it is that it has been confirmed by isis news channels. And thats kind of rare for the organization to come out so quickly and acknowledge the death of one of its most senior officials. There is a certain degree of validity and truth to that. But the significance of it for the organization can really be seen on two fronts. The longterm and the shortterm. Theres no doubt in the shortterm this is going to have a significant impact. The organization within the organization, he was seen as a person who oversaw its external operations. He inspired attacks. He was also a tactician, a strategist. You would see him on the battlefield given the fact that, you know, according to this claim by the news agency, he was out on the battlefield surveying the operations that isis was engaged in. So to give you a sense that he wasnt just an inspirational figure and somebody who would just put out these recordings but somebody who had a tactical perspective within the organization. So thats going to be a huge setback for isis. But in the longterm weve seen isis have the ability to generate new leadership when other ones have been killed. So this is going to be a significant setback in the shortterm, but in the longterm, you can imagine that isis is going to have a new generation of leaders that would be willing to step in and fill that role at some point. Ayman mohyeldin, thanks so much for your reporting on that. Hillary clinton spent last night fundraising for a third day in the upscale beach towns of the hamptons in new york. The final stop was a starstudded affair. Hillary clinton danced with sir Paul Mccartney while Jimmy Buffett played cheeseburger in paradise at his home. The night reportedly ended with the former beatle, buffett and jon bon jovi singing hey jude. But while they danced inside, more news made a splash outside about her use of private emails. The state department revealed yesterday it has found as many as 30 additional emails from her server that may be related to the benghazi attacks. Those emails come from the cache of 15,000 the fbi had to recover forensically, but some could be duplicates. And later today the fbi may release their report they handed over to the Justice Department, not recommending charges, which could include agent notes. And in florida, senator marco rubio easily won his republican primary. He walked away with 72 of the vote over his top challenger. Come November Rubio will face congressman Patrick Murphy who won the Democratic Senate primary with nearly 60 of the vote. Donald trumps running mate mike pence tweeted a photo of his phone call congratulating him on the win. Kasie hunt also caught up with rubio after his victory and asked him about what florida voters see in donald trump. You once said that donald trump is going to make america orange again. Is that the kind of person youre trying to convince floridians to be president now . Look hes not running against george washington. Hes running against Hillary Clinton. But, it was one of the most dishonest people to run for president , im running for the senate and thats an independent branch of government, and one that has an Important Role in our constitution and i cant wait to get back there. Nice reporting by kasie hunt there. Meanwhile questions are being raised as to whether senator rubio still has president ial ambitions. During an interview yesterday he wouldnt commit to serving out a full sixyear senate term. No one can make that commitment because you dont know what the future is going to hold in your life personally or politically. I can commit to you this, that is that if i am running to be a u. S. Senator. I am fully prepared to allow the u. S. Senate to be the last Political Office i ever hold. In the senate i will fight for you every single day. You compare that to senator rubio, who just yesterday said no one can make a commitment to a sixyear term. Well guess what, senator . Ive got two words for you, i can. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz also won her primary last night with nearly 57 of the vote. She fended off her Bernie Sanders backed challenger tim canova but canova wasnt ready to concede. It isnt over till its over and ill start off right now by saying im not quite ready to concede anything yet. This is a still maintain that what this is about is were fighting for american democracy. This has been a rigged system, and everyone knows it. According to a reporter from the Miami Herald Canova later said quote i will concede Debbie Wasserman schultz is a corporate stooge. There you go. Some tough words there. Wow. Okay. Still ahead, new video showing hope solos reaction to her latest suspension from u. S. Soccer. Plus, more legal problems for Singer Chris Brown after an hours long standoff with los angeles police. Those stories and a check on the weather when we come back. [ yes. Yes. ] uhhh, youre really getting the hang of this. Anncr want feedback that helps . Verified reviews. Another reason to join angies list for free. This new ac guy is not that good. No hes not. Anncr. need a job done right . Search toprated providers on angies list. Join for free. So, shell be bingestudying. Ng. Get back to great. Th week 50 off all backpacks. Office depot officemax. Gear up for school. Gear up for great. Welcome back. Time to get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, hurricane lester, hurricane madeline, all kind of heading towards hawaii. Yeah. Those two definitely have hawaiis attention. While we are in the southeast u. S. And even on the east coast all watching whats going to happen in the gulf of mexico. The new advisory from the National Hurricane center. There are some changes, new warnings and the forecast track has shifted. Affecting millions of more people than what was expected yesterday. So let me get into the details. First thing were watching the storm. Its still out over the open waters of the gulf, thankfully it hasnt strengthened. Its