later. pleasanton shows a nice light drive. join us at 7:25 far local news update. >> thank you for starting your morning with us. good morning. first on . good morning, first on today, omarosa and president trump, of the conversation she secretly recorded. >> omarosa, what's going on, i saw on the news that you are thinking of leaving. what happened? >> the president's one loyal aid. >> every detractor will have to bow down. >> turns on him saying he's racist and mentally not decline. >> was it legal to make this record ng the white house situation room.

>> is the president aware of this? >> this is not non-negotiation this morning. this morning, omarosa is live in the studio 1 a. >> the cockpit voice recover recorded stolen by the airline in seattle. what we are learning of the 29-year-old at the control and the stunts that's raising major concerns at airport security. all that, plus breaking over night. the chilling moment appears suddenly collapsed injuring hundreds in spain. hundreds took the streets for

the protest in charlottesville. and so close! >> not now. tiger woods turns in his best final round ever for the major. not quite enough a win but he's still celebrating. today is monday, august 13th, 2018. from nbc news this is "today" with samantha guthrie and hoda. >> good morning everybody, on a monday, i bet tiger woods did not want to' that. brooks koepka won that thing and he did really well. we heard one name, tiger woods. >> we'll have more on that major

in a just a minute. those secret recording by omarosa newman including a new one this morning of the president himself she's sharing with us. omarosa is live with us, she will talk about it this morning. let's start with peter alexander on the fire storm she started, peter, good morning. >> savannah good morning to you. the president responded to omarosa's latest claim mocking her as wacky omarosa, says his former aid was vicious but not smart. the white house says she's spilling lies. omarosa released new audio as you noted of conversations she had with the president shortly after she was fired. >> omarosa providing nbc news with this public recording of a phone call she says she received from the president.

she says the call came the day after she was fired by white house chief of staff, the president unaware she had been dismissed. omarosa, what's going on, i saw on the news that you are leaving. >> general kelly came to me and said you guys wanted me to leave. >> nobody told me about it. they run a big operation but i didn't know that. >> yeah. >> damn it. i don't love you leaving at all. >> nbc news does not know what was said before or after that exchange. on sunday omarosa revealing she secretly recorded kelly firing her inside the white house room. >> is the president aware of this. >> this is a non negotiation discussion. >> this is a white house where everybody lies. the president lies to the american people and sarah hucklebee sanders stands in front of the country and lie

everyday. >> donald trump is a con. one of mr. trump's loyal allies of "the aparentenprentice." >> every detractor will have to bow down to president trump. >> expressing regrets for her role in the west wing and attacking president trump while questioning his fitness for office. they continue to deceive this nation by how mentally decline he is and difficult it is for him to process complex information and how he's not engaged in some of the most important decisions that impacts our country. >> the president dismissing his former aid. >> low life. she's a low life. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders slamming omarosa newman as a disgruntle employee.

in her book "unhinged" she was told about the tape where mr. trump used the "n" word during the production of "the apprentice." >> i heard his voice as clear as you and i heard >> you have heard the tape since publication of this book. >> kellyanne conway slamming her former colleague as a former -- >> she's selling books and you got to be antitrump. >> president trump wrote wacky omarosa. she never made it and never will. she begged me for a job and tears in her eyes and i said okay, people in the white house hated her. she was vicious and not smart. i rarely see here and heard nasty things. she would constant meet meetings and work.

general kelly told me she was a loser and nothing but brproblem. she only said great things about me until she got fired. this latest episode is fuelling questions of the lack of diversity in the white house. kellyanne conway struggled to find any single staff workers working in the west wing and the white house provided us a name. >> omarosa is here with us exclusively. we'll talk to her about it. only two dozen white nationalists showed up for the rally when organizers expected hundreds. >> the event was held on the one year anniversary of the deadly charlottesville rally that left one woman dead and several injured. it was marked with much heavier police presence. how an airline worker managed to steal a plane from the seattle airport on friday

night and take it on a deadly joyride. we have two reports starting with hans nichols, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, if fbi recovered the data recover at the crash site. this incident revealing a troubling vulnerability of our airports. the 29-year-old richard russell did not have a pilot license and he's somehow able to take off and crash an hour later. >> over night the fbi announcing they recovered the plane's data and cockpit voice recorders. they hope the black box will shed new light to what led to richard russell's high flying joyride. on friday, russell flew this 76-seat commercial aircraft through the skies.

after stealing the plane from seatac, he talked to air controller while doing stunts. >> can this thing do a black flip, do you think? >> controller questioned his experience as a pilot. >> do you feel comfortable with that in. >> oh yeah, it is a blast. i play video games before. i know what i am doing a little bit. >> flying upside down and doing loops. scrambling fighter jets in response. >> the flight ending in a fiery crash into an island. russell did not survive and no others were hurt >> he worked his shift in uniform. for three and a half years, he was employed by horizon air owned by alaskan air. >> there is not a ignition key. >> a source close to the investigation says russell used

a towing tractor to back the plane on the runway. the incident revealed a troubling security gap at our nation's airports where thousands have access to planes. >> this is not something it is not design to defend against. >> zachary was shocked to learn his long time friend was involved. >> he was not the type of person that would do anything dark. >> his personality shining through in a youtube video. >> so many bags. look at all them bags. his final trip ending in tragedy. >> just this broken guy, got a few crews loose and never really new it until now. >> reporter: the fbi recovered human remains as well as those recorder. all part of the ongoing investigation into this bizarre theft of a commercial aircraft.

