The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning Recovery Efforts are under way in mexico where an unknown number of people are believed to be trapped in buildings that collapsed during the earthquake. The president is urging people to remain calm, but the death toll is climbing. At least 248 people were killed by the 7. 2 magnitude quake. 44 buildings collapsed in mexico city alone. Nikki battiste reports. Reporter rescuers are working through the night searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit yesterday afternoon. At this hour theyre used wheelbarrows to dig through. Dozens of others are missing. Family members rushed to the scene looking for loved ones. Searches wrote silence on the buildings with spray paint so they could search through the rubble. Hes looking for his cousin. The only thing they have told us is to go to the hospital to verify if our family has gone there. But our family have gone there and we dont have news on our family members. Mexico citys mayor said in the capital alone at least 44 buildings came crashing to the ground. Mexicos president enrique peno addressed them. He said this earthquake is a hard test and painful one for our country. Many businesses and schools around the area were going through earthquake drills. Nikki battiste for cbs news, new york. And cbs news radio correspondent Adrienne Bard is in mention colorado city. Adrienne, you were there when it hit. Tell us what it was like. Reporter well, annemarie, it was absolutely terrifying. This one felt strongerlet at my home it kept getting stronger. I could hear things falling from shelves. Outside you could feel the ground rolling and vibrating. That sounds absolutely terrifying. I know the sun has not come up at all at least thus far. What are authorities telling people to do . Are people still searching through the rubble even through the night . Reporter there have been rescue efforts ongoing all nighting and in some cases they have pulled people out alive, and in some cases unfortunately theyre pulling people out not alive under all this rubble. Theyve been told to stay put if they can, dont hinder the rescue workers. The balanambulances need to get through. But obviously those whose buildings have been damaged are sleeping in shelter and a on th sidewalks. Well, adrienne, i appreciate hearing from you and glad youre okay. Now to the dangerous Hurricane Maria thats expected to run over puerto rico later today. Its outer bands are already being felt. Officials warn it could hit with force not ever seen before. Yesterday it hit the Virgin Islands with sustained winds at 165 miles per hour. Maria is potentially a catastrophic storm. David begnaud reports from san juan. Reporter people in puerto rico wasted no time in getting ready for the islands impact. The shelters can accommodate 150,000 people. Puerto ricos governor went door to door in a floodprone area where as much as 18 inches of rain could fall. What have you told the people of puerto rico as to how serious this going to be. This is the most serious storm in puerto rico. Reporter myra sanchez and her family have hunkered down. Most of the structures in puerto rico are of comment and commentroofs, so were pretty shelter here. Reporter theyre expected to lose 100 of electricity which could leave them without power for days or weeks. Reporter some residents caught the last flight to florida. Everybodys scared. People are fighting for water. They dont have water. Reporter governor rick scott has warned people to be prepare. Governor scott also reminded them of the storm. There are 2 1 2 months left to Hurricane Season. Eric fisher of aour sister station wbz has more. Now it is puerto rico in the path. So were taking a look at a tight core of the storm, but that corpasing right over puerto rico as we head through the morning, so the strongest winds crossing the island. Hopefully everyone here in a safe shelter. This is going to be a very high impact storm, perhaps the worst the hit the island since 1928. Thats the only time a category 5 has made landfall on record f after that, those winds will also be strong on the coast of Dominican Republic and then a track that takes it closer to the bahamas, especially the turks and caicos as we look toward the end of the week. You can see the packet throughout the Hurricane Season as you look at the islands. Harvey took a track through the south. Ir ma through the nourktd and south and very few areas across the caribbean have been untouched by Hurricane Season. Up on the list, two of the strongest storms ever passing through the atlantic. Along the eastern seaboard this weekend well be watching carefully as it may approach the east coast as we head toward the middle of next week. Im eric fisher for cbs news. Ahead, the heatelatest on Hurricane Maria. Depending on your vurks President Trumps speech was bold or outrages. Mr. Trump made clear his american policy taking aim at the regime in north korea. The scourge of our planet today is those which violates every principle of which unites nations is reached. Reporter President Trump warned north korea and iran must be stopped and the u. S. Is not afraid to use military force if necessary. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allieallies, we will have n choice but to totally destroy north korea. Reporter the president then used his newly coined nickname for north korean dictator kim jongun. