. good morning, friday night lights chaos, a high school football game in south florida, ends abruptly. someone open fired in the middle of the game shooting two people. authorities saying it started after a fight between students. we'reive with the latest. time in jail. a former trump aide plead guilty to lying to investigators. the campaign manager jury deliberations into the third

day. prosecutors file charges against an 18-year-old who pushed her friend off of a bridge, nearly killing her. does the punishment fit the crime. cop collision. a teenager goes flying after a police car crashes into it. bullying miss america. the reigning queen comes forward after being bullied including former fox news anchor who was a fierce component in the me too movement. honoring the queen. what we learn on how she will be respect the. today, august 18, 2018. >> from nbc news, this is

"today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome. kate snow is with us today. good to have you. >> nice to be here. can we keep plague the aretha franklin for a couple of minutes. they announced last night the details august 31, for the funeral and will a couple of days of viewing for the public. the last couple of days i have been introducing my children to all of her music. >> detroit's favorite daughter appearing like she was going to send her off like the queen she was. let's start with breaking news, shots fired at a high school football game in florida, two people injured and police trying to piece this together. nbc matt bradley with the developments. good morning. >> good morning. a shooting and investigators

searching for answers and brought back nightmares of the stone man douglas nightmare six months ago. >> reporter: last night, pandemonium at a high school football game. >> it was hectic. i was worried about my friends. >> two people hospitalized and emptying the stands and ending a preseason game between the high schools. >> i feel the ground shaking and everybody immediately start running and i'm like what's going on and somebody told me, they are like it's gunshots. >> a chopper landing on the field to evacuate a victim and the other rushed to the hospital by a friend. both victims were adults and had no motive for the shootings. >> we heard the gunshots and ran. >> what happened next, is a sign

of the times. dozens of sheriff deputies descended on the field for another school shooting. like the one that killed 17 students at stone man douglas high school six months ago. >> i'm still shaking. you hear about this stuff but until it happens in your neighborhood and your child, you don't know. >> and those dramatic picture this you are seeing on the football field, they may look orderly but the football fans say the scene was so panicked people were getting trampled. it was supposed to be a preseason football game. >> thank you so much. >> we have sad breaking news to start. kofi annan died.

the first black african secretary serving from 1997 to 2006. the leader won the nobel peace prize and annan passed, away at a hospital in switzerland and he was 80 years old. >> a lot happening in politics. what sentence special counsel robert mueller is recommended for a former trump campaign aide pleading guilty. >> john brennan slammed president trump about his security clearance being revoked. we have kelly o'donnell here the president's golf course this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kate. the president has the authority to decide who sees the most secret important national security matters, interest are critics who say he is using the power to try to get back at those who have been outspoken

against him. especially those involved in the russia investigation. today, there is a new development involving the first person arrested by the mueller team in the russia investigation. new overnight. up to six months in prison. that is what the special counsel is asking a judge to sentence george papadopoulos. he pleaded guilty last october to lying to investigators and has been cooperating with the russia probe. papadopoulos was part of the trump campaign foreign policy panel and claimed to know russia had dirt on hillary clinton. meanwhile, the president is unapologetic about revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan. >> i like taking on voices like that. i have never respected him. i never had a lot of respect. >> reporter: the president denied trying to silence critics and claimed erahe raised brenna profile. >> i'm giving him a bigger voice.

>> reporter: brennan used his voice appearing on cable tv friday night. warning the fight with the u.s. intelligence is dangerous. >> this is an egregious act that flies in the face of traditional practice as well as common sense as well as national security. >> reporter: late friday, another wave of protests. a statement from 60 former cia officials who warned the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test on intelligence officials speaking out. there has been no stopping the book tour of former official to the white house omarosa manigault newman. the press reports that she possesses a treasure trove of audio and video and texts and e-mails to back up her claims. >> there are things that i write about and things i'm going to save to share when the time is right. >> reporter: as my reporters

friday -- asked by reporters friday, if a pardon is possible for paul manafort. the president declined to weigh in as the jury considers the evidence in the tax evasion and bank fraud trial. he spoke kindly of him. >> he happens to be a very good person. i think it is very sad what they have done to paul manafort. >> kelly, what is the latest with the paul manafort jury? >> reporter: well, they still have all of the power and they are working at this. 15 hours of deliberations so far. a panel of six men and six women. they have to go through 18 counts and reach unanimous verdict on each one of those. these are alleged financial crimes by paul manafort in the business dealings before the trump campaign. the jury has been at it two days now. >> thank you, kelly. a programming note. you can see former cia director

