i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dylan dreyer. >> that video is extraordinary. >> i wasn't sure it was aie >> we will have more on that story coming up. >>> also, we are following breaking news overseas to what many are hoping is the turning point in syria. news overnight that u.s. and russia reached agreement for cease-fire. we have our chief correspondent richard engel with the latest on sy syria. >> reporter: good morning, reached a deal in the ancient city of diplomacy. officials say it has little chance of succeeding. they used their leverage to try to start on monday to implement a seven-day cease-fire with russia pressuring the syrian regime and washington with the other groups. if the cease-fire can last, it would trigger other events. coordinating more closely in the fight against isis. more discussions about the political transition in syria. previous cease-fires have not lasted long. there is not very much hope this can last the required full seven days. >> richard, thank you. >>> to politics now. with 59 days to go until the presidential election, w

it is not craig melvin. russ feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. narrator: listen to ron johnson on social security: johnson: social security is a legal ponzi scheme. narrator: as senator, johnson's been working to turn it into one. he wants to privatize social security costing seniors thousands out-of-pocket. don't let ron johnson turn social security into a johnson: ...legal ponzi scheme. narrator: senator johnson. not for seniors. not for wisconsin. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. who he is. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. born poor in a spanish town. he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ago. he is rarely caught on camera. >> he lives a private life.

. >>> craig melvin just told me i was in a bad place. i'm not. i'm at msnbc.e tomorrow on nbc with this guy, my friend, craig melvin. >> to be clear, i didn't say you were in a bad place physically. >> mentally. i think that's even worse. >> well, yes. >> something clicked it. there you go. >> see you in a few hours. enjoy the rest of your friday, stephanie, thank you. >>> good morning, we start with breaking news we continue to cover here. bracing for impact. hermine downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it barrels up the eastern seaboard, threatening to ruin labor day weekend plans for a lot of folks oh. hermine made landfall overnight on florida's eastern panhandle. the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. at this hour, hundreds of thousands are without power. most of those outages concentrated in florida and georgia, as well. states of emergency have been declared in parts of florida, georgia, and north carolina. the biggest threats for states in the path of hermine now, rain, wind and storm surge. we have a team of reporters from nbc a

it is not craig melvin.is "today" on nbc. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. nbc's matt bradley has more on who he is. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. born poor in a spanish town. he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ago. he is rarely caught on camera. >> he lives a private life. something rare for a businessman of that stature to be able to stay out of the public eye. >> reporter: his brands make clothes for celebrities and royalty. the man behind the brand wants to stay behind the scenes. for "today," matt bradley, nbc news, london. >> you walk down the street in madrid, there are two zaras are every corner. >> yo

it is not craig melvin. narrator: new hampshire, then goes to washington and votes with the koch brothers 90% of the time. she takes millions from wall street and big drug companies, and then votes to put their agenda before everyday families. higher drug prices and cutbacks to our medicare. so, think about it: new hampshire can choose the special interests' senator with kelly ayotte... or a people's senator, for a change. i'm maggie hassan and i approve this message. >>> back now on a saturday morning with the man you probably never heard of although he just overtook bill gates as the richest man on the planet. >> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. bo he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ago. he is rarely caught on camera. >> he l

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i'm craig melvin. tam ron hall is here. g on, thanks, craig. right now on msnbc, donald trump has scrapped his plans to discuss his medical exam on the dr. oz show after trump said he would take tests and release results. why are we seeing the change now? this comes as trump is set to visit flint, michigan today. seven months after hillary clinton made a visit. and trump's visit comes after officials confirm the tap water was toxic. this happened back in january 2015. it also, by the way, never came up in a gop debate. plus, hillary clinton is set to return to the campaign trail tomorrow. clinton will stop at the battleground state of north carolina and in the city that lost several ncaa championship games due to an anti-lgbt law. and the other big story, hackers reveal colin powell's personal e-mails. the former secretary of state calls -- in one emay, he calls trump a, quote, national disgrace, and says the birther movement is racist. now general powell warns the hackers have, quote, a lot more. i'm tamron hall live from m

