hurricane lee moves up the east coast it won't make landfall in the u.s., but it will stir up trouble for the northeast. how the region is preparing. the president's son officially indicted. hunter biden facing three counts related to buying a gun. we have a live report coming from washington. a deadline has come and

gone now thousands of auto workers are walking off the job and onto the picket line. baseball swings for the post season the american league east still up for grabs, a look at the games you need to catch this weekend. >> i'm the person that got rescued. they did all the work to get me out. >> how he's safe and on the surface after a terrifying ordeal mark dickey describes his days-long rescue from thousands of feet beneath the earth. it's friday, september 15. "early today" starts right now and a good early morning to you. i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. a hurricane is barrelling up the east coast and though it's not expected to make landfall in the united states, we will still feel its impact after a potential tornado,

hurricane lee will bring more severe weather to the northeast. angie lassman joins us in a few minutes with a closer look at the storm's path >> this sunday kristin welker makes her debut as host of "meet the press" and on her first broadcast she sits down with former president donald trump we should also note that an interview was also sought with current president joe biden. in this exclusive interview with trump, kristin asked him directly what he would do if he took executive office with criminal charges still hanging over him >>mr. president, if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself >> i could have pardoned myself. you know what? i was give and option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said, would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want ly si had some people that said

it would look bad if you did it, i think it would look terrible here's the story these people are thugs, horrible people, marxists, fascists, sick people they've been after me since the day y i came down the escalator with melania let me just tell you i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon >> see the rest of the interview that airs exclusively this sunday on "meet the press" now to president biden's son hunter, indicted on gun charges. the younger biden hadwill face charges in delaware federal court on three counts. what exactly is hunter biden accused of doing >> reporter: we should note that these are not violent crimes that hunter biden is accused of. two of the charges allege that he lied on a gun application

form saying he was sober when he was in fact actively abusing drugs at that time the third charge lealleges thath possessed a firearm while on a narcotic normally these types of charges do not proceed to trial at all he initially struck a plea deal, fwhau f but that fell apart in late july since then, things have moved fast attorney genmerrick garland appointed the special counsel. republicans are slamming the indictment, saying it does not go far enough. ryan nobles spoke to the republican chairman of the house oversight committee. take a listen. >> if i ranked those crimes one through 12, i would rank this one a distant 12th

and ironically, this is the one crime the president's son committed that you can't tieback to the president >> reporter: and hunter biden's attorney says they'll fight the charges, adding, quote, hunter biden possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days was not a threat to public safety. frances? >> and also clearly this had not make republicans back off their pursuit of hunter biden in pursuit of the president >> reporter: democrats are pointing to the evidence, more specifically, the lack thereof legal observe aresrs agree that evidence is circumstantial and anecdotal. there is no direct evidence linking him to any wrongdoing. that's a point that several republicans have conceded. just a few weeks ago, kevin mccarthy promised in an interview with breitbart that he'd put an impeachment inquiry to a floor vote. as we now know he did no such thing, instead launching the

inquiry by decree. that means expanded oversight into white house communications. president biden himself commented on the news himself saying republicans are moving to impeach him because they want to shut down the government now that's a reference to the september 30th deadline for congress to fund the federal government and prevent a shutdown now that's on saturday two weeks from now >> so many highlighted dates on our calendar thank you. a judge in georgia has agreed to allow lawyer sydney powell and kenneth cheesesebro o go to trial sooner than the other defendants in the case donald trump and 18 others were charged and all have pleaded not guilty a trial is now set to start october 23rd earlier this year, the east palestine train derailment

spilled hazardous materials in an ohio community forcing residents to evacuate. now the state is releasing the final safety report outlining how the toxic incident happened and how another one could be prevented. neil fisher from our cleveland affiliate has the details. >> reporter: more than seven months after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in palestine a final report >> my hope is that the outcome will be that everything that we do, we're creating a safer environment for the people in the state of ohio. >> reporter: the ten-member committee, including minority leader nikki antonio, were tasked with learning more about the fiery crash, determining how the general assembly can help residents recover and how to respond in the future. from wh >> what we're trying to do is look at what happened and do everything we can to prevent an incident like this from happening again. >> reporter: the result of the month-long hearings are nine

recommendation, including encouraging the passage of the railway safety act of 2023 in congress, funding a report on agriculture in the area and improving communication. >> we have to make sure first responders have a better idea of what is on a train and that they can quickly access that information. that's part of our recommendation >> thanks to neil fisher for that report. turning now to more legal challenges for google, as the company agreed to a multi-million dollar payout to california they will pay $93 million to settle allegations that they stored and collected user data without consent. california's justice department claimed the tech giant used the data for advertising purposes. now in addition to the settlement, google agreed to be more transparent with users about their tracking practices but they say the complaint was based on outdated policies hurricane lee's stirring up trouble in the atlantic if you are in the northeast, you might

