we just have a slow drive. >> well that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a another live local news update. >> thank you for starting your morning with us. get out and enjoy this tugs. good morning. sacked. president trump abruptly cancels the philadelphia eagles super bowl celebration at the white house. the president blaming the dispute over kneeling during the national anthem. the players saying not many were going anyway. and the president didn't want to be embarrassed. so, what happens now? we're live at the white house. breaking overnight, headed to jail? federal prosecutors ask a judge to revoke paul manafort's bail, claiming the president's former campaign chairman tried tampering with witnesses in the case against him. "today" exclusive. >> did you freeze?

>> no. >> the officer labeled a coward for not entering the shooting rampage in parkland, breaks his silence, speaking to savannah, in his first television interview since the massacre. what really happened and what does he want the victims' parents to know. his answers only on "today." desperate search. a frantic hunt for survivors still trapped under debris, as the death toll raises from that volcano in guatemala. saying sorry. >> i apologized to my family, the monica lewinsky family and the american people. >> overnight, bill clinton defending himself just hours after telling nbc news he did not owe monica lewinsky an apology. and diving in. we'll take you inside one man's nearly 6,000-mile quest to

become the first person ever to swim across the pacific ocean. today, tuesday, june 5th, 2018. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday morning. >> we have a lot going on. we have jack phillips, the baker from colorado who brought his case all the way to the supreme court about wedding cake and gay marriage. we'll have that. we're going to start with the planned eagles visit to the white house. the super bowl champions disinvited by president trump. and both sides have a lot to say about that. we start with nbc's chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson.

hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it was never going to be smooth sailing for this eagles visit today. we're talking about a team whose owner was calling this presidency disastrous at one point. a number of players said they did not want to appear here. rather than faced the spectacle of getting snubbed, donald trump pulled that about-face. uninviting the team itself, but allowing fans to visit, for what the white house is calling a celebration of america. for the philadelphia eagles, not a celebration, but a cancellation. uninvited from the white house, after some players decided not to attend a planned photo op with the president. >> there's so much that's been swirling around that administration that i don't think -- i don't see it as beneficial at this moment in time, to visit in a celebratory fashion. >> reporter: donald trump saying the eagles disagree with their president because he insists

they proudly stand for the national anthem. adding, the team wanted to send a smaller delegation but fans deserve better, fanning the flames of a cultural flashpoint, after a season that saw some nfl players kneel after a national anthem, to protest police brutality and injustice. >> wouldn't you want to see one of the nfl owners when they see somebody protest the flag to say, get that son of a bitch out right now. he's fired. >> reporter: tori smith calling the president's move, a cowardly act. saying not a single eagles player took a knee during the regular season. philly's mayor said, this proves that your president is not a true patriot, but a fragile e egomaniac. throwing a party that no one wants to attend. >> this is not the first time that the president has rescin d ed an invite to the white house.

>> think back to february when the president disinvited the golden state warriors after they won the nba championship. and something similar happened. players didn't want to come. the warriors went over to the african-american history and culture for a tour. the eagles seem to be riding out the controversy. in a statement overnight, there were no mention of the words donald trump and white house. the eagles said, it was thrilling to win the super bowl and they were happy that the entire eagles community has come together to celebrate that. >> hallie jackson at the white house. hallie, thank you. also breaking overnight, is the president's former campaign chairman headed to jail? paul manafort is facing troubling expectations of tampering to witnesses in the case against him. kristen welker on that one this morning. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning to you. in this latest legal twist,

robert mueller is asking a judge to send paul manafort to jail and revoke his house arrest while he awaits trial. does this president think he's above the law? this morning, a new bombshell in the russia investigation. overnight, robert mueller's team accusing president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort of witness tampering. manafort is under house arrest as he awaits two separate trials on felony charges. but he could be jailed until those trials get under way. prosecutors say manafort repeatedly contacted two people that worked for him, even using encrypted messaging apps, in an effort to conceal evident. manafort who failed to disclose his look lobbying work for a foreign country. the president said he would not have been fired if he was under

investigation during the campaign. it comes as rudy giuliani defended mr. trump overnight, after the president tweeted, i have the right to pardon myself. >> i can tell you as a lawyer, the pardon power is complete and there's no limitation on it. would somebody impose a practical limitation on it? >> section 2 puts a limit on it. >> the practical limitation is it would be suicide. >> reporter: and giuliani walked back his comment to "the huffington post," saying if he shot james comey, he would be impeached the next day. >> it was a hypothetical. totally ridiculous. the president hasn't done anything wrong. there's no reason for any of this. >> i guess the question is whether a president could pardon himself. here's a law school hypothetical for you this morning, okay? >> reporter: it's a good qution, that question whether a president can pardon himself has never been tested because no president has ever tried it.

the strongest argument in favor is that the constitution doesn't say he can't. however, many constitutional experts believe such a pardon would be invalid. why? the president has the power to grant pardons. a grant is something given to someone else. the law says no one may be a judge in his own case. that was what the justice department told richard nixon, days before his resigned in 1974. savannah, if you and others feel like they all went back to law school, they would be forgiven. >> i am having bad flashbacks. and the justice department says it can't indict a sitting president. kristen, thank you very much. now, to the long awaited supreme court decision in the case of a colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple. can other businesses do the same? we're going to talk to that baker in a moment.

pete williams is at the supreme court. pete, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the ruling was a win for the baker. on the narrowest possible grounds unique to him. other cases are working their way up here, raising the same legal question in the continuing battle over the right of same-sex marriage. a washington state florist is wondering what the ruling means to her. she refused to provide services to a same-sex wedding. >> it's about the principle of having your beliefs and act upon them. >> reporter: but the supreme court didn't provide an answer, saying when a cake baker said it would violate his religion freedom. and the couple sued saying it violates the ruling on sexual orientation. their legal battle raised awareness about discrimination.

