his account? >> because if you check all the evidence statements, things that happened, they don't line up. it doesn't make any sense to me that he's trying to put it on the president's gurney. >> fascinating. our thanks to liz kreutz with that reporting. that's going to do it for us, see you tomorrow. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart right now in morocco, rescuers desperately searching for survivors more than 48 hours after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck near mare kesh. we're live on the ground as the number of dead continues to rise. here at home, remembering the terror attacks on this country 22 years ago today. how those killed on 9/11 are being honored across the country. breaking overnight, the kremlin confirms that north

korean leader kim jong-un is visiting russia in the coming days at putin's invitation. in pennsylvania, we've got new images from doorbell cams of a convicted killer on the run, and they show a dramatic change in how he looks. a sick american scientist trapped in a cave deep underground could be brought to the surface soon as rescuers literally move mountains for him overnight. ♪♪ and we begin this very busy hour with a desperate race against time in morocco where crews are tirelessly searching for survivors in the rubble after a massive earthquake rocked the region on friday. the critical 72-hour golden window when the chances of finding people alive are most likely is already more than halfway closed. the death toll now at nearly 2,500 and counting. as officials rush to deliver humanitarian aid to people whose

lives have now been completely changed by this tragedy. on sunday, a 3.9 magnitude aftershock struck panic for many in these affected communities. families already traumatized by the disaster have been sleeping in the streets because they feel more structures could collapse if another quake hits. joining us now with much more from morocco is nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. thank you for being with us this morning. what are you seeing at this hour? >> reporter: well, jose, you mentioned that golden window. the first 72 hours after a disaster. we are now 65 hours into that window. it is still open, but it is closing rapidly. rescue teams here on the ground, moroccan and international, say they will continue for as long as it takes to try to find survivors. we're about 30 miles east of the epicenter here, we're just

seeing an ambulance go past us, which makes me wonder if possibly they have found somebody in this area. we'll try to find out for you afterwards. but over the course of our time here, we have seen both professional rescue teams from turkey, from italy, but also, jose, a lot of local people who just hand by patient hand have been picking through the rubble trying to save the lives of their neighbors for all of their best efforts, they have not been able to save everybody. i want to introduce you to one man who we met here in this village, and tell you a little bit about his story. take a listen. >> locals say 40 people died here, more than 1% of the entire community. among them lawson's three daughters, baby son, and wife. >> i'm all alone now he says. i had a home and a family. now i have nothing.

>> reporter: now, jose, you can only imagine the scale of lawson's grief. he was clearly to us physically still in shock. he told us he doesn't know what he has to live for at this point. the rescue effort in areas like this is complicated by the fact that this is a remote mountain community. the road that leads up here is winding and treacherous. in some places this road is blocked by boulders and that makes it very difficult to get the kind of heavy machinery up here that you need to clear out some of the rubble. the moroccan government has been trying to get helicopters sbup these mountainous areas to try to evacuate the people who are found. and jose, you mentioned the danger of aftershocks. i don't know if you're able to see behind me, but this house has partially collapsed. it clearly would not take much in terms of a tremor to bring the entire structure crashing down. the family who lives here, jose, have been sleeping in a tent

outside for three nights now, and that is the story for families all across this disaster zone, who really have no idea when, if ever, their homes are going to be safe to return to. jose. >> yeah, just breaks your heart, raf, i mean, this epicenter of this earthquake was smack dab in the middle of the atlas mountains, and there are so many little towns and villages throughout that area. what does the aid look like as far as foreign aid to these areas? >> well, jose, we've heard this absolute chorus of international industry and solidarity with morocco from president biden through many of the other leaders who attended the g20. in terms of what's actually materializing on the ground, though, it's a slightly more complicated picture. just give you one example, the french government has said that it was prepared to deploy a lot of resources to morocco to help. they say they never actually got

the formal request from the moroccan government to send aid. now, the moroccan royal court, this is a monarchy says that is not accurate. that they are accepting all international aid that they can get. i can tell you, we have seen a lot of international volunteer teams on the ground here. one team from turkey. we ran into some volunteers from the uk. we have not seen a whole lot in terms of foreign government assistance. we haven't seen rescue teams from foreign militaries or things like that. as you say, this is a very complicated situation, partly because the damage isn't concentrated in any one area. it is spread throughout dozens and dozens of these remote communities. >> raf sanchez, i thank you so very much for being with us this morning. and joining us now with more is avril benoit, the executive director of doctors without borders. thank you so much for being with us. one of the biggest challenges facing rescue and humanitarian

