tonight's the night, hillary clinton and donald trump are gearing up for a high stakes showdown. we're taking a look at the candidates' last print prepare operations ahead of the first presidential debate. plus the sports world loses a length end. arnold palmer is being remembered for the lasting mark he left on the game. and under pressure, authorities in charlotte, north carolina released the footage of last week's fatal police-involved shooting, but the family of keith scott says they're left with more questions than answers.

good morning. it's monday, september 26th. it's been one of the most anticipated moments since the race was set and tonight hillary clinton and donald trump will step out on to the same stage for the first debate of the general election. moderated by lester holt at hofstra university, tonight's debate begins at 9:00, will last 90 minutes, dividing into six sections with a two minute answer, two minute response, followed by ten minutes of debate. last night the debate commission revealed that the first question will go to clinton whose sparring partner was revealed this week. in the role of donald trump, felipe a long time aid who clinton describe as loyal and shrewd. clinton's camp revealed that a

small group forming trump's former ghost writer helped them study trump's personality. clinton has held late night sessions at her hotel and he will weekend long including last night. and her campaign is not tamping down expectations as tim kaine said at a rally last night. >> when the lights are bright like they are now, she brings the a-plus game to the table. she'll be very, very good tomorrow night. >> there will be an audience of 1,000 people in the hall for tonight's debate. hofstra university is giving their share of the tickets to students while the campaigns have made other choices. late last week, mark cuban announced that he would be sitting in the front row as a guest of the clinton campaign. that prompted donald trump to respond if dopy mark cuban of failed benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps i will put gennifer flowers right alongside of him. flowers claimed a long running affair with president bill clinton who admitted to a sexual

encounter with her soon after flowers said she accepted trump's invitation and the clinton's campaign issued a response, quote, hillary clinton plans on using the debate to discuss the issues that make a difference in people he's lives. it's not surprising that donald trump has chosen a different path. trump's campaign clarified yesterday morning. >> i don't want to ask it, will gennifer flowers be there? >> gennifer flowers will not be attending the debate tomorrow night. donald trump was using the tweet yesterday really to mock an effort by hillary clinton and her campaign to distract attention from where the american people will be focused tomorrow night. >> she's not been invited by the campaign. she has a right to be there if somebody else gives her a ticket, but i do think also it shows the poor judgment and lack of nimbleness of the clinton campaign that they actually put a statement out last night about gennifer flowers being invited. p. >> ahead of what is expected to be the most prached presidential

debate in history, this race has become a dead heat with donald trump gaining even more ground in a new poll that was still in the field just 48 hours before the candidates take the stage. a new bloomberg politics poll shows hillary clinton and donald trump tied in a two way race. both candidates at 46% nationally. a big factor in clinton's decline? a drop among young voters, falling from a 29 point lead in august to a 10 point lead today. in a four way match-up, clinton has fallen slightly behind trump who lead 43% to 41%. another national poll from the "washington post" abc news also has the rate in a statistical tie giving clinton a slight edge 46% to frutrump's 4 4%. >> and a sad day in sports as the golf world mourns the passing of arnold palmer. he died yesterday afternoon at the age of 87 due to

complications from heart problems. putting his accomplishments on the links aside which are many, he will be remembered as one of the most beloved, credited with revolution i'di revoluti revolutionizing the popularity of the sport. kirk gregory has more. >> reporter: arnold palmer grew up the son of a greens keeper turned head golf professional in latrobe, pennsylvania. his hollywood good looks and powerful yet unorthodox swing made him a golf superstar. fans crowded the fairways in droves and came to be known arnie's army. many who cooperauldn't watch hi person did so aboin their livin room. his popularity grew. companies wanted arnie pitching their products. >> they said you'll like it, the tractor will like it.

