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Let's get to this morning's needs to know, headlines everyone. We're going to start overseas in Morocco recovery continues after 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Marrakesh and surrounding areas Friday. It was the strongest North African earthquake in 120 years. A 3.9 aftershock hit the region yesterday. That's according to state media, at least 2497 people died in this disaster. That number is expected to rise. Over 2400 people have been injured. President Biden expressed his condolences to Moroccans over the weekend. I want to express my sadness by the loss of life and devastation caused by an earthquake in Morocco. I thought some words with the people of Morocco and my friend Mohammed, the 7 to 6 I should say. And his my administration including Secretary of State who is here with me today is working with Moroccan officials on long distance. Here we work in expeditions to ensure American citizens in Morocco are safe standing, ready to provide any necessary assistance to the Moroccan and Moroccan authorities so far have said they will only be taking aid from the United Arab, Emirates Qatar, the UK and Spain. The United Nations estimated that 200,000 people will be impacted by this disaster. They say they have a team on the ground coordinating international effort. Of course, we will continue to follow this story throughout the show. Staying overseas. North Korean leader Jim Kim Jong Un is on a train heading to Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. According to several South Korean media outlets, a Kremlin spokesperson confirmed Putin is in the city of Vladivostok today where Kim's train is expected to arrive. Putin is attending the Eastern Economic Forum. This was the site of Putin and Kim's last in person meeting that was back in 2019. This comes after us. National security officials said the two leaders are set to discuss a possible arms deal. Hurricane Lee strength continues to change after rapidly intensifying to a strong category five late last week and then weakened to a category two on Saturday. According to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center, the storm is once again a category three with wind speeds of 120 miles per hour. The storm has slowed down and remains east of Caribbean Islands including Puerto Rico. It will continue to move north through the rest of the week but the National Hurricane Center says it's still too soon to determine whether or not it will directly impact the east coast of the US or Canada back here in the States. Michigan State has suspended football coach Mel Tucker without pay after reports. He allegedly sexually harassed an activist last year, Brenda Tracy, she's a rape survivor and victim advocate told USA today that she worked with Tucker on an education program for eight months. During that time, she claims he masturbated while on a professional phone call with her. Tracy made complaints that is now the subject of Title nine investigation. In his response to the title I investigator Tucker claimed it was a consensual sexual relationship. A formal hearing is scheduled for October 5th and six. We've been telling you about that escaped Pennsylvania prisoner Danelo Cae. He's been seen twice again over the weekend, more than 20 miles outside of the search perimeter set up by police officials confirmed Sunday that he was seen at an acquaintances video doorbell with new clothes, including a green zip up hoodie and a clean shaven face. A local dairy farm shared on social media that their truck was stolen by Caval Cone on Saturday. Police confirmed they recovered the vehicle but were not able to find him in a press conference yesterday. Police offered this update. This most recent incident is a reminder that he will take advantage of any opportunity to obtain items he needs. It is also imperative that anyone with information about Caval contact us immediately. We will aggressively continue this investigation with our Federal state county and local partners until we successfully bring Caval cone back into custody. Meanwhile, the prison guard who was on duty while Caval escaped has been fired. Rescuers have started to free American researcher Mark Dickey, who was stranded 3000 ft inside a cave in Turkey. 40 year old Dickie got sick during a research trip at the cave and suffered from gastro intestinal bleeding. A team of rescuers has reached him and have started transporting him out of the cave on a stretcher. Emergency responders did get the 40 year old the medication he needed. Last week, he shared a video message saying he was doing well and thanked the government for its quick response. As you can see, I'm up on alert. I'm talking, I'm not healed on the inside yet, so I need a lot of help to get out of here. Um And it's uh this is often in the caving world a a great opportunity to show just how well uh the international world can work together. It is expected to take some days before Rescuers and Dickey exit. That cave Luis Rubiales, the president of Spain's Soccer Federation is resigning from his post. Rubiales announced his departure yesterday on the social media platform. The resignation comes after the former soccer chief kissed player, Jenny Hermoso on the lips during the women's World Cup final last month. Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual and filed a criminal complaint last week against Rubiales claiming he sexually assaulted her. Rubiales addressed his departure in a letter saying quote after the fast suspension from FIFA and the rest of the open declaration against my character. It's evident that I cannot return to my position. End quote.