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august 27th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on monday morning. it's nice to have you with us and have craig in for hoda this week. we're going to start in washington because here is the shot at the u.s. capitol, where senator john mccain served for more than 30 years, one of the most important jobs he held, he said, and the flags are at half-staff. >> he's the 30th person who is going to lie in repose there. we will spend a great deal of time this morning honoring john mccain. >> we will. we want to get to this breaking news, a tragic shooting aftering at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida and what we're learning now about the victims and the gunman. kerry sanders has the very latest. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. detectives here in jacksonville still are not sure why one of

the video game players pulled a gun and began shooting. and this morning, they're trying to determine where he even got the gun. >> reporter: a horrific mass shooting unfolding in realtime at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida. [ gunfire ] the chilling sounds of gunfire captured during the live stream of the popular football game called madden nfl 19. >> oh [ bleep ], what is he shooting with! >> reporter: the game awe bankruptly stopping following a barrage of shots. david katz, the shooter from baltimore, maryland. killing two people, injuring 11 others before turning the gun on himself, taking his own life at the scene. police confirming two victims were killed, kline you had 22-year-old elijah clayton, a former high school football player from woodland hills, california. the shooting at a restaurant

hosting the online tournament, known as the madden championship series, streamed live on the gaming platform twitch. >> there is a video and we do have a copy of that footage. >> reporter: in this video unconfirmed by law enforcement, players and announcers can be heard chatting when the first shots rang out. >> a lot of good games going on. >> it's going to be hard to get them on screen. there's a lot. >> not a tough out -- excuse me, not an easy out. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: in all, 12 shots are recorded before the video ends. officers responding within two minutes of the 911 call. the jacksonville sheriff's office tweeting, stay far away from the area. the area is not safe at this time. stay away. >> i seen somebody on the ground. i seen a body on the ground. i seen a kid with blood all over him. >> people running this way, people running that way. >> reporter: katz was an avid gamer, according to reports, who won the madden 17 buffalo bills championship in 2017. katz seen here during another

gaming tournament. >> david katz keeps to himself. he's a man of business. he is not here to make friends. >> reporter: authorities searched katz's home sunday looking for clues. >> we know the suspect used one handgun to commit this act. >> reporter: rick scott visiting memorial hospital in jacksonville late sunday. >> something's got to change. what is causing these young men not to value life? whether it's their own life or somebody else's life. there's something wrong. >> reporter: nick was there to support his friends in the gaming community, including one who was shot in sunday's attack and survived. >> tell me how you feel. >> i'm just hurt, man. i'm hurt. and i know they all are. i just want them to know they're all my brothers. and we all feel the same pain and it's going to be all right. >> kerry, three dead, 11 hurt. it sounds like this is a situation that could have been even worse, though.

any stories of heroism emerging? >> it's remarkable. the guys from engine one station one, the firefighters, paramedics happened to be a block away. they were doing some training. they didn't get a 911 call, no calls on the radio. they just heard the chaos. they ran over to where this was all unfolding and then without bullet proof vests, without any protection, only their paramedics bags and the gear they had with them for the training, they went in as the people were running out. one of the witnesses told me that they are true heroes because they were working on people who were down bleeding with their backs to where the gunmen was. just remarkable. there really are heroes in a horrible situation like this. >> brave. kerry sanders for us there in jacksonville, thank you. also this morning, as mentioned, tributes are pouring in for john mccain and plans are set to celebrate his life and legacy. we begin with nbc national correspondent peter alexander in phoenix for us. peter, good morning.

>> hi, savannah, good morning. he was a lion of the senate. senator john mccain today being remembered here in arizona and frankly around the world. he will lie in state here at the arizona state capitol this wednesday, what would have been his 82nd birthday. but already a remarkable outpouring of respect for a man celebrated for his integrity and his courage who loved his country. >> reporter: this morning, biddibid ing farewell to an american hero. from his beloved state of arizona to the nation's capital where he became a political icon to annapolis, maryland, where his lifetime of service began. tributes planned across the country as the nation says good-bye to senator john mccain. outside the phoenix funeral home, mourners already paying their respects. on wednesday mccain will lie in state at the arizona state capital followed by a service at north phoenix baptist church where mccain's friend and former colleague joe biden will deliver a eulogy. then to washington where the

six-term senator will become the 30th to lie in state at the capitol rotunda. >> i am mourning, the world is mourning the loss of one of the truly great men of recent decades. >> reporter: top democrat chuck schumer urging lawmakers to rename a senate building in mccain's honor. among those honoring mccain later this week at the national cathedral, former presidents george w. bush and barack obama, each speaking at mccain's personal request. notably accent from the memorial events, president trump who rejected plans to release an official white house statement praising the senator, according to "the washington post." instead, posting this brief tweet, "my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator john mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you. their relationship strained from the start. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> reporter: mccain delivering the decisive vote, a thumbs down spoiling the president's effort to repeal obamacare.

and maybe most mem bli, mccain's criticism of helsinki summit calling it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. the outspoken son and grandson of distinguished navy admirals himself a war-time pilot, mccain will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland, today remembered for an exceptional life and legacy. >> it's tough. i'm going to miss him. i've admired him, like i said, my entire life. it's tough to imagine a senate without him. >> after a week of remembrances, senator mccain will be married buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis right alongside admiral chuck larson, his former classmate and lifelong friend. savannah? >> all right, peter. thank you so much. if you want to know how senator mccain felt about the end of his life, you can look no further than his own words. there he is in his own voice reading from the book he wrote

in the last year, his memoir, "the restless wave." the world is a fine place and worth fighting for, i hate to leave it spoke my hero robert jordan for whom the bell tolls. i do, too. i hate to leave it. i don't have a complaint. not one. it's been quite a ride. i've known great passion, seen amazing wonders, fought in a war and helped make a peace. i've lived very well, and i've been deprived of all comforts. i've been as lonely as a person can be, and i've enjoyed the company of heroes. i've suffered the deepest despair and experienced the highest exultation. i made a small place for myself in the story of america, in the history of my times. what an ingrate i would be to curse the fate that concludes the life i led. i prefer to give thanks for those blessings and my love to the people who blessed me with theirs. the bell tolls for me.

