Systems in the wake of hurricane ma flee wra. Those storyies plus mark sug berg caving to organize. Are prince harry and Meghan Markel about to make a debut. And fergie on our plaza, today, friday, september 22nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. Weve got craig here. And a great concert outside to look forward to. Looking forward to fergie. We have breaking news this morning. Were going to start with hope amid the rubble in mexico city. Earthquake survivors are still being found. We want to get right to nbcs miguel almaguer. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is the most active search site anywhere in this country. Overnight, there were several rescues. At this hour crews are still digging through the rubble. They refuse to give up hope. This morning, this is the sound of hope. Three days after mexicos massive 7. 1 earthquake. But the rescues here are happening less often. And today, more victims will likely be pulled from the rubble. My cousin is there. Reporter this girl is desperate to find her cousin ivan. Buried alive at work he is likely somewhere under six stories of concrete. We need information. Any type of information. Reporter confusion has rattled the country. Rescue teamed said three children were alive here trapped under three floors of debris. But the mexican navy says classmates are accounted for. Inside this courtyard, the center of the rescue efforts, theres a clear sense of urgency, a race against time for first spanners who havent slept or eaten in days. Their job couldnt be more dangerous. Teams crawling through small crevasses, where windsupport beams could collapse at any moment. Now, the school may collapse on the workers below, looking for survivors. Diageo says that it was ugly when it came down. People were covered with blood. 11 children were rescued, they refuse to walk away. The drama playing out live across mexican tv for a nation praying for survival. Overnight, there have been rescues. At this factory, three said to be saved. But up to four more may still be inside. Nearby another race against time. Five taiwanese citizens among the missing. And now, looking for a car buried beneath debris. We yelled if youre in the car, bang three times, he says. And thats when they heard knocking. The building that christian and Wendy Alvarez lived in has crumbled to the ground. Our Worst Nightmare has come through. Our building is no more. This morning, heartbreak is faces. This man lost his brother. But today, asks his country to please stay strong. With the rescue efforts continuing at this hour, the official dtheath toll is now approaching 300. Rescue teams from around the world, including los angeles, are now here. They say the chances of survival diminish after four days in the rubble. They are racing against time here. Savannah . Incredibly important work. Kim jongun personally responding to President Trump for the First Time Since that controversial u. N. Speech. In a fiery address of his own, the north Korean Leader labeled trump a mentally deranged u. S. Morning, craig. This is the first time any north ko a kim jongun trumps threats personally. Hes been rattled. Hes rattling the world with a new threat of his own, of a nuclear test explosion over the pacific. From north korea, a unique threat. And from kim jongun, a first message in english, vowing to make President Trump, quote, pay dearly. Calling deranged dotard or senile old man, that word trending online for his threats in his speech to the u. N. On tuesday. Rocket man is on this mission for himself. Reporter calling that a personal insult, kim said trump was a rogue and gangster playing with fire. His minister putting more fuel on the fire, threatening to test a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. The war of words is deepening. Sanctions escalating. President trump ordering new ones. North Koreas Nuclear weapons and Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world. Reporter the president also praising china i want to say and thank president xi of china. Reporter for ordering its banks to stop business with north korea. But sanctions havent stopped north Koreas Nuclear tests. Conducting its sixth and largestmonth. Were not going to run scared. If for any reason north korea attacks the United States or our allies the u. S. Will respond. Period. Reporter talks seem remote. President trump isnt closing the door. Is dialogue still possible . Reporter but a Nuclear Threat in the pacific, has raised this crisis to a new and dangerous level. And that war of words escalating this morning, with President Trump tweeting kim jongun, who obviously a madman who doesnt mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before. Well china this morning, is calling on the u. S. And all sides to stop irritateing each other. One minor but immediate result of this escalation is a growing threat to the Winter Olympics in south korea in just over four months. France this morning, becoming the first country to say it will stay home if security there cant be guaranteed. Craig . Savannah . Bill neely in london for us. Thank you. Breaking overnight, iran responding to the president , announcing plans to boost its missile capabilities. President hassan ra haney was speaking at a military display, where a Ballistic Missile was on display, capable of several hundred miles. The iranian leader said quote, we will not seek permission from win to protect our country. The u. S. May decertify, get out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal. Now, to Hurricane Marias relentless devastation with more likely to come. Right now, damaging winds and flooding rains are lashing turks and caicos. Were looking at the storms trail of death and destruction in puerto rico and other parts of the caribbean. Al has the latest on marias track in a moment. Lets start with Gabe Gutierrez who remains in san juan for us. Gabe good morning to you. Reporter craig, good morning. This Historic Building in old san juan was being restored. Now, its collapsed. Puerto ricos infrastructure is decimated. The power is out to virtually the entire island. The confirmed death toll throughout the caribbean by maria is at least 18. But local reports suggest it could be much higher. Hurricane maria causing new problems for a new caribbean island this morning. Heading to turks and caicos unleashing another round of destruction. Now heading forth after ravaging the Dominican Republic and puerto rico. In san juan, blktrees and tree block streets. We just cleaned the streets. Reporter from irma. From irma. And now well clean again. Reporter throughout the island treacherous flooding is making it difficult to evacuate. Others walking through waisthigh water. Some have been left stranded in the storms wake. We rode along with the National Guard and the islands governor as they rescue residents in the coastal down of luisa, that is under water. Communication on the island is shattered. Under the government is having trouble getting aheld of local officials and his own parents. Our people are resilient people. Reporter back in washington Sonia Sotomayor is asking for prayers, saying she has not heard from her family. The need for power is growing dire. Nearly 3. 