crews is connectivity. you've been in touch with teams on the ground. what are they seeing? >> yes, thanks for having me. we sent several teams to morocco. they arrived on saturday. they made their way up to some of the towns in the high atlas inc including, and what they saw in their assessment visit, and they are still on the ground talking with local authorities, hospital officials, doctors, nurses who are running clinics is that the system is overwhelmed. the staff at the one clinic had been working there nonstop for 36 hours straight by the time our team arrived, you can imagine the exhaustion level. they were depleting the medical supplies that they had, and it looked like they were likely to run short. ambulances were able to transport some of the more injured people to the referral hospitals for surgery and things like that. but they continued to receive

people with broken bones, with lacerations, with cranial injuries. we have seen earlier also that risk that any tremors or aftershocks, not to mention the integrity of buildings is very much in question. so at one clinic they had taken everybody outside. nobody had confidence to stay in that clinic. people were being treated outside in makeshift tents to be able to keep away from buildings that could collapse at any moment. we know that structural engineers are going to have to look at the hospitals and clinics to give the green light to continue working in them. the hospitals are functioning and that's a great sign that the solidarity from across morocco above all is coming into place

and people are responding to help their countrymen. >> as you were saying, the key issue here is are these remote villages and towns in the atlas that are, you know, maybe there are boulders on the roads that are on a good day difficult to transit through. just wondering what is it that you all need? what is that we can do to help in this? there's more than 2,500 injured as a consequence of just friday. these injuries as you were just commenting can continue. >> it's a great question. we are in dialogue, of course, with the health authorities, with directors of clinics, of hospitals because we want our aid, doctors without borders to be complimentary. to be very much in support of what is already existing in morocco. so we have established that we have capability with logistics. we have medical staff. we have expert surgeons.

we have mental health expertise in situations like this, and you can imagine that that will be a long-term consequence. it is already emerging that people are just devastated by the shock, by the tragedy of this. and so there will be a tremendous amount of medical need. it could be that the moroccan authorities will say thanks, but no thanks. we have it covered. they could say that to the international community, and we very much want to work in partnership and support. doctorswithoutborders.org will provide ongoing updates about what will be happening on the ground. for the time being we don't have that official green light. so the support that we're offering obviously is there. the assessments were ongoing, and we agree that it's in those small communities in the high atlas that we see the most acute need right now. >> yeah, and i got to tell you, you know this better than anybody else, the fear of those structures becoming much more unstable in an after shock is

very real, and i'm just thinking, avril, of 19th of september, 1985, the earthquake in mexico city, the first one that hit tumbled and destroyed a lot. the aftershock that hit the next afternoon was causing a lot of damage and destruction from damaged buildings. it's a very real danger, and the structures we're seeing are many times almost mud. >> yes, they're made of mud bricks for the most part in that area in the high atlas. and so it's a big concern. and people know this. they can see the cracks, and they can feel that some of those structures are unstable. there has been a distribution that we've seen of mattresses for those who don't want to spend the night in their own homes, who are under the open sky. there will be a tremendous amount of reconstruction for all the public structures, not to

mention individual dwellings. so responses to an earthquake like this, obviously, you know, you have that shock moment, everyone pours in trying to help. but at a certain point, it has to be coordinated, organized to make sure that those most in need receive the assistance they need. for the time being, though, what we're seeing is an impressive mobilization from civil society organizations and just plain neighbors from around morocco. people offering help on the ground. >> avril benoit, i thank you so very much for being with us. thank you so much for doing what you do, very much appreciate it. >> thank you. here at home, america is pausing to mark 22 years since date that changed our nation forever. this is a live picture from new york city where loved ones are reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed when terrorists flew planes into the world trade center. vice president harris is among the dignitaries attending today's commemoration.

there were moments of silence at each of the key moments from that awful day. the pentagon, a ceremony was held to remember the nearly 190 people who died when a plane crashed into that building. first lady biden will lay a wreath at the pentagon memorial this afternoon. and there was also a ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, to honor the victims of united airlines flight 93, which crashed after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers. president biden will mark the anniversary speaking to service members and their families at a military base in alaska as he returns home from a trip to india and vietnam. nbc's rehema ellis joins us now from ground zero in lower manhattan. rehema, good morning. the remembrance ceremony there is like it's been for 22 years. it's a difficult time. >> reporter: indeed, jose. this has become a tradition, if you will. it's a solemn tradition.

