Korean leader kim jongun is visiting russia in the coming days at putins invitation. In pennsylvania, weve got new images from Doorbell Cams of a convicted killer on the run, and they show a dramatic change in how he looks. A sick american scientist trapped in a cave deep underground could be brought to the surface soon as rescuers literally move mountains for him overnight. And we begin this very busy hour with a desperate race against time in morocco where crews are tirelessly searching for survivors in the rubble after a massive earthquake rocked the region on friday. The critical 72hour golden window when the chances of finding people alive are most likely is already more than halfway closed. The death toll now at nearly 2,500 and counting. As officials rush to deliver humanitarian aid to people whose lives have now been completely changed by this tragedy. On sunday, a 3. 9 magnitude aftershock struck panic for many in these affected communities. Families already traumatized by the disaster have been sleeping in the streets because they feel more structures could collapse if another quake hits. Joining us now with much more from morocco is nbc news Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez. Thank you for being with us this morning. What are you seeing at this hour . Reporter well, jose, you mentioned that golden window. The first 72 hours after a disaster. We are now 65 hours into that window. It is still open, but it is closing rapidly. Rescue teams here on the ground, moroccan and international, say they will continue for as long as it takes to try to find survivors. Were about 30 miles east of the epicenter here, were just seeing an ambulance go past us, which makes me wonder if possibly they have found somebody in this area. Well try to find out for you afterwards. But over the course of our time here, we have seen both professional rescue teams from turkey, from italy, but also, jose, a lot of local people who just hand by patient hand have been picking through the rubble trying to save the lives of their neighbors for all of their best efforts, they have not been able to save everybody. I want to introduce you to one man who we met here in this village, and tell you a little bit about his story. Take a listen. Locals say 40 people died here, more than 1 of the entire community. Among them lawsons three daughters, baby son, and wife. Im all alone now he says. I had a home and a family. Now i have nothing. Reporter now, jose, you can only imagine the scale of lawsons grief. He was clearly to us physically still in shock. He told us he doesnt know what he has to live for at this point. The Rescue Effort in areas like this is complicated by the fact that this is a remote mountain community. The road that leads up here is winding and treacherous. In some places this road is blocked by boulders and that makes it very difficult to get the kind of heavy machinery up here that you need to clear out some of the rubble. The moroccan government has been trying to get helicopters sbup these mountainous areas to try to evacuate the people who are found. And jose, you mentioned the danger of aftershocks. I dont know if youre able to see behind me, but this house has partially collapsed. It clearly would not take much in terms of a tremor to bring the entire structure crashing down. The family who lives here, jose, have been sleeping in a tent outside for three nights now, and that is the story for families all across this disaster zone, who really have no idea when, if ever, their homes are going to be safe to return to. Jose. Yeah, just breaks your heart, raf, i mean, this epicenter of this earthquake was smack dab in the middle of the atlas mountains, and there are so many little towns and villages throughout that area. What does the aid look like as far as foreign aid to these areas . Well, jose, weve heard this absolute chorus of International Industry and solidarity with morocco from President Biden through many of the other leaders who attended the g20. In terms of whats actually materializing on the ground, though, its a slightly more complicated picture. Just give you one example, the french government has said that it was prepared to deploy a lot of resources to morocco to help. They say they never actually got the formal request from the moroccan government to send aid. Now, the Moroccan Royal court, this is a monarchy says that is not accurate. That they are accepting all International Aid that they can get. I can tell you, we have seen a lot of International Volunteer teams on the ground here. One team from turkey. We ran into some volunteers from the uk. We have not seen a whole lot in terms of Foreign Government assistance. We havent seen rescue teams from foreign militaries or things like that. As you say, this is a very complicated situation, partly because the damage isnt concentrated in any one area. It is spread throughout dozens and dozens of these remote communities. Raf sanchez, i thank you so very much for being with us this morning. And joining us now with more is avril benoit, the executive director of Doctors Without Borders. Thank you so much for being with us. One of the Biggest Challenges facing rescue and humanitarian crews is connectivity. Youve been in touch with teams on the ground. What are they seeing . Yes, thanks for having me. We sent several teams to morocco. They arrived on saturday. They made their way up to some of the towns in the high atlas inc including, and what they saw in their assessment visit, and they are still on the ground talking with local authorities, hospital officials, doctors, nurses who are running clinics is that the system is overwhelmed. The staff at the one clinic had been working there nonstop for 36 hours straight by the time our team arrived, you can imagine the exhaustion level. They were depleting the medical supplies that they had, and it looked like they were likely to run short. Ambulances were able to transport some of the more injured people to the Referral Hospitals for surgery and things like that. But they continued to receive people with broken bones, with lacerations, with cranial injuries. We have seen earlier also that risk that any tremors or aftershocks, not to mention the integrity of buildings is very much in question. So at one clinic they had taken everybody outside. Nobody had confidence to stay in that clinic. People were being treated outside in makeshift tents to be able to keep away from buildings that could collapse at any moment. We know that Structural Engineers are going to have to look at the hospitals and clinics to give the green light to continue working in them. The hospitals are functioning and thats a great sign that the solidarity from across morocco above all is coming into place and people are responding to help their countrymen. As you were saying, the key issue here is are these remote villages and towns in the atlas that are, you know, maybe there are boulders on the roads that are on a good day difficult to transit through. Just wondering what is it that you all need . What is that we can do to help in this . Theres more than 2,500 injured as a consequence of just friday. These injuries as you were just commenting can continue. Its a great question. We are in dialogue, of course, with the health authorities, with directors of clinics, of hospitals because we want our aid, Doctors Without Borders to be complimentary. To be very much in support of what is already existing in morocco. So we have established that we have capability with logistics. We have medical staff. We have expert surgeons. We have Mental Health expertise in situations like this, and you can imagine that that will be a longterm consequence. It is already emerging that people are just devastated by the shock, by the tragedy of this. And so there will be a tremendous amount of medical need. It could be that the moroccan authorities will say thanks, but no thanks. We have it covered. They could say that to the international community, and we very much want to work in partnership and support. Doctorswithoutborders. Org will provide ongoing updates about what will be happening on the ground. For the time being we dont have that official green light. So the support that were offering obviously is there. The assessments were ongoing, and we agree that its in those small communities in the high atlas that we see the most acute need right now. Yeah, and i got to tell you, you know this better than anybody else, the fear of those structures becoming much more unstable in an after shock is very real, and im just thinking, avril, of 19th of september, 1985, the earthquake in mexico city, the first one that hit tumbled and destroyed a lot. The aftershock that hit the next afternoon was causing a lot of damage and destruction from damaged buildings. Its a very real danger, and the structures were seeing are many times almost mud. Yes, theyre made of mud bricks for the most part in that area in the high atlas. And so its a big concern. And people know this. They can see the cracks, and they can feel that some of those structures are unstable. There has been a distribution that weve seen of mattresses for those who dont want to spend the night in their own homes, who are under the open sky. There will be a tremendous amount of reconstruction for all the public structures, not to mention individual dwellings. So responses to an earthquake like this, obviously, you know, you have that shock moment, everyone pours in trying to help. But at a certain point, it has to be coordinated, organized to make sure that those most in need receive the assistance they need. For the time being, though, what were seeing is an impressive mobilization from Civil Society organizations and just plain neighbors from around morocco. People offering help on the ground. Avril benoit, i thank you so very much for being with us. Thank you so much for doing what you do, very much appreciate it. Thank you. Here at home, america is pausing to mark 22 years since date that changed our nation forever. This is a live picture from new york city where loved ones are reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center. Vice president harris is among the dignitaries attending todays commemoration. There were moments of silence at each of the key moments from that awful day. The pentagon, a ceremony was held to remember the nearly 190 people who died when a plane crashed into that building. First lady biden will lay a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial this afternoon. And there was also a ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, to