same pennzoil, new package. >> reporter: nicknamed the king, palmer became famous for his strength and shot making. he will you haved to take chances on the court saying, quote, you must play boldly to win. and win he did. seven major, 95 professional victories including the champions tour, a venture he helped to jump-start in 1980. palmer stopped playing the champions tour in 2006, but remained a vital part of the game. his golfing empire includes golf schools, golf equipment and clothing lines. he designed more than 200 cours courses around the world and in 2012, he was awarded the congressional gold medal, recognizing his contributions as a golfer and philanthropist. >> i thank god for the game of golf. >> reporter: arnold palmer will be remembered as one of the greatest players to ever pick up the club. a blue collar guy from a small

steel town who transcended his sport, becoming a hero to so many. an incredible career. coming up later, we'll be remembering another notal death in the world of sport, miami marlins pitcher jose fernandez. charlotte's mayor has lifted a city wide curfew following a weekend of peaceful protests. demonstrations continued yesterday as people gathered outside bank of america stadium before the panthers game against the vikings. police say they arrested a man after finding a pistol and fully loaded magazine if his bag. panthers quarterback cam newton took part in his own demonstration on the field before yesterday's game wearing a shirt with a quote on the back by martin luther king jr. that read injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. the demonstrations tipped into the evening as marchers made their way through the center of charlotte. the protesters are calling for the city's police department to

release all of the body and dam camera footage of the deadly encounter with scott last tuesday. the department released what it calls relevant portions of that footage on saturday. now we want to warn you, what we're about to show you does contain disturbing images. the video appears to show scott comes out of a white suv with his hands to his side. as he's backing up, four shots can be heard and scott can be seen falling to the ground. police say scott had a gun, but the chief said the video does not prove that he had it in his hand. one officer shot scott and he was not wearing a body camera. they add that the gun they recovered was loaded and that it had scott's dna and fingerprints on it.department's video release came one day after the video of keith scott released cellphone video she recorded of the encounter. she could be heard warning police not to shoot her husband, but like the police video, it doesn't show whether scott had a gun in his hand. the department's chief says the footage supports the fact that his department has stood by

while attorneys for the scott's family say serious questions remain about what happened. >> the footage itself will not create in anyone's mind absolute certainty as to what this case represents and what the outcome should be. the footage only supports all of the other information, physical evidence, the statements from witnesses and officers, and all of the other information, scientific and visible, that create the entire picture. >> one of the biggest questions is when you look at this dash cam footage, when you look at the time frame between mr. scott stepping out of his vehicle to the moment he unfortunately passes away on the pavement is do those actions, do those precious seconds justify this

shooting. tensions between united states and russia are starting to reach levels seemingly last seen at the cold war. samantha power said that russia and the assad regime have launched more than 1350 air strikes killing at least 139 people. ambassador adds that even in an area did he ever investigation stated by years of war, the latest attacks are unprecedented in qualityhe ever investigation stated by years of war, the latest attacks are unprecedented in quality and quantity. >> what russia is doing is barb betterism. instead of going peace, they make war. >> russia hit back saying it was the americans to blame for the return to fighting after the failed recent cease fire in that, quote, a peace is almost an impossible task now. ahead of their debate tonight, hillary clinton and donald trump both got a chance to talk foreign policy during their meetings with israel's prime minister. benjamin netanyahu met with both

candidates privately in new york yesterday. he posted photos of the two sitdowns to his facebook page. trump's meeting with the prime minister at his home lasted for more than an hour. netanyahu says the two discussed israel's security and efforts to stabilize and achieve peace in the middle east. later in the day, netanyahu met with clinton at a hotel for nearly an hour. clinton's campaign said she reaffirmeded her commitment to israel while the prime minister's office said netanyahu thanked clinton for her friendship and support for israel. donald trump's campaign is denying any connections to a man trump himself had previously named as a foreign policy adviser amid a probe over his alleged ties to russia. yahoo! news reports that u.s. officials are investigating whether carter page has met with high ranking officials in the russian government about changes in u.s. policy towards that country. yahoo! citing plmultiple source