now, at the crash site even though there was a forest fire, no structures were damage and miraculously, there were no injuries on the ground. savannah and hoda. >> it is hard to believe nobody else but the pilot. >> a lot to talk about with regards to security. let's bring in tom kos tecostel. >> does this expose what would seem to be a huge gap in security for workers at the airport? ard to close this one. you know, airlines and airports rish airport employees to undergo criminal background checks, but mental health screenings are a different matter. while pilots are asked about their mental health during required screenings and they must report any mental health issues, the same is not true for ground staff. and of course you come into privacy issues here regarding somebody's personal medical issue. i think what we are looking at here is the possibility that they will have to look at whether there is a way to secure the cockpit in particular, to make it a much more complicated

process to start up a plane. this is a q-400, not an easy plane to start up. it is a propeller, a prop plane, and it requires a number of steps to go through to start it up. he went through all of that perfectly. so should there be a way to literally have a code that every pilot must punch in in order to start up the aircraft? there is no ignition key, no lock on the door. maybe that needs to change. >> just lock the door you would think. >> tom, thank you. now to that breaking news overnight, hundreds injured when a wooden pier suddenly collapsed at a festival in northeast spain. bill neely has the very latest. bill, good morning. >> good morning. this was the climax of a weekend festival in a spanish port stir, a long boardwalk out to sea. a rap artist was on his first song when he told the crowd to

do something that would cost them dearly. as one concert goer said, that was the worst moment of my life. the end of a night's festival and suddenly disaster. the ground disappears, a wooden boardwalk plunging into the sea and with it hundreds of people desperately trying to scramble clear. we were jumping, and then suddenly, boom, she says. and everyone fell and was crushed. the rap singer had just asked everyone to jump. they did. the 100-foot long wooden boardwalk couldn't take it. we all fell, she says. i tried to get out, but people kept falling over me. there was panic, arms and legs broken. rescuers came quickly, divers were sent into the sea to search for anyone trapped underneath the pier. so many people were trying to escape, she says. most of those hurt are in their teens or early 20s.

in all, 316 are were injured, two on of them seriously. an investigation has begun. the boardwalk was supported by concrete pillars, but officials say there were just too many people on it. the invitation to jump did the rest. amazingly although 300 people fell into the sea at once, officials say no one has life threatening injuries. but they will remember this for a lifetime. one little girl was overheard telling her dad if we die here, i love you. they are all survivors this morning, but it couldmorning. guys, it could have been so very different. >> all right, bill, thank you. we turn now to more disturbing discoveries about the desert compound in new mexico where children were being trained to commit school shootings. gadi schwarz with more information. gadi, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. in just a few hours those five suspects will appear in court to

hear charges against them while authorities continue to face more questions of whether they could have acted sooner. this morning five adults expected in court to face child abuse charges at the remote compound where 11 half starved children were found, a property owner said possible evidence still sits uncollected. >> i think a lot of this would be important for them to find people they were linked to, talked to. >> ammunition, handwritten notes and signs of children being trained with weapons. >> so this target right here looks like it was drawn by hand by a little child in blue marker. it's got a little girl's name on it and a shotgun palace to the chest and one to the head. >> today the five suspects will face 11 counts of child abuse with the possibility of more charges after prosecutors revealed at least one child had been trained to use an assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings. wahhaj facing charges for

abducting his son. an exclusive look inside this man made tunnel shows children's clothing and toys. we found a 100 foot passageway, tunnel partially dug by children, according to the property owner who found videos of two boys digging underground. a small child's human remains were also found inside a passage believe to be the missing 3-year-old abdul. jason said he told authorities about the missing boy with wahhaj and others illegally squatting on his property but authorities failed to act. nbc news requested interviews with the sheriff but all requests have been denied. over the weekend the sheriff sitting down with cnn and pressed about sitting down two months before the raid. >> at that time seeing the conditions, should that deputy not have come back and said, this is no place fit for a child. >> deputy didn't see a child. >> you have the fbi surveilling,

she a saw children. >> yes. >> when asked if abdul could have been saved. >> i think we're done. >> now, the medical examiner says they have still not been able to identify the remains that were found at that compound because they were in such a bad state of decomposition. they also say they have not determined when that child died and whether it could have been alive inerve june when authorit went by there to serve papers. >> a lot of questions to be asked there, gadi. thank you. we shift gears talking about what we were saying, top golf fans on the edge of their sofa watching final round of pga championship wondering if tiger woods could win his first major in more than a decade. well, tiger made a long birdie putt on the 18th green, shot a 64 on sunday, his lowest final round in a major ever. but alas, he finished in second place at 14 under par. the day belonged to brooks koepka, let's definitely give a shoutout there. he played mistake-free golf down

the stretch, finished 16 under, winning his first pga championship, his second major of the year, and he took out tiger along the way. >> imagine with tiger breathing down your neck and you keep your cool. hats off to him. >> veimagine tiger breathing do your neck and you keep your cool. that's great. and dylan is in for al this morning. >> wild video from new jersey on saturday. when you have a wedding, you have to get there. and look at this bride climbing on out of the sun roof, rescued by police officers as the car was stuck in the floodwaters there. parts of new jersey picked up about 5 inches of rain with the torrential downpours on saturday. unfortunately, it will be another rainy day through the mid-atlantic and in the northeast. we have a cutoff low that is just sitting in place. and until that moves, we're not going to see any improvements. we also have a high pressure system near bermuda. so the rain that we see is very heavy. we will start to see some improvements by wednesday as this whole system is on the move.

but for right now, we do have flash flood watches through for right now we do have flash flood watches. we have a lot of warnings in eastern pennsylvania where the rain is very heavy right now and a lot of thunderstorms right now and torrential downpours. on tuesday, it will start to break up a bit as the system begins to move and by wednesday, the whole thing moves out of here and we'll go back to sunshine and warmer temperatures. that's a look at the weather across the country, your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. not so cute when they're angry. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

good morning. i'm kari hall. here is a live look outside in san jose as we get this monday started. here is a look at high temperatures reaching into the upper 80s in san jose. it will be hot for our inland valleys reaching into the low to mid mid-90s. this will be one of our cooler days for the week. it is 65 in san francisco. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. >> thank you, dylan. just ahead live with omarosa on the secret recording she made with president trump that she's sharing first with us this morning. the troubling picture she's now painting of the president. we'll get her response to people who say she has an axe to grind. we'll talk about all of it ahead. first this is "today"

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forecast. warming up. >> yes. it will be warming up and staying cool for the coast. in san francisco clouds and fog. palo a alto. as we head through the forecast we'll see temperatures getting hotter as we go through the workweek and that high heat returns. we'll see widespread mid-90s but there will be triple digits for some of our inland areas. >> the south bay did see a build. we are looking at 85. the crash did clear just before you get there. north 101, i think they cleared all lanes around there. it was a concern and distraction. we are looking at a slower drive westbound. the toll plaza heading out of the fremont area. there may be something going on.

