well, i did in my youth, because i was raised in savannah, georgia, in statesboro, georgia, by presbyterian scots who believed in the standing stones and time travel and the occult and ghost and psychic phenomenon and astrology and tarot cards. so i was raised, that was what i call my embedded religion. >> does it work? >> well, i don't know whether it works or not. >> but you knocked off a couple of people with hexes. >> i did put hexes on people, but you can also call it spells or prayers or wishes. i didn't wish them to be knocked off. i wish them only to suffer what they had caused me to suffer. >> so it's justice? >> yes. so if you're in washington, for instance, look at how many people wish other people ill in washington, d.c. and i cannot tell you how many people, my friends, who don't believe in this, have begged me to put a hex on donald trump. and i don't do it anymore. i'm not doing it. it's over. >> one of my producers, she said n washington, no one's late for an execution. when somebody goes down like tom price, there's a sort of, it ain't me. let's talk about your husband who

michelle: the state department is warning not to visit cuba following sonic attacks at the embassy in savannah. they ordered half of the staff to leave the country. the sonic attack started in november and affected 21 members. >> happening now the search is on for several men who stole a uhaul truck and tried to take an a.t.m. from nationals park. richard reeve? richard: they stole the truck and drove it here to nats park. they tried to take out an a.t.m. machine and it didn't work. now the police are looking for them. >> it sounded like an explosion. a wakeup call and a robbery in one. >> it's a strange place to steal an a.t.m. >> that is the focus of the joint investigation. >> they did in the a.t.m. multiple times. >> they backed in the a.t.m. and knocked them on the ground. >> they stole this truck and the rental lot across the street. >> they were knocked around but they remain intact. that alerted the nationals employees who sounded an alarm. >> the thieves fled empty handed. >> no one said criminals were smart. if they were smart they wouldn't have to do it. >> now this entire neighborh

savannah guthrie. savannah, you joined actor adam scott. the two of them played this game called who wears the fancy pants in honor of her new book. let's take a look at her answers. >> what about will or jada? >> jada. >> jada. >> yeah, exactly. what about matt or savannah, who wears the pants as the work couple? >> savannah. right? >> oh, thank you. what are you asking me? i think we share pants. that sounds so wrong. you think matt wears the pants? he's, you know, a lot older than me. >> i do love that answer. love that. >> why are we playing that answer -- >> we wear the pants equally. >> yes, exactly. >> congrats on being number one on "new york times" best seller number two week in a row. >> thank you. >>> speaking of success stories. are you going to do a click. >> no, we're going to do that after. jimmy's here and jimmy is here to talk about his musical "escape to margaritaville" going on tour and then going to broadway. do you know how big of a deal that is? it's that way, by the way. >> that's a good thing to know. >> no, i get go

>> jada. >> matt or savannah? who wears the pants as the work couple. >> savannah, right? >> are you asking me? i think we share pants. >> you do? >> that's so wrong. you think matt wears the pants? he's a lot older than me. >> i didn't love that answer. >> why are we playing that answer? >> we distribute the pants equally. >> one pant leg, exactly. >> by the way, congrats on being number one on "the new york times" best seller list, twice in a row. >> are you going to do a click? >> we'll do it after. >>> jimmy is here. and he's here to talk about his musical, "escape to margaritaville" is going on tour and then to broadway. you know how big that deal is. it's that way, by the way. >> that's a good thing to know. >> thanks, matt. i mean, i get goose pimples now. it's been a long kind of process that actually makes this happen. >> it's a boy meets girl story? >> uh-huh. >> are you the boy? is this representing your life? or just being inspired by your music? >> like other things, there's portions that come from reality. and other parts are made up. >> wow. >> how long has

from dusky sunsets over this pruning savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. well across north america over the last couple of days we've seen the cold front coming in which is certainly introduced cooler fresher conditions to many eastern areas and the weather system has also given maria. tropical storm rita a shot at the atlantic along with hurrican lee so what's going to happen to those two systems well they refuse to die and that's for certain looks or they're going to get swept further out into the atlantic that's what we got two storm systems then they get caught up in the jet stream and get if you like sucked into this or general weather systems which move in across western europe this time of year course getting into heading towards october going to be the thirtieth anniversary of the great storm of one thousand nine hundred seven across the u.k. is it going to be anything like that well we don't think so but never lesser is potential and i'll take the systems off and just show you the pressure pattern and you see these bull's eyes developing over the

