Ben Affleck

Isaias is no longer a hurricane, but the storm is still causing big problems across the Southeast and up the East Coast bringing tornadoes and flooding rains to millions. Already, Isaias is blamed for at least four deaths across Alabama and Florida. NBC's Jesse Kirsch reports for Sunday TODAY. President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, criticized Trump for making a new deal with Russia to release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel into the global market. Meanwhile, President Trump says he'll make the decision whether or not to move ahead with the controversial decision to livestream the first military execution by a firing squad since World War II. NBC's Yamiche Alcindor reports for Sunday TODAY. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to preview her interview with Democratic Sen. candidate Abdul El-Sayed and share what she saw on the ground talking to voters in the battleground state of Michigan. "I did talk to voters and they reflected just how divided the state is… The one thing they had in common: the economy was the top issue for all of them," Kristen says. Pope Leo announced doctors have found a nodule on his lung and he will undergo surgery to have it removed in the coming days. The pontiff adding the nodule was detected at a very early stage and the prognosis is good. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port in San Diego after nearly 11 months at sea supporting the war in Iran and facing reported poor conditions, food shortages and low morale for the 5,000 sailors on board. The war President Trump pledged would take four to six weeks is now in its eighth month, leading to broader concerns about a U.S. military stretched thin. NBC's national security reports Courtney Kube reports in this week's Sunday Focus from the Lincoln.