when this country pauses for a moment as it did 22 years ago when those planes flew into north and south tower here in new york city creating what has become known as ground zero. you saw moments there, and it is ongoing. it began early this morning of loved ones reading the names of their family members who died, and this will continue until the early afternoon. despite how long it takes, no one here says it should ever end. they want people to remember what happened. time can sometimes erode memories, but that's not what people want to happen here. they're reminded that every single day people are struggling with illnesses that have come as a result of this. in addition we should point out that they're remembering that just recently as friday, the mayor and the chief medical examiner identified the remains of two people as a result of

advanced dna evidence, they were able to match it to the name of a man and a woman. the families have asked that their names not be revealed. there is gratitude there is some measure of closure that doesn't exist for hundreds of other families. at least a thousand remains continue to be held in storage and hoping that one day they'll be able to identify who those people are and reunite them with their loved ones. jose. >> rehema ellis in manhattan, thank you. up next, breaking details about the expected meeting between vladimir putin and kim jong-un. we're back in 60 seconds with what we're learning and what this all means. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. s. in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. (fan #1) there ya go!

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media say that putin invited kim to visit russia in the coming days, as south korean news agencies report a train belonging to kim appears to be on its way to russia right now. joining us now is nbc's janis mackey frayer from hanoi, vietnam. janice, what more do we know about this expected meeting? >> reporter: well, it's expected to happen on the said lines of an economic conference that's happening where putin and kim jong-un first met in 2019. there are reports that kim's armored train is already making the journey there. this meeting is creating obvious concerns for u.s. officials who believe that north korea and russia will be discussing arms deals that could fuel the war in ukraine. russia is looking for suppliers and north korea could see a deal as giving a political and economic lifeline. it's also a sign of what has

been a deepening relationship between moscow and pyongyang. u.s. officials say they have intelligence showing that russia is looking to purchase additional artillery shells and in return, they would offer to share satellite and nuclear submarine technology with north korea. the white house has spoken sharply about this. they say it would be a huge mistake for north korea to go down this path, and if there are arms deals that are going to be happening, north korea will, quote, pay a price. jose. >> janis mackey frayer, thank you so very much. joining us now is victor cha, senior vice president for asia at the center for strategic and international studies. you're also the co-author of the new book, korea a new history of south and north. i'm just wondering what you see

as the significance of this potential meeting between kim jong-un and putin. >> i think it's quite significant, jose. i mean, as janis just said, there's a transaction here, which is basically arms for food and fuel, but it could have broader ramifications if at the same time north korea is looking to get military satellite technology, nuclear submarine technology, or long-range ballistic missile technology, which would expand the threat in asia for the united states as well as prolong the war in ukraine as russia has more of these munitions. so you know, it has a broader implication than simply being an arms deal. >> yeah, i'm just wondering what technology russia has that north korea could use that they don't already have. and victor, i mean, there's been talk in the past that north korea has been supplying russia with ammunitions in the past, so

would this be an increase or simply keep the pipeline flowing? >> it sounds like it's keep the pipeline flowing. the white house released intelligence information last year about an arms transfer. that was to the wagner group. there was no leadership involved, kim and putin involved, but now it looks like this is something where they really want to showcase the cooperation by having the two leaders meet. in terms of the technology itself, north korea in the last month has failed to launch a military satellite. this weekend it just rolled out a diesel powered submarine, and last month they tested intercontinental ballistic missile with solid fuel. right, these are sort of the cutting edge for north korea's weapons development, and all of them are very threatening to the united states, and they need help on all of them, and russia looks like the likely source of that help. >> victor, just wondering

because north korea certainly has a very important relationship with china and now as they strengthen their relationship with russia, is this kind of a strengthening of a three-part alliance? >> i certainly think there has been a cohering of the three in the last year, but i mean, it's a good question, jose, because at the same time, i think this is quite problematic for china. they've tried to maintain an arms distance in terms of the war, but at the same time they don't want to look like they're being cut out of the triangle with putin and kim getting closer and xi jinping being on the outside. so they've got a bit of a dilemma. do they want to support this? in which case they will meet with international criticism, or do they want to back away in which case they will alienate themselves from kim and putin. so it's a bit of a sort of space between the three, and it's something i think the united states should exploit in terms

