>> all right, that's what's happening qutsed in the bay, we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. have a great day on this tuesday. get out and enjoy the day. good morning. centers along the texas border. adding to the backlash against president trump's controversial immigration policy. democrats and republicans now calling for a solution, but the president and his administration remaining defiant. >> we want safety and we want security for our country. >> we have to do our job. we will not apologize for doing our job. >> lester holt and craig melvin

join us live from the border. breaking overnight. kim jong-un makes a surprise visit to china. just one week after that summit with president trump. as the u.s. and south korea make good on the with the's promise to suspend military drills in the region. we'll tell you what's at stake. wild weather. another day of record-setting heat facing millions up and down the east coast as strong storms pound the midwest triggering dangerous flooding. those stories plus not playing around. the decision to label too much time playing video games a mental health disorder. "today" exclusive. a woman seriously injured when a roller coaster derailed in florida opens up about her harrowing ordeal. >> i couldn't breathe. i thought i was going to die. and that's using your head. >> what a chance for harry kane, which he takes! >> england wins its world cup

opener in dramatic fashion with a clutch last-minute goal. as soccer fever kicks in across the globe. today, tuesday, june 19th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. savannah, you and i were just sitting here listening to an extended bit of that audio of those kids in those detention camps. and it's heart breaking. >> if you're a mother, you know how that hurts to hear your child cry. to hear somebody say mommy, daddy. no matter where you stand on this policy, this is what's happening and the audio really brings it home in a real way. washington is paying attention. it's where we start this morning. this growing battle over the

separation of children from their families. the trump administration digging in saying the law must be enforced. >> it's happening to more than 2,000 children since april with that number increasing by nearly 200 children each day. >> so how do americans feel about all of this? according to a new quinnipiac university national poll, overall, 66% of voters oppose this policy. but the president does find support among his base. 55% of republican voters saying they support this policy. >> president trump is heading to capitol hill to meet with republicans as they prepare to vote on two key immigration bills. we have every aspect of this covered. lester holt and craig melvin have spread out along the u.s./mexican border in texas. we're beginning with lester. good morning, lester. >> reporter: good morning to you both. this is where that zero tolerance policy is put into action. the largest immigration processing center. this is where the family separations actually begin.

in washington, we're seeing a lot of finger pointing. we're hearing a lot of conflicting explanations to all this. in the meantime, migrants continue to pour over the border just about two miles from where i'm standing. many of them end up right here. with thousands of migrant children now separated from their parents, chilling new audio reportedly from inside a detention center a painting a heart breaking picture. [ crying ] in the audio which has not been verified, children are heard wailing desperately asking to see family members. one girl asks, at least can i go with my aunt? i want her to come. the audio was released by a civil rights attorney who tells nbc news it was given to her by a client who remains anonymous. but a growing chorus of critics are speaking out against the trump administration's so-called zero tolerance policy which separates families that cross

the border illegally. including the president's wife melania trump and all the other living first ladies. overnight, attorney general jeff sessions defending the policy arguing that it will act as a deterrent. >> hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the point of entry and not break across the border unlawfully. >> reporter: some have argued that these detention centers are reminiscent of japanese internment camps or concentration camps in nazi germany. a comparison sessions rejects. >> well, it's a real exaggeration, of course. in nazi germany, they were keeping the jews from leaving the country. >> reporter: sessions' rationale for family separation is different than dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen's stance. >> we're try children. congress needs to fix it. congress is the one that needs to fix this. >> reporter: the president himself is blaming democrats for family separation.

>> i say it's very strongly the democrats' fault. >> reporter: but members of congress and the president's own party are pointing fingers at him. >> the fact is the administration has the authority to fix this immediately without legislation. >> the president has the ability to stop this if he'd like. >> reporter: john mccain calling it an affront to the decently of the american people. adding, the american people have the power to rescind this policy. it should do so now. meantime, here along the border, two sides to the story. manuel padilla jr. is the region's border patrol chief. do you feel like the bad guy in this? you are the instrument of a policy that is obviously very controversial right now. >> i feel the option of not doing anything is going to worsen the situation. so i think we have to work with what we have right now and hopefully get the immigration laws redone. >> reporter: christina abarka and her children are fleeing gang violence in el salvador.

she and her family were detained and separated spending several days in a detention facility. now reunited, christina must wear an ankle bracelet so i.c.e. can track her movements. just one family among many with seemingly few options. >> and lester, you spent some time with the border agents there and you had a chance to talk with them. i mean, what is it like for them? they're having to separate these families. >> reporter: i mean, they acknowledge it's an unpleasant duty. but they put kind of a wider view on it that a lot of what they do is unpleasant including recovering bodies of migrants who for whatever reason didn't make it safely across the border. they say there are a lot of layers to all of this that people have to understand, a lot of emotion. but they see a lot of folks victimized and a lot of folks who lose their lives in this process. >> yeah. it's hard to get that audio of the young kids out of your head. thank you, lester. you'll have more tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> there are a lot of

misconceptions on both sides on the zero tolerance policy. we also sent craig melvin to the border hoping to separate fact from fiction. he's in brownsville, the southernmost point of texas and it's a key entry point for people trying to come through mexico from central america and get into this country illegally. craig, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning to you. we are standing in front of what used to be a walmart in brownsville. this is the largest such shelter, roughly 1500 boys between the ages of 10 and 17 have been housed here for a number of weeks now. nbc news has learned 500 more children over the past two weeks have been going into shelters like this. last night to try and clear up some of the misinformation you just talked about there, i spent some time with an activist, a civil rights attorney. the attorney, in fact, who released that audio tape. i also spent some time with a nun who runs a catholic charity who says this is just as much a moral issue as it is a legal

one. this morning some key questions about the border policy answered. who are the children detained at the border? the trump administration's zero tolerance policy says every migrant who crosses the border illegally is subject to criminal prosecution. so their children are separated from them and held in facilities. [ crying ] you can hear children crying. in this audio provided by a civil rights attorney and unverified by nbc news. when you heard the tapes for the first time, you thought what? >> well, the first reaction was horror. i just wanted to run and find that child on the tape and comfort him and take care of him and find his mother for him. >> reporter: so what's happening to the children? nearly 2,000 of them have been separated from their parents and brought to processing centers over a six-week period between april and may.