i'm craig melvin. see you live tomorrow morning.l is here with more going on right now. >> clinton and trump are returning to the campaign trail today after their fiery one on one showdown as the debate rages on this morning over who came out on top. >> i will release my tax returns against my lawyer's wishes when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. >> i made a mistake using a private e-mail. >> that's for sure. >> he said back in 2006, gee, i hope it does collapse and then i can go in and buy some. well, it did collapse. >> that's called business. >> donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. and yes, i did. and you know what else i prepared for? i prepared to be president. and i think that's a good thing. >> and before they could utter their final words, the spin was in. >> there was no knockout punch by hillary clinton. she needed to force him to make a huge mistake that would be the headline this morning and did not. >> i think that was a disastrous debate. >> nobody liked president obama's perf

compliment. >> i don't know what to do with that. >> we just looked at each other. >> who is this craig melvin guy? >> thank you, craig. we are all eyes on tropical storm hermine. it is going to pull away, but not quickly. it will take until wednesday before it leaves the mid-atlantic coast. i want to point out for the areas where you will enjoy a nice labor day weekend. high pressure builds in and you have a gorgeous saturday. 78 degrees in 82 in charleston. 86 in nashville. we are going to start warming up into the 80s and low 90s. a little bit above average. st. louis at 86 into sunday. by monday, the heat will build back into the east. by wednesday, st. louis is in the lower 90s. chicago stays in the 90s through the beginning of the week. erie, pennsylvania, 89 on wednesday. and in philadelphia, once we clear out the clouds, we should today, most of the country is okay except the mid-atlantic. heavy rain continues through north carolina and virginia and it is all about the wind and rip curre >>> and craig, you are looking fabulous yourself. >> i see what you did. >> if i could blush, i wou

i don't know what to do with that. >> who is this craig melvin guy? >> thank you, craig. >>> all eyes on tropical storm hermine. it is going to pull away but not quickly. it will take until wednesday before it leaves the mid-atlantic coast. i want to point out for the areas you'll enjoy a very nice labor day weekend, high pressure builds in and it's going to clear things out. you'll have a gorgeous saturday. 78 degrees today in cleveland. 86 back into nashville. that's about a degree above average. we are going to start warming things back up into the 80s, into the lower 90s. it's a little bit above average. st. louis should be about 86 degrees as we go into sunday. then by monday, the heat will start to build back into the east. by wednesday, st. louis is in the lower 90s. chicago stays in the upper 80s, lower 90s through the beginning of the week. erie, pennsylvania, about 87 degrees on wednesday. raleigh in the 90s and even up into philadelphia. once we clear out the clouds, we we're close to 90 degrees. today, most of the country is okay except rig

i'm craig melvin. it is a busy friday.ernoon for the presidential candidates at this hour. hillary clinton meeting with that bipartisan team of national security and foreign policy experts. the campaign is calling it a working session. a conversation about solutions to terrorism. we'll have a report from there in just a few moments. meanwhile, in roughly half an hour,

i'm craig melvin. it is a busy friday. a lot going on this afternoon for the presidential candidates at this hour. hillary clinton meeting with that bipartisan team of national security and foreign policy experts. the campaign is calling it a working session. a conversation about solutions to terrorism. we'll have a report from there in just a few moments. meanwhile, in roughly half an hour, donald trump speak iing t evangelicals at the value voters summit. that's an annual gathering of social activists. it's happening in washington, d.c. right now. reince priebus on stage. we're keeping a close eye on what happens at the value voters summit because you might remember last year donald trump actually booed when he called marco rubio a clown on stage there. we'll bling you at least some of his remarks when it gets to the stage there in washington, d.c. kristen welker has been following the clinton campaign closer than anybody else this season. she joins me now. kristen, what can you tell us? >> hey, craig. i can tell you the

i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dylan dreyer. >> this pippa middleton thing is a scary situation. this is not the first time a hacked, but claiming to have intimate photos of pippa and photos of her fiance and her $65,000 wedding dress. >> goes to show it can happen to anyone. >> we will have more on that, but we need to focus on our top story. that breaking news overnight. five people killed when a gunman walked into a shopping mall last night and started shooting. we have gadi schwartz with the latest. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: goorn we received word that the fifth victim has died at the hospital. that means now four women, one man killed by a gunman who is still on the loose. the shots rang out just after 7:00 last night in a macy's department store outside of seattle, washington. >> out of nowhere it went bam, bam, bam, bam. area. >> reporter: the gunman reportedly yelling a woman's name as he fired as many as a dozen shots and fled the scene. police release the security camera image of the shooter warning locals to stay indoors until he is c

