week because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." it's monday, september 28th, right now on "first look" the leaders will unite blocks from where i'm stabbing and obama and putin and others come together. hillary clinton faces tough questions on e-mails on "meet the press." the francis effect was strong as the pontiff celebrated mass for over 800,000 on his final day in the u.s. plus tom brady is thrust into the record books while others with high expectations fall to the frustrations of the season. "first look" starts right now. happy monday to you. hope you had a great weekend. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for joining us today. in a few hours president obama

will speak directly to the world's most powerful leaders but it is his afternoon meeting that could have the most far-reaching consequences. edward lawrence is in washington for us today. good morning to you. how important is this meeting with russian president vladimir putin? >> betty, the meeting with the russian president could be the most important news of the trip. the tour at odds but president obama hopes the message of unity to the u.n. will be heard by russian president vladimir putin. the president spoke at the sustainable development goal summit at the u.n. sunday, ahead of an address to the entire body today. he high righted unity among nations. >> today we set aside the skepticism and we lift up the hope that is available to us through collective action. >> reporter: isis will be the top issue when the president meets with russian president vladimir putin face to face, after his speech today.

u.n. ambassador samantha powers says with problems in syria because of isis and the ukraine, the president sees an opportunity. >> the president believed it would be irresponsible to let this occasion in which the two leaders would be in the same city pass without trying to test to see whether progress could be made on these seemingly intra intractable cises. >> when you look at the final product and you look at what the president has been saying and you look at the poll at thises he's been implementing, it really makes me wonder is it the analysts that are actually getting the intelligence wrong or being politicized somewhere in the process in. >> reporter: the president is expected to ask for a joint effort against the growing isis threat, as well as a transition in the syrian government. france has already joined the fight, conducting its first air strike since syria on an isis training camp. the president is also expected to use his nuclear deal with iran in his u.n. speech as an example of what can happen when

the world works together. the deal is highly criticized in the u.s. >> thanks for that. democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton says she's is trying to be as transparent as possible about her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. during an interview on "meet the press" she cold chuck todd if she could have done it all over again she would have used a separate e-mail account. >> i have tried to the best of my ability to be able to respond and if people are uncertain if they have concerns about these questions around the e-mails, it is their choice to say that's going to influence how i think about the election. i understand that. i get it. >> her husband, former president bill clinton, talked about the controversy on cnn. he said hillary is sorry that using her personal e-mail caused all this confusion. clinton also discussed donald trump and the likelihood that he could become the republican presidential nominee. >> could trump be the nominee?

>> i think so. how do i know? i don't understand any of it very well. look, i've been out of politics a long time. >> donald trump talked about his tax plan on cbs's "60 minutes" last night, part of which includes increasing taxes on the wealthy. >> but republicans don't raise taxes. >> we're not raising taxes. >> what kind of republican are you? >> the only -- well i'm a pretty good republican but i'll tell you this, i have some differences. i don't want to have certain people on wall street get away with paying no tax. >> a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows trump and ben carson leading the pack. 21% siding with trump, carson is right behind him with 20%. ben carson isn't shooting down kanye west becoming president. he said he's "certainly willing to give him a chance." carly fiorina had a bit of a scare at a campaign event last

night. >> class, of both -- >> during that event in san antonio, texas, the curtain backdrop collapsed, several women rushed to her side shielding her. thankfully no one was hurt. john boehner promises there will not be a government shutdown. in three days the government is scheduled to run out of money but bainer is promising to push through legislation. boehner has a lot to do before stepping down at the end of october. >> i expect i might have a little more cooperation from some around town to try to get as much finished as possible. i don't want to leave my successor a dirty barn, so i want to clean the barn up a little bit before the next

person gets there. >> on sunday, house minority leader nancy pelosi reacted to the news of boehner resigning, said she's not quite sure if she'll miss him. >> we can agree to disagree without being negative about each other, but yes, i don't know if i'll miss him. we just work. >> pelosi said the whole idea of the speaker resigning is the sign of the disarray in the republican party. john boehner is set to step down september 30th. >> right about now, pope francis is landing back in rome after his three-city u.s. tour but before he left there were some funny moments. he stopped his procession to kiss a baby dressed like the pope himself. how cute is that? he also met with an argentinean family that drove 13,000 miles in a volkswagen to meet him. the pope's reaction? "you are crazy." but the weekend's funniest moment came saturday night, act

