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down or dig in? we're live in washington. devastating downpours. another round of torrential rain set to slam parts of the south and midwest from houston to new orleans. millions more at risk today, and al is tracking it all closely. those stories, plus under fire. why the prosecutor behind the "central park five" case is facing scrutiny 30 years later. rescue gone wrong, a very rough ride for an injured hiker being airlifted to safety. and good fortune as the mega millions jackpot jumps to auto over a half billion dollars. this powerball player has a fortune cookie to thank for his $344 million windfall. today wednesday, june 5, 2019. >> 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." thank you for joining us on a wednesday morning. and this case in florida is

quite the stunner. not a lot of people were expecting this result. >> no. legal experts talking about what kind of precedent this may set moving forward. >> yeah, absolutely. this development in the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. this morning scot peterson, the former sheriff's deputy, school resource officer accused of not doing enough to stop that massacre finds himself under arrest facing criminal charges for not taking charges. action. this is one year after he sat down with us in an exclusive interview. he said he followed proper protocol and procedures at the time. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on this turn of events. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. scot peterson, the former deputy, will be in bond court later this morning. his lawyer challenged the probable cause for these charges which are rare. peterson was the only armed officer at the parkland school shooting. arrested and charged not for what he did, but what what he

did not do. >> scott peter is find bars. for what he failed to do. >> reporter: peterson was the only armed depth at marjory stoneman douglas high school when former student nicklaus cruz stormed the school and killed 14 students and three staffers. >> stoneman douglas. >> reporter: surveillance video shows peterson never entered the building as the gunman went floor to floor firing more than 140 rounds with an assault rifle. peterson is now charged with child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury. state investigators say there is no question that his inaction cost lives. some parents of students killed that day say peterson should be held accountable. >> he needs to go to jail and he needs to serve a lifetime in prison for not going in that day and taking down the threat that

led to the death of our loved ones. >> did you freeze? >> no. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with savannah last year, peterson defended his actions. >> i know the policies. i know the procedures. i communicated. right on that scene, i did everything that i felt at the time was appropriate. >> you cannot violate policies and procedures and still not get it right? >> right. you are absolutely right. >> is that what happened? >> exactly. exactly. i mean, like i said, savannah, this will haunt me the rest of my life. it will. you know, those were my kids. and that's why it hurts the way it does. >> reporter: peterson's attorney issuing a statement about the criminal charges saying in part, the state's actions appear to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at politically motivated retribution against mr. peterson. it goes on to say, there has only ever been one person to blame. nikolas cruz. this morning one president of a

florida police union is asking the question how far can charges like this go? for instance, an officer arrives at an ongoing fight, hesitates, eventually breaks it up and then later one of the people in the fight dies. can that officer then be charged with culpable negligence? the greatest fear here is what this case may do setting a precedent for other officers being held responsible for what they do not do. >> we turn to danny savalis. how unprecedented is this to have criminal charges not for something that an officer did but for something he failed to do according to the indictment? >> it's very unusual. it sets a dangerous precedent one that incentivizes police away from their duties. the supreme court has said that when police are sued civilly -- now, remember, civilly is a lower burden of proof than

criminal liability. that even inaction in the face of a known danger is not enough to get over that qualified immunity that police officers enjoy from being sued. so it sort of goes against the spirit of qualified immunity to suggest that inaction in this situation could result in criminal negligence, criminal culpability. negligence in the criminal context is always higher than negligence in the civil context. >> peterson faces up to 100 years in prison if convicted on all counts here. what is likely the next step? what might we see going forward with this particular case? >> the statutory maximum is never a reasonable forecast of what a defendant is actually going to get in terms of punishment especially a first s time offender like peterson, is never going to get close to the stat max, as we call it, which is arrived by adding all the possible maximums end to end consecutively. it's not a reasonable forecast realistically he is looking at potential jail time. these are felony charges

the real question is ultimately does his conduct even fit within the florida statute? is peterson a caregiver as that term is defined in the statute? that's normally a parent or another adult in the household does that extend to school police officers or school resource officers as they're called >> prosecutors have reached out and decided to be aggressive in this charge. we'll see if it holds up in court. see what happens danny, thank you very much to washington now. president trump is facing some serious opposition from his own party over his plans to impose new tariffs on mexico. this morning a growing number of lawmakers saying they will block president trump and it comes as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the united kingdom. we have the latest from london we start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker good morning to you. >> good morning to you high stakes talks will get underway at the white house later today between u.s. and mexican negotiators. the vice president will lead the

charge the president still in europe on his diplomatic trip. looming large, the possibility of sparking a trade war with mexico that could impact the price consumers pay for everything from cars to electronics and groceries. now some republicans are signaling they may try to stop the president. this morning president trump is trying to suppress a republican revolt with a number of gop senator threatening to pass legislation that would block him from slapping tariffs on all mexican imports, something the president has threatened to do by next monday unless mexico does more to stem the flow of migrants mr. trump trying to downplay the opposition from his party. >> i don't think they will do that if they do, it's foolish. >> reporter: making it clear he is serious. >> we are going to see if we can do something, but i think it's more likely that the tariffs go on >> reporter: in just hours u.s. and mexican negotiators are set to meet trying to prevent the tariffs, which would start at 5% from kicking in next week. many republicans are concerned the standoff could harm the u.s.

economy, passing increased costs to u.s. consumers and derailing a pending trade deal. >> i think it's safe to say you have talked to all of our members, we are no fans of tariffs. we are still hoping that this can be avoided. >> reporter: democrats predicting the president will ultimately fold. >> i believe he will back off when faced with the opposition among business, among his own republicans, and when he sees what a dumb move he has made. >> reporter: overnight the president firing back in a tweet. can you imagine crying shuck schumer saying outloud that i'm bluffing with respect to putting tariffs on mexico? what a creep it comes as the trump administration faces new scrutiny over its immigration policies, including botched efforts to reunite unaccompanied migrant children with their families according to emails obtained by nbc news in july of 2018, 37 children between the ages of 5 and 12 had to wait in vans overnight, one waiting for 39 hours.