of trying to pull china away from them. >> victor cha, i thank you so very much for being with us this morning, really appreciate your time. up next, he slipped by police for 12 days now. these are the latest pictures of this convicted killer who's been on the run now in pennsylvania. as you can see, he's apparently changing his appearance, got the new hoodie look. plus, behind the scenes look at the final piece of rebuilding at ground zero. we'll hear from a woman who lost her husband that day about what it means. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ée diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. h. bring it to safelite. we do more replacements and recalibrations than anyone else. >> customer: thank you so much. >> tech vo: schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ [sneeze] (♪♪) astepro allergy, steroid free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours.

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we are following new developments on the escaped convicted killer on the loose in pennsylvania as the manhunt stretches into day 12. this weekend danelo cavalcante was spotted again. officials say he showed up at the homes of two former co-workers possibly seeking support. the doorbell cam at one home captured new images of cavalcante. there you see it. with officials saying he has changed how he looks. in about two hours, officials in chester county are expected to give another update on the search. nbc's marissa parra joins us from unionville, pennsylvania. good morning. what more do we know about these developments? >> reporter: well, it was a busy weekend of developments, jose. we learned a lot. we know that there were confirmed sighsightings.

we got these new images of him. we're outside of the command post, and just a couple of miles away is longwood gardens. that is where they had been searching for him. it's about 40 minutes north where we're talking about those images came from a ring doorbell camera. that was when he was asking for help from people he once knew, old associates of his. that was on saturday night. they believe he used a stolen van that was stolen just a couple of miles away from where we are right now. a local dairy farm. and remember, on saturday they had talked about how they had narrowed the perimeter to four miles. it seemed like they were closing in on him. you're looking at an image of that van later found abandoned. that local dairy farm very close to that perimeter. nbc news asked during a press update yesterday if they were so close to closing in on him how was he still able to slip away? take a listen. >> there are a number of challenges in any investigation. no perimeter is 100% secure ever. we did a very good job and i'm

not going to make an excuse to you, i wish it had not happened. unfortunately, there are a lot of circumstances. there are a lot of issues associated with that property. >> reporter: so those circumstances, the property, what they're referring to they told us about the heat, the rain, how those pose challenges. the botanical gardens themselves densely wooded. so this isn't just easyterrain to search through. the property has drainage ditches, tunnels. they did get blueprints to help them throughout their search. they know this was a big factor in it. i know we're almost out of time, authorities do not know where he is right now. they are asking for people in the surrounding area, the surrounding states even keep your doors locked. not just to your homes but also your vehicles. clearly this is a man who is desperate to get what he needs, and he will do what he needs to do to get it. >> thank you so very much.

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in vietnam and attending the g20 summit in india. at the g20, russia's vladimir putin and china's president did not attend. biden used his two-day stop in hanoi to try and solidify diplomatic ties between the two countries in an effort to counter china's influence in the region. the president made it clear that his goal was not simply to con tain china. >> really what this trip was about, it was less about containing china. i don't want to contain china. i just want to make sure we have a relationship with china that is on the up and up squared away, everybody knows what it's all about. >> joining us now, geoff bennett, co-anchor of pbs news hour and an msnbc political anchor. it's great seeing you. the president appeared to try not to stoke tensions with china, instead looking to even the playing field. what was his approach during the trip? >> it's great to be with you,

jose. and yes, president biden is very careful to say that he is not trying to start, in his words, a new cold war with china, but this was about trying to prove and trying to show u.s. partners across the indo-pacific that the u.s. is a more reliable partner than beijing is. this really reflects a broader effort across asia to counter china's influence. for vietnam in particular, this is in many ways a diplomatic win, coming at a time when vietnam is trying to flex some independence from beijing, get some distance from china, into a time when u.s. companies are looking for alternatives to chinese influence. the level of outreach here is pretty remarkable because just in the past five months, president biden has hosted the president of the philippines at the white house. he lavished that state dinner on india's prime minister. he hosted his counterparts from south korea and japan at camp

david. all of this taken together is, yes, aimed at countering china's influence across the region. >> and interesting, geoff, because this year's group's statement on the war in ukraine did not condemn russia directly for the invasion. is there a change there? >> it is -- it's a slight change and it really came at the real frustration of the u.s. intelligence community, which had worked behind the scenes and diplomats as well to have as much teeth in that statement as possible. but the white house also points to what has been overall a successful effort in keeping the western alliance together in the face of an aggressive russia and putin, jose. >> and i'm just wondering, geoff, if you see the possible connotations to what the president is doing foreign policy wise, and you just listed a number of the things that he just did just in the recent past, but could that have an