john brennan tomorrow morning on "meet the press." a woman caught on camera pushing her friend off the 60-foot bridge is facing criminal charges this morning for that push. in a moment, we will talk to the victim. jordan holgerson, to get her thoughts on the charges. first, we have the latest from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: good morning. holgerson crashed into the water and experienced six broken ribs and a punctured lung. now charges for the friend and why she gave the shove. this morning, 18-year-old taylor smith who pushed her friend off the 60-foot high washington state bridge is in legal jeopardy. friday, prosecutors charging smith with reckless endangerment. it is clear smith engaged in conduct which created a substantial risk of death and resulted in serious physical injury. the video horrified people. 16-year-old jordan holgerson

plunging off the bridge and slamming into the water below. just moments before, you can hear the fear in holgerson's voice. at first, she wants to jump. >> go! >> do i just go? >> reporter: then has second sho thoughts. you hear smith pressure holgerson to take the plunge. >> i'm so scared. >> jordan, go. >> reporter: then the shove. >> she is saying no. >> ready? >> oh! >> reporter: on abc news, smith said she is doing what she thought her friend wanted and never intended harm. >> she wanted to jump and she was scared. she asked me to give her a push and i didn't think about the consequences. i thought she would be fine. >> reporter: now holgerson wants smith to think about her actions behind bars. that charge is considered a gross misdemeanor with a

accidenmaximum sentence of a year in jail. >> thank you, steve. >> jordan holgerson is speaking out in the first live interview. jordan, good morning to you. i want to start by asking how you are feeling. you have such injuries. six broken ribs and lung pu punctu punctured. you all right? >> i'm feeling in a lot of pain. that's for sure. >> jordan, yesterday, we heard taylor's side of the story for the first time. one of the things that taylor contends is you asked her to push you because were you too afraid to do it on your own. is that how you remember it? >> nope. i never asked taylor to push me. i don't think i would have if i wouldn't have jumped. >> are you saying then that she was lying yesterday when she

said that? >> taylor was definitely lying in her interview yesterday because i can't imagine asking taylor to push me off the bridge. >> jordan, she said that she has apologized to you many times. i know you were good friends before all this happened. how are you feeling about the charges filed against her? >> i just wanted taylor to be put away for a little bit so she can think about what she did and about her actions. >> so put away for a little bit. serving time in jail. she faces up to a year. >> yeah. >> jordan, do you also think that her family should help pay for some of the medical expenses you incurred? should there be some sort of financial penalty as well? >> i think there should be some

because the bill we have definitely wasn't my fault. it wasn't needed for us to pay for it. >> are you planning to sue? >> if it gets to that point, maybe. >> jordan, talk about the friendship you had. you were very close. some people might look at that tape and see a bunch of kids goofing around having fun. what is the harm in that? >> i don't think that's what kids do to have fun. i don't think kids push each other off bridges to have fun. we were close friends. we were friends for about a year. that's it. >> okay. jordan, get better. good luck with the upcoming school year as well. >> thank you. >> jordan holgerson. thank you. new this morning, we are learning more about the tragic murder of the young pregnant mother and two daughters.

family, friends and strangers gathered on friday night as investigators search for reasons why a man who would commit such a horrific crime. we get more from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: outside the home where shanann watts and 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella were killed, a tearful memorial. the pregnant mother had plan to reveal to friends she was expecting a little boy. niko according to family. instead, her husband, chris watts, stands accused of killing his family. >> i can't believe chris would do this. >> reporter: court documents reveal the children were found in a well. the report recommends dna swabs for the children raising the possibility they were strangled.

