we're back at 7:25, with a live local news update. >> join our midday show at 11:00, it's friday. you know it's going to be a fun one. we'll see you then. good morning, breaking overnight, caught on camera. >> these people are sick they're sick. >> video leaks of the prest unloading on the white house officials who sounded the alarm about his call with a foreign leader, including this not so subtle reference to execution. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart. >> this morning, the first look at the complaint at the heart of the impeachment case and new claims of a white house coverup. prison time, yet another parent gets time behind bars in that massive college admissions scandal. what this case has in common

with lori loughlin's nbc news exclusive, just what is inside those popular e-cigarettes making so many americans sick, our investigation. >> cyanide you certainly don't want to be smoking cyanide. >> the shocking results and discoveries that might hold the key. a major theater has security measures over the "joker" film. and prince harry's touching tribute to his mother overnight during his african tour. and dynamic duo, jennifer lopez and shakira, set to make a history making super bowl, friday, september 27th, 2019 from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and morning, everybody, welcome to "today" on a very busy friday morning.

we're going to start with the latest on this impeachment investigation and here it is, this is the whistleblower complaint against president trump. it's unclassified anybody can read it, and it's alleging that the president put pressure on a foreign leader, namely he wanted an investigation into democratic rival joe biden. it also included a second explosive allegation this time of a coverup that the white house directed any record of that phone call be hidden in a classified computer system where it otherwise did not belong. this all led to the president yesterday unloading during a closed door meeting saying, quote, we are at war we've got it all covered we'll start with nbc white house correspondent, kristen welker, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. this morning, president trump's white house has been increasingly engulfed by the ukraine firestorm. the whistleblower alleging mr. trump abused the powers of his

office and also trying to cover it up. the video surfacing at the president lashing out at a nonpolitical event designed to thank diplomats for their work at the un and even children in attendance. president trump on tape making it clear he wants to know who's behind the growing ukraine controversy raising eyebrows with these comments obtained by bloomberg at a closed door event on thursday. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, the spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: those remarks sparking a shark rebuke from the chairman of intelligence, and oversight committees, releasing a statement, the president's suggestion is reprehensible invitation to violence against witnesses in our investigation

president trump making the controversial comments during a nonpartisan event speaking to american diplomats and their families including children, taking the opportunity to rally his base. >> we're in a war. these people are sick. they're sick. >> reporter: while going after his democratic rival. >> sleepy joe biden, who's dumb as a rock. >> reporter: while stressing that the whistleblower didn't have any firsthand knowledge of what was alleged in the complaint. >> basically that person never saw the report, never saw the call, and he never saw the call, heard something and decided that he or she, whoever the hell it is, almost like a spy. >> reporter: in their complaint, the whistleblower did write i was not a direct witness to most of the events described and that has many republicans pouncing. >> when i think of whistleblower complaints, i think of somebody who saw something that was wrong and came forward to say so this is hearsay information. >> reporter: and also this

morning, more than 300 national security and foreign policy officials, some from the obama administration, have released a statement calling president trump's actions regarding ukraine a, quote, profound national security concern. so the question is what happens next well, congress was set to go on recess for two weeks, but the house intelligence committee plans to keep working and could hold another hearing as soon as next week. savannah. >> kristen, thank you, and of course all this reaction overnight stemmed from yesterday's historic hearing on capitol hill nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson coveringhat part of the story this morning good morning to you. >> reporter: triggering new questions now today, many of them centered around the whistleblower's allegation that key information was put away in this more secret, more restricted computer server, part of the complaint now consuming congress and the white house a new focus in the impeachment investigation this morning

looking at what some describe as a lockdown cover. >> it's hard to imagine a more serious set of allegations than those contained in the complaint. >> reporter: the whistleblower complaint alleging senior white house officials intervened to lock down all records of the controversial call between president trump and the ukrainian president by storing the transcript in a separate electronic system where the whistleblower said it didn't belong, not the first time something like this happened, according to the complaint with some republicans speaking out about the details of the phone call. >> concerning that conversation, i want to say to the president, this is not okay that conversation is not okay. >> reporter: on capitol hill thursday, democrats seized on acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire's acknowledgment he turned to the white house after the office received the complaint. >> why would you go there to ask their advice what you should do. >> the allegation that is made by the whistleblower is secondhand information, not

known to him or her firsthand. >> democrats are defending the whistleblower, putting maguire who initially withheld the complaint from congress in the hot seat. >> you don't believe the whistleblower is a political hack, do you. >> i believe the whistleblower is operating in good faith i think the whistleblower did the right thing. i think he followed the law every step of the way. >> reporter: remember, this complaint is at the center of what is a formal impeachment inquiry against president trump. let's talk about support for that there's a politico consult online poll just out showing a number, a 7 point jump in support for the impeachment proceedings since the weekend. opposition dropped 6 points, leaving voters divided 43/43 it is still early. this is an early snapshot it's going to take more data and more time before we get a sense of where americans really stand.