i knew it would. i hope those who mourn my passing, and even those who don't, will celebrate as i celebrate a happy life lived in imperfect service to a country made of ideals whose continued success is the hope of the world. >> the man who helped senator mccain write those words, this is his friend and long-time aide and speech writer mark salter, who is with us now. mark, good morning to you. i know how close you were so i send our sympathies and our condolences. i know this is such a loss. >> thank you. >> i read a story yesterday and i love the way this washington post writer wrote it, senator mccain bore his brain cancer diagnosis without self pity and i thought that is so him. how were his spirits in the final days and weeks and months. >> they were pretty good. he was in the place he loved the best. his wife put it, he died surrounded by his family, the people he loved most and the place he loved the best.

he was stoic but grateful, thankful for all the many blessings and the long, eventful, purposeful life he got to lead in the service of this country. so it was -- he couldn't have scripted a better exit from this world. >> as i mentioned, you worked together for decades. you were his right-hand man. i used to think of you on the campaign as the mccain whisperer. what have we lost when we lost john mccain? >> we lost a great man, a man who sometimes seems to me to belong to another century, or at least the post world war ii generation, a guy who believed in fighting bad guys to help little guys. who believed in the values this country was founded on and worked very hard to make sure they were extended to as many people on this planet as possible. >> he was funny. we know that. he had a sharp tongue. he seemed to enjoy a fight. would you agree with that? >> yeah. he had a saying a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed.

he was exuberant, enthusiastic, fun loving, purposeful. life around him was hectic, busy, exhausting, but an awful lot of fun and awfully satisfying. >> i went back and read last night his first account in the '70s when he just was released as a prisoner of war having served 5 1/2 years in vietnam as a prisoner of war. i was struck by how he remembered everything, described everything, but it was also so matter of fact. even then he didn't betray his emotions. was he always like that? you wrote about this experience with him. >> yeah. well, you know, it's funny. i would ask him about the bad things, obviously, the stories people know, the torture. he would be very matter of fact about that stuff. this is what happened. this is what they gave me to eat. this is what they did to me when i refused to do this. this is how long this particular experience with torture lasted,

but it wasn't -- there wasn't any bitterness or fury behind it. what he wanted to talk about was the fun he had in prison. when you're in solitary confinement for two of the 5 1/2 years. it's hard to have fun, but he had a guy in the cell next door to him and they would tell each other jokes with tap codes. he'd talk about all that stuff in great detail. the bad stuff, he gave me the outlines of it but skipped along it pretty quickly. >> there are a lot of remembrances planned for this week. i have to ask you about president trump who senator mccain, as i understand it, did not want to be attending any of these services. there's a report in the washington post that the white house had prepared a statement praising senator mccain for the president to issue, but he chose not to and instead just issued a tweet to the family. how does that sit with you? what do you think senator mccain would be saying this morning? >> i think he would brush it off. savannah, i'm going to try very

hard not to think or talk about donald trump for this week and just do what i can to help make sure that john is buried with the honors and decorum he's earned from years of faithful service to his country. >> fair enough. what do you think he would think of all this fuss? he'll be lying in state at the u.s. capitol. they are talking about renaming the russell senate office building after him. >> yeah. he would be very touched. he was a modest man in many ways. but, you know, he would have been very touched. when we left his beloved ranch in cornville and made the drive to phoenix he -- i'm sorry. the roads were lined with people who spontaneously showed up to wave flags and put their hands over their hearts, it was quite moving. >> wow. it is exactly what senator mccain, lifelong servant to this

country deserved. mark salter, thank you for waking up early, for sharing your thoughts and for all your work on behalf of this country as well. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, savannah. >> we'll have much more on senator john mccain's life of service and sacrifice throughout the morning. tom brokaw will join us later and share his thoughts as well. >> a fitting tribute there from a man who knew him better than just about anyone else. a check of the weather. ms. dreyer is in for mr. roker. good morning, dylan. >> good morning, guys. we have warm temperatures that are going to start building across the northeast and back through the midwest where we have heat advisories, heets warnings and heat watches. detroit dealing with excessive heat today. 70 million people are at risk for these temperatures to get back up into the low- to mid-90s. the humidity will be high. so that's going to make it feel like it's closer to 100 degrees. the heat will continue to expand. for parts of the northeast, this is day one of what will become a heat wave.

st. louis, it will feel like 103 today, same goes for memphis. atlanta will feel like 95. washington, d.c., will feel like 100. raleigh will feel like 96. the heat will continue to the northeast tomorrow. we're looking at mainly record high temperatures tuesday and wednesday as it will feel like up around 100 degrees in new york. boston tomorrow will feel like 103. richmond 102. cincinnati will feel like 97. then as we get to the end of the week, thursday will be our transition day before temperatures drop back into the 70s and 80s by the end of the week, especially on friday. but in the meantime, it is certainly going to feel like the really dead of summer right now. that's a look at weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. play just got serious

in the all-new toyota avalon. nice and cool yet again. a nice live shot overlooking what appears to be a gloomy start. we will see partial clearing into the coast. 58 for san jose. temperatures will climb into the 70s for the south bay and 80s inland. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. pope francis refusing to answer questions about a stunning allegation. did he help cover up alleged sex abuse by a top ranking cardinal for years. we're live at the vatican. >> more tributes to john mccain,