police say chris watts murdered his family and told the world they were missing. >> i want them home. >> reporter: before his arrest, watts stayed with a close family friend. >> we defended him on social media. we really had no idea. >> reporter: but there were signs of trouble. court documents show the pair filed for bankruptcy. >> investigators are going to know whether or not he had a girlfriend. how deep financial trouble he was in. >> reporter: after pleading for the public's help, watts said little in court. a law enforcement source telling our denver affiliate, he confessed to the crime. the question? why. >> it is not fair. they had way too much ahead of them. she was excited about having another baby. >> reporter: on a weekend that was supposed to be a celebration of new life, friends and family now mourning an unfathomable loss. for "today," miguel almaguer,

frederick, colorado. >> a hard story. >> hard to process. let's turn to dylan with a check of the weather. hey. >> another unsettled weekend for the northeast and mid-atlantic. the frontal system is still basically stuck in play. as long as that is there, that is the area where we see showers and storms fire up. we have flash flood watches in effect for 14 million people. down across new jersey and pennsylvania and delaware and maryland too. this is because the ground is so saturated. it is going to take a half inch up to 1 inch of rainfall for some of the areas that have flooded recently to see more flooding through the day. that is our main concern. other than that, we are not looking at a ton of rain. this cold front will slide to the south into sunday and showers and storms in the mid-atlantic and also in southern new jersey and delaware and parts of virginia too. the cold front will cool things down. it has been warm and uncomfortable. as we go through the day, highs

in the 80s. watch what happens for sunday. new york city drops to 78 degrees. we have not been in the 70s for a while. another cold front, this is a reinforcing cold front to the weekend begins with temperatures close to 60 in san jo jose. a spare the air day. worse air quality the east bay. around san jose for ground level ozone and smoke hazy skies this saturday. mid-90s across the east bay. upper 80s san jose. 60s san francisco. today looks to be the hotter of the two weekend days. the sea breeze picks up. temperatures cooling early next week. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. still ahead on saturday morning, the reigning miss america with stunning allegations against

pageant organization claiming she is bullied and silenced by them. including former fox news anchor gretchen carlson. and tributes to the queen still pouring in for aretha franklin. but first this is "today" on nbc.

. we are back on this saturday morning with the weekly download. >> it began with one of president trump's closest confidants turning on him here on nbc. >> former apprentice star and fired white house aide out with a new book painting an unflattering picture here on "today." >> do you think he is mentally competent to do this job. >> no. i don't think he is fit. >> after he was fired by white

house chief of staff, john kelly. >> he came to me and said you wanted me to leave. >> nobody told me about it. >> omarosa accusing the president of using the n word. >> said she heard mr. president use that word. >> how many times have you heard the president use that word? >> multiple times. >> the president denying it. >> a grand jury report released about hundreds of priests abusing children. >> the report found over 1,000 trial victims identified in the church's recordeds and alleged crimes as inappropriate contact and bound ral issues. almost every issue two old to be prosecuted. terror and chaos. a driver rammed the car outside

of london injuring several. >> swerving it into the wrong lane and hitting cyclists and heading for the most heavily guarded building in britain. armed police surrounded the car and handcuffed. 29 british born overseas. aretha franklin one of the all-time greats of music. >> she was royalty. >> the queen of soul gone but the unmistakable voice that touched so many will live on. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> a utah man crashed a plane into his home after a domestic dispute.

a baltimore police officer resigned after video released of him beating a man went viral. the end of a summer night's festival and then disaster. the the ground disappears. a wooden boardwalk plunging into the sea. >> thankfully, no life threatening injuries were reported. finally a bit of fun in the security line at newark airport. >> a young boy showed off his moved and tsa officer takes up the challenge. >> they look good. >> did a great job. >> i love that video. >> look at that guy flossing like kate snow. >> i would noter if there were travelers behind him like let's go. >> inspired by fortnight apparently. >> that's where my kids said the dances come from. >> that's when the dances come

from. an uplifting story about how music is helping the homeless of los angeles. breaking entertainment news about singer nick jonas and actress. they make it look easy. >> they make it look easy. >> i think i figured it out. >> first, these messages. take a

fremont here's a lube look outside in fremont. what? why is it sobriety outside? so confused.

you was thinking, have you lived been in this newsroom for that long? meteorologist rob mayeda has a look at our microclimate forecast. >> right now we're seeing patchy fog in and around san francisco. fremont not bad. clear skies. 59 degrees in san jose. livermore 59 degree temperatures. walnut creek, you have temperatures later on today in the 90s. so hot temperatures inland around the east bay and tri-valley. mid-90s in the forecast. upper 80s around san jose. upper 60s for san francisco. the weekend forecast for san francisco stays in the 60s. look at inland spots. spare the air day too for air quality issues. a little bit of cooling tomorrow. more significant cooling early next week. we'll have a closer look at changes ahead and the latest on a hurricane passing close to hawaii coming up at 7:00.

