good morning. unspeakable. haunting new images in from ukraine this morning illustrating the scope of the devastating tragedy of malaysian airlines flight 17 blown out of the sky by a missile. 298 people are gone and so many questions remain. who was behind the attack? has the crash scene been compromised? and how will the world respond today? friday, july 18th, 2014. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today." the crash of malaysia airlines flight mh-17. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning.

morning to all of you. a somber friday morning. obviously we're learning more and more developments of the shooting down of malaysian flight 17. still so maep many more questions than answers. >> big questions and heart breaking little details as we learn more about what happened. here's what we know the latest this morning about the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. there's still no confirmation any americans were on board. for the dutch, a tragic toll. there were many dutch passengers. many of them headed to an aids conference in australia. people of all nationalities on board lost their lives. >> keep in mind this debris field is in the middle of an active war zone and six square miles is filled with wreckage items. passports and suitcases. eyewitnesses say many of the bodies found were still in their seats wearing their seat belts. and lots of questions about the so-called black boxes. the pro-russian rebels were in control of that area and say they've recovered most of those devices. now they're deciding what to do

with them. >> meantime, the two officials will send ntsb officials to assist in the investigation. let's begin our coverage with nbc's keir simmons on the ground in ukraine. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. overnight we are hearing that those black boxes have been recovered but they may well be in the hands of the pro-russian separatists who, its reported, are proposing to perhaps send them to moscow. there's even an unconfirmed report they may be willing to sell them to the highest bidder. and fair warning, some of the accounts from the crash scene are really, really disturbing. people talking about seeing passengers still strapped into their chairs, still wearing their headphones, and seeing bodies falling from the sky. horror. a civilian aircraft blown to pieces still on fire.

plane parts strewn around and the bodies of passengers too sickening to show. a killing field in this war zone on the russian border that has seen death, but not like this. in one unverified video, a burst of flame on the horizon then smoke and in a second debris falling like pieces of cloth, one ukrainian farmer told "the new york times." there were two explosions, one witness said. another saw a plane falling to pieces. a plane with 298 people on board, 80 of them children, 3 infants. relatives learning the terrible news overnight. rescuers arrived including pro-russian separatists, but there was no one to save. just passengers' possessions, passports, a travel guidebook to a destination never reached. malaysian air flight 17 departed amsterdam's schiphol airport at 12:15 p.m. local time set for an 11 1/2 hour journey to kuala lumpur.

but three hours in, ukrainian air traffic controllers lose contact with flight 17. officials later confirm the plane was shot down by a buk missile system near ukraine's donetsk region. 30 miles from ukraine's southeastern border with russia. at the time of the missile's impact, the aircraft was at a cruising altitude of 33,000 feet. meaning only an advanced buk missile system and not shoulder mounted launchers could have brought it down. the deadliest aviation incident since 9/11 on one of the most volatile regions on the globe. the remains of flight 17 and its passengers fell and caused a debris field as large as six square miles still painted with malaysia airlines now infamous colors. this morning local people have been trying to locate bodies. the charred earth, a temporary graveyard of innocent passengers from around the world. we're being told that western

investigators will be allowed to get to the scene because people around the world will be calling for a full inquiry. at one point they thought there were fewer passengers on board until they realized, guys, that some of the passengers were infants being carried on parents' laps and they hadn't realized and hadn't counted them. >> keir simmons, thank you very much in ukraine this morning. >> freelance journalist noah sneider surveyed the devastation at that crash site. he joins us now by phone from ukraine. noah, good morning to you. i know you didn't see the crash, but you talked to people on the scene who did witness it. what did they tell you? >> well, they told me about four or five different things. and thank you for having me, by the way. there's a lot of different versions about what happened. the only thing their consensus is on today was that a plane was hit and a plane crashed. who and how and why and from where the strike was launched

remains the object of fierce debate in the surrounding towns and hinge upon the existing political views of whomever you're speaking with. so folks who are inclined towards the pro-russian rebel groups here in ukraine are more likely, obviously, to believe the line coming from their leaders. namely it was a ukrainian strike. >> noah, are those separatists who control that area cooperating with investigators? are they cooperating with journalists? do you worry that that scene, crash scene, some call it a crime scene, has been severely compromised? >> i don't have that worry, to be honest. as far as journalists go, in fact were, quite friendly towards us allowing us to work, waving us through checkpoints

which is unusual for this region at the moment. and they seemed more interested in having us there and having us put eyes on the scene. as far as investigators go, i think it's difficult to say because no real investigators have arrived. the people who are working on the scene now are local search and rescue teams. they're used to dealing with mining disasters, accidents in the coal mines. they're simply not equipped to handle something of this scale, something of this complexity. for example, they're marking the bodies with pieces of white cloth tied around stakes stuck in the ground in the field. which there's no grid system, there's no coordinated effort to establish syntax. >> i know many of the images are too graphic to show. sometimes it's the more mundane

items you see at the crash site like this that have the greatest impact. would you agree with that? >> of course. as was mentioned earlier, the items that people were taking on vacation, the travel guides, the bathing suits, the carry-on size toothpaste all speak of the lives that were lost. it's quite a humanizing experience. in fact, to walk through it and see what these numbers actually mean when you see the personal effects. you spoke of the dutch folks on the plane. we found a number of books, charred books in dutch and a top ten travel tips for bali printed in that. it's these tiny moments that somehow remain amidst all of

this wreckage. >> noah sneider who is a freelance journalist at the crash scene of flight 17. noah, thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> meanwhile u.s. officials have been working around the clock to figure out who is behind this and what does this mean for the u.s. and russian relations. was russia involved at all? all questions that will have to be answered in the coming days. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is on that part of the story. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. ironically president obama was on the phone telling vladimir putin he was sanctioning russia for escalating the conflict with ukraine. when both leaders learned that the malaysian airliner was down near the russian border. the white house says putin's promises in normandy to reduce tensions with ukraine have been blatantly violated. two ukrainian military planes shot down this week alone. a military transport plane monday. a fighter jet wednesday night. >> russian-based separatists

have shot down more than a dozen planes, helicopters in ukraine over the past few months. >> reporter: putin tried to blame ukraine's government in kiev telling a russian audience this tragedy would not have happened if there was peace on that land. in any case, if the military activities had not resumed in the southeast of ukraine. but the conversation between a russian-backed separatist named greek and a russian major, not verified by nbc news, shows them first realizing they'd screwed up and mistakenly shot down a passenger plane. the russian says in short, sure as hell it's a civilian plane. the ukrainian separatist asks, many people. the russian replies, a screwup. debris fell into people's back yards. >> if it is a result of either separatists or russian actions mistakenly believing this was a ukrainian war plane, i think there's going to be hell to pay and there should be. >> reporter: today the u.n.

security council will hold an emergency meeting although russia can veto any u.n. action. even before knowing all the facts, late thursday night the white house said this crisis in ukraine is fueled by russian arms and russian training for the separatists. again urging russia to immediately support a ceasefire as relations are now hitting a new low. now the question now is what will europe do. >> all right. andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. thank you. let's bring in mike leiter, former director of the national counterterrorism center. mike, good morning to you. we know this is an area closely watched by the u.s. because of this ongoing conflict between ukraine and the separatists there. how soon do you think the u.s. will be able to definitively say where this missile originated from? they say they're certain it was shot down by a missile. >> i think very soon. i think within the next 24 to 48 hours using a variety of technical means, overhead satellites, signals intelligence from the radar used, human intelligence from the

ukrainians. they're going to know which side it came from. on the strategic level, we know about a russian surface-to-air missile, and that says more about what the response will be rather than who shot it. >> we heard what putin said and paraphrasing he basically said what happens in ukraine is ukraine's problem blaming ukraine for the unrest that led to this. but what will u.s. officials think about how closely the russians have been involved with the separatist movement? >> the new u.s. sanctions that the president put in place a couple of days ago were really in response to a view that russia has not backed down at all. it has sent troops and it sent special weaponry like these surface to air missiles to the separatists. so from that perspective the u.s. knows he's been doubling down. the question now for the intelligence committee will be is there any crack in that?

does he look at this situation and say this is so bad that there might be an offramp to de-escalate? i don't think that's the most likely given putin's background, but i think there's some chance. that's the leadership intention piece that the u.s. intelligence committee will try to discern over the next couple days. >> very quickly, we heard john mccain saying there should be hell to pay. what are the responses by the u.s. and the world? >> the u.s. and nato can provide more intelligence and logistics and potentially military support. then the next piece is really can the u.s. get the european union with stronger economic sanctions? i think that is certain to come at this point. >> mike leiter, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> we are slowly learning more about the victims of this tragedy. katy tur is following that part of the story from amsterdam. katy, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. schipol airport is back to business this morning with tourists and families. this is the height of vacation

season here. and although the passengers were from all over europe, asia, australia. most were from the netherlands. we have an um updated number. 181 of 298 passengers were dutch. now this country is reeling. bouquets and candles outside am center dam. a sign on the door that reads on holiday. the owners of this flower shop were on mh-17. on its personal facebook page, he joked in what would end up being a haunting last post about his malaysia airlines flight. should it disappear, this is what it looks like. >> 30 years old. they earned their vacation. a funny couple. always laughing and always together. hard work. and now they're gone. >> reporter: the netherlands hit

especially hard. 173 of the 298 passengers on board were dutch. including many headed to the international aids conference in melbourne, australia. among them former isa president. >> no doctor, no researcher goes to a medical meeting ever thinking that their plane is going to be shot down. this isn't irony. it's cruel and it's a loss to the science of the world. >> reporter: at the airport this morning flights were taking off as usual, but the shadow of the crash looms large. especially for this man about to board today's malaysia flight 17 headed to kuala lumpur. >> i thought about cancelling my trip, but i couldn't pay anymore. >> reporter: this woman and her baby and husband were to be on that doomed flight. but only just missed it. >> i'm -- like, i'm shaking. i don't even know what to do. i'm feeling physically sick. i'm just thinking that i feel

like i've been given a second chance. >> reporter: and in malaysia, tears and anger once again as families demand answers from not just malaysia airlines but the malaysian government. images out of malaysia are similar to the disappearance of mh-370. families crying out in pain looking for answers from their government, but not getting much in return. it is amazing this could happen to one airline in the span of a couple of months. matt and savannah, back to you. >> katy tur in amsterdam this morning where flight 17 originated. katy, thank you very much. >> meanwhile, this was all unfolding, a huge story in the middle east. >> absolutely. if the tensions get any worse in gaza this morning. the ground invasion by the israeli troops. it's the first large scale ground offensive by israel in gaza in more than five years. nbc's chief foreign

correspondent richard engel is there. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. throughout the night and into today we have been hearing and seeing israeli strikes across the gaza strip. and this could be just in its early stages. today israel's prime minister netanyahu said he and the defense minister have given direction for a major expansion of the ground offensive. tanks and armored vehicles led israel's charge into the gaza strip. they're going in heavy wary of hamas' defenses. israel hasn't been on the ground in gaza in force in over five years. so israeli troops are marching in cautiously in long lines of infantry. the operation began under the cover of darkness overnight. with air strikes, drones, and illumination flares helping to

light up targets. already there are casualties. nearly all of them palestinians. medical officials say several dozen were killed in the first few hours alone. israel is also carrying out strikes in the center of gaza city. this is one of the most densely populated places in the world. but now few people are coming out of their homes, afraid to be on the streets. israel said the goal of this operation is to destroy a network of tunnels dug by hamas that militants used to sneak into israel to attack and kidnap israelis. israel released footage of what it claims are tunnels being targeted and hamas using the tunnels to launch an assault. but hamas is releasing its own footage of its own fighters defiant in what looks like well built tunnels. armed and ready. officials suggest this operation could last around two weeks. but once troops are on the

ground in close combat, military missions seldom go as planned. hamas officials today said israel would, quote, pay for launching this offensive which is continuing as we speak. just during that report, we heard several loud strikes just on the outskirts of gaza city. >> do take care of yourself there. richard engel in gaza, thanks so much. here a bit closer to home, an entire town in washington state has been evacuated this morning because of a massive wildfire that has destroyed 35 homes in the area. some 650 people were forced to leave as the flames moved closer. officials are also evacuating a hospital in a nearby town. the fires burned 18,000 acres so far and has shut down highways in the area. firefighters are mainly battling flames from the air. incredible video this morning out of north carolina where a meteor was seen flashing across the sky. a software developer captured this on his cell phone thursday night while driving in raleigh.

