they fear the taliban conditions have been worsening, and they're about to get worse in the last ten days we've killed over a thousand taliban >> secretary of state mike pompeo hitting all the sunday shows for president trump, explaining a plan to hold secret talks with the taliban that quickly fell apart a massive cargo ship capsizes off the georgia coast, setting off a frantic search-and-rescue operation pour the crew we've got the late details tens of thousands are left homeless in the wake of hurricane dorian as relief and evacuation efforts ramp up explosive new allegations this morning in the case of harvey weinstein, and just how

crucial gwyneth paltrow was to the process. and asleep at the wheel. just what the he can is going on inside that moving car as the occupants sleep the day away "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, a cargo ship up in flames, and a dangerous rescue mission unfolding off the coast of georgia it's where a massive south korean tanker capsized 23 crewmembers and one pilot were on board. 20 were rescued, and now the coast guard is trying to save four missing crewmembers who are trapped in the engine room the ship, which is longer than two football fields was carrying a shipment of hyundai and kia cars when it overturned and caught fire. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on sunday rescue operations had to be suspended because of the flames. >> once salvage professionals have determined the vessel to be stable, we will identify the best option to continue our rescue efforts for the four crewmembers who remain on board.

>> the ship had just departed colonel's island terminal and was on the way to baltimore when it capsized. talks to end the bloodshed in afghanistan are at a stand still this morning after president trump called off a secret meeting with the taliban at camp david planned for yesterday. negotiations were canceled in the wake of a deadly attack that the taliban claimed credit for now the administration is facing bipartisan backlash over the typing of the proposed talks nbc hans nichols has more. >> reporter: america's preparing to inflict more pain on the taliban. >> they fear the taliban conditions have been worsening, and they're about to get worse. >> reporter: america's top diplomat on all five major sunday morning shows defending trump's plan to host the taliban and the afghan government at camp david just days before the 9/11 anniversary >> it was a useful effort to try and get all of those parties in one place so that we could have serious conversations about how to reduce america's risk. >> reporter: the president dramatically called off the meeting after the taliban

admitted to a cashcar bombing, e 16th combat death this year in afghanistan. how many more decades are they willing to fight, the president tweeted? but the u.s. has also been hammering the taliban, which harbored al qaeda. >> in the last ten days we've killed over a thousand taliban. >> reporter: the plan to host taliban leaders at camp david angered some republicans no member of the taliban should set foot there, ever, tweeted representative liz cheney. and democrats -- >> you don't treat this like some kind of game show when you're dealing with terrorists. >> reporter: just last week the president claimed he could win the war in afghanistan in a week, but at a tremendous cost of life. >> if i'm willing to kill ten million people in the course of a week or two, we could win that very quickly. >> reporter: though the peace talks appear real, mr. trump has a history of repeating negotiations after talks are called off. >> i think these risks are worth

taking. >> reporter: the president announced he wants to bring that number down to 8600 as part of a peace deal but today that decision is being reviewed, and pompeo seemed a ambiguous about how many troops they'll continue toe fight to put an end to the total occupation of afghanistan. >> hans, thank you congress heads back to work today after a five-week recess and lawmakers have a packed agenda, from gun control to the border wall. but first, it's the fight to prevent a government shutdown. nbc's craig boswell joining us now with the very latest from washington craig, good morning. congress, they're going to have three weeks to strike a deal to keep the lights on. >> phillip, good morning good morning, everyone that's first up congress has to pass a continuing resolution by september 30th to keep the lights on, to keep the government open. it would shut down on october 1. the house is expected to vote on a continuing resolution next week then the senate will have two

weeks to act now, on gun legislation, this is contentious. republicans say they're waiting on president trump t sn. ene talking with lawmakers over the last several weeks and could unveil a gun safety legislation proposal in the next week or so. democrats are pushing on the senate to push already bills that have already been passed by the house to strengthen background checks on gun purchases. now on immigration, the president has diverted about $3.6 billion from pentagon projects to build about 175 miles of border fencing. congress could pass legislation to stop that, but there is a bigger push right now by house democrats looming on an impeachment inquiry. house judiciary committee, phillip; could vote this week, as early as wednesday, on defining the impeachment inquiry that is just a step, but it will be the first actual vote, a recorded vote on an impeachment process. back to you, phillip.