i'm craig melvin alongside dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. stephanie ruhle has the day off. >> and the story of redemption. >> it was. >> i usually don't like watching those things happen. >> it was an attempt at redemption for the engineer. the guy who designed evel knievel's back the chute opened early. the guy's son used the same design this time around. >> it makes it better. >> stay tuned. >> we will have more on that in a bit. >>> let's start with the battle for the white house. the election is 52 days away. here is the state of the race. hillary clinton will be at a black caucus dinner with president obama. president obama will deliver his seventh and final keynote address. separately. trump with his day in texas and ending with the rally in colorado. pence holds a rally in florida this afternoon. lots to get to this afternoon. let's get to katy tur with more. katy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the polls showing hillary clinton and donald trump are neck and neck right now. the daily and hourly controversy is doing li

say good morning to craig melvin and sheinelle jones. >> i was trying to talk sheinelle into adopting that dog. >> so cute. coming up this morning, the latest from decision 2016 as donald trump calls for hillary clinton security guards to disarm. and see what happens. the clinton campaign reacting. >>> dare devil stunt man does something that hasn't been tried since evel kneivel in the '70s, he is being launched over snake river canyon in a rocket. so how did it go? >>> who goes home with the coveted emmy award, game of thrones with the most nominations with possibility of repeat winners like julia lou louis-dreyf louis-dreyfus. >>> all of that and more. >> see you shortly. >>> beginning with a live look at cape may, new jersey. beautiful shot here of the shore. if you want to sneak in a trip or two more to the shore before it gets a little too cool this is looking like a lovely day to do it. saturday is dry, we warm up more than thursday and friday. temperatures will be moving mid to upper 70s along parts of the jersey shore and delaware beaches. radar and satellite shows us dry. don

. >> how about more news with craig melvin? >> thank you so much. election day, 63 days away. 20 days away. with the unofficial end of summer in our rear view now, right now the fight to the finish. two new polls out show this thing is tightening. but it's a different story in those key swing states. we've got our new nbc news battleground map to show you. and there are a few head-scratchers. now that our celebration of labor is over, the candidates and their surrogates launching an all-out cross-country blitz to persuade the waffling and shore up the certain. clinton today in florida, trump in virginia and north carolina. >> i've been saying for months, he's unqualified. he's tempt mentally unfit. >> according to those that know me, my temperament. >> we're going to run a campaign of issues, not insults. >> we'll bring our jobs back. thank you, everybody, i love you. thank you! [ cheers and applause ] >> the best political team in the business is here. let's start with jacob rascon in virginia beach, where donald trump will be in just a few hours. jacob, let's start with what

earlier today trump campaign senior adviser had this exchange with my u colleague craig melvin aboutmp's suggestion. >> if he believes the director of national intelligence is not the individual that -- >> not what he said last night. >> i'm not talking about that specific position. if you pick any position in the military complex, you can remove as the president the person that's leading that part of the department. >> we are going to break all this down. you heard that explanation from boris that you can remove certain people. just give us a a fact check for any president. can you come in and clean sweep the generals? >> it would be very difficult to do a clean sweep. you can relieve a general in command. you remember those comments mccrystal made in the rolling stone article. it was some of his aids. president obama decided he would relieve that person of his command. he kept his four stars and that's a crucial distinction. you stay in the military, but lose your command. there's a two-year appointment for joint chiefs. if you did decide to clean house, you'd have to go back to th

my friend craig melvin is here. >> enjoy the conversation with secretary rumsfeld as well. >>> breakinglina, this morning. we are expecting another update shortly from the mayor and police chief after a second chaotic night of violent clashes between protesters and police. the governor has declared a state of emergency and deployed the national guard and highway patrol. >> this morning, one man is in critical condition. police say a civilian shot outside the omni hotel. >> i don't know. they just shot somebody and he was laying in front of the omni. i was in there. there's a crowd of people. >> all of this sparked by the shooting of keith lamont scott. shot him tuesday when he didn't obey calls to drop a gun. this witness photograph appears to show a gun at scott's feet moments later. police also say they recovered a gun at the scene. family and some witnesses insist he didn't have a gun but a book instead and last few minutes, we learned city leaders are considering a curfew for tonight and reports that scott's family may see video of the deadly shooting at some point today. gabe gutie