>> here to help us break down what's next, nbc who's correspondent, peter alexander and jeremy bash, chief of staff of the cia and the defense department in the obama administration let me start with you, peter, so extraordinary yesterday the president's got sort of a meet and greet with federal employees, diplomats at the un, and then it turns into really this unleashing of vitriol against the whistleblower and the white house who talked to the whistleblower. >> he described them as scum what's striking about this savannah is this was a conversation behind closed doors with dedicated career servants to this country, people who have served with democrats and republicans. >> and their families. >> there were kids in the room at the time. he said we used to treat folks differently, spies, who he effectively accused of treason in a situation like this this was a dramatic moment that pulled back the curtain for a lot of americans the way the president is thinking in this potentially

historic moment. >> let's turn to jeremy bash, you're a subject matter expert in this. you've read the complaint. we have all read it now. and at its heart, in it's simplest form. what is this alleging. >> this is the most serious allegation against an american president in our country's history, the president used his office to press a foreign country to interfere in an american election, he enlisted the justice department to investigate a political rival and white house officials were so alarmed by it that they launched an elaborate coverup. >> there's talk that this implicates national security, why, why would this be a case in which our national security is threatened by the president's conduct on this call which the white house has released that rough transcript of. >> instead of defending an alley, ukraine which is in the fight of its life, the president was holding back that aid until the ukrainians would investigate

the biden >> let's talk about t of hearsay, the president mentioned it before the diplomats at the un saying this is secondhand, lindsey graham, oh, this is hearsay, that may be the case but isn't it now proven by the document that the white house released >> that's right, savannah. that july 25th phone call, which we now have a near transcript of actually is much worse than the whistleblower's complaint. the whistleblower says the president was essing ukraine to investigate his political rival. what the transcript makes clear is he was offering a deal, if you investigate my political rival, i will release that critical military support to you. >> that's so fascinating what jeremy says, peter, because in the end, it may be that the most damming piece of evidence came from the white house itself, its own quasi transcript of this call what was the decision making behind releasing that? >> let's be clear, the president

was being told by two of his top aides, steven mnuchin, mike pompeo, the secretary of state, this is not a good idea, this is a bad precedent, other white house officials said they didn't think it would have a good precedent going forward. it shows how caught offguard the president was, he thought he did nothing wrong. the fact that the president himself said here you go, here is that call could be the most consequential element of this entire moment. >> in fairness to the president, it was an exceedingly transparent thing to do to release this call that otherwise probably congress wouldn't be able to get its hands on. >> republicans have said, we heard from mike turner yesterday, i have some criticisms with the way this went down but mr. president, he said that looking into this camera, this is not okay this call is not okay. >> let me ask you about the other piece of the complaint that came out, the allegation that the whistleblower makes is the record of this call which

would have ordinarily been in one computer system, not classified, was then essentially stashed in a classified computer system so people wouldn't see it how concerning is that if true, and secondly, how could congress get to the bottom of that, how do you unpack that, this is a classified system. >> congressional records are fashioning document requests, to get access to those documents they're going to try to bring before the congressional committees, white house officials who are responsible for doing this, and essentially what it was, savannah, they took a document that wasn't very classified, classified at a very low level, which would have been disseminated to many people and put in a highly secret network so no one else could see it. they didn't want this document to see the light of day. >> thank you, we'll send it to hoda and craig. new developments on the college admissions scandal. >> another parent has been sentenced to prison time after pleading guilty to fraud, and this sentence is of particular

note because of the amount the amount of the bribe, similar to what actress lori loughlin allegedly paid as well miguel almaguer has been following this for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: it's important to keep in mind, all of these cases are unique, while some parents have been charged with the same crimes, most are accused of paying different bribes. some have pled guilty, others have not, but the judge has already handed down prison time for parents convicted. living a life of wealth and privilege, this morning stephen semprevivo is headed to prison for four months, the third parent to be sentenced in the college entrance cheating scandal. his attorney after court -- >> he's sorry for what he did and he's said that from the very beginning. >> the prosecutor argued differently saying i want to focus on what sets this defendant apart. it is a level of egregiousness that is beyond other defendants.

noting after he pleaded to fraud, his son adam sued georgetown when he was expelled. he later dropped the suit. in court his father said i deserve to be punished i understand i need to spend some time in prison. also given two years supervised release, 500 hours of community service and a $100,000 fine, semprevivo's case draws notable similarities to lori loughlin's. the actress and her husband are accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into usc. 100,000 more than semprevivo. also charged of money laundering legal experts say if loughlin is convicted on all accounts she is sure to get more prison time the hollywood celeb's case, noting loughlin's upbeat behavior early on which later

changed. >> i think she got thesa how she walked into court on the second occasion, so i think she got good advice on that. on the first one she was out of her realm. >> reporter: this morning, the stakes are high for those still set to face the judge and others headed to prison. of the three parents to be sentenced so far, actress felicity huffman got half of the prison time recommended by prosecutors. the two other parents just under about half in every case, the judges noted how quickly they pleaded guilty. what that would mean for parents fighting the charges who were later convicted is unknown. >> miguel almaguer, thanks. we have a lot more to get to, including news about the super bowl jennifer lopez will be headlining that half-time show, and let's just say a hot ticket became even hotter nbc's joe fryer is here with more on this. >> j. lo plus shakira too. jennifer lopez has quite literally done just about everything her fiance a-rod said this has