to be processed and reunited with their families. a top house republican is demanding an explanation from the department of homeland security a health and human services, calling the report completely unacceptable. now an i.c.e. spokesman told nbc news that july incident was unusual and while acknowledging there were processing delays, added the situation and delays have been resolved and the children reunited with their families still that explanation is not good enough even for some republicans. as we just mentioned greg walden, the head of the energy and commerce committee, called the revelations unacceptable and is demanding answers. >> kristen welker, thank you. >> as mentioned, this tariff battle is taking place as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the u.k meetings with the royal family, also outgoing prime minister theresa may. overnight the president sounded off on all of it peter alexander is traveling with the president hi, peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you ahead of the d-day anniversary president trump right now is in

the seaside town of portsmouth marking 75 years since allied forces departed from there to storm the beaches of normandy he is with the queen again and many world leaders joining 300 veterans, most in their 90s, to commemorate the historic day in a new interview this morning president trump is sharing his thoughts about his royal hosts after dinner hosted by the queen on tuesday night, president trump controlled the guest list, welcoming prince charles and camilla among others to the u.s. ambassador's residence in an interview with piers morgan, the prince passionate with climate change. >> he is prince charles. he doesn't have to worry about future generations in theory unless he is a very good person who cares about people. >> reporter: the president revealed he did speak with prince harry despite dismissing

his wife meghan markel's criticism of candidate trump during the 2016 campaign as nasty. >> i congratulated him he is a terrific guy he couldn't have been nicer. >> reporter: about markle's comments after denying calling her nasty? >> she is nasty to me. that's okay for her to be nasty. it's not good for me to be nasty to her and i wasn't. >> reporter: that interview following the tour of the churchill war rooms, leading allied efforts during world war ii president trump was pressed about having never served in vietnam. receiving multiple deferments for bone spurs. >> i was not a fan of that war that war was not something -- >> would you like to have served generally, perhaps in another -- >> i would not have minded that at all i would have been honored. i think i make up for it right now. >> reporter: on the topic of the uss john mccain the battleship bearing the name of the late senator and vietnam hero the president pushed back despite the navy and his own chief of staff acknowledging the white house asked the military to move the mccain out of sight during president trump's recent trip to japan, the president disputes it. >> i am not sure -- first of all, i didn't know anything

about it i am not sure it happened. i hear it's fake news. but maybe it is. maybe it isn't again i don't talk about john mccain unless somebody asks me about him. >> peter, the president still talking about the protesters what's he saying about that? >> reporter: yeah, the president again this morning is insisting on twitter that there were not massive rallies against him here in london claiming instead that the only big crowds were gathered in support of him and the united states. there were a small number of trump supporters on the streets. we had crews throughout the city they were significantly outnumbered by the protesters, roughly 10,000 in all. far fewer than during the president's last visit, bu hardly a warm reception. >> all right peter alexander in london, thank you. now to that dangerous weather on the move across the south and midwest this morning where flood-ravaged regions are facing yet another devastating round of torrential rain today nine million people under a

flash flood watch. 31 million at risk from severe storms so we will get to al's forecast in just a moment first, gabe gutierrez is in houston, which finds itself in the storm's crosshairs gabe, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. heavy rain is expected here throughout the day making for a miserable morning commute. right now, as you mentioned, we are under a flash flood watch. this is the latest area in the bull's-eye of unrelenting weather. after weeks of severe weather and historic flooding across the country this morning the gulf coast is bracing for a new round of torrential downpours. >> this is the highest level of disaster that i have seen. >> reporter: flooding in at least seven states is the longest lasting since the great flood of 1927. parts of the lower mississippi river valley have already been soaked by 40 inches of rain this year almost double the average annual amount the river at st. louis is expected to crest thursday to

its second highest level on record in baton rouge, louisiana, the river crept above flood stage in january and hasn't dropped below that since toured the damage in oklahoma. >> this is a long road back, but we stay in it together we'll build these communities back bigger and better than ever before. >> reporter: for farmers across the region it has been devastating. what's been the toughest part of the last few months? >> i think the uncertainty whether it's going to go higher. >> reporter: in arkansas, jamie price has had to sell 300 cattle with 700 acres of farmland underwater, he is struggling to maintain his corn, soybean, and wheat and rice fields. >> this is beyond comprehension. nowhere near anything that you ever fathomed that you would see in your lifetime >> reporter: and right now we are getting hit by heavy rain here in houston. again it's expected to continue throughout the day so much so that the houston fire

department has a precaution. it has prepared its specialized water rescue team created after hurricane harvey >> gabe gutierrez there from texas. thank you. this feels like these guys cannot get a break down south? >> yeah, unfortunately it's going to get worse, guys. right now 12 million people at risk we have flash flood watches up and you can see the heavy rain, plumes of moisture out of the gulf in fact, for tomorrow we have got a risk of severe weather for houston all the way down to brownsville, damaging winds, hail we could see a tornado, but luckily we think that threat is low. here is the problem. we have very wet soil moisture already. it's saturated in mississippi and arkansas river valleys now we have got this plume of very, very moist air coming in here, intense moisture over really the most flood-prone areas. so as those push up we are talking about anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of rain from houston all the way to the panhandle of florida, and that is going to

put a lot of pressure on these areas for flooding in fact, we have a high risk of flooding just east of victoria all the way just to west of new orleans. hourly rainfall rates 2 to 3 inches of rain it doesn't end today it moves into thursday we have a moderate to high risk for new orleans and on into the panhandle. hourly rainfall rates of 2 inches and even into friday that heavy rain continues and you can see the risk of flooding extends all the way up into the mississippi and arkansas river valleys we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds who remembers the beatles. can i do this? let me just give you this advice. "hey dude" "hey dude" are you sure? that's so much better. ♪ dude, dude, dude

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a sunny and hazy start. even though our temperatures are warm now, it will get hot, especially in the inland areas today. a little bit warmer in san francisco. highs reaching the low 70s. north bay up to 91 in santa rosa. livermore reaching 94 degrees. take it easy out there. san jose reaching 86. we will catch a break tomorrow with breezy winds. temperatures coming back to the 70s. but it does heat up again in time for the weekend. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you and coming and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you coming up, what's behind a string of mysterious deaths involving american tourists in the dominican republic. 30 years after the crime first shocked the nation, why a new netflix series has the prosecutor in the "central park prosecutor in the "central park ve case under new scrufiti many people living with diabetes