craig melvin. here's the baton. >> thank you.to you as well from long island's hofstra university in hempstead, new york, right here. stephanie just mentioned in just 11 hours. donald trump and hillary clinton facing off in what will likely be the most watched presidential debate in u.s. history. a record 100 million people could watch tonight, that would rival the super bowl and the stakes could not be any higher. two new polls out this morning show the race is in a dead heat. a new bloomberg poll show clinton and t

right now, more news with craig melvin. >> stephanie rhule, happy september to you. september 1st, less than ten weeks now until the election. first up this morning, the backlash begins. some prominent latinos who supported donald trump are running for the exits after wednesday night's red meat rally in arizona. one even saying he feels, quote, misled by the republican nominee. we've got some fresh new reporting from the trail this morning. >>> also, trump in cincinnati, ohio, right now, where he's just wrapped up that speech to the american legion national convention. wednesday, though, was the tale of two trumps. on one side, there was a seemingly more diplomatic and subdued trump appearing alongside the president of mexico. he looked presidential. then, later, the fiery donald trump that his supporters know and love. >> build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. they don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for the wall. >> and after not mentioning it himself for nearly a year, the deportation force appears to be back. >> i

we continue to report on this and i now hand it off to my partner, craig melvin. good morning, craig. >> stephanie, good morning to you. we continue with more on that terrible scene out of hoboken, new jersey. again, a major commuter train crash there. it happened a little more than two hours ago at the hoboken train terminal as the new jersey transit train entered the station, there are reports, multiple reports of injuries, multiple injuries. major damage at that station. witnesses say the train was not moving at a high rate of speed when it plowed into the platform. one witness says passengers were thrown off their feet. there's a massive emergency response at the scene. new jersey state police say they are sending what they're calling multiple assets to the scene. the federal railroad investigation said they're on the way and national transportation safety information is gathering information about the crash. two law enforcement sources told wnbc's jonathan dietz, the investigative reporter there, at this point, this could you say not appear to be sinister. no

craig melvin picks it up right here on msnbc. njoy your weekend. >>> right now trorm hermine barrelling through georgia and the carolinas at a good click as well. storm watches and warnings are popping up along the east coast at the start of this holiday weekend. at this the hour, right now, the storm has claimed at least one life after high winds brought down a large tree on to a homeless camp. blinding rain, dangerous flooding, major storm surges causing some major damage as well. and historic beach erosion too. hermine showing florida as a hurricane overnight. wiping out power to many and leaving behind a path of destruction. making it the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. wnbc meteorologist rafael miranda is with us now tracking this storm. and my understanding based on al roker this morning is that this is a storm system that's going to linger for a few days i, no? >> that's right, craig, unfortunately that is true. and the threat from hermine continues to grow this afternoon. not just for the southeast, but for the

craig melvin picks it up next right here on msnbc. >> andrea, thank you so much. now on msnbc live, donald trump facing threats of more resignations from his hispanic advisors after delivering that especially hard stance on immigration in arizona. donald trump in southwest ohio where moments ago he revved up a crowd with a talk about precisely how his immigration policies will protect jobs. >> another major part of our agenda is immigration security. we need to protect american jobs, security and safety. [ crowd chanting "build that wall" ] don't worry, we're going to build that walthal. that wall will go up. >> vice president joe biden was in ohio. he campaigned for hillary clinton telling nbc news why she's been off the campaign trail. he ao

up next, more news with craig melvin. >> good to see you.e in new york city where in just moments, president obama will be making his eighth and final speech as president at the u.n. general assembly. msnbc will be bringing you those remarks live. the president's address coming one day after he vowed to keep fighting isis abroad and at home. he also praised law enforcement for quickly capturing ahmad rahami. a man, of course, accused of the weekend bomb attacks in new york and new jersey. here's the latest on that investigation. did he act alone? that's the main question law enforcement and intelligence officials try to answer as they focus on rahami's trips overseas. the first charges of attempted murder filed. he's being held on more than $5 million bail and campaign blame game. donald trump and hillary clinton claim if the other is elected, isis wins. our team of reporters following all the latest developments for us this morning. let us start with ayman mohyeldin. he's in elizabeth, new jersey, outside rahami's home. bring us up to speed