5 million are in the dark. People lining up at gas stations hoping to get fuel for zwren generators. In dominique virtually all communication to the outside world has been cut off. The island now, a wasteland. Vegetation ripped from the ground neighborhoods destroyed. The death toll throughout the caribbean, likely to rise. This is new, dramatic video of a rescue off the coast of puerto rico. The u. S. Coast guard and the British Royal navy plucking a woman and two children that were trapped on an overturned vessel. 115mileperhour winds and 20foot waves. The concern, now, is for the rest of the island communicating with the rest of the island. Many loved ones in the u. S. Mainland have not been able to communicate with relatives here in puerto rico. Rag craig . That is remarkable. That brings us to al. Maria out there, still hitting hard. Were going to be talking about this into next week unfortunately. This is the latest on what we have on maria. Lashing turks and caicos. 125mileperhour winds. It strengthened overnight. Moving northwest at 7. Its forward speed has slowed up. We have hurricane warnings for turks and caicos. Tropical storm watches for the bahamas. Hit drops down to a category 2 storm by tuesday morning. Wednesday, its just off between the Cape Hatteras coastline and bermuda. Heres what weve got as far as steering currents. A big high of pressure east of bermuda. Big high over the great lakes. It looks like it will slide between those two. Most of the ensemble models will keep it offshore. But for the most part, it should stay offshore. We have another system that will come in and bring storms in. We think we are out of the woods. Were cautiously optimistic. We have to watch this thing into next week. Theres a lot more to get to this morning, including new developments in the russian scandal. Bowing from the pressure come from Congress Mark zuckerberg says he will turn over thousands of russianlinked political ads that appeared on the social network during the president ial campaign. Kristen welker has the latest on that. Good morning. Reporter craig, good morning to you. For months facebook has been under mounting pressure to be more transparent after revelations russia used its platform to med until the 2016 election. Now, the decision to release thousands of ads marks a major shift that could im the russia probe. But some lawmakers are asking this morning, is it enough . This morning, facebook is facing new scrutiny over its role in the 2016 election. I dont want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. Thats not what we stand for. Reporter founder and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg announcing the giant, plans to turn over 3,000 russianlinked ads to congress. And special counsel robert mueller. Those ads with a price tag of 100,000 pushed social issues from race and gay rights. Showing new evidence of russias influence in the campaign which u. S. Intelligence Officials Say was designed to show political chaos, help President Trump and hurt hillary clinton. There was certainly, we know a plan from putin and the highest levels of the kremlin, to influbsence our elec was everything from facebook ads. Reporter zuckerberg acknowledging, more russianlinked ads may come to li may find more. If we do we will continue to work with the government. Reporter but facebook wont release its findings publicly. Zuckerberg says the company will hire 250 new staffers to ramp up scrutiny of krizadvertisers. We wont catch everyone immediately. But we can make it harder to try to interfere. Reporter before facebooks announcement on thursday Michael Bloomberg insisted the company must do more to combat foreign influence like this. They have a responsibility. And if they say, we have no other way to do it than have a human being read every message, im sorry. You have to do that. Reporter the top democrat praising facebooks move as an important first step but says more questions need to be answered. The americans deserve to see what is being used in a political campaign. And we need to know if that content is being driven by a foreign power. Reporter and this morning, a kremlin Spokesman Says russia didnt use face pook to trybook to med until the 2016 election. The president is tweeting about it. The russian hoax continues. Now its ads on facebook. What about the biased coverage about crooked hillary. Twitter executives are going to capitol hill to discuss whether theyre platform was manipulated by the russians. Kristen, thank you. Now, to a maker err milestone for the u. S. Marine corps. The marines will have a female infantry officer. The lieutenant is scheduled to graduate with on monday. She has completed all of the graduation requirement in the services course. Its seen as one of the most difficult in the military. Al is back now. Is his plaid jacket. Summer ends today, theoretically, at 4 05t in one more time. Lets show you what we have as far as your countrys weather. Were looking at a september cooldown and some snow in the mountain dances and upper elevations up west. Record highs later today, through the ohio and Mississippi River valleys. And a gorgeous day up and down the west coast. Were going t. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Were in the final hours of summer. Its going to female like summer even after fall arrives just after 4 00 this afternoon. Sunshine, 82 degrees for the warm day in philadelphia. 85 degrees. New jersey youll see a few clouds partly sunny skies, 83. Enough sunshine to warm temperatures into the 80s at the shore, too. It stays dry at the shore. Look at the Lehigh Valley. 84 along with delaware this afternoon. The humidity stays low. And thats your latest weather. Guys . Al thank you. Coming up, the nations largest drug store chain announcing a big change to address the opioid crisis. What it means when you fill a primgs prescription. A growing safety crisis in this country. 911 outages. 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