. >> matt lauer and savannah guthrie have a preview. good morning to both of you. happy friday. >> happy friday to you, as well. coming up, we'll talk about the crisis in puerto rico, this morning, why much-needed aid simply sitting untouched in containers at san juan's port. we're there live. >>> and ahead on "rossen reports," the game-changing test that could maybe football safer for kids. >>> and a cool friday concert from music sensation camila cabeo. back to you. have a great, great weekend. >> you, too, see you at 7:00. >>> ten minutes before 7:00. we'll take a look outside at the wilmington skyline. sun starting to come up there. look at the temperature. 56 degrees. that's in the philadelphia area. i'm not sure what it is in the wilmington area. ibm? >> it's cooler. most of the area is cooler. philadelphia, warm at 56. 40s for some of the suburbs. there's philadelphia. hard to see the flags, with the skies brightening up. there's a little bit of a breeze. not as strong as yesterday. the cool, dry air moving in, keeping us clear this morning. spring city, pen

matt, savannah? >> thank you very much. >>> we'll pick it up there and talk about this desperate scramble for essentials in puerto rico. more than a week after hurricane maria, food, fuel and water remain in short supply. nbc's gabe gutierrez remains in san juan for us. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. puerto rico's governor says the department of transportation has set aside $40 million to repair puerto rico's roads, but that part of the recovery seems a long way off. the more pressing need right now is this desperate water crisis. it's not so much an issue of supply as it is one of distribution. this morning, puerto rico's water crisis is deepening. while the floodwaters have receded, it is the lack of drinking water that's now ravaging the island. >> really hard. it's really hard because we don't have anything. >> reporter: betsy is desperate, collecting fresh water from the side of a mountain for her children. if you had a message for the federal government, what would it be? >>

savannah guthrie, starting with you. did you? >> i think -- first of all, generally, i've never played hard to get. i'm always too available. i'm that person. however, given the moment in my life when i met my husband, i think i wasn't playing hard to get. i was hard to get because i really was scared to be in a relationship. i think it kind of worked because we're married now and have two, cute kids. >> let's go this way. >> here at jhud productions, we want what we want when we want it. i get straight to the point on anything in life. >> you were like, hey, i want you? >> i mean, if i'm after you, you're going to know it. >> wow. >> straight to the point. >> do you like if he's full-court pressing you, or a guy who takes a step back? >> in the beginning, you should be on it. later, give me some space. you know? >> yeah. >> i can't beat that. i was my husband's -- at the time, i was his tour guide in college. that's how that happened. >> wow. >> we'll leave that alone. >> story for another day. >> did deborah roberts play hard t

matt and savannah? >> gabe, thank you very much. >>> maria is spinning off of the coast of north carolina. we're going to get to al's forecast in a moment. let's go to dylan. she's in nags head on the outer banks. >> maria is making its closest approach to the outer banks of north carolina. the storm is 140 miles to the east. but tropical storm-forced winds are 250 miles from the eye of the storm. because of the winds, schools are closed today. it's not safe for the buses to be out in these conditions. ahead of the storm, they evacuated about 10,000 visitors to the outer banks. and they worked hard to build up the sand dunes to protect against coastal flooding. on the western side of the storm, there's not much, if any rain. it's very dry. but the biggest threat is from the storm surge, down in hatteras. they had a three-foot storm surge that flooded parts of highway 12. maria will pull away from the coast. but the threat remains for the entire east coast for dangerous rip currents. if the sun is out, i

from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. it's been raining again in northern argentina right up to the pompous actually to southern brazil the figures haven't been huge you might think not streak of cloud there it's been very wet but no one's been reporters just under fifty millimeters in twenty four hours in concordia but it will be the same sort of area in the next twenty four hours the rain started i think breaks out fragments but there's a line you can follow about through bolivia and towards peru and there are still showers up in the northwest of brazil which you might expect at this time the going is there is back in the sunshine come thursday at eighteen degrees north of the continent and a lot of cloud here throughout the caribbean factor the focus of probable shower seems to be cuba and jamaica and maybe haiti as well and that lines to extend that to and towards nicaragua it'll be there for the next couple of days but the smaller islands of the both we would and leave would allow it to get showers the next day or so

