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Officer. And overnight, the president s lawyer sends mixed messages. Did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden . No, actually, i didnt. But you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. Of course i did. Apology tour. What i did was inexcusable and wrong. Canadas Prime Minister issues more apologies after new images and video of him in blackface emerge. I didnt understand how hurtful this is to people who live with discrimination every single day. He says he cant be sure more photos wont surface. Could the scandal cost him his job. All of that plus nbc news exclusive, savannah sits down with the Jeffrey Epstein accuser who says she was also assaulted by Prince Andrew. I couldnt believe it. I couldnt believe that even royalty were involved. Her First Television interview as other accusers share their stories. Missing birds mystery, 3 billion vanishing from north america over the last half century. This morning, the search for answers. And the rookie roar. Minshew wide open for the touchdown. The young sensation taking the nfl by storm leads the Jacksonville Jaguars to a big win. Today, friday, september 20th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody, welcome to today, thank you for joining us on this friday morning. Savannah is out with pneumonia. We are going to check in with her in a little bit. But if you look out at our crowd today, it kind of feels like Summertime Party crowd. The place is packed. Its 25 years of friends. I know that were going to be out there with a little music, but wowza. The rembrandts are here. A familiar face. Its a nice looking crowd but we will start with that flooding emergency in texas. This morning, entire neighborhoods still cut off and more people are still in need of rescue. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in the hard hit city of hampshire, gabe, good morning. Reporter good morning, the amount of rain that has fallen here more than 30, even 40 inches of rain here in parts of jefferson county. Now, we just saw a rescue team in a high water vehicle head down this road. Entire neighborhoods are cut off and Emergency Shelters are packed. This morning rescuers are still scrambling to reach inundated parts of Southeast Texas after one of the wettest tropical cyclones on record. Its just going outside and seeing people begging for help. It was really scary. Reporter and around houston, there have been more than a thousand water rescues so far. Overnight, a freeway shut down in baytown after rising waters caused several barges to break loose along the San Jacinto River slamming into a bridge, officials concerned the barges may contain combustible liquid. Other cities like beaumont and the small town of winnie devastated. The whole entire yard was covered with water, there was no way out. Reporter pregnant mom is now at an Emergency Shelter with her husband and children. Starting over with what, because we dont have anything. Reporter the floods have turned deadly, 19yearold Hunter Morrison was electrocuted and drowned while trying to save his horse. Another man died after driving into this high water. The remnants of imelda drenching some areas with more than 40 inches of rain. Ohio does it compare to harvey . The people were rescuing saying they have more water in their houses than they did with harvey. Reporter so much water, the roof of this postal facility collapsed injuring three people. Flash floods made it nearly impossible to get to bush intercontinental airport. Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancell. The intensity of the storm caught many here by surprise. Everything can be replaced. Its people im worried about. Its people an unfolding catastrophe prompting rescue after rescue, jim and leah tesno are grateful they escaped with their kids. All i heard, youre just going to get a lot of rain, but we didnt think too much of it. But as time passed, the water just kept coming, coming, coming. So much rain, gabe, and just coming down so fast. Any hope that the flooding lets up at all soon . Reporter well, craig, thankfully at this location, we saw a bit of a break in the rain overnight but we could see more today. Parts of i10 are shut down in both directions. Many roads are still impassable, and its really been a challenge for rescue crews to get to some of the most affected areas, craig. Gabe gutierrez there in texas. Gabe, thank you. Were going to get to dylans forecast in just a moment. Meanwhile, we are learning new details this morning about that explosive whistleblower complaint involving a mysterious phone call between President Trump and another world leader. Nbc White House Correspondent Peter Alexander is following this story for us. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning, we are here on the White House South Lawn where the president is preparing for a state visit. Right now he is dealing with a growing crisis over his communications with a foreign leader. It appears we may be one step closer to knowing who the president was talking to. What remains unclear today is what they were talking about and what, if any, promises were made. This morning the Washington Post citing two officials familiar with the matter reports that a whistleblower complaint made by a u. S. Intelligence official is centered around ukraine. Nbc news has not confirmed the post report but a former u. S. Official tells nbc news the complaint involves a phone conversation between President Trump and an unidentified world leader. The post first reported that the complaint about President Trumps interaction with the foreign leader included a promise that the Intelligence Officer found so troubling that they filed a complaint with the Inspector General. Two and a half weeks before that complaint was filed, President Trump spoke by phone with ukraines newly elected president vladimir zelensky. Top House Democrats are investigating whether President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani tried to influence the ukraine government to help President Trumps election campaign. Those democrats say one of giulianis alleged targets appears to be former Vice President joe biden and his family, including his son hunter who once worked on the board of a ukranian gas company. Overnight, giuliani on cnn contradicting himself. Did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden . No, actually i didnt. You did ask. Of course i did. Reporter the Biden Campaign declined to comment. The president blasting it has harassment. He said there was nothing said wrong, it was pitch perfect. Joseph mcguire is defying democratic calls that he turnover that complaint to lawmakers. This involves an allegation of serious wrong doing. It is unprecedented for a director to withhold that information from congress. Reporter olympic choir overruling his agencys Inspector General who called the allegation credible and urgent. We heard from the chairman of the intelligence committee, adam schiff there, democrats in congress hoping to pounce on this issue. What happens next . Where does it go from here . Reporter good question. The acting intelligence director, joseph mcguire, tells nbc news is citing the advice of the dojs Legal Counsel as why he wouldnt turn that complaint over. A top democrat, you saw adam schiff there, he is threatening legal action. Mcguire is scheduled according to schiff to testify on capitol hill next week. The white house has not responded to our request for comment. Craig and hoda. Peter alexander from the white house, thank you. Now to the growing firestorm surrounding canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a third instance of him in dark makeup surfaced. Once again he is apologizing while vowing to continue his reelection campaign. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is here with the very latest. Good morning. Good morning, his problem is not going away. With 31 days until election day in canada, Prime Minister trudeaus campaign has turned into an apology tour. These images are at odds with his established reputation as a champion for inclusivity. He doesnt want to put a number on how many times he appeared in brownface or blackface since he doesnt remember the instances that have landed him at the center of this explosive controversy. This morning canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is answering for his past again. I have to recognize that i let a lot of people down with that choice and i stand here today to reflect on that and to ask for forgiveness. The leader holding his Second Press Conference in less than 24 hours after a third instance of him in dark makeup was published by the Canadian Network global news. Darkening your face regardless of the context or the circumstances is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then. And i never should have done it. Trudeaus party confirming the video taken during the early 1990s. The Prime Ministers skin is painted as he sticks out his tongue and waves his arms. Who took the video and where it was taken is unclear. The clip surfaced hours after Prime Minister trudeau admitted and apologized for two other instances. One from an arabian nights themed party in 2001, the other from a High School Talent show in the 1980s. I think the question is how can you not remember that. The fact is i didnt understand how hurtful this is to people who live with discrimination every single day. His mounting controversy coupled with a Corruption Scandal threatening to undermine the Prime Ministers bid for reelection next month. Two of his opponents blasting trudeau thursday. I believe hes not fit to govern the country, and hes lost the moral authority to govern it. I think canadians will have questions about his sincerity. Questions about who is the real mr. Trudeau. Trudeau is showing no signs of stepping down before the october 21st election. Before the images of trudeau came out, this race was already tight, guys, and its unclear what effect its going to have on him. Stephanie, thank you. Now to americas vaping epidemic and sobering new statistics about the outbreak of a mysterious lung illness. The centers for Disease Control reports its grown to new states with another death reported and more people are getting sick nbcs kathy park is following this story for us. Good morning to you. Good morning. Hundreds