some kept behind metal wire. like the type you'd see in a dog kennel. at one center, we're told children spend just two hours outside each day. on average so far this year, children spend 51 days at these facilities. >> you can't send the message to say, look at this children, it's hurting so you should not come because this is going to happen to you. i don't think that this is who we are. are we? >> reporter: and why is this happening now? in april, attorney general jeff sessions announced that zero tolerance policy prohibiting illegal entry into the u.s. by migrants. prompting swift backlash. president trump said again monday that democrats are to blame for the family separation policy without offering concrete evidence. even as some republicans urge him to reverse course. >> we could have an immigration bill. we could have child separation. we're stuck with these horrible laws. >> reporter: the president's secretary of homeland security also doubling down. >> congress and the courts

created this problem and congress alone can fix it. >> reporter: and although immigration experts say there is no law that requires families to be separated at the border, the president's chief of staff john kelly said last year, it was on the table. >> are department of homeland security personnel going to separate the children from their moms and dads? >> yes, i am considering in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network, i am considering exactly that. >> so craig, what are you seeing there? i mean, you could get close, but you can't get inside presumably. what are you hearing about, you know, the conditions of the detention center, how the kids are being treated? >> reporter: well, that's the thing. you know, defenders are of zero tolerance policy, savannah, they will tell you these children are being treated humanely. they're being fed. they're being given medical attention if they need it. they're being allowed to watch television as well. so that's what defenders of the policy will tell you. meanwhile, on the ground i can

tell you after talking to folks last night, there's a great deal of confusion. parents and children don't know when or if they'll be allowed to see each other. and this notion that this is going to deter people from coming into this country, that was the question i posed to everyone i talked to last night. and they all said emphatically, it's not. it's not going to actually stop people from trying to come into the united states of america. so as the debate rages on in washington, folks here on the ground continue to be quite confused. >> absolutely, craig. i mean, i think that's the issue. of course and one would hope the children being detained by authorities in this country are treating the children humanely. the question is, should they be separated from their parents. imagine, you're the mother of an 18-month-old. i'm the mother of two kids. think what that would be like to watch your children be drichb away and wonder where they are. >> if they're safe, okay, and if they're being harmed. >> that's really the question. and ultimately it is up to

washington to fix it. another disturbing item out of texas this morning, a sheriff's deputy in san antonio has been charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl and threatening her undocumented mother with deportation if she reported him. jose nunez was arrested sunday after the mother took her crying daughter to a fire station for help. the mother is from guatemala. it's not clear if her daughter is a u.s. citizen. that abuse may have gone on for months maybe even years. and there could be other victims. we should mention, we've got full coverage of the immigration battle. more on the children who've been separated from their families and some of the legal issues behind all of this on our website today.com. breaking overnight, north korea's kim jong-un arrived in china for a surprise visit one week after his historic face-to-face with president trump. and there are some new developments of the agreements that came out of that summit. keir simmons has more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning. good morning, savannah.

kim jong-un's trip cloaked in secrecy. unusually the visit has been announced as it's happening. a sign of changing times. this morning the north korean leader in china for two days of talks. in the past few hours, seen with china's president xi. the images broadcast on chinese tv. his meeting with president trump, a crucial talking point of chninese leaders just a week after the president declared he has a special bond with kim jong-un. high stakes diplomacy, far better the president says, than a devastating war. >> i don't want to see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family. i want to have a good relationship with north korea. >> reporter: since the summit, confirmation that america's joint military exercises with allies including south korea are suspended. and debate over the meaning of north korea's key promise. complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president trump determined to

defend his deal. >> one broadcast said he gave up so much. you know what i gave up? i met. i met. we had great chemistry. he gave us a lot. you haven't had a missile test in seven months. >> reporter: but some fear the chinese already looking to lift sanctions on north korea just as tension over trade between china and america escalates. kim jong-un hopes to play washington and beijing off against each other to get what he wants. president trump is playing chess with north korea and china where there are those threats of a trade war and even russia. all at the same time. hoda and savannah, it is tough and complex. >> all right. keir, thank you. lots more to get to this morning including the fbi working overtime to do damage control and contain the fallout from the scathing general report. the fbi director facing a grilling on capitol hill. kristen welker has the details on that this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to

you. the fbi director an the justice department's inspector general were in the hot seat monday facing tough questions about that 500-page report which blasted james comey and senior fbi officials. the inspector general making it very clear his work isn't finished yet. in the wake of that scathing report from the justice department's internal watch dog, fbi director christopher wray says moving forward the bureau will not repeat the mistakes made during the clinton e-mail investigation in 2016. >> the oig's report makes clear we have significant work to do. as i said, we're going to learn from the report and be better as a result. >> reporter: testifying before the senate judiciary committee meeting monday, wray and michael horowitz reiterated the conclusion. there was no political bias inside the fbi to tilt the election to either hillary clinton or donald trump. still wray harshly criticized his predecessor, fired fbi director james comey for

breaking protocol during the investigation. >> i cannot imagine the situation in which i would unilaterally assume for myself as the fbi director a charging decision and then announce knit a news conference. >> reporter: horowitz acknowledging the conduct of one agent who was discovered to have exchanged anti-trump text messages with a colleague could have clouded the inquiry. >> that senior fbi employees would be willing to take official action to impact a presidential candidate's electoral prospects to be troubling and antithetical to the core values of the fbi and the justice department. >> reporter: despite president trump's claim the report exonerates him in the russia investigation -- >> there was no collusion, there was no obstruction. the ig report yesterday went a long way to show that. >> reporter: the inspector general says his report did not address that. >> we did not look into collusion questions. >> reporter: as the president continues to rail against the special counsel's investigation