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he flew for about an hour before crashing. he worked as a ground service agent died in that crash. a baltimore police officer resigned after a disturbing video showed him beating a man went viral. she threw series of punches of mcgrier. when he refused to give his id, the situation escalated. the second officer seen in the video is placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of this investigation. an oceanside board rock collapsed during a music and sports festival in spain hurts hundreds of people. officials in the northwestern port city says the boardwalk was packed with people when it gave way last night.

more than 300 people required medical treatments. thankfully nobody was killed. the city blamed structural problems and an investigation is underway. now, with our live interview with omarosa newman. s nearly a decade later the trump campaign came calling and after the trump's victory and so as the white house. omarosa joined us focusing on african-american race. she was fired by john kelly last september in a meeting at the situation room that she recorded. now, omarosa is providing new exclusive phone call that she received from the president the day after her firing. >> omarosa, what's going on? i saw on the news that you are thinking of leaving, what happened?

>> general kelly came to me and said you guys wanted me to leave. >> no, nobody even thoeold me at it. they run a big operation but i did not know it. >> yeah. >> damn it. i don't love you leaving at all. >> well, omarosa is now out with a new book. it is called "unhinged." it provides an inside look of the white house. the administration is hitting back saying the the book is quote with lies. that brings us to omarosa. >> glad to be here at the "today" show. >> just to let you know i am recording this conversation. >> oh good. >> you brought the tape, you said he does not know about it and he does not like you leaving the white house, is he lying? >> why was i locked in the situation room for two hours and why was i not allowed to leave? lastly when i asked to leave and

i asked my husband, why was i denied at least four times. he had no idea, that should be alarming to any american that the president of the united states does not know what's happening but the assistant to the president who have known him for 15 years. >> you brought the tape. is he lying? you told chuck that you think he did know. is he lying? >> because there were sub suh kwe subsequent calls after that. he probably instructed general kelly to do that. i am wondering is he sincere. the other question is is general kelly running this country or the president's running this country. he said they did not know and they run a big operation. >> wait, savannah. you can't ask a question and ask another question without my answer.

you asked me do you think he knows. >> you said you are not sure. >> who's running this country when donald trump says they run a big operation, who's the they? is general kelly puppeting donald trump. >> do you think the president lies often? >> absolutely. >> how long do you know that? >> there was a record that says he lies 4,000 lies in the last two years. >> have you known he's a liar as you say? >> why did you work for him? >> savannah, slow down. i am going to answer your questions, don't worry, i am here. you don't have to ask ten seconds in one question, it is okay. >> first of all, he's known to be an entertainer and exaggerate, i never expected him to lie to the country. i thought he would take his oath of office seriously and committed to advancing this country but instead as i stated that there was a report that says he has said something of 4,000 lies since he taken office. he has an issue with the truth

and sometimes he battles with reality. let's talk about the tape of the situation room. >> yeah, let's talk about that. >> you obviously want to talk about it. john kelly inside the situation loom. before we get to the substance of this. i am curious, how did you tape him? the situation room is one of the most secured places in the white house. you are supposed to leave your phone. it is the honor system, you are supposed to leave your devices at the door. how did you do that? i will leave that to your imagination. >> why? >> i am being very clear here. it is not acceptable for four men to take a woman in the room and locked the door and tell her to wait and it is unacceptable to not allow her to have her lawyer or counsel and the moment i said i would like to leave, they said i can't go, it became false i mprisonment. there are other people who have been treated this way by general

kelly. >> are you concerned at all about any legal consequences for taping in the situation room. >> they should be concerned. they should be concerned. >> are you? >> no. i have protections. the moment i decided to blow the whistle on a lot in the white house, there are protections afforded me. let's be clear, the things general kelly is doing in the white house should concern all americans. >> you've heard i'm sure now what sarah sanders said about how this tape happened. what does it say about your own integrity if you're going around taping general kelly in the situation room, which is smofd to be secure, taping president trump at least once, and i think you've indicated more than that. why are you taping people and what does that say about you? >> don't you see the irony of all people, sarah huckabee sanders saying this book is full of lies when she lies to the american public every day. >> two wrongs don't make a

right. you're here so i'm asking you. >> she has a credibility issue. everything in my book "unhinged" everything you see in quotes is verifiable, documented. >> why did you feel you had to record it? >> the first thing they do when someone leaves the white house, they say they don't have credibility, just a coffee person, didn't have access to the president. >> why did you -- >> it's an honor to work in the white house for this country. this white house turned around. the normal procedures that go with the dignity of serving in the white house. i thought it would be difficult. unfortunately donald trump is letting the country down. >> let's talk about the most explosive allegations in the book. >> there's a lot. >> you said you'd be here a while so we're good. you told chuck on "meet the press" yesterday you have heard a tape from the apprentice years in which donald trump is heard

using the n word. >> multiple time. >> you heard the tape. >> let me be clear. i wasn't the one that broke the story about the n word tape. it happened in the fall during the campaign. people were contacting me, reaching out to me, trying to expose this. in fact, there was a conference call among campaign workers. jason miller, lynne patton, c katrina pearson where we talked about the possibility of him saying -- his own spokesperson said i have heard from a credible source he said it. >> you actually heard the tape. >> absolutely. what's your question, savannah? >> let's get to it. how long is this tape? >> there are multiple tapes. let's establish that. when you read my book tomorrow, which is available tomorrow, "unhinged" you'll see three different sources that corroborate. >> you said since the book was published you've heard it. how long is that tape? >> it's about three minutes. >> is it audio or video. >> audio. >> camera outtakes. >> audio. >> what is the context?