it was in several states including delaware and new jersey and pennsylvania. you see it off in the left-hand corner. >> i hate to be a judger, but driving and taking video. >> it was probably mounted on the dash. >> let's pretend it was. >> and we're glad you're on solid ground from your trip yesterday. >> yes. >> let's get a check of the weather -- whoa! >> hey, now. hey, folks. no neck of the woods here. >> al's in washington. going to interview the first lady a little later today. good morning to you. >> and watch it, boys. don't get any ideas. we're going to be talking about her let's move initiative on monday. but first typhoon rammasun. 30 miles northeast of haikku, china. you can watch it move right over there just pushing through. it's got 155 mile-per-hour winds. it will eventually make its way

just between hainan and vietnam. as a category two storm. we're going to keep watching that. closer to home, austin, texas, and parts of texas are a real mess. look at this flooding. 8 inches of rain in some areas in six hours causing a massive problem. the flooding is starting to subside, but they're still seeing heavy rain. texas on into louisiana and the gulf coast. as we look at the radar, you can see those heavy thunderstorms between corpus christi, san antonio. heavy rain making its way into louisiana. we're looking for another two to four inches of rain over the next 24 hours. and we're going to keep watching this closely as well. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. r country. thank you for your sacrifice and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family,

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zone? >> and from the orange room, we will have carson on that part of the story. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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of cinnamon toast crunch and cold milk. ♪ cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares. you're watching "today in the bay." good morning to you, it is 7:26 i'm kris sanchez. here's a look at news around the bay area this morning. northbound 101 at lawrence expressway in sunnyvale is open after a crash. the driver was drunk when he flipped his car, killing his own wife and injuring three other people. he was later arrested at the hospital. investigators say he lost control of the car and crashed into a ditch. the group was reportedly celebrating a 23-year-old's birthday the night before. none of the folks in the car was wearing a seat belt. san jose will start closing down cannabis clubs throughout the city today as tough restrictions go into effect. about a third of pot shops will be ordered to close today with more shutdowns expected in the

coming months. among other things, it will limit where shops can operate and operators say it makes them impossible to stay in business. yesterday was the last day for protesters to gather signatures far referendum in an effort to get them overturned. now mike inouye has a look at traffic, easing up at 101. >> you were talking about the reopens of the off-ramp, we had a big back-up that just started to form, but that cleared just before 7:00 and now the traffic flow is easing. as the volume building past the airport. nop surprises for this friday, right now that portion of the bay, east bay, southbound 88 o 0 jamming up and heading towards the dunn barton bridge. that started with a rip that will started at -- ripple that started at the area. the rest of your bay looks very smooth right now. nothing unpredictable for the tri-valley. mild slow down there. bay bridge toll plaza light

there, it's great, you have the weather though. >> kind of wish i was over there driving right now. you rarely see that. good morning to you, something else we rarely see, average weather, we're going to hit a stretch that extends well into next week. looking at today though, you want to hit the breach, warm spot will be santa cruz, 81 degrees for the south bay, 74 on the east shore, 67 in san francisco. warm-up coming your way for the weekend, but we're going to cool you back down on sunday. kris over do to you. we have more local news in a half hour, right now, enjoy more of the "today show." after people find a dentist through us,

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♪ ♪ it's 7:30 now on a friday morning, the 18th of july 2014. these are some of the haunting images from the crash site in ukraine. a devastating debris field spans something like six square miles. and we're just hearing the human toll this morning. >> speaking of that human toll, 298 were on board when it was shot down by a missile. as you might imagine, eyewitnesss report a horrible scene on the ground. many saw the plane fall from the sky. the investigation now into who's responsible is entering its second day. >> nice to have you along on a busy friday morning. as you know, this fighting has been raging for months on the border between ukraine and russia. this week ukrainian military

planes were allegedly shot down by russian-backed separatists. many were asking why was a commercial airliner flying over this area at all? nbc's tom costello has been looking at that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rebels have warned military planes not to fly over rebel held territory. but there was no warning against passenger planes flying through ukrainian air space. u.s. airlines were warned in april to avoid the area. following the russian invasion of crimea. now the faa is expanding that order. with the burned wreckage of mh-17 sitting on the ground in rebel-held territory, the question is why any airline would be flying over a war zone in the first place. but malaysia airlines insists its plane was flying on a pre-established safe route. >> in our industry, you would not be able to file a flight plan over an area which is

dangerous. >> reporter: but four months ago the faa prohibited u.s. airlines from flying near the crimea region of ukraine and the black sea because of the fighting. thursday they expanded the order. prohibiting u.s. flight operations until further notice in the air space over eastern ukraine due to recent events and potential for continued hazardous activities. within hours of the shoot-down, they were empty of all but military aircraft through the area. meanwhile civilians have been photographed walking through the wreckage contaminating any evidence. and in recent weeks russian-backed separatists shot down several ukrainian military planes. if they brought down the passenger flight, i doubt the government will be welcome. >> the political situation complicates the role because everybody has a motive to lie. if separatists shot down the plane, they'll want to hide evidence, never give up the

black boxes. >> reporter: conversations and tweets from russian-backed separatists suggests they could be responsible. while they deny it, the debris is scattered over nine miles in a war zone. the former head of the ntsb said she'd be reluctant to send u.s. teams into the area. >> i would be very concerned if i was anyone sending my people in there that they need to be safe. >> reporter: still in malaysia, the prime minister is calling for a thorough independent investigation. >> an international team must have full access to the crash site. and no one should interfere with the area or move any debris including the black box. >> reporter: sothe ntsb will send one investigator with law enforcement personnel.

it hasn't been determined where they will go. it is possible they will fly to kiev and await instructions. while the black boxes are of some value, investigators know a missile brought this plane down. question is who fired it. the question is coming from intelligence and military sources. guys, back to you. >> greg, thank you very much. greg's point is a valid one. it matters less about the black boxes. does the civilian aircraft present any kind of a signature to radar that is different from a military aircraft? >> not in this particular case, matt. there is a data tag that, of course, air traffic control uses to identify that airplane.

in this particular instance, depending on the level of sophistication that the missile operator uses, there is no difference. we don't know why this airplane was targeted. whether it was annerrant shot or something else. this plane deviated from the route due to weather. that is part of the weather to find out why they went to far south. >> but trying to understand what might have happened on that plane and this 777 did not have the kind of radar that a military plane might have that could detect an incoming missile. they would not have known what was about to hit them until it hit them. >> absolutely, matt. that is the big thing. we have seen this in the past. we don't want to put any kind of military-type of equipment on a civilian airplane for that very reason.

this is a civilian passenger airline. they don't need devices. they don't need any iff or anything that would be military grade because, of course, that would create more suspicion anytime a civilian airliner flies over a piece of potential, there could be a potential spying. this now becomes a process of investigating who actually shot it down and what the intent was. >> crying, thank you very much. greg's point is a valid one. it matters a lot more finding out where that missile was fired. >> let's get a check of the weather now. mr. roker finds himself in washington this morning for a good reason. hey, al. >> yeah, that's right, guys. we're going to be talking to the first lady a bit later about let's move and kids eating healthy meals. but in the meantime out west where they grow a lot of the food we eat it is rough. and we've got more hot weather to talk about.

we're looking at temperatures that are getting up into the 90s. we're also going to be looking at lots of heat, temperatures way above normal. nicki? we're looking at more heat and humidity. we've got hot and dry conditions. 20-to-30 miles an hour wind gusts. we've got hot, dry conditions. locally critical fire conditions. it happens to be my young man's 12th birthday, so he is here with me helping me out. >> nicki photobombing al's weather. >> good times! >> he's the birthday boy. he can do anything he wants today. >> that's right. he gets to spend his birthday at the white house. that's what's going on around oh how cool to see niki, happy birthday. 7:37, taking a live look at san jose, clouds are clearing that the point, temperatures will be comfortable because of this overcast start across the bay area. 81 degrees in the south bay, 78 on the peninsula, 74 degrees on

the east shore and 67 degrees today in san francisco. weekend looks fantastic for outdoor plans. beaches, upper 60s to low 70s, 82 degrees in the south bay for saturday, 79 on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> i can't believe how big nicki is getting. fantastic. >> nick, come here. they want to see how tall you are. luckily nicki takes after debra's side of the family. her dad was 6'2." whereas i'm from a short stocky people. >> happy birthday, nick. >> they're saying happy birthday. >> pretty cool. >> all right. al, thank you so much. coming up, we'll continue to follow this big story this morning. more on flight mh-17 coming up. >> also we're going to go live to malaysia where family members of thosz on board are turning to each other after the tragedy. that's right after these

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information was released. this is the place where folks have been gathering trying to learn new information about the 295 people aboard that plane who came from countries all over the world. one by one family members arrived at the kuala lumpur international airport. they came here looking for answers but instead inside this terminal, only heartbreak and overwhelming grief. the arrivals board still showed flight mh-17. perhaps the only comfort for these families now is each other. >> to the families of those who lost their lives, our heart goes out to those who have been affected by this tragedy. >> reporter: family members expecting a loved one on the malaysian airlines flight were escorted into a private room. >> pray for them. >> reporter: the scene at this

airport today, an eerie reminder of what happened here just four months ago. this is where families gathered after malaysia airlines flight 370 went missing over the indian ocean. danica weeks' husband paul was one of the 239 aboard. >> it's just so shocking. i can't believe they've lost another plane. we need to know why. i just hope malaysia is more forthcoming with the families on this than they have been with us. >> reporter: today the malaysian prime minister wasted no time speaking out appearing on television before dawn. >> this is a tragic day in what has already been a tragic year for malaysia. the flight passengers and crew came from many different countries. but today, regardless of nationality, we are all united in grief.

>> reporter: grief etched on the faces of so many here in kuala lumpur yet again. this morning we have learned one woman caylee mann lost her brother in the malaysian airlines flight back in march. she lost her stepdaughter in this tragedy. matt? >> unbelievable. miguel almaguer, thank you very much. up next, carson's in the orange room. he's got a closer look at how millions of people around the world turn to social media to learn more about this story. we'll check in with carson in a second, right after these is the freshest fruit. i know that what goes into this soil will effect these trees. and i know how to spot that perfect moment of ripeness. . . mone .

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♪ ... is folgers in your cup! ♪ [ male announcer ] give extra. get extra. we're back at 7:50. millions turned to social media on thursday wanting to learn more about what happened with flight 17. carson's got that part of the story from the orange room this morning. >> that's right. social media provides so much insight when news breaks. impactful images shared.