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and his regime. Reporter he accused iran of terrorism a terrorism. We will stop islamic trichlt because we will not allow it to tear up our nation and indeed tear up the entire world. Reporter mr. Trump implied he might pull out of the iran nuclear deal. A decision is due next month. Frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the United States and i dont think youve heard the last of it, believe me. Reporter closer to home mr. President called cuba and venezuela failed estates. We are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. Major garrett, cbs news. Some backlash over the latest republican effort to appeal the Affordable Care act. Several republicans say they are opposed because their states would suffer billions in spending cuts. Theyre confident but acknowledge theyre not sure they have the votes to replace the measure. States could obtain waivers allowing them to do with insurance safe fwards such as forbidding insurers to charge higher premiums based on health status. In baton rouge, louisiana, the white man accused of shooting two black men last week says his client vehemently denies guilt. Police say hes charged with firstdegree murder and charged with shooting into a balm familys home. Surveillance detail and dna link him to the crime. Five member of a Football Team face felony charges for an attack on a teammates. Craigle turned himself in. Last year he and others taped the victims hands and sodomized him before dumping him in a park. Coming up on the morning news now, photo outrage. Nurses at a Naval Hospital pose inappropriate pictures with babies on social media. And tennis Champ Serena Williams writes a touching note to her mother. This is the cbs morning news. It can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. 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Heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. Alex hits it deep into right center field, and gone. Alex gordon. That home run by kansas citys alex gordon broke the Major League Seasons home run record. It was the 4,967th home run record in 2017. There are 12 more days to play this season. And the florida keys are slowly opening back up for business after hurricane irma. Restaurants are welcome back customers but some are only offering limited menus. Many businesses are still making repairs and it will be a while before the keys are ready for tourists. Power is up fehr 98 of the upper keys and 76 of the lower keys. Coming up on cbs this morning, bobby moynihan, star of the new comedy, me, myselfing and i joets join us in studio 57. Im annemarie green. This is the cbs morning news. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . 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Mexicos president urged people not to panic. And a powerful Hurricane Maria is expected to slam into puerto rico this morning with 165mileperhour winds. Overnight maria hit the u. S. Virgin islands. Puerto ricos governor warns residents maria could hit with as for and violence the kun island has not seen in generations. Paul manafort was the target of an fbi investigation. As jeff glor reports it included electronic surveillance of the former Trump Campaign chairman. Reporter cbs news learns the surveillance on Paul Manafort occurred last year. According to the former u. S. Official it included intercepts about the campaign. It included conversations between man fort and mr. Trump. The recordings are now part of Robert Muellers special investigation which appears to be intently focused on man fort. Just last week manafort spokesman jason maloni appeared before grand jury. In july they raided his condo by reportedly picking the locks to get in while he was asleep. How would you characterize it . Very aggressive. He says investigators may be pressuring manafort to give up information in exchange for leniency. What to prosecutors do to pressure someone to cooperate sf. Doing exactly what theyre doing now. Search warrants. Search warrants, interviewing everyone around him and advise him hes about to be indicted. In a statement for mr. Manafort they called on the department of justice to release any intercepts involving him and any nonamericans claiming, quote, there nothing there. Manafort has been under legal pressure before. In 1989 he was accused of being part of a scheme to steer millions of dollars to well connected republican operatives through a new Jersey Housing project. During a congression alg hearing the well connected lobbyist was pressed to describe what his job entailed. You could characterize this as influence. Senate Intelligence Committee leaders abruptly canceled a meeting between Michael Cohen and an investigator. The Committee Later invited cohen to appear at a public hearing next month. Jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. On cbs this morning we ool talk to u. N. Ambassador nikki haley about whats next following the president s bold deal and the iran nuclear deal. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thank you for watching. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com utter devastation in mexico the morning the death toll continues to rise after a powerful earthquake, strikes the capitol, now the search is on for survivors. Meanwhile people in puerto rico and u. S. Virgin island are bracing for Hurricane Maria dire warning from the islands governor. Students in methacton has the day off again we will update you on the teachers strike entering the third day, it is wednesday, september 20th, good morning, everyone im jim donovan. I ams natasha brown, rahel is off. New jersey shore is certainly feeling the effects of hurricane jose, feeling his strength, as the storm continues to impact the coast rine. Waves crashed into sea walls during last nights hig