>> what happened to us wasn't an isolated incident. it happens to people every day in every kind of business imaginable. >> reporter: the supreme court said colorado didn't take the baker's religious claims seriously enough, that's why it was a victory for jack phillips only and said nothing about the bigger issue, whether florists, photographers and businesses have the religious freedom to refuse service to same-sex couples. justice anthony kennedy said those disputes must be resolved with tolerance to religious beliefs without subjecting gay persons indignities in the open market. the supreme court will take up the washington state florist or will wait for another case comes along to weigh in on this issue of freedom of rights. >> jack phillips is with us this

morning. good morning. >> you heard that verdict. tell me what your reaction was to that. >> i was thrilled. the united states supreme court has decided that we can try and enter the wedding business again and realize that i serve everybody. it's just i don't create cakes for every occasion that people ask me to create. >> kristen, let me ask you, this was a ruling overwhelmingly in jack's favor, 7-2 ruling. but legal scholars say it's narrow in scope. does this mean that any baker or any company can refuse services to a gay couple. >> the court made clear and we made clear, that jack loves and serves anyone who walks into his store. but he doesn't express all messages. that was critical for the court's decision. justice kennedy said hostility in the government has no place

in a pluralistic society. >> people were saying, i think he is discriminating. several years ago, you don't get goods and services, and now, this guy is doing that. >> i serves everybody that comes in my shop. i don't kcreate cakes for every message they ask me to . >> if guy couple came in and said i want cupcakes. >> i said, i will make anything for you. >> just the art of the cake. >> this cake is a specific cake. a wedding cake is inherently religious, a wedding is an inherently religious event and the cake is a specific message that goes with that. >> we have to remember in jack's case, as the court said, he's an expert baker. you go into a cake shop, he sketches custom cakes that are

one-of-a-kind cakes. it said people of goodwill need the space necessary to disagree on this issue. and it's distinguished cases of marriages in the past, with the belief of justithat marriage is a man and a woman. >> there's other cakes you don't create on religious grounds. such as -- >> i don't create cakes on halloween. i wouldn't create a cake that was anti-american or disparaging against anybody for any reason. even cakes that would disparage people who identify as lgbt. cakes have a message, this is one that i can't create. >> all right. >> thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. rescuers are digging through the mud and ash, searching for survivors and victims of guatemala's volcano eruption. 65 people were killed when the volcano erupted sunday, spewing lava and sending plumes of smoke

up into the air. the eruption caught residents and villages off guard with no time to flee to safety. we turn to our interview with former president bill clinton. last night, he addressed the controversy again. craig is here with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. during our interview, clinton championed the m#metoo movement. but his response to questions about monica lewinsky drew backlash from critics and supporters. now, the former president is speaking out again. overnight, bill clinton apologizing again. >> i meant it then and i mean it now. i apologize to my family, to monica lewinsky and her family and to the american people. >> reporter: his new public apology coming hours after facing questions today, of his handling of the monica lewinsky

scandal in the late '90s. do you feel you owe her an apology? >> i never talked to her. but i did say publicly on more than one occasion, that i was sorry. >> reporter: the former president voicing support for the #metoo movement. but facing criticism for his comments during the "today" interview. >> nobody believes that i got out of there for free. i left the white house $16 million in sdebt. >> reporter: some allies took issue with the former president's focus. >> in that interview, he succumbed to being the victim and feeling victimized. >> reporter: social media erupting. one user writing, bill clinton, still refuses to take responsibility for what he did to monica lewinsky. lewinsky herself did not comment directly, simply tweeting she is grateful to the myriad people who have helped me gain per

spek perspective over the years. and discussing her affair, her part at 44, i'm beginning to consider the implications of the power differentials that were so vast between a president and a white house intern. now, she's being supported by other #metoo activists. rose mcgowan tweeting at clinton, a human life was altered and destroyed due to your selfishness. prior to his overnight comments, she and others demanded bill clinton apologize. something the president didn't do privately but did publicly in 1998 and again last night. >> i meant it then and i mean it today. i live with it all the time. >> reporter: last night, mr. clinton called the #metoo movement long overdue. adding he has always tried to support it in the decision and the policies he advanced. >> thank you so much. let's get our first check of the weather. mr. roker is over at his post. >> good morning. good morning, guys.

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want to go into that building. >> this morning, why scott peterson made the decisions he made that day and what haunts him the most. and what did he face and how is he feeling? the american held as a prisoner in venezuela for nearly two years, is with us, along with his family for a live exclusive interview. first, this is "today" on nbc. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message.

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breaking news right now in santa clara. firefighters are at the scene of a fire at a ca r good morning to you, we he breaking news. i'm laura garcia, in santa clara at the acura dealership, firefighters on the scene of a fire. let's check in with bob redell with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, laura, i just spoke to the city fire chief and third alarm to a second alarm because they have the service wing here on fire department can no go inside. i don't know if you can tell there's been a roof collapse and they are concerned one of the walls coming down. this fire started around the 6:30, 6:40 time period this morning.

this is the area -- the shop area where the workers fixed the car so there's probably a number of people watching this. if you had your car being repaired here, it's unfortunate and possible that your car might be inside. one of the issues that the fire department has been dealing with are flammable liquids like oil and gas. the one upside is there are no injuries. if you're traveling in this area, keep in mind westbound stevens creek, the road we're standing on right now is shut down in front of the acura dealership. reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, nbc bay area news. thanks, bob. at 7:27, time for a look at the forecast. >> it will be a cooler day with highs in san francisco in the low 60s and low 70s for san jose. upper 70s for antioch as well as santa rosa and napa. a cool and windy day with sunshine and we keep this weather tomorrow. let's get an update on the commute from mike. >> it's been a tough one for the

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we're back at 7:30. tuesday morning. the 5th of june, 2018. this morning the start of an epic quest. >> the guy you just saw get in the water there. that's long distance swimmer trying to become the first person to swim across the pacific. >> wow. >> how long is that? >> 6,000 miles. >> 6,000 mile journey from tokyo to san francisco. eight hours every day. it will take him six months if he's successful. >> at least he's not alone. it's good to know somebody is with him. >> never mind. i thought you meant like the sharks and other fish and -- >> i know. i saw what you meant. terrible. my mind went right there.