>> you like most americans learn about -- >> it's in the book. >> talk about the n word is throughout the book. have you read the book. i answered that question, savannah, what's the next question? >> the president -- >> he was talking about african-americans in the production during the course of the "apprentice," which is unacceptable. here is one thing, why don't we ask donald trump one thing, donald j. trump, have you ever used the n word. people who have this tape intend to release this tape. they may be using it for political motivation. why don't we ask the white house to issue a statement whether or not the president of the united states -- >> do you think they would release it. >> i would like to see if sarah sanders as a spokesperson would ask the president have you ever uttered that word about african-americans and let him answer. >> you now say, not just because

of this tape but because of other matters, that you believe the president to be a racist and a misogynist. this is a theme of your book. >> absolutely. >> let me play what you said on abc about whether the president is a racist the day after you were fired. >> so you think this president is racist? >> absolutely not. i would never have worked for someone who i believed to be a racist. donald trump is racial but not a racist. >> so why did you say then he's not a racist and now you say -- that was the day after you left. >> first of all, i had just come out of -- the day after i left. i had just been threatened by general kelly who said things could get ugly for me. there would be damage to my reputation. i was being very careful. i came out of the situation room, i was terrified. >> why -- >> i'm almost done. i was concerned about we will being what powerful people would do to me after they threatened

me. clearly released a story about me running around the white house which was not true. i was cautious about what i said, to not upset folks, who had my belongings. in fact, someone told me in the white house they destroyed my personal effects. i want them back, savannah. >> what about mental health, you said that you -- >> i'm almost -- >> the book called "unhinged." >> you know we have an interview right after this. >> yes. >> i know you want to go with more time but i will answer your last question and you see the time. >> what time do you need to go? >> you know it's a seven minute interview, now we're at ten. >> are we? i don't know the time. if you've got to go, you've got to go. >> the book comes out tomorrow. all of this is in the book. i hope your viewers will take an opportunity to read it and learn about the incredible journey i had for 15 years with the president of the united states. every single thing you heard on that tape is in this book and

many, many more. >> the book is called "unhinged," who does that refer to? >> donald j. trump. >> do you think he's mentally competent to do the job. >> no, i don't think he's fit. as we heard on the recording you just playeded, he doesn't know what's happening in the white house. general kelly, john kelly is running the white house and donald trump has no clue what's going on. he's being puppeted. that's dangerous to this nation. >> omarosa, if you've got to go, i've got a stack more questions right lower on the to "today" show. >> you know i have an interview >> you know i have an interview with someone well it finally happened, zachary. >> you know i have an interview with someone somebody burned down my she shed. nobody burned down your she shed, cheryl. well my she shed's on fire. your she shed was struck by lightning. zachary, is my she shed covered by state farm? your she shed's covered, cheryl. you hear that victor? i'm getting a new she shi-er she shed. she shi-er? mhhm. that's wonderful news. go with the one that's here

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good monday morning. it is 7:56. it will be hot. san jose reaching into the upper 80s and low 90s for the tri-valley. expect 96 and 72 in oakland. it is 65 in san francisco. average in the upper 80s. we'll see a slight increase in humidity. as we go towards the end of the day humidity increases but temperatures going back up. mid-90s and triple digits in some of our valleys. we'll continue on with clouds and fog each day. by the weekend el be up to 74 and sunny. let's get an update on the commute from mike. a pretty smooth flow of

traffic. northbound 101 at peninsula avenue. reports of a crash there. there may be more slowing. there may be a stall. southbound 280 there's a crash. we traditionally see a crash. it might be slow there. visibility is tough. can't even see the south tower. into the city from oakland a nice drive. it is mild right now. oakland schools back online. we play see a late commute for the next few days. happening now investigation continues into an overnight crash in san jose. it happened at capital expressway and highway 101. they say it was a multi-vehicle crash with a minivan rolling over trapping six people inside. everyone expected to survive. one one driver arrested for driving under the influence. police say an officer was

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it's 8:00 on "today." kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no. nobody even told me about it. >> former white house aide omarosa manigault-newman opening up exclusively on "today" about that secretly recorded phone call with the president. this tape shows him saying, oh, i didn't know you were fired. is he lying? >> yes. there were subsequent calls after that. >> this morning how the trump administration is responding to her shocking claims. plus hitting back. meghan markle's father once again grabbing headlines. why he says he hung up on prince harry during a heated phone call.

a whale of a time. >> there it is! >> that was amazing. >> jenna set sail off the coast of new york city in search of the largest animals to ever live on the planet. we'll take you inside her high seas adventure, today, august 13th, 2018. >> spending my last week of summer on the plaza. >> missouri. >> louisiana. >> charlotte, north carolina. >> good morning, hoda and savannah. >> from the iowa corn field. >> to the big apple. >> we're from baltimore. >> sisters from wisconsin in the big city. >> celebrating my dad's 80th birthday! >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today."

nice to have you with us bright and early on a monday morning. great t-shirt game by the plaza fans. >> a-game. i see a bunch of "today" show ones going by. we'll say hello in a second. first get right to your news. there are lots to cover this morning. there are serious questions about airport security after a groundworker in seattle was able to steal a large plane and fly it for an hour before crashing. nbc's hans nichols joins us from sea-tac airport with the very latest. hey, hans, good morning. >> hey, good morning, hoda. overnight, saying they recovered the data recorder at the crash site. this incident revealing potentially troubling security lapses at our nation's airports. namely, the threat of an insider attack. how did 29-year-old richard russell, without a pilot's license, didn't have authorization to fly, how was he able to get a twin engine aircraft across the tarmac, onto the runway, and take off before

crashing an hour later? overnight the fbi announcing they have recovered the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders. they hope that the black boxes will shed new light on what led to richard russell's high flying joy ride. on friday russell flew the 76-seat commercial aircraft through the skies over seattle. >> what the hell. >> reporter: after stealing the plane from sea-tac, one of the country's busiest airports, he talked to air traffic controllers while doing wild, airborne stunts. >> all right. pilot guy, can this do a backflip, do you think? >> reporter: his aerial acrobatics stunning onlookers and scrambling fighter jets in response. zbll shou >> should i do a barrel roll? if it goes good, go nose down and call it a night. >> reporter: ending in a crash in puget sound. russell didn't survive. >> he worked his shift. i believe he was in uniform. >> for 3 1/2 years he was