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>> that's hallowed ground. let's get a check of the morning's headlines. scot peterson, the school safety officer accused of not doing enough to stop the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, was arrested tuesday on criminal charges. he's charged with child me glekt, culpable negligence and perjury. prosecutors saying his decision not to engage the shooter they say caused him to lose lives he defended his actions when he sat down with me for an exclusive interview one year ago today. >> reporter: were you a coward that's what they called you, the coward of broward county. >> i never had a chance. i never thought for a moment of being scared because i was just doing things the whole time it just never -- it didn't even -- it never entered my mind. >> reporter: did you freeze? >> no. >> 17 students, teachers, and staff were killed in the shooting in february of 2018 a former student nikolas cruz, is charged with the killings. a 74-year-old arizona woman got the ride of her life after she was hurt while hiking in phoenix. check this out

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respect to the families' wishes we are not showing the image of the woman who died >> reporter: this morning a series of mysterious deaths happening to americans vacationing in the dominican republic causing alarm here at home u.s. officials confirming a pennsylvania woman died inside her dominican republic hotel room just days before a maryland couple was found dead at the same resort. on may 25th, miranda shop warner, a 41-year-old psychotherapist from allentown, pennsylvania, arrived at this dominican republic resort with her husband. the couple celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary. while inside their room she had a drink from the mini bar when she was suddenly struck with acute physical distress according to a family spokesperson she then collapsed to the floor. her husband performing cpr as he waited for medics to arrive. she was later pronounced dead.

five days later nathaniel holmes and cynthia day missed their checkout time and were discovered unresponsive in their room doctors saying they died from fluid in the lungs. >> i will never see them again it just hurts. >> reporter: day's sister sonia jackson says she confirmed with the u.s. embassy that the couple was found dead in their hotel room. >> i'm still numb. >> reporter: while the u.s. state department confirms shop warner's death with nbc news, they did not identify an exact cause and said they were not aware of any connection between the death of shop warner and the deaths of day and holmes these recent deaths coming as another american says she was attacked at a resort in the dominican republic back in january, tammy lawrence daily and her husband chris traveled to the resort island where tammy says she was violently attacked by a stranger. >> i just remember thinking at that point i wasn't going to

make it home to see my boys and my husband. that they weren't going to find me and i remember that last breath i took, and then i just went unconscious. >> reporter: left for dead, hotel workers found her eight hours later. another nightmare scenario for what was supposed be a dream vacation so the resort where the deaths occurred has no comment on the passing of miranda shop warner as for the couple who passed away, the resort says they are saddened and completely collaborating with local authorities. >> morgan, thank you. let's turn to al and get another check of the weather. what are you watching? >> we are still watching all this rain that's coming down into parts of the gulf coast, corpus christi into houston. that heavy rain, flash flood watches up for tonight, and you can see it's been relentless rain so far this year. a little bit of drought in the southeast, but look at this. houston so far rainfall this

year over 16 inches. that's actually a little below average. but new orleans almost 2 inches above. st. louis 10.5 inches above. 11 for little rock almost 10 inches ioklahoma city there is more rain coming. we look for severe storms making their way into the mid-atlantic and the mid-ohio river valley. that flood threat continues to the south. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it starts out hazy and sunny. this is a live look at dublin. we will keep that sunshine and hot temperatures again today especially in the inland valleys. it does stay comfortable for the coast with san francisco reaching 73. mid-90s in antioch and concord today. then we catch a break tomorrow with breezy winds. highs in the upper 70s. more heat for the forecast for the weekend into early next week. >> that's your latest weather. just

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this morning best selling crime writer and former new york city prosecutor linda fairstein finds herself on trial in the court of public opinion her most famous case, the central park jogger trial, is being retold on netflix. >> kevin >> i didn't see any lady. >> reporter: "when they see us" dramatizes the story of five black and latino teenagers known as the "central park five." the young men were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for raping a white female jogger back in 1989 the story dividing a city decades before taking office real estate developer donald trump spent $85,000 on ads in local papers proclaiming, bring back the death penalty now embattled actress felicity huffman is playing fairstein who oversaw the interrogation of the five teens and prosecution for the manhattan district attorney's office. fairstein was part of the sex crimes unit but did not

personally try the case. >> our case is they are all guilty. >> tell us exactly what happened. >> reporter: the men later accused detectives of coercing confessions from them which fairstein has long denied. when a serial rapist admitted to the crime in 2002 and his dna was a match the five men had their convictions vacated after serving more than a decade behind bars. lester recently sat down with the exonerated men. >> i kept telling the truth for a long time. i started lying because of my father he told me to tell them what they want to hear. didn't get an apology. all the time we did for something we didn't do, and it hurts. >> reporter: fairstein, now a famous author, is facing backlash on social media with the trending hashtag cancel linda fairstein, and growing calls to boycott her crime novels in response, fairstein has deleted her twitter account and resigned from the board of trustees at vasser college, her

alma mater in an interview with "the daily beast," the director of the netflix series ava duvernay alleges that fairstein attempted to control how she was presented saying she tried to negotiate conditions for her to speak with me, including approvals over the script, adding, so you know what my answer was to that? and we didn't talk fairstein denies that took place and declined to speak directly with nbc news. but we received this statement from her attorney that reads in part, netflix and miss duvernay are doing a terrible disservice to the public and should be ashamed by their irresponsibility in failing to properly research the film and effectively compromising its accuracy the attorney goes on to current manhattan d.a. cyrus vance who issued a statement after the five men settled a case with the city of new york in 2014 for $41 million. after more than a deck ate in which numerous parties have investigated and litigated the case, there has been no finding of wrongdoing or unprofessional

behavior by any of the prosecutors involved nbc news has also confirmed that fairstein has resigned from the board of at least one nonprofit safe horizons, which is a victims services organization in new york city. >> obviously, she objects to the portrayal in this netflix series she also has questions about this case in general in how it's portrayed now. what does she argue? >> she does. as recently as 2018 in a new york law journal she says that there were two separate juries that found these teenagers guilty, even though they knew that the dna didn't match the attacker at the time they accepted the theory that prosecutors put forward that they were running with the attacker she makes the point that there was no dna database. at the time actually probably might have caught the actual attacker they weren't able to identify him. and given the information that they had, that they pursued this prosecution, and that they

didn't do anything wrong. >> does she accept they were wrongly accused and wrongly convicted, but says based on the information that police and prosecutors had they didn't do anything wrong >> they did not rape this woman. >> yeah. >> and that conviction was vacated. >> all right. >> stephanie, thank you. coming up, what's next for jeopardy james the man who took the game show by storm unsurprisingly has some serious options ahead of him what could they be natalie has the answer after these messages and directly to those who understand... that when you get behind the wheel. you're not just driving a jeep wrangler. you're joining a family.