says it includes possibility of lifts economic sanctions if trump becomes president. trump's campaign manager kelly an conway said yesterday that page is not part of trump's people. >> i have not spoken with him at all, meaning he's not part of our national security or foreign policy briefings that we do now at all. certainly not since i've become campaign manager. >> is he not part of the campaign? >> he's not part of the campaign that i'm running. and if he's doing that, he's certainly not doing it where the permission or knowledge of the campaign. >> kellyanne conway will join the conversation coming up next on "morning joe." still ahead, we're following the latest on the suspect arrested in connection with a shooting at a washington state mall. donald trump a pathological liar in the past, but it seems senator ted cruz is now ready to support the republican nominee. we'll have those stories and a check on your weather when we come back.

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suspect behind a shooting rampage in washington state small set to appear in court this morning. arrecan cetin was arrested saturday after an officer spotted him walk down the street. that officer described a tan ce zombie like. witnesses say this moment shows the moment he was staying into custody. five people died in that shooting. security footage shows cetin entering the mall apparently unarmed and then ten minutes later with a rifle. he escaped by car. the motive is still under investigation and police stress that while they aren't ruling terrorism out, it was, quote, just too early to tell. he had a case in december that was resolved with deferred

prosecution. let's get a check on our weather now with bill karins. a little chilly this morning. >> yeah, fall arrived. great lakes, northeast, you felt it this morning. we had the heavy rain in iowa and this was the cedar river. look in the middle of your stream there, that was a deer that got caught in the floodwaters. struggling for dear life, it literally ended up right alongside a bridge trapped. a guy went down in to the floodwater, put a rope around the baby deer and then it went off and they released it into the woods safe and sound. made the crowd happy and everyone else, too. nice pictures there. but that wassen one of the stories over the week end was the iowa flooding. the other is the heavy rain in texas. wor worse weather this morning around core miss christy. san antonio also has downpours. flood watches will continue for another hour or two and then the rainfall should be dying off throughout this area. so texas will see some improvement. and all the rivers in iowa have crested and now they will start coming down in the days ahead.

so we'll track this next cold front. we'll see rain that will be developing through ohio as we go throughout this afternoon. this is at 6:00 p.m. this afternoon. so considering that the after school stuff and maybe heading home from work, so buffalo, rochester, maybe syracuse, pittsburgh heading toward state college, back down through the appalachians, that's where the rain will be. and then as we go throughout the overnight hours, this will begin to shift to the east. we'll have overnight rain in d.c., philly, new york and then southern new england looks like it will still be raining this time tomorrow morning ending in boston and providence throughout the peak of the rush hour. and then by the time we get to about tomorrow evening, looks like that rainfall will be completely gone. so today's forecast, it is a cold morning. make sure the kids have their gloves on. it's in the 40s in many spots of new england, only 64 for a high today in boston prks but very nice day in new york and philadelphia. scattered storms in the south. as we go throughout the day today and tomorrow, one of the stories that could develop is the fire danger in the west. this is the santa ana winds we talk about all the time.

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when i think about jose, it will be thinking about that little kid. i see such a little boy in him when -- with the way he played. there is just joy with him when i played. p i don't know if there are words to express, you know, how i feel. it's a tremendous loss. and my heart goes out to his fami family.feel. it's a tremendous loss. and my heart goes out to his family.

>> just so difficult to watch there. those were just some of the emotional moms from the miami marlins news conference yesterday following the tragic death of star pitcher jose fernandez. the 24-year-old was killed in a boating accident early sunday morning. according to officials, coast guard patrol boat spotted an overturned vessel around 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. authorities say fernandez was one of three people killed when the boat capsized on a jetty oig. officials say the boat was going at a high speed, but there was no immediate indication that drugs or alcohol were a cause of the crash. the marlins canceled the game against the braves and instead it was a somber scene at mar are lynns park with the number 16 posted on the video board and written in in chalk on the pitcher's mound. fernandez was drafted back in 2011 by the marlins. me to the majors by 2013 and won the rookie of the year award.