of cases are coming in across the country, and Health Officials say they dont know whats causing all of these people to get sick the crisis is so serious, the cdc launched an Emergency Operations center this week for Additional Support this morning vaping related illnesses have reached an alarming new high. 8 confirmed deaths and 530 probable cases of lung illnesses in 38 states that is nearly a 40 increase from last week, according to the cdc. 2 3 of patients were between 18 to 34 years old, and all had a history of using ecigarettes or vaping products. We are seeing severe cases, people sometimes in the intensive care unit and sadly, some even dying. And we dont know yet exactly what the cause is. This hazy haze all through both lungs thats very abnormal. A month after vaping thc, doctors say eli surrels ended up in the hospital, his lungs collapsing twice. I wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy. Health Officials Say these patients are getting sick from chemical expose but they havent identified any product behind the surge. Meanwhile, the food and drug administrations Law Enforcement office has opened a criminal investigation. We are working 24 7 with state and local governments and with the fda to try to get to the bottom of it so that we can prevent further illness and death. The American Vaping Association writes, the evidence continues to indicate that poorly manufactured street vapes containing thc or other substances are to blame for these illnesses. Amid the growing Health Concerns about the number of young people vaping, some tv networks announcing this week theyre pulling the plug on ecigarette ads, michigan and new york state have enacted bans on flavored ecigarettes now, if you are an ecigarette user and showing symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea, weight loss or an elevated heart rate, the cdc advises getting medical help immediately the agency says you should never buy these devices off the street or try to modify them. More people getting sick. Kathy park, thank you. Theres some troubling new allegations against controversial nfl star Antonio Brown. We are also hearing from him for the First Time Since he was accused in a federal lawsuit of Sexual Assault nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has that story hey, miguel. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning, and in a locker room, Antonio Brown wouldnt address the Sexual Assault allegations threatening to derail his football career. He focused on playing for his new team the patriots, all comes as one of the women who accuses him of Sexual Misconduct claims the superstar is threatening her after she went public. This morning Sports Illustrated is reporting Antonio Brown sent harassing Text Messages to the unnamed woman who accused brown of Sexual Misconduct when he hired her in 2017 to paint a portrait at his home. The accuser telling the magazine on wednesday night a day after her accusations, she received a group of Text Messages that appeared to come from the same phone number brown provided to her in 2017. In it brown said she was making up some stuff for money, and called her a super broke girl with a lot of kids nbc news has not independently obtained the Text Messages or spoken to the woman about them on thursday night, the womans lawyer reportedly sent the letter to the nfl explaining brown is intimidating and threateng our client in violation of the nfl personal conduct policy the alleged incident was never reported to police and is denied by brown the woman has also not filed a civil complaint. In the letter to the nfl, her lawyer said the accuser was not seeking money from brown browns lawyer told Sports Illustrated that he advised the football star not to communicate with the woman but declined further comment. After another practice with quarterback tom brady, it appears Antonio Brown will take the field again this sunday. On the day he was dropped by nike, the wide receiver finally breaking his silence as he faces Sexual Assault allegations that could sideline his nfl career. Im super grateful to be here thanks to Bill Belichick and tom brady. Speaking briefly in the patriots locker room, brown did not address the loss of his shoe deal or the civil lawsuit he faces. I appreciate that question. You know, im just here to just focus on ball, and look forward to getting out there. Reporter a four time all pro receiver. Caught by brown, touchdown. Reporter brown didnt miss a step in his first game with new england, but now hes fumbled his deal with the shoe company that would have made him millions today nike saying simply, Antonio Brown is not a nike athlete. The end of a relationship brown touted online. Its all good, we got nike. Reporter the nike tech trainer Antonio Brown was released in february but is no longer available on its website. The sneaker giant sending its own message as the nfl investigates claims of Sexual Assault. Former gymnast Britney Taylor alleges brown raped her last year, suing in civil court, taylor accuses the athlete of three separate incidents of Sexual Assault, all of which brown denies facing no criminal charges, the nfl met with his accuser for at leas