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it doesn't mean that the cash flow from his quiz show fame is over. >> this morning all eyes are on the 27-year-old contestant who managed to dethrone him. what's next for the woman who toppled jeopardy james natalie has more on all of that. "jeopardy!" is having a moment. >> it sure is, yeah. good morning well, emma boettcher is now known as the "jeopardy!" giant killer, but she says she didn't know about james holzhauer' epic 32-game winning streak until they met on game day which was taped months ago. now she's begun her own run. >> reporter: a day after dethroning "jeopardy!" phenom james holzhauer, emma boettcher has started her own winning streak. >> she picks up $24,600 today, giving her a two-day total of $71,401 and the opportunity to come back and play again tomorrow >> i don't necessarily like defining myself as someone that defeated someone else, but to say that i have won a game of

"jeopardy!" no matter who against is just incredible. >> reporter: as for holzhauer and his "jeopardy!" jackpot, he won't have the entire $2.4 million to spend. the government has already taken about 47% off the top for taxes, leaving him just 1.2 million. >> i think my wife and i, our first plan it to take a food tour in every country in the world. >> reporter: he has donated to multiple vegas children's charities and will be returning to jeopardy season 36 tournament of champions >> his wager a modest one for the first time. >> reporter: as for conspiracy theories that he threw the game - >> we're both kind of in shock abou jeopardy james. >> we are. you know, i'm not going full conspiracy theorist here. >> reporter: the reality, he says, it was impossible for him to win unless boettcher got the final clue wrong so he was just protecting second place. a position he now holds in "jeopardy!" history to all-time champ ken jennings, who parlayed

his 74-game win streak into multiple books and a position as trivia expert on the game show network. while holzhauer never quite caught jennings, he does take pride in changing the way "jeopardy!" may now be played. >> first person i know of to immediately go through the thousand dollars clues >> reporter: the person responsible, apparently, for the spoiler leak of the video in big trouble according to "jeopardy!" executive producer harry friedman he says they have a good idea who it was and how the video got leaked and they are planning appropriate action. >> natalie, someone has a conspiracy theory about that. >> i think somebody there at "jeopardy!" leaked it purposely. this way it juiced up the ratings for that last show. >> could be. >> natalie, your next assignment. >> somebody within the "jeopardy!" world. >> a quiz show all over again. >> thank you. just ahead, looking back on one giant leap 50 years later. harry smith sitting down with michael collins. >> after your local news what's with the cone?

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>> were you nervous? >> yes, i got nervous easily that seemed like a suitable occasion to be nervous >> what he is now revealing 50 years after that historic trip and back in the "friends" zone >> the girls would do it >> yeah. and the boys would do it i'm sure >> today wednesday, june 5th, 2019 ♪ >> live from new york -- >> it's the maners. >> from virginia >> officially a university alum. go racers! >> senior crew from alabama. ♪ >> here with my grandma. >> from erie, p.a. >> last day of maternity leave thanks, "today." >> been dreaming of new york since i was three and we're finally here woo! >> not just here you are on tv. a great crowd out there.

happy to have you with us. big crowd outside. i think it's only going to get bigger because on friday, yes, the jo bros are here jonas brothers on our citi concert series stage and we are very fired up for that >> i'm a sucker for your new hair color >> thank you so much i am not going to say i turn blonde for the jonas brothers, but they will be here. a busy morning let's get right to the news at 8:00 the former sheriff's deputy accused of not doing enough during last year's shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school is under arrest this morning. scot peterson charged with child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury, those are criminal charges. surveillance video shows he stayed outside the parkland, florida, school while a gunman was inside killing 14 students and three staffers state investigators say there is no question his inaction cost lives. he defended his conduct on an interview on "today" a year ago. >> the families need to know i didn't get it right, because it wasn't because of, oh, i don't want to go into that building.

oh, i don't want to face somebody in there. it wasn't like that at all. >> you weren't scared? >> there was no time things went so fast. >> if convicted on all charges, peterson could face a sentence of up to 100 years his attorney says there has only ever been one person to blame for the shooting, referring to the accused gunman nikolas cruz. this morning president trump is facing strong pushback by fellow republicans over his plan to place new tariffs on imports from mexico. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the latest on this one good morning. >> good morning to you in just hours high-stakes talks will get underway at the white house between u.s. and mexican negotiators. the goal is to strike a deal after president trump threatened to slap tariffs on mexico starting 5% next monday. if mexico doesn't do more to stop the flow of migrants. a growing number of gop senators are signaling they may try to pass legislation aimed at

blocking the president speaking during a joint news conference in the u.k. president trump downplayed the interparty feud even as tough republicans spoke out against the new tariffs. >> i don't think they will do that i think if they do, it's foolish. >> i think it's safe to say you have talked to all of our members, we are not fans of tariffs. we are still hoping that this can be avoided >> reporter: and while some democrats are accusing the president of bluffing, mr. trump insists he is serious. at stake the possibility of a trade war with mexico that could impact the price consumers pay for just about everything from cars to electronics and groceries. craig. >> kristen welker from the white house. thank you. meantime, the trump administration has issued tough new restrictions on travel to cuba by u.s. citizens beginning today. stops by cruise ship and other recreational boats will be prohibited that ban also covers private and corporate aircraft americans who have already booked their trips will still be allowed to visit the state department say they are hoping to end repression at home and stop

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we're excited. thisorning we are launching we're excited. this morning we are launching our one giant leap series leading up to the 50-year anniversary of apollo 11 and we know about the first men who walked on the moon, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. >> but just as integral, i mean really, the pilot of the mission the member of the apollo 11 crew who commanded the command module pilot, michael collins harry smith had a chance to meet with him recently. i would say he was critical to the mission. >> i would say you need a ride home he was the guy what a cool guy. we got to talk on saturday we caught up with him at the world science festival, a super thing for kids in new york, discussing his edition of his young adult book "flying to the moon." 1962 president kennedy says let's go to the moon by the end of the decade. the country was enthralled.