fer m fernandez defected from cuba with his mother at the age of 13 and actually saved her life during a harrowing boat ride. a wave had swept his mother out to sea and before he had time to think, he jumped in and slowly swam her back to the boat. fernandez is survived by his mother, grandmother and girlfriend and just last week fernandez posted a photo of his girlfriend announcing that the couple was expecting their first child. the marlins are expected to return to the field today in a game against the new york mets, but the whole world of baseball and the nation just in mourning over the death of this incredible athlete. let's turn now to headlines out of college football where after 12 seasons, national title and pair of s.e.c. championships with the tigers, the school announced that it has fired les miles. the move comes just after lsu's 18-13 loss in the final seconds of saturday's game against auburn that dropped the tigers

to 2-2 on the season. also filing miles out the door is the defensive coordinator, defensive line coach has been named interim head coach. let's go to major league baseball now. the dodgers and rockies tied at 3 in the bottom of the 10th inning. here is vince scully with the call and high school last time behind the microphone at dodgers stadium. >> 0-1. swung on and high fly ball to deep left field. would you believe the home run and the dodgers have clinched the division and will celebrate on schedule. >> l.a.'s charlie cuir culverso the solo homer and sent vince scully off with the walkoff. red sox have also clinched a playoff berth. still ahead, we're counting down to tonight's first

presidential debate and new polls show which candidate voters expect to win. plus, with clinton preparing for the showdown, it was senator elizabeth warren who kept the attack on donald trump over the weekend. we'll be right back.

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the legendary arnold palmer did ted at t dead at the age ever of 87. ver . . . . . good morning, it is monday, september 26th. the day is finally here. we're just showers away from hillary clinton and donald trump facing off for the first time in a general election debate, moderated by nbc's lester holt at hofstra university. tonight's debate begins at 9:00 p.m. and it will last 90 minutes, it will be divided in to six sections lasting approximately 15 minutes each with a two minute answer, a two minute response, followed by ten minutes of debate. last night we learned that clinton will get the first question and her campaign is now tamping down expectations. >> i know this about hillary clinton, when the lights are bright like they are now, she

brings the a-plus game to the table. she'll be very, very good tomorrow night. >> this as more voters are forecasting a clinton win on the debate stage. in the "washington post" abc news poll, 44% expect clinton to win tonight. 34% expect trump to have a better debate. the audience should be big. 80% of voters say they plan to watch tonight's match-up. 16% said they will sit it out. donald trump's preparations for tonight's debate have, let's say, broken with convention. one top adviser telling nbc that trump is concerned that too much cramming could undermine his from the gut style that served him well during multiopponent primary debates in the republican primaries. his campaign says he has not engaged in formal mock debates preferring question sessions with aides like steve ban non, retired general michael flynn and governor chris christie at trump's golf resort. this as house speaker paul ryan gave his advice for what he'd like to see trump do. >> overprepare, overprepare.

look, hillary clinton has been doing this most her life. she is the koconsummate rowepro. i've prepared for these myself. you have to offer the country a vision, go on offense, prosecute your case, hold your opponent accountable and show the country the direction you want to go and prepare, prepare, prepare. and i hope he's doing that. >> i think donald trump has been preparing for this debate for his entire lifetime. he's built a great business. he's traveled the country. and particularly in this campaign as you saw last night in roanoke, virginia, donald trump has been out among the american people. i think he's given voice to the frustrations and aspirations of the american people like no american leader in my lifetime since ronald reagan. >> i can understand why the clinton camp is very nervous because donald trump has got great presence, he's a brilliant debater. newt gingrich put it best when

he said donald trump is the best debater he's ever seen, like the babe ruth of debating. he shows up and swings and does a great job. >> there will an audience of 1,000 in the hall. hofstra university is giving their share of the tickets to students while the campaigns have made other choices. late last week, mark cuban announced that he would be sitting in the front row as a guest of the clinton campaign. that prompted donald trump to respond if dopy mark cuban of failed benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps i will put gennifer flowers right alongside of him. flowers claimed a long running affair with president bill clinton who admitted to a sexual encounter with her. soon after flowers said she accepted trump's invitation and the clinton campaign issued a response late saturday, quote, hillary clinton plans on using the debate to discuss the issues that make a difference in people's lives. it's not surprising that donald trump has schochosen a candidat paft. trump's campaign clarified.