as a witch hunt, the fbi director repeatedly expressing his confidence in robert mueller as he has in the past. >> i believe that special counsel mueller is conducting an important investigation. i do not believe special counsel mueller is on a witch hunt. >> reporter: the question now, where does this go from hooer? the inspector general is looking into how the comey e-mails were handled. so more fallout is still possible. there's still another search underway for who leaked all of that information to the press. horowitz heads back to capitol hill today for yet another hearing. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. we're going get a check of the weather now from mr. roker. good morning, al. >> good morning. got a lot going on. want to get to it. thank you for getting your weather from us. we are looking at heavy rain. this is rockford, illinois. streets turned into rivers. don't drive into this kind of weather. turn around, don't drown. let's show you the radar. you can see we've got two areas of precipitation. we've got first up there where we had the heavy rain in the midwest.

but we're looking at what's going on down south throughout texas. this is the one we told you could become a tropical system. it's tapping into all that tropical moisture in the gulf bringing increasing rain threat. the rainfall amounts, rainfall rates 3 inches per hour. southeast and south central texas could get 6 to 11 inches of rain. that could lead to flooding. and we're also watching this stationary front making its way through the midwest. it's going to bring more rain tomorrow. finally, though, bringing drier air into the northeast. but look at the rainfall rates in the midwest. from nebraska all the way into southern ohio, we're looking anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good tuesday morning, i'm kari hall. it's a cloudy start in san francisco right now. clouds all over the bay area and that's going to keep it cooler especially for the coast. we'll be heating up fast with inland areas. san francisco will reach up to 65 degrees and 88 in napa, 71 in oakland and 919 in concord. san jose has a high of 83 degrees, breezy winds getting a little get warmer tomorrow and first day of summer and up to 100 degrees inland this saturday. we'll have the details coming up. >> i hope the answer is yes. up ahead, a "today" exclusive. >> i couldn't breathe. i thought i was going to die. >> one of the riders seriously injured in that frightening

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you can barely see some of the bridge right now. we're going to see all of that clearing up, sunshine today high in the mid-60s eninland areas up to 90 degrees in concord. we're going to be in the low to mid 80s the next couple of days, 90 degrees on first day of summer and this weekend it's going to be sizzling hot from the inland valley, 100 degrees and for san francisco, mid-60s over the next couple of days. but then some mid-70s for the weekend. it will be much more comfortable there and along the coast. let's get an update on the commute from mike. >> we just saw this on the east shore freeway, right in the middle of the screen westbound 80 past the ashby overcrossing, there's a motorcycle down. the good news, it looks like everybody at the scene was sitting down and standing at various times over the last few minutes. they look like they are able to walk around but the bike is in bad shape. it is now jamming up out of richmond down towards the

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we're back. it's 7:30, tuesday morning. what a scare for riders on a rollercoaster at six flags of maryland. the man of steel ride, had to be helped down. >> that was not the case when an amusement park ride derailed in florida last week. we're going to meet one of the women that was badly hurt in that accident ahead. but first, our day's top stories including the battle at the border. immigration fallout. >> the president has the ability to stop this if he likes. >> a growing uproar about children being separated from

their parents, as chilling audio reportedly from inside the detention center is released. this, as president trump heads to capitol hill today to meet with lawmakers. >> the administration has the authority to fix this immediately without legislation. indicted. a former cia employee charged with more than a dozen crimes, including leaking key government hacking tools to wikileaks. scary moments. >> we heard that people passed out. >> dozens rushed to the hospital in houston with carbon monoxide poisoning. >> nausea, headache, dizzinesdi. jeff bezos worth 1$130 billion, putting him $50 billion ahead of his closest competitor, bill gates. and star-studded show.

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rails. leaving her with multiple injuries, including broken bones. >> i couldn't breathe. i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: melissa verevealina horrifying scene. >> one of my co-workers, i watched her drop to the ground. >> reporter: retelling the moments. >> i was in so much pain. >> reporter: the tragedy playing out thursday, at the mardi gras fun center on the daytona beach bo boardwalk. the san blaster coaster, that collins was riding with co-workers, flying off of the rails. two riders plummeting three stories down, including collins' friend amanda. >> all i could do was see her plunge to the ground. i remember her shouting up and knowing she was probably in

pain. >> reporter: melissa collins says her injuries include nine broken ribs, final injuries and a fractured collarbone that required surgery. >> all my ribls a ribs are crus. >> reporter: the sanblaster passed state inspection. it has a history of problems, including damaged cars and excessive corrosion. >> we believe that a lawsuit is immine imminent. >> reporter: this attorney is representing collins and two others in the accident. >> we feel the failure occurred as a result of improper maintenance. >> reporter: the boardwalk amusement rides point to that day's state inspection, telling nbc news, the safety and well-being of our customers has always been our top priority. we continue to cooperate with all state sgss in their investigation and will do so until their investigation is complete. me lis lissa collins says what

wants to do is get back to her family in kentucky. >> i have a 10-year-old and a 13-year-old at home crying because they don't know how their mommy is. >> and the sandblaster ride remains closed. we'll get a check of the weather now from al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by liberty mutual insurance, only pay for what you need. >> it's been hot in the eastern half of the country. do we continue that today? not as hot from the great lakes into the northeast. but dangerously hot as you get down in the south. greenville, north carolina, 95 degrees. south carolina, should be 8 degrees above average. wilmington, 97. providence, 86. st. louis at 93. tomorrow we look at cooler weather in the northeast. in the southeast, we have most of the heat. atlanta 93, jacksonville, 93. indianapolis, a little warmer

