Plus heroic action by an illinois teacher who stopped a gunman shooting at fellow students. How her Quick Response saves lives. But we look at todays eye eppeep opener, your view in 90 seconds. All torn up. Happening an on island that is essentially bankrupt. Hurricane maria crippled puerto rico. The damage so widespread some are wondering how they will ever recover. We have to reconstruct and rebuild and reinvent and be resilient. In mexico, teams of rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake. People here in mexico city are still taking in the horror of what exactly happened. Iran fires back at President Trump. Hassan rouhani called President Trumps speech baseless and offensive. Robert mueller wants new documents from the white house about President Trumps actions. If you are taking swings at the president of the United States, you better not swing and miss. 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And Hurricane Maria barreled through the island from end to end knocking out all of the power. The strongest hurricane to hit the u. S. Commonwealth in more than 80 years. David begnaud is in there where they say recovery will take months. Good morning. The only noise coming from the island is coming from generator power. The communication has been cut and power is out. Folks arent able to reach relativesond island to check on them and to that point we dont know how bad the damage is in the hardesthit areas because only now are rescue crews moving in. Reporter overnight the rescues began. They pulled people out in this community. This man waded through waist deepwater and behind him a little boy on the back of a national guardsman. The governor was waiting for them as they were pulled to fety. As maria moved away from puerto rico, the destructiois starting to come into focus. Downed trees and power lines are making roads impassable. Windows have been blown out of building and appliances ripped from walls. Ond island of dominica, the storm killed seven people and left a path of destruction. The u. S. Virgin island of st. Croix was also hit hard. Some homes so badly damages there were striped down to their foundation. In the week we were puerto ricos governor as he walked the streets pleading with people to leave. This woman was emotional as she told the governor she was scared and was going to leave. And it is a good thing she did. This was her home before the storm. And this was it ever. Everybody thought that the hurricane was going to be not as powerful. Reporter ashley and mark from ohio were on vacation in puerto rico celebrating their tenyear anniversary when maria hit. During the storm, they stayed in the Hotel Parking garage. We get snowstorms and stuff in ohio, but nothing that where you literally hear death right there. Reporter now they are stranded here. Im still scared. Because we dont know how bad it is out there and how were going to get home. Reporter it is unclear when the airport is going to reopen. There is a dusk to dawn curfew here so people are starting to walk out. And norah, this starbucks, this is the only location people can come to and get a wifi connection to get in touch with family members in america to let them know they are okay. David, thank you. Thousands of rescuers are working nonstop in mexico this morning looking for survivors of the 7. 1 magnitude earthquake. More people were pulled out of collapsed buildings overnight. Searchers are digging through a Elementary School where one girl is reported to be alive but still trapped. 26 people died there. The over all death toll from tuesdays quake is now at least 245. Manual bojorquez is reporting from mexico city. Manuel, good morning. Reporter good morning. This afternoon will park 48 hours since the quake struck. There are also hazards. Were monitoring the situation at this collapsed Office Building where rescue crews told us they are working to shore up the remaining bottom floor because they fear it could give way. Dramatic rescues like this one happened all across central mexico on wednesday. First responders pulled several victims alive from the rubble. Theyve become symbols of hope for those still searching for their missing loved ones. Who are you looking for . Your husband . Marta prayed with the rosary for her husband of 15 years. Hes an engineer and just this mond began working at a building that collapsed. It is the last thing you give up that faith that he will be alive. For your children. Reporter at a destroyed Elementary School, rescuers worked through the night trying to free a little girl still trapped beneath the debris. They believe there may be more children inside but time may be running out to save them. Hundreds of volunteers joined the rescue efforts. Every so often they raise fists asking for silence. So First Responders could listen for sounds coming from the wreckage. Volunteer alice is a banker who helped save four people from this Office Building. You see the families, they are very worried about them. You are trying your best but that has got to hit you it is very emotional. But we work hard and do this for our people. Reporter so far more than 50 people have been rescued from collapsed buildings here in mexico city. There is another factor complicating matters. It rained last night and there is more rain in the forecast today. Manuel both,ez in mexico city. Cbs news has learned the President Trump is leaning toward decertifying the iran nuclear deal. Looking to force the issue by declaring them out of compliance with the agreement. And they froze the program in exchange for lifting sanctions. Rex tillerson discussed the agreement yesterday with irans top diplomat. Margaret brennan is at the United Nations where other countries who signed the deal want mr. Trump to stay in it. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President trump is seeking to reopen the iran nuclear deal. Rather than scrap it altogether. And hes using that threat of decertifying irans compliance to try to force all parties to renegotiate. President trump teased reporters. Telling them he made up his mind but offered no details. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson who met with irans top diplomat said the president did not inform him or anyone of his decision. The Prime Minister may asked him if he would share with her and he said no. Thank you very much, mr. President. Reporter theresa may implored mr. Trump not to decertify the landmark agreement. Unraveling the deal could trigger a diplomat crisis with the other five countries, negotiated it. That deal is an embarrassment to the United States. Reporter irans president Hassan Rouhani told reporters on wednesday that the proposal to renegotiate is fruitless. The deal is closed, he said. Is there a diplomat way out . Rouhani replied that negotiations with the u. S. Would be a waste of time and that the iranian people deserve an apology after mr. Trump called their government a murderous regime. Secretary tiller son on wednesday night. All of this together looks like the atmosphere to diplomacy is getting worse. How do you respond to this . As a long time negotiator i learned to never say never. And second, it always gets the darkest before you might have a breakthrough. Reporter behind the scenes french diplomats are trying to find a compromise. In the meantime that other nuclear threat, north korea Takes Center Stage as President Trump meets with the leaders of japan and south korea. Robert mueller is bombarding the Trump White House for request for documents. The former fbi director is gathering information for his Ongoing Investigation into russia meddling into the investigation. Jeff pegues is in washington with the area those documents cover. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This request is a clear indication that the special Counsel Office is investigating the president s actions. According to the New York Times there are sp 1 3 different areas that investigators want more information about. Cbs has confirmed among them were this years resignation of michael online and the firing of james comey and the president s meeting in the oval office a day later with top russian officials where the president reportedly said comeys firing relieved great pressure on him. The white house is cooperating. Also cbs news is confirmed that last year Trump CampaignPaul Manafort sent a message to a russian olig arc with ties to putin pledging to brief him on the campaign. Manafort spokesperson said the email was innocuous but they see that email as another important piece of the puzzle. Charlie. Mike pence spent the week shuttling between meetings in north korea and russia. He is overseeing republican efforts to bring a Obamacare Repeal vote. Good to be with you. There is much to talk about in terms of what the president said and what you have said about russia. But the starty this morning is the story this morning is about the Mueller Investigation and would you like to ask you, as it focuses on the president s words in the oval office and actions in the white house, what impact is that having on this investigation . Well, let me assure you that as we see for the first time three category four hurricanes make landfall in the United States, as we see threats like north korea and an increasing destabilizing rule by iran, as we see challenges here at home in health care and the need to move this economy forward, i can assure you President Trump and i are completely focused on the issues that matter most to the American People. Were cooperating fully with the special counsel. Well continue to do that. I think special counsel has his job to do. Were going to keep doing our job and that is focusing on the issues that the president spoke about before the u. N. And that were working on before the congress. And do you believe the mr. Mueller is exceeding his jurisdiction . Well i think i think thats for others to say. What i can assure you is that were fully cooperating with the special counsel and well continue to do that. Ive made clear that during my time on the campaign, i was not aware of any contacts or any collusion with russian officials. And i stand by that. And as i said, well provide any information the special counsel requires. But honestly, this is not what the American People are focused on. Lets focus on that. We have some questions for you. Just quickly though, Paul Manafort was your Campaign Chairman for both you and mr. Trump and he was reportedly offering briefings to a top russian olig arc who has close tied with Vladimir Putin about what was going on. Was that appropriate . I have read those accounts in the newspaper and i Paul Manafort was on the campaign for at the same time i was for about a month. And so, look were just going to let this process go forward. Got it. Well let the special counsel get the americans the American Peopleeserve. And i have to be honest with you, norah, the American People i travel around the country, they are focused on the same thing thats President Trump is focused on every day and that is how to do we advance our National Security and make the world a safer and more Peaceful Place and make america more prosperous and america will continue to focus. And lets talk about that. On the iran deal. In unison. Go ahead norah. On the iran deal, has the president decided to decertify it . Well the president said yesterday hes made a decision. Do you know what that decision is . Well hell indicate that decision as his time, his choosing. I know we have a deadline in the middle of october. Whether we recertify the iran deal. Do you think that he shoul . I think President Trump made his view of the iran deal very clear. Before the United NationsGeneral Assembly and he considers it nothing short of an embarrassment and the worst onesided deal in American History and the simple truth is that transferring 1. 7 billion in cash to the leading state sponsor of terrorism was a terrible idea. But that is not a violation of the nuclear deal. There is Technical Compliance and then there is the spirit of the agreement. Iran sits down with a family of nations and enters into an agreement with regarding nuclear proliferation. Those actions by iran are not new. They were happening before and after the nuclear deal. It would stop iran from having a Nuclear Weapon. That is what it is about. And decertificatification is the issue. And many nations have urged the president to certify. And think you heard the certification of iran they could restart the program very quickly which most americans know this is only a tenyear deal. The iran nuclear deal, it doesnt prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon in a real sense it guarantees they will after the time period. He will make his opinion at the right time. At the end of the day we have to come together as a World Community. And demand that these rogue regimes, including iran, stop the destabilizing effort, stop supporting terrorist activities and the president is determined to do that just as hes determined to bring the World Community today, well meet today with south korea and japan to further isolate north korea economically and diplomatically. Lets talk about north korea. Because he has said that he would he has vowed to tota y destroy north korea if necessary and he said he doesnt want to go to war. What are the specific circumstances that would cause the president of the United States to launch a war against north korea . What does that look like . The first objective of our National Government is to provide for the common defense. And President Donald Trump has no higher priority than safety and security of the American People. And the possession of Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles in the hands of a regime that routinely threatens the people of the United States of america and our allies is simply unacceptable. And the president has wanted to make it clear and has made it clear that that in the event that north korea takes action, that threatens the United States or our allies, our response will be overwhelming and effective. And that phrase totally destroying north korea and there are 25 Million People in north korea and they could kill 25 million plus in south korea including many soldiers that are there. And mattis suggests there is a military option that exists that would save civilian casualties, and what does that option and does it have to do with kinetic options. And we never talk about our military options in detail. And in recent years weve seen military announcements about what were planning to do and planning to do in iraq and planning to do elsewhere. Look, what the secretary has made clear, what the president has made clear is we have military options but we earnestly desire a peaceful out come the China Foreign minister and i talked about yesterday, the entire World Community has one goal. That is the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and we want to achieve that peacefully but all options are on the table. The point that secretary matt is was trying to make is there are options that would not trigger a reaction by the North