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Most of puerto rico still without power and Communication Systems in the wake of Hurricane Maria. This morning chilling new images of the destruction. Dramatic new rescues and what maria has in store for the entire west coast. Those stories, plus, Marc Zuckerberg caving to congress in the russian investigation. Prince harry and Meghan Markel about to make a debut . And fergie on our plaza, today, friday, september 22nd, 2017. Announcer 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. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, 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. Nobody here ready to quit. 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 maria 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 teams said three kherpb 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 Responders who have not slept or eaten in days. Their job couldnt be more dangerous. Teams crawling through small crevasses, where support beams could collapse at any moment. Now, what is left of the school is threatening to collapse on the 700 workers below still looking for survivors. Diageo says that it was ugly when it came down. His teachers were covered in blood. On campus, 25 have died. 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. So many have lost so much. The building that christian and Wendy Alvarez lived in has crumbled to the ground. I see it. Reporter our Worst Nightmare has come true. Our building is no more. This morning, heartbreak is written on so many faces. This man lost his brother. But today, asks his country to please stay strong. At this hour still a very active rescue scene across this area. The death toll stands at 300. That number will likely rise and search teams all across the country says they will continue their search as long as it takes. Savannah and craig. Doing incredibly important work. Miguel, thank you very much. Another major story this morning, kim jongun personally responding to President Trump for the First Time Since the controversial u. N. Speech in fiery address as his own. 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 has addressed an international audience. Kim jongun says he takes 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 him a mentally deranged dotard or a senile old man, that word treading 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, playing with fire. His foreign minister adding more fuel to the file threatening to test a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific ocean. 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 largest this month. 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. Though President Trump is not 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 is 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 irritating 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 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 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. Communication systems are down and 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. Tearing through turks and caicos, unleashing another round of destruction. Now heading forth after ravaging the Dominican Republic and puerto rico. In san juan, trees and tree block streets. We just cleaned the streets. Reporter from irma. From irma. And now well clean again. Hopefully today and tomorrow we will start cleaning 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 town of loiza, that is under water. Communication on the island is shattered. Under the government is having trouble getting ahold 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 that live in puerto rico. The need for power is growing dire. We are going one day at a time. Reporter nearly 3. 5 million are in the dark. People lining up at gas stations, hoping to get fuel for 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. It had reported a distress call. 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. Craig . That is remarkable. Gabe tkpwaou teaaire out there for us. Thank you. This is the latest. 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. Saturday morning it continues its trek and drops down to a category 2 storm by tuesday morning, and its just off on wednesday 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. There are a few that brings it into the carolinas. 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. Were still going to have to watch this thing into next week, guys. Al, thank you. Well come back to you in a few moments. 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 try and meddle in the 2016 election. Now, the decision to release thousands of ads marks a major shift that could impact 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 social media 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. Adding new evidence of russias influence in the campaign, which u. S. Intelligence Officials Say was designed to show political chaos, to help President Trump and hurt hillary clinton. There was certainly, we know, a plan from putin and the highest levels of the kremlin, to influence our election. We now know it was everything from facebook ads. Reporter zuckerberg acknowledging, more russianlinked ads may come to light. We may find more. If we do, we will continue to work with the government. Reporter but facebook wont release its findings publicly. Instead zuckerberg says the company will high 250 new staffers to ramp up scrutiny of advertisers and transparency of who buys ads. 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 potential 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 the political content that 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 facebook 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 in favor of crooked hillary. Twitter executives are going to capitol hill to discuss whether theyre platform was manipulated by the russians. Kristen welker, thank you. Now, to a maker milestone for the u. S. Marine corps. For the first time in its 250year history, the marines will have a female infantry officer. The lieutenant is scheduled to graduate with her allmale peers on monday. She has completed all of the graduation requirement in the services 13week officer course. Its seen as one of the most difficult in the military. Al is back, now. And so is his plaid jacket. Yes, it is. Summer ends theoretically today at 4 05, and i thought i would get it 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 mountains and upper elevations up west. Were looking for scattered storms down through florida. Record highs later today through the ohio and Mississippi River valleys and a gorgeous day up and down the west coast. We will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good friday morning, im meteorologist kari hall. As we look at the forecast over the next seven days in San Francisco, it will reach into the mid60s today and gusty windfall officially begins at 1 02 this afternoon, temperatures heat up to 70s. Next week, upper 70s. Inland areas are going to have a drastic change in temperatures with low 70s today and by the middle of next week, expect a high of 93 degrees. Guys . 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