scout schul >> everybody's getting ready. we're getting ready. >> make sure your family's are safe. we can start the rebuilding process once again. >> brissing as maria strengthened with her sites fixed. >> overnight will violence. demonstrations royal st. louis for a third straight day after aen ex-officer's acquittal ignited protests. >> the london terror attack. >> we get an update on the four college students hit with an acid attack. >> the highs and lows of tv's biggest tonight. early today starts right now. >> good morning.

>> two monster storms are threatening millions as hurricane jose barrels up the east coast whipping winds. hurricane maria is heading straight for the virgin islands, st. martin and barbuda. now the governor of puerto rico is warning the hurricane, this one could be even worse. bill karins will have the latest in just a few moments. >> the uk is waking up with a lower terror threat, dropped from critical to severe after a second arrest was made in friday's subway bombing in london and security will be stepped up as commuters go back to work today. as a possible images of the bombing suspect have surfaced obtain by our broadcast partner. what do we know about this most recent arrest? >> reporter: good morning. the two young men arrested over the weekend are still being questioned by the police and

more locations are being searched in connection with the attack even today. now the fact that the authorities lowered the terror threat level means they are confident that they have those responsible in custody. now one of them has been identified as a 21-year-old syrian refugee by the british press but this is not yet been confirmed by the police here. in the meantime, our broadcast partner obtained exclusive cc tv footage. the man is believed to have walked out of the house that belongs to ronald and pinelope jones that offered foster care to refugees. now the couple are not suspects

and police has whether either or both of the young men arrested were cared for by them. >> thank you very much. now a former american students through a recovery this morning after being attacked with acid in france. police say the young woman all boston college students were near a train station when another woman suddenly sprayed them with acid p. two of the victims were treated for burns, the other two for shock. boston college says they're all juniors s abroad in europe and have been released from the hospital. >> i was just online with one of them having an e-mail exchange and she said we're doing well, exhausted but doing well. >> the attacker has since been arrested. the suspect has a history of mental illness and stressed this was not a terrorist attack. north korea claims to be nearing its goal of military equilibrium with the united states. the country's leader says it's nuclear weapons force could first soon deter the u.s. from,

quote, talking about a military option. tillerson warned of consequences if diplomacy fails. >> if our diplomatic efforts fail, though, our military option will be the only one left, so all of this is backed up by a very strong and resolute military option but be clear, we seek a peaceful solution to this. >> and janis, what is the latest on this military standoff? >> reporter: there will be an intense focus on what president trump says to the united nations general assembly this week, the focus being north korea and there has been mixed messaging from the united states. somebody who won't be in the audience there china's president, china is key to insuring that sanctions work given the trade and energy that flows between the two countries. the u.n. security council adopted that latest set of sanctions about a week ago. the toughest measures yet but they were watered down in order

to get the votes necessary from china and russia, so there is the sense that the -- as a diplomatic tool, sanctions are pretty much maxed out. there was a strong show of forced to over the korean peninsula, another joint live fire drill involving u.s., japanese and forces from south korea. they apparently flew close to the demarcation line, what one south korean defense official called a rare maneuver. the exercise involved stealth jets as well as the super sonic bombers intended to send this message of bilateral cooperation of force and a state of readiness to the regime and pyongyang. phillip? >> thank you. this morning the president wakes up in his trump tower home for what is sure to be a busy few days ahead. he meets with the general assembly. it comes as mr. trump openly mocks north korea's kim jong-un

while his top aids issue new warnings. as his own secretary of state meets with his russian counterpart. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: back in new york city, home again but here for a first. the president will address the united nations general assembly tuesday where all are familiar with his crit sim of u.n. bureaucracy. >> when do you see the united nations solving problems, they don't. they cause problems. >> reporter: amid a flurry of wide ranging tweets, the president weighed in on a dire threat as he described a call with south korea president moon and taunted north korea and asked him how rocket man is doing. kim jong-un celebrates his launch of roughly two dozen missiles this year while world leaders impose economic sanctions. >> this regime is so close now to threatening the united states and others with a nurg weapon

that we really have to move with a great deal of urgency. >> reporter: a packed week ahead. the president meets with leaders of israel and france. center stage tuesday where his speech will praise values that bind democratic nations while also calling for more urgent action. >> he's going to address these specific threats of north korea, iran, terrorism, global terrorism and why it is important that all of us come together and confront these as a unified body. >> reporter: the president will get facetime with leaders around the world, including theresa may and special attention for south korea and japan. vulnerable neighbors of north korea. >> we wanted to be responsible and go through all diplomatic means to get their attention first. if that doesn't work, general mattis will take care of it. >> that was kelly o'donnell reporting there. last night the television industry honored its best at the 69th annual emmy awards. several shows picked up multiple

awards and one surprise attendee caught just about every one off-guard. >>. >> reporter: a series about had plenty to celebrate. the handmaid's tale one five awards including best tv draup and best actress for elisabeth moss. >> so crazy. >> reporter: honors for best actor went to sterling k. brown who saluted his ""this is us" tv show. donald glover was a double winner. >> i'm so happy, wow. thank you guys so much. this is nuts. >> reporter: also scoring yet another double win, "veep" best comedy for the third straight year and series star best actress for six years in a row. >> this is and it continues to be the role of a lifetime. >> reporter: oscar winner nicole kidman added an emmy to her

