it was pretty nuts. i want to get out before it hits. >> hermine continues to churn with dangerous rip currents on the east coast. plus more to catch you up on this labor day monday. "early today" starts now. great being with you this morning. the race for the white house is tightening with just 21 days

until the first presidential debate. donald trump continues to lose members of his own party. >> i would not vote for hillary clinton. as of now i would still not vote for donald trump. i just know i would like to vote for donald trump. it's not comfortable to not support your nominee but given the tone and tenor of his campaign i suchly canimply can'. >> several tweets he called him weak and ineffective. it came as trump continued his attempt to win over minority votes with his first visit to a black church in detroit this weekend. with his v.p. pick saying the immigration policy has remained the same despite widespread criticism. >> it begins with building a wall, border security. it begins with enforcing the laws of this country.

he has been completely consistent at this point. >> no. >> he had deportation of the national debate but he has not been consistent on what to do. >> but there are people in different circumstances in that category. there are people who are criminal aliens in this country. i think everyone in this country understands. >> pence also promised to release his own taxes in the coming days and said the country should expect trump's. he compared hillary's. the clinton campaign fired back claiming trump encouraged russia cea russia's hack. this morning clinton returns for one of the first campaigns in a week. tracie potts has the details.

good morning. shifting gears again. this one a high. >> and hillary clinton answering more questions this time on board. take a look. live pictures of her new branded plane. she will be traveling with the press starting today after a lot of criticism. she wasn't answering questions regularly. now she will be traveling with reporters. today as she heads to ohio and illinois and also a number of her surrogates including bernie sanders campaigning for the first time up in his familiar turf. vice president biden and bill clinton and donald trump said to be out in ohio today as they try to wrap it up. we are over two months from the election. >> it is full speed ahead until november. thank you, tracie potts.

and nbc news will host hillary clinton and donald trump for a live televised prime time forum. it will focus exclusively on issues that the next president will have to confront as commander in chief. that is wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. now to china where president obama is attending his final g20 summit and is expected to meet with the press. he met with putin this morning. the talk between both presidents also included staff. we hear both men agree to continue talks on syria and syria's long civil war. they would find new ways to those hit worse there. the conflict in ukraine was also discussed which has had a

massive impact on the presidential election. president obama expected to travel to louse. he will also become the first u.s. president to visit the nation. >> today we celebrate his first birthday in heaven! anyone who knows me knows i don't like to speak. but my baby, i owe it to him to honor him. so his mom my needed to say hapy birthday lanie. you're in our hearts today and every other day. >> the parents of this young boy speak publicly for the first time since his tragic death. >> he was attacked and killed by an alligator at disney world resort. his parents started a in his

honor. look how many gathered. they were asked to dress in blue, his favorite color. his father reflected on how the family was holding up and handling the heartbreak. >> we often speak about how often we spent two years, nine months and 11 days as a complete family. my family would tell you those are the happiest days of her life and i couldn't agree more. i am confident our faith lifted us up as we fight every day to find peace. they used to say they loved them to the sky and down to the grass. i close by saying lane, ella, we love you up to heaven and down to the grass. happy birthday, buddy. we miss you. >> a family with incredible

strength. >> and standing in the shape of a heart 5,000 balloons were released into the sky in memory of the little boy. a good samaritan issue -- the passengers were later transferred to the u.s. coast guard and fortunately they are all safe thanks to the good samaritan. hermine is battering the east coast with dangerous rip currents. the cyclone the churning in the atlantic. strong storm surges and dangerous currents remain a threat from virginia up to massachusetts. it even prompted new york city to shut down its beaches today. they are also bringing their ships ba

ships back to port early. it is also causing hundreds of thousands. tell us what hermine is up to now. >> this was a close call over the weekend. it drifted a little further to the east as a lot of heavy rain to the northwest of the center right now. if it had ban little closer all of this would have been over the top. we still have tropical storm warnings. they will get into some winds in the 40 miles per hour range. it shouldn't be bad enough to close many power outages. you get up from 30 to 38. these are coastal areas. close call but everything is going to turn out okay

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on monday pope francis cannonized mother teresa. >> it has been 24 hours since mother teresa's saint hood. there was a thanksgiving mass to celebrate what will be known from now on as the feast day of saint teresa. the new feast day on the catholic calendar. there were a lot of people here this morning but it doesn't compare to yesterday when 120,000 people from all over the world including the u.s. came along to see the most famous nun in the world. in a way they celebrated pope francis what they thought all along that she was a saint but

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one is expected to retail around $399 a piece. something else we are watching, clearly for the 49ers k quarterback because of his refusal to sing or stand during the national anthem is not hurting him. his jersey selling off the shelves. also store rirks u.s. retailers, apparently they are going to a cashless and it is cleaner in the ships. with no u.s. laws regulating whether they have to take cash i think it's a trend you'll continue to see. >> you don't have to worry about having green in your wallet. thank you so much. john oliver has thoughts on labor day. we'll bring it to you next. we'll bring it to you next. you love summer but it's tough on your feet

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your travel forecast, still very hot in the desert southwest. it will be interesting there is a tropical storm moving northwards and bring heavy rain and potential for flash flooding into tuesday night and wednesday. we'll track that in the days ahead. a building collapse has left two people dead and dozens more injured. at least 20 people are feared trapped within the rubble. they working to dig survivors out. they have spoken to two of those trapped via cell phone. a protest of a four-state $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent over the weekend. pipeline security officers

threatened native american officers with dogs and pepper spray after they confronted construction crews for indian burial sites. the crowd disbursed but it caps off months of tension between federal agencies behind the pipeline. the tribe feels it will impact their drinking water. the university lecturer who wlo gained national attention has now landed a new job. >> you need to get out. >> i actually don't. >> all right. >> melissa click was fired, that was nearly a year ago. the professor land add one-year lexturing position in washington. school officials say they are aware of her past but say she is more than qualified for that job. how does it sound? organic chemistry? one student became the class pet

shot to fame on campus after making this crazy bet with his professor. watch closely as he zings this toss. you see it? right into that. impossible shot. here is the thing. after doing that it guaranteed everyone a perfect score on their first quiz. so everybody gets a perfect score. >> getting that perfect start to the semester, yeah. >>. the atlanta zoo is welcoming two new additions, giant panda gave birth to her second set of twins on saturday morning. they are the sixth and seventh pandas born at the zoo. thanks so much for being up early and watching "early today" today. have a great holiday and we'll see you right back here tomorrow. right back here tomorrow.

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a teenage boy is in the hospital this morning after getting hit by a pick breaking news. a teenage boy is in the hospital this morning after getting hit by a pickup truck riding his bike home from fishing on the long weekend. extremely dangerous. the search is on for a convicted sex offender in the south bay who police say tried to kidnap two young girls. a no show. colin kaepernick stands up a church full of people in san francisco. the congregation waiting for the 49ers quarterback to speak about his stand on race that garnered national attention. "today in the bay" starts right now. and good morning on your labor day holiday. on a monday. thank you very much for joining us. i'm chris brock. >> i'm kris sanchez.