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it could be a car chase in grand theft auto 5. a futuristic reality in overwatch. survival of the fittest in fortnight. for all of the warnings, gaming can have the same addictive quality as substance abuse. karen porter had to seek help for her teenage son. >> he was willing to sacrifice everything he cared about. his relationship with his family, his academic performance, his self-respect, his self-esteem. >> reporter: the world health organization says most gamers are not addicts. but 3% are, with increasing priority given to gaming over other activities. to the extent that gaming takes precedents over interests and activities. >> video games appears to be very good at elevating that pleasure chemical.

really, what we get addicted to is not the game, but the elevation of dopamine. >> reporter: the gaming industry disagrees, saying there's no objective evidence to define and diagnosis this disorder. and the research supporting inclusion is highly contested and inconclusive. >> i wasn't going to school. i was lying to my friends and family about it. >> reporter: at the restart internet addiction clinic in washington state, brian, said he was spending nine hours a day in online game. >> i was using them to not think about stuff. just to escape from reality. >> reporter: at restart, the patients must give up their electronics for 7 to 12 weeks and focus on mental and physical health. then, a slow re-entry. >> it's hard to live a modern life, in this country, without technology. but they don't have to play video games. and they don't have to use social media. >> i'm so proud of him. so proud of him.

>> reporter: karen's son is now out of therapy. but in 2018, there is no escaping the lure of technology. >> and so, tom, i think if parents are watching and thinking, my kid likes video games. how do i know if this is getting into a trouble area? >> reporter: just because your kid may be hooked on video games does not mean he or she is addicted. but experts say the warning signs include, teen or 20-somethings that are withdrawn, not sleeping, losing interest in family and friends. and the recommendations are limit the screen time to two hours a day. keep the video games out of the bedroom. view video as an earned privilege. and true addiction can be as hard to break as substance abuse. >> it's real. >> tom, thank you. just ahead, world cup fever taking hold around the globe. carson will break down the frenzy, right after this.

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>> besides the olympics, there's no event quite like the world cup that literally brings the world together. as you're about to see, it's a flatout party. for soccer's frenzied faithful, the world cup is more than just a soccer tournament. >> it's amazing. i mean, it's worth any money that you have. it's a really cool atmosphere. >> reporter: it's the experience of a lifetime. fans of all ages glued to every goal. those lucky enough to make the trip to russia for the 21st edition of the sporting spectacle, draped in their nation's colors, cleheering on their squads, witnessing moments they will remember forever. >> i am so proud of my team. they did their best. i love them. >> reporter: some of the world's greatest players are on the pitch. like christian yao renaldo, who scored the hat trick to tie

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his reward for making the trip? every man's dream, a ticket to see every game in action. a month on the tractor took him to get to misoscow. soccer fans were given a reason to cheer. last week, you might recall the u.s., canada and mexico won the joint bid to host the world cup in 2016. you can catch coverage on telemun telemundo. the mexican team is now suffering a flu bug has entered their camp. they play south korea on saturday. >> my mom sets her alarm and watches all of these games. she has one conversation going and it's world cup. >> with every world cup cycle, it's bigger and bigger. it's bigger and bigger. in this country, the with how do you become america's best-selling brand? you introduce the all-new ford ecosport and surprise people with how much they can get in a small suv. that means more standard features and more upgrades

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commute is rolling with mike. >> on the right shoulder we have all of this activity. . an earlier crash is cleared. injuries for the motorcycle rider but getting treatment now at the hospital. that's west bounds 80 causing all of the jams, even though the lanes are clear, still a distraction. jam out of richmond, the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. dumbarton bridge is building. a smooth drive though slow through the tri-valley. union city police investigating a wild shootout. no one was seriously injured. juveniles are now in custody. link to a full story on our home page. a dismal day developing on wall street at times the dow has been down more than 400 points. posting updates to our twitter feed. and japan comes away with a win in the first game of the world cup beating colombia, 2-1. two more games still on tap. don't forget our sister station

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tolerance policy, here in brownsville, texas, minutes from the mexico border, the heartbreak is very real, it's very personal. this morning, government processing centers like this one are overflowing with thousands of migrants, many fleeing gang violence in central america. in newly-released audio, said to be recorded inside one of these facilities. you can hear the desperation of children separated from their parents. >> mommy. >> reporter: we talked with the attorney who released the tape, which nbc news could not independently verify. >> the reaction has been more or less a primal scream from everyone. this cannot be happening. this is terrible. >> reporter: in april, the trump administration started enforcing what it calls a zero tolerance policy. migrants crossing into the u.s. illegally, considering criminals arrested, and put into detention

facilities, the children sent to separate facilities. overnight, attorney general jeff sessions defended the policy, arguing that it will act as a deterrent. >> hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of entry and not break across the border unlawfully. >> reporter: sessions also trying to downplay comparisons to world war ii concentration camps. >> well, it's a real exaggeration. in nazi germany, they were keeping the jews from leaving the country. >> reporter: homeland security admits, nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. >> we are enforcing the laws as they exist on the books. >> reporter: the secretary, now on the defense. >> what's happening at the border is the border is being overrun by those who have no right to cross it. >> the democrats -- >> reporter: president trump blaming democrats in congress, saying the situation could be fixed with a new immigration law. >> the united states will not be

a migrant camp. and it will not be a refugee holding facility. >> reporter: those helping migrants say the policy will not stop those fleeing for their lives. >> punishing a 5-year-old by taking her mom away, so you can deter future asylum seekers is a human rights violation. >> reporter: meanwhile, this morning, senator ted cruz, the republican from texas, has announced he will be introducing emergency legislation to keep children with their parents, during this process. also, president trump is going is going to be on capitol hill talking to congressional republicans. that meeting expected to happen around 5:30. >> craig, thank you very much. the travel nightmare is not over at charlotte-douglas international airport. hundreds of passengers were left stranded again monday, due to a technical glitch. american's regional carrier was forced to cancel 70 flights

today. in all, more than 350 flyings have been canceled since thursday. american airlines said a hardware issue affected its computer systems that affected flight movements and crew staffing. the airline says it's refunding or rebooking passengers. the president said he was ordering a creation of a new branch of the u.s. military to focus on space. he said it's not enough to have an american presence in space. he said, we must have american dominance in space. the space force will be equal to but separate from the u.s. air force. funding would have to come from congress, which has been divided over this idea. the u.s. is a member of an international treaty that bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space. it is time for your "morn ig boost." there's abadorable little girl in alabama. she didn't want to leave a department store she was in because she made a new friend.