savannah? >> that's good to hear. tammy, thank you. >>> five months after she was found living with her alleged kidnapper in california, elizabeth thomas is breaking her silence. thomas and her former teacher, 51-year-old tad cummings, were the subject of a manhunt after she disappeared with him in march. she tells "the columbia daily herald," she has no regrets about leaving town, though she says she wasn't the right thing to do. thomas is living with her brother, who is homeschooling her. she takes she doesn't like strangers to speculate about her personal life. cummins is in prison awaiting trial. >>> it was a wedding day that a couple from canada will never forget. not just because of the beautiful ceremony. brittany cook and clay cook, in a park, posing for wedding pictures. clay noticed there were three kids playing by a creek. when he looked again, there were only two. he went over, he saw one of the boys struggling to get out of the water. clay jumped in, pulled the soaking wet child to safety. the little boy

savannah de savary is the founder and chief executive of built id. welcome, thank you for coming in. tell us why you started this.|j started tell us why you started this.” started built id because in real estate who you know still dictates what you know, so i was working for property developer in new york and we needed to know what sort of interiors appealed to hot tech start—ups like google and amazon, because we wanted to attract them to our buildings. finding that inspiration and then finding out who was behind it was incredibly difficult, because i rarely i needed a rolodex of contacts to reach out to, and even if you have spent decades curating such a network, you're still having to call up somebody at a company and he reaches out to his network and asks them, it is frustratingly time—consuming. out to his network and asks them, it is frustratingly time-consuming. so it is very people based, the property sector still not very tech savvy, largely? property sector still not very tech sawy, largely? the property sector is one of the last hit

from the 165th air lift wing in savannah, georgia, thank you for watching. good night. >>> tonight, island good night. a frightening and familiar sight in the oakland hills. flames force peoou >>> right now at 6:00, a frightening and familiar site in the be oakland hills. flames forcing people out of their multimillion dollar homes including several members of the warriors. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening thanks for being with us raj mathai. >> jessica acquire. we have been tracking this developing story on aaron online six hours now. finally good news. fire crews have the upper hand. the fire broke out around noon near campus drive and caller avenue. sky ranger was overhead as the flames forced people out of homes. air tankers did water drops to protect the homes. >> the ground battle was swift and intense. ultimately no homes were damaged. but there were plenty of rattled nerves, considering the history of the location and this heat wave. we have team coverage for you tonight. let's begin with jodi hernandez near the fire lines. jodi. >

reporter: is there a report that savannah is withdrawing a lot of personnel, what would you make of that? mr. rubio: we have over two dozen american diplomats that have suffered diplomatic injuries and right now we want ensure the safety and security of much of our personnel there. reporter: are you saying you're satisfied with the way the federal government responded prior to maria's landfall? or did fema get caught unprepared for what happened? mr. rubio: i don't know the answer to that. i think that's something we'll have to look at in the future. and determine whether we were fully prepared for it. i think one of the challenges again was prepositioning assets there is not as easy as some might think. getting these -- we just lived through a hurricane in florida and we had this invasion of these trucks that come in from all over the country to restore our power and it took nine, 10 days in many communities to be able to do it. getting that many trucks into puerto rico would not be easy. because you'd have to barge them. in assuming they were available, given the fact that they were al