#mh17. 1.6 million tweets and growing. images everywhere. some of them had to be blurred out. here's a soldier overlooking the crash site. let's go through a few of the most retweeted tweets yesterday. this was in katy tur's piece here. a picture of the plane by the passenger before he walked in saying should it disappear this is what it looks like. a lot of people sending that out yesterday. another image what was we saw also, the radar image of ukraine after the accident. the air space there as you can see cleared. and finally of course this story being told this morning. newspapers all over the world. we obviously will have much more on this coming up. >> thank you so much. at the top of the next hour, we'll have a lot more. we'll get the latest updates. and of course we'll take a turn and things will lighten up in the next half hour. we've got some rock stars. >> we got that man right there. sir mick jagger. he's talking about a passionate

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you're watching "today in the bay." good morning everyone, 7:56 i'm scott mcgrew. burlingame limo company will not have to pay as much for its involvement in a deadly fire on the san mateo bridge last year. the california public utility's commission reduced the fine against the company from $20,000 to just 5,000. the fine stems from the deadly fire in may of last year that killed five women on their way to a wedding party. the man accused of posing as a loved one in hopes of tricking teens into sexting him may enter a plea in court today. a judge could also raise the bail amount for scott angelo of sunnyvale. he's out on bail, prosecutors want to the increase it to 150,000. detectives say angelo sent girls a text says he was their father claiming he had a new phone number. investigators said he asked them for pictures because he wanted to help promote a new swim wear line for a coworker.

we do not know how he got their numbers. hey, good morning, scott, good morning to you at home. overcast to start the day in san francisco. pacifica showing you the same cloudy sky, fog here as well. and that extends all the way into the extreme east bay. just a gorgeous day shaping up. look at this live picture from high atop mt. hamilton. this is right at the surface. few lingering clouds and comfortable temperatures for today. 60s and 70s coming your way. couple low 80s, 81 in the south bay, 78 on the peninsula. here's mike and your drive. here's the flat section, very easy drive, high-rise not so much different. we're looking at the san mateo bij, nice view of the peninsula itself. look at the maps, slow on the east bay side, and that's continuing to clear as we had a couple crashes, crash and a disabled vehicle in fremont. approach towards the bay bridge where the metering lights are on, not so bad. scott, back to you.

>> thank you, we'll have another local news update for you in a half an hour.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up more questions than answers as the world wakes up to haunting new images of the crash of malaysia flight 17. the blame game begins. who's responsible for the loss of nearly 300 lives? >> it's a young couple. always laughing and always together. and now they're gone. >> and for their loved ones, will there be justice? the latest from our team spread out across the globe today. friday, july 18th, 2014. ♪ and welcome back to "today" on this friday morning. obviously a different morning

newswise between the malaysia air flight story and parts of the middle east. we're going cover that more in a couple minutes. we're also going to take a turn. >> we will. we have some interesting interviews to talk about. mick jagger's got a new project about james brown. he got to sit down with him. >> then out on the plaza we have a big crowd gathered for a concert from the one and only jason mraz in our next half hour. looking forward to that. >> we want to get the latest information this morning on the crash of malaysian air flight 17. it is a terrible scene in ukraine where the plane crashed after u.s. officials say it was shot down by a missile. 298 people were on board at the time. at least three infants among them. this morning those pro-russian rebels say they have found many of the plane's recording devices, the so-called black boxes but have not said what they will do with them. >> let's get right to keir simmons who's in ukraine this morning. keir, good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: matt, good morning. we are being told that those russian separatist rebels are

telling international investigators that they will let them get access to the crash scene, but remember this is the very group some are already pointing the finger at over what happened. these investigators need to get to that scene. the middle of a war zone and try to recover those black boxes where already there are reports that the black boxes have been taken by those separatist rebels. there are even reports they may be planning to send those black boxes to moscow or even -- and this isn't confirmed -- try to sell them to the highest bidder. meanwhile a fair warning, some of the accounts from the scene are truly, truly disturbing. witnesses talking about seeing passengers strapped to chairs with their headphones still on. in amongst the debris we are seeing travel guides, vacation travel guides, people's possessions, passports because remember there are people from all around the world on board this flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. 80 children on board. in one piece of debris is a

man's watch that has been smashed. and it is stopped at the time when the flight went down. guys? >> keir simmons on the ground for us. thank you very much. >> let's go to the pentagon. u.s. officials say they are sure it was a surface-to-air missile that brought down the plane. now the question who fired it. let's go to jim miklaszewski who's been talking to his source there is. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. spy satellites picked up radar signals and the heat signatures from that surface-to-air missile as it streaked across the sky at one mile per second and then shot down the maylation airliner. because the airliner was flying at 33,000 feet, u.s. military officials say it had to be a buk surface to air missile. that has a range of 25 miles and 46,000 feet. there's no shoulder fired missile that could have possibly reached that airplane at that altitude.

and unfortunately early indications from u.s. intelligence could not determine exactly where the missile was launched from. whether it was on russian soil or ukrainian soil, whether it was fired by the separatists or the russian military. however, and this is an important point, intelligence gathered over the past several weeks has shown that the russian military has shipped heavy artillery, tanks, and even several of these buk surface to air missile systems to the russian separatists. and have been providing training to the separatists to operate those systems. so it doesn't matter, really, who pulled the trigger. it was still a russian missile system. >> all right, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. a lot of work to do there this morning for u.s. officials. thank you. let's get to natalie. she's got the headlines this morning. one of the top stories, what's going on in gaza. >> that's right.

israel's prime minister has ordered his military to prepare for a significant expansion of its grounds operation in gaza. israeli tanks and troops moved into gaza overnight after a ten-day campaign of air strikes between israel and hamas fighters. palestinian health officials said more than 20 palestinians were killed in the first hour of the invasion while israel said at least one of its soldiers had been killed. israel's stated goal is to destroy what it calls a network of tunnels dug by hamas that are used by militants to sneak into israel. wildfires in central washington state have burned at least 35 homes and officials urged an e vekuation overnight. the fires have scorched about 30 square miles since they were started by lightning on monday night. no serious injuries have been reported, but hot weather is posing an extra challenge for firefighters. fedex says it will plead not guilty to drug trafficking charges. calling them an attack on their

integrity. a federal indictment accused fedex of working closely with illegal internet pharmacies to knowingly ship drugs such as am bee an, valium and xanax to those without prescriptions. fedex asked the government for a list of pharmacies so they could halt shipments and never got one. and bad news in hollywood this morning. elaine strich has died. her career spanned more than six decades. she worked with great composers including the man who wrote "the lady's lunch company." she was introduced to the television audience durgs the emmy winning turn as alec baldwin's mother on "30 rock." she was 89 years old. one of the great wonders of nature is also one of the most fragile. the u.s. forest service is now warning people to stay away from the mendenhall glacier ice hall cave in juneau, alaska. the frozen entrance seems to be

weakening and ready to collapse. i was there last week. i toured one of the caves, even drinking water from the melting ice. heavy rainfall and typical summer melting are likely reasons for the deterioration. pamplona, spain, has the running of the bulls. but in belmont county, ohio, they have what's known by them as the red neck run. it's for the country music festival. concert goers go to stake their claim for the long weekend. looks like a good time. it's 8:07 right now. let's get another check of the weather with al in the nation's capital this morning. al? >> oh, thanks so much, natalie. boy, they were fast. we're here to talk to the first lady about her let's move initiative. we'll bring that to you on monday. but, boy, these storms are on the move from houston to memphis. we've got heavy showers and thunderstorms, flooding may be a big problem. memphis, you've got rain all day today with temperatures in the

60s. and then in houston we're talking about heavy showers and thunderstorms right on into the evening hours. rest of the area between those showers, we've got cooler than normal temperatures. memphis, you'll only be 69. that's 23 degrees below normal. shreveport, 78. nashville should be about 90. you're going to be 71 degrees today. so that rain is keeping things cool. rest of the country, we are looking at a gorgeous day in the northeast. high pressure dominating from the great lakes into new england with seasonal temperatures, low humidity. we've got a gorgeous day in l.a. today. sunshine, 73. it's going to be hot in the pacific northwest, but along the coast, 79 and sunny in seattle. 8:08. we made it to friday. and it is going to be really nice, all across the bay area. starting with a live look here, ocean beach, overcast sky. same thing over the oakland hills, at least for now. we're going to see all this fog burn off over tiburon and everywhere else across the bay area, by about lunchtime today.

and temperatures will be really comfortable, as that onshore flow has strengthened overnight. 81 for the south bay, 67 in san francisco. 74 on the east shore, and yeah, warming you up as we get into this weekend, just a touch. it's going to stay really comfortable, all the way through tuesday. weather. guys, back to you. wish i was there with you. looks like a great crowd. >> it is a great crowd. [ cheers and applause ] >> coming up we'll do "trending." how do you make the perfect bun for your little girl? ask this dad. he has a great technique. >> also we'll have a conversation with mick jagger. why sir mick is helping to bring the story of james brown to the screen. this is one he feels very strongly about. >> and the crowd's ready to go! jason mraz performing live on the plaza. we'll get to it soon, but first these messages. ♪

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we're back now at 8:14. time for "what's trending" today. 9 million bottles of this five hour energy is sold every week. that's just for carson. if you love this drink, there's three states suing makers for deceptive and misleading advertising. take a look. >> i get hours of energy now, no crash later. >> oregon, washington state, vermont all taking action now against 5 hour energy for making claims like you just saw. others say they expect to in the next coming weeks. but the company is denying those claims. also calling the suit a form of civil intimidation that's grasping at straws. >> have you tried these? >> i have never tried them. >> i have. >> i'm over-caffeinated as it is. i could use one now actually. i don't know if it works. i don't think i need two. >> we already know steven tyler and the guys from aerosmith are a lot of fun. but check out who joined the band on stage during a concert.

this was this week in boston. the guy in the black hat looks a lot like johnny depp. because it's johnny depp. ♪ >> wow. could he get any cooler? >> this guy is getting irritating. >> he's doing this doesn't age thing. and talented. >> and grabbing a guitar now joining the guys for a performance of "train kept rolling." he's also filming a movie. >> you guys ever do your daughter's hair? >> it's just getting long enough that i can put it in a ponytail and i love it. >> no romy has long hair but i can't do anything with it.

>> you'll want to listen to this. you could learn a thing or two from a dad who has a creative way about doing his daughter's hair. it's about making a bun. >> that's right. he pulls her hair up tight. that's jordan's cue. she does a little ballet. taking notes on this simple swirling technique. >> perfect. >> so is he really doing the hair? >> i think she's doing the hair. >> have you seen the picture of him changing a light bulb. he spins her around and she holds it. creative, this guy. that's "what's trending" today. up next, we'll talk to mick jagger and

we're back now with our conversation with mick jagger and the cast of "get on up." it pays tribute to the legendary father of soul james brown. honoring him as a brilliant and imperfect man. we sat down with the cast, producers, director of that film including mick jagger. want to also mention this is the first time jagger has spoken publicly about the death of his girlfriend fashion designer loren scott. >> it's been a difficult year for you with the death of loren. how are you doing? >> >> i'm going doing okay. difficult.

i got back into it by working on touring with the stones in europe and doeg other things. >> a lot of support. >> it's good to see you. >> this movie is going to expose james brown to a new generation, i think, people who may not be that familiar with his work. let's start there. let's start with the uninitiating. who is james brown? >> a guy who comes from nowhere. he has nothing but he wants to be someone. he wants to be a big star and he is going to work like crazy to become a big star. it's about the effects on his personalities when he achieves that goal, what happens to you. >> there is the show business and the show and the business and he was both. >> he was a great businessman and understood all of the aspects and how to exploit it for his friends, himself and his family. >> i have done a lot of

interviews and looked at some of them and you often talk about the influences in your music and james brown comes up over and over again. >> it wasn't like like i'm going to copy his move or his song writing. the main thing i got from him which is a good thing to learn is the interaction between the way he interacts with the audience, the way he charmed them, the way he told them what to do and gave his emotions and the way he expected them to give back. >> i think denzel washington became malcolm x. i think people are going to see this movie and say that, chad, you became james brown. >> definitely. >> what did you have to do? >> once i got into the mode of considering the challenge i wanted to know more about it and wanted to know more about him. >> we could see he had amazing

acting skill, high intellect but hadn't seen the dancing. when we saw the dancing our minds were blown. >> first time you did a split? >> according to the reports there was a certain amount of begging on your part. >> bullying. harassment. when i heard that there was really a james brown movie being done and my best friend was directing i said are you doing james brown. i said you have to find something for me to do. i love you, bye. >> you special, boy. you got the spirit in you. >> you originally read for the lead? >> i did. >> how did that go? >> i don't know. how did it go? >> he was reading and i was

thinking to myself he is so bobby right now. how am i going to tell him this. and then you called me. >> i was like -- i just saw myself in bobby. >> there are people born to be the one in front. >> yes, there are. >> mick jagger and i think mick will be the first to tell you that to turn around and not see keith or ronnie it would feel pretty bad. >> it is good to have people backing you up. having said that, you know, your job is not a humility job. >> you are the front man, the showman, the band leader. ♪ >> favorite james brown song? >> "living in america".