been a bucket list item, a cherry on top of the year that has been incredible, even by j. lo's high standards ♪ i'm still jenny from the bloc is the ♪ >> to the block from the biggest stage in the world, after weeks of speculation, jennifer lopez announced she'll tackle the half-time show at the super bowl in miami the triple threat entertainer is set to bring the heat along with fellow entertainer shakira co-headliners revealed the news on social media thursday j. lo said i can't wait to show what us girls can do on the world's biggest stage. the announcement comes just two weeks after hoda asked jennifer about the rumors >> are you performing at the super bowl this year >> i don't know. >> we hope it's you. okay that was not a no. >> overnight her fiance alex

rodriguez said she's going on to that stage representing all of us, latinos, immigrants, people of every age and color the superstar scored big in a banner 2019 which included turning 50, her engagement to a-rod, a sold out concert tour and the successful film hustlers plus, this moment during milan fashion week when j. lo closed out the versace show walking the runway in a new version of the iconic green jungle print dress she wore to the grammys in 2000. super bowl 54 marks the first time since rap star jay-z teamed up with the nfl in a deal giving him major influence over the event's half-time show the music mogul's alliance with the league upset some who felt he turned his back on colin kaepernick and others who knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and social injustice. >> i think we have passed kneeling i think it's time to go into

actionable items. >> a debate reportedly prompting several artists to turn down performing at the half-time show in recent years. but in 2020, the nfl is hoping to look forward with a little help from j. lo. lopez and shakira have never performed together, and neither has performed at the half-time show at the super bowl as for shakira, the super bowl is on her birthday this year what a gift to her and she's represented by jay-z's rock nation, and we are also hearing that more half-time guests will be announced during the road. >> we're going to declare this the year of jennifer lopez, this is definitely in her lane. >> we have seen what she does on our plaza, the show she puts on for three songs on the plaza, i can't wait to see the super bowl. >> and in miami, too >> it's going to be hot. >> thanks, joe. >> thank you. all right, let's check the weather, dylan is for athis

morning who's still recovering hey, dylan, good morning. good morning, everyone it's feeling like summer for a good portion of the country. we have this huge region, the jet stream, the dividing line of record heat in the east and record cold temperatures in the pacific northwest. what are we going to feel today, likely record high temperatures, especially down south. the old record is 93 on saturday we're going to be we should tie that today birmingham, 94, should hit 96. tallahassee, we are going to see the warm tells continue on into the weekend. on saturday we're going to be close to or tieing records in chattanooga with a high of 94. 90 in charlotte. d.c. gets up to 87 degrees the record is 86 and going through the weekend we will see warmer temperatures. raleigh, lower 90s on sunday philly gets a little bit cooler on monday, with a high of 78 gets right back up to 82 on tuesday. that's a look at the weather across the country we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds

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and that's your latest forecast. >> all right dylan, thank you coming up, the latest on the firestorm surrounding the new "joker" movie, what a lot of theaters say they will ban after a warning for the screening of the film could target violence. and new cases of the mysterious vaping illness being reported our investigation into what is in those vaping cartridges, what's causing people to get sick and we discovered what might be a game changer, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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drizzly start in san francisco, this is a live look right now, fogged over, and certainly feeling a lot more like fall. this is a view difl view over san jose, our temperatures along the coast and bay remain in the upper 60s. further inland areas like san jose can expect to see a mix of sun and clouds, by about 12:00, 73 degrees, and over the next seven days, we're going to notice an interesting pattern. so early tomorrow it's going to be breezy, 65 degrees, and on sunday, our temperatures drop down even more by as much as five degrees in san francisco. inland areas can also expect to see a drop in temperatures thanks to a system we've got off to the north that will bring sierra snow and the possibility to see some showers in napa and sonoma counties. overall a cool, comfortable weekend ahead. mike? >> overall a cool commute right now, no major problems in the south bay. northbound push out of san jose for silicon valley, arrow shows you west 92 recovery after a couple of earlier incidents slowed things down on the san mateo bridge. looks really good. you see it on the right side headed toward the peninsula, and

north bay recovery slow south to san rafael. earlier crash cleared before the end of our show at san rafael. back to you. >> another update in half an hour. see you then. tv just keeps getting better.

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we we are back, it is 7:30 on this friday morning, the 27th of september, 2019. you know what i think, i think it's a beautiful day for a concert on the plaza, doing the honors, one republic, and you roll up, you know, in the morning, to show up for work, and there's a line out, you know it's going to be a good party on the plaza. we can't wait to get outside. >> perfect for a friday. it's going to be good. this morning, democrats are accusing the president of witness intimidation the president raised some eyebrows with comments he made a clod door diplomatic event on wednesday the tape was obtained by bloombg. the president making it clear he wants to know the identity of the white house officials who first raised alarm about his

call with ukraine. >> that's close to a spy you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> those remarks sparked a sharp rebuke from the chairman of intelligence affairs, they released a statement the president's suggestion is a reprehensible invitation to violence against witnesses in our investigation. all americans must denounce witness intimidation. a data breach that has affected 5 million customers of the popular meal delivery service, door dash, the company confirming that customer information such as home addresses, phone numbers, even encrypted passwords may have leaked the last four digits of payment cards may have been accessed door dash says the information is not enough to make a fraudulent purchase. the company's advising customers to change all their passwords. now to the latest on the