>> your boyfriend? i thought you said he was your husband. >> he's my boyfriend/husband. >> does he like you? >> yeah. >> what did he tell you? >> he told me that he was going to marry me. >> he looks a little too old for you. he looks about 5. i think he's too old for you. >> i'm 5. >> you want to see if we can buy him, too? >> yes. tell him bye. >> bye. >> that's amazing. >> all right. one point in the conversation, the little girl moves the mannequin from side-to-side, to prove he was a real boy. >> she's incredible. coming up, finding the upside of anxiety. carson and the woman behind a groundbreaking new book share an important conversation about a struggle shared by millions of americans. first, hey alexa. the new perk coming to hotel

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we're back with "today's talker." look who is here. jenna's joined us for this one. we like that. >> that's right. amazon is looking to hit the road with you this summer, putting alexa in your hotel room. but you probably heard that smart speaker has come under fire for privacy concerns. jo ling kent has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we're getting a look at the

alexa in the hotel room. and it brings about a lot of new conveniences. this comes as growing privacy concerns continue to rise. the big question is, do you want to take alexa on the road with you? >> hey, google, call that sandwich shop on pierce street. >> reporter: smart speakers where everywhere. from the living room to the kitchen, they're the fastest growing device on the market right now. >> alexa, turn on the lights. >> reporter: this morning, amazon's alexa is ready to go on vacation with you. >> alexa, order me an ah ituiah solid. >> reporter: amazon is partnering with marriott, westin, aloft and st. region hotels. it's called alexa for hospitality. alexa, what can i do around

here? >> reporter: guests can order room service, call housekeeping and make restaurant reservations without picking up the phone. >> it would be weird in a hotel. >> you always have somebody listening, watching. >> reporter: in response to customer worries, amazon says hotel guests will choose if they share a room with alexa. guests can ask for the echo to be taken out of the room. hotels can not access your voice recordings. and no personal information needs to be shared with the echo in order to use it. but their move into another private space in your life as the company is under fire. with alexa to randomly laughing, to collecting information, to complaints of a use r in portland, oregon, who said that alexa recorded a conversation and shared it with a random contact. amazon said, as likely as this string of events is, we're

investigating options to make this less likely. this has prompted two senators to write a letter to jeff bezos. saying, this incident makes it clear. we don't fully understand the privacy risks we're taking. amazon owes it to the american people to be clearer about what's happening with this technology. what should families know to take precautions to protect privacy? >> if they don't want the device to be listening to them, there's a button they can use to silence it. this is the new world order. these devices are going to follow us if we're on vacation, at the white houoffice or at ho. >> a lot of us have these things in our houses. is it keeping a record of what we ask for? >> the echo records your commands and questions. but amazon is telling us, it will delete those at the end of every day, even if you're staying multiple nights.

we have alexa on mute. we're going to unmute the button, so she starts listening here. alexa, when does the pool open? >> the swimming pool is open from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. so, there you have it. she can answer a bunch of different questions. >> in the hotel. >> this is come to a bunch of marriotts and hotel chains. >> can you order room service? >> i can. >> get us some fries. >> jo, thank you. we move to a different subject, anxiety. 40 million americans say they suffer from anxiety. >> and carson knows something about this. he started a candid conversation, tied to a new book, that encourages people to look into this. >> it can lead to panic attacks and heartbeats, things i've felt with. sarah wilson, known for her

sugar detox problem, also lives with anxiety. and she writes in her incredible book, "first we make the beast beautiful." i got a chance to sit down with her and talk about our experiences. >> i describe it as a beige buzzing. it's heavy and dark. it's always there. it's always there in my head. it's as long as i can remember. >> you refer to it as a superpower that you process. >> i do. and i think, we are a generation who haven't heard anxiety cast in those terms. it's been medicalized. it's a problem. you try to dial it down. people survive and thrive and become business people, it's because they have their anxiety in check. it's the anxiety that brought them to that place. >> it's the reason i became a radio deejay when i was 18. i wanted to be close to the music, i needed to be close to the music. it's my therapy. it puts my brain in a comfort zone that it needs to find every day. sarah says her comfort zone is

writing. she's a best-selling author and wellness blogger, an accomplishment she says wasn't always easy. she revealed details in her new book. >> i wrote this book because i wanted to have a conversation. >> reporter: people want to have anxiety by the time we're done with them. >> my anxiety spirals are all in my head. they're a thought and a thought on top of that. and i should be able to do that. can it happen in a conversation with somebody at dinner? and your brain takes over. this person probably thinks i'm crazy. >> in social situations, it can be difficult at parties. anything where there's, kind of aware of what's going on. and my thoughts are going somewhere else. >> what's your youngest memory of it? >> when i was about 7, going to school. i missed two bus stops because the woman next to me was wearing pu perfume. and part of the anxious experience is being sensitive to sights and smells. her perfume distressed me that i

had to put my head down and i missed two bus stops. >> reporter: at the same time sarah worries her anxiety has made her miss moments, she uses her anxiety to connect. >> look at you. you converse with millions of people every day. i write. that's my way of communicating. and it seems like they cont contradicto contradictory. i don't think they are. we need to do both. we need to pulse between the two. >> sure. i get nervous, panicky, i get tools that helped me get through the anxious spirals as you refer to them. but the other side of it, when i establi accomplish something, i get the chills. my successes and vic troirstori enormous. >> you embrace the excitement that comes with it. the anxious have the expressive quirks. let's call it a quirk. every one of my books, i