resume. >> reese, i share this with you. >> reporter: kidman's costar shared the stage with her minutes later as their project won best limited series. >> reporter: also enjoying a big night. it won four awards including best sketch variety series as well as a second straight win for kate mckinnon for supporting alec baldwin but maybe the night's most talked about moment came early on. >> this will be the largest audience to witness and emmies period. >> reporter: a surprise experience by sean spicer energized television's biggest night. >> nothing like the emmies to remind you how behind we are all with everything else we need to see. >> so many shows we need to watch and we're not going to get

anything done. >> let's turn now to bill karins whose watching not one but two storms. >> we're very concerned with what maria could do. still all about potential and we're hoping that somehow it would weave its way and miss a lot of the big islands but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. 90-miles-per-hour winds already. it's going to head through dominca and guadalupe and near the st. kits. we'll watch the storm close to puerto rico early wednesday morning and that's going to be the category 4. puerto rico hasn't been hit by category 4 since 1928. very grave concerns right now. also for the virgin islands still within that cone of uncertainty. the purple line is irma and the red line is maria and they are hitting different islands but they get very close to each other up there near the virgin islands. then there's still jose sitting here. this is a weakening system, more like a nor'easter type of event,

just grazing the coast. that's a look at still waiting for that big cool-off in arizona. it's amazing, we're -- this is the third huge storm in a row in like four, five weeks. >> and it seems like it does it after the weekend. we pick up and start looking ahead and here it comes. >> all too routine. who doesn't like oranges? talking about the fruit here. this video is coming from california. that's the north of los angeles where a woman captured a mama bear and her cub on top of a roof enjoying some oranges right off the tree. the two bears took a nap after their snack and that's when wildlife officers tran equalized them and moved them back to safety in the forest.

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tells now tragically life seems to be intimidating art. locations scout carlos portal shot multiple times and left for dead while looking for filming sites. mexican media reporting the life ended an hour and a half northeast of mexico city on an unnamed road. i spoke to his sister. >> what did he want the rest of the world to see about mexico? >> he wanted to see that -- he just wanted to show how beautiful our country really is and how nice people are and just to be able to show it off. >> reporter: born in mexico, he made a career using his homeland as the setting for cinema fantasy, scouting locations for the james bond film inspector, the fast and furious franchise and a host of other movies and series. >> he felt very lucky to be able to live the life he was living.

>> reporter: the rise of drug gangs and murders make mexico a risky location for film makers. >> so they're looking for an authenticity certainly on the landscape. i don't think anyone was looking for a fatality. >> reporter: in a statement they extend their condolences to his family saying the facts surrounding his death are still unknown as authorities continue to investigate. a business of make believe marred by deadly reality. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >> so many questions. what would the motive be? >> a lot of questions to be answered. just ahead a rock and roll institution up for grabs. plus trouble for one of the nation's biggest toy retailers as it mulz bankruptcy. plus, when you get a flu shot at walgreens, you help provide a lifesaving vaccine to a child in need

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welcome back to the story in the next 48 hours will be -- what intensity and where will maria hit. it has its eyes set some where near puerto rico or virgin islands but those will be areas that could possibly be hit by another major hurricane. looks like they'll all be devastating storms. jose and the northwest cool and unsettled right through the northerni northernies. feels like falls in the northwest. protests in st. louis turned violent overnight in the third straight day of demonstrations. police say windows were broken and several businesses and weapons were confiscated during sunday night's demonstrations. at least 80 people were arrested and several officers were injured just hours before

protests were peaceful as hundreds staged a die-in outside police headquarters. demonstrators have been marching since friday when former police officer jason stockily was acquitted. and while most of the chaos happened during the night time hours, by day light, those who participated in peaceful demonstrations volunteered to help businesses cleanup. a frightening scene friday at the south carolina fair. a fair worker fell while trying to repair a ferris wheel. the ride became stuck with at least one boy in the car and there he goes while he was fixing the ride. he lost his balance and fell. remarkably he just sustained minor injuries. he was treated by e.m.t.s and sent to a local hospital but he was later released and then returned to work on saturday. >> wow and you see he just got back on his feet pretty quickly after that tumble. it may still officially be

summer but parts of montana look like winter wonderland. it is a firefighters have been battling wildfires all summer which have burned about 800 square miles and while the snow won't completely put out the fires, it will slow them down. so it looks pretty people may not be ready for it, a nuisance on the road but at least it's helping on that front. some good news and welcome relief just to see that especially if you've been dilg with triple digit temperatures all along. one koala, this animal heard a ten mile ride before the driver heard rise coming from under the vehicle. they were able to save him with the help of firefighters and they named the creature kelly after one of her rescuers. she sustained only mild injuries. she was released back into the wild. >> how scary.

we thank you for being with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phill

everybody's getting ready. we're getting ready. >> make sure that your families are safe. we can start the rebuilding process once again after there storm passes. >> hunkering down. the caribbean prepares for yet another hurricane as irma strengthens with her sights fixed on already devastated islands. >> terror manhunt. new video could help in the search for the man believed to be at the center of friday's bombing in london. >> overnight violence is, demonstrations roil st. louis after an exofficer's acquittal. >> plus a worker's frightening fall you have to see. >> jennifer lawrence reaches a box office low. >> look who had to