♪ >>> a c-130 on the ramp here in savannah awaiting its next mission. before we go, my time on the ground in puerto rico was short but don't have to be there long to understand the depth of the need. essential things in life from making a call to buying a gallon of gas to getting enough food and water are a struggle there. brings me to the national guard, we traveled with into the hurricane zone. some full time and some part-time guardsmen but all answering this important call to duty to deliver food and water and other essentials to fellow americans in need. we know the people of puerto rico are grateful and we're grateful to the men and women of the georgia air national guard. thanks for being here. thank you all from being here as well. 165th air lift wing in savannah, georgia, i'm lester holt, that's "nbc nightly news" for this tuesday night. thank you for watching. good n woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, recording tonight from savannah, georgia. >> good evening from the 165th air lift wing. making way back from puerto rico, stopping in savannah where the national guard continues to launch round the clock relief flights into the hurricane zone. puerto rico is where we start tonight as its governor warns of impending humanitarian kries s, issues a plea for more help, reminding us they're americans in need. president trump is speaking out and defending his response to the disaster that's left the island mostly in the dark, short on food, clean water, cash and reliable communications. gabe gutierrez remains there with the latest. >> reporter: temperatures approached 100 degrees today. a stifling heat. nearly 12,000 people still in emergency shelters and half of puerto rico doesn't have drinking water as army corp. of engineers is now tasked with rebuilding the island's power grid. tonight in puerto rico, lines are long and tempers short. >> i need to get out of here. why? because we feel desperate. not just me, scary situation.

what's happening here in georgia, savannah, they have got an air wing that's essentially coordinating all the national guard relief flights into the area, that's what we flew down on, they're loading c-130s with cases of water and supplies, they get them down there, then fema takes care of the distribution. the operation was up about five days ago, it becoming a round the clock one, they're staging national guard units from all across the country. you'll see the names of different states on the different aircraft here, on this 4 1/2-hour flight to the hurricane zone and then 4 1/2 hours back. so it's an impressive operation, and as the president has noted, it is an island, some have likened it almost to the buerli air lift. it's the most efficient way to get aid to the island. >> i imagine having no power means no cooling for a lot of citizens there. are they prioritizing the elderly or the very young? are they making plans to move large numbers of people, or are they making plans to get some of their power and their electrical grid back online. >> they're bringing a few people out, i

minister today as an ongoing investigation continues into mysterious attacks on american diplomats in savannah. at least 21 u.s. diplomats have suffered physical symptoms including brain damage and hearing loss since late last year, as a result of what tillerson has described as health attacks. u.s. officials believe the attacks may have been carried out with some sort of sonic device, but have been unable to determine the cause or who was behind them. cuba has denied any knowledge or involvement. in alabama, voters are heading to the polls for a special senate election for the seat once held by attorney general jeff sessions. president trump is supporting senator luther strange, tweeting this morning that strange has been shooting up in the alabama polls in his words, since my endorsement. --ish the job, but today, or for big luther. strange as being opposed by roy moore, known for publicly displaying the 10 commandments and opposing gay marriage. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie

savannah? >> bill neely, thank you. >>> form former in the morning congressman anthony weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. as the sentence was read, the 53-year-old dropped his head and wept. in may, he pleaded guilty of transferring obtain pearl to a minor. he was married to huma abedin who was an assistant to hillary clinton. weiner has to report to prison to begin serving that sentence. he has been entered into a sex offender treatment program. >>> breaking overnight, police say a palestinian attacker opened fire in the west bank, killing three israelis. it happened early this morning at the entrance to an upscale jewish settlement. two israeli security guards and one border policeman was killed. another person was wounded. the 37-year-old suspect was shot and killed by police. officials say the gunman blended in with day laborers entering that community. >> a wildfire is forcing hundreds of evacuations in california. the canyon fire has the burne

. >> we'll check in with matt lauer and savannah guthrie with a preview. >> hey. >> good morning. >> good to see you both. coming up on a tuesday, few player protests. this time before the national anthem on monday night football. the controversy not going away. in fact, spreading to other sports. we'll have the latest. >>> also ahead, the fierce battle that amazon has sparked between cities all across the country. we'll tell you why. >>> then the legendary robert redford will be here. we'll talk about his onscreen reunion four decades in the making with another icon, jane fonda. >> all that and more when we get started on a tuesday morning. back to you. >> redford and fonda, wow. >> thank you. >> look forward to that. >> not too slouchy. >> yeah. >> by the way, vai, 24 of the world's best golfers will be here today, as well, on our plaza. the president's cup starts. we've got team usa and the international team here on the plaza. >> aka, lauer heaven. >> exactly. >> right. right. can't wait. thanks. >> all right. >> how about that? we'll take you to the poconos. sunrise beautiful. w