>> well, i like the big payback for the spank of it. but i would have to say "please, please" it's theater. >> that's good. >> this man will make your bladder splatter. it's show time and star time here at the apollo theater. let's all welcome the soul general and soon you will have the hardest working man in show business, james brown! [ applause ] >> congratulations to all of you. thank you, guys. you want to a see a guy take on a role and become a character watch chad in this movie become james brown. >> how do you not turn into a

puddle. you have mick jagger. >> after the interview we sat with dan for a few seconds. you know what we did? asked him a couple of questions about "ghost busters". >> guilty as charged. and text >> i hit pay dirt. "get on up" by universal pictures premieres nationwide on friday august 1. >> it is interesting how mick jagger came on to this. this was in the works. >> he wanted to do a documentary after the death of james brown and then they got together and came up with this. the wait is almost over. jason mraz live in concert on the plaza. >> the new album is called "yes." "yes" and they are saying yes

good morning. it is 8:26. i'm kris sanchez. we have learned that the man who reportedly posed as a security agent at sfo is an investment banker. officers arrested eric slighten on tuesday for being drunk in public, but he could face more charges. detectives are checking out reports that he may have patted down women in a private screening room at the international terminal, but so far no victims are have come forward. a hong kong investment firm lists him as a partner. his online bio lists him as the cofounder of a san francisco software company. now let's check your commute with mike inouye. >> good morning, kris. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. folks, they've turned off the metering lights about 20 minutes ago, they turned them off over

at the bay bridge. that's how light your commute is right now. but looking at oakland, a little farther south, as you travel past the coliseum, you have things slowing just a tad bit, right around high street, and maybe in spots through downtown. there are still folks joining you out there. look at the maps, not so bad, mostly green, a little yellow through oakland. the tri-valley approaching the dublin interchange and 880 southbound south of 92, still a little slow. a look at that northbound 101 recovering very nicely this morning from the airport up into mountain view, just a little slow. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, mike. more local news coming up for you in just a half hour.

♪ 8:30 now on a friday morning. the 18th of july 2014. picture perfect weather, a wonderful crowd. jason mraz is here. this morning we are getting ready for him to take our summer toyota concert stage. >> speaking of people who are patiently waiting, we've got a few fans, you're not going to

believe this, lined up for another concert on tuesday. have you heard of five seconds to summer? >> i have not. >> wait until you hear of them. they are coming to our plaza on tuesday as their first album comes out. i have a feeling they're going to have a tough time matching the crowd jason has drawn here this morning. because some of these fans have been here since 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. >> all right. still to come this morning, are sharks really the mindless eating machines of humans as you hear? we'll tell you that answer and tell you misconceptions from a woman who has spent hundreds of hours under the water studying the sharks. >> also savannah you got a lot of comments on the maternity wear. >> hi a blog about it and people had a lot of opinions. it's on today.com. >> you like what she's wearing today? >> very much.

>> the ultimate diplomat here. >> you are legally required to say so. >> let's get a check of the weather. al's in washington. >> savannah, i don't think you've had one miscue since you've been pregnant. you have looked gorgeous every day. you really have. hi, jason, how are you? nice to see you. i like the hat too. anyway, we are talking about more showers. that is a good looking hat. we've got more showers and thunderstorms gulf coast to the ohio river valley. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. then as we look ahead to sunday sunday! we are looking for more sunshine. we are looking for 108 degrees in phoenix today. rain in western new york all the way to the gulf. but another nice day 8:32. good friday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is tiburon, socked in with fog. that's going to keep you cool later on today. we're at about 66 degrees in san francisco, breeze picking up as we head throughout the

afternoon. peninsula is at 78 degrees. we're at 81 in the south bay, comfortable conditions today in wine country, 81 degrees out there. the east shore looking good, touching on the upper 60s. and out in the tri-valley, even in the hot spots, 84 degrees and that's it for today. getting into that all-important weekend, it's going to be really comfortable, and will warm you up gradually next week. weather. matt? >> all right, al. thank you very much. our week-long series called shark watch. we've been keeping account of people and encounters in this country. one woman has been free diving with sharks since she was about seven. she's now leading a new wave of shark conservation. her efforts are the subject of the smithsonian documentary "shark girl." madison, welcome back. good to see you. >> thank you. >> you were here about a month ago. you've been busy. you've been diving with tiger sharks. what was the purpose? >> always to film. you know, getting footage of sharks is what i do.

how to change people's minds. that encounter was great. >> what do you love about those encounters? what brings you back time after time? >> that tiger shark in that footage i met about five years ago. i recognized it from a cut in her jaw. and it was such a beautiful moment to say the same girl again. >> i wonder if she recognized you. as long as you're here in one piece, that's important. there was a report not long ago about a guy diving in the bahamas and he disappeared. a lot of people pointed out he might have been the victim of sharks. what are the basic rules of engagement? >> when we go diving with sharks, the biggest threat is diving injuries. things happen on scuba dives. it's a dangerous sport and it rarely has to do with attacks. it's very different under the water with them. it's very safe. >> let's talk about fact and then fiction. one of the biggest misconceptions about sharks is

they see a human, they target that human for food. >> yep. >> fact or fiction. >> definitely not fact. it's the first thing people think and say to me. the truth is if shark wanted to eat us, we wouldn't go to the beach. they're good predators and hunters. >> they are good and strong predators. are they the best predators in the oceans? >> well, they're meant to be, but the truth is they kill an average of five humans a year. and we kill many more sharks a year. >> what about communication? we do a lot and talk a lot about whales and the way they communicate and the beautiful sound they make. what about sharks? >> i think sharks often get left out because they think they don't have the beautiful social interaction. it's interesting. i've been on dives with tiger sharks and they'll all go away at once and come back at once. >> so no doubt in your mind they're communicating. >> no doubt. >> don't people think sharks

can't see in color? is that true? >> there's so much we don't know about sharks. and the whole color thing, we don't know if they can. they see contrast. there's this whole thing about sharks are attracted to that. i've been in with a yellow suit and gotten out because they showed a particular interest. but things like stripes, sea snakes are striped and colorful so other animals know they're poisonous. >> what are you 20? >> 20. >> you hope by the time your 30 or 35 a lot of the misconceptions about these creatures will be gone? >> if they're not, we're looking at a future with no sharks in it. so i hope they are. we really neglect sharks because people are so scared of them. things like "jaws," things that aren't true. they're not harmless at all. i want people to see hem in a different way. >> madison stewart, nice to have you back. see us soon.

you can catch "shark girl" tonight on the smithsonian channel. if you'd like to ask madison some questions, go to facebook.com/nbcnews at 9:00 eastern this morning. coming up, jason mraz live in concert. but first on a friday morning, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> and we're back on a friday morning. we're so happy to have jason mraz here for our summer concert series. a live performance just moments away now, but first more on the grammy winner who is a lot more than just a singer. take a look. two-time grammy winner jason mraz is a hit maker selling 48 million singles. away from the stage he's an environmentalist and has his own

avocado farm. he also enjoys catching a wave. now he's out with new music, a new tour, and a fifth studio album called "yes" which is what we're saying to jason mraz taking our summer concert stage. the wait is over. here is jason mraz. ♪ ♪ well you done done me and you bet i felt it ♪ ♪ i try tobd chill but you're so hot that i melted ♪ ♪ i fell right through the cracks ♪ ♪ now i'm trying to get back ♪ before the cool dawn run out i'll be giving it my bestest ♪ ♪ and nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention ♪

♪ i reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some ♪ ♪ but i won't hesitate no more no more ♪ ♪ it cannot wait ♪ i'm yours ♪ ooh ♪ hey hey ♪ well open up your mind and see like me ♪ ♪ open up your plans and then you're free ♪ ♪ look into your heart and you'll find love love love love ♪ ♪ listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing ♪ ♪ we're just one big family ♪ it's our god intended right to be loved loved loved loved ♪

♪ so i won't hesitate ♪ no more no more ♪ it cannot wait ♪ i'm sure there's no need to complicate ♪ ♪ our time is short ♪ this is our fate ♪ i'm yours ♪ do do do do do do do do won't you come on and scooch on over closer, dear ♪ ♪ come here ♪ whoa whoa oh ♪ i've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror ♪ ♪ and bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer ♪ ♪ but my breath fogged up the

glass so i drew a new face and i laughed ♪ ♪ i guess what i'll be saying is there ain't no better reason to rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons ♪ ♪ it's what we aim to do ♪ our name is our virtue ♪ but i won't hesitate ♪ mo more no more ♪ it cannot wait ♪ i'm yours ♪ open your mind and see like me ♪ ♪ open up your plans and then you're free ♪ ♪ look into your heart and you'll find the sky is yours ♪ ♪ so please don't please don't there's no need to complicate ♪ ♪ because our time is short ♪ this is this is this is our fate ♪ ♪ i'm yours

thank you, new york! >> jason mraz is just getting started. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪

we're back with a very busy guy these days. jason mraz just released another studio album. this one's called "yes" and he's about to head off on a world tour. >> he's with us this morning along with the band going out on tour with him as well. this is your fifth studio album. it's called "yes" so what was the question? yes to what? >> yes to victory. because if you don't say yes to your dreams, then they're never coming true. yes is the key that opens the gate to possibility. >> you're a very spiritual guy, aren't you in.

>> i am. >> you wear something like we do, a little bit of an ivb which is an air piece but on yours you have a tiny picture of -- >> of my grandmother. this is helen right there. >> helen watching from? >> i hope she's watching. she's in mechanicsville, virginia. >> how nice. you have this great band with you on tour. i could play triangle. i'd like to audition. how great. you have five ladies traveling with you. >> i saw them perform five years ago. i loved how they interacted with the audience and their attitudes. "yes" is the product of our collaboration. we wrote the entire album together. >> what are you and the ladies playing next? >> we are playing the new song off the new album called "love someone." >> all right, ladies and gentlemen. jason mraz.

