>> a russian reversal, president trump walks back his election meddling remarks made along side vladimir putin in helsinki after heavy criticism, and many are not buying it. >> a shocking lawsuit, why the mandalay bayotel is suing victims in the shooting of las vegas. >> baseball's biggest stars shine through the rain. the highlights through the all-star slug fest. >> the pug life chose him. a dog winds up on the wrong side of the law in new jersey. "early today" starts right now. >> we begin in morning with a walk-back seen around the world, the presiden of the united

states attempting to back away from his previous remarks in held sink is -- in helsinki, he said that he believed the denial of putin over his own intelligence agencies when it came to the interference in the 2016 presidential election. now the president saying he did not mean to support putin's denial and he simply misspoke. reading allowed from a script, he added his own caveats after, it was a clarification that made hostage video according to a fox news host. >> while it was the president that took the lead in his own back track, we are learning that it was mr. trump's vice president and secretary of state who urged the reversal, as the adminira had after conference. >> i thought that the meeting that i had with president putin. peterxawhite house. >> reporter: first the backlash now the walk back. president trump reading from prepared remarks delivering his

attempt at a do-over. offering this explanation what he meant to say in helsinki. >> and a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been, i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. seniority -- sort of a double negative. so, you can put that in, and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> reporter: but here is what the world heard? >> they said, they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it not russia. i will say this had, i don't see any reason why it wobe mr.rump expressing his full faith in america's intelligence agency that he threw under the bus monday. but inhe doubt. >> i accept on our intelligence

election took place. could be other people also. there's a lot of people out there. >> reporter: the rare reversal briefly interrupted when the cabinet room turned dark. >> i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. whoops, they just turned off the lights, that must be the intelligence agents. >> reporter: cameras in the room catching a glimpse of the president's typed script, with mr. trump writing in the words "there was no collusion" a point he stressed. >> there was knno collusion at l and people have are seen it and clarification does little to erase his stunning comments, side-by-side with putin, blaming russia and the u.s. for worsening relations. >> i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been are foolish. >> reporter: again the president's refusing to denounce the russian leader. >> mr. president, will you publically condemn vladimir putin? >> reporter: that fiasco in

finland sent the president's team here scrambling. we are told that top national security officials tuesday morning huddled for an unscheduled meeting to address the fall-out. philip? >> i bet, peter, thank you. >> and this morning democrat senators are not backing down, a handful are urging the interpreter who joined the president in his one on one discussion with putin to appear on capitol hill and divulge what was said in the two hour meeting. they continue to blast the president with his embrace of putin with more than a few republicans jumping on board. >> reporter: it was really the republican backlash that stood out on capitol hill with republicans anywhere from silent to fuming over what the president had to say. rejecting his own intelligence agents even his director and believing the dannenial of vladr putin. the lawmakers are wondering what he said publically, what did he

say behind closed doors. they are calling for the interpreter to turnover notes or testify to what was said in the meeting and critics are skeptical about the president's do-over. >> i don't know accept the president's comments today. if he wanted to make the comments he should have had the strength to make them in front of vladimir putin. >> what is president putin going take out of the president's actions today? that the man is weak. that he is afraid. that he is cowardly. >> russia is a menacing government, they do not share our values. i think that should be made clear. >> those of us criting helsinkie of a dislike of putin and a love of american fundamental values. >> i think the russians need to know that a lot of us understand what happened in 2016 and it really better not happen again in 2018. >> the presidented said he

misspoke, we will hear more when he meets with his cabinet, later today. >> see what he has to say then, tracy, thank you. >> now to the news that the world has been waiting for. the 12 boys and their soccer coach, rescued from a flooded thai cave last week after being trapped for two weeks will be discharged from the hospital in a few hours. that is a day ahead had of schedule, the officials say you -- ahead of their schedule, the officials are saying because of their fast recovery. we will hear from them in a press conference. later today, but officials say, it will be carefully controlled to ensure that the boys can go back to the regular lives. >> a suspected serial killer is spotted returning to the scene of the crime. he is facing charges for three murders accused in a crime spree that spanned two weeks. a journalist recognized the murderer and called in the tip. well, after a short chase, the deputies arrested the 46-year-old suspect. investigators say that rodriguez