with the sun barely up, this corner of the savannah international airport in georgia was alive with the sounds of vital provisions being loaded aboard national guard transports a hub of an aerial lifeline providing humanitarian aid that takes on added meaning for these crews. >> we spend most of the time trying to do this overseas, over in a war zone. to be able to do it back home and help out our fellow american citizens here after some of these hurricanes, it's pretty rewarding. >> reporter: for this crew of this puerto rico national guard c-130, their mission this weekend was personal >> it's been a sacrifice not to be with my family, but mission comes first. so we are ready to just go back, see our families, then head back to the states or whatever to get the supplies. >> reporter: you can see the ramp is lined with planes from national guard units across the country, kentucky and texas and missouri this c-130 belongs to the rhode island national guard. we'll be traveling on this one to san juan after a brief stop in st. croix they're loading water and meals ready-to-eat once airbor

hi, savannah. >> hi, lester. there is breaking news tonight out of washington where a third republican senator has now come out against the latest gop bill to repeal and replace obamacare. that's enough no votes to doom that bill. this comes hours after protests erupted inside the capitol, some demonstrators in wheelchairs dragged from the hearing. our capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt was there for the dramatic moments and has all the late details. >> reporter: after an emotional day of protests and dozens of arrests, the last-ditch republican effort to repeal obamacare apparently dead tonight with senator susan collins of maine announcing she's a no after the nonpartisan congressional budget office said late tonight that millions more would lose coverage. this bill will have a substantially negative impact on the number of people covered by insurance, collins wrote in a lengthy statement. with only 52 republicans in the senate and rand paul and john mccain also voting no, there's no path forward. earlier to

from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. tropical depression that never developed much more than that went across high now and yesterday and the clouds you can see has gone across into vietnam a lot of rain came from that in six hours not form and we just fell off the coast but that's going to dissolve disintegrate and do its darndest to make people rather too wet in northern thailand probably me and in the next day or so and vietnam still got the feet of the most suggesting more showers on that coast there's a big gap until you pick up shanghai under these green is repetition of rain has been falling recently more than a month's worth in one day fell a couple days ago which of course is the real problem shanghai has had a wet summer and that line is developing once more so i think the potential for flooding is going to be realized it's still hot to the south of forty one is forecast in the future that really is quite outstanding in hong kong thirty four humid degrees otherwise though fairly dry they do expect the rain bands

matt, savannah? >> bill neely. thanks. >>> there's a lot more to get to this morning including overnight developments of a deadly church shooting in tennessee. a gunman opened fire, killing one person and injuring several others. kerry sanders is outside antioch with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. overnight, the alleged gunman was in court and charged with murder. police say that they have now recovered four weapons. two pistols from inside the church here and a pistol and rifle from the alleged gunman's car parked right over there. >> why did you do it? >> reporter: overnight, the accused church shooter in handcuffs and taken to jail. police say emanuel sampson opened fire in this church. >> a level-one mass casualty incident. >> people were running and hiding. >> reporter: inside, witnesses say the masked gunman never said a word. >> he was just shooting. >> reporter: this parishioner rushed to help the wounded. >> i grabbed her shirt and started to put pressure on her. >> reporter

. >>> it is due east of savannah, georgia. as it pushes north, it will start to have impacts for the north carolina coast. we have tropical storm watches and warnings out for the eastern coast of north carolina. the good news, it is expected to stay weak. we don't expect any more intense fiction as it goes north. it will come into blocking mechanisms. this is good news. it prevents it from getting too close to the u.s. to actually have a direct land fall. we are still expecting to have impacts, however, john, most of those will be incredibly dangerous rip currents. storm surge 2 to 4 feet, as well as the potential of tropical force winds along the coast. >>> the president this morning writing a lot about the nfl and his players kneeling during a national anthem. he wrote just a few minutes ago, many people booed the players who kneeled yesterday which is a small percentage of the total. these are fans who demand respect for our flag! >> it is clear players had a plan how they were going to show they were unified after presiden

good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. this was a massive church just outside of san juan, with a congregation of 3,000 people. maria just shredded this building. the confirmed deaths have been 29 throughout the caribbean, 13 here in puerto rico. urgent need right now, power and phone service. that is hampering recovery efforts. a communications breakdown. this morning from jaw-dropping lines at gas stations, to heartbreakings recues in isolated mountain towns, puerto rico is an island in crisis. >> everything is find. >> reporter: a community completely cut off when hurricane maria washed this bridge away. we saw families wading through rushing water to escape. holding on to a dead power able as a lifeline. they're anxious to get across. this woman tells us everything on the other side is devastated. we rode along with fema search and rescue teams from south florida, as it made its way to the central part of the island greg has worked hurricane s harvey, irma and now maria. this is a disaster on many parts of the island.