♪ ♪ love is a funny thing ♪ whenever i give it it comes back to me ♪ ♪ and it's wonderful to be giving with my whole heart ♪ ♪ as my heart receives your love ♪ ♪ oh ain't it nice today we've got each other ♪ ♪ and i am right beside you more than just a partner or a lover ♪ ♪ i'm your friend ♪ when you love someone ♪ your heartbeat beats so loud ♪ when you love someone ♪ your feet can't feel the

ground ♪ ♪ ooh shining stars all seem to congregate around your face ♪ ♪ when you love someone it comes, it comes back to you ♪ ♪ and love is a funny thing because it's making my blood flow with energy ♪ ♪ and it's like an awakened dream ♪ ♪ because what i've been wishing for is happening ♪ ♪ and it's right on time ♪ oh ain't it nice in life we found each other ♪ ♪ and i am right beside you more than just a partner or a lover ♪

♪ i'm your friend ♪ when you love someone ♪ your heartbeat beats so loud ♪ when you love someone ♪ your feet can't feel the ground ♪ ♪ shining stars all seem to congregate around your face ♪ ♪ when you love someone ♪ when you love ♪ we're going to give ourselves to love tonight ♪ ♪ lifting up to touch the starlight ♪ ♪ and we will savor every second we suspend together you and i will ♪ ♪ you and i will ♪ you and i will

♪ when you love someone ♪ your heartbeat beats so loud ♪ shining stars all seem to congregate around your face ♪ ♪ when you love someone . 3 c3 de nbc news. we will hear from president obama in just a couple of minutes on the ongoing situation in eastern ukraine. particularly after the downing of malaysian air flight 17. the investigation moving forward. stand-off with russia. our chuck todd is at the white house. chuck the obvious question here for the white house, who is behind this?

how to deal with russian president putin. what are you hearing? >> we have gotten a preview of sorts. the ambassador to the united nations, samantha power, an hour and a half ago, laid down a litany of evidence she says that points to the russians being somewhat responsible for this because they are responsible for the entire crisis, that they are possibly responsible for this situation. very strong words for the russians -- saying, russia is the one had a can stop the war and russia is the one that can stop it. the question is whether the president essentially used the same type of -- against the russians here as ambassador of the innings did 90 minutes ago. >> it is striking that president putin of russia called today for direct talks between the insurgents and the ukrainian government today. perhaps seizing the moment or being directed to seize the moment to diffuse the crisis before the international community ratchets up what pressure it may have. here now the president.

>> good morning, everybody. yesterday malaysian air flight 17 took off from amsterdam and was shot done over ukraine near the russian border. nearly 300 innocent lives were taken. men, women, children, infants, who had nothing to do with the crisis in ukraine. their deaths are an outrage of unspeakable proportions. we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas shatzman, was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. yesterday i spoke with the leaders of ukraine, malaysia, and the netherlands. i told them that our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and that the american people stand with them there in this difficult time. later today i will be speaking

with prime minister abbott of as you ra-- australia that also suffered a terrible loss. by par the country that lost the most people onboard the plane was the netherlands. from the days of our founding the dutch have been close friends and stalwart allies of the united states of america and today i want the dutch people to know we stand with you holder to shoulder in our grief and in our absolute determination to get to the bottom of what happened. here is what we know so far. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by surface-to-air missile. it was launched from an area controlled by russian-backed separatists inside of ukraine. we also know that this is not the first time a plane has been shot down in eastern ukraine. over the last several weeks, russian backed separatists shot down a ukrainian plane and helicopter and they claimed responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian fighter jet.

moreover we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia. this includes arms and training. it includes heavy weapons. and it includes anti-aircraft weapons. here is what must happen now. this was a global tragedy, an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries so will has to be a credible

i think it's very important for folks the to sift through what is factually based, and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images

that we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months, we've supported a pathway to peace, and the ukrainian government has reached out to all ukrainians, put forward a peace plan and lived up to a cease-fire, despite repeated violations by the separatists. violations that took the lives of ukrainian soldiers and personnel. moreover, time and again, russia has refused to take the concrete steps necessary to de-escalate the situation. i spoke to president putin yesterday in the wake of additional sanctions that we have imposed. he said he wasn't happy with them, and i told him that we have been very clear from the

outset, that we want russia to take the path that would result in peace in ukraine, but so far, at least, russia has failed to take that path. instead, it has continued to violate ukrainian sovereignty and to support violent separatists. it has also failed to use its influence to press the separatists to abide by a cease-fire. that's why, together with our allies, we've imposed growing costs on russia. so now, i think, is a somber and appropriate time for all of us to step back and take a hard look at what has happened. violence and conflict inevitably lead to unforeseen consequences. russia, these separatists, and ukraine, all have the capacity to put an end to the fighting. meanwhile, the united states is going to continue to lead efforts within the world community to de-escalate the situation, to stand up for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine, and to

support the people of ukraine as they courageously work to strengthen their democracy and make their own decisions about how they should move forward. before i take just a couple of questions, let me remark on one other issue. this morning i spoke with prime minister netanyahu of israel about the situation in gaza. we discussed israel's military operation in gaza, including its efforts to stop the threat of terrorist infiltration through tunnels into israel. i reaffirmed my strong support for israel's right to defend itself. no nation should accept rockets being fired into its borders, or terrorists tunneling into its territory. in fact, while i was having the conversation with prime minister netanyahu, sirens went off in tel aviv. i also made clear that the united states and our friends and allays are deeply concerned about the rescues of further escalation and the loss of more innocent life. and that's why we've indicated,

although we support military efforts by the israels to make sure that rockets are not being fired into their territory, we also have said that our understanding of the current military ground operations are designed to deal with the tunnels, and we are hopeful that israel will continue to approach this process in a way that minimizes civilian casualties, and that all of us are working hard to return to the cease-fire that was reached in november of 2012. secretary kerry is working to support egypt's initiative to pursue that outcome. i told prime minister netanyahu that there should be additional consultations. let me close by making one additional comment. on board malaysian airlines flight mh-17 there were apparently nearly 100 researchers and advocates

traveling to an international conference in australia, dedicated to combatting aids/hiv. these were men and women who had dedicated their own lives to saving the lives of others and they were taken from us in a senseless act of violence. in this world today, we shouldn't forget that in the midst of conflict and killing, there are people like these, people who are focused on what can be built rather than what can be destroyed. people who are focused on how they can help people that they've never met. people who define themselves not by what makes them different from other people, but by the humanity that we hold in common. it's important for us to lift them up and to affirm their lives. and it's time for us to heed their example. the united states and america is going to continue to stand for the basic principle that people have the right to live as they choose, that nations have the right to determine their own destiny, and that when terrible

events like this occur, the international community stands on the side of justice and on the side of truth. so with that, let me take just a couple of questions. >> thank you, mr. president. on a technical matter, does the u.s. believe that this passenger jet was targeted or that the people who shot it down may have been going after a military -- thought they went after a military aircraft? and more broadly, this incident does seem to escalate the presence in ukraine to a level we haven't seen before. does that change your calculus in terms of what the u.s. and perhaps europe should be doing in terms of response? >> well, i think it's too early for us to guess what the intentions of those who might have launched the surface-to-air missile might have had. the investigation is going to be ongoing and i think what we'll see is additional information surfacing over the next 24 hours, 72 hours, the next week,

the next month. what we know right now, what we have confidence in saying right now, is that a surface-to-air missile was fired and that's what brought the jet down. we know, but we have confidence in saying that that shot was taken within a territory that is controlled by the russian separatists. but i think it's very important for us to make sure that we don't get out ahead of the facts, and at this point in terms of identifying specifically what individual or group of individuals or personnel ordered the strike, how it came about, those are things that i think are still going to be subject to additional information, that we're going to be gathering. and we're working with the entire international community to make sure that the focus is on getting to the bottom of this thing, and being truthful. and my concern is, obviously, that there's been a lot of misinformation generated in

eastern ukraine, generally. this should snap everybody's heads to attention and make sure that we don't have time for propaganda, we don't have time for games. we need to know exactly what happened. and everybody needs to make sure that we're holding accountable those who committed this outrage. with respect to the second question, as you're aware, before this terrible incident happened, we had already ratcheted up sanctions against russia and, i think, the concern not just of russian officials, but of the markets about the impact that this could have on the russian economy is there for tall to see. i made clear to president putin that our preferred path is to resolve this diplomatically. but that means that he and the russian government have to make a strategic decision. are they going to continue to support violent separatists

whose intent is to undermine the government of ukraine, or are they prepared to work with the government of ukraine to arrive at a cease-fire and a peace that takes into account the interests of all ukrainians? there has been some improved language at times over the last month, coming from the kremlin and coming from president putin, but what we have not seen is an actual transition and different actions that would give us confidence that that's the direction that they want to take. and, you know, we will continue to make clear that as russia, you know, engages in efforts that are supporting the separatists, that we have a capacity to increase the costs that we impose on them.

and we will do so. not because we're interested in hurting russia for the sake of hurting russia, but because we believe in standing up for the basic principle that a country's sovereignty has to be protected and it is not the united states or russia or germany or any other country that should be deciding what happens in this country. >> at this point, do you see any u.s. military role to be affected? >> we don't see a u.s. military role beyond what we've loor been doing, in working with our nato partners and some of the baltic states, giving them reassurances that we are prepared to do whatever is required to meet our alliance obligations. steve? required to meet our alliance obligations. steve holland. >> thank you. how much do you put on president putin and do you this push for europeans for stronger action?

>> we don't know exactly what happened yet and i don't want to -- as i said before -- get out ahead of the facts, but what i do know is that we have seen a ticking up of violence in eastern ukraine that despite the efforts of the ukrainian government to abide by a cease fire and to reach out and agree to negotiations, including with the separatists, that has been rebufed by these separatists, we know that they are heavily armed and trained and we know that that's not an accident. that is happening because of russian support. so it is not possible for these separatists to function the way they are functioning, to have the equipment that they have, set aside what's happened with respect to to the malaysian

airlines, a group of separatistd can't shoot down military transport planes or they claim shoot down fighter jets without sophisticated equipment and training and that is coming from russia. so we don't yet know exactly what happened with respect to malaysian airlines, although obviously we're beginning to draw some conclusions given the nature of the shot that was fired. there are only certain types of anti aircraft missiles that can reach up 30,000 feet and shoot down a passenger jet. we have increasing confidence that it came from areas controlled by the separatists. but without having a definitive judgment on those issues yet, what we doe know -- we do know is that the violence that's taking place is facilitated in

large part because of russian support, and they have the ability to move those separatists in a different direction. if mr. putin makes a decision that we are not going to allow heavy armaments and the flow of fighters into ukraine across the ukrainian-russian border, then it will stop, and if it stops, then the separatists will still have the capacity to enter into negotiations and try to arrive accommodations that mr. putin himself says he wants to see. he has the most control over that situation, and so far at least he has not exercised it. >> tougher sanctions in europe, will you push for that? >> i think that this certainly will be a wake-up call for

europe and the world that there are consequences to an escalating conflict in yeern ukraine. that it is not going to be localized, it is not going to be contained. what we've seen here is just in one country alone our great allies, the dutch, 150 or more of their citizens being killed. and that, i think, sadly brings home the degree to which the stakes are high for europe, not simply for the ukrainian people, and that we have to be firm in our resolve and making sure that we are supporting ukraine and separatists to bring about a just cease fire and we can move toward a political solution to this.