honor the victims of United Airlines flight 93, which crashed after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers. President biden will mark the anniversary speaking to Service Members and their families at a Military Base in alaska as he returns home from a Trip To India and vietnam. Nbcs rehema ellis joins us now from ground zero in Lower Manhattan. Rehema, good morning. The Remembrance Ceremony there is like its been for 22 years. Its a difficult time. Reporter indeed, jose. This has become a tradition, if you will. Its a solemn tradition. When this Country Pauses for a moment as it did 22 years ago when those planes flew into north and south tower here in new york city creating what has become known as ground zero. You saw moments there, and it is ongoing. It began early this morning of loved ones reading the names of their Family Members who died, and this will continue until the early afternoon. Despite how long it takes, no one here says it should ever end. They want people to remember what happened. Time can sometimes erode memories, but thats not what people want to happen here. Theyre reminded that every single day people are struggling with illnesses that have come as a result of this. In addition we should point out that theyre remembering that just recently as friday, the mayor and the chief Medical Examiner identified the remains of two people as a result of advanced dna evidence, they were able to match it to the name of a man and a woman. The families have asked that their names not be revealed. There is gratitude there is some measure of closure that doesnt exist for hundreds of other families. At least a thousand remains continue to be held in storage and hoping that one day theyll be able to identify who those people are and reunite them with their loved ones. Jose. Rehema ellis in manhattan, thank you. Up next, breaking details about the expected meeting between Vladimir Putin and kim jongun. Were back in 60 seconds with what were learning and what this all means. Youre watching jose diazbalart reports on msnbc. S. Inwash Scent Boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. If you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have Downy Unstopables inwash Scent Boosters. fan 1 there ya go thats what im talkin about josh allen is this your plan to watch the game today . hero fan uh, yea. I have to watch my neighbors Nfl Sunday Ticket. josh allen its not your best plan. But you know what is . Myplan from verizon. 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Reporter well, its expected to happen on the said lines of an economic conference thats happening where putin and kim jongun first met in 2019. There are reports that kims armored train is already making the journey there. This meeting is creating obvious concerns for u. S. Officials who believe that north korea and russia will be discussing arms deals that could fuel the war in ukraine. Russia is looking for suppliers and north korea could see a deal as giving a political and economic lifeline. Its also a sign of what has been a deepening relationship between moscow and pyongyang. U. S. Officials say they have intelligence showing that russia is looking to purchase additional Artillery Shells and in return, they would offer to share satellite and Nuclear Submarine technology with north korea. The white house has spoken sharply about this. They say it would be a huge mistake for north korea to go down this path, and if there are arms deals that are going to be happening, north korea will, quote, pay a price. Jose. Janis mackey frayer, thank you so very much. Joining us now is victor cha, Senior Vice President for asia at the center for strategic and international studies. Youre also the coauthor of the new book, korea a new history of south and north. Im just wondering what you see as the significance of this potential meeting between kim jongun and putin. I think its quite significant, jose. I mean, as janis just said, theres a transaction here, which is basically arms for food and fuel, but it could have broader ramifications if at the same time north korea is looking to get military satellite technology, Nuclear Submarine technology, or longrange Ballistic Missile technology, which would expand the threat in asia for the United States as well as prolong the war in ukraine as russia has more of these munitions. So you know, it has a broader implication than simply being an arms deal. Yeah, im just wondering what Technology Russia has that north korea could use that they dont already have. And victor, i mean, theres been talk in the past that north korea has been supplying russia with ammunitions in the past, so would this be an increase or simply keep the pipeline flowing . It sounds like its keep the pipeline flowing. The white house released Intelligence Information Last year about an arms transfer. That was to the wagner group. There was no leadership involved, kim and putin involved, but now it looks like this is something where they really want to showcase the cooperation by having the two leaders meet. In terms of the technology itself, north korea in the last month has failed to launch a military satellite. This weekend it just rolled out a diesel powered submarine, and last month they tested intercontinental Ballistic