handwrite on napkins in restaurants, on the back of receipts, it's there and i piece it together. it's chaos, and i bring it together. >> reporter: the beauty, sarah says, is in that process of trying to pull it all together. even when it may seem impossible. this conversation is about sort of saying, it's okay. you're not alone. >> there's a reason why you fret. there's something important that you're fretting about. you know, you care. that's something that anxious people, i believe, have in common. it's one of the most beautiful things about the beast we have to live with. >> i agree. the beautiful beast. >> one of the analogies we talked about, you think of anxiety in nature. think of a herd of animals. the outliars wandering the perimeter of the camp. it's the outlieres that see the hunters coming. what sarah does in this book,

and so many have to deal with anxiety and more, the reframing, the way we talk about it, discuss it and view ourselves. >> if you strip it of its power -- >> you own it. >> this is a part of me, the way i have blue lies and i'm this tall. >> makes you who you are. >> and that also you care. you care so much. she illustrated that. >> we have to start talking about it. bring it up. >> yeah. you can find out more about sarah and her tips for living with anxiety, today.com. let's head over to al and get a check of the weather. ♪ >> "today's weather" is brought to you by blue buffalo. you love your pets like family, so, feed them like family, with blue. >> we're look at a couple inches of rain in the midwest. we're keeping our eye on around the gulf. this low pressure system comes in. it will dump three inches of rain per hour. 6 to 11 inches of rain.

right off the bat, it's not bad. they have severe drought going on, from corpus christi to del rio. 11 to 12 inches of rain below where they should be. the ground can take some of that that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're starting without some mostly cloudy skies. we'll see skies clearing fairly quickly over the next hour or so with our high up to 83 degrees. it will be 82 in palo alto and oakland, a high of 71 degrees. it will be heating up for the inland areas. overall, we're looking at temperatures just slightly warmer today than it was yesterday. tomorrow, basically, a repeat of today. and then for the first day of summer, 90 degrees. this weekend, 100 on saturday. >> and that is your latest weather. >> al, thank you. carson moved over to the orange room for a story about service dogs that caught our attention. >> a public service announcement

has gone viral after this sorry was posted on twitter. "the post" tells how a woman tripped and fell and a service dog went to get help from another woman. the wormoral of the post. if a service dog without a person approaches you, it means that the person is down and needs help. we wanted to bring in olivia, with our guide dog, sunny, who is in training. let's go through some of the questions. do you know how a service dog would try to get someone's attention? what would the dog do if he came up to you? >> what they're going to do is take the nose and nudge the legs. touch. good boy. in general, if you see the dog in vest without a person attached to it, follow them. >> the next question from dan. if a service dog approaches me, is there any way to alert the dog i'm ready to help? >> the verbal cue is not going to be a secret password or anything like that. you may say what?

or where or start moving. if you start to go, follow them where they go. is there a way to train a dog to go to somebody else, if the first person is not reacting well. >> persistcy is something you can increase in terms of behavior. that's something you have to train and work on it. >> thank you very much. how is sunny doing? >> he's doing amazing. >> in that post, she did write, she is updating her dog's person. if a person doesn't respond, that dog will know what to do what olivia said, and that's find somebody else. >> did you know that, though? >> i wouldn't have thought, oh, they need help. >> i would think the dog's lost. "pop start." >> we're going to start with a newly released clip from friday's graham norton show. we want to see if rihanna has music in the works. >> i have to ask you, any chance of a new album or anything? or have you just walked away from that? >> who sent you?

i know one of my fans got to you. >> my twitter feed has been full, ask rihanna about new music. >> i am in the studio and working on music. >> norton pressed her for details, trying to ask when the album would come out. she said, you have to wait and see. speaking of music, a new episode of "carpool karaoke" is coming out. his musical guest, one of the biggest yet. >> i need somebody. not just anybody. can you please? please help me. ♪ let's go. ♪ baby you can drive my car yes, i'm going to be a star ♪ >> on thursday night, sir paul mccartney will be in the driver's seat. that's awesome.

yeah. >> nice. >> pretty cool. straight ahead, bridging the app gap when it comes to millennials and seniors. plus, a reunion two decades in thei )m ... the man police now believe good morning. it is 8:26. i'm marcus washington. the man who police now believe brutally shot and killed two young campers in their sleeping bags on a beach is scheduled to face a judge today. prosecutors say he shot and killed two people in 2004. for years, investigators could not crack this case. that was until last year, that's when investigators arrested galen for the deadly shooting of his brother in nearby forestville. in a series of interviews with investigators, they named him as the lone suspect in the jenner case. it's possible galen will enter a plea today. now, a look at what you can

expect today. >> slowing drives northbound, 880 past the coliseum. this is pretty typical, especially on a tuesday at this time. we see the congestion up through oakland, 580 as well. the east shore freeway here in the summertime allows this to happen as two crash, one at central and the earlier one at ashby have cleared. 680 continues, slow through alamo. and northbound, south bay, silicon valley, 880, pushes over. now we see the san mateo and the slowing as well for southbound 101 on the peninsula side. >> all right, thanks. we'll have another local news update for you coming up in 30 minutes. whoooo.

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friday. a programming note, maroon 5 canceled their appearance on our show. call adam and see what's up. carson is going to investigate. we're going to party on the plaza. we'll announce a new concert for july 13th. coming up, we're talking tech on our senior versus senior series, with a group of teens that held older citizens to get reconnected. and we're going to meet with the cast of "felicity" and what they tell us about a possible reboot. al, you have the crowd moment covered. what you got? >> "today's crowd moment" is created with our sister company, universal orlando resort. >> with the school year wrapping up, summer getting right here, we're going to team up with our sister company, universal orlando resort, to send some lucky fans on an exciting vacation.

where is the detroya family? >> right here? >> we're sending you on an orlando vacation at universal orlando resort. there you go. you're going to experience the rides and attractions at three theme parks. enjoy the entertainment universal city work. it includes accommodations at the ventura hotel. i love your glasses. congratulations. enjoy the trip, guys. thanks so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> that's awesome, al. we couldn't resist this, al. >> who is the great hug center. >> are you sure? >> we like to hug. >> one, two, three. we're going in.