>> as cultural artifacts go, this nasa film is a doozy. >> mike collins is kind of the handball shark of the astronauts >> reporter: it tell us about how important the space race was and how hungry we were to learn about the men going to the moon. >> ignition sequence start. >> reporter: 50 years ago next month will mark the anniversary of the launch of the most daring and technologically demanding space adventure of its time. apollo 11. >> liftoff on apollo 11. >> reporter: and that guy from the nasa film, michael collins, he was on the crew were you nervous >> yes i get nervous easily that seemed like a suitable occasion to be nervous >> reporter: once in orbit around the moon collins said good-bye to neil armstrong and buzz aldrin as their landing module headed to the surface collins, meanwhile, stayed up in the command module the only ride home once those guys drift off what

are you thinking >> bon voyage. >> i think you have a fine looking flying machine there >> reporter: orbiting above the lunar surface collins was often out of radio contact as the command module ventured to the far side of the moon, he did hear this. >> houston, the eagle has landed. >> reporter: but as for the famous first words - >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: he missed the whole thing. did you hear neil armstrong's -- >> no. >> reporter: didn't hear it? >> no, i don't remember. one small step forman, no, i don't remember hearing that. >> reporter: collins was flying around the other side of the moon as alone as any human had ever been. >> more than half the time you are in contact with houston, it's blather, blather in your ear.

in a way it's kind of nice to have that 40 minutes to yourself back there i kind of enjoyed it >> reporter: but soon enough mission control caught him up on the history unfolding 60 miles below. >> i believe they are setting up the flag now. >> great. >> i guess you are about the only person around that doesn't have tv coverage of the thing? >> that's right. i don't mind a bit. >> reporter: and collins still doesn't mind that he wasn't down there, too was there any part of you that was like i wish i could have done that, too >> well, sure. i wish i could have walked on the moon but i can say with the utmost honesty i was thrilled to have the place that i had to be one-third of john f. kennedy's culminating dream. so i have absolutely no beef whatsoever >> reporter: kennedy's dream fulfilled with those first steps, but the voyage home was anything but certain.

>> what worried me was the return, coming back. on the surface of the moon we just had one engine. the fire had to catch. it had to reduce the right thrust in the right direction. if one of those things didn't work right, they were dead >> reporter: the lunar module's rockets did fire as it drew closer to the command module, collins took this picture. he is the only human alive not in the frame the earth, 3 billion of us, plus two. >> you have it upside down i'm sorry. there. does that look better to you now? >> reporter: thank you for the correction 50 years later that view from space, his home planet, still sticks with collins. >> that little orb out your window really grabs your attention. it seemed to project a little tiny sense of fragility. i don't know why the word kept -- that's fragile. little thing >> reporter: with mission accomplished, the crew of apollo 11 made it safely back to this

fragile place and a thankful collins left a message you see scribbled inside the spacecraft your writing here. >> spacecraft 107, alias apollo 11, alias columbia, the best ship to come down the line, god bless her. michael collins. cmp. i hated to leave it without saying something to good old 107. i should have said thanks a lot on there i don't think i put that on, bu >> great i should have. >> what a cool guy, right? so cool. >> great story. >> does he still have the moon in his eyes? >> you know, i asked him, i said do you ever think about that he said not very much. once in a while he will be walking in the evening and see a shadow and look up and says, oh, i've been up there. >> what did he say about our current space travel. >> go to mars, go to mars, go to mars. >> 2024? >> 2040 maybe.

that's a big -- this whole idea of this technological leap, president kennedy said let's do this by the end of the decade, that took everybody in the country basically to say let's do this thing. going to mars will be a similar sort of lift, i think. he says it's going to take a little longer than some experts say. >> i love that we are looking back because to look at a time where we had such high ambitions and we were going for it and everybody was united around this common goal. >> yeah. >> and then to see it happen. >> and to be lucky enough to have been an age to have actually witnessed all of that happen, al >> you and i we are those guys. >> tell us about the olden times. >> that's right. >> what was that black and white tv like? >> it was color, actually. >> that's right. >> if you had a color tv. >> you know, it's crazy. i hadn't thought about it. i think space travel, they try to have redundancies, if one system fails, the other one is ready, but not for the ride back >> no. he said there were 29 aspects of

this, which if something went wrong, it would have been an absolute disaster. he called it a daisy chain one by one he visualized everything that had to go absolutely correctly to think about what they did, i mean, all this was done on paper. they did it in simulators. they did it with computers that up until then there was one on board about this big this is the first time they ever really used integrated circuits. >> wow. >> and no room for error no room for error. >> zero. >> i am excited about the series. >> yeah, we look forward to one giant leap stories this summer i know you have a lot of them planned. thank you. mr. roker, speaking of earth? >> yes. >> how is it >> not too good, unfortunately we continue to see all of this weather training up into the gulf coast from corpus christi, houston, on into galveston also another part of the country this afternoon and this evening from missouri through parts of illinois, indiana, all the way

down into the southeast. we have got 31 million people at risk for storm hazards, isolated tornados, damaging winds, torrential downpours what we are worried about right now stretching from houston all the way to new orleans and into the panhandle of florida locally could see 6 to 10 inches of rain. and that's going to put a lot of pressure on the arkansas river, the missouri and the mississippi. 232 locations above flood stage right now. the rest of the country we will see cooler weather in the pacific northwest. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out sunny and hazy as we get a live look outside in san francisco. and that's where our temperatures will reach into the 70s today, while the inland areas still on track to have another hot day. reaching into the mid-90s in the trivalley as well as the delta. over towards the north bay as well looking at low 90s with san jose reaching 86.