yormark wahlberg spoke briefly to the soloist on stage. >> that right there was truly the voice of an angel but when he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted," and i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. holy father, please, forgive me. >> nbc's jay gray is in philadelphia with more on the pope's last day. >> reporter: the images are -- ♪ -- just like the moment overwhelming, downtown philadelphia for the evening, converted into a cathedral. >> it's amazing, the love and the closeness. it's unbelievable how inspiring. >> reporter: more than 800,000 celebrating mass with the holy father. >> he's a wonderful person, bringing a beautiful message. >> reporter: pope francis began his six-day american tour in the nation's capital, meeting with

president obama, then addressing a joint session of congress, the first pontiff ever afforded that honor. he continued to navigate the tight rope between politics and religion as he traveled to new york, speaking before the united nations general assembly. francis, addressing the most powerful leaders in the world. but still, always taking time for the most vulnerable among us. it was those moments face to face with the people that will define his historic visit. ready smile, a knowing glance, stopping his motorcade to bless the children. they were the times francis seemed to cherish the most. closing out his american tour in philadelphia, focused on family, faith and service, and offering one final blessing. >> my god bless you all. god bless america. >> reporter: jay gray, nbc news,

philadelphia. there is also huge excitement over nasa today. they're throwing around teasers that would make hollywood proud. they're calling it a major science findings and "mars mystery solved." this likely has to do with the discovery of water on the planet, which would be monumental, but we are still holding out for the hope of martians. we'll keep you posted on that. >> if you happened to look up last night it seemed like the red planet was paying us a visit. in reality it was our own moon, a supermoon lunar eclipse, a rare combination. the phenomenon starts with a full moon as close to the earth as it gets. and thanks to great timing it passed into the earth's shadow of the sun making it appear red. if you missed it, you can try again in 2033. >> nine minutes past the hour, landon dowdy did you see the blood moon last night? >> unfortunately i didn't. i was getting some sleep but

hopefully you caught it. volkswagen's own staff and a supplier were warned years ago about a software for the emissions test. the software affected engines in 11 million diesel cars worldwide. it is suspending the research heads at its vw, audi and porsche brands. jetblue is adding a charter flight to havana ahead the expected opening of commercial travel. nonstop flight every tuesday starting december 1st in partnership with the travel company licensed by the u.s. government. shell is pulling the plug on exploring oil in waters off alaska. it failed to find enough crude in the area. shell's unsuccessful campaign could cost it $4 billion. bet betty, back over to you. >> thank you. football night in america, to the motor city we go.

peyton manning's one-yard round and joique bell up and over the line for the score. 13 seconds before the half, fourth down, peyton manning finds thomas for a 45-yard strike. from there late in the fourth quarter, five-point game, third and 6 from the 11, manning to owen daniels with a leaping catch, broncos win 24-12. they remain undefeated. st. louis a fpregame fireworks created a small fire on the field delaying the game. ben roethlisberger goes down with a knee injury, he'll be re-evaluated late today. steelers went on to win 12-6. nfl history in the making. tom brady's 400th touchdown pass of his career. he joins peyton manning, brett

favre and dan marie know in the 400 club. patriots undefeated as they crush the jags 51-17. next fireworks between teammates. bryce harper had just flied out when jonathan. le dopapelbon got into a heated argument, they talked it out and chalked it up to brothers fighting. jordan spieth collected a whopping $1.48 million plus a $10 million bonus by winning the tour championship and fedex cup playoffs. the 22-year-old texan said it was his par-saving putts that helped put him over the top. i'd say that was definitely over the top. the just ahead details on a massive 492-foot sink hole in australia. plus caught on camera, a dangerous ef2 tornado as it hits south carolina.

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this is mississippi's gulf coast, heavy rains turn the streets of pass cagoula into rivers. remarkable footage, remember last friday at this time we had reports of a tornado. this is video of inside the tornado from johns island, south carolina, home security video from a house and this was an f2 tornado with winds over 100 miles per hour. pretty amazing stuff. thankfully no one was injured or killed in the tornado. over the weekend, heavy rains were down in the gulf, that continues this morning. mobile, alabama, picked up seven inches of rain, that's as much rain as we've in the northeast in three months. we'll continue to watch the threat of heavy rain panama city down towards tampa and that's a squeeze play we'll watch two areas of low pressure, one in the gulf, a little area of low pressure off the south carolina coast.

that's going to take tropical moisture and hit it up against this cold front here and this is going to wring out some beneficial rains to areas of pennsylvania, new york, the appalachians, all the way through the northeast. it's been so long since we had a soaking, drenching rain and this looks like it's going to happen tuesday into wednesday, and some of the rainfall totals this is through wednesday morning, one to two inches widespread here, possibly three inches in albany and carolinas. i-95 has a nice day today. tuesday the clouds move in. from boston to d.c. wednesday looks like a rainy day. >> thank you so much, bill. queensland, australia, a massive 49 -foot sink hole with a lowed up several vicles at a popular beach. car, camping trailer and several tents were lost, around 140 people were evacuated but luckily no one was injured. arnlg 17.4 million americans were hit by identity theft last year, while two-thirds did have