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it's 7:30, monday morning, 27th of august, 2018. we're remembering this morning along with the country and world paying tribute to senator john mccain. the 81-year-old lost his battle with brain cancer over the weekend. >> plans to celebrate mccain's life will be held throughout the week. on wednesday, he will lie in state at the arizona state capitol. following a memorial service, mccain will be taken to the u.s. capitol to lie in state starting on friday. >> on saturday a national memorial service held at washington national cathedral. senator mccain will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy on sunday. two former presidents, two former political opponents will

eulogize senator mccain at his own request. >> yeah, president bush and president obama will be there. much, much more on senator mccain's legacy ahead. first a check of the other headlines. a gunman opened fire during video tournament in jacksonville, florida, killing two people before fatally shooting himself. authorities identified the suspect as 24-year-old david katz of baltimore. a live stream of the event appeared to capture gunfire, shouts and screams. nine people were wounded in the shooting, two others were hurt in the chaos as people scrambled to flee the building. the leader of isis in afghanistan was killed in an air strike this weekend along with ten other fighters. u.s. forces conducted a strike in eastern afghanistan targeting that senior leader. he was the fourth isis commander in afghanistan to be killed since july of 2017. the flight from williamsport,olulu is a long ons a lot more enjoyable when you

have a championship trophy on board. >> there you have it, hawaii wins it! hawaii beating south korea 3-0 sunday to win the little league world series. players tossing their hats and gloves into the air. huddling together after the big win. it is hawaii's third title, by the way, in the past 13 years. >> we'll have to watch them celebrate. they look so happy. well deserved. much more to get to this morning, including the pope facing a stunning accusation. it comes from a former official from the vatican who is claiming now that the pope helped cover up sex abuse allegations against a prominent cardinal here in the u.s. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is at the vatican this morning with the latest. >> reporter: new questions for the pope on his plane home from ireland. where claims of a cover-up in the american church true. i won't say a thing about this statement, he says. make your own judgment. the claims come from a former

vatican ambassador to the u.s., archbishop said francis knew about allegations of sexual abuse by american cardinal theodore mccarrick but did nothing for five years until the cardinal resigned last month. in a statement, the archbishop alleged corruption at the very top of the church. a conspiracy of silence like in the mafia. the pope, he said, must set a good example and resign. he, though, offered no evidence and he is an arch critic of francis. >> if the allegations are true, then it is a very serious threat to pope francis's credibility. >> reporter: the pope was under pressure, too, in ireland yesterday. begging forgiveness for the sexual abuse of children by priests and for the cover-up by the church's hierarchy. he faced protests.

many catholics saying his words condemning abuse haven't led to action. >> it turned out to be just a show, a performance, a circus and nothing -- >> reporter: an american victim of clerical abuse says he failed to act. >> a missed opportunity by the pope. >> totally missed opportunity, a completely missed opportunity. >> reporter: on the streets of once deeply catholic ireland dissent and dissent in the vatican itself and a pope weathering the strongest storm of his papacy. >> bill, put this in perspective for us. how big of a deal are these allegations for this pope? >> yeah, craig. well, they do come from a man who likes to cause trouble for francis, yes, if true they are very serious and they're certainly the most public evidence yet of if you like a challenge to his leadership. all the more striking because they come from within and they are, i think, evidence -- further evidence of a split that is growing between pope francis and a very conservative group within the vatican. craig?

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♪ back now at 7:40 with an in-depth look at senator john mccain's legacy. >> during his decades in congress, he distinguished himself as a political maverick, independent thinker. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on that part of the senator's story. kelly, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. rarely does a political identity boil down to one word that both captures the spirit and endures. maverick was that label for john mccain. he didn't always embrace it. for him it meant being independent, hot-tempered and always in the game. battle scarred. >> we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: but speaking his mind was everything to john mccain. >> fair to say you have a hot temper. if so, how are you working on it, senator? >> if i lost my capacity for

anger, i shouldn't be a united states senator. >> reporter: a blunt talker who made pranking seem cordial. >> still getting feedback, you jerks. >> reporter: mccain's defiance was forged long ago by war and the cruelty of his captors. >> don't give in. don't give them anything he can use. >> reporter: out of his experience, came a conviction that torture could not be excused or justified. >> my god, what does it say about america if we're going to inflict torture on people? >> reporter: unafraid to say the unpopular. on hot-button issues like immigration. >> let them earn citizenship, and i mean earn it. >> reporter: taking his political brand on the road with the straight talk express in 2000. back for more in 2008. >> i'm not president bush. >> reporter: mccain jolted expectations when he vaulted a little known politician out of alaska. >> the next vice president of

the united states, governor, sarah palin. >> reporter: to give his run a shot at making history against barack obama. >> yes, we're mavericks. but does washington need anything else today than a pair who will go and shake it up? >> reporter: but living up to the maverick label did not always require a fight. this quiet moment endures when mccain politely stopped a lie about then candidate obama. >> he's an arab. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. >> no. >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen. >> reporter: and it took no words at all to defy his party, blocking the obamacare repeal n one last maverick move. >> that maverick reputation was also about deep and loyal friendships across the political spectrum. when ted kennedy died, john