employed by horizon air, owned by alaskan air. a source close to the investigation said russell used a towing tractor to back the plane onto a runway. >> his wheels are smoking left and right. >> reporter: the incident reveals a troubling security gap at our nation's airports, where thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have access to planes. zachary orr was shocked to learn his longtime friend was involved. >> he wasn't the type of person to do anything dark, anything drastic. >> reporter: but his final trip ending in tragedy. >> just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it till now. >> reporter: overnight, the fbi tweeting they recovered human remains at the crash site, as well as the recorders. all part of an ongoing ntsb investigation into this bizarre threat of a commercial aircraft. even though the crash sparked a wildfire on the ground, no structures were burned. miraculously, no human injuries on the ground. former white house aide omarosa manigault-newman has been dropping bombshells and

releasing secretly recorded tapes as she promotes her new book earlier on this show. she claimed john kelly, who fired her, is the one running the country. the book the called "unhinged," who is that referring to? >> donald j trump, absolutely. >> do you think he's fit to do this job? >> no. as you heard on the recording we just played, he doesn't know what's happening in the white house. john kelly is running the white has no idea what's going on. he's being puppeted. that's dangerous for the nation. >> sarah sanders slammed omarosa manigault-newman as an disgruntled employee. we have an important health warning about the potential dangers of mosquito bites. one bite sent a 6-year-old north carolina boy to the hospital for nearly a week. kristen dahlgren is here to explain. good morning. >> morning, guys. the little boy's mom believes he was bitten while playing outside. now, she hopes their story, which has already been shared on facebook more than 12,000 times,

can help other families avoid the same fate. >> reporter: noah is happy to be home with his family and out of the hospital, where he was fighting for his life. >> so many times it went through my mind, not knowing if he was going to make it. >> reporter: noah's mom said it all started with a headache. the next day, he suffered a seizure. >> he was blue. his eyes were rolled back in the back of his head. the day after he got admitted into the hospital, he was just lifeless. >> reporter: she says he has la crosse encephalitis, received through mosquito bites, causing swelling in the brain. his family prayed noah would be okay. >> i thought there'd never be the turn. all of a sudden, 3:00 that day, he sat up in bed and started talking to me. it was just mind blowing, how much -- i mean, in a matter of minutes, it's like he came to life.

>> reporter: an average of 70 cases are reported each year in the u.s., according to the centers for disease control and prevention. most severe cases occur in children younger than 16. >> it's been very hard. especially at night, him waking up and having nightmares. >> reporter: a heart wrenching experience she doesn't want anyone else to go through. >> take the precaution and extra step. i never thought a mosquito bite would have ever done this to my kid. never. >> i know his mom says he was bitten even though he was wearing bug spray. experts still say it is one of the best ways to prevent mosquito bites. other ways include covering up, wear long sleeves, pants, and socks when the weather allows it, and remove standing water and containers outside your home. things you can do. >> good advice. >> no bathtub for mosquitos out there. >> thanks. nasa says its parker solar probe is off to a good start on its seven-year mission to touch the sun.

the robotic probe was launched from cape canaveral on sunday. it is expected to make 24 passes a the sun. each will get steadily closer until it flies into the sun's corona less than 4 million miles from its surface. the findings will help experts predict weather events in space that can have an impact on satellites, astronauts, and the power grids here on earth. you have the news taken care of. how about a boost? >> indeed. >> working out goes betterpartn. we'd agree. that was the case with one daddy. high-stepping through the speed ladder. here comes his 1-year-old. you can do it. uh-huh. he's following in the footsteps. that racked up 500,000 views online. he goes on to do more exercises. just doesn't end. and down. oh! you have to squat, too. >> going to feel the burn this morning. >> he is. >> adorable. much more ahead, including

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♪ we're back 8:14. jenna joins us this morning. you slept late today. >> i slept in. >> we'll begin with "today's" talker, an explosive interview with meghan markle's dad. morgan radford with that. good morning. >> good morning. thomas markle said he last into to his daughter the day after her wedding and hasn't heard from her since. now the 74-year-old dad is taking to the sayre ways saying he feels locked out of the palace and fears he will never see his daughter again. meghan markle's father thomas markle hitting back saying he hung up on prince harry during a heated phone call last may. the prince reprimanded himuring did the phone call.

he told me i should never go to the press, they would eat me alive and it would end up in tears. mr. markle admitting the prince was the right but was upset by harry's rude comments while he was recovering from a heart procedure days before the wedding last may. the fallout after mr. markle caused a media firestorm which he posed for paparazzi pictures before the wedding which he didn't attend. >> royals don't like that. >> another scandalous interview saying he hasn't spoken to his daughter in months and fears he won't see her again. >> the reaction to thomas markle's latest interview is more bewilderment. he doesn't want to stop speaking. >> meghan putting on a brave face through out, holding hands and sharing a kiss at a polo match last month. and on her first birthday as a royal waving to fans all smiles by harry's side while attending

harry's friend's wedding. not all has been a fairy tale. >> he said she completely cut him off, changed her phones, which seems a drastic measure on her part but indicates how broken and fractured the relationship is between daughter and father. >> despite the controversy with her father, local media reports say markle's mother is set to move to london very soon to be closer to her daughter. meanwhile the royal newlyweds are set to start their royal tour in september following in the footsteps of harry's parents, charles and diana, whose first royal tour as a married couple was also to australia and new zealand, ladies. >> you hate to hear about families having trouble but good to hear her mom is moving to london. >> hoda with a silver lining. speaking of silver linings and the sun, dylan, to you, weather woman. >> not a whole lot of silver

lining in the northeast until wednesday. we have to wait for that. texas also dealing with rain. there are nice areas across the country. the northern plains and also back through the upper midwest, temperatures will be seasonable, temperature summertime weather, sunshine out as well. southwest monsoonal rain. we have rain clearing out of the carolinas this morning as the storm system tries to pull away. looking at 80s and 90s in the that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. we're looking at a lot of sunshine for inland valleys and slightly cooler temperatures, with most of us averaging in the upper 80s. as we head towards the end of the week, into the weekend, it's going to heat up once again, with some widespread mid-90s for saturday as well as sunday. san francisco, we'll see weather on repeat continuing, with some fog each and every morning. clearing out with some sunshine and highs in the mid-60s. then we'll warm up several degrees into friday as well as saturday.

that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. you're in the orange room because you have something big to share. >> huge news from the orange room, basically a click away. today.com got a makeover and the website has a whole fresh new look. today.com is where you can find favorite stories, interviews, videos, viral moments, recipes, home decor, shopping trips. basically whatever we have on the show we have online as well. there are dedicated things for all things today. megyn kelly has her own site, hoda and kathie lee, you can click on that. "today" willie and "weekend today." with just a click you can watch full episodes here, too. or you can clec on our special on the show section where you'll find clips from all four hours. the new look, it is live now. just head to today.com to check it all out. >> it's easier to navigate. >> i know. that's always the thing. >> it looks easy.