>> we'll see you then. fire crews this morning are still on the scene of a fast moving fire along a busy highway in the east bay along highway 4 in martinez. look at that. it ignited in several places. moving up a hill, threatening homes near alhambra way. this is what fire officials believe about the cause. >> we found some evidence it may have been a car. we do have fire investigators looking into the cause of the fire. >> i saw orange glow in the sky and a ton of smoke. it was very close and scary and a little too close to home. >> crews could keep the fire to just 30 acres. a real-life version of the movie "speed." a bay area man uses a stolen police cruiser to steal a bus. it started with a car crash. when the chp responded, one of the drivers took off in a patrol car, took off to sacramento state and tried to commandeer a

college bus full of passengers. passengers retained him till police identified. he is 34-year-old aaron avatan. no one was hurt. it is 5:59. coming up on "today in the bay," we are clearing the shelters. today is our annual program to help shelter dogs and cats and other animals find a forever home. we'll show you how you can add a furry friend to your family. some of them are named rob and bobby mayeda. you can take us home. we'll have that and the news and weather coming up at 7:00. back to the "today" show.

we are back on saturday morning. august 18th, 2018. let's start with the check of the headlines. the shootout at a football field in florida overnight. two adult men in the hospital this morning. within is in critical -- one is in critical condition after the gunfire at palm beach central high school which caused chaos there. authorities arriving on the scene as the helicopter arrived to land on the field to help the victim. it started with an altercation with students. no arrests have been made. a woman who pushed her friend off the bridge and into the washington state river has been charged with reckless even

dangerme dangerme danger -- endangerment. this video that went viral shows taylor smith shoving jordan holgerson who suffered a punctured lung and six broken ribs. jordan spoke out earlier on "today." >> i just want taylor to be put away for a little bit so she can think about what she did and about her actions. >> jordan mentioned the possibility of suing her friend's family. by the way, the criminal charge carries a maximum jail sentence of yearly a year. police in sacramento, california released new video the moment the police video struck a teenager sending him flying in the air and sparking community outcry. the 16-year-old was chased by police who stopped him for not having a forward facing light on his bike. driving at a speed of 27 miles an hour, the car veers across the road and launching the boy

to to the ho to the hood. the boy was sent to the hospital. and two fisher men got a catch of a lifetime. they were fishing off the coast of new jersey and the whale came up underneath them. the men were not hurt in the incident. states police took to social media to joke about the encounter saying charges against the whale is pending. >> what would they charge the whale with? >> i don't know. also this morning, the miss america organization is coming under fire once again. this time after the current miss america wrote a scathing letter saying she is being bullied by top executives of the organization. including former fox news anchor gretchen carlson. she made headlines years ago claiming she was sexually harassed by former executive roger ailes.

maya rodriguez has more. >> reporter: in a leaked letter, the reigning beauty queen says she has been silenced by the leadership. singling out regina hopper and gretchen carlson. in her letter, she writes, our chair and ceo have silenced me. reduced me, marginalized me and erased me in my role. she did not respond to a request for comment. >> we like the current leadership and the current board to resign. >> reporter: former miss america charles says she and nearly a dozen other former miss americas feel the pageant is heading in the wrong direction. >> if this leadership stays in position, the next miss america will have the same treatment. >> reporter: the organization did not respond to requests for comment from nbc news. it has been a turbulent year for

the group. last december, the former ceo and board of directors stepped down. after lewd e-mails emerged. since the new leadership moved to make changes at the organization, including eliminating the swim suit portion of the competition. carlson defended the move with "access hollywood" this year. >> we need to catch up to 2018. >> reporter: the organization changed after she became involved in the me too movement. >> i was kicked off the movement two years ago and now in the position of being the chair of the miss america organization and bringing that same change to the organization. >> reporter: all this as a new miss america prepares to be crowned next month. stepping into the spotlight of a nearly 100-year old tradition. for "today," maya rodriguez, nbc news. let's get a check of the weather from dylan.