controversy surrounding "joker" movie. we told you about the families of mass shooting victims who have spoken out against the movie's violence this morning, some major movie chains are taking action nbc's stephanie gosk is here with more on this. >> the story of a social outcast, struggling with mental illness, bullied until he strikes back violently echoes real life stories of mass shooters and with the movie's release next week, concerns are growing. this morning, the movie theater chain landmark is posting a message to moviegoers about a controversial new film, enjoy the "joker" for the cinematic achievement that it is, but no masks, painted faces or costumes will be permitted into our theaters at the venice film festival, "joker" won the coveted top prize, driven in large part by juaquin phoenix's performance. the actor plays an outcast,

driven to commit mass murder the violent plot inspired by the comic book villain in batman, triggering concerns by some families who lost loved ones in the 2012 mass shooting in aurora, colorado many large theater chains that nbc reached are not commenting directly on the film one cinema giant regal saying we do not believe the consent or existence of any movie is a cause or a signal for violence nevertheless, although we do not comment on security protocols implemented by our theaters at any time, patron and employee safety is our foremost concern still in oklahoma, anxiety when the u.s. army released this memo to military commanders at fort sill warning that texas law enforcement together with the fbi had discovered disturbing and very specific chatter in the dark web that an unknown theater may be targeted. a spokesman at the base said it was circulated out of an abundance of caution

according to the fbi, there's no specific threat at this time warner brothers, the studio behind "joker" defends the movie, writing in part, make no mistake, neither the fictional character joker nor the film is an endorsement of real world violence of any kind the film's director bristled at the criticism in an interview last week i think it's because outrage is a commodity, also saying isn't it good to have these discussions about these movies about violence, why is that a bad thing the film's star telling "people" magazine, the movie in general >> i think it's really good when movie make us uncomfortable or challenge us or make us think is meant to challenge the audience. >> i think it's really good when movie make us uncomfortable or challenge us or make us think differently. i think that's why i wanted to make the movie, right, because it wasn't easy for me. >> the fbi has not issued an formal warning or advisory, and they have no credible complaint at this point. >> what about local police, do we know if police around the country are taking any

additional precautions ahead of the release. >> the only police department we have heard of is the lapd, which says it's going to increase its visibility they're aware of the historical significance and the increase in public concern, but they say there's also no credible threat that they're aware of. >> okay. what do a2kdele, did jonas stephanie, thank you. ryan tedder is behind some of the biggest hits and also front manage for one republic. >> and that little band will be playing on our plaza first, shocking results, an exclusive nbc investigation, so what exactly is in those e-cigarettes, and what's making people so sick what we discovered that might help shed some light on this mystery. right after this

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getting sick nbc's senior leader and correspondent, cynthia mcfadden went in search for answers and she discovered something that correspondent, cynthia might hold a clue. >> they just, it just, everything was put on pause because i decided to vape. >> 19-year-old fabian castillo nearly died before he could tell us his story he began vaping thc, the active ingredient in marijuana, this past december. >> do you remember the brand >> gorilla glue i think it was. >> do you know for sure that it was actually a legitimate product. >> i do believe that i was given black market stuff, and i do believe that had an affect on me. >> fabian says his lungs were slowly beginning to shut down. he ended up in the emergency room >> i couldn't breathe. i couldn't talk. i literally couldn't even move my hands. >> doctors put fabian into a medically induced coma, and he stayed like this for nine days dr. kathryn melamed is a pulmonologist, she treated a

girl in the intensive care unit with someone with some of the same symptoms as fabian. >> this was my patient's chest x-ray when she first arrived in the emergency room. >> for a 19-year-old or 18-year-old, you would say this young woman has pneumonia. >> that's what you would otherwise assume. >> reporter: her patient she discovered had vaped nicotine and thc and was getting sick fast. >> but then we fast forward just 48 hours. >> oh, my goodness >> and you can see a drastic difference. >> reporter: would it be fair those lungs aren't working. >> definitely. >> reporter: this pattern says david downs, the california bureau chief for leafly, a publication that reports on cannabis is being repeated all across the country tell me what's going on as we sit here today >> we have known about contamination issues in the marijuana supply chain, especially in the thc vape cart space for a number of years but they seem to have boiled over

this summer for the first time, and we think it's because these black market operators are using a new type of cutting agent and they're using it in a variety of products. >> reporter: he's talking about tocopheryl acetate, known as vitamin e, commonly used in skin care products. earlier this week, the fda says vitamin e was found in the cartridges of many who got sick. state health departments told nbc news they're investigating more than a thousand cases of these illnesses. >> this all starts in china where you can get the empty cartridges both for thc market and the nicotine market as well as the additives, flavorings and thickeners these products are imported. >> reporter: to say they're buying the parts from china, dressing it up to look like something it's not, and kids are buying. >> it's a very deep, mature and advanced industry that starts in china and ends in our own backyard. >> reporter: the question remains, what is in these illicit cartridges that's making