>> all right. >> we have some other stories making headlines including the president reigniting his feud with the nfl. >> sacked. president trump canceling that celebratory white house visit by super bowl champs, the philadelphia eagles, over the ongoing national anthem dispute in the nfl. >> there's so much that's been kind of swirling around his administration that i don't see it as beneficial at this moment in time to visit in a celebratory fashion. >> this as the president's former campaign manager paul manafort is accused of witness tampering by robert mueller. case closed. suspected arizona serial killer shoots himself as officers close in on his hotel room outside of phoenix. the 56-year-old wanted for the murders of six people connected to his divorce. >> he had a divorce situation back in 2009 and '10. during all of that time he was related to all of the victims in some way. back in the spotlight. first lady melania trump seen

publicly for the first time in nearly a month attending an event for gold star families at the white house just days after blasting the media for working overtime to speculate over where she's been. well received. tributes pour in for former nfl star dwight clark who passed away at 61 after a battle with als. the 49ers great being remembered for his big catch in 1981's nfc championship game. >> touchdown! touchdown! >> and all caps. >> they rebound. score! >> the washington capitals now one win away from their first stanley cup ever after beating the vegas knights 6-2. >> for a drive, score! >> today, tuesday, june 5th, 2018. >> big day. >> are you watching it? >> oh, yeah. heading out to vegas to see the next game.

>> now we move to our todd exclusive. scot peterson thrust in the spotlight. he was the armed resource officer, the sheriff's deputy on duty that day, and critics said he could have and should have done more to stop the massacre. well, now for the first time peterson is sharing his version of events. >> those are my kids in there. i never would have sat there and let my kids get slaughtered, never. >> we've got shots fired. possible shots fired. >> everyone on the floor. >> reporter: it was one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. nicolas cruz, an 18-year-old former student armed with an assault rifle on a merciless rampage. in less than seven minutes killing 17 people, wounding 17 others. the massacre shocked the nation and then eight days later another shock. >> devastated. sick to my stomach. >> the sheriff of broward county

said the deputy on duty at the school had done nothing to stop the bloodshed. >> what should he have done? >> went in. addressed the killer. killed the killer. >> reporter: now for the first time deputy scot peterson tells his side of the story. >> the families need to know, i didn't get it right, but it wasn't because of some oh, i don't want to go into that building. oh, i don't want to face somebody in there. it wasn't like that at all. >> reporter: you weren't scared? >> no. there was no time. things went so fast. >> reporter: were you a coward? that's what they called you, the coward of broward county. >> i know. i never had a chance. i never thought even for a moment of being scared or a coward because i was just doing things the whole time. it just never -- it didn't even -- it never entered my - i entered my mind. >> reporter: did you freeze? >> no. >> reporter: the timeline, pieced together from surveillance video and radio traffic. nikolas cruz walks in at 2:19

and begins shooting into classrooms at 2:21. scott peterson gets a call of fire crackers from a school monitor. at 2:23 p.m., 11 of the 17 killed that day are already wounded and dying. >> would be fire caccers. i think we have shots fired. possible shots fired. >> reporter: how quickly after that report of firecrackers did you start moving in that direction? >> right away. i left my office right away. >> reporter: peterson says he raced to the 12 building and took up what he believed was a prime position, with a vantage point of multiple buildings to spot a sniper. >> as we approach near the building, i hear two to three loud shots. i immediately stop and i think, i'm hearing shots outside. >> reporter: you know it's gunshots? >> i thought they were gunshots. i thought they were outside immediately. and the first thing i thought was, somebody's shooting at us. >> reporter: you had your gun

out? >> the whole time. >> reporter: did it occur to you, maybe the shots are coming from inside the building. >> i remember thinking, the las vegas shooting, i thought to myself, is someone shooting out from the windows. >> reporter: compounding the confusion, a complete breakdown in radio communication. frantic students calling 911 from the classroom. >> what school is it? >> reporter: getting routed to the town next door, not the broward sheriff's office. if you called 911 from your cell phone, it went to coral spring's department? >> that's what i found out. >> reporter: your dispatcher, nobody is giving you information. >> no intel, no real-time information whatsoever. >> reporter: about a shooter in the building. coral spring officers come on to the scene. did any of them tell you, hey, we hear there's an active shooter inside? >> no. not one. >> reporter: peterson also heard conflicting reports on his own police radio. >> i hear shots by the football field.

shots fired by the football field. >> the football field, it's far away. and i remember even in my mind going, oh, my god, the shooter is at the football field. >> reporter: some have said, if you hear two minutes of shooting, two minutes of gunfire, why wouldn't you have been able to identify where it's coming from? >> it's so difficult. when you're outside there, and that building, it's a three-story -- it's a hurricane-proof building. it's hard to even hear. >> reporter: would it have been difficult for the sound to travel outside because of that thick glass? >> it's a very thick glass. those shots i heard, i was immediately -- i thought they were outside. i didn't know where they were coming from. if they were coming from the 1200 building. >> reporter: what about his radio dispatches, where he clearly references the 1200 building. three different times you refer to the 1200 building. you say shots fired, 1200 building. >> all right, 26. we also heard it's by the 1200

building. >> reporter: it's by, inside the 1200 building. >> i believe there was a sniper. in my mind, i'm thinking, there's possibly maybe somebody shooting up. i didn't think they were shooting at the kids. i thought they were shooting out at the building. >> reporter: i guess that's the hard part. if i'm a parent whose child died in that building, you think there's a shooter inside. why aren't you going inside? >> i didn't know if it was in there. i didn't know if it was outside. >> reporter: why not check it out? >> you contain the area. >> reporter: released a month later this, surveillance video, showing peterson calmly in position, enraged the public. >> reporter: this is where people say, he's just standing there, i don't see him running around, he looks like he's just standing there. >> i have my gun out and i'm scanning and looking. when you get a position to cover it, we're trained to scan and look. >> reporter: you were saying