impact on american, you know, we're talking about the 2024 race is smack dab, you know, in its beginning its heated part. >> yeah, it could. look, i mean, poll after poll shows that the american electorate -- and democratic voters in addition to that have concerns about president biden's age, and so what the biden campaign is seeking to do is to turn his age into an asset making the case that given his 50 years in public life that the president has developed the experience, the judgment, and the personal relationships white house advisers often say that president biden knows personally all of the world leaders of consequence, that he has developed those skills and is ready to lead the country at this precise moment. you had up there the findings of the latest cnn poll where president biden and donald trump are effectively dead heat in a hypothetical matchup. in that poll, there really shows that there is an opportunity for republicans there, it's that nikki haley would beat president

biden by some six points in that same head to head because she does much better with white college educated republicans than does donald trump. the real concern here is that because of the republicans' advantage in the electoral college that if donald trump, if he is the nominees and if he and joe biden are even, that that would give former president trump an advantage. i have talked to president biden's supporters and advisers. they make the case that they are well aware about the concerns in the broader electorate about his age. the rap on him is that he's too old. when he started back in the '70s when he was first elected to congress the concern was that he was too young, so they are ready to confront all of this head on, jose. >> geoff bennett, thanks so much. turning now to a big development in a rescue mission that began more than a half a mile underground. officials now say an american

explorer could be rescued as soon as today. joining us now with more is nbc news foreign correspondent molly hunter. molly, great seeing you. what's the latest on this rescue mission? >> jose, it is a mammoth rescue mission, that is for sure. we have optimistic updates in the last hour. it just came in, these are the first images of mark dickey on this stretcher of search and rescuers, and you can hear that moving him through, they are talking to each other. they are moving him through these very tight spaces. he is wrapped on that stretcher, cocooned. they call that patient packaging, and they are literally moving him on a pulley system these last 600 feet. for the last couple of hours, our understanding from rescuers is that he has been kind of resting at kind of a stable location 600 feet under the surface while they figure out how to move him the last kind of short bit. now, this could take a couple of hours still. rescuers earlier today said they believed they could get him out tonight.

he has already gone up incredibly tight vertical areas, search and rescuers are experts in this specific type of rescue or have been using small explosives, hammers. we did just get an update from our producer who is literally there on the ground. he says there's a lot of activity around the mouth of the cave. the director of the turkish disaster emergency management authority. it looks like they may be preparing for mark dickey to come to the surface in coming hours. the authority says there will be a platform for the media at the entrance of the cave. mark will be taken to a tent of the national medical rescue team. our understanding is he will be assessed when he reaches the surface and then he will be taken to a state hospital in a turkish city by military helicopters. they will assess him on the scene, make sure he's stable enough to travel. there's been a lot of activity in the last couple of hours. hopeful signs it looks like for mark dickey, jose.

>> molly hunter, thank you so very much for that update. as the nation mourns the almost 3,000 people killed on 9/11, we take a look at what's risen from the ashes. our stephanie ruhle goes inside the final public building of the site that's set to open soon, 22 years later. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ée diaz-balart reports" on msc.nb age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv have fun, sis! ♪♪ can't stop adding stuff to your cart? get the bank of america customized cash rewards card,

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msnbc's stephanie ruhle got a sneak peek at the facility, and she is with us this morning. stephanie, great seeing you. what do you find? >> great to see you, jose. as you know, ground zero is a hallowed site. millions of people pay their respects there every year, and remember, where it's located was once the financial heart of new york city. so how and exactly what was going to be rebuilt there took a very long time, and there were many, many ideas. but this week that journey comes to an end with the opening of a truly extraordinary performing arts center. take a look. >> that morning along with the other almost 3,000 people, i lost my husband, and i was eight months pregnant. >> 22 years ago everything changed. >> calvin was, oh, well, calvin would walk in a room and light it up, and i still feel his presence with me, though. >> reporter: after the attack, businesses closed, residents fled. many doubts if lower manhattan could ever be rebuilt. yet today after years of delays

and disagreements, ground zero has been transformed, a memorial and museum surrounded by gleaming skyscrapers and dozens of new hotels, restaurants, and schools. and this week nearly 20 years after it was first proposed, the final public building will open. the pearlman performing arts center. >> this extraordinary building is 20 years in the making. what do you think of it? >> i think it turned out perfectly. >> reporter: former new york city mayor mike bloomberg is chair of the pac, and gave us a sneak preview before the building's official opening. >> who do you want to see here? >> you want to see the families that were left behind, but new yorkers, americans, people of the world. >> reporter: elected mayor two months after 9/11, rebuilding ground zero was a priority for him then and still is today. he gave $130 million of the total $500 million cost to make sure the center got built.