>> my mom has a very hard time trying to find -- she's like, where are those clips. >> a jenna channel. is there a jenna button. >> not yet. >> there should be. >> maybe. >> thank you, dylan. >> "pop start" for us? >> switching to "pop start." let's talk about idris elba. will he be the next bond? for year the british actor has been the focus of hopeful theories he might play the next 007 after daniel craig throws in the towel. today he said, my name is elba, idris elba, the famous bond line. that sent fans into a frenzy. following up with another post, don't believe the hype. is he or isn't he? nothing has been confirmed publicly. this certainly isn't stopping fans from believing it. up next carrie underwood. fans were thrilled when the

country music star broke the news she's expecting her second child. she revealed the first picture of her baby bump. the fan seen here. "cry pretty" comes out september 14th, the same day she'll be joining us on the plaza for a special concert. so excited for that. now to a blast from the past. the stars from iconic "back to the future" franchise reunited in boston over the weekend. this is the first time the four have gathered together since their anniversary reunion in 2015. l l lea thompson positions. >> kristen bell's oldest daughter linked graduated from preschool. she shared her emotional journey posting this photo, don't worry, guys, i'm having a great time at preschool graduation.

i'm not a mess or neg. things took a turn once the children started singing "i've got peace like a river." ♪ like a river in my soul ♪ i've got love like an ocean i've got love like an ocean i've got love like an ocean ♪ >> queue us all crying. that's "pop start." >> jenna is going to transition into kumbaya. >> i'm crying. >> a great reason jenna is here joining us. you went in search of captivating creatures. >> i sure did. i had a blast. we went searching for whales in new york city. people had the same questions, are there really whales that close to manhattan and do you think you'll actually see one? they are the largest animals to ever live on the planet. weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds, these elusive ocean

dwellers can live more than 200 years. but there is still so much left to learn about whales. did i read correctly that we still don't know every type of whale? there are still unknowns. >> absolutely. there's a lot of work to be done, not just a museum and lab but also knowing about the whales out there. >> do you think we'll ever find them all? >> i hope not. otherwise, i would be out of a job. >> nick is a paleontologist at the smithsonian institute. he's spent his career studying these mammoths of the sea, tracking whales by attacking sensors as they swim to the deepest depths in the wild and examining whales that died and fossils tens of millions of years old. >> so tell me what you've learned about whales? >> i've learned a lot of different aspects about how they came to be giants in the ocean. that's kind of the big ocean. they once lift on land and they were small. now they are in the ocean and they don't look anything like the mammals we see every day.

what happened. that answer is from looking at their fossils. then today it's really exciting to be able to see them out in the water like this because there's a lot we still don't know about them. >> in his new book "spying on whales" he dives deep into the history and secret lives of these mighty marine mammals. >> tell me what makes whales so magnificent. >> i kind of think of them as mammals from space. when you look at a whale, it's not immediately obvious they are mammals. they are kind of like you and me. they give birth to live young they nurse and live human lifetimes in some cases. studying them gives me insight into how evolution works. >> with our spy gear in hand, we set out with gotham whale on the american princess cruise in search of these beautiful, mysterious creatures. but would we find one? after enduring some false alarms. >> is there a whale? there's people running. are we slowing down because there's a whale?

>> running. good prep. >> three hours later, our whale of a wish comes true. >> a whale. >> where? >> straight ahead, 11:00. >> there it is. >> that was amazing. this was worth the wait. this was worth the wait. >> oh, my gosh. wow. >> i saw his mouth. i saw him eating fish. >> there he goes. >> the fact that you can see the city skyline right here and there's a whale that we're tracking. >> right there, right there. >> right there. >> right in front of the city. what does this say about the species. >> says in general relative healthy ecosystem relative to where it was 10, 15 years ago. you can see a lot of plastic and trash out here. there's a balance. recovering ocean but still human

threats that are everywhere, really. >> hi, whale. >> have you ever seen a whale this close to the city? >> seeing a whale with the city skyline, that was awesome. >> it was a good day. we did it. >> that was like one of the best days of my entire life. i don't know if y'all have read the news this week, there's been a lot of whale news. there's an orca in the pacific northwest who has carried her baby. she delivered a baby. she's carried her baby that passed away just a few hours after birth for 17 days. over 1,000 miles. >> is that typical? >> i reached out to nick, our specialist. he said they have grief. they feel grief, these mothers just like humans do. they are huge mammals. i think mother across the country were rallying. she's now let the baby go and she's eating and frisky and things are good. anyway, i love a whale. >> thank you, jenna.

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as we often see on a monday. we are looking at north 87. there's a crash clearing. remember, high school students are coming back into session so there may be some newer drivers on the surface streets. north 101, we recovered from the earlier crash around peninsula but now it's backed up from san mateo to sfo. there's a disabled big rig there may be blocking your right lane. we'll track that over on the peninsula. the rest of the bay shows a smooth flow of traffic through highway 24, contra costa county. a very light backup. look at that. >> nice. more news for you coming up in 30 minutes.