. >> matt and savannah, do you have a favorite in philly? >> a favorite -- >> i used to work on cityline avenue down there. that area i like. in terms of cheesesteak? >> yeah. >> my husband's from philly. we're pat or gino's. i don't remember, we're wit, not wit-out. >> perfect. >> i can't remember. >> we like both the key players here. >> that's right. >>> coming up on a monday, the players, president, and growing anthem protests. where does the controversy go? we'll talk about that. >>> ahead, the future of driving live right outside our studio. we'll take a spin in the first self-driving car to feature completely hands-free technology. >>> then on brain power today, the secrets to using your mind to influence everyone from your co-workers to your children. >>> and you won't believe the new skills our puppy with a purpose charlie has picked up. we get started on a monday morning. ladies, back to you in philly. go, eagles. >> absolutely. >> all right. awesome game. >> sorry. >> thank you. >> all right. >> sorry, matt. >> sorry not sorry. >>

after the semi desert of ethiopia and the savannahs of kenya. conga was other worldly wash. just like my home country of like beera. leaf good green mountains, the same landscape in liberia and the same sense of abandonment that comes from having a population ravaged by years of opinion i pointless lazy. hundreds of boys trolled the streets where nowhere to go. downtown building were marked with holes from rockets and grenade. the only car's are the white u.n. suv vans. what struck my most in bukabu were the women. as i drove into the city, i passed women i had known all my life they were old will with huge bundle offed bamboo sticks on the back. market women in colorful dresses, huddled at the side of the remarked selling oranges, eggs, not -- they were young girls sitting in from of huts, bathing their little brothers and sisters in rubber buckets. no electricity was anywhere around. but one ten-year-old girl dragged a bucket of dirty creek water up the hill to her husband so-so she could wash her four-year-old sister. this their women i had green up with in liberia. the w

from dusky sunsets if you spring savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. welcome back across much of southern china in taiwan the weather conditions are fairly quiet at the moment being see this massive cloud moving away from the philippines being very wet here the last twenty four to forty eight hours and that whole system is going to move further towards the west towards high now and eventually into parts of northern vietnam hong kong too will be on the northern edge of that system so heavy showers are likely so as move the forecaster into monday you can see that system getting into vietnam also some heavy rain the on the along the yangtze river valley further south though for taipei it may be rather cloudy but it should be largely dry for southeastern parts of asia generally we've got to find conditions across much of the philippines for the time being scattered showers across borneo and then some showers begin to push in across java and bali so bit of a change there through the midday potential we have bright conditions for singapore in kuala lumpur on

united states and on air force i, if he gives me a chance, i'm going to be able to talk to him about savannah port, jobs for our area and things that are good for our country. when these sports teams get an invitation like that, it would be good to say instead of just the picture and cameo appearance, we'd like to have a real meeting to talk to you about some of these issues. >> guys, we have to leave it there. i'm out of time. i got the wrap. sorry. ron brownstein, jack lamont hill, this conversation is not going away. we will have you all back. authorities say a beach is imminent. puerto rico facing a new emergency as residents below this dam are told they got to get ot of theut of there. we'll take you live to puerto rico when we come back. he's on his way to work in new mexico. willie and john both work for us, a business that employs over 90,000 people in the u.s. alone. we are the coca-cola company, and we make much more than our name suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and all of ou