gotten a little bit larger but the winds havent picked up as of yet. I mean, were lucky that this is not turning into a beast of a storm. Because with this forecast path going to affect millions of people. We want it to remain as weak as possible. It has 48 hours to intensify, after that it really shouldnt. What has changed. Tropical storm warnings are now in effect, this is the tampa area. The orange is a Tropical Storm warning north of tampa to cedar key back across the northern portions of florida, apalachicola, panama city. So yesterday things werent looking too bad in panama city, apalachicola. Forecast has shifted a little bit further to the west and it looks like more of a direct impact in the tallahassee area, too. So were going to have to watch that. The yellow is Tropical Storm watches. Let me give you the new forecast path from the hurricane center. Still tropical depression. They believe by 1 00 a. M. , probably about later today, 5 00 p. M. Named hermione and take that storm towards tallahassee. 65mileperhour winds, thats not enough to do a lot of significant damage so thats good. But still we will get some storm surge problems through the big bend back to tampa. Notice how far inland this track is now. North of savannah to charleston, direct hit South Carolina, and all through north carolina. Notice the winds dont diminish. If anything it could intensify as it comes back off the coast. For all of those areas we have to watch it. Finally whats also interesting is that the cone does now include eastern long island, rhode island, and all the way up to the boston area. The forecast path still has it going offshore but there are some computer models that take it back toward new england later on saturday into saturday night. So a lot of things to watch. The biggest thing, though, is we need this thing to stay weak because it looks for certain to affect millions. Going to be a wet Holiday Weekend for a lot of folks. Most of it will be gone by saturday afternoon. But, its going to be interesting. Okay, bill, thank you. The embattled governor of maine hinted yesterday that he may step down amid calls for his resignation only to just hours later reject the idea. In a radio interview Governor Paul Lepage apologized for threatening a state lawmaker last week and openly questioned whether he was still up to the task of governing. Im looking at all options. I think some things ive asked to do are beyond my ability and im not going to say that im not going to finish it. Im not saying that i am going to finish it. If ive lost my ability to convince the maine people thats what we need and thats the type of people we need in augusta, then you know, maybe it is time to move on. All right. But hours later, lepage appeared to back track tweeting regarding rumors of resignation to paraphrase mark twain the reports of my political demise are greatly exaggerated. Lepage also announced that he would be meeting later today with a lawmaker he threatened. I want to look him in the eye and apologize if i have to. But at the same token, i think he owes me a little bit of an apology so i think meeting facetoface we might be able to resolve things. If we cant, we cant. Then we move on. State Democratic Leaders continue to call for lepage to resign after he blamed maines Opioid Crisis on blacks and hispanics coming from out of state. However, maine House Republicans decided to stand by lepage choosing not to take any action against the governor. More than 1,000 residents in indiana are scrambling to find new homes after finding out the soil outside of their housing complex is highly toxic, in an incident being compared to the flint, michigan, water crisis. The east chicago residents were nfd last month about the Dangerous Levels of lead and arsenic in the ground. At the time mayor Anthony Copeland told residents they would have to move out and the complex would be demolished. But the Chicago Tribune reports the Environmental Protection agency says not all residents will be displaced as they try to clean the contaminated soil. Meanwhile the northwest indiana times says last month mayor copeland accused the epa of withholding data about the contamination found in the soil. The paper says that the mayor told the agency that early tests found excessive levels of lead in the blood of hundreds of children. The agency told the paper that in retrospect, spikes seen in the initial soil data and more inspection of it could have resulted in action being taken sooner, and they now have 70 people working the site. Really scary story for those children. All right lets turn now to some entertainment news. R b Singer Chris Brown was arrested yesterday after a woman called police claiming he pointed a gun at her before he was taken into custody the lapd spent hours in an Early Morning standoff with the musician who was demanding that they get a warrant before they enter his home. Brown took to social media to claim his innocence, in a profanity laced tirade against the media and police. You all aint doing nothing but giving me better publicity. Have you seen my house . Im going to barricade myself in a palace. Im not coming out. For what . I aint did [ bleep ] i aint going to do [ bleep ] and its all going to be [ bleep ] police black lives matter. Worst gang in the world, the police. And i said it. What i do care about is yall defacing my name as a person and my character and integrity. I am a father, i am one of the best entertainers out here without saying woe is me i dont get enough credit. The singer is currently facing a charge of assault with a Deadly Weapon he previously pleaded guilty to felony assault in an unrelated case and still ahead the world continues to weigh in on colin cappkaepernic National Anthem protest. Plus tim tebow works to impress the scouts and skeptics during his big audition at batting practice. Well let you know how that went when were back in a moment. Hous crazy to open a