close this street, close off that street. a lot of people are saying, what are you doing, talking about the traffic when you're hearing gunshots? >> because if there's a shooter outside, the last thing i wanted was vehicle traffic coming all into towards the school. i am trying to contain this area. >> reporter: what are you containing? it seems like you're taking cover for yourself. but what about the students that are inside? >> i believe the students were in lockdown. i didn't believe there were students anywhere mingling around, walking around. >> reporter: i get that you didn't know. but you think there's a chance there's a shooter shooting out from building 12. rather than stand there, why not run up there and see if there is? >> it never dawned on me the initial first few minutes because i never believed there was an active shooter inside. >> reporter: why did it not occur to you that it would be an active school shooter and we had school shootings and you had all that training. why wasn't that the first thing

you thought? my goodness, it happened here? >> reporter: it wasn't. when i heard the shots outside, i didn't think someone was outside of the building. the first several minutes, because my mind was racing. >> reporter: one thing is clear, it all happened fast. peterson arrived at almost 2:24. by that time, cruz was making his way to the third floor of the 12 building. he would shoot and kill 6 more people in 46 seconds. >> reporter: when you look at it, by the time you got there, you had maybe a minute. you would have had to do everything right. i mean, what do you say to people who expect you to have done more? >> i would have had to check every classroom. that's what we're trained. you can't go willy-nilly and let me look here and there. you have to check each room. i don't do a lot of the what ifs about because, you know, this has been so hard. >> reporter: you were the one person there early enough, who was armed, who could have done

something. how does that sit with you? >> knowing what i know, it's awful. i mean, like i said, it haunts me. and knowing that i didn't know, you know? and those split few minutes. it's easy, you know, to sit there for people to go, oh. he should have known that that person was up there. it wasn't that easy. it wasn't. i'm never going to get over this. you know? those were my kids. i was there to protect those kids. >> certain things you think are so black and white. >> yeah. >> before that interview, you onlyad one se of the story. now, you got toear his. >> i hope that people see the complexity. i don't know that people will. i don't know how people will respond. that's his side of the story of the minute-by-minute. there's much more to the story. he talks about, tomorrow in our piece, what it was like to be called the coward of broward county. how he found out. the president called him a

coward. and what he says to the families because there's no question he carries a lot of guilt and sadness for what has gone on. one of the reasons he spoke out is because he wanted them to understand what he did, even if he acknowledges, you know, in that key moment. he missed it. >> i'm one of the many folks who had preconceived ideas about what went down that day and the role that he played in all of that. and listening to him, it makes you question some things. >> there were layers. things that went wrong. and it's up to people at home to decide. i think having heard that and i hope watching tomorrow, we should mention, peterson faces some lawsuits, including a wrongful death lawsuit over his role of the events of that day. you'll hear about that. you'll hear more from him tomorrow on "today." straight ahead, we have another "today" exclusive. american josh holt back home and speaking out, after spending nearly two years in a notorious venezuelan prison.

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to figure that out. the call came in at 6:20 this morning as smoke. there was one person inside and they were able to get out. one of the other challenges whether there were flammable liquids inside. they had to take a defensive po posture, let's get over to mike. >> the activity in the parking lot, the service area but it affects 23 and 323 rerouted. going to be the case, but traffic flow for the rest of the south bay drive is looking good, so is the rest of the bay. the big jams are east freeway. another update soon.

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just ahead. and having a blond moment. >> like a car? >> reese witherspoon set to reprize her role in legally blond 3. today is tuesday, june 5th, 2018. all the way from kentucky. >> first time in new york! >> hi, we're with our six grandkids from tulsa. >> this is kristin. >> good morning from madison, wisconsin. >> from miami, florida! >> new school teacher just graduated from the university. >> i'm celebrating 14 years from indiana. >> we're the choir from -- >> georgia! that's a beautiful crowd,

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what was supposed to be a celebration of the super bowl champions but rather than face the spectacle of getting snubbed. the president uninvited the philadelphia eagles from his planned photo op at the white house after a number of players said they just would not attend. the president blad player protests during the national anthem calling those protest disrespectful. worth noting, not a single eagle took a knee or stayed in the locker room during the anthem during the regular season. that is not the only big headline coming out of washington. the special counsel's request overnight to revoke the bail for paul manafort. they're accusing the former trump campaign chairman of trying to tamper with witnesses. manafort is under house arrest waiting for two separate trials on a number of felonies and prosecutors say he repeatedly contacted two people who worked for him to try to influence their testimony and otherwise conceal evidence in their words even using encrypted messaging apps to do so. if the judge sides with the

special council here, manafort would probably have to go behind bars before trial. now to guatemala where rescuers are searching for survivors. gabe gutierrez is there. good morning. >> savannah, good morning. 69 people are dead and that number is expected to rise. more than 3,000 people have been evacuated, many of them are now in emergency shelters as this country deals with the deadliest volcanic explosion in more than a century. >> reporter: this morning terrified residents near the volcano of fire are nervously watching for another explosive erupti eruption. scientists say it could come at any time. this video taken shortly after the volcano blew, ash rising miles into the air and then raining down on the surrounding area. >> i pray to god to not continue this volcano because it's very dangerous here.