i'm going to throw it back to savannah sellers who is out there someone. savannah. >> water station -- >> i think we have a little microphone issue, but one of the things she was talking about is one of the issues global citizen is tackling this year is drinking water. and i think we have her back. >> hi there. >> what's the deal with the drinking water situation here at this concert? >> comcast nbc universal have these water stations out here. it's almost 90 degrees out here today. it's also as you guys know one of the big goals of global citizen to get everyone across the world clean drinking water. so come get it if you're out here. >> coming up, we'll be talking to two inspiring people who live the mission of global citizen. they'll tell us about their effort to improve the live of women and girls living in poverty. >>> do you want to be more involved and help end extreme poverty by 2030? >> well, sign up to be a global citizen and you can help people all around the world. >> go to global citizen dot org right now and register. >> a big thanks to our f

and myself along with savannah sellers is right here with me from msnbc's stay tuned. since i've never been here, she's done it before. tell us what this is all about. >> absolutely. he convince med to wear the shades. yeah, we're out here. this is my fourth year out here. it's cool. the gates are about to open up at 2:00 p.m. people will start flooding in. we're here until 10:00 p.m. stevie wonder closing it off with pharrell joining him later. 60,000 of the people, they're not paying for tickets to be here. they have taken some type of action in order to get to that goal of irrad indicating extreme poverty by 2030. >> again, alex, it's going to be an amazing day out here in central park. we're on the great lawn fuchlt didn't get your tickets yet, i don't know if can you still get out here. at least can you stand on the barricades to hear the biggest acts in music and celebrities. and it's all about irrad indicating extreme poverty by 2030. they already have those poverty numbers in the last several decades. really an extraordinary feat that the global citizen has don

did you hear savannah's voice? after that i was, like, no. >> you're right t nev, it never old. >> especially when you think it's helium. >> would you know what to do if an earthquake hit? should you go outside? should you stand under a doorway? jeff ross is going to answer those questions and more. >> plus where's meghan? will we see prince harry and g meg meghan markle make their debut? >>> good saturday morning, it is 5:56 with a live look outside, quite a few cars on the road on this chilly morning. thanks so much for joining us. rob mayeda is here with a look at the microclimate forecast. the first saturday of fall, and it feels like it. >> it does. you need the jackets this morning. folks waking up to the mid-40s, in the north bay now, san francisco, clear skies, 55 degrees, no fog, dublin at 47 degrees, san jose in the low 50s. out to the sierra for the temperatures this morning. 27. >> oh. >> yeah. you have snow up there last couple days. cool, dry air settled into northern california. despite we have 40s n

did you hear savannah's voice? after that, i was like, oh, no. >> you're right, it never gets old. >> so funny. >> especially when you think it is helium. your voice is going to go here, and it is really here. >> what if mine never goes back? >>> still ahead, would you know what to do if an earthquake hit? should you go outside? stay under a doorway? jeff rossen is going to answer those questions and more. >>> we girlfriend meghan markle make their public debut in canada? >>> a double take, sometimes a triple take. first, these messages. >> announcer: this is a news 4 today newsbreak. >> hi. good morning, everybody. the time is 7:26 on this saturday, september 23rd. i'm angie goff. take a look at this picture if you have a second. metro transit police need help finding this guy. lawrence harris. they say he's accused of touching a woman's thigh on a metro train in july. records show harris was arrested four times in the last three years for sex crimes against female riders. >>> and we are working for you in the com

did you hear savannah's voice? after that i was, like, no. >> you're right t nev, it never old. >> especially when you think it's helium. >> would you know what to do if an earthquake hit? should you go outside? should you stand under a doorway? jeff ross is going to answer those questions and more. >> plus where's meghan? will we see prince harry and g meg meghan markle make their debut? >>> good saturday morning. i'm rosemary connors. it's just a few minutes before 7:30. it's a warm one out there. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking some summer like temperatures. krystal. >> yeah, rosemary, check these numbers out. 68 in northeast philadelphia right now and 64 in dover. a little cooler in areas like po pottstown at 79. maria we're already near 70 in the afternoon we're talking temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. radar and satellite not a thing to track today. we stay dry, mostly sunny conditions with temperatures rising into the 80s today. by tomorrow flirting with 90s in some areas. >>> developing now, poli