>> good morning. we are going to see a rainy day back through parts of the eastern rock ies and plains. there is a front that is draped across the area and later on this afternoon and evening, we will see showers and storms fire up. some of these could produce damaging wind gusts and large hail. torrential rain and cloud-to-ground lightning associated with the systems as they fire up again. this is a powerful cold front which on sunday will slide to the midwest. it is certainly going to cool temperatures down. you see the front moving through. the coolest air we have seen in some time will replace those summer high temperatures in the 90s and some 60s back in yellowstone. look at denver. 73 on sunday for the high temperature. 13 degrees below average. temperatures will continue to drop as we go into the start of the week with the highs closer to upper 70s and

an interesting mix of temperatures this morning. the north bay upper 40s to start things off. 59 san jose. a smoke filter view out near walnut creek at 57. due to smoke and ground level ozone, spare the air day today for east bay and santa clara valley. inland around the tri-valley. 60s around san francisco. today likely the hotter of two weekend days as the sea breeze cools us off. and that's your latest forecast. >> i'm not ready for fall. >> not yet. still to come, julia louis-dreyfus heart felt message to the crew and cast of "veep." up next, how this choir is helping to lift voices and hearts and give hope to a lot of folks along l.a.'s skid row. that is after these messages. brighten your home during the four-day love for color sale.

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back now on saturday morning with the look at how one program is trying to help out in the homelessness epidemic in the country. >> nowhere is the problem worse than los angeles. there are reasons for hope this morning. a look at one group that is using music to give the homeless people of l.a.'s skid row a place to go and be heard. it is also helping lift people off the streets. in los angeles, the country's second largest city, a staggering 55,000 people are homeless. the epicenter, skid row, the highest concentration of homeless necessary in america. -- homelessness in america. in the middle of the crisis, glimmers of hope. ♪ we fall down ♪ >> nobody ever dreamed of being homeless. everybody on the streets is somebody's child. somebody's friend. they are you or more divided by

circumstance. >> georgia and leah and christopher support the urban voices project. a skid row community choir where the singers themselves are homeless. ♪ >> music is so powerful. it gets into nooks and crannies of people. >> what is urban voices meant to the community? >> urban voices provides a platform for humanity to stand up to say we may be in a condition, but we are not the condition. >> three years ago, christina found herself among skid row's homeless. >> when you were living in skid row, were you scared? >> i was scared. >> why? >> because you hear horror stories. i could not believe my life had gotten to this point sgrch. >> christina was at the lowest living in a shelter when a

friend invited her to the urban voices project. >> singing has been therapeutic for me. it is making me less afraid of people and situations. singing has kept me going. >> helped give you purpose? >> yes. ♪ and carry them in >> since 2014, hundreds like christina, have joined the choir and been empowered. >> it can directly address depression and directly address anxiety and stress. >> the good news? roughly 30% leave for permanent housing. >> as long as you can talk, you can sing, you can empower yourself and create community. >> to me, the thought is even though you are homeless, even more so because you are

homeless, to have these moments of sweetness in the day where you can come in and just be. ♪ >> such good energy there. i'm so looking forward to seeing your hour on sunday night. what was it like to be there? i have been to skid row. it is another world. >> it is. you read about it. you see pictures. you walk down the street and it is tents and tarps for blocks and blocks. during the day, you see the needles on the street. at night, you see the rats on the street. then you have these people who are traipsing about as if this is completely normal. you have 14,000 people, roughly, living downtown los angeles, shadow of city hall, shadow of the most dynamic skyscrapers in the country. it is bizarre. >> blocks away from wealth and privilege.

yeah. >> and the city looked the other way. the policy. >> the programs that are doing such good work. i know you don't just look at the choir we saw. you look at other programs. >> there are so many angels in los angeles who have committed their lives to helping lift people off the street. a number of the programs are government programs. permanent housing. temporary housing. a lot of the programs and things people are doing are just good hearted folks who decided they have seen enough and have decided to do some things to try and help people. i have never been more impacted by a story. >> i'm glad you did this. i know it is personal for you? my maternal grandfather when he died. he had been in an and out of -- in and out of shelters. you can see more on "dateline." right here on nbc. coming up, how you can help these adorable puppies.