>> very good hugger. one of the best. al, i know, you have to go to the local, right? >> that's what's going on -- no? i can do weather. now that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> all right, we'll see some sunshine today, highs reaching into the mid-80s for the next couple of days inland. warming up for the first day of summer, up to 90 degrees. temperatures continue to go up from there. up to 100 degrees in the valleys on saturday. well, as we look at san francisco's forecast, much more comfortable, reaching into the mid-60s. and then for the weekend, some low to mid-70s. perfect for the pride festivities going on this weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. it's your 16th birthday. what's your name? >> olivia. >> where are you from? >> lexington, south carolina. >> good to see you. there's a good-looking family.

where are you from? >> north carolina. >> okay. let's head back inside. thank you very much. too busy hugging. >> it's a long run from outside to inside. >> we're going to throw everything up in the air. we have more of our special series "senior versus senior." >> you checked out the way the younger people are helping senior citizens feel more connected. >> i'm sure we can attest to being our parents or grandparents' tech support. but we found some high school seniors that helped the older generations click. among the timeless traditions, grads today have a new glow. but in a generation that can be selfie obsessed. >> i'm kayla. >> it's hannah. >> reporter: these three friends spent time their senior year, with senior citizens. using tech to connect.

>> you can see, this is all of the apps and how much space they are taking up. >> we had a woman who threw her laptop away because she had a pop-up ad. she thought she had a virus. people had smartphones that didn't want to turn them on. >> reporter: the three students started their own nonprofit. gtg tech. it means generation to generation. and grandkids to grandparents. giving the gift of technology. >> reporter: a gift they share with seniors, at libraries and retirement communities. what about emojis? >> long sheets of emojis. >> we get couples sometimes. i was teaching them how to text. and they started flirting over phones. they gravitated towards the kissing emojis. >> reporter: do you post

anything? >> i don't post. >> reporter: we can post today. shall we post? #firstselfie. i like it. pretty cute. you have actually helped somebody recover their wedding photos. >> yeah. this guy asked me to set up his facebook account. and he was tagged in a post of his wedding photos. >> reporter: he didn't see his own wedding photos in a long time. almost half of all grandparents have a grandkid living more than 500 miles away. and 97% of seniors, in a new study, said connecting with a younger generation in this type of setting, helped them feel happy, loved, interested and younger. >> you have a lot of returners. they will come back and give us hugs. >> we do know, you're here to talk. >> maybe fill the gap. >> spend some time. >> reporter: they admit they learn as much as they teach. >> i think it's taught me to be more patient with things. i've gotten briefed on chinese

feminism in the 1950s. got advice of maintaining a long-distance boyfriend. >> you said you lost your grandparents. do you feel you have dozens? >> yes. >> let's go into google maps. >> reporter: like 90-year-old david and his wife, jackie. >> i have whatsapp. >> reporter: you're ahead of me. >> so many people come to this and say, my kids tell me about facetime. we show them on the screen. they're like, you're here. they get so, so excited about it. >> reporter: we decided to try it with the marlins' daughter in vermont. you want to facetime. it's connecting. >> hello. hello. >> you're on the "today" show. >> reporter: what do you think about facetime for the first time? >> it's terrific. >> reporter: nice to meet you. y'all start facetiming more

often. by the way, how great is that? these three grads are headed to college in the fall. but they've heard from several volunteers who want to keep this program going. >> that's great. >> there's all of the studies how this generation, can be lonely. they can facetime with their family that lives across the country. this has bridged divides. >> it's great for the young kids, too. they can have a connection. >> and they're learning from all of these people. it's great. >> you want from seniors to, shall we say, juniors. we had a little toddler party. >> theeded ed ted toddlers of t together. it was messy. >> oh, boy. >> jack daly right there. >> all our kids ate ice cream. >> classic ice cream fun. we'll have this on thursday. in that cherry pit, vale came over later. and we found a cherry in my

house. i'm not sure where it came from. >> we know, mila carried it in her underpants. >> my kids missed school for that shoot. >> i took them out of school. >> the real toddlers of "today" got together and they got together hard. >> it was epic. just ahead, we're going to reunite keri russell and her e "felici "felicity" co-stars. what they say about the chances of a reboot. >> say it's so. >> i know.

we're back on the couch. any "felicity" fans here? >> yes. >> the beloved show aired 20 years ago, taking us through four years of life and love. >> and haircuts. we go to the festival in austin,

texas. >> who else feels old? from 1998 to 2002, "felicity" fans tuned in. team ben versus team knoll. fans want to know, will there be a college reunion. >> where are you going to college? >> new york. what about you? >> that's pretty unclear. >> reporter: it was a show that defined college in the late 1990s. >> what are you doing here? >> reporter: a love story, that gained fans as it followed the ups and downs of felicity's life. >> it was such a sweet story. >> felicity. >> reporter: keri russell played felicity. her high school crush, ben, scott speedman. and scott foley, her college r.a.no noel. >> this is noel, this is ben. >> i get people that was i love

felicity. i was team ben. do they say that to you? there it is. >> reporter: for the first time in 20 years, many of the cast, back together, reminiscing about the roles they played on the show. >> by the way, i'm felicity. >> i'm julie. >> i played julie. i was felicity's best friend. >> what is the deal with you guys? you and ben? are you dating? >> no. >> i played meghan. i was this very snarky roommate of felicity. >> i didn't listen to your damn tape. but if that's the way you're going to be, whip it out. >> i thinkplayed elena tyler. i can't study with you. >> i played javier. i joined everyone late. but everyone was very sweet. >> i'm so lucky. >> i played sean blumberg.