>> reporter: whole towns are completely buried under tons of mud and thick, gray ash. rescue teams frantically digging through the debris desperate to find survivors. this baby pulled out alive, apparently unhurt. officials fear hundreds could be lost. as the death toll rises, workers describe finding bodies encased in ash that look like stat use. >> we covered ourselves in sheets because we were suffocating, this woman says. hundreds of panicked people getting out any way they can. this family of six escaping by helicopter. others run for their lives chased by the toxic cloud. a police officer finds himself in the wrong place. go, go, go he says as his truck is engulfed. thousands are now living in hot, overcrowded shelters. this woman says much of her family huddled together in her mother's house. 20 died. aid is slow in coming.

this pastor originally from new york brought food, clothing and diapers to help his own home covered in ash. >> there's a lot of sadness, a lot of hurt. it seems like community is trying their very best to come together and help. still a lot more help is needed. unlike the eruption in hawaii with the slow moving lava, the volcano fire here in guatemala spewed tons of molten rock and ash quickly down the side of the mountain. an avalanche of sorts that was virtually impossible to outrun. savannah? >> gabe, thank you very much. the colorado baker who won the supreme court victory after refusing to make a wedding cake for a gay couple stood by his actions. jack phillips said it would have violated his religious freedom. he would have made anything else for the couple, just not a wedding cake. >> this cake is a specific cake. a wedding cake is inherently religious and wedding is an

inherently religious event and cake is definitely a specific message. >> the court's ruling was specific to this case. it did not address the larger issue of whether florists, photographers, others can use religious objections to refuse service to same sex couples. former president george h.w. bush has left the hospital and returned to his family's compound. the vacation compound in kennebunk port, maine. he was released monday after a week of treatment for low blood pressure and fatigue. his spokesman said mr. bush deeply appreciates the terrific care and many good wishes he's received. this was the second trip to the hospital in two months for mr. bush who at 93 is this country's oldest living former president. >> send him our love. we have the news. let's go to our morning boost shall we? a love story 40 years in the making. decades ago kimberly dean and robert palmer made a pact. they said if they were single when they reached 50, they would

get married. they were married and divorced. they remained close friends and always there for each other. now they are in their 50s and guess what? they're in love. they decided to make good on that packet. th garried last weekend in a garden ceremony in front of families and friends. if anyone's ever made that kind of pact when they were younger with a friend -- >> i've made that pact but i'm married. >> much more ahead on this tuesday morning, including big news of fans of reese witherspoon and "legally blond" will want to hear. first, the utah man just freed from a venezuela jail opens up about his ordeal and released. we'll talk to him and his family coming up right after this. is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"?

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you're here, your parents waiting for you. describe what it was like to be home. >> it was, to tell you the truth, i had anxiety getting off of the plane because there were tons of police officers there. and going from being in jail for two years to walking off a plane and there's tons of police officers, i was like -- >> posttraumatic a little bit, right? >> no. these people are here to care for you and love you. >> let's talk about what happened. you meet a girl online. you're a guy who falls in love. you meet thamy on mormon.org. you are in love with this girl. you go to venezuela, her home country, and you get married. it's the most blissful time of your life. all of a sudden, you hear a bang on your door. >> she answered the door. and the police officers asked if there's any men in the room. she says yeah, my husband is in the apartment. they come into the apartment room. and then, they ask me some questions and they leave. >> yeah. >> we were relieved.

right? you hear all of the screams and crying. everything is just crazy. and all of a sudden, they come in your house, which you're hoping wasn't going to happen and they just leave. >> they ended up coming back. >> they come back a half hour later just to take me. >> they took you and your wife. we should point out that thamy, english is not her first language. i'm not ignoring. you're going to answer for her. they come and take you and drag you off to this venezuelan prison. what did you think was going on? >> i was, at first, i wasn't as afraid. here in america, you trust your police officers. when you're around them, little kids are waving and smiling. over there, i didn't know it was so dangerous. >> you didn't know there was anything to be worried about. they say you were possessing weapons. they say you're an american spy. any of that true? >> none of that is true. >> okay. you get dragged off to prison. how do you, mom and dad, find out that your child has been

basically incarcerated in venezuela. how did you find out? >> we got a facebook message from one of my daughter's facebook messenger. it said 911, josh, thamy, taken to prison. >> and you thought -- >> there was an article. and at first, i was like, no way. we were just -- i was walking in friday night from work. walking in the door and i see it. i sat down and i told him. he comes over. my heart starts pounding a little bit. and you widen the picture and you can see all of his personal belongings. and i knew. neither one of them were responding to me. >> so, you guys are in prison. they take you there. how are they treating you? what happens? i heard stories of some torture, some mental torture. what happened in that prison? >> yeah. at the very beginning, it was

horrible. they put me in a cell that was no bigger than what a twin bed would be. >> yeah. >> they had covered the door with a plastic bag, so, i wasn't getting much air. it was superhot. i was literally laying on the ground in my underwear, as cockroaches are crawling all over me. if you had to use the bathroom, you had a bottle or a newspaper. you could choose. >> what was happening the your wife was worse. what was happening with thamy? >> she was in a cell with 23 women. >> was she hurt? >> they were trying to get her to go against me. so, while they were trying to fill out paperwork to get her to sign things, saying i was a bad person, this type of stuff, she didn't want to do it. she knew it was fake. she started to put her fingers into pencil sharpeners, to scare her. they tried to scare her with tasers. >> two years this is going on. i'm thinking of weeks and

months. and i watched, laurie, you and your husband go on television. you had rallies. you were banging on the doors of congress people. you were fighting. but at night, when there wasn't the fight in you, what were you saying to god and to yourself? how did you endure those days? >> i got angry. there was a lot of anger. i just had toeep pushing. i knew that i was his vo and i was the only thing that was going to be able to get him home. if i wasn't loud, if i wasn't bringing his case to the front of the american public and to our government, for them to push against the venezuelan government, i knew i would never get him home. >> well, people were listening. orrin hatch, bob corker, president trump, we're all listening. there's a moment when you came

home. and i watched this video a hundred times. you're in the room together. and you can see it. there's a hug that happens here in this moment, that almost never ends. laurie, what did that feel like? that moment? >> he was finally back in my arms. >> you had your baby home. >> i didn't want to let him go. >> she got her share. >> i saw you, dad. you must have felt so good to have him back, huh? >> i did. >> josh, when you were sitting with president trump and with the congress people, i think someone yelled out to you, you have one life. you live that life. you live this life. how are you going to live this life? tell me. >> i'm going to do what i can to help people through situations. hard situations. help people learn to change their minds. we're writing a book right now. through that book and through just talking with people, we're hoping to help bless people.