savannah? >> bill neely in london for us. thank you. >>> breaking overnight, iran also responding to the president announcinging plans to boost its missile capabilities. president hassan rouhani 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 announcement comes after the president blasted iran at the u.n. and suggested the u.s. may decertify and get out of the iran nuclear deal. >>> now, to hurricane maria's relentless devastation with more likely to come. right now, damaging winds and flooding rains are lashing turks and caicos. we're looking at the storm's trail of death and destruction in puerto rico and other parts of the caribbean. al has the latest on maria's track in a moment. let's 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

savannah? >>incredibly important work. >>> kim jong-un 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. dotard. bill neely has the latest on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. this is the first time any north korean leader hazarded a international audience. kim jong-un says he trump's threats personally. he's been rattled. he's 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 jong-un, a first message in english, vowing to make president trump, quote, pay dearly. calling him a personally 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 a gangster, pla

. >> savannah guthrie and craig melvin. >> hi, ladies. >> good morning. >> coming up this morning, the search and rescue operations in mexico and puerto rico. they're both growing more desperate. we'll be live with the latest. >>> ahead, a new rossen reports investigation on a growing safety crisis 911 outages. your calls going unanswered. why the problem has gotten especially worse in one major city and who officials are blaming now. >>> all that, plus a great way end to the week. fergie live in concert on our plaza. there she is now. >> sound check. >> yes. as we get started on a friday on "today." >> fergalicious. >> my gosh. >> a good time had by all. >> well put. see you at 7:00. >> ferg-fantastic. >> keep going. >>> cape may as the sun gets ready to come up. man, a beautiful weekend at the shore especially for the vendors along the boardwalk. there were rainy weekend this summer. now they'll have an extra summer weekend -- >> extra bonus week of summer-like weather. fall arrives this afternoon. the last morning we're getting ready for the last sunrise of summer. what a beautiful

from dusky sunsets if it's pruning savannah. to sunrise the top in metropolis. long spells of rain pushing across turkey over the next few days course much of the middle east stays fine and dry lots of hazy sunshine hot sunshine for baghdad temperatures still getting up to around forty celsius forty one celsius there in kuwait city looking at a high of around twenty nine in by route places sunshine across that eastern side of the but it's friday and more of the same as we go on. without rancor just push across the black sea coast northern parts of the possibility of a few spots of the right coming through at this stage well maybe getting up to forty three celsius in kuwait city and warm sunshine too right across the arabian peninsula still a childs of little more cloud into southern areas of amman but nothing much to speak of for the most part. will be the order of the diet chance of a little more cloud just around the gulf of aden and northern parts of the region here just pushing down to the southern end of the red sea so the passes south africa also seeing a

mcmaster was on with savannah guthrie and matt lauer this morning and they tried to drill down on whether he's been asked for his personal communications. >> have you or your lawyer been contacted by the special prosecutor's office for evidence? >> this is not my area offense expertise, but we're also focused on very important meetings between two nations two whose sovereignty has been affected. but no, i have not. >> you have not received any contact from the special counsel's office? >> i have been busy with other things and have not been contacted. this is what i'm concerned about and i really have no basis to have your questions on this other topic. >> savannah guthrie and matt lauer, they do it so well. >> but there are indications that at least sort of circumstantial indications that the mueller team is seeking perhaps phone records, records of contacts, from white house staff, to reporters and to others outside the white house and making lists. >> we know how that freezes things in the white house. >>> an update on that dramatic rescue, the efforts s in mexi city. thank you so much

think about it as i think it was savannah guthrie who used that analogy of being able to buy a porsche. do we all have access, does the government guarantee that por a porsche says they have to sell to anyone who wants to buy would not? sure. but if you only make $60,000 a year, it's very unlikely that you can affordporsche. >> and there has been serious push back on that point. lindsey graham telling you that garbage if people say it does not protect people with pre-existing conditions. so the question now, is it going to pass? >> it could. it might not. but it might. and republicans are trying to figure that out right now. it will come down to the same people we talked about last time. it will be the senators from alaska, a lot of concerns here. because remember, this bill basically takes all the money for the medicaid expansion for obamacare subsidies and writes new formulas for how it will be distributed to the states. typically red states win, it's a broad generalization. but alaska is a special case because delivering health care that remote is very difficult. so they are trying