we will all catch a break tomorrow with stronger ocean breeze but it heats up this weekend. >> that's your latest weather. e weather. >> all right. it's that time of the morning, for the mighty "popstart.." >> yesterday i said i never saw "the lion king." it offended a lot of people. they couldn't believe it >> they were offended? >> so i watched it last night. >> and >> just kidding. i didn't watch it. first up, tracy morgan, terrible luck this is an incredible story. he was involved in a minor car accident yesterday in the heart of new york city check this out it happened just less than an hour after he bought himself a brand new car. not just any car that, my friends, is a brand new bugatti. one witness said they overheard he paid $2 billion for that vehicle. sadly, the car did get scratched up a pit, but luckily tracy was okay and not injured in the accident >> still under warranty, too. >> thanks for any concern. i am fine. my new car, we shall see love you all you may recall that he was

involved in that harrowing accident in 2014 five year anniversary is this friday his limo was struck by a truck we are glad he is okay. walked away this time around up next, gwen stefani recently we broke the news she is taking adam levine's spot on the next season of "the voice. the singer has been a coach on the show before an yesterday on "the talk" she opened up for the first time since that news broke about what it means to come back. >> i haven't posted, i haven't talked about it yet because it was such a shock i wanted to come back so bad i mean, the show is so fun adam is the first person to reach out when they were trying to pitch me the show he texted me out of nowhere. i didn't really know him he was like, you've got to do it, it's the greatest show, it's so fun and so to think he is not going to be there is bittersweet it's going to be fun it's going to be exciting. blake is my best friend. so i get to hang out with him at work. >> there you go. we're excited that she's coming back, she's been an awesome contribution to the show in the past it will be good to have somebody

to keep blake on his toes. today jennifer aniston sat down with ellen degeneres and reflected on "friends. ellen showed the actress an old photo of the fast that courteney cox had recently posted an aniston explained why this particular picture was so significant at the time. >> that was a trip to las vegas before the show aired, and it was jimmy burrows, our director, decided, he said i want to take the cast to vegas and i want to take them to dinner he took us to dinner spago's at ceasars palace. we were so fancy he gave us a big speech about how we need to -- the show, he believes, is going to be quite successful and so this world can be pretty dark, and you guys got to really stick together and take care of each other then he handed us a couple hundred bucks and said now go into the casino and gamble because this is the last time you will be able to walk into a casino anonymously and we had no clue what he was talking about. we were like, what do you mean sure enough, that was the last time.

>> wow right on the money, right? the show went on to run for ten seasons, won six emmys would she consider doing a reboot here's what she said on that topic. >> listen, i told you this i would do it. we have a lot of -- ooh! i know, the picture shows up i forget the girls would do it. >> yeah. >> and the boys would do it. listen, anything could happen. >> there is no "no" there. >> it is the easiest reboot to put together >> jim burroughs is still around. >> who is not in >> let's do it. >> we have a network. >> the coffee shop can be reopened >> worked okay with "will & grace. let's go >> everybody is rebooting. >> let's do this >> let's get it back on nbc. >> nbc. >> nbc, come on. >> let's go. >> start the campaign. >> to watch the full interview watch the "ellen" show later today. check your local listings for that >> i am told we have time for a "daly click."

>> a double daily double duo starting with a young kid hit hard by exhaustion. >> it's tough being little. >> the camera rounds the corner in the kitchen and there is the toddler face down on the floor catching a little shut eye the kid has put in a long day. when you are that tired, anyplace is a great place to sleep. parents get tired, too take a look at what happened when this exhausted mother went in to soothe her crying baby she reaches into the crib to grab the infant and ended up holding the baby upside down it's dark in there started feeling for the baby's head and realized the mistake. >> her head smells funny. >> put the baby right side up. >> oh, my gosh. >> would have been funny if she did a head stand. so they were in the same position >> can we relate or what >> yeah. >> takes me back to changing diapers in the middle of the night. >> yeah. >> take you forward a couple of months, my friend. >> that was good. >> thank you thanks for creating time. coming up, we will take you

to the campus where future business leaders are learning how to get in touch with their feelings. also, we have got a master domino artist in the studio. wow. >> they won't even let me walk in that studio because they are afraid i'll knock it over. >> took her over eight hours to set that up. how long to knock it down? first, your local news

good morning to you, i'm marcus washington. 8:26. the san jose police officers union plans to meet later today to debate its next move following santa clara's county to change its policies. supervisors shot down the plan and that means the jail will continue to release inmates who are undocumented without notifying i.c.e. calls for change hit a critical point in february after a deadly stabbing of a san jose woman. the suspect was a private felon who had previously not been held for deportation. right now a look at the morning commute. >> pretty pleasant. looking over here at the bay

bridge toll plaza, cash lanes are starting to lighten up and that indications usually a pleasant drive through the maze. a lot of traffic held up here on highway 13. you may want to take 580 as you head back towards the area. looking at the rest of the bay, smooth flow easing up traffic and the dumbarton bridge in the south bay. the north showing extra slowing with a crash towards capital expressway. 87 slow all the way up from 85 towards kurter in. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we'll have another local news update in about 30 minutes and always on nbcbayarea.com. as a family, we always fly emirates.

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8:30 on this wednesday morning. ♪ 8:30 on this wednesday morning. a couple school trips. lots of school trips. >> a crowd moment? >> a crowd moment. it's somebody looking for you. >> oh? really >> we have the wagner family they're from indianapolis. they have some burning questions for al roker all right. are you ali? >> no. >> what's your question? >> if you could make -- wait,

what's your favorite dish to make >> it would be a two-inch bone-in ribeye with grilled asparagus. >> does that sound good to you >> yeah. >> what's your question? >> what's the craziest weather you ever reported? >> during hurricane wilma and i got blown off my feet standing outside. what's your name >> andrew. >> okay, andrew. >> okay. and this is ava, right >> if you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? >> gosh. i'd like to go to right here with you guys. >> you guys are some intrepid reporters. thank you for visiting us. >> good to see you guys. >> sign them up. man, nice. >> coming up, a business school course like no other. >> well said couldn't have said it better myself not about numbers, guys. it's about emotions. they call it the touchy-feely class at the stanford mba program.

some of the nations best and brightest, what they are talking about how they feel. >> all right. you are going to feel excited when you see what we've got in our studio. a "ripley's believe it or not" domino artist in the house this thing took more than eight hours to build a "today" show logo out of dominoes and we are going to knock it down in just a few seconds. >> so serious about us not going in there and ruining it. they put crime scene tape on the door we are not allowed in there. >> they know us. >> it has a picture of jenna with a note. >> we are a little klutzy. >> sunny wasn't allowed in that room, anywhere near it. >> no. he is the best behaved of all of us. >> true. martha stewart is here and we are going to be grilling, we are making a feast with something for everyone a lot of proteins. we got chicken we got fish. and a korean short rib, i understand. >> a few minutes away from the third hour of "today," this morning a side of kevin hart that you have never seen what he revealed about his own mistakes on the path of success and how he hopes to teach kids a

valuable lesson. >> by the way, we have ali wong and randall park, "always be my maybe. it's like a huge rom-com hit on netflix. >> rom-com. >> have you seen it? >> i have. i actually have. >> he loves a good rom-com. >> i don't, but this one is really good. >> let's give you a check of the weather. see what we got for you. and you can look at some cooling weather coming into the pacific northwest. a flood threat down through the gulf severe storms in the mid-mississippi and ohio and arkansas river valleys and then for tomorrow that wet weather and heavy rain moves into the central gulf. we are looking at sunshine along the plains, strong storms back through the western plai potent potential. good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. are you ready for another hot day in the valley? we're heading back into the 90s. going to be up to 95 in concord and ante of course. oak and l oakland reaching 73.