want to take a second look at your weekend plans, especially if they're outside by the water. angie lassman is tracking how soon we'll see parts of the storm. >> it could be as early as your late parts of friday as you'll get into the action. tropical storm warnings in effect where you see brighter orange that goes from massachusetts to maine. we've got the hurricane watch in parts of maine, too. hurricane lee headed to the north at 15 miles per hour right now category 1 hurricane but still over 500 miles south of nantucket at this time. but as we get into the later parts of today we'll see winds that extend well from the center start to work into southern importan portions of that areas basically massachusetts. we'll see it work a little

closer to no cl closer to nova scotia. the winds will be difficult in some spots provincetown, nantucket, close to 60 miles per hour even inland areas could see 30, 40 moile per hour winds storm surge not as rough as what we were looking at yesterday bu. 78 for atlanta mobile headed to the low 90s today with showers and thunderstorms from new orleans to san antonio and that is a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. up next, auto workers officially on strike but similar strikes in the uk are had rinking the economy arabile joins us to break down why the british trend could start to be seen in american markets. be seen in american markets.

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we're back now with news of a massive data breach in las vegas. a cyber attack has mgm resorts reeling. >> reporter: the cyber attack was confirmed by caesar's. the casino giant saying hackers breached their firewalls and hijacked critical data that includes social security and driver's license numbers for customers who signed up for their loyalty program. our partners at cnbc reporting a group demand add $30 million ransom last week before a casino paid roughly half of it. why is that data so important? >> that data can be used by people that like to commit identity theft to open new credit cards, to get driver's license, to get social security cards, to open a mortgage. >> reporter: caesar's entertainment says we have taken

steps to ensure that the stolen data is deleted by the unauthorized actor, althoughque not guarantee this result. the confirmed cyber attack, the first of two reported just days apart. earlier this week, just down the vegas strip at mgm, slot machines suddenly went down. gists waited for hours to check in and atms were off line the fbi is now investigating what many experts already believe. candidate same cyber criminals who hacked caesar's also hack mgm in the question now, are they holding personal data from that casino for ransom with mgm saying they are working diligently to resolve the cyber security issue it appears luck has run out for two major casinos. miguel almaguer, nbc news. across the pond, recession concerns are rising after reports that the uk economy shrank at its fastest rate in months the country's gdp dipping in

july with economists pointing to high interest rates and labor struggles as a potential strain on markets arabile, the u.s. economy has also been tackling inflation and strikes, could we see this kind of trend happening here in especially with auto workers hitting the picket line a few hours ago? >> there could be concerns, but i think there's a sense of a lot more resilient economy particularly in the labor market that you are seeing out of united states. plus you are seeing the galvanizing of the consumer demand story and inflation is much lower than the g-20 nations there are factors to create a cleaner or better sense of where they go when it comes to the economic stance. but of course the worry is going to be this massive strike bit

unby the united auto workers. you have a whole host of money that is going to be taken out of the system at this point in time it is similar to of course what happened not so long ago in the uk literally this year and last year we had strikes from the nurses, the teachers as well as rail and bus drivers a lot of the transport situation hurting the uk a lot of that has been downward and could create downward pressure in the u.s. but one wonders whether there would be enough to create a downfall >> mm-hm we'll be certainly watching. arabile, thank you still to come, this is what all my friends are talking about. they're not gone we have your sneak peek at the boy band reunion two decades in the making and support of the wga walkout. d support of the wga walkout. dr. garcia? crest reality checkup. that grimy film on your teeth? it's actually the buildup of plaque bacteria which can cause cavities in months. and your toothpaste just isn't cutting it.

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thought he wasn't getting out of that turkish cave alive. >> i'm feeling very good compared to where i started off. >> reporter: speaking alongside his fiance from the hospital he described the harrowing ordeal >> i had no idea what's going on probably not life-threatening into it is life threatening, i need help. >> reporter: she climbed more than 3,000 feet out of the cave outu after dickey became suddenly ill, vomiting blood >> i just knew that i was definitely fit for that job to get out there and get back as soon as possible and coordinate the rescue up on the surface if necessary. >> reporter: what started as an expedition turned into an international rescue effort. >> lots of different medical terminology. i was down pretty deep in that drain. >> reporter: at times he was only semi conscious. rescuers gave him a blood transfusion. >> i'm not healed on the inside

yet. >> reporter: loaded on a stretcher, he was pulled up to safety after an arduous 57-hour effort >> i'm the person who got rescued. they did all of the work to get me out >> reporter: thankful, he says, and not surprised that the tight-knit caving community answered his call. stephanie gosk, nbc news >> there's more in store this morning. here's dillon dryer with a look ahead at the third hour of "today". >> this morning on the third hour of today a special guest in st studios 1 a. elmo is stopping by, and that's all this morning on the third hour of "today." plus on the first day of hispanic heritage month, a basic vocabulary after struggling with his own lack of spanish fluency.

>> so great to see that and the effort he makes. you know, to make it fun so many people struggle with the difficulty of it, and just kind of, you know, shun everything else make fun out of it >> to make fun and join other people in bringing that to others, that's pretty cool >> we thank you so much for watching early today and being with us all week i'm frances rivera >> by the way, we have not stopped singing 'n sync and backstreet boys. have a great weekend have a gread

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