>> we're so hap you're home. we're happy, tham y're with us. and you have a posse over here. your brother, your sister. a bunch of people and i know that they were all so, so happy to have you back home, as we all are. welcome back. thanks, honey. josh, thamy, jason, everybody. over to al and the check of the weather. >> let's show you, we've had just a spring soaker, especially here in the east, from atlanta all the way down to miami. atlanta, so far, 20 of the last 30 days, with rain. more than five inches of rain. orlando, 22 of the last 32. look at miami. they had almost 16 inches of rain, 19 of the last 30. and here in the northeast, it's more of the same. we're talking new york, with 19 out of 30 days. and look at washington, d.c. they've had over t10 inches of rain. normally 4 that's what's going on around the country.

here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> well, here it's going to stay dry. we've got sunshine and enjoying some cooler temperatures for the inland areas. it will be breezy with highs in the low to mid-70s over the next few days and then by friday, it does start to heat up. we'll be in the low 80s. and then a little bit cooler on saturday. sunday is looking nice and warm. 84 degrees. but it will start to turn hot for early next week. san francisco reaches into the low 60s today and more clouds and fog tomorrow. keeps it cooler. and then a gradual warm-up for the weekend and early next week. >> that's your latest weather. don't forget, you can find more of "today" on our siriusxm channel, channel 108. today, "off the rails" with sheinelle jones and dylan dre r dreyer. now, to our look at the legacy of robert f. kennedy. he was shot in california campaigning for president. his death, a devastating blow to a country that had endured the

assassinations of his brother, president john kennedy and dr. martin luther king jr. robert kennedy played a pivotal role in american history. he was born to boston privilege. the seventh of the nine kennedy children. with a reputation for toughness and tenacity. he served as his older brother's campaign director. shepherding jfk to victory in 1960. taking on the roll of attorney general. he went toe-to-toe with george wallis to desegregate the university of alabama. and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the president during the cuban missile crisis. in november of 1963, he was shattered by his brother's assassination and retreated for a time into the arms of his family. and he had a big one. he and his wife, ethel, had 11 children. elected to the senate for

new york in 1964, he emerged as a liberal crusader. he jumped into the 1968 presidential race. >> i run to seek new policies, policies to end the bloodshed in vietnam and in our cities. >> reporter: on april 4th, 1968, he talked about his brother while delivering the news of dr. martin luther king jr. >> i can feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. i had a member of my family killed. but he was killed by a white man. >> reporter: just two months later, at 42 years old, after winning the california primary, he was also the victim of an assassin's bullet. >> it's on to chicago and let's win there. >> reporter: days later, his brother, senator ted kennedy, remembered him. >> my brother need not be idolized, or in death beyond

what he was in life. to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw ong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw a war and tried to stop it. >> chris matthews is the host of "hardball" on msnbc. he is also the author of "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit." robert f. kennedy is a towering figure in american history. mro brother of jfk, the u.s. senate. >> he is the un-trump. he's a uniter not a divider. what other caucasian could have walked into indianapolis and told them that the hero of all-time had been shot by a white guy. he had a connection. he cared about individual people regardless of background.

he could talk to working class people and could do both with the same kind of affection. i think he was a democrat with a lower case "d." he liked people and cared about them. >> you maintain that had he lived, it would be very different. >> chicago was hell. we're still living chicago. there's a scene, i love this setup. it's beautifully done. he said, let's go on to chicago and win there. if he had come into that convention, that awful convention, in august of 1968, which was horrible. it was young people, some of them not really students, throwing crap at cops, literally. and cops rampaging against them. that's the country we live in today, that division. bobby could have come into that convention, like he did in the '64 convention and the whole world would have been different. he would have been the tribune and it would have been one hell of a different country. he was so young and we lost him. >> he wrote in that book, that jack was the charm, but bobby was the soul. >> thas right. ethel liked that, too.

jack was prince charming. he w good-looking and had social confidence and old money breeding. and bobby was this awkward kid that didn't know how to give a speech, didn't have anything. and he had to learn everything himself. one thing i learned about bobby was learning. he would go into a room and james baldwin, the black intellectual and get beat up. jack, we have to give a civil rights speech. and that's what happened. >> as you know, robert f. kennedy jr., met with seirhan sirh sirhan, the man accused of killing his father. he thinks there was a second gunman, not just sirhan sirhan. what do you make of that? >> he's the son and he has the right to figure that one out. i spent years writing these books. i wanted to focus on the life. people say to me, you brought that guy back alive for me. and you know how i did it? i closed my eye to the idea of

how it ended. if i started with assassination, i couldn't have gotten anywhere. i had to start with these people and do what they did for this country. the peace corps, and the spacei breaking news: this is video from nbc bay area skyranger .. a good morning. it's 8:26. breaking news to tell you about this morning. this is video from nbc bay area sky ranger, about a half hour ago. flying over a fire at an acura car dealership. on stevens creek boulevard, near lawrence expressway. the fire started in the service department before the doors opened this morning. you can see there are the flames destroyed some of those cared. those cars were left for service overnight. we spoke with firefighters who also tell us no one was injured. fire crews expect to be at the scene for at least a few more hours. right now, we want to bring in mike inouye looking at the

traffic. >> they're rerouting just around that few blocks with acura and bmw on el camino real just a couple blocks. keep that in mind for traffic. flow is well but the rest of the south bay shows a typical northbound drive. the fire off el camino real, the acura dealership. southbound 880, a crash at whipple. this does congest things. a little extra slowing towards union city. a slower drive for 580 and 880 through oakland and east shore freeway continues with the jam which is typical and here's san jose, the freeways. 101, good amount of cars. >> another local news update in 30 minutes. candidate for state superintendent who's done it before. less bureaucracy, more classroom funding. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