mccain said he would miss fighting with him most. both mccain and kennedy died of brain cancer on the same day nine years apart. savannah, craig. >> really hard to imagine. kelly o'donnell. kelly o knows him better than most covering john mccain during that 2008 presidential run. kelly, thank you. >> thank you, kelly. we want to turn to nicole wallace, of course served as a campaign strategist for mccain's 2008 presidential run and knew him well and presidential historian and historian jon meacham, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> nicole, a patriot, politician, war hero, a maverick we've heard that term thrown about a lot the past few days. what was it about john mccain that made him so incredibly special to so many people? >> i heard so much about the fighter, about the toughness. you know, what drew you in as an adviser was the softness, the capacity to soften and melt into the people around him. and we're going to miss him in the political arena. he was a giant, but he was also that person on the other end of the phone. he called all the time. and he was just this walking,

talking, swearing, incredibly intimate friend to everybody around him. he leaned into all his professional relationships and personal relationships. mark salter on at the beginning of the hour, i mean, that was a love affair among burly, manly men. but they loved each other. he told joe lieberman he loved him when he left a room. he was a bundle of raw, affection and emotion for the people that meant the most to him. and he had this sense in life that his time here wasn't infinite. he never left anything unsaid. so to me, it was all the softening. it was the humanity. and it was debilitating s to tre become president who was so acutely aware of their deficiencies. it wasn't bucking him up. he didn't have any ability to brag about himself. and you need a little bit of that in politics. >> i was going to say, jon meacham, as you join the conversation, i feel like senator mccain would be mad at

us if we didn't include some of his bad qualities in this discussion. but he really was an authentic creature. if that meant holding grudges sometimes or getting in big old fights with friends and then making up, that was john mccain. >> he was the man in the arena. he was what theodore roosevelt talked about. he loved the fight. and absolutely. i still have a couple bruises, i don't know if nicole does from various things. but everyday was a gift. and it sounds like a needle point pillow, but in this case it's absolutely the case. it was the ambient reality of his life. he was shot down out of the sky. he lost five and a half years in the service of his country as a prisoner of war. and every moment after that was something to be celebrated and to be honored. there's a line from the ancients that both senator mccain and mark salter loved which was about -- that a man should

always have a sense of honor in action. a sense of honor in action. and i think that really defines what the senator was all about. >> john, how much of -- over the past few days there has been so much written and said about john mccain, his life, his legacy. how much of it do you think is also been sort of a result of the current state of political -- our political system, political affairs? do you think that we are loving on john mccain so much for other reasons? >> i think that's part of it. i think all of life is about context, unquestionably. he represents something that we like to think we are at our best. and so many people today feel that we're scraping toward our worst. and so, absolutely. we look at him. we think about him. and we think, you know what, that's who we want to be.

and that's not a bad legacy. >> and nicole, as i quickly turn to you, john mccain asked two people to speak and eulogize at his memorial, former political opponents, george w. bush and barack obama, and those were bitter fights, lest anyone forget. >> that's the softening i talked about. his capacity for forgiveness not just in his personal life but in his public life was extraordinary. and the respect and the reverence for the office is what so distinguishing him from this moment in our american politics. and any -- you know, statement after the helsinki summit was as harsh a critique on policy and conduct as you'll hear about donald trump, but it wasn't from a personal place, it was from a reverence for the office of american presidency and to the degree he parted with this president, it was really about his love for this country and his love for what the office can and should be. >> jo >> jon and nicole, thank you so much. good to get your thoughts. the next half hour, we'll

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if you're hanging out expect nice sunny skies by the afternoon. all right. we are looking at improvements at 880 at fremont boulevard. it has cleared. the 101 and 87 over the last couple of minutes. this crash north 880 presented a problem. learned there is a vehicle in the middle of the roadway slowing you down there. approaching the bay bridge it is lower on all approaches. back to you. >> thank you very much. it is 7:57. this morning still tracking the e-bart train. right now trains are only delayed on the light rail line and not on regular bart service. john mccain will be the 30th at the u.s. capital. he died saturday morning after a long fight with brain cancer. john mccain was 81 years old.

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. it's 8:00 on today, shooting rampage. a horrifying shooting at a video game tournament in florida, captured online. [ gunshots ] >> at least two people killed and a dozen more injured. the gunman taking his own life. we are live on the search for a motive. remembering a hero a look back at john mccain who received the world until the day he died. >> what do you want to be remembered for? >> serving my country with the

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great to have you back. >> we're going to get outside in a bit. >> a lot of news happening. we're going to start with the terrible shooting in florida in jacksonville, a gunman opening fire at a video game tournament killing two people and turning the gun on himself. sanders in jacksonville and has the latest. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. authorities trying to determine why one of the players at this video game competition pull add gun and started shooting. >> reporter: a horrific mass shooting unfolding real time at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida. [ gunshots ] >> the chilling sound of gunfire. captured during madden nfl '19.

>> overnight identifying the gunman as 24-year-old david katz. killing two people and then turning the gun on himself taking his own life at the scene. >> two victims killed, elijah clayton and -- in this video unconfirmed by law enforcement, players and announcers can be heard chatting before the fires rang out. >> excuse me, not an easy out. [ gunshots ] >> katz was an avid gamer.