>> what are you doing? >> i like being the comic relief. >> milk less cereal. there's milk baked into every "o." >> after the successful first season, came the most talked about storylines, felicity's controversial haircut. >> it's a different look. >> reporter: it's the last scene in the final episode that touched the cast. >> greg is giving a toast at noel's wedding. but in real life, we knew it was the last time we were all going to be together, the last thing we shot. greg, instead of giving a toast to noel, was standing up there and telling all of us what a wonderful experience, what a wonderful four years we had. it's still my favorite memory of the entire show. >> reporter: i'll get right to the question everyone wants to know. any chance of a reboot? >> absolutely, yeah. >> reporter: really? >> absolutely. >> we do a variety special. >> a song and dance. >> like the bradys.

>> like the bradys. >> let's do a "felicity christmas." we go to hawaii. that would be good. >> reporter: after four seasons, like four years of college, in 2002, it was time to say farewell. but "felicity" is still special to the cast. >> i have a nice place in my heart about the show. i like talking about it. >> the whole experience forlife. it was something that i'm forever grateful for. >> it's such a sweet kind of romantic idea for a story. and i think that's what is still, to this day, one of my favorite stories. >> for so many of them, it was their big break. scott foley was the one holdout on the reboot. if you watched the show, they had tape recorders. "felicity" today, would be kids texting each other. >> where would they be now? >> broke, in debt, struggling to

find happiness, like all of us. >> it's bizarre seeing them. >> o.d.'ing on no, sir tonostal. >> we couldn't dvr it. >> carson and i will watch it. >> you will really connect with it. >> you can catch a full interview that kristen did a great job with, at today.com. "felicity" is available for al and i on blueray. are you team ben or noel? what would it be like to cover the trump family? this reporter who has covered the trump children for years

welcome back. the trump name was already big in new york when the first of the president's five children was born.

and through the years, the family real estate business has grown into a global brand, of course. now, the trumps are the first family of the united states, ranging from 12 to 40 years old, the president's children are center stage inside and outside the white house. and nbc and msnbc contributor and "vanity fair" reporter, emily jane fox is out with a new look at the trump children. it's called "born trump." good morning. you've been covering the kids, they're not kids, most are adults, for years. was this a difficult subject? were they cooperative of the book? >> i've been covering the children and the campaign for about three years. at first, i said, these are people in the public eye for their lives. what more was there to learn about them? everything had been written, i thought. once i started the reporting process, i interviewed about 150 people for the book. there was so much more to learn about them. >> what is your overarching

takeaway about how the children were raised and, you know, what their childhood was like? >> in most ways, this was incredibly privileged. they went to the best schools, had two nannies living with them. healthy sibling relationship, were given every opportunity to succeed in life. in other ways, the childhood was quite different. their parents got divorced at an early age. they were chased to school by paparazzi, asking them questions about the sordid details of their father's affair. it was a privileged and tricky childhood. >> absolutely. the three older children were at the key age, 8, 10, 12, when all of this was unfolding. how did they handle it? i think you report in the book about don jr. having some trouble with his father for a few years. they had somewhat of a tense

relationship. >> don jr. was 12 when this played out. he was old enough to understand. and the children in school were talking about it. he had a lot of anger at the time. he didn't speak to his father for quite a bit of time. and the relationship took a while to heal. his relationship with ivanka was interesting. she was concerned that, perhaps, she would be replaced. she asked her mother, am i still going to be a trump? is that still going to be my last name. she would call her father more often. she would visit him at his office more often. it was an interesting dynamic. eric was very young when it all happened. the press was so scrutinizing of their every move, that ivan was moved to palm beach for three months to get them out of the public eye. >> what did we learn about donald trump as a father. his children i codolize him.

was he a hands-on father? what kind of father was he? >> i would not call him hands-on. he is someone who was self-focused and still very self-focused. his children learned to work around this. they had two full-time nannies who filled the lion's share of the parenting work. their parents were out almost every night. they were working full-time, overtime. it wasn't a traditional donald trump changing diapers situation. it was a very much, he's the father, the patriarch of the family but not hitting balls with their children in the park. >> you talk about jared kushner and ivanka trump and their marriage. you have reporting in there, feeling this is the perfect match, that they belong together. >> it's fascinating. they are two souls who are destined to be together. their professional ambitions certainly align. but the damages from their

fathers are very similar. so, they feel like they serve a purpose for each other to fill a need for one another, as they climbed professionally and tried to build their own family in an image that was dissimilar to the one they grew up in. >> five children and lots to cover there. emily jane fox, congratulations on the book. it's called "born trump" at today.com/shop. today.com/shop. we're back

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we have a lot coming up in our fourth hour. jenna is going to host with me. i don't know if you saw that where she hosted one minute before she spilled her coffee. the "queer eye" guys are going to get one of our producers. and the mtv awards.

"megyn kelly today" is next. dennis rodman is her guest. he's going to talk nba to north korea, of course. >> buckle up. >> after ai )m - -... union city police say good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. union city police say three young people are under arrest after an early morning shootout that led to a foot chase. our cameras caught some of that scene about 90 minutes ago. you can still see a car there with bullet holes. the officer looking for that evidence. this was along whipple road near

railroad. surrounding streets remain closed. investigators say the juvenile suspects tried to run but police managed to track down all three of them in surrounding neighborhoods. one of those suspects was slightly hurt but they say he's expected to be okay. happening now, speaking with investigators. he'll have a live report in our midday newscast. you can also link to more right now on our homepage. and this is a dismal day on wall street. at times, the dow has been lower more than 400 points. right now, it is down about 263 points. president trump's new tariff threats against china and china's plans to retaliate are fueling the sell-off. we're actually posting updates on our twitter feed. and japan comes away with a win against -- a win for the first game, beating columbia 2-1 in the world cup.

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[ applause ] good morning, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm megyn kelly. dennis rodman will be here in a moment. but we begin, today, with the escalating situation down at our southern border. and the trump administration's zero tolerance policy causing a firestorm, to put it mildly. at issue is the forced separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents, who entered the united states illegally. nbc's craig melvin has more. >> reporter: this morning, government processing centers like this one