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if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. we are back with a little puppy love on saturday morning. look at these little guys. thousands of friends up for adoption today. part of the clear the shelters campaign. part of nbc and telemundo stations. >> david seely is with us. he is the executive director of animal shelter rescue. i'm too distracted by the puppies. tell us the story? they are from puerto rico? >> the situation still bad down there in puerto rico. we are helping with the relief. we took in 40 of them. they just got to us this week. going up for adoption. >> tell us about clear the shelters. why is it so important especially this time of year to remind people there are several dogs and pets and animals up for adoption? >> summertime is rough for animals.

kitten season and with the shelters and donations being low. shelters are overcrowded. there are so many homeless animals looking to get into homes. it is important in summer to get a big push. clear the shelters is perfect. >> folks watching right now who may want to find a shelter in their neighborhood or area to adopt. how do they go about it? >> they can go to littleshelter.com. they can go to any social media for clear the shelters. they will list all of the shelters across america no matter where they are to find the local shelter. >> you make it easy today. this weekend. >> yes. >> tell us how does it work. >> we try to speed things along. it is simple. you come in and bring identification. we check a couple of personal references. if you had a vet in the past, we check that reference. you are good to go. >> is it true you waive adoption fees? >> a lot of shelters waive the fees.

the typical adoption standard still applies. it is not easier to adopt a pet. just a little bit more convenient. >> if you are watching right now, these pets, we are attached. >> they are up for adoption. >> yes. >> if you live in new york. >> some would be thrilled. i'm in love. >> david, thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks for bringing them in. >> for more, check out cleartheshelters.com. still to come, kylie jenner goes makeup free on the latest cover. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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forecast it's rare we see san francisco that clear looking. >> this is what you might find across the bay. right now 40s and 50s in the north. a chilly start. the fog in san francisco isn't that far away from downtown. across the golden gate bridge. 52. you see the smokey skies walnut creek. a combination of both haze and smoke for that reason, it's the east bay and santa clara locations that will see unhealthy air quality. we do have a spare the air day to start off the weekend. hour by hour temperatures should be in the 70s. notice the valleys inland, by 3:00, soaring into the 90s. so tri-valley in the east bay, mid-90s and each upper 80s around san jose. 60s closer to san francisco. we'll have a full look at that complete weekend forecast. >> morgan hill, wow. we'll see you at 7:00.

fire crews are still on the screen of a brush fire along a busy highway in the east bay. the fire ignited around 7:00 last night along highway 4 in martinez and ignited in several places along the highway. it moved up a hill threatening homes near alhambra way. this is what county fire officials told us about the cause of the fire. >> we found some evidence it may have been a car. we have fire investigators looking into the cause of the fire. >> i came out front and looked and saw an orange glow of fire in the sky and a ton of smoke. it was a little too close to home. >> crews were able to keep the fire to 30 acres. all right. take a look at this. a real-life version of the movie "speed." a bay area man used a stolen police cruiser to steal a bus in sacramento. it started with a car crash on highway 50. when the chp responded one driver took off in a patrol car, drove to sacramento state and

for some odd reason, tried to commandeer a college bus full of passengers. when he finally pulled over, passengers retrained him. he's being identified as 34-year-old aaron avatan. it is 6:29 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," we're clearing the shelters. today is our annual program to help shelter dogs and cats find forever homes. we'll show you how you can add a friend to your family, as well. we hope you will help us today. our viewers always come through. all your top stories and weather coming up at 7:00. right now, back to the "today" show.

>> . good morning, breaking over night, friday night lights chaos. gunfire erupts a the a high school football game in palm beach county after shots ring out injuring two people. students and fans scrambling to get to safety and this morning the latest on the investigation. time in jail? new details from special counsel robert mueller. former trump campaign aide plead guilty. lashing out after the security clearance was revoked earlier

this week. taking the fall, charges filed against the young woman who pushed her friend 60 feet off of a bridge this morning. the this morning the victim speaking out about those charges. >> i wanted taylor to be put away for a little bit to think about what she did and what her actions are. today, saturday, august 18, 2018. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> celebrating our 40th anniversary on "the today show." >> came to new york to get married and to see "the today show." >> from canada. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hi from texas. >> i'm a new aunt. >> i'm a new uncle. >> it's my 14th birthday. >> happy birthday! ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