>> will gennifer flowers be there? >> gennifer flowers will not be attending the debate tomorrow night. and donald trump was using the tweet yesterday really to mock an effort by hillary clinton and her campaign to really distracts attention from where the american people will be focused tomorrow night. >> she has not been invited by the campaign. p she has a right to be there if somebody else gives her a ticket, but i do think also it shows the poor judgment and lack of nimbleness of the clinton campaign that they actually put out a statement about gennifer flowers being invited. >> on the issues of the new "washington post" abc news poll, donald trump has the advantage with registered voters on who would better handle the economy. 50% to 43%. he's essentially tied on handling terrorism, 47% to 45%. and on ethics in government, 44% to 43%. while clinton is ahead on the issue of immigration, 48% to 45%, and four points ahead on

bei looking out for the middle class. and with a 12 point lead on handling international crisis, 52% to 40%. looking to the battlegrounds now, a shocking new poll shows the democrats firewall could be falling. a "morning call" poll shows clinton and trump effectively tied. trump gained six points in a week. garien johnson at 8%, jill stein at 3%. this as new cbs battleground tracker polls show colorado in a dead heat. while clinton is down but holding apeight point lead in virginia, 45% to 37%. the clinton campaign and their super pac have pulled ads from both colorado and virginia earlier this summer. and in maine, a poll from the portland press herald gives clinton a three point lead, 40% to 37%. gary johnson has 12%. but the state is poised to split its electoral votes for the first time since adopting the

practice. and after weeks of one of the nastiest primaries in recent memory, ted cruz at least endorsed donald trump on friday. p for weeks cruz had been profiting off trump by renting him his campaign e-mail list. he reportedly began more than a honesty before that unforgettable snub during the republican convention in cleveland where the senator declined to back his party's nominee in prime time. and yet over the weekend, cruz sought to explain his incredible about face of support citing trump's supreme court posture and his own pledge to support his party's nominee. >> i've had more than a few disagreements with donald. i haven't been shy about that. and as many disagreements as i've had donald, in my view hillary clinton is unfit to be president. the democratic process has given us effectively a binary choice.

>> but could you say tyou could he's fit to be from if you chose to. right? >> you're doing such a fine job saying that. what i'm certain of is that it if hillary clinton were president, she would appoint left wing idealogue. from the perspective of someone who cares about defending the constitution and bill of rights that is a meaningful difference. >> in your experience when donald trump has been in a commitment and binding business, how has that worked out? >> with two young daughters, how can you support a candidate that is so hopefully misogynistic? >> that's a question i have wrestled with. my girls were on the campaign trail with us. they traveled across the country with us. when he said that about heidi, we sat down and talked to them about it. i mean, they went through this

as an 8-year-old and 5-year-old. when i say i've wrestled over the last several months about what is the right thing do, at the same time, i want my daughters to have a country where they enjoy freedom of speech, where they enjoy the rights under the bill of rights, religious liberty, the second amendment. i have no intention of defending everything that donald trump says and does. i have been very clear that i have significant disagreements with him. i don't think it is beneficial for me to outline those disagreements in the weeks before a general election when it is a binary choice. >> senator elizabeth warren once again hit the campaign trail for hillary clinton over the weekend. she made three stops in new hampshire on saturday and kept up her criticism of donald trump at each of them. >> on the first day trump actually put this way fr, firsty