he is seen here during another gaming tournament. >> he keeps to himself. she a man of business. not here to make friends. >> authorities searched his home looking for clues. >> nick was there to support his friends in the gaming community. >> i'm hurt. enthey all are and we feel the same pain and it's going to be all right. >> more people might have died were it not for firefighters who were literally one block away doing training. the seven firefighters from station one -- engine one never got a 911 call, heard the commotion and ran over here without bullet proof vests. some of those that they attended to might have died if it for not

for their response. a chicago apartment fire left eight dead. a woman arriving home from work saw the smoke and flames. when firefighters arrived, eight children dead inside. victims found on the second floor of a coach house where they believe the fire started. >> in iowa, the 20-year-old college student who disappeared and her body found last week. her father said she was nobody's victim. >> reporter: it was a good-bye this community never wanted to say. thousands gathered for the funeral of mollie tibbets. >> the message was try to live the way mollie would. >> turning the page and calling

mollie his hero. those who knew the 20-year-old were grateful for closure. >> reporter: her friends and family hoping to keep her spirit alive with the mollie movement. carrying out random acts of kindness. more than a month later authorities discover her body in a corn field. mollie died from multiple sharp force injuries. authorities say rivera is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. that news fume ago political fire storm. a new push for tougher imallegation -- it is not your right to exacerbate this

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views. >> i haven't had as much fun since my last interrogation. >> west nile of the best moments ever. >> lighter moments on "meet the press." >> his mischief was all over his face. in a minute tom brokaw will talk about it. long before it was senator mccain and "meet the press," he was a naval hero who proudly served the country he loved. for john mccain heroism was a family business. he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both four star navy admirals. in 1967, the brass young fighter pilot volunteered for combat duty in vietnam. his first brush with death came that july. mccain was preparing for a routine bombing mission when an explosion engulfed the ship in flames killing 134 people. just three months later, a missile the size of a telephone pole his hit plane. >> yesterday over hanoi, three american planes shot down and at

least two of the make pilots captured. one was lieutenant john mccain. >> the wing was gone, ejected from the airplane. my arms broken, my leg broken. >> october 26th, 1967, the north vietnamese captured mccain as a prisoner of war. he was denied medical care until -- >> when they discovered my father was an admiral, they took me to a hospital. they couldn't set my bones properly, so they just slapped a cast on me. >> mccain became vietnam war propaganda filmed at a hospital by a french tv crew. >> lieutenant commander john mccain. >> it was a brutal 5 1/2 year nightmare, some of it in the notorious hanoi hilton. >> despite relentless torture, he refused to cooperate with his captors even if it meant he could go home. >> our code said we could only go home in the order of our capture, and there were men who

had been shot down long before me. >> it caused mccain two years in solitary confinement. >> severe treatment, beatings, broke my arm. >> that severe treatment left lifelong effects, mccain unable to raise his arms and he walked with a slight limp. >> if it hadn't been for my comrades tapping on the wall telling me, keep it up, john, they inspired me. >> released in 1973 but forever changed because he lost comforts and privileges most americans routinely took for granted. >> i fell in love with my country when i was a prisoner in someone else's. i loved it it was it was not just a place but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. i wasn't my own man anymore. i was my country's. >> what do you want to be remembered for. >> he served his country hopefully with the word honorably on it. that's all.

>> tom brokaw joins us now. tom, good morning. you were i believe the last person to interview john mccain for nbc. you had a long history with john mccain. what are you thinking about this morning? >> i've been thinking about a lot of things. i'm in chicago because 50 years ago it was that very raucous democratic convention, a lot centered on the war in vietnam. at the time john mccain was a prisoner in hanoi. his life really could be divided into two parts, before hanoi and after. before hanoi, he was kind of a playboy flyer. everybody knew his parents were very involved at the highest ranks of united states navy, a military tradition. what got him to hanoi and hanoi hilton he's often said to me was the military code. they operated as a military unit even though they were in prison. everybody had one objective, to stay alive and to be honored and to honor their country.

john mccain emerged from all ayatollah as a person dedicated to public experience. that experience is who we honor today. >> we know john mccain the politician, john mccain the war hero. he was a friend of yours. what was he like in private? what was he like during those moments when there were no cameras around? >> he was full of mischief. he often recited my book "the greatest generation" when he was running in new hampshire. at one appearance that he made, somebody stood up and said, you know, tom brokaw is at the back of the room. he said, now, i know he's leading bolshevik at the press corps. that brought down the house obviously. what was always striking to me, when i had have private time with him, he would be as critical of his party as the democratic party. he had a larger objective in

mind. he was not a partisan tug-of-war. he thought we should do what's best for the country whatever your party registration happened to be. great internationalist. he felt strongly about america continuing its place as leader of the world. he clashed with the current president right now. president trump has to understand he's a commander in chief, the man in charge of united states military forces. and on a day when we honor one of our greatest military heroes, it seems to me that he could be doing a lot better than he is in fulfilling that role as commander in chief. >> tom, it seems like washington is largely honoring him almost as a former president. he will lie in state at the u.s. capital, an honor reserved for precious few americans, many of them, perhaps most, former presidents. >> i think this is a time when

we all americans, republicans or democrats or tea party members or whatever have to stop and think about how we arrived where we are. john mccain, who suffered so much for this country, still loved the experience because it made him who he is. he feels so strongly, he felt so strongly that america has to continue its position in the world and be a model for people everywhere, wherever they live, especially in this country to find those moments when we can unite behind the great dream of being an american. >> well said. tom brokaw, thank you very much. let us head over to dylan now. she's got a check of the weather. >> good morning, guys. we're going to see rain back through the midwest today. it's mainly falling currently through central and northern michigan, back through wisconsin and eastern iowa. torrential downpours. we've already had a lot of rainfall, 4 to 7" in parts of wisconsin. this could lead to more flash flooding because of the fact this these downpours are coming down and producing a lot of rain

in a short period of time. it's all associated with the cold front that will slide to the east bringing showers and storms. it's hot and humid through most of the eastern two-thirds o that's a look at the weather across the country. >> yes, it's a gloomy start, especially in san francisco. you might have even caught some drizzle early this morning. our temperatures remain, for the most part, in the upper 50s and low 60s. san jose, 58. san francisco, 61. through oakland, also in the 60s. we won't see much clearing for the coastline but we'll see some partial clearing for inland areas. your san jose temperature trend climbing into the upper 70s by 20:00 and that's what we're topping out for, for today. that's your latest forecast. >> dylan dreyer, thank you." to a timely dust-up as tennis gets under way. carson with more on that.