people so sick, and are cartridges sold in legal dispensaries also tainted? we went to canna safe, one of the leading cannabis testing facilities in the nation to hunt for answers. i bought three brands of thc cartridges from legal dispensaries, and canna safe obtained 15 black market varieties for testing, most of them from delivery services. it's the wild wild west. >> absolutely. welcome to california. >> reporter: antonio frasier is the vice president of operations at canna safe. >> reporter: let's start with the legal ones, the legal carts we bought around town in los angeles, what was the result was there vitamin e in any of them >> there was no vitamin e found in any of the legal carts you sent us. >> reporter: and what about other things, pesticides. >> everything passed with the california levels of regulation

testing. >> reporter: they would be safe for consumers in the way intended. >> safe and accurate, rrt. >> reporter: let's move on to the illicit materials. did you find vitamin e. >> yes, we did we found vitamin e in 13 out of 15 samples >> reporter: these are randomly distributed. >> most of the time people acquire them through illicit delivery services. >> reporter: one of the samples labeled as exotic carts mars og was nearly 40% vitamin e we asked canna safe to test ten for pesticides, all tested positive. >> even you, it sounds like, were pretty shocked by the results. >> yeah, all ten included a trade name of eagle 20 when you heat it up, it can break down into other dangerous compounds, one being hydrogen cyanide. >> as far as the illicit

products go, a big fat f these test results a clue as to why so many people may be getting so very sick cynthia mcfadden, nbc news. >> let's break this down with nbc medical correspondent, this dr. john torres, thursday the fda admits that e-cigarettes are in fact unsafe, what's been the reaction from the medical community to that? >> in general, the medical community is saying thank goodness they are finally doing this they haven't been waiting for the fda. groups like the american lung association have applauded the states for going on saying we're going to ban not just flavored e-cigarettes but menthol and mint, because we know once flavored is banned, they switch to menthol and mint.red e-cigarettes but menthol and it's a big step forward. >> let's go to cynthia's report, obviously pesticides, cyanide, no one wants to be inhaling those things but vitamin e, when it's inhaled what does that do. >> it turns into a vapor, turns into an oil, once it gets into

the lung, it coats the airway, it starts off this inflammatory reaction, and that's where the damage starts coming from, and this gets down into the small parts of the lung that's hard to treat, and that's why it's causing such an issue. >> going back to the crisis, a dozen dead, 800 sickened in 46 states so far, black market cartridges, what can the government do about those? how do you regulate that >> the government, the medical community, obviously they're illegal, so they're trying to stamp down on those as much as they can, but they're hard to get to from the medical community's perspective, is the same thing the government is doing is simply getting the message out there. doctors are starting to ask the questions of people when they come into the clinic, are you vaping, if you're vaping, where are you getting that product from expect that question to be asked, and expect to answer that question the bottom line is we have talked to experts, they say if you're going to vape thc specifically, you want to make

sure you get it from a legal source that's been tested for toxins, as one expert put it, if you're getting knock off gucci bags, that's not going to kill you. if you get a bootleg thc cart, it might you need to be very careful. >> dr. john, thank you very much let's send it to dylan for a check of the weather. good morning, again, everybody. we have a chance of severe storms just to the west of chicago, but this does include kansas city, columbia, kirksville, davenport where we could see large hail as the biggest threat damaging wind, and we can't rule out a tornado, although that would be a very very small threat today, all out ahead of this cold front. after 1:00 is when we'll start to see these storms firing up. they last off and on until midnight, and this system will fizzle out as we go into tomorrow morning we could see as mu it's time to bring out the fall jackets. this is a live look over san francisco. we've got a drizzly start, definitely covered in fog and temperatures in the 60s right now. in san francisco expect to top out in the upper 60s, along the

coastline and bay but inland areas in the bay 66 degrees and calm. through the afternoon in the 70s, by 12:00 a mix of sun and clouds. 73 degrees and in through the palo alto area, expect to see some mid-70s by 1:00. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. just ahead, a very personal journey, why princess diana would be very proud of what her son prince harry did in africa overnight. but first, these messages. s fight for 7 am makeouts. every year, walgreens helps millions of people fight the flu. fight to protect the ones you love. walgreens. be a flu fighter. get your free flu shot today at your neighborhood walgreens.

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event on thursday. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right, the spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: those remarks sparking a sharp rebuke from the chairman of the intelligence, foreign affairs committees, releasing a statement reading in part, the president's suggestion is a reprehensible invitation to violence against witnesses in our investigation. all americans must denounce such witness intimidation comes amid a new focus in the impeachment investigation, the whistleblower complaint alleging senior white house officia had intervened to lock down all records of that controversial call between president trump and the ukrainian president by hiding the transcript in a separate electronic system where the whistleblower said it didn't belong not the first time something like this has happened, according to the complaint >> this is a coverup. >> reporter: on capitol hill thursday, democrats seized on acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire's acknowledgment he initially turned to the white house after his office first received the