was on parole and had cut off his ankle monitor. >> the american league versus the national league. for a while, it looked like the game was not going happen. strong storms poured down on national's mark had in the afternoon and flooded -- park in the afternoon, and flooded the dugout. the mid summer classic was a record breaking slug fest. aaron judge and mike trout got the action started with solo homers in the second and third innings respect you havely to gi -- respectively, and the nl answered. then it was trevor story frmpt the rockies, he -- from the rockies, hie seventh. to thethree-run bomb to put the american league back up 5-2. in the bottom half, the brewers, christian yelich had a solo jack of his own. to the bottom of the ninth.

scooter gennett hit a long ball, tieing the the score at 5 and it sent the all-star game in to extra innings for the second straight year. and that is where two defending champions stepped it up. the astros, alex bregman and george springer went back-to-back, to give the a.l, the 7-5 lead. segura scored one more insurance run. and then, on the bottom of the tenth. joey votto, would try to keep the nl's hopes alive, to get the score to 8-6. that is all they could muster. for the sixth straight a.l won. now, it will be all clear. for a lot of us. >> nice day, you can get outside, enjoy the weather. we will see a different day than yesterday. the storms are out of there. we are seeing the wind direction change. bringing the cool canadian air, it's nice to be on the mild/warm side of the northeast. the humidity will drop throughout the day. we will see temperatures in the upper 70s in some parts.

80 in chicago, 87 in louisville, just 83 in boston and cooler tomorrow with temperatures in the 70s in boston. 83 inook at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at the day ahead. we have moved the storms out of here in the northeast. but we will see stormy weather in really nice today. >> yeah, it's the bay pack that we get. >> exactly. >> michelle, a new bar has been said in the wnba, liz cambage scored a whopping 53 points. cambage, went 17 of 22 from the floor and made 15 of 16 free throws. she breaks williams record set in 2013. by the way, her team took the w,

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♪ >> days before the worst shooting in mod were american history, steven paddock, amassed an arsenal in the mandalay bay hotel in las vegas. carrying twnt plus pieces of -- 20 plus pieces of luggage. he went on to kill 58 people and wound 500 others. now, the owner of the resort, housand victims lawsuits has turned around and sued those shooting victims back. >> there's confusion by the victims. now they are being sued by one of the largest companies in america for getting shot, they are in disbelief and they are mad. >> the company is not looking for money, but is asking two federal courts to throw out the cases, because mgm said it's protected under a federal anti-terrorism law. that law shields private companies from financial liability following a terrorist attack. if the business relied on

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force one. the aerospace giant landing a $3.9 billion deal yesterday to replace the two current models. that comes months after tense talks of the white house and boeing where repeatedly criticized the cost of the planes. now the next step is looking to see what the jets will look pai planes red, white and blue. >> a woman rode her bike on to a drawbridge as it was being lifted andgned the warning gates. the video shows had her fall in a gap, by-standers helped her out. the bridge operator was made aware of the incident and did not move the bridge until the area was clear. officials say the woman was treated for facial injuries and they suspect she may have been drinking before. >> she is lucky she fell in the gap. it could have been worse. >> if she had gone right in or crushed. >> oh, man, my goodness.

>> all right, police in new jersey, they had fun arresting a pint sized thug. this lost pug was kaucaught wondering in the yard. up poste cookies. >> how cute is that? that's great. >> thank you for being with us, be sure to join us on social media, the news continues here on nbc and our nbc stations. mad

week. ad lib live picture-- san jose wednesday morning. we have made it half way through the workweek. it is clear through san jose. the fog rolling in in many other parts this morning. we'll check with kari in just a

moment. good morning. thanks for joining us. what can we eec >> at the golden gate bridge camera. it is very clear coming out of the north bay and into san francisco. temperatures are starting out f. let's go the walnut creek. it willt