whes up? >> earlier you might recall serena williams competed in the french open in that black cat suit. >> i recall. >> now a new dress code enforced at the tournament moving forward. he tells french tennis magazine, i believe we have sometimes gone too far. serena's outfit this year, for example, would no longer be accepted. have you to respect the game and the place. people obviously quick to speak out against the body suit ban. we'll go to billie jean king, "the policing of women's bodies must end. the respect that's needed is for the talent. nike with the caption that says you can take the superhero out of the costume but you can never take away her super powers. but in a press conference it was williams herself who quickly shut down any suggestion there's going to be a rift between the french tennis federation and her. take a listen. >> i don't know exactly what he

seemed to say or what he didn't seem to say or what, but we already talked. like i said, we have a great relationship. we talked yesterday. so it's -- everything is fine, guys. >> fans were praising her approach right there. jeanette tweeting, "always a champion with grace and intellect in the way she handles controversy." williams is currently in new york for the u.s. open which will get under way today. her first match kicks off at 7:00 p.m. eastern. tomorrow to flash forward the young switzerland phenom rodgers federer who many think is going on to great things has his first match, savannah, at 7:00 p.m. >> carson, i know. now that you have my attention. >> i'm sure you'll be at arthur ashe stadium. >> the dust-up over the cat suit there in france. the point being, you would think the french -- >> the french are so

fashionable, wimbledon has rules, you've got to wear m's white. i thought french would be you walk that catwalk. starting out, new documentary called "tea with the games." sits down with judi dench and others. a look back at their successful careers. here is an exclusive look at the latest trailer. >> what would you like to talk about? >> natural. >> will we ever sound like this? >> we behaved pretty badly. i don't think you and i needed the '60s. >> we're not supposed to be talking about. >> no, we're not supposed to be talking about. >> can you talk about working with your husband? >> which one? >> that looks like quite the group there. "tea with the games" comes out

september 21st. you can see that full trailer at today.com. up next we teased it earlier, taylor swift performed in nashville and sang the song that first launch the her career, tim mcgraw. the crowd got excited. she barely does that on tour anymore. that wasn't the only surprise she had in store. take a look. ♪ when you think of tim mcgraw think of me ♪ >> make some noise for faith hill. so that's swift surprising the crowd she's bringing out tim mcgraw's wife faith hill to sing the ballad with her. the surprises didn't stop there. take a look what happened next. >> now the actual tim mcgraw. >> so they are happy she's singing the song "tim mcgraw."

then she brings out the wife, then tim mcgraw. that will be a night to remember for sure. finally the end of summer is quickly approaching. we'll take a second to celebrate by announcing it's official we have a song of the summer. breaking this morning spotify announcing the most streamed songs. let's go, take a look at winner coming in number three cardi b's "i like it." 289 million streams. this was part of card irkts bi t album. she comes in at number three. number two, "girl like you" maroon 5. tra it was streamed 293 times, featuring women. >> who took number one. >> despacito. >> no. >> no clue? >> drake. >> do you love me.

>> blew the rest of the contenders outfit of the water. streamed 293 million. there's a whole dance challenge. drake, congratulations, the song of the i )m ... angry parents plan to attend a good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. angry parents plan to attend a mt. diablo school board meeting tonight. they're upset about a new student attending pleasant hill middle school. he was investigated at his last middle school after making violent threats. authorities say the eighth grade student posted on social media that he would shoot other students. he was never charged but authorities did say that they discovered legal and registered firearms at his home. even though the school's principal suggested there's no threat, nearly 1,300 people have signed an online petition to have the boy removed. some delays to talk about for bart. >> we continue with that. we have still between antioch and pittsburg, both directions,

15 to 20 minute delays for the trains. that is just one section because of the switching problem. the rest of the bart system reports no delays so that's the good news. again, just one section with a problem. we also have a slower drive out of that area, pittsburg over towards concord. recovery on 24. now a lot more traffic approaching the bay bridge. it's slower in many spots but not as bad as we can see at times. the south bay recovered from a number of earlier crashes. we look over here peninsula looks great, back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike. we'll have another local news update in 30 minutes and always we're on at nbcbayarea.com.

. tonight fallon has the trump -- >> dad, are you using siri? >> yes, period. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back. it is 8:30 on a monday morning, the 27th of august, 2018. as we step out to the plaza and say hello to the crowd in the heart of manhattan. everybody okay? [ cheers and applause ] >> you and sunny reunite? >> yes. celebrating six months. >> we have something else to

celebrate guys. come over here. hi, there, what's your name? >> t eeg an. >> and what's your name? >> gina. >> and someone special is watching? >> mimi-lou. >> can we say happy birthday to her. >> i hear you are big today show watchers. >> do you watch it every day. >> yeah. >> and i hear that you get together and skype about it later. >> if one misses an hour and we have to film then in or this weekend craig's last day was saturday and we skyped yesterday about our tears even though we get to see him today. >> you are going to have so much to skype about today, remember that time we were on the today

show. t teegan thank you so much. do you want to say something? >> happy birthday mimi-lou. >> that was great. [ cheers and applause ] >> true super fan. >> you are worth teasing sunny. celebrating six months here in studio 1-a we are going to show you what he learned. >> i hear he has great tricks. plus, an ideal meal for a fresh end of summer feast. poached salmon and heirloomed tomatoes. >> temperatures back in the 90s. humiditied making it feel like 1 lun degrees. severe storms are possible and later in the afternoon through upper midwest. damaging winds and large hail is a possibility. mountain of snows falling through highest elevations.

