i'm jessica layton. we are entering day 30 of president trump's second term, and there are big concerns this morning about the social security administration. nbc news confirming that the top official at the agency has resigned after a disagreement with elon musk's doge team. two sources say michelle king refused to give access to some sensitive information. nbc's alice barr joins me now. good morning. i want to know what else you're hearing. >> reporter: nancy altmann is the president of the advocacy group social security works. she says some of the information involved in the dispute involved bank information, social security numbers and in some cases medical records if a person applied for disability benefits. the white house says the agency will be led by a career social security anti-fraud expert until a new commissioner is confirmed. and this comes after concerns were already raised at the irs that an employee helping doge could soon gain access to sensitive taxpayer information. white house deputy

i'm jessica layton. and we begin this morning with a terrifying scene at toronto international airport. where a delta airlines plane coming from minneapolis overturned during a scary crash landing. as you can see here, the plane is upside down on that runway. everyone survived, but 18 people were injured. this, of course, follows a series of aviation incidents in north america that has so many people on edge. nbc's jay gray begins our coverage this morning. >> reporter: the delta regional jet out of minneapolis apparently started to have problems during landing at pearson international airport in toronto, skidding across the runway, then rolling over. >> my friends rushed there first. and then he saw the crj, the crj's crashed on the runway, so i was, like, yeah, i got to go check it out. the next thing i saw basically is the crj plane basically flipped on the runway. >> reporter: 76 passengers and four crew members all survived. >> first and foremost, there was no loss in life. and this is in due part t

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i'm jessica layton. and we begin this morning with a los angeles jury finding rapper a$ap rocky not guilty of felony assault. he was accused of shooting at his former friend during an argument back in 2021. the hip-hop performer whose real name is rakeem mayors hugging his attorneys and then leaping into the arms of his long-time partner, rihanna upon hearing the verdict. rocky thanking the jurors for saving his life. >> i would have been really, really hurting if this didn't go the right way. but thank god that jury, we had a great jury. what's next is they're going to move on. they have lot of great things professionally to do. you know, rocky's really at the height of his career. he's got a lot of things going, rihanna is on top of the world. >> in fact, before the trial, rocky turned down a plea deal, maintaining that he was innocent. >>> new this morning, federal prosecutors in florida unsealing charges against seven men whom they say are part of an international organized crime group that stole mor

and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica layton. this morning from the south to the northeast, americans are feeling the wrath of a monster storm system. at least ten people have died, with nine of the deaths in kentucky alone. where severe flooding wreaked havoc. the rising waters leading to more than a thousand rescues. on sunday, president donald trump approved governor bashir's disaster declaration. the devastation also striking tennessee. a catastrophic situation unfolding in the state's northwest. entire neighborhoods this morning all the way to virginia arunder water. and region facing yet another threat with at least five tornados across mississippi and alabama where cleanup is under way in the northwest part of the state after wind gusts tore through buildings and power lines. >> roofs are blown off. most of our buildings downtown, we lost one of our middle school, r.e. thompson, the roof blew off of it. >> hundreds of thousands remain in the dark this morning from alabama all the way to new york state. let's bring in nbc m

i'm jessica layton. have a great monday. i'll see you tomorrow. >>> breaking overnight.ency crews rescuing hundreds from the rising water across kentucky, georgia, and tennessee. our team is tracking this system. >>> the irs bracing for doge. an employee af