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of the trip, visiting a mining area to continue the work of princess diana a poignant moment for prince harry. he helped clear land mines from the country's nearly 30 year civil war that ended in 2002. >> by clearing the land mines, we can help this community find peace. >> harry following his mother's footsteps, keeping her legacy alive, in an iconic moment two decades ago, diana was famously pictured by a mine field, the moment raising global attention of the damage land mines can do. the dangerous fields she once walked now a paved street. >> my mother walked through a mine field in 1997 once heavily mined, the second city of angola is now safe. >> harry also visiting health and conservation products and pushing his message of climate change awareness. >> i think there's an emergency

it's a race against time. >> the it's a race against time, one in which we are losing. >> the prince planting trees in botswana on thursday, a place close to his heart. >> i came here in '97, after my mom died, it was a nice place to get away from it all i feel deeply connected to this >> harry sharing his place and to africa. >> harry sharing his passion for africa with his wife meghan. it's where they fell in love on a romantic safari. on their first overseas tour as a family of three, the duke and duchess introducing baby archie to desmond tutu, a leader of the anti-apartheid struggle, the moment coming not long after meghan declared herself a wife, mother, and woman of color, donating some of archie's baby clothes. >> i wanted to share some things from our home to yours. >> the couple stopping to dance with children, their love for africa shining through

as for meghan and baby archie, they stayed behind in south africa meghan plans to carry out some engagements on her own before their trip wraps up next week. i think it's been a good trip for the family of three. >> very meaningful. >> and we got to see archie so we're all happy. >> he's really cute. >> he is >> just wait until our royal baby. >> baby drye >> he's percolating in there we're good let's take a look at some of the snow we're going to see across the northern rockies, and i mean a lot of snow, so we have winter storm watches and winter storm warnings in effect western montana could see up to 4 feet of snow winds could gust up to 55 to 65 miles per hour, so we could see some blizzard like conditions as well that would be of course in the highest elevations we also have an area of severe weather possible today that includes kansas city we are looking at our biggest threats of large hail, damaging winds possible as well record high temperatures across the south. gorgeous in the northeast and drying out in the southwest. that's a look at the wea it is 66 right now in san

jose. look at that cloud cover. over san francisco certainly a drizzly start. we're seeing joer cast skies and of course that fog rolling through. very fall like out there. kind of cozy isn't it? over the next several days it will be about 65 degrees through tomorrow. we get a system just off to the north and that will bring a chance of seeing showers to the star sanoma and napa counties. skps and are you guys ready >> we are so ready >> because sunday night is football night in america.ready. hoda, this one is for you. the dallas cowboys, they're undefeated but they're heading to the new orleans saints, without drew brees but they don't need him they'll be okay. clear and warm, it's a dome stadium so that doesn't matter, but it will be 80 degrees. the tailgaters will be happy sunday night, football night in america. >> i love how you do it. >> you give it a good try. >> clear, warm, but not breezy,

sorry. double duty, you got pop start. >> now i got to copy carson, this is so hard to do. here we go, first up, colin jost and michael che. of course things turned to the big news of joe's summer engagement to scarlet johansen, asking jost if he cried at all after popping the question. >> guys are hyping it up, i have to do it in a big romantic way >> but i'm half german, and irish catholic, so i'm able to repress. >> and don't typically cry but they also don't typically marry an avenger >> she's a little more dramatic. >> did you get a wedding gift for them >> i didn't get you a gift i can't wait to get to that wedding, hear those sweet, beautiful words, does anybody object >> now we'll be holding our breath for that during the wedding. >> looking forward to weekend

update, too. especially tomorrow. next up, dylan mcdermott sitting down with andy cohen the actor took questions from callers and one of them asked about his time working with dolly parton to which mcdermott had probably the best answer possible >> what is your favorite memory you have of dolly parton from the set of steel magnolias. >> you can't believe the way dolly parton smells. >> so good >> she mixes like seven different perfumes, so each and every time you walk into the room, at least i did, i almost fainted. >> is it too much? >> no, no, no. smells that good. >> it makes your mouth water >> it makes your mouth water >> do you remember that from meeting dolly. >> i remember she smelled like heaven she really did. >> i never smelled her and now i'm mad. >> you got to. >> i will. >> when you meet ryan tedder, he

also smells really good. is he over here? >> do you have a fragrance that you wear >> i do. >> what is it? >> it's made by creed. >> oh. >> made by creed, it's way it'sy overpriced. >> well, it smells delicious. >> can i some smell you really quick. i just want to see, and i'll let everyone know. is that weird, is it okay? >> that's fine, but today i'm wearing something different. >> oh, he does smell very good. >> you're right, dylan. >> what were you doing smelling ryan tedder. >> that's a better question. >> i was saying my hellos and to -- >> you caught a whiff. >> yes >> does he smell like heaven too? >> he does smell like heaven. >> i get stopped in elevators a lot, a lot. >> she said it earlier this morning, he smells so good. >> now i'm blushing, and sweating that's not normally like me. next up, savannah, this one's for you. working girl. >> my favorite movie. >> classic movie's broadway adaptation is coming together.