>> how do you prevent stricter restrictions, economic sanctions from shocking the global economy? >> we have been pretty methodical over the last 24 hours in working through the flight manifest, and and identifying which passengers might have been had a u.s. passport. at this point, the individual that i mentioned is the sole person that we can definitively say was a u.s. or dual citizen. because events are moving so quickly, i don't want to say with absolute certainty that there might not be additional americans, but at this stage, having worked through the lists, been in contact with the

malaysian government which processed passports as folks were boarding, this is our best assessment of the number of americans that were killed. obviously, that does nothing to lessen our outrage about all those families, regardless of nationality. it is a heart breaking event. with respect to the effect of sanctions on the economy, we have consistently tried to tailor these sanctions in ways that would have an impact on russia, on their economy, on their institutions or individuals that are aiding and abetting in the activities that are taking place in eastern ukraine, while minimizing the impacts not only the u.s. economy but the global economy. it is a relevant consideration that we have to keep in mind. the world economy is integrated. russia is a large economy.

there's a lot of financial flows between russia and the rest of the world, but we feel confident that at this point the sanctions that we've put in place are imposing a cost on russia that their overall impact on the global economy is minimal. it is something that we have to obviously pay close attention to, but i think treasury, in consultation with our european partners have done a good job on that issue. thank you very much. thank you. >> president obama speaking in the white house briefing room. his first detailed reaction to the downing of malaysia airlines flight mh 17 saying for the first time one american citizen has been confirmed killed in this downing of the jetliner, calling for an international investigation that is credible. he called this an outrage. said there should be an immediate cease fire and certainly pointed fingers, even with some caveats at russian

president vladimir putin who contributed support to separatists who contributed to taking down this airlines flight. with regard to europe, this should be a wake-up call for europe and the world that there are consequences of a conflict in eastern ukraine. in effect saying what goes on there, doesn't say there. this is an international crisis that has to be dealt with. tom costello who covers aviation for abc news, what more can be gleaned from a crash investigation which the u.s. will certainly help with. >> he echoed the sentiments that other heads of states have been calling for. that is an independent credible investigation. there is great concern because this man is now in a field in rebel-controlled territory and presumably they have the black boxes, there are some reports that they have had them, some they don't. the ukrainian government itself can't get to the crash site, raises concern how objective any

investigation might be if it's run by people who might have shot it down. so this swashl -- international call for an investigation, the utilizes is sitting two fbi agents and one ntsb people, they will head to kiev and await word whether they can get to the crash scene, but ultimately this investigation will not be black boxes, it will be figuring out who fired that missile that will be something up to the intelligence communities to actually identify. >> tom, thank you, the president questioned as well, spoke about the situation in gaza, calling on prime minister netanyahu d a casualties. on nbc nightly news. from the makers of nyquil®.

ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious it wasn't too long ago that jason mraz was playing coffee houses around san diego. >> now the two-time grammy winner is out with his fifth pseu studio album called "yes." >> and a world tour that kicks off next month. can i just tell you how happy

you make me. your music is amazing. to watch you on stage, just the effortless cool. >> okay. >> in your music and from you. how did it feel today, such a picture perfect day? >> you know, there was such an awesome response out there. an amazing turnout. when you show up and there's listeners, it gets me into my heart and i have a great time. >> it shows. >> i know all of you ladies here love this food, guacamole. you're an avocado farmer? >> i am. >> how do you get start sed? >> i wanted to live out in nature out in the country. and when i got there all the trees were producing fruit so i kept the process going. we'll be certified organic in september. we'll sell our food to chipotle and we give a surplus of it to friends, family, local food banks.

>> you call yourself a gentlemen farmer. you're also a gentlemen with the ladies you work with in the band. they're fantastic. >> they're amazing. >> i heard you had to change some of your ways around them. >> that's not changing anything though. i love sharing green juices and smooth thoies and i love spoili them. they spoil me with their time and talent. we've been collaborating for about eight years. for us to finally have this record is a victory for us. >> okay. i read this back, but you keep your grammys in a very unusual spot. >> yeah. >> will you tell us, please? >> the throne? >> it's in the throne room. yeah. they're in the throne room. >> why? >> so you can look at them every day? >> you know, i don't know. >> i hope i didn't embarrass you. >> thank you.

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exclusively at lowe's. good morning to you. it is 9:26. i'm kris sanchez. northbound 101 at lawrence expressway in sunnyvale is open again this hour, following a deadly overnight crash. this chp says the driver was drunk when he flipped the car, killing his own wife, and injuri three other people. he was later arrested at the hospital. investigators say he lost control of the car and crashed into a ditch. the group was reportedly out celebrating a friend's 23rd birthday the night before. none of them was wearing a seat belt. san jose will start closing down cannabis clubs throughout the city, as tough new restrictions go into effect today. about a third of pot shops will be ordered to close immediately with more shutdowns expected in the coming months. among other restrictions, new

rules limit where shops can operate and they are restrictions that operators say make it impossible to stay in business. yesterday was the last day for protesters to gather signatures for a referendum in an effort to get those rules overturned. we have a look at your weather and traffic, coming up after the break.

welcome back now. 9:28. i'm meteorologist christina loren. 81 degrees today in the south bay. hard to believe, we're getting towards the end of july at this point. and temperatures are going to be so comfortable this weekend. 77 for the peninsula. and you're at 66 degrees today in san francisco. meanwhile, 81 for the north bay. gorgeous day out in the east shore. you'll have about 69 degrees in oakland. that's a pretty nice day. and in the hot spots, 84 in the tri-valley. getting into that all-important weekend, temperatures stay steady. we'll stay nice and level all the way through monday and tuesday of next week, and then that climb is really on wednesday through friday. here's mike and your drive. >> look over towards palo alto,

the peninsula moves nicely. we just had this start to clear up, southbound side, heading to the bottom of your screen. on your maps, you'll see some orange sensors there and a little bit of red traveling north from 85. north 101, typical spot there. no big drama, though. the south bay looking really good. stay out of the international airport. the only issue there, and the southbound 80 through fremont, the stragglers lasting between dakota and mission. approaching the bay bridge toll plaza, and not so bad, you pick your path, pretty good around the bay, and a nice flow of traffic across the bay as well. >> thanks, mike. we have more local news coming up for you in just about a half hour.

such a picturesque beautiful friday morning, july 18th, 2014. adorable family. hi, guys. hope you're having fun in new york city. you're on candid camera. i'm natalie along with tamron and jenna bush hager. we'll check in with al in just a moment in d.c. how often do you play with mila -- do you play that with your nieces? i always do that with luke. >> apparently people don't like it when you touch -- is this annoying. >> also if you do it with forks. apparently a british girl had the same reaction. she doesn't like it when her daddy steals her nose. >> who took it? >> daddy.

>> what did he do with it? >> i don't know. >> what did he do? >> my nose. i want to have it back. >> go ask him nicely. >> please, daddy. >> what's wrong? >> i want my nose back. >> okay. >> you got it back. >> yes. >> you're happy now. >> in the accent it's priceless. crying one minute and yeah. >> transition from fake tears apparently. so stinking cute. >> whenever mila is crying and all of a sudden starts laughing. i was like no, dude, that is a fake tear. >> no, dude. >> there's a difference between real and fake. >> there's a name of a parenting book for you, no dude. parenting tips by jenna. >> nobody would read it.

>> mr. roker, did you ever do that game i got your nose? >> i see that reaction from the three of you all the time. you go from crying or laughing hysterically to just tearing. >> what? >> we don't do that. >> that takes more than your nose. >> can you guys take a number and not talk at once? >> okay. i'll take number one. >> i'm number two. >> that ain't true, yo. we don't cry and then laugh. >> that's right. there's no crying in news. that's right. >> and jenna went straight hip hop on you. >> there you have it. >> you've been read. >> saturday as we look at the weekend, we've got wet weather, the ohio river valley into the coast. sunny skies on the eastern seaboard. nice through the plains. sunday sunday! we're looking at more sunshine over the east coast. wet weather down through florida into the mississippi river valley. western 2/3 of the country

9:32. happy friday to you. you made it to the end of the week. it's going to be so nice out there. already getting abundant sunshine here in the south bay. i want to show you what else is going on. various shots show you the different skies over the bay area. still, mostly cloudy right now, along the inner bay and at the immediate coast. we've got a gorgeous day ahead, though. sun's going to break through those clouds, santa cruz is the warmest beach city, around 74 for today. and your weekend looks fantastic. we are going to hold on to the low 80s, upper 70s in the south bay, mid-60s on the way to san francisco. >> and as i mentioned i'm heading to the white house to interview mrs. obama about her let's move initiative. it's also my boy's 12th birthday. come here. >> happy birthday, nicki. >> now he's shy? he wasn't shy before. >> i told him not to -- come here. come here. >> now he's scared. >> happy birthday!

>> happy birthday, nicki! >> i like how he's playing shy now. >> handsome boy. >> what was great was the whole time he wanted to get in the picture. when i told him to come, he wouldn't come over. >> look at him. >> i love it. >> there he is. >> that's my boy. >> love it. >> thanks, al. this week has been full of big news events from the malaysian airline disaster to the severe weather in the mid-atlantic. >> sometimes all it takes is one powerful image to tell the story. >> and here to take us through the images of the week. starting out with pictures out of ukraine. >> i think this image taken just outside the dutch embassy in kiev is reminding us we have to

focus on the people. we lost a lot of people and we need to remember them more than anything. >> ukrainians flooding the dutch embassy there and paying respects to the lives lost. let's talk about another picture here. we saw severe weather up and down the east coast this past week. this is some flooding in virginia. >> near fredricksburg in virginia. virginia's had 26.5 inches of rainfall this year. this car was found half a mile away from where -- the people got out safely. so it's okay. but this is a reminder don't drive through flash floodings. even in an suv, it was swept half a mile away. >> unbelievable. >> let's move to a picture with a little lighter news. the victory in germany. the world cup. >> look at this. >> my gosh. looks like hercules. >> this is 400,000 german fans celebrating the return of their victors. what touches me most, this fan

was at the brandenburg gate in berlin. remember, that is where reagan said mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. this is the first time germany has been in the world cup since reunification. >> last but not least, how to cool off. that's how you cool off. >> a summer day in new york, i would love to have an elephant. this is from sri lanka. perfect. if only i could find room. this is from sri lanka where elephants are really revered as a symbol of mental strength. and the jockey for the elephants will command him to do that to cool you off. i love it. >> could those girls be having a better time? >> i mean, wouldn't you? >> yes. so he wants an elephant in his apartment in new york. >> a little one.

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you should be up here on the blade. the pinch grip we call it. you have more control. this is the center of the knife. this is where it's balanced. the most essential thing is to learn how to shop an onion. the first thing we teach, i've got the whole onion here. you have a half onion. peel. >> please be careful. >> we're cutting in half and get underneath and peel there. when we go to the peeled piece, this is all about consistency. this is what makes a great chef. >> that's intimidating. >> you hold gently at the top, push the knife through. >> at the top? >> it goes flat like that. watch your fingers. >> we knew jenna was going to be -- >> you knew i was the trouble student. >> we're going this way. all right so you're doing nothing that i did. that's what you're doing wrong.

>> cutting from all directions. >> yeah. you've changed your grip on me too. >> oops. >> so now we finish through like this. okay? and we've got a beautiful chopped onion. key when you're chopping something sticky like an onion, when you're done chopping, flip over. we don't want onion -- >> that's true. >> now, this we're going easier. you see me cut off both ends. and then -- >> you're still holding it this weird way. >> the perfect way i taught you. >> okay. >> and now we're going to cut in half and then quarter like that. so this is to get rid of these seeds. when you cook zucchini, these seeds get mushy quick. hold at the top and slide. so these are gone.