>> and good morning to you. welcome back to "the today show." >> showed up with the sun. >> yeah, like i haven't been here in a while? >> kate, thank you we're looking forward to more of kate snow and let's start with today's news. a shoot out on a football field in florida. two adults in hospital. one in critical condition. after gunfired erupted at the high school causing tote chaos, authorities arrived and to evacuate a victim. no arrests have been made yet. >> politics and the war of words between president trump and top intelligence officials heating up with former cia director john

brennan speaking out after his security clearance was revoked by the president. will the same happen to others? kelly kel kelly live from the golf course. >> a prison sentence of up to six months for one of the first people arrested in the russian investigation. you may remember the name, george papadopoulos. a adviser on the campaign and admitted to lying to investigators and pleading guilty. after papadopoulos said he was aware that the russians had compromising information about hillary clinton and a sentence for him is expected next month. the jury goes back to work monday in the case of paul manafort, must decide 18 counts

of financial crimes alleged against manafort. the president spoke out in support of the former campaign chairman and called the case against manafort very said. president trump indicating that he might be making plans to revoke another security clearance involving a justice department official that has ties in the russian investigation. stripped john brennan of his security clearance and he spoke out last night calling that an egregious violation of the president's authority and asked if he is using the power to criticize his enemy or punish or silence his critics,s the president deny that had. a young woman pushed off of a bridge by her friend speaking out after learning about the charge and facing the woman who pushed her. nbc following the story from los angeles. good morning.

>> good morning. 16-year-old says she is suffering from six broken ribs and punctures in her lungs after shoved off of the bridge. the former friend that pushed her should pay for what she did. >> reporter: this morning 18-year-old taylor who pushed her friend off of this 60-foot bridge. charging smith with wreckless--n reckless i think danger meant. >> the video horrified people worldwide. plunging off of the bridge and slamming into the water below. >> moments before you can hear the fear. at first she wants to jump. >> go! >> go! >> do i just go? >> just go!

>> you hear taylor pressuring her to take the plunge. >> you promised me. >> she is saying no. >> ready? >> oh, that's [ bleep ]. >> she was doing what she thought her friend wanted and never intended harm. >> she was scare and she asked me to give her a push. i thought show would be fine. >> jordan spoke out. >> taylor was lying. i can't imagine asking taylor to push me off of the bridge. >> are you planning to sue. >> if it get to that point, maybe. she wants her to think about her actions behind bars. >> i want her to be put away for a little bit to think about what

she did and her actions. >> smith faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. >> steve, thank you. >> funeral plans made for aretha franklin as the nation perhaps to say farewell to the queen of soul, a two-day public viewing set to be held at the greater grace temple in detroit on friday, august 31st she'll be laid to rest alongside her father, brothers and sisters and the mtv music awards plan on honoringerer legacy. >> clyde davis said he is plan a tribute at madison square garden. >> at the plaza with a check of the forecast what's up dylan? >> what is your name? >> sydney. >> and you want to do the

weather when you grow up? what do you like about the weather? >> i don't actually know. >> but you will figure it out. do you like summer or winter? >> sinter. >> i have to sender out to cover them for me. we're going to see rain in the northeast and the cold front sitting around the northeast and going to bring showers and thunderstorms and they can produce heavy downpours leading to flash flooding because the ground is so saturated and heavy rain possible down across the south and strong storms can fire up into the eastern rockies and plains. lingering rain through mid atlantic and damaging wind and large hail a possibility along with the downpours and out west besides coastal california, temperatures hot well into the 90s to o patchy fog on the coast.

bayside temperatures range into the mid to upper 70s around 3:00 and inland numbers though make a run at the mid-90s around the tri-valley and concord. downtown san jose 87. mid-70s in oakland. tomorrow slight cooling as the stronger sea breeze returns that should level off the heat from the valleys. spare the air day today for air quality issues. cooler temperatures early next week. and that's your latest forecast. back to you guys. >> a big thanks to both of you. still to come, can you do it? trying to teach craig, the latest on line challenge to go viral. this one isn't as easy as it looks. right after these messages. >> no? >> no. it's a burrito filled with plants pretending to be meat. here we see the artist making an attempt to bare his soul.