8:30, now. it is a tuesday morning, the 5th of june, 2018. we have a great crowd on our plaza. it is such a beautiful morning. the sun is shining. >> yes. >> like big-time. like a big rail light coming down on this beautiful plaza. >> speaking of rays of light, we

have gorgeous areas of our plaza. we found the most adorable corner. it's right here. first of all, it's baby palooza. we have the langley family. and we have the miller family from arkansas. are you friends? or you met on this cute corner? is it true that 18 years ago, you came here as a naval student? and what are you now? >> i'm an officer pilot in the navy. so, still serving. >> isn't that awesome, you ys? thank you f your service. thank you for being the mos adorable people. on three, say your name. on exactly. thank you, guys. >> that's cool. >> so many cute faces right there. we have "pop start" coming up. >> we do have "pop start" coming up and big news on the next "legally blonde" movie. it has been 17 years. >> i feel like bending and snapping. i'm not going to. i'm going to tell you about the cast of "ocean's 8."

cate blanchett and sarah paulson. they have to take this show on the road. there they are. hello, beautifuls. and then, "steals & deals." jill martin is here, as well. she's going to send us off on our vacation in style. first, miss megyn kelly. what do you have coming up at 9:00? >> we have todd fisher here, speaking out about his legendary family and why he says the stories about debbie reynolds dying of a broken heart, she died within 24 hours of carry fi carrie fisher dying. he has a story to tell. would you watch a miss america pageant if there were no swimsuit competition and no evening gown? it's an interview about life's purpose. >> why are you asking that? >> i don't believe you. >> would you watch it?

>> yeah. >> sure. >> okay. well, we're going to put that question to our viewers. that's the new miss america coming to you. and there's a question whether there is a market for that. and is there something wrong with having swimsuit and evening gown? al, is it swimsuit weather? how is that for a segue. >> i'm wearing a thong right now. >> oh. >> did he say that? >> oh. boo. get off the stage. all right. let's show you what's going on right now. i wasted that wax. anyway, we're -- come on. stop it some more. for today, heavy rain down through the gulf. heat we in t southwest. severe storms in the plains. still cool in the northeas look ahead toward tomorrow. downpours in florida. triple digit heat through texas, severe storms in the central plains. beau that's what's going on around country. can't get that image out of your mind, can you? here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm

meteorologist kari hall. we've got sunshine as we take a live look outside in san jose. it's nice and cool and it's going to be a comfortable afternoon with highs reaching 71 degrees. in palo alto, expect a high of 70 and 72 in livermore. still quite warm in concord and antioch, reaching the upper 70s today and also some upper 70s for the north bay. san francisco will be a cool 62 degrees with gusty winds up to 20 miles per hour. >> and that's your latest weather. check out siriusxm channel 108 and get the "today" show whenever you need it. >> all right, al. we're a little mad at you. >> he's so fast in that thong. >> stop. carson, save us. >> what's happening? as parents, we know that kids come up with clever phrases, things they see every day. as tessa posted here on twitter, writing -- okay.

hold on, everybody wait. here's what she wrote. my friend's 5-year-old saw a crow and called it a halloween eagle. she's encouraging other parents to share. a friend's 5-year-old saw a rhino and called it a battle unicorn. the cup holders in our car is a water peanut. it looks like a peanut. you don't like these? my niece used to say she was singing in her pants when she would pass some gas. >> okay. that's evolving. >> nearly 20,000 people commented on this thread. let's see if you can guess some of the others. what is bed skins? >> the sheets. >> yeah, the sheets. >> sheets. okay. >> okay. >> how about gardens of dead people? >> cemetery. >> pretty good for a kid. >> stories in my eyes. >> dreams? >> dreams. >> stories in my eyes.

>> look at you. >> roker. >> that's what i call them. >> use #orangeroom if you have clever phrases. miriam webster gave the stamp of approval. they swetweeted. you have "pop start" too? >> we are going to start with big news out of hollywood. "legally blonde 3" in the works. mgm saying it would have reese witherspoon reprise her role as elle woods. it was 17 years ago. it spawned a sequel and a musical. deadline reporting that the focus would be around female empowerment. a sign of the times. speaking of reese witherspoon, she is shooting "big little lies." on sunday night, the cast decided to do a little bowling together. nicole kidman, meryl streep, and reese.

no word on who won. but it looks like they enjoyed themselves nevertheless. and no word on season 2 of "big little lies." finally, shawn mendes, jumped into the passenger seat alongside james cordon, for some "car pool karaoke." they didn't hold back. ♪ baby, there's nothing holding me back ♪ ♪ you taking me places that tear up my reputation ♪ ♪ making my decisions ♪ baby, there's nothing holding me back ♪ >> rocking out now. number one album in the country. it's the trdoungest solo artist to have a number one album. they were talking to shawn about his passions. he's a huge "harry potter" fan. the singer loves the books and movies. you're wondering how big of a fan? >> i really like harry potter. >> on a scale of ten being

crazed superfan and zero is hate it and never seen it, where are you? >> 9.5. >> really? >> yeah. >> do you think you will outgrow your love of harry pat center. >> potter? >> i don't. >> have you met any of the cast of the movies? >> i met emma watson once. that was one of the first times i was really star-struck. >> you're like a proper superfan. >> no. not a fan. i like it. but i'm not like crazy obsessed with it. >> yeah. glad to see shawn has that obsession under control. that's your "pop start" this morning. >> cute. >> he's a good dude, by the way. >> a nice guy. "daly click." >> two buddies were flying a drone. they're doing it over a lake. apparently they lost connection. and the drone starts -- this is from the drone. the kid jumps in the water here. he's going to try to catch it. >> save it. >> he starts swimming. he's going to try to time this

and catch the drone before it hits the water. >> wow. >> the fingers getting chopped by the blade. >> the drone continues recording as they make their way back. they arrive safely on land. that was impressive. right, get to it. >> go. >> well done, sir. >> impressed. >> michael phelps would have gotten there and had time for a sandwich. >> carson, thank you so much. just ahead, just two of the most talented women in hollywood. cate blanchett and sarah paulson, here they are. oh, hello. this is "today" on nbc.