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> what a way to kick off the weekend with two-time grammy winner jason mraz thrilling fans on the plaza for us. >> he's promoting his latest album "yes." >> and here he is singing "lucky." ♪ do you hear me talking to you ♪ ♪ across the water across the deep blue ocean ♪ ♪ under the open sky, oh my, but baby i'm trying ♪ ♪ boy i hear you in my dreams ♪ i feel you whisper across the sea ♪ ♪ i keep you with me in my heart ♪ ♪ you make it easier when life

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♪ yeah ooh >> wow. jason mraz, thank you so much. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

we want to say hello to weekend "today's" erica hill. she's got a preview of tomorrow. >> coming up tomorrow we have this remarkable story of a young woman whose ear was reattached. we'll bring you that story as well and see if that could be a wave of the future. also we'll be following all of the developments in flight mh-17 as we continue to look and learn more about those clues. also about the people who were on board, of course. such a loss. nearly 300 lives lost.

we'll follow that this weekend. >> can't wait to hear the story about the girl. >> it's a beautiful story. she's going to join us for a live interview. there's a hope this could, in fact, inspire other similar surgery. >> thank you. we'll be watching. thank you, erica. and kathie lee and hoda are up next with all kinds of diy tips. and our pineapple chopping is online. >> we finished the class. >> that was impressive, ladies. i have to say. we were all watching. >> we thought it's probably better if we don't bring the knives towards our

good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. a burlingame limo company will not have to pay as much for its involvement in a deadly fire on the san mateo bridge last year. the california public utilities commission reduced its fine

against the company from $20,000 to just $5,000. the fine stems from the deadly fire in may that killed five women on their way to a wedding party. the man accused of posing as a loved one in hopes of tricking teens into sexting him may enter a plea in court today. a judge could also raise the bail amount for scott angelo of sunnyvale. he's out on $50,000 bail, but prosecutors want to increase it to $150,000. detectives say angelo sent girls a text saying he was their father, saying he had a new phone number. investigators then said he would ask them to help promote a new swimwear line for a coworker's daughter. we really don't know how he got the girl's phone numbers. let's check your traffic this morning with mike. >> look over my shoulder. this is the golden gate bridge. we'll show it to you full screen. you do see there are still some low clouds hovering around. it's not fog on the span, but a little moisture in the air did touch the roadway. and we're getting a notice from

contracti chp, highway 1, maybe some foggy conditions around skyline. you can see from the commute, this is not a problem coming across the golden gate bridge, and a nice smooth flow through daly city as well. daly city in pacifica where you're likely to get some of that fog. the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge, an easy the flow of traffic. the slowing is cleared for 880. anywhere north of the dumbarton. the same thing for 101 on the opposite side of the peninsula. that's the way the traffic flows for your morning commute. northbound 101 slows a bit past sjc, the airport. here's the bay bridge, the metering lights were turned off pretty early this morning. we have no problems, but more traffic over the next hour. >> that looks like a good friday treat. >> we'll have more local news in half an hour and a full newscast at 11:00 with all the latest, we know what's going on in the world. see you then.

♪ from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is try me friday, everybody. >> yeah. >> made it to that special day. hope you're going to have a great, great, great weekend. july 18th. >> already. >> you have a hamptons i think in your future. >> i might have. >> might run into a kardashian or two. they're around. i'll have a nice quiet weekend. i thought i had a trip planned to california. last minute. it was canceled. >> don't you kind of love when that happened? >> as much as i love california, i really love it in the winter. summertime, i like to stay home.

>> spectacular weekend. if you like saving money. >> i do. >> doing things yourself, this show is for you. we will have a ton of ways you can do things yourself and not break the bank and all very, very important. >> okay, good. all right. so it's the week. right? >> yeah. >> might have the child's piano lessons. >> sometimes at a soccer game or lesson and they're not that good at it. >> awful. >> not very good but they love it. mommy, i love piano bang, bang, bang. do you say to your daughter, honey, you are not that good, let's find something else or encourage them because they have a love of the instrument or the sport or whatever? and that's a question that came up in that social column. >> what's your gut tell you? if your child doesn't have talent but enjoys it, what would you suggest? >> the age has a lot to do with it. when children are young and love something, let them do it.

half of what finding out what you are in life finding out what you aren't. >> let them do it. >> if it drives you crazy with the violin, find a quiet place. as long as they enjoy it. worse thing is to force kids they hate. say your daughter or your son wants to be a professional singer and they are just not talented, and that point i would suggest -- i would take them to an expert and have the expert tell them that this is something that they don't particularly have talent at. wouldn't come from you. a third party. now what i did when i was younger, my sister was a great actress. i'm a singer. i thought i could be a great singer and went to my sister's voice teacher, me said, stick to harmony. it made me so angry. that it didn't -- it put a fire -- >> feeding your premise. >> no, i'm not. >> you just said -- >> the expert will either tell

you the truth or their sense of the truth and make you -- if you don't have what it takes in this business for one person to criticize you, get out now. they're doing you a favor. >> okay. so here's what i think. >> i wasn't quite finished but go ahead. >> is there more? continue. >> no. >> i think i used to want to be a cartoonist. look. all the way through nonstick as a kid. this is exactly the guy that i draw. >> that's the only guy you draw. >> i draw the same guy all the time. >> all the time. >> there he is. >> from that you thought you could be -- >> comic books full of them. i wasn't talented. i saw the same guy. i loved it. i used to wake up and draw the guy. hair on the guy. make it a girl. >> did you ever try other guys? >> no. that guy. i loved that guy. >> he has a name? >> no. he didn't. i had comic books full. if my mom said, that's not a good thing, i would have depressed.

i wanted to be a cartoonist. it didn't work out. >> let -- if the child wants it later on in life and -- >> my mother is not a cartoonist expert. >> you go to an artist. somebody that know what is they're talking about. >> i don't know people. okay. >> it worked for my kids. okay? it did. it worked very, very well. >> phil says this. wait. what was the question? i don't remember. i'm confused. wait. >> should you tell your child to turn -- >> i know. but what's the -- what was the specific? >> who cares? >> i care. wait. oh. >> the kid with a lousy poet. i'm sorry. nothing works with poetry. >> the dad -- wait. >> the father said should i tell the kid his poetry stinks? no, don't do that. >> as i said!

>> find something supportive to say if only to admire the hard work. >> a college professor said i wouldn't make it in this business and looking at me in college and part of our job is looks. i mean, i, you know, i didn't look the part. but whatever. and i remember he said that and i thought about his voice was in my head. terrible thing to have in your head going through life trying to make it. sometimes -- >> builds character. >> sometimes it's debilitatinde. i took it as another one of those. >> it made you the person you are today. you know? >> right. >> if you don't have what it takes, forget talent, your constitution, inner constitution, someone is doing you a kindness keeping you from years and years of agony in this business. >> i do think one thing you need in this business and some business, some is talent but most of it is stamina. you have to stick to it. the producers here know that. a lot of them have toiled and toiled. the camera crew, everybody.

>> except for rope. >> rope hasn't worked a day in his life. it's try-day friday. >> i don't think we shared -- don't do it. tell him something. in other words, just -- oi who cares? all right. why does it take until 2014 to come up with what we're about to show you on tri-day friday? >> i don't know. this is brill innocent. >> you know a fitted sheet on your bed? look what they have done. look what they have done on this. >> who is -- >> i don't know. >> first product. dormafy.com. >> was it all right before? and then moved it. >> it says short side. >> and then it says over here, long side. >> long side. >> so that way you know the long side instead of doing what you do and pull it, is it big enough? >> how much extra do we spend for this? they can go between $59 and $99.

>> normal. >> i don't remember the last time i bought sheets. ♪ >> okay. we want to do happy music. spotify is revealing songs that fit your mood. okay? so here it is. the music service worked with a professor of cognitive psychology and -- >> my brain hurts. >> anyway. whatever. here it is. if you want to cheer up, please play this song. katy perry's "birthday." i think that's right. ♪ all right. if you need just a shot of optimism, try "best day of my life." i love this song. >> i love this song. do they have another hit after that? >> they're still new. >> okay. >> so if you like -- if you're feeling nostalgic -- >> oh, sentimental. >> this song -- john legend. ♪ ♪ loves all of you you >> not nostalgic.

that's romantic. ♪ >> i love it. it is good. if i want to feel nostalgic and sentimental, i sing "journey" by doris day. ♪ going to take a sentimental journey ♪ yeah. okay. >> okay. "wake me up" if you're feeling excited. ♪ good workout song. you're on the thing. go. go. you're on the machine. all right. now, what do we like to put us in a good mood? you know what kathie lee likes. >> i like this one. ♪ barry manilow, i adore you! >> and i'm -- this is mine. this is just the first few notes of this one and you know it right away. ♪ happy clap along ♪ >> got a little bounce. a little bounce.

♪ clap along >> all right. you know what day it is. >> friday. >> friday funny time. they're not that great. >> okay. >> here are some fun hot weather jokes for the little ones. >> okay. >> okay? why do bananas cruiuse sunscree? because they peel. what did the pig say at the beach on a hot day? i'm bacon. >> that is cute. >> what does a sun drink out of, hoda? sunglasses. >> yeah! i'm going to tell those. >> they're cute. >> it is time for the johnson's baby announcements, new moms and additions to their families. first baby of the week born in virginia may 24th. kirby ray cox. his parents teresa and kenneth have this advice. try not to stress. accidents happen. don't freak out. >> good advice. next is little boy of maverick

michael rollings. he was born in durham, north carolina, june 5th. he had so much hair, look at him. >> i love him. >> that is daddy adam styling it into a mohawk and now a trademark look. >> next baby of the week is brooklyn shirley-mae kiesby and born in california. her parents say that she's a very alert baby and -- >> beautiful. >> always observing the world around her. >> the final baby of the week is anna elizabeth quester. born in cleveland, ohio, june 25th. her parents caitlin and logan offer the advice many do. sleep when the baby sleeps. get it while you can. >> congrats to the babies. to submit your baby for a johnson's baby of the week, go online. a quick happy birthday to my assista assistant's daughter katie to works here and wish her a happy, happy birthday. great girl. >> she sure is. >> to add prep space to the

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♪ we are back with ways to learn just about anything. we're talking about youtube, the place most of us go to find music and viral videos. >> some of the best videos on the site are tutorials to learn something useful like a foreign language. >> or a new talent like juggling. and here to show us some of the best is vana aston. >> beautiful. >> you look like george clooney's fiancee. >> thank you. >> so there's everything out there that you need? >> yes. you can pretty much find a

tutorial on it -- >> that's frightening. >> let's say somebody wanted to learn french. >> there's a channel for that. you can learn a variety of different languages on youtube. you can do this but it's japanese or italian or french. >> let's take a look at one of the youtube videos to see how it works. ♪ >> let's start by the very beginning with some greetings. bonjour et bien -- >> so pretty. >> am i supposed to learn it? >> there you go. >> that was excellent. >> so -- you're bilingual. >> excellent. there you go. nice thing of youtube is no one can tell how many times you watched the video. watch it again and again. >> the way i gauge whether or not it's a good video is lots and lots of clicks and i assume a lot of people have been there and gone to things and looked for guitar lessons and saw

something with not a lot of hits. >> if you look at the subscri r subscribers, a lot of experts have people that follow them and come back time and time again. for example, if you want to learn a sport or a skill, there's this -- >> juggling? >> including juggling. let's take a look. >> okay. >> start by practicing throwing one ball back and forth in a nice arc. add another ball. throw a bam as before and throw the ball underneath it to land in the other hand. put two balls in the dominant hand and one in the opposite hand. toss the balls just as before but add a third throw right before the second ball comes down. >> let's try it. >> now we're ready. >> very easy. >> what is it? >> throw one up. >> and then third comes down -- >> you will have -- >> you got it! you practiced. >> all right. >> do you know what?

>> do you know how many times i've watched it? >> one more time. >> yeah. i have a few hours watching that video again and again. >> one minute more. >> a couple more. >> this next channel is from grant thompson, the king of random and teaches things like kitchen hacks and tips and tricks to learn to make things smoother. >> kiwi are hard to peel. let's watch how he does it on youtube. >> oh my gosh! gene with us. that is genius. >> usually peel them and takes a -- forever. >> takes the kiwi. you can save most of the kiwi and just put the spoon -- >> be careful. >> the riper the easier. >> this is not very ripe. wow. >> pop it out and cut it up for a salad. >> thank you so much. >> how cute is she? >> adorable.