by the middle of the week, showers and storms moving into ohio and tennessee river valleys making an official heat wave. and finishing off the week with the showers and storms reaching the east coast and windy with that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> we're not hot here. this is what we're dealing with in the bay area. plenty of cloud cover. check out this shot of woodside. it's a little gloomy out there. the temperatures have been running on the side of cool. check out san francisco, not a lot of sunshine there. expect partial clearing into the afternoon hours as the temperatures begin to see a slow but sure increase into the 70s with some comfortable 80s for inland areas. by about 12:00 in san jose, you'll see a high of 31. this portion of your program created by "today" with our

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step toward the president's goals. now, as we await the tape of the president, let's get right to our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. hallie, this is something we had heard over the course of the last year. negotiations might fall apart. what happened? what do we know? >> reporter: negotiations have been happening for months. the headlines from the president's announcement within the last couple of minutes, that you will see momentarily, the president announcing that he has negotiated a new trade pact just with mexico. this is not necessarily nafta right now. the president says they will call it the u.s./mexico free trade pact. he was in the oval office when he actually got the president of mexico on speakerphone to talk about this. the president framing this as a big step forward, but here's the critical x factor, chris, canada. what happens with canada? as you know, nafta involves not just the u.s. and mexico but also our neighbors to the north. for the last month or so, canada has not been involved in negotiations. >> thanks so much, hallie.

now, let's go to the oval office and listen to the president. we'll see you back here on the other side. you can hear that. what happens is, they actually have taped this anonouncement b the president. they've brought it back to the briefing room. at the back of the briefing room, they're trying to get that all together. again, this is the 24s a-year-o nafta free trade agreement. it is with mexico, where they've reached a deal. we've heard in the past from this president that deals have been reached and they've not come to pass. this seems to be a done deal between the u.s. and mexico. the third party will be canada. then, even if canada can be brought in, and they've already indicated now that they may be willing to come in, therefore, the foreign minister is coming to the u.s. either later today

or tomorrow, it still would have to go before congress. this is a kind of treaty that needs approval by congress. let's listen to the president from just moments ago in the oval office. >> hello, everybody. it is a big day for trade. a big day for our country. a lot of people thought it wouldn't get here. we all negotiate stuff. we do. so does mexico. this is a tremendous thing. this has to do -- they used to call it nafta. we're going to call it the united states/mexico trade agreement. get rid of the name nafta. it has a bad connotation because the united states were hurt very badly by nafta for many years. now, it is a really good deal for both countries. we look very much forward to it. i believe the president is on the phone.

you can hook him up. tell me when. >> the president there making that announcement, saying it is a great day for the united states. he is waiting to talk -- or was waiting to talk on the phone to the president of mexico, enrique pena nieto. let's go to hallie jackson. what do we know about the details of the pact? >> some details are sketchy. there will be a time period when the details will be worked out in the paperwork, et cetera. you also mentioned that any kind of a deal does need tb approo b approved by congress. president pain oena nieto, who president is trying to get on speakerphone -- who you hear beginning to speak in spanish --

says canada should be brought into the deal. the president saying that either canada could come into this deal, make it a three-party deal, or there will be a separate deal worked out with canada. if that cannot happen, the president is threatening new tar i have ri tarriffs against automakers. it is a promise made but not yet kept until, in fact, this trade deal is complete. >> we only sign on to a new nafta that is good for canada and the middle class, hallie, is the word from the official in canada. we've also seen reaction on wall street to the president tweeting this morning about this agreement. reacting favorably. the numbers have been up about 200 points. let's go to our business correspondent, jo ling kent. we hear right now the markets are up 206. a positive reaction but also wait and see on wall street? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. we've seen some gains, but now they're paring back just a

little bit. we do -- we are hovering right around 200 points up on the dow right now. the nasdaq also crossing 8,000 for the first time today, in reaction to this news. let's take a very close look at some of the companies that may be affected. we're talking about general motors, ford, fiat chrysler, caterpillar, of course. these companies have been on the front lines of this back and forth between the u.s. and mexico, which very much centered around steel and aluminum. those companies this morning, chris, are now up about 2%, about 4%. we're seeing some very positive reactions to this early, early detail of what this trade agreement could look like between the u.s. and mexico. >> very much just the first step. thank you very much. much, much more on all of this, plus the latest on tributes for senator john mccain and all the other top stories tonight on go. nightly news." >> we'll continue with this makeout session, you guys.

>> get right to your news at 8:00. >> he is, too, perfecting his skills with guide dog trainer. >> true to his name sunny is very bright. he's probably one of the smartest dogs i've ever worked with. i can teach him something in the matter of a minute that would take days for another dog. >> under. >> now sunny can safely tuck himself out of the way in public spaces and avoid distractions such as food while he's navigating. >> because sunny is so smart, he's willing and able to learn more than his normal guide dog curriculum. we're actually teaching him a few service dog tasks. in case his person has needs above and i don't know vision loss he'll be able to answer that call. sunny, tug. beautiful. nice. good boy. yay, you did it! >> push. >> our puppy with a purpose is well on its way to giving

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most helpful tasks that he can do as a guide dog. he will learn how to do -- indicate changes of elevation that could be changes for people without sight. letting you know if there's subway platform edge or stairs they are walking down the sidewalk or low hanging tree branch they could hit their face into. he's going to learn how to indicate those things and keep his person safe. >> you just reunited with charlie, our old pal. >> i did. it was so helpful to come full circle. that was him. he was thrilled. little leaps of joy. they never forpgget. but it's so good to see him with his veteran stacy pearsall. this is why i can give the puppies up because i'm giving back. >> we give sunny a lot of love but you deserve a lot of love your self. >> thank you. >> you've become a part of our family as well. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, olivia.