73 in san francisco. ukiah reaching 70. and we will all catch a break tomorrow and turn off the air-conditioning. we will be in the upper 70s but the heat comes back this weekend. >> that's your latest weather. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, great job thank you so much. coming up, a touchy-feely class. touchy-feely 101 what's it all about? why ist good for business? i

we are back. a we are back. a story that's had all of us talking this morning, comes to us from stanford university's business school which is consistently ranked among the top programs in the nation. >> for years they offered a class that is not at all typical. nbc's joe fryer is here with us in the studio this morning touchy-feely, huh? >> that's right.

good morning, guys so when you think of business school, you probably think of subjects that focus on analytic skills like accounting finance, and economics stuff with lots of numbers but at stanford's school of business a popular class takes a deep dive into emotional intelligence >> reporter: it's a class nearly everyone takes in stanford university's elite mba program. >> our weaknesses are often an overuse of our strengths. >> reporter: it's interpersonal dynamics it's best known by another name. >> the students call it touchy-feely. >> touchy-feely. >> we call it lovingly touchy-feely. >> reporter: the instructo says the goal is to improve self-awareness so students better understand their impact on others. that means learning to give and receive honest feedback. >> most of us don't feel like we know how do it very well, so we're reluctant do it. we assume if we creative

negative, critical feedback it will damage the relationship or we'll look bad. >> reporter: students break up into groups of 12. meeting in private settings. they explore questions like what feelings are we having in response to each other what are the interactions that made us feel more or less connected to others? what is the impact of my sharing feelings or vulnerabilities? what do you think of this class? >> i am very much on a journey, i would say. >> reporter: students quickly learn touchy-feely is not always lovey-dovey. >> you are getting so much feedback and questioning everything you think and why you think it. >> that's definitely helpful. >> reporter: stanford alumni, owns a luxury handbag company. she took touchy-feely ten years ago and says it's emotional. >> when your peers who are your friends in this program say to you, you know, i've never said this to you, but i've always felt that you were kin of unapproachable or you are too

well put together, that was like, a whoa moment for me. >> reporter: it's hard to hear those things but in the end it's helpful, right? >> extremely helpful really honest and insightful feedback is such a gift. >> reporter: she took the class earlier this year. for someone who grew up in a traditional japanese family, it was life changing. >> in my family i was educated really not to express my feelings or emotions that much so whenever i had a high level of emotion, i tend to suppress it. >> reporter: he has learned how to express himself better. the class has been around for 50 years, but is growing in popularity. >> it's a collage. >> reporter: coral chung applies the lessons to her company encouraging employees to be open and transparent about their feelings i could imagine there are some old-school people out there who hear this and think this is not what the workplace is for. i don't want to hear about your feelings what would you say to that >> i would say that's a very

old-school way of thinking and i would say to those people that's a real blind spot for you that you feel that way because i bet you are losing good people. >> reporter: for more and more business leaders feelings like statistics are valuable information. stanford is now offering the class in shorter sessions on weekends to executives on the job outside of school. >> i think we should audit the class. we could do an online webinar or something. seriously, if you want to incorporate some of these practices in your life, what do they say >> for example, one of the simple things, we ask people how are you? instead of that, how are you feeling? sometimes that actually elicits a different response, a more specific response. when you say how are you and someone says fine or whatever, go a little deeper and say, what makes you fine why are you fine there is anecdotal evidence from people in the class, like the guy whose son never spoke give

him 20-minute answer. >> so how are you feeling? >> fine. >> what do you mean by that? >> why fine? >> you get it. >> could you be finer? >> actually, not so good. >> right. >> now you have to go -- >> that's fine sometimes people get deeper and emotional and that's part of this. >> it's connection. >> exactly. >> be a human, right >> exactly. >> i like it. >> thank you. carson daly, how are you >> oh, my gosh, guys, this is a pure art installation. let's put the last piece this young lad domino girl she is known as, an amazing piece of art built in the studio took her nearly all day yesterday. we had security guards turn off the ac we have a payoff in store. we are going to watch it go down

just when you thought you have seen every crazy stunt or just when you thought you

have seen every crazy stunt or incredible talent there is to see, "ripley's believe it or not," there is plenty more cool things to see. >> you will see one of them right now, it includes the jaw-dropping domin designs of a 20-year-old superstar. take a look. >> most creators dream of works that will live forever there is a young woman in new england who is at her best when everything is falling apart. >> my name is lily i'm 20 years old i am a domino artist i spend a lot of time building once i get in the zone i'm like it's just me and my dominoes. >> we're joined by the incredible domino girl, lilly, as well as the host of "ripley's believe it or not," bruce campbell guys, good morning >> good morning. >> i literally put slippers on, lily i don't want to knock over your beautiful design how long did this take >> nine hours.

>> this is like a chicken wing compared to what she normally does. it's a small appetizer >> and it will take how long >> maybe 12 seconds to fall. we are going to do it in a second bruce, "ripley's believe it or not" is back you are the host what are you doing this time around >> catching up with what's been happening since the last show. amazingness never stops. thankfully, folks like lilly, we found them they had their own following now we want to feature it. we are trying to celebrate the extraordinary. that's the plan. it's not a freak show version of ripley's this is finding people that do stuff none of us could ever do they are superheroes without the cape. >> i love this show. i am so glad it's back now technology and youtube channels, people see this amazing stuff in short-form content all the time how does ripley's defend against that >> we get to know wonderful people like lily you can see the car crash videos, those are always available, but