wrapped in nearly 5,000 half inch thick slabs of marble. by day, it's somber, respectful. at night, it glows a serene amber. inside three separate theaters can be combined by lifting walls, moving floors, and shifting seats to create more than 60 different spaces. >> the memorial is the place where people go to grieve and pay their respects. the museum is a place where people go to learn about what happened on 9/11 and never forget, and then the performing arts center is going to be the place where people come to celebrate life. >> which is what tony award winning performer and producer lachanze plans to do. >> when you first saw this performing arts center, what did you think? >> this is outstanding. i mean, it's miraculous. >> reporter: in october she will perform a new solo show about her life, about her daughters and their father calvin. >> it was hard walking into the

building, but i am so excited about being able to share an intimate moment with everyone about how my life has shifted and to celebrate. that's the word i want to come to, to celebrate the renewal of us as a society. we need some new energy. we need some joy. >> reporter: as she always does, sing to her caliber. i can tell you, i'm energized and excited to see that show. a lot is hop inghappening this . the ribbon cutting. official performances begin next week. but downtown manhattan is not without its challenges. since the pandemic, all sorts of employees are working from home. there's a hope that opening this performing arts center, a lot of people and vibracy will make

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54 past the hour. at the end of this week, the autoworkers off the job with the union, and could not reach an agreement with the big three automakers. where do things stand right now? it is thursday the 14th, that's the deadline. while there has been intense rhetoric on both sides of the negotiating table, it does appear there's been some incremental progress. the big three autocompanies, general motors, ford, stilantis, the parent company of dodge, jeep, chrysler and others. it's made by the inadequate report. enough so, that they have sent a second proposal.

it does remain committed to avoid a strike. the uaw has admitted ambitious demands they were trying to make on behalf of workers. among them, a 46% pay raise over the next four years. and a way to make their way in the entry, if they lose their jobs, with a tilt towards battery-powered vehicles. president biden said a strike can be avoided. he hope he is correct. it could be a billion dollars if he is not. >> thank you very much. this morning, some good news to start your week. there was a special surprise for

one little girl in virginia. that's u.s. air force technical sergeant taylor mason. she has been serving overseas for six months. finally, reuniting with daughter layla, in the school cafeteria. and when mom took her daughter, elyse," on vacation in florida, the little girl whispered this on her phone. >> i think that our vacation is wonderful. and it's love. and my mom is love.

it makes my heart feel really great. >> reporter: for kayla, who adopted elyse, that message made her heart sing. >> it reaffirmed for me in that moment, i'm doing a good job. i think as a mom, there's nothing you want to hear more than that. >> reporter: in wisconsin, an astonishing show of sportsmanship. and one student falls down. look at this. he goes back to help. together, helping him cross the finish line and come in second place. and kids were lifting spirits at ray a. childers elementary. students and staff gathered to

surprise their beloved principal, who has been battling breast cancer. the school nurse was behind this special moment. what was the message you wanted to convey? >> that we're behind her 100%. and wanted to let her know that we're here for her. >> does that make you specially emotional? >> that brings me to tears. these little kids care that much. i'm a part of their lives and they know that. and they're a part of my journey, too. >> that journey made easier by love and faith? >> love and faith. and finding the positive. >> there is a lot of love. that wraps up the hour for me. you can reach me on social media.

you can watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now, on "andrea mitchell reports" death and devastation in morocco. the window to find anyone alive following the earthquake that killed 2,500 people. we'll have a live report from the search zone. also this hour, president biden is heading home from vietnam. and critical g-20 meetings in india, skipped by vladimir putin and xi jingping, with president biden denying he is trying to counter with his india strategy. vladimir putin is preparing for a visitor. north korea's leader kim jong-un going to russia, and expected to provide weapons that russi