>> congratulations, sunny. >> nice job. >> look at him. much more ahead this morning, including treats for us. the recipe for perfect end of summer meal. savannah guthrie is going to do cooking. >> we want them to watch. >> "today" on nbc. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present.

we're back 8:48. the fork is clincking here. chef brown is innovator for restaurant associates. his restaurant aces is currently serving up great dishes at the u.s. open which starts today. we're so excited. good morning. >> good morning. >> some of my favorite things, food and tennis. are you ready for your fifth engineer? >> 25th year i'm out there. this is about the 20th year of aces restaurant, open 14 days of the year but a very special restaurant. >> i love it. this is a beautiful light dish,

not carbo loading. >> simple dish, chickpeas, dried and fresh. the unique thing we're cooking in olive oil super low temperature. spices and aromatics tied up, we drop it into the oil. once in the oil i've got salmon out at room temperature. >> tell us what's in the sashay. >> thyme, lemon zest, bay leaves and garlic purchase families and beautiful. nice generous salt. >> that sachet is flavoring the oil. >> not greasy. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> the protein is not sucking up any of the oil whatsoever just transferring heat and making it

succulent. the unique thing is the flavor and texture, different. >> the sachet you get aromatic flavo flavors. >> it takes 15 to 20 minutes to cook, becomes fork tender. open it up like this. >> you're not going to tell by looking so set the timer. how does it taste. >> delicious. >> not oily. >> you would think so because a bucket of oil. >> all the oil stays behind. none is in the fish. we're using fresh chicopkpeas o regular peas. salted water, go in there, get a blanche. blanche means a little bit to set the color and get them from being raw. >> so it's quickie. >> right into ice water. move down here.

>> you're using chickpeas as a vehicle for other flavors. >> garlic, red flake and cumin. >> nice. >> this comes together a little bit. >> what are peas doing over here. >> peas are going to come down later. >> want to know when they are coming in. >> walk them selves down. >> they are going to sachet over. >> wine okay stock. come together, take a fork and smash them. >> smash them up. that's fun. >> you smash about half of them. you end up with consistency where it comes together but you can still see whole chickpeas. >> hardy like a potato. how does it taste, guys. >> let's talk about the salad. first finish this off. >> parsley, lemon, really simple. >> delicious. then you serve it under the

salmon. >> like a bed for the salmon. >> i like that. >> here we've got at piece of precooked salmon that sits on top. >> that is beautiful. >> what about the peas, ed, what about the peas. >> these have sacheted themselves over. >> i love it. >> these are regular peas but could be fresh chickpeas. fresh herbs on top. >> not only does it look delicious but beautiful. car sentence wants to know about this gorgeous salad. you have a little drizzle there. >> so this is a new dish in aces. this is a classic dish of aces, summer salad, heirloom tomatoes of every shape, size and color, rustically cut. fresh, beautiful. >> i didn't know there were yellow watermelons. >> yellow watermelons. >> thank you for reminding me, dylan. this also has yellow watermelon in it. >> thank you, dylan. >> thank you dylan. >> sachet on over.

>> the first time to the fourth time, i love it. >> i love a little salt. >> salt is good. mint and basil. mint makes a fresh taste. >> i love it. >> come out and vitt us as aces. we have celeb chefs doing concessions to restaurants. the u.s. open om happens one time a year. nothing like it in the world. >> nothing like it. so much fun. serve it up. appreciate it. if you want to check out recipes go to today.com/food. this is "today" on nbc. >> tnkou. ha y

. coming up on the fourth hour, sheinelle, jen, a, hoda, checking out school supplies that can help kids with homework. >> this was delicious, really good. get out to u.s. open and check out aces. >> come out, we'll see you at aces. >> delicious. guys, check out savannah, she's

going to be joining megyn kelly live at the top of the hour. thanks for that. thanks to you, ed. back after a quick look at your local weather. i )m - -... san jose )s next independent good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. san jose's next independent police officer will likely have a lot more authority. the police officer's association board of directors is expected to sign a tentative agreement with the city to dramatically expand oversight for the next ipa. this is on friday. and the former independent police auditor steps down. the move follows months of controversy and opposition from

the police officer's association. the job of the ipa is to investigate complaints against police. but the department is now saying that it hopes the new move will lead to more transparency and trust. that event is scheduled to get under way at 11:00 this morning. we will have a live report for our midday newscast and we'll post updates on our homepage. bart this morning, a single tracking issue, a diesel train from pittsburg, bay point to antioch. trains are only delayed on the light rail line and not the regular bart service. john mccain will be the 30th dignitary to lie in state in the u.s. capitol. he died saturday morning after a long fight with brain cancer. more news in an hour. stay connected to your world wherever the world takes you. get the nbc bay area app. woman

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xxxx pref good morning, i'm megyn kelly. hope you had a good one. certainly a busy kwon news wise. here with me, nbc news savannah guthrie and stephanie gosk. good morning, ladies. joining me from nashville, tennessee, presidential historian jon meacham. in a moment we're going to talk about the life and legacy of john mccain. can we just begin by sending condolences to the victims of the latest shooting