the music and lyrics handled by cyndi lauper, and of course casting has their work cut out for them, finding people to fill the shoes of melanie griffith, harrison ford, sigourney weaver. >> can i get you anything, mr. trainer, coffee, tea, me >> isn't she a riot. >> isn't she a riot. >> and we need to find enough cans of hair spray. >> so great. and finally, ben platt, the actor and singer joined willie for this weekend's sunday sitdown, where he talks about his new show the politician, his award winning broadway run, and what it was like performing in front of beyonce. >> i got a haircut, booked an extra voice lesson, got a great outfit, and prepared myself for her, and it happened. >> isn't that nerve racking to know she's sitting out there >> terrifying but i would much

rather know, i feel this way about anyone coming to see anything i'm doing, exactly who's going to be there, because i spend so much time looking at the crowd, if i were to spot her locks and realize it was her, i would stop, i think, and black out. i think having the information beforehand was key >> look at all the things you have done in the last couple of years. >> life is before beyonce, after beyonce. >> you can catch the entire interview on sunday "today" with willie geist. summer may be over, that does not mean our concerts have to stop. >> one republic is here on our plaza. they have been churning out hit after hit for a decade, and the sweet smelling ryan tedder, that means chart topping songs for other superstars check out his impressive hit list ♪ lately i've been >> he's the front man of the pop rock band one republic's whose

hits have topped the charts but outside the group, ryan tedder is the creative force behind some of the biggest hits of the last decade. as a song writer, tedder has won three grammy awards for penning tunes like "rumor has it" for adele, and taylor swift's "welcome to new york." dubbed the undercover king of pop, tedder is the musical brains behind the jonas brothers comeback this summer as well as working with artists such as sir paul mccartney, and pink he also wrote beyonce's smash hit "halo. his talent as a lyricist, one republic's single "rescue me" s was written in ten minutes, demonstrating his talent for song writing, the result, pop

chart perfection >> ryan, we're so happy right now. we're happy to be sitting with you. we're happy to be in your aura we went through that piece and we talked about all of these stars who you write for too, beyonce, adele, sir paul mccartney, how does that thing work do you write a song and go this has got beyonce's name on it, or do they knock on your door. >> it's both sometimes with beyonce, she'll bring you in, play you stuff, get you inspired or take a song she has that's not finished and finish it. for mccartney, you're with him i can't believe i just said that not finished and finish it. for mccartney, you're with for sir paul you're with him, starting something from the ground up thomas rhett, you're in the room, ground up. jonas brothers, you're with one or a couple of them or with "sucker," i had already done it, and walked in, you know what, i think you would sound better on this than me >> how do you decide whether to keep one or give one or not give one, i assume you're selling it. >> it's like having children and giving them away.

>> it kind of is it's two different hats, when you're an artist, you always have to be kind of looking and trolling for your own stuff so i will keep stuff that feels like one republic, but with one republic music, we're the hardest to have hits with because the lyrics have to be so specific for people to believe it coming from me. with "sucker," for example, i love singing it, we cover that song now, but us doing "sucker" doesn't resonate the same way the jonas brothers. >> you have to be a genius, which you are. your war stories are not like ours you were telling the producer about working with bono, and the pope calling. >> that was amazing, it was my second day working with u 2, here in new york at electric lady, the edge is sitting here playing different ideas, bono is sitting across from me, and we're going over this lyric that we're doing together and knock, knock, knock, and bono who is

it. we have a phone call you can take tell him i'll call him back. let's go leans back over. i'm thinking the next phrase should be something like -- knock, knock, knock, door opens. bono, i think you really should take this call that's my bad irish accent who is it. she goes, the pope and you've met bono before, you understand this, he turns around, there's the camera, he turns around and he goes, takes his glasses down, and goes duty calls. and walks out. and the edge, is just going, okay, and i go edge, did you see that that's one of like five stories. >> you need to write a book, when are you going to write a book. >> i missed an obama hang with him. i woke up to a text he sent me at 12:00 p.m bono sent me a text at midnight,

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this portion of "today" is created with our sponsor citi, presenting partner o. global citizen festival >> we are back now it is 8:30 on this gorgeous friday morning we have a huge crowd, you guys, huge waiting for one republic all day. >> this is not, by the way, their only big performance they're also hitting the stage at tomorrow's global citizen festival we're going to have the music in a moment i think ryan should tell stories for a half hour. >> have me back anytime. >> i decided you should cohost the 4th hour >> listen, this man has been to, tell everybody at home, how many

one republic concerts you havet, tell everybody at home, how many one republic concerts you have attended. >> it's been 100 >> 100 concerts, that's insane, how did you keep track of 100 concerts. >> i kept a spreadsheet to remember, and tickets and souvenirs. >> this man has a spreadsheet of one republic concerts. somebody wants to tell you thank you, and i think it's well deserved ryan, come on down 100 concerts. >> we know this guy. >> 100 concerts. here's the thing, savannah, mentioned you're performing at the global citizen festival tomorrow, how would you like to have two vip tickets. >> that would be awesome thank you. >> by the way, these are free.

>> those are for you we'll see you tomorrow, okay >> thank you >> and i will say, there were so many people who lined up early this morning to see you, so thanks to citi, 50 fans who arrived early this morning will receive a pair of general admission tickets to the concert because we appreciate you guys coming out so early in the morning. guys, talk about hard core fans. >> i know. by the way, ryan already knows him. he's like, oh, yeah, we see him all the time i love that. cool. >> happy birthday. she's 40 today >> before we get to the concert and the weather, we have been missing out all week he's been recovering from his hip replacement surgery, working hard in physical therapy we're so proud of him, and he's coming back monday morning he'll be here, so rest up, al, because we got you on monday morning >> there are signs that say, hey, al, do your exercises. >> he has been doing them. he's been doing them meanwhile, dylan dreyer has been standing in all week, and standing next to something we're all very excited about