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brmplts i married michael, my boyfriend, anyhow, how to turn something into a metallic item of any kind. >> all right. >> a little black dress similar to something somebody might have at home. this is foiling. a technique i'll show you how to do. brush it on any fabric, grass are glass, surface or wood. you can do this with from the grocery store, shopping store. i made it hip and funky with distress eed metallic. >> what's this? >> find it in the store, buy it or dyi it. a great metallic knit. how you get the look. >> what do you do? >> this is double thick tape. apply it to any surface, and then you'll take your foil transfer sheet. >> where do you get those? >> michael's. >> you can get them at

michael's. >> or online. >> hobby lobby. >> then you apply pressure. then like a bikini wax. >> right. >> this one is sticking to the other side. like a bikini wax, pup it off. >> some of the metal sticks down. >> well, the metal really sticks down, and you can add that. the tape picks up the strips but you can use a foil and glue to get more of this affect you see here. where it's a little bit more -- uneven. >> okay. >> then the second thing, i'm going to call barbara in a second. tack on some trim. you'll see this plain bag. you can easily for a few dollars transform a handbag or the edge of anything, because usually when you buy embellished stump at the store it's so expensive. you can buy this for less than $15 a yard sometimes, and with barbara, she's got a cardigan on like we all have. this is just a plain cardigan. i'll show you. we have two here. we added this great fringe to the bottom. >> look at the bottom. >> didn't sew it on, you glued

it? >> hand sew, a velcro, this one we hand sewed because we wanted it to be permanent. >> so chic. >> one of my favorite insider tricks. for years i've wanted to get double duty out of my dresses. a tip. make two small folds in the side of your seam, so i put this ribbon, looped it through two hole ngs the seam. all you have to do, take a string, a ribbon, or a -- cinch, in seconds, die a knot. i'll have julia turn to the camera. i left an extra spot. this creates a great drape that's asymmetrical. the best part, you can actually watch -- a full shot. let it go right back to the way it was. two dresses out of one. at t.j. maxx, only $14.99. >> great. supermarket flowers into

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welcome back, now. happy friday to you. gorgeous, gorgeous day ahead. especially when you consider the fact that it hasn't been that hot so far this summer. we've had a lot of average days, and today, more of the same. we're going to continue that into the weekend. 76 in the north bay, 81 in the south bay, 74 on the east shore, and your weather headlines tell the story. strong onshore flow returns for today. that's going to keep us with a really comfortable weekend in place. and then we do have gradual warming to tell you about for next week. we'll tell you all about that today at 11:00. first, let's check your drive. here's mike inouye. >> a live look at san jose shows you light volume. san jose is not the problem, coming through sunnyvale where he had an earlier crash. three cars moved quickly to the shoulder, but car parts in lanes. they have just cleared and a smoother drive past homestead and a smoother drive around the bay, south of the golden gate bridge. north of there, with a lot of activity at the truck scales,

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i bet that if you open the junk drawer in the kitchen right now you find coins, beads, string. >> all of that can be used for stylish jewelry and here to bring on the bling is erica, she's founder of psimade this.com and you're invited. hello. >> hi. good to see you guys. >> really making diy jewelry? >> we are. if you put some bling on, it's like a new look and you don't want to spend all the money. ef every day items to create amazing jewelry with starting off with a pair of statement earrings that believe it or not came out of cutouts of magazines. this is how to make them. going through the magazines, cut through those gems, cut out the little diamonds and glue them on cardstock right this and then seal them with mod podge.

sit, dry. >> make sure you let it dry, hoda. >> with the glue gun once it's totally dry, put it on the leather and then cut out, as we're going to do like right now -- >> cut around it. >> it's looking like this. glue it on. put an earring wire on it and you have an earring. u know? >> who's wearing that? >> who is? >> i mean j.lo, i'm wearing them. a statement earring without the bling. >> i thought little kids. >> you know what? it's really fun. if you don't want gems, use seeds from the garden shop. check out these. these are made of seed packets. >> cute. >> we believe you. fun for a teenage girl. >> anybody can make them. well, this might be -- >> just me. >> now, we are all traveling this summer. what are you doing with the shells you bring home? >> the bottom of bags. seriously. >> i do kinky stuff so it's none

of your business. >> excuse me. this is kinky we wire and what we're going do do is real cute statement jewelry. >> adorable. >> i found all these shells from the travels and i used a little glue. >> so smart. >> what's the band itself? >> this is a plain cuff. get it online for $8. might have one at home to repurpose. >> cute. >> with little dab of glue, and take your glue gun and wrap it. >> i would wear that. >> adorable. >> shells or pieces of agate. >> good idea. >> speaking of unexpected things and traveling, what happens with a trip and then go in the pocket? do you have? coins. >> from other countries you won't use. >> euros. what will you do with them? >> make some jewelry, erica. >> so this is a little charm bracelet made of -- do you know what they are? these are what you put your keys on to from the hardware store.

>> so smart. >> you take coins, putting 'em this the keyholders, adding them with a jump ring on to a chain. coins. >> what do we have here at the end? >> lastly, now, everybody knows patches. you put on jean jackets, on, you know, on backpacks. but instead of ironing them on, you can use your patches now by poking a little hole in them. like we have done, little jump ring and putting them on a chain and going to make statement necklace with patches. kind of a new unexpected twist with a patch. patches are big. this is a statement necklace that colorful, fun. >> okay. >> you might have a necklace at home to add a chain to. >> they're bananas. >> this is all bananas. >> all right! thank you very much. >> thank you. board games, make yourself to keep your kids from being bored next time you travel. >> and supermarket flowers get a

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we're back with a special do it yourself project that's going to save you a ton of money and make you look like a professional florist. >> do wit the flowers you find at the local supermarket. so who better to give us a lesson than the editor and chief -- >> what? >> brand new magazine called "naturally danny ceo." >> you have a new magazine? >> yeah. i owe you guys a lot for this. >> i know. >> you were going to say. >> it's -- i'm serious because you gave me a national platform to share my ideas and people wanted a magazine. >> danny, this's awesome. >> so happy for you. >> we are. >> you are not on the cover but a bunch of juices. >> yeah.

not enough photo shop in the world. >> no. you are one danny seo cover. >> what we discovered in my magazine, "naturally danny seo" is filler flowers happen to many of them also naturally organic. because they're so easy to grow and we took cheap flowers like tulips and a daisy and -- come here. we are going to make it. two hurricane candles, water in the dish and tie the flowers around on the outside and secure it with two pieces of twine. look how cute that is. >> adorable. >> won't get in the way of the wick. >> so easy and -- >> water goes in the -- oh, i see. >> outside. >> and then just insert the flowers around and do tulips, anything with a stiff stem works well. >> very, very cute, danny. >> like how easy was that? >> not finished but we get the

idea. >> look at mine. >> okay. so, guys, this one is all -- >> this is all about taking a fish bowl or something. >> pretty. >> here's the inspiration from the magazine. tulips and carnations and twist it around like a wreath. >> we like big ones. >> everything is big. >> big ones are us. >> and if you just take the ploers and twist it around like a wreath with the tulips. no, no. you want to twist it. not crisscross it. twisting, twisting. >> twisting. >> and carnations or the heads fell off, you can save them. >> you don't waste anything that way. twisting. >> you have a modern like -- >> hoda. >> hold on. hold on. >> mine is coming along nicely. get out of my bowl! >> i don't care if you're editor in chief of your frigging magazine. >> okay. simplifying. simplifying. come over here. straws.

>> float them all. >> i love this one because carnations are so inexpensive. straws you have saved and then you literally stick them inside the straws. >> top stop it. that's cool. >> add water at the end. >> too thick. cut them off. >> find the thinner ones. look at the big ones. >> that's what we need, baby. here we go. >> it's fun. kids love this. >> look how beautiful that is, though. like it's fun, great for a party and looks like you spent a lot and really, a couple dollars. >> stop. >> everything looks like charlie brown's christmas trees with hoda. >> we have 30 seconds. >> i love this one. >> just take your filler bouquets like lots of different colors and break them apart and do this. look at this. >> matchy-match. >> parsley or fennel and made it therapeutic. >> adorable. >> we are happy for you. excited for you.

>> thrilled. >> is this a great country or what? >> yes, it is. >> fun travel kids for the kids so they don't drive you crazy.

♪ imagine this. you are on a long road trip or flight with the kids this summer and behaving like perfect angels. >> not. >> a peep out of them. >> if it sounds too good to be true it is but you can get a few hours of peace and quiet with these portable travel game that is are keep the little ones very busy on the trip. from maxwell ryan himself, founder and ceo of apartment therapy media. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. so as a founder of apartment therapy, it is my mission to make sure homes are beautiful, organized and beautiful but i'm a dad, too. i also have to keep my daughter happy. >> okay. kids are used ipads and stuff.

>> i like to get them off that. i think these -- what i have for you today is a bunch of ideas, travel toy kits that will get them off the ipad and happy. >> what do we have? >> a little lunchbox, a lego. legos are wonderful and super popular. i loved the movie but impossible to travel with. so what i did is made a little kit with lego building plates putting this in here and then you make -- take the other plate here for a fence and then take your pieces -- >> we have a cute little guy playing with it here. >> just play and then when you want to go -- >> close it up. >> and pack it up. >> cool. >> clever. >> travel. this is a laptop tray. it's as you can see over there playing with it. >> hi. >> this is a good all around solution. >> how cute is she? >> i made it out of a cooking sheet and two pieces of fabric

and belting and really -- the hardest thing traveling is working on your lap. kids get frustrated. they can draw, craft, play with magnets and it's snuggily. >> and washable afterwards. >> that's a pillow underneath it? >> pillow the bottom part so it's cozy. >> soft. >> let's go fishing. >> fishing. everyone loves to fish but traveling it's hard to find water. right? so i've made a portable fishing kit and i just cut the fish out of felt, any shape you like. and i take a magnet, a real strong magnet. put it in there, glue it together. and then with a dowel, string and washer, you are off and fishing. >> anything good? >> a washer on the end? is it fun, you guys? okay. >> they weren't noisy. >> they weren't. if you want them quiet, give them in kit. >> enjoying it.

>> now what you see over there, i know boy that is love the cars and i don't know boy that is keep track of the cars. i have a portable toy car caddie. >> that's cute. >> out of three pieces of fabric, belting and felt and what it is is a 6-car garage with a two-lane highway. >> so cute. >> play, put them at the end and wrap it up. >> like bingo. >> bingo. >> i love bindid. >> this is a combination of bingo and i spy. these little cards have the sorts of things you would see out the window, a red truck, a motorcycle, mountain. as you see them, you get to claim them. i just use coins and five in a row, bingo. play it with the family. >> nice idea. >> the scenery changes and the game always changes. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, everybody. happy summer. >> all right. next week actress kate hudson comes by. plus, the big c's benjamin hickey.

>> and five seconds of summer. >> plus matthew -- >> love him. >> and joy fit club members vie an awesome week, everybody. see you on monday. bye-bye.

. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. our top story, certainly, this morning, searchers picking through what's left of a 777 passenger plane, laooking for anything night bring some answers or some comfort. the plane shot out of the sky yesterday, plummeting to the ground, taking with it 298 souls. among them, 189 dutch, one of whom was also an american citizen, with dual citizenship. just hours ago, president obama addressed the nation, saying the eyes of the world were on ukraine. >> nbc bay area's derek shore joins us live from the newsroom with the very latest. derek? >> yeah, you guys. the president just spoke, and