of a donald trump president, oh, my god, gag, he says we will roll back all of the financial regulations put in place after the crash. donald trump has hidden his tax returns. maybe it's just the case that he's hiding them because he's been engaged in one tax scam after another. there is some evidence of that. but maybe it's that he doesn't want to come out what his foreign business dealings are. we know right now that some of donald trump's business dealings have been financed by russian oligarchs who are good friends of vladimir putin's. and this raises a really serious question going forward. >> donald trump says he hoped that donald j. trump foundation had not broken any laws an followed all regulations when questioned about the charitable organization that bears his

name. >> are you confident that the trump foundation has followed all charitable rules and laws? >> well, i hope so. my lawyers do it. we give away money. i don't make anything. i take no salary, i don't take any cost. a lot of money goes through the trump foundation into charities. it doesn't go to me. >> the questions come on the heels of the new york attorney general launching an inquiry into the foundation which has gotten millions of dollars in donations but none from frump himse trump himself in the past eight years. the "post" also says trump used $258,000 to settle legal claims. the trump foundation issues five officers, trump, his three children and a treasurer. it does that list an attorney. a lot happening in the week ahead. cruise line carnival kicks off the week's earnings report. and consumer confidence numbers tomorrow. the wall street's main focus, the presidential debate.

nancy, what are investors watching for tonight? >> well, they certainly will be watching, many expected to be glued to the tv because at the moment, markets have been largely pricing in a victory for hillary clinton to get into the white house. but several strategists including those at bank of america merrill lynch say markets are underpricing election risks at the moment and they see the election outcome as the single most important determinant of the direction of markets going forward. so some are saying if trump does better than expected, we could see a rush into safe haven assets. that's the view at ig securities a brother allege, that would include buying of government bonds, programs the yen and even gold. the other big factor moving far k markets today is the trial of oil. an informal meeting of owe peg

me opec members and suggesting that perhaps they don't come to agreement hit energy stocks. but today we're seeing a bit more optimism coming out of that meeting suggesting that all options are still on the table when it comes to talking about a production freeze, even a cut. there are plenty of doubters out there, but we are seeing a bump in crude prices this morning, up by about half a percent. overall, equities slightly in the red. back to you. >> we'll see what happens tonight. nan nancy hungerford, thanks very much. and the sports world has lost an important eyen con, arnold palmer. he died at the age of 87 yesterday due to complications from heart problems. nicknamed the king, palmer won seven major titles among 95 tournament victories and a career that spanned more than five decades. but putting his accomplishments on the links aside, which were many, he will be remembered as one of the game's most beloved

credited with revolutionizing the popularity of the sport, usga in a statement yesterday called palmer, quote, golf's greatest ambassador. there is little doubt about that. still ahead, a pep lllepo rocke more violence. we'll have the latest war of words between the u.s. and russia. i work 'round the clock.

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pass rush. and this one is caught by tavon austin. breaks the tackle and will walk into the end zone for a touchdown. >> we'll see our first carry. sprinting through the hole, touchdown. >> luck fires it inside. there goes t.y. hilton. it's a foot race. and there he goes. touchdown. >> here is third and eight. he side steps one defender and finds sproles. sproles takes it home for the touchdown. >> welcome back. a little first look red zone there, those were some of the biggest plays from around the nfl yesterday. now let's go to dallas as the cowboys host the bears on sunday night football. cowboys put points on the board in each of their four first half possessions. but it took until the fourth quarter it for dallas rookie dak

prescott to toss his first nfl tfd, a 17 yarder to dez bryant that put the cowboys up 31-10. also impressive was ezekiel elliott who rushed for 140 yards on 30 carries including a 14 yard blun deblunder. cowboys win 31-17. >> some great football yesterday. let's get a check on the weather. >> wait, we didn't see any cleveland browns highlights at all. >> because there actually weren't. we had a chance to win, somehow we let it slip through our fingers. >> that's all right, you're setting yourselves up for a good quarterback next year in the draft. >> again. >> yes, for the 50th time. i know, poor chris. the weather, i was looking up some of the numbers. saranac lake, new york, now at 28 degrees p. i was mentioning gra tb the jact in new england? for some, it may be hat and