>> this is huge. i'm right across the way from you guys, but imagine traveling from new york city to washington, d.c. in less than 30 minutes. that kind of travel hyper loop is making it a reality with us this morning is ceo of virgin hyper loop, jay walder. good morning >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> this is the hyper loop we have been talking about for so long what is it and how does it work. >> what you're looking at is the first new form of transportation we have had in 100 years, this pod, the vehicle behind me, it's going to float on a bed of air it's going to move super fast, up to 670 miles an hour. and to anticipate your question, it's going to be so smooth that you'll be able to hold a cup of coffee it's really incredible. >> i don't understand the science behind how that is possible does it accelerate slowly, is this a roller coaster ride every time you get in. >> no roller coaster, it accelerates slowly you're going to feel completely comfortable.

this is proven technology. it's not science fiction. >> are we going to see it in our lifetime >> we will we're working with nine states across the country and in countries all around the world, we're working on specific routes right now. i think you'll be riding it sooner than you think. >> that's fascinating, i like the way you think, jay, thanks so much. >> 66 degrees right now in san jose. beautiful clouds and a nice view through there. you probably noticed the overcast start. drizzly cameras and fog, but it is feeli mor like fall. the temperatures this afternoon will be cooler than yesterday. below seasonal. topping out only in the mid to upper 70s for the next seven days. cooler conditions as we go towards saturday and sunday. >> i think ty're ready

>> we are getting this party started with one of the biggest hits when we come back t, this is "today" on nbc.

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the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. one republic music is multi platinum, their devoted fans spread out all around the world and right here. >> here they are to kick off their plaza concert with one of their biggest hits, ladies and ♪ gentlemen, one republic. ♪ lately i've been losing sleep dreaming about the things that

we could be ♪ ♪ baby i've been i've been praying hard no more counting dollars we'll be counting stars ♪ counting stars ♪ oh we'll be counting stars ♪ i see this life like a swinging vine swing my heart across the line ♪ ♪ in my faces flashing signs, seek it out and ye shall find ♪ ♪ old but i'm not that old, young but i'm not that bold and i don't think the world is sold ♪ ♪ i'm just doing what we're told is sold ♪ ♪ i'm just doing what i feel something so right doing the wrong thing ♪ ♪ i feel something so right

doing the wrong thing doing the wrong thing ♪ ♪ i could lie could lie could lie everything that kills me fe♪ ♪ makes me feel alive ♪ ♪ baby i've been losing sleep dreaming about the things that we could be baby i been i been praying praying hard ♪ ♪ said no more counting dollars we'll be counting stars lately i been losing sleep ♪ ♪ dreaming about the things tha we could be baby i been i been praying hard said no more said counting dollars we'll be counting dollars we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ take that money watch it burn down the river the lessons i've learned take that money watch i

learned take that money watch burn the lessons i've learned ♪ ♪ everything that kills me make me feel alive lately i've been losing sleep dreaming about the losing sleep dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ baby i been i been praying hard said no more counting dollars we'll be counting coung stars ♪ ♪ lately i been losing sleep dreaming about the things that we could be ♪ ♪ baby i been i been praying hard said no more counting dollars we'll be we'll be counting stars ♪ ♪ watch it burn, the lessons i've learned take that money watch it burn ♪ ♪ the lessons i've learned. tak watch it ladies and gentlemen, one republic, it's just getting

started. more from one republic right after this but first, this is "today" on nbc. the juul record. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. i don't care where you're from, we're all just people. we want people to feel like they spent time with family. we want to create a place for more than just ourselves.

we create the things that we want to exist in the world. ♪ my doors are always open. ♪

wel welcome back, the early days of one republic, all the way back to high school for ryan tedder and zach upton. >> they have certainly come a long way since then from life in colorado springs to being oh, i don't know, one of the biggest bands in the world ryan, zach, drew browne, eddie fisher. >> guys, good morning. >> so happy to have you with us. ryan, i was reading that you're doing something kind of different now, you're just releasing a song every 90 days, and then you're going to release an album. >> we have been trying to keep up with that we have put out the last 2 1/2 years, singles

we will do an album, it will likely be early 2020 at this point, we have enough songs that we need to. so far it's been great. >> i think your process is crazy. there's a song you wrote in ten minutes flat do songs usually come that easy? >> they don't. some of the easiest songs end up being the biggest, and some songs take forever leonard cohen, hallelujah, took 16 years. >> it is the world's greatest song. >> isn't it the song that all song writers wish they had written. >> every song writer i met wishes they had wrote hallelujah every time i pick up the song to write another song, this sucks, i have to write hallelujah. >> we mentioned you're doing global citizens in central park, citi, big partner as well.

it's for a purpose it's for a great cause as well. >> the only way to get tickets unless you happen to be a one republic fan who got two tickets, the only way is to do things, support causes, take part in giving back to your local community, and that's the only way you get tickets to this event. there's going to be probably 75,000 plus people there tomorrow. >> it's an amazing show. >> if you perhaps have an album coming out next year does that mean you're going on tour? >> we are. we have a whole tour planned out for next summer. >> get your spreadsheet out. tickets are going to be outrageous, i'm just kidding we're doing a tour next summer