>> lots to get done. craig, thank you dorian's devastation is causing a major humanitarian crisis in the bahamas. the northern islands now in ruins. at least 44 people are dead, and that death toll is expected to riseruise line has taking them to florida been helping stranded bahamians, meanwhile, celebrity chef jose andres is preparing 10,000 meals a day. his organization, world central kitchen set up shop in several parts of the island chain. it was founded in 2010 after hurricane katrina. protesters in hong kong marched again sunday, and this time made an appeal to america ♪ oer of the land free and the home of the brave ♪ >> they urged president trump to liberate the china-ruled city as they asked for help for their pro-democracy movement we're joined now by matt bradley who is in hong kong. matt, what are the protesters asking d.c. to do now? >> reporter: yeah, frances, as you mentioned, some startling

sights and sounds in hong kong over the weekend the protesters are appealing to president trump, and even mike pence, the vice president, they were holding pictures of the two of them at this march. and they're trying to get thome be harsher on beijing, to try to push their agenda here, which is asking for more independence and democracy. the demands have changed since this all started three months ago. the genesis of this was an extradition bill that could have seen people arrest heard in hong kong extradited to the mainland for trial and maybe even to serve their sentences. now that bill has been withdrawn, and these protests are still going very, very strongly they want the u.s. to pass a bill, a legislation called the hong kong human rights and democracy act that would essentially crack down on anyone in beijing who is seen as impeding on the freedoms of hong kong citizens. they also want to see president trump taking a harder line with beijing on hong kong now so far the president has been reluctant to try to bundle hong kong into his ongoing trade

war with beijing so it seems like that could be something of a problem for the protesters they're not going to want to have -- or the president isn't really going to want to throw in the hong kong issue with these trade issue that he has been battling now for several years frances, phillip >> matt bradley for us matt, thank you. the nfl's 100 season kicked off with high-scoring games and huge plays let's check out a few of them. starting in new england, for sunday night football here on nbc, the super bowl-winning patriots unveiling their latest banner, and they played like a team ready for another one tom brady tossed three touchdowns in the big victory over pittsburgh, getting a little help from josh gordon, breaking a bunch of tackles on his way to the end zone. patriots crushed the steeler, 33-3 now to miami where the ravens put up a historic beatdown on the dolphins lamar jackson accounting for five touchdowns on the way to a 59-10 rout 59 points, the most ever scored

in a single game in ravens history. the outlook already so bleak in miami, pro football talk is reporting that multiple dolphins players have told their agents to request a trade after the loss >> flips, touchdown giants >> that's about as good as it got for the giants they took the early lead in the nfc east rivalry game taking place in dallas, but after that it was all cowboys dallas quarterback dak prescott reportedly working on a new contract extension, proved his worth on sunday. he threw for 405 yards and 4 touchdowns cowboys win, 35-10 for all you fantasy football player, let's look at some of the points leaders after sunday. top scoring quarterback would be lamar jackson. you saw what he did. the top scoring running backs austin ekeler from the chargers and christian mccaffrey from carolina top wide receivers, sammy watkins from the chiefs and desean jackson in his return with philadelphia. some big news overnight from

the baseball world according to espn the boston red sox is parting ways with its president of baseball operations, dave dombrows dombrowski his firing comes just ten months after he helped orchestrate the 2018 world series win. assistant general manager will take over. a loss to the yankees last night may have been the final straw. the sox are eight games back in the wild card race time to say good morning to nbc meteorologist janessa webb >> happy monday, everyone. we're going continue to see the warm temperatures really building across the outh very hard to sleep this morning here 90 degrees for new orleans central texas heat index of 97 so advisories, they're going to continue to expand throughout the afternoon. also, severe weather that's hovering over across the followw

rain showers for tampa this afternoon. humidity is really going to die down across the ohio valley and cooler weather even for colorado this afternoon pretty quiet weather pattern for this upcoming week, but a few showers. we'll follow that coming up. >> nice to hear those words after the past few weeks we've had. >> sure is rafa reigns supreme again at the u.s. open. closing out a stunning 6-4 win against daniil medvedev. this is his fourth national title. now he is just one behind roger fedder serena got sedaneeu,drscmp still ahead, one of america's top universiti w