how did they crash who was in the cars? we figure out what makes these people tick. so once you know them, you really start to root for them. that's the plan. >> you are telling the whole story. lilly, you have an amazing story. you were at school you left to be a full-time domino artist. and, i mean, which you are supporting yourself. you don't -- i mean, you do this for corporations tell me how this has turned into a business for you. >> yeah. so it started when i was 9 years old. my grandparents had a normal set of dominoes. i liked watching them fall i found youtube videos of people building dominoes. i am like i need to try this i started posting on my channel. then the more videos i post, the more people started watching and like eventually i had viral videos and then people just like contacted me to do commercials and things like that. >> you handset it up >> yeah, everything is set up by hand. >> have you ever gotten seven or eight or nine hours in and accidentally hit them? >> yes. >> what happens? do you cry >> you take a break. hopefully, you have a camera

rolling. >> is that one there >> yeah. >> a mistake >> yeah. >> even the mistake is cool. >> yeah. i mean, it is. >> those are cool. >> the videos get more views than like jay-z and beyonce. >> i know. let's do this. >> how do we do this >> it's triggered in the corner. >> you do it. >> let's do it together. >> let's go over here. >> there is no way i am doing it. >> i am trying not to stand too close. >> okay. where do we start? >> are you going to knock it down >> me and carson together. >> you do it. >> tap it right there. >> how do i tap? >> like a light flick? >> yeah, yeah. just a little flick. >> now >> here we go. >> oh, my gosh. >> there it goes. >> oh, wow it's got to be like a -- >> it triggers everything around the sides. the center part triggers the white fence which then goes into th apartment building. >> ooh >> are you worried right now

you are like -- >> bam. >> woo >> lilly, you did it. >> yes. >> she never broke a sweat >> that was so cool. >> so oddly refreshing and exciting. >> such a feat in engineering and math great to have you setting that example. >> let's re-rack it. >> one more time >> lilly, thank you so much. you can catch the premier of "ripley's believe it or not" sunday night 9:00 p.m. eastern on the travel channel. guys, thank you. let's check in with craig who is out on the plaza look who we have martha stewart we are firing up the grill what could be better martha is about to share her golden rules f

this morning on "today this morning on "today food," "today" gets grilling

here to help us kick it off who better than martha stewart she is out with a new book it's a guide to all things grilling it's called "what else but martha stewart's grilling. the 95th cookbook? >> 95th book >> 95th book. >> lots of those are cookbooks grilling, it's the season. the weather has finally gotten beautiful. and people really like to cook outdoors. >> i enjoy cooking outdoors as well >> do you have a grill like this, a charcoal >> i am a gas guy. it's faster for me i have small kids, i'm just trying to get in and get out i know you love charcoal. >> i love hard charcoal. it gets up to 900 degrees. i like it really hot and i really like pure i don't use any starters -- don't use the starter fluids start with, you know -- >> how do you keep the grates clean? >> of course, put your grill away clean every time you use it

use a brush like this. scrub that grate so it's nice and clean. use a little bit of oil on a piece of paper towel and a tong like this and clean your grill and then you cook. now, this chicken has been cooking for, oh, about 20 minutes. you want chicken that's for the first recipe, you want the chicken 165 degrees. >> 165 >> yes. >> use your outdoor thermometer? >> yes. you have your instant read thermometer and you just use that >> let's get cooking, martha. >> this is chicken with green chile dressing it is so delicious once it's cooked you make a dressing of cilantro, zest of lime, juice of one lime, olive oil. >> and we can make this dressing ahead of time? >> oh, yes it actually gets better ahead of time some scallions some serrano peppers that's your dressing. >> that's pretty simple. >> it's so simple. >> how long do you marinate? y .

steak. it's sort of like a skirt steak, but it is a short rib cut in the flank style. see this >> i love ribs they are my favorite to cook on the grill. traditional ribs take forever. >> the long ribs, this is cut in the opposite direction boy, is it good. marinade >> it's rice this is marinated. and the marinade, it is rice vinegar, sesame seeds, soy sauce, scallions, a little bit of light brown sugar, and freshly grated ginger and garlic do you want to grate a little ginger >> yes, ma'am.

how much ginger do we use? >> just grate it like that go back and forth. >> don't be afraid, melvin just grate it. >> i am grating it. is that enough >> that's good put that all in there. your short ribs go right in here, those short ribs go right in here, and you put them on the grill. >> how long? >> i do this overnight or a couple of hours before if you are a late night, you know, if you want to come home and cook, these should be marinating overnight. >> what's the verdict on the short ribs >> my favorite. >> clean plate club. >> you put these three minutes a side. >> i will do that for you. >> you do that. >> make myself useful here. >> three minutes a side. >> yeah, nice and flat. >> yes, ma'am. >> and you can use these that have silicone on them. >> look at guthrie helping out there. >> we have a burner over here. >> five minutes a side >> we have 20 minutes on this. >> the other thing -- do it that way, yeah.

>> i got there just in time. >> pretty well done. >> and so this is served on lettuce leaves with kimchi the wonderful fermented chili sauce and scallions and cucumber so delicious that's how you serve it. what do you think? >> i am a big fan of korean short ribs >> grilled salmon is my favorite i love salads in the summertime. a grilled salmon, this salmon has been overcooked. not really that is so beautiful look how nice. use one of these baskets for doing fish >> cooking fish can be intimidating on the grill. i find it falls apart. >> that's why you have one of those. >> yeah. >> a martha stewart basket >> it is, but you can find these in other brands, too >> what's in the salmon salad? >> the salmon that has been cooked with a little bit of lemon zest always squeeze fresh lemon juice over it. flake it up. do you want to flake it up you can stir.

>> i'll stir. >> and a great dressing. do you like anchovies? >> i do in moderation. >> a dressing with olive oil, anchovy, mustard, salt and pepper pour that over the whole thing flake the salmon into big flakes. >> al, what's the verdict? >> this is terrific. >> delicious >> thanks, martha. >> find all the recipes at today.com/food third hour of "today" up next right after your local news. thank you, martha stewart. good morning, 8:56. i'm marcus washington. a lieve look at sfo where new ride-share rules took effect. for now on they will take place on level five of the garage. this is an attempt to ease congestion at sfo before the summer travel season. new signs are in place already.

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rockefeller plaza this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning, everybody. welcome to a wednesday edition, hump day, third hour of "today." along with sheinelle, dylan, craig, i'm al. good to see you. >> the last hour we were eating. >> sucking meat out of our teeth. >> i didn't realize that. >> martha stewart. we smell like smoke and meat. >> the problem is i'm hungry. i want to gnaw on your arm. >> don't do that. >> they both sat down and they go -- >> craig is like, oh. >> going in