coming up right now, more news with my colleague craig melvin. >> we start with that breaking news onr american city. >> -- stopping traffic, they've got the entire intersection blocked. we need units out here quick. >> overnight, protests, sometimes violent, in charlotte, north carolina. 16 officers hurt. tear gas, fires, looting. >> why do you have a gas mask? i don't have a gas mask. >> police searching for someone who had an outstanding warrant say they shot and killed another man, keith lamont scott, because he'd drawn a weapon. his family insists he was unarmed and had a book, not a gun. >> he didn't have no gun. he wasn't messing with nobody. they jumped out their truck. they said hands up. he got a gun, he got a gun. pow, pow, pow, pow. >> just a few moments ago, the police chief pushed back on claims about that. >> a weapon was seized. a handgun. i can also tell you we did not find a book. >> just a few minutes, we are expecting to hear from scott's family in charlotte, north carolina. when that news conference happens, we will of course bring it to you live on msnbc. let's s

craig melvin. here's the baton. >> thank you. and good morning to you as well from long island's hofstra university in hempstead, new york, right here. stephanie just mentioned in just 11 hours. donald trump and hillary clinton facing off in what will likely be the most watched presidential debate in u.s. history. a record 100 million people could watch tonight, that would rival the super bowl and the stakes could not be any higher. two new polls out this morning show the race is in a dead heat. a new bloomberg poll show clinton and trump tie from 46% each and clinton up by one by also within the margin of error. tonight will be an epic clash between politics and personality. trust and temperament will be key themes with clinton trying to prove she's honest and trump trying to demonstrate he's got a presidential disposition and first ever one on one debate. hillary clinton has stood behind the debate podium some 39 times and both sides working the refs, sounding the familiar media bias along and worried their candidate will be gr

i'm craig melvin. tamron hall is here on the deck of the intrepid sea, air and space museum.er weather for you. >> stunningly beautiful out here. an incredible night. great job. right now on msnbc, we're 62 days away from the presidential election and hillary clinton and donald trump are just hours from back-to-back appearances at nbc's commander-in-chief forum. we're looifrp at intrepid sea, air and space museum with last minute preparations. i'll talk with a blue star father who will be here with questions for both candidates. he informed me he may have questions coming in from men and women who are currently abroad protecting this country. plus donald trump will speak live in philadelphia just moments from now. trump will call to end the military across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration despite saying three years ago he wanted the cuts to go further. >>> for the first time in 75 years, a texas turnabout,

our coverage continues right now with our friend and colleague, craig melvin right here at msnbc headquarters. >> thank you so much. we continue our coverage right now here as we follow breaking news from hoboken, new jersey, this hour, where that new jersey transit train, transit train 1614, crashed into the station at the height of the morning rush. just before 9:00 a.m. at this point we can tell you at least one person is dead. more than 100 others are hurt. many of them critically, we're told. the ntsb launching an investigation. they spoke just a few moments ago. >> right now we're going to hit the ground running. i have a team ready to get on the plane with me right now. we have others on their way in cars and trains. so we may have another news briefing later this afternoon. if we do, we'll let you know. regardless, we will hit the ground running and let you know what happens. >> over the past few hours, we've heard from several of the passengers talking about the horror that they witnessed. >> i was in the first car, about ten seats back. >> if you can just describe what happened. >>

craig melvin in new york on her way to north carolina after holding what was her first formal press conference278 days. just north of new york city, headed down to the tar hill state for a campaign rally, coming off the commander-in-chief forum. hallie jackson. we got word it was going to happen. any idea what the impetus was? is this something that was in the works? >> hard to believe it wasn't last night. there is a couple ways to read it. it may be -- the way i read it, the clinton sees a lot of opportunities. and they want to do their best to make sure that is what people are talking about today. that's what people are talking about going forward. she had comments there, she brought up what he said about vladimir putin, when vladimir putin came up last night and donald trump talked about what a strong leader he thinks he is compared to barack obama. she called that unpatriotic, donald trump's comments about the generals being reduced to rubble, in his words, under president obama. she talked about convening this group tomorrow, this bipartisan meeting, mike chertoff, talking about isis str