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themselves. my dog got to excited about that. >> a lot going on. >> i need some action with these puppies. he wants to play. >> we also have food coming up. on "today's" food a chowder showdown. two chefs squaring off this morning so we can decide once and for all, manhattan or new england clam chowder. that's a tough one. first miss megyn, have you a lot coming up on your show. >> you're right. i'm so distracted by the dogs and omarosa and everything that's gone on this morning. she's fun. so today we're going to be talking to two girls. they were conjoined twins born together and they were separated about seven months into life. now they are 17 and ready to talk about their memories, their twin senses. you know what it's like to be a twin, where you feel your twin's pain. they have it for real and they have some incredible stories. we'll be talking about that. and the latest on the markle

situation. >> miss dylan, a check of the weather? >> yes. it is now starting to rain hard in the northeast. we do have a flood threat because of the rain across mid-atlantic. we've already had flood warnings in parts of eastern pennsylvania. heavy rain also going to fall down through texas by the middle of the week. we are looking at the chance of some of that heavier rain moving into the midwest. it's humid. down south temperatures will feel like it's up around 100 degrees. on the end of the week by friday, scattered showers and storms for the eastern half of the country, monsoonal rain in the southwest. it's ho it's hot and dry out that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to have a little bit of a cooldown for parts of the bay area. reaching into the upper 80s for most of our spots. and then as we go through the week, it will be drying out and then turning hot once again. with highs in the low 90s. we'll be in the mid-90s, widespread temperatures for the

inland valleys as we go into the weekend. san francisco keeps temperatures in the mid-60s. fog and cloudy today. by the weekend it will be hotter, with highs reaching into the mid-70s there. well, now megyn left me, too. i've got an umbrella, dog, microphone. we have a birthday here. >> yes. >> how old are you turning? >> i'm turning 16. it was my birthday yesterday. >> happy birthday. sweet 16. this little guy wants to say hi. it's scooby doo. i have lipstick all over his head. >> thank you. now to consumer music streaming services. it's easier than ever to listen to your music wherever you are, wherever you want to. with more and more options, how do you decide which one is best for you. consumer reports looked into that and their digital editor elliot is here. hi, elliot. >> good morning to you. >> i subscribe to three or four. i'm wondering if i'm subscribing

to too many and what the choices are. let's break it down. amazon music, people get that when they subscribe to prime. >> if you're a prime member, it's absolutely free. 2 million songs with prime. >> okay. >> if you want to up grade you can buy their larger catalog for $10 a month, which is not bad. you don't have to have alexa devices but it's easier. talk to alexa. >> and other sources. >> once you hook it up to that, absolutely. >> if you were to say what type of person would be best for this one. >> if you're in that amazon prime system and you have alexa, good for you. that's probably the one. >> apple music. i feel like that's the default, the one we go to, on your phone. >> so many of us have itunes on the cds, rip tunes into the library. apple is the streaming version of that.

10,000 songs, a huge library there. sometimes you'll get exclusives with artists, two weeks only on apple music, then wider. similar to the amazon system here. if you're an apple person, the mac, ipad, iphone, probably good. >> just to be 100% clear, sometimes you look, down loads are $1.25, older are 0.99. if you have this you get them all for $9. >> it transfers into the streaming on demand library for you. >> i have old things on my apple music, real old stuff i downloaded, cds, can you incorporate that in there? >> essentially what it does, make a digital copy for you. the cd doesn't exist anymore, the digital copy. what's yours is yours. >> pandora is great if you like a certain vibe of a song. >> it's been around a long time. this is the first one i remember using years ago. it replicates that d.j., radio experience. it's free, which is nice.

you will have to listen to ads. if you want to step up $5 a month no ads, $10 gets on demand larger library there. think about maybe creating that like jazz feeling for a dinner party. years ago i traded a carol -- went through a carole king phase. >> i saw beautiful and did a same thing. james taylor, anything kind of like that. >> that genre. >> that's kind of cool. spotify, my go to, the one i like the most" tell us about that one. >> this is the most popular globally, 35 million songs. what a lot of people love about spotify use their curated playlists. they have so many playlists to pick from, share them with friends, people like that. $10 for unlimited on demand library system. >> you can create any playlist you want. can you share that one as well. >> you can. that's what people like. the nice thing about spotify,

technical term platform agnostic. what that means is it integrates nicely with all the systems you have, iphone, android. >> price of that. >> $10 at month. >> youtube music, i'm totally unfamiliar with. >> youtube we think of videos. >> yeah. >> google, various music forms. this is new, youtube music, free with ads, $10 a month. yes it does have videos. a lot of remix and live versions. you can download these and use it offline. so when you're not connected to cellular or wi-fi service, it is there as well. >> can you add that stuff to your apple music or anything like that? >> this will work separately but you can play it on different speakers and what not. >> elliot, great. >> we have all this broken down. a lot of information, too. a lot of these are free trials. see if it works for you. >> i like consumer reports does all the work. >> wy we're here, hoda. >> you can find more about these recommendations at consumer

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the back to school shopping season under way, the list is endless. we thought we would pair things down. here with winners is fashion editor tiffany. >> teens are tricky. >> it's tough. >> these are teen approved. >> we had teens come into our office. they tested products. they gave us real live feedback. it was funny. lots of opinions. we took their opinions and paired it with the editors and have this selection for you guys. >> first category, first day school fashion, sneakers are essential. >> sneakers are the first thing you think about back to school. you wear them all the time. we want to make sure you get a

lot for your buck. they love reeboks, like the color, they like to make the statement in the hallway. bright colors are about being bold and showing your personality. >> correct me if i'm wrong, this pullover voted most extra but in a good way. >> extra is good. extra means you want to be noticed. >> okay. >> it has something special about it. this is metallic, extra in a good way. loud but nice. this is men's version, female. >> the men's version isn't as extra as the women's. >> a little toned down, which is great. >> they also have red for fem e females. if you can't to be not extra this is it. >> water bottles. >> larger size, pastel. that's a theme and trend for back to school. it keeps hot and cold and long lasting. very affordable. >> shove that into the backpack.