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we are back on saturday morning with the latest craze apparently taking the internet by storm. >> everybody is doing it. dylan is in the orange room. >> i have been doing it all morning. it is tricky. it all started when soccer star deli ali plays for tottenham celebrated with a recent goal with an interesting pose. >> he scored on the opening weekend. as he has done it again. >> what? >> you saw him make the gesture with his hand. now here it is up close. it looks pretty simple. at first glance, an upside down okay sign. it is harder than it looks. some of ali's teammates tested it out in the locker room. they struggled to recreate the

pose. people were starting it out starting with the challenge. some are getting it. some not so much. there are so many tutorials out there for you having trouble and want to do it yourself. i'll try to break it down. make an okay sign with your hand. you fold your three fingers down in front of the "o." you flip your hand around to put the back of the three fingers on the forehead. you look through the "o." kate's got it. craig? >> he can't figure it out. >> i can only do it with my left-hand. i can't do it with my right. >> fingers against your forehead. flip the "o" over. >> it is funny. if you watch the tutorials online. some focus and start showing you what to do. some of them put this on your leg. have you done that?

>> no. i led a normal childhood. >> if somebody puts the okay sign on your leg below your waist? >> is that gang? >> you punch them. >> no! no! >> all right. >> i thought you said this was "popstart." >> mike, if you are watching, try this. i owe you one. really? >> no. i don't. >> did you grow up with older brothers? >> younger. he would have done that to me. >> keep practicing. let's get to "popstart." congratulations in order for priyanka chopra and nick jonas. the couple officially confirmed their engagement in a photo. the caption reading future mrs. jonas. my heart, my love. she posted the same picture. the pair have been spotted in india celebrating with families. now to kylie jenner.

she is on the cover of "vogue" without makeup. in the issue, she opens up about her insecurity about her lips led her to her signature lip kits. the lip kits started with number one, obsession with makeup and lips. i turned it into a business model. nobody is perfect. that's my thing. the model has recently stopped using lip fillers. finally, julia louis-dreyfus is sharing a special moment on the set of "veep." >> really appreciate everyone coming back and working it out to come back. i'm grateful. thank you very much. love you guys. >> louis-dreyfus shared the post with the caption before the first shot of season seven of "veep." grateful to be back together with the superb people. production was ususpended for sx

months. love that show. great show. >> still to come, still ahead, you have a great story. >> i do. >> ireland coming to baltimore. why guinness is opening the first brewery statewide. the first in year

and finally on saturday morning, we have great news for beer fans. guinness fans specifically. >> they opened the first tasting room in years. when i heard that, i was first in line for the behind the scenes look and taste. baltimore, maryland. home of the orioles. blue crab. a gorgeous inner harbor. and now guinness. the eirish beermaker opened the

barrel house. the first brewery state side in more than 60 years. >> why baltimore? >> people are fiercely proud. this city is full of amazing people and amazing culture. unbelievable food. incredible beer scene. this diverse amazing group of people. baltimore is deserving of something like guinness coming to town. >> founded in 1759 in dublin. it is best known for stout. a beer exported around the world. dublin will continue to brew that and opening the baltimore brewery to something new. >> able to use fruit and new recipes and grain that we have access to america because of the craft brewing scene they don't have access to in dublin. >> because it is in baltimore, will you tap into the hyper local resources you have here? >> absolutely. we already brewed beer here in

the brewery with maryland grown barley and maryland grown hops. >> no crabs? >> no crabs. >> not yet. >> after a quick history lesson of guinness, i got a chance to try the perfect pour. >> if you put your thumb on the glass and aim the stream of beer for the harp above the word guinness. bull the handle toward you. don't hit yourself in the head. push it all the way down. there you go. >> my face is in the way. >> that's all right. remember you will tift lt it upd turn it off. >> dylan, this is your first time ever pouring a guinness pint? keep going. be brave. be bold. stop. >> i did it. i did it. >> look at that pint. >> nice pint. >> cheers. thanks for coming. >> so, i did have to stop drinking all that beer before i

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francisco good saturday morning to you. it is 7:00. here's a lube look outside as the sun shines over san francisco. and the bay bridge. what a perfect way to start the weekend. we appreciate your joining us. i'm kyra clapper. rob is in for vma. you have a look at our microclimate forecast. >> sunshine around san francisco and out towards the airports, too. itnt