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choice with 42%. sanders has 35%, down from clinton's 34-point lead over sanders back in july and her whopping 60-point lead in june. gop presidential candidate rick santorum has tweeted out a couple photos of pope francis blessing his daughter, bella, born with a rare genetic disorder where she has an extra chromosome. john boehner admitted to a rumor about practicing yoga in his spare time, on sunday. >> you do i don't he ga? yoga? >> i do. not as diligent lately as i used to over a year ago, but i do. as a matter of fact i thought about it this morning because it's great for my back. i've had back problems. >> boehner the yogi. maybe he'll have more time for yoga come november. bob brady is making headlines after he took a glass of water that pope francis left behind last week. brady who has said he believes

the water in the glass is holy shared some with his family and staffers in his office and intends to sprinkle the rest on his grandchildren, the story was enough to get the attention of hbo's john oliver. >> drank the pope's water. i don't mean to be disrespectful but i'm pretty sure that is not part of the catholic faith. for the record, that is not holy water that you're slurping down and pouring over your grandchildren. it is the backwash from an old argentinean man. that is what you have there. that is what you have. >> bottoms up. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." 22 minutes past the hour. good morning, jane. >> good morning, happy monday. >> happy monday. boy, it has been an interesting weekend, donald trump in fact today going to be announcing his tax plan, where he's going to be slashing taxes for the poor and middle class but raising them for the wealthy. does this sound more like a democratic plan than a republican plan? >> it really does. the gop has proclaimed the last

20, 30 years they will never, ever raise taxes. most have taken a pledge to never raise taxes but donald trump has never come up through state government and taken that pledge. he's not a politician. what i see is both parties like the idea of lowered taxes and think the rich are getting off too easy. economic populism is popular on both sides. >> even the base is going to like this, even the wealthy, the rich people taking advantage of are going to like this plan? >> a lot of republican establishments are not going to like the plans but trump's base not necessarily the classic gop race will see it as a sign of his aleenlgian to them over the party. >> gotcha. his plan also includes going after businesses that set up shop overseas to avoid some of these higher taxes, right? >> it is popular on both sides of the aisle but no one seems to have an idea how they'll get it done. >> it's talked but but kind of where it falls dead.

>> exactly. everyone supports it but no one gets it done. this is the trumpian part of his campaign, he says i'm going to do the tax cuts and various hikes and reputation, but he doesn't tell us how. >> a businessman in action. we'll see how the action plays out. new poll has trump neck and neck with ben carson. what is causing carson to surge in the polls? >> it's weird to look at the two candidates they're so different. trump is bombastic, carson quiet and intimate guy but they're both outsiders. i think that's what we're seeing is people want a candidate who has never been elected. >> they want something different, that's for sure. all right, thank you so much, we appreciate it. today might be a dream come true for all you beer drinkers everywhere. we'll explain next.

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leading the news in the "new york times" katy perry steps up the fight to purchase a convent. rival purchaser took advantage of elderly nuns. they convinced them to oppose the roman catholic church rejecting her $14.5 million offer for the convent. today just happens to be national drink a beer day, according to 2014 survey by ga lop, more americans prefer to get to know someone over a beer rather than a cocktail. >> you wouldn't do that. >> never. >> you'd want like a frufru sugary drink. >> a girlie drink in. >> i didn't say that, i was not going to go there. >> actually i'm not a beer drinker unfortunately. i never enjoyed it. you like to throw a few back on a hot day outside?

>> this has been my summer of ipas, we can get into the whole wheat, barley and hops. >> enjoy your national beer day but be responsible. i'm betty nguyen, this is "first look" on misnbc. don't forget to like us on facebook, have a great day. what's in your office, all the magazines on your desk? >> i have a lot of covers. >> covers of you. what are we supposed to take from that? >> i'm on a lot of covers, i think more than more than any supermodel but in a way that's a sign of respect. >> donald trump talks policy and vanity on "60 minutes" as a new nbc poll puts him neck and neck with ben carson. we'll have the numbers, plus -- a scare on stage for carly fiorina, start of the

stage collapsed as she was speaking. and hillary clinton claimed she's handed over all work-related e-mails from her time as secretary of state but a new chain of e-mails casts doubt as the drip, drip, drip of stories continues. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, this is "way too early." ♪ good morning. it's monday, september 28th. i'm jonathan capehart. the slow drip of reports on hillary clinton's i mails continues. new string of e-mails emerged between the secretary of state and general petraeus. here's what she told