>> yes. >> hand sanitizer. is that what this is? >> they are so cute. looks like a little birth, a little spritz. >> affordable. >> throw it in there, parents will be happy, kids won't get germs. >> parents love it staying healthy back to school. >> homework time. this is an adorable table lamp and looks like it charges, too. >> all in one organizer, light and you also can charge. you can just plug your phone up here. >> i see. >> kind of rest it. >> mount it. you're all good. >> great. really cute. >> what is this? >> a five in one charger. literally throw it in your bag. i love the rainbow colors. you're looking for your charger, it gets lost. so bright, easy to find in the backpack. you can charge your phone, portable charger, ipad, whatever. >> nice. you can put it onto this lamp, really in business. >> a lot going on. i love that. >> talk about -- we've got to

have fuel for studying. what are these, like a blender. >> a blender. i'm going to warn you, do not put ice in it, fresh fruit, vegetables, great. >> not frozen fruit. >> if you want to pop ice cubes after you're done blending, yes. >> this is preblended, this is blended. >> the idea you put the fruit in and blend it before you go. >> take it on the go. >> cheers to that. >> cheers. >> thank you so much. >> cheers. >> if you want to find these items and a whole lot more go to to the ai.com/shop has all of "sevente "seventeen"'s list. >> are you team manhattan or team new england? obviously we're talking about chowder. it's a chowder showdown right lower on the "today"how but fi srs

back now 8:47 with "today's" food, a battle for the ages.

we have a chowder off under way. mike price co-owner and executive chef of the clam is representing manhattan. for the new england style chef annie cox author of "cape cod." chefs, good morning. i'm sorry, we're starting with manhattan. but we love you. we'll be back in a second. what's the main difference for folks who don't know. >> really clam broth, slightly different vegetables in manhattan, red peppers and carrots but not dissimilar. carrot, thyme sprigs and chowder clams. >> they have to be closed. i know that's important. >> closed and heavy. they should feel like a rock. that means the liquid is still inside. go ahead and add those. >> okay. >> then we're going to add a little bit of white wine. >> how many do you stick in

there, just enough to cover the bottom or as many as you want. >> about a dozen or so in a pot this size depending how big the clams are. we're going to go ahead and put a lid on top. >> how long do those steam up for? >> about 10 minutes until they open up. they look like this opened up. >> those are huge. wow. >> then we take the leftover broth and strain it through the cheese cloth. >> that's going to be the broth. >> we've got our clams here. >> dice those babies up. you have to be careful about overcooking those. >> you don't want to overcook those. cook them until they open is good. chop them up. >> hoda pretends to know. >> what are you talking about? >> don't overcook those. >> are you trying the manhattan. >> how is it? >> good. >> we can't give our cards away. we're voting. >> it's early, it's early. >> don't worry, annie, we haven't forgotten you. >> it's not that good. >> all right. so you've got all your veges.

>> bacon, onion, celery, peppers, can chopped tomatoes. >> just like that. >> cook them for five minutes or so. add our -- >> add the broth. i'm going to leave time. is this it here? >> that's it finished? >> looks delicious. don't reveal. they are whispering over there, plotting. >> the jury is deliberating. >> now over to annie. new england. >> new england, the original. i think people think of chowder they think new england. just saying. just saying. similar to what mike did, i'm going to start with fresh clams. these are cherry stone clams, just water. low heat just until they open up. like you said, you don't want to overcook them or they get tough and rubbery. this is what they look like. take them out of the shell, just like mike did, give them a rough chop. moving right along, right here rendered out bacon, very, very

important. that's going to add a lot of flavor. i'm going to put celery and onion and soften that all up. put that down. then once the onions are softened and fragranced. >> careful, don't wipe out on me. i need your vote. then i'm going to put just a little bit of flour in here and make a roux. you want to cook that flour taste off otherwise it will be gummy and yucky. this is strained clam broth. i do it a little at a time, no lumps or bumps. nice, smooth chowder. in that goes. >> what's this? >> this is potato. you can put the potato. bay leaf. why do i use bay leaf? break it in half, smell it, rub it on your hands, all the essential oils. >> how long does it cook. >> until potato is cooked and the flurry taste. not a glunky, super creamy, you

want to taste the clams. >> how much cream goes in? heavy cream? >> french girl, i'm not joking around here. >> dump it in. >> dump it in and cook it just until -- wait, wait, wait. garni garnish. bacon. texture and flavor, my friend. >> okay. that's the new england. hold on. i want to try manhattan. >> what? >> have you tried it? >> we voted. >> i've been going back and forth. >> dylan is having a hard time. dylan is having a hard time. >> where are you from? >> she said she's from new jersey. >> the problem is i'm from new jersey. >> where you live. >> ready for the vote? >> let's go, one at a time. jenna. >> i voted for the new england but really the oyster cracker . the oyster cracker for the wind. >> we did not plan this. >> i voted for oyster cracker.

>> it is butter and cream and all of this. >> and the bacon. >> i'm pretty sure new england would disown me if i didn't pick them. >> it was delicious. >> who would you vote for? >> the manhattan. >> it's okay, guys. >> thank you, mike and annie. get the recipes on today.com/food. we're back in a moment. this is "today"

oh. that was delicious. >> we loved your clam chowder. >> mike, your clam chowder was magnificent. >> christian slater joining us from the top of the show talking about the movie "the wife" he

has a great role and jane lynch and chris -- >> first a check for the local news and weather. i )m - -... the so-called "grand central good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. so-called grand central station of the west is open for business this morning. san francisco's brand-new transit center is up and running for bus service. while today is the first true test, with the crush of monday morning commuters, the first weekend of service went pretty smoothly. hundreds came out to check out the new gigs over the weekend. this is the city's first

permanent transit center in decades. it also has a new rooftop part. happening now, containment has decreased a bit for the fire. now 68% contained, dropping from 70% overnight. that fire has burned more than 334,000 acres. the fire has destroyed more than 140 homes. more federal government officials are heading to redding today. secretaries of agriculture and interior will be holding a meeting at the carr fire this afternoon. the secretary of homeland security visited the shasta county fire last week. so far, president trump has not visited any of the wildfires or the affected areas in california. the carr fire is now 60% contained. the fire prevention talks are heating up in sacramento. this week, lawmakers will look at a way to clean up trees. >> stay connected to your world wherever the world takes you. get the nbc bay area app. north t

year )s wildfires. what students can expect when they return to class. plus-- our consumer investigator bags a case after a bay area woman )s "run in" at a shopping center. join us tomorrow from

good morning, everyone and welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. happy monday. we have a lot to get to this morning. from a story raising questions about airline security to omarosa's shocking interview with savannah just over an hour ago. did you see this? oh, mygoodness. we're going to get to it. we'll have the latest on the meghan markle family drama. joining me to discuss what's making the rounds today, nbc stephanie gosk and jenna bush hager along with matt iseman co-host of -- >> "american ninja warrior." >> love it, "american ninja warrior." can we start w