oscar winner cate blanchett and emmy winner sarah paulson are pieces of the all-star cast "ocean's 8" in the movie. the characters are working on a plan to steal a necklace from a celebrity at the annual met

gala. take a look. >> do we have to steal stuff? >> yes. where is she? >> table 4, 10:00. straightest shot before putting her in siberia. >> there's a blank spot next to her. >> it's for her date. >> who is her date? >> i don't know. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we were parched beyond measure. >> we have been sitting here since 4:00. >> we've been teasing this for hours. >> first of all, what are you two? >> never met her. never met her. >> you guys clearly have a thing going on. >> yeah. >> savannah and i -- >> it ended abo an hour ago. we're having a hard time. >> she came with me. >> yeah. we have a hard time. >> get a stylist. >> yeah. >> i got it from your mom. >> this is going well. >> okay. >> hi. >> anything over here, you can -- >> did it -- >> like in the movie. >> you have it. >> it's your shot. >> this is my hand will

occasionally come into frame. >> she'll step right in front of me every time. >> can we talk about the movie, please? >> anything but her. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> oscar-winner. >> emmy-winner. emmy. >> i did. >> got one. >> it's true. you have two, don't you? >> you have two. >> this is going well for you. >> i all wrote letters, give her something. when it comes to publicizing the movie, oscar-winner. >> woo. >> sorry. >> you're going to edit this, right? is this live? >> did you meet on the movie? >> no. >> we did another movie together. >> yes. they thought we would get on. >> it was bad. >> what was the other movie? >> it was called "carol." >> i was carol. >> she did not win that one. >> i tried. i tried really hard to win. >> it doesn't happen every time out of the gate. she tried. she wore dresses and did not

win. >> what's wrong with that academy. >> it's like that katherine hera bit. i didn't get nominated. she makes me cry. >> you cry on television. >> yeah. >> it's the golden age of television. >> you don't win awards and that makes you cry. >> who signed on first? >> what? >> for the movie. who signed on first. >> i tried to get out of it. they wouldn't let me. i was contracted. >> she sent me an e-mail, is it true that you're doing this? yep. she said, whoa, i'm out. >> and here we are. >> i have to talk to somebody. >> is this what it was like in the trailer, between takes? >> it was really quiet. >> we didn't do any of this during the movie. >> no. >> it was like this, really quiet. >> all right. >> your mascara is running. >> i know. >> we're a funny group. >> how bad is this? >> don't cry. >> is it horrible? >> all right. >> you need to ask us something. >> how bad is it?

>> it's fine. >> someone will come and touch you up, before you speak to some real actors. >> yeah. >> and night light. >> usually, when people are promoting a movie, maybe not one of the most fun parts of doing the movie. but you all seem to have a blast. >> we're not. this is not going well. we're not enjoying it. >> "ocean's 8" why should people see it? >> we're both in it. >> sandra bullock is in it. and rihanna. mindy kaling, and helena bonham carter. >> look at your mug. >> they kept you in. >> i look like a wax figure. >> that's like the north star. >> i was hoping to get something at madame tussaud's. >> we're not helping you at all. >> savannah, can you join me? >> i want savannah here. >> why don't you sit with me? >> i was going to scooch over.

you guys are besties. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> okay. >> just look at them. >> how do you feel about sarah, now that she's not here? >> this is a better relationship. >> i heart her. >> is she -- >> oh. >> hi. >> how are you? >> you see what sarah does. >> what's this movie called? >> "ocean's 2." just us. >> you do click. we noticed this when we got to interview a couple of weeks ago. i'm sitting on her lap. >> she had a great question. if there's an "ocean's 9" or "ocean's 10." >> which would you choose? >> or can we both be in it? >> what skills do you have? >> makeup application. >> jimmy five-hands. >> i don't know what she's talking about. what would you offer?

>> i mean -- >> i'm sure you have a lot to offer. >> how about that ring? >> okay. how about that? you can steal my ring. >> i've been trying to take hers all morning. >> you could steal this ring. i could be the victim. >> well, you guys, that was -- >> #neveragain. >> we've done so many interviews for movies. and never one like this. >> this movie didn't do anything but be crazy people. >> i think people are going to see it. >> they should. >> all right. >> by the way, just so everyone understands, they're in love. they love each other. >> s. >> you do. >> these two? >> you do. >> i talk about myself in the third person. >> these two? >> by the way, savannah and i are going to sit down with the entire cast. so, you can share the spotlight. >> again? >> all day, girls. look at me. the star. >> look at you. >> i look like i died and am embalmed.

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is that my neck pillow? >> lit's mine now. >> we have a fun 10:00. jenna hosts with me. she visits the set of "unbreakable kimmy schmidt." and tomorrow, i'm going to nashville. >> are you presenting on the country music awards? >> i heard a i )m - -... firefighters are still at the good morning, it's 8:56, i'm marcus washington. firefighters are still at the scene of a fire that heavily damaged an acura dealership in santa clara. this happened near lawrence expressway. this is video from nbc bay area sky ranger. about an hour ago. we're learning the fire destroyed a number of cars people left there for service overnight. happening now, our bob riddell

is speaking with firefighters. he'll have a live report in our midday newscast. he's also posting updates on our twitter feed. the polls are open for california primary election. voters have up until 8:00 p.m. to cast their ballots. the big state races include one for governor. the top two getting the most votes will make the november ballot. link to our special election verage under the news tab. i'm marcus washington. more news in an hour. tuck turned around failing schools, raising graduation rates 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

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i call it like i see it. the race for governor has turned into a scam. gavin newsom's trying to elect a republican who was endorsed by trump. and villaraigosa's being bankrolled by a handful of billionaires. it's everything that's wrong with politics. and none of it is helping struggling families. here's my pledge to you. i'll keep our budget balanced. invest in affordable housing. fight for universal healthcare.

and stand up to donald trump. as governor, you can trust me to do what's right- because i always have. [ applause ] good morning, mpeveryone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. former president bill clinton's interview with our own craig melvin is making waves this morning. the questions whether he owes moni lewinsky an apology, drawing an immediate backlash. last night, bill clinton tried to do a cleanup in aisle 7. craig melvin has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, bill clinton apologizing again. >> i meant it then and i mean it now. i apologized to my family and to