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leading the news, jeffrey epstein is spurring prestigious univeresaftehis dea. this weekend, a top official at massachusetts's institute of technology resigned after several reports detailed his financial connections to the alleged sex trafficker doic doichi ito stepped down. left a visiting professorship at harvard too. in a letter the president of mit promised an investigation into epstein's donations. new developments in the case of harvey weinstein and how critical gwyneth paltrow was in bringing allegations against him forward. ron, good morning. >> good morning, frances a new book out tomorrow reveals that the actress gwyneth paltrow played a much more active role in organizing voices against the movie mogul harvey weinstein

before sexual abuse allegations surfaced publicly against the hollywood producer harvey weinstein, one of his most prominent performer, actress gwyneth paltrow was quietly working behind the scenes to expose her mentor as a predator. this according to an article in "the new york times" about an explosive new book set for release this week called "she said" bytimes journalists. on an interview the reporters discuss paltrow's role in building the momentum, sharing her own story and recruiting other actresses to speak that momentum eventually resulted in criminal charges against weinstein, who goes to trial early next year in manhattan. >> she did play a much more active role than anybody's ever known, but it was hair-raising for her, because harvey weinstein had been such an important influence. >> reporter: tralt throw said weinstein sexually harassed her in a hotel room and how her boyfriend at the time, brad pitt

confronted the producer. >> what he did is he leveraged his fame and power to protect me at a time when i didn't have fame or power yet. >> reporter: another detail revealed in the book according to "the times," two years before the bombshell accusations against his brother, bob weinstein also confronted him, pleading with him to get medical treatment for his misbehavior, writing in a letter you have brought shame to the family and your company through your misbehavior. if you think nothing is wrong with your behavior so in this wife and family. weinstein, "the times" also reports mistakenly viewed his brother's problem as a sex addiction and eventually abandoned his attempts to intervene. lawyers for bob weinstein told nbc news in a statement that harvey promised bob he would take his advice and seek help, but apparently never did they say bob was unaware of the allegations against harvey for nonconsensual sexual behavior before they became public. frances? >> ron mott for us ron, thank you just ahead, the last thing

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the probe comes after a report from politico on friday showing that air crews sometimes book rooms at president trump's scotland resort while refueling at a nearby airport. an air force spokesperson defended one crew's stopover saying it was the closest available and least expensive. in a statement to nbc news, the spokesman said, quote, initial reviews indicate the air crew transiting through scotland adhered to all guidance and procedures, but added we must still be considerate of perceptions of not being good stewards of taxpayer funds that might be created through the appearance of air crews staying at such locations. it is national teddy bear day, and build a bear is offering an exclusive build a

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she was doing cartwheels, right there and then. >> reporter: together they started working out. they both got stronger, and daisy got an idea. >> she told me she wants to be a supermodel regardless whether she's got legs or not, she is going to be a supermodel. >> put your heads towards each other. >> reporter: she is already on her way, walking at fashion week, commercials in spain, ted x talk in australia. in a business built on perfection, daisy is redefining it the perfect message from this show is what >> it's to come away with a broader mind-set it's diversity, inclusion. >> reporter: what's it like having so many eyes looking right at now >> it's actually kind of frightening but then you get excited and proud of yourself. >> reporter: one little girl a model for the rest of us rehema ellis, nbc news, new york >> got that

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you, september 9th, and taking a live look out at sfo, where there are a lot of delays there this weekend, due to some runway repair. we want to say good morning to you. no repairs going on right here. >> yet. i don't know, i'm not ready so much. >> construction here as the morning goes along. >> contouring. >> spoke too soon. >> spoke for yourself. good morning to you. it is early. >> um-hum. >> what about that forecast? >> is it looking good for us today? >> it looks so forever the next couple of days. not a great weekend. it was