glove weather already. but we have freeze warnings from albany, new york northward, we're in the 30s this morning. no windchill really to deal with, but it is a cold morning. we've had our first hard freeze in adirondacks and northern new england, so it is that time of year where we start getting the frost out there and pretty soon we'll be scraping the cars, too. so today, at least it will be a nice day in new england. plenty of sunshine after the cold start. we will see some on and off rain in the southeast, but scattered showers and storms. the worst weather this morning is down in south texas from snaen, corpus christi with heavy rains. one of the big stories that we'll be watching this week in the weather world is what will happen in the tropics. if you've noticed this hurricane season, we haven't had really many big huge storms to talk about that have been threatening any land areas. we have what we call an area of investigation, big cloud mass here. this should become matthew as we go throughout the next couple days. this is a southern storm. not likely that this will turn

safely out into the atlantic. all of our extended computer models do take it over the next four days somewhere near thursday near the windward islands south towards martin sneak. martinique. by the time we get to saturday and sunday, puerto rico out to the do dominican republic. and then the models go all over the place. some miss the u.s., some take it towards the caribbean. so we'll have to wait and see. that again is probably 6 to 10 days from now, but that could be a storm to watch. and the other story for california today, not often we say this, but los angeles today could be 102. so fire danger very high. and you know from living out there with those santa ana winds, chris, that's the dangerous time. you get the heat up there about 100, windy and firefighters are nervous. hopefully no fires will start. >> difference in temperature between l.a. and saranac lake?

>> about 70 degrees. >> thank you, bill. before we go to break, let's get a look at the stories that we're not covering today. under a new california law, websites like intd will now have to remove an actor's age from a website if requested to do so. the sites would have five days to take it down. in case you're wondering i'm only 25. and a hug felt around the world. a picture from opening of the african-american history museum, first lady's warm embrace of former president george w. bush. and finally, candidate's prime minister will have to try harder if he wants to charm britain's prince george while welcoming the royal family to canada. justin trudeau went in for a high five and handshake, but the 3-year-old left him hanging. we're not covering any of those stories. instead, when we come back, a different breakdown of diplomacy that will have major repercussions around the world. using 60,000 points from my chase ink card

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since the end of a broken cease fire in syria, the increase in fighting has gone from an uptick to an all out war. the front page of this morning's new york ty"new york times" det appears to be the latest strategy, scorched earth. this comes as ambassador to the u.n. accused russia of barbarism and war crimes. kelly cobiella joining us from london. things have gone from bad to

worse. you wonder how much worse it could possibly get. >> well, for the people of allepo, it is absolutely getting worse it seems by the night. another violent night in allepo, dozens of air strikes hit the rebel-held east of the city into the early hours of this morning. we don't have a clear casualty count as yet, but a member of the civil defense or white helmets told reuters that the bombardment landed until of:00 in the morning and also accused syrians of using chemical weapons and phosphorous, a claim investigated by the united nations. the assault now a week long. observer the war of words betw u.s. and russia is intensifying, as well. at the united nations security council meeting yesterday, samantha powers said what the russians are doing is not

counterterrorism but barbarism. >> instead of helping get life saving aid to civilians, russia and assad are bombing the humanitarian convoys, hospitals and first responders who are trying desperately to keep people alive. >> the british and french also attacking rush is that over the weekend saying the country could be guilty of war crimes. the russian representative to the u.n. defended the country's position saying that hundreds of groups are being armed inside syria and peace is, quote, almost an impossible task now. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. up next, we'll get a look at the stories happening in the day ahead. psoriasis, psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,

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the showdown between hillary clinton and donald trump starts at 9:00 tonight live from hofstra university moderated by lester holt. msnbc will of course >> i can understand why the clinton camp is very nervous. newt gingrich put it best. he said donald trump is the best debater he's ever seen. the babe ruth of debating. shows up and swings and does a great job. >> good morning. it's monday, september 26th. debate night. everybody ready for the big debate. welcome to "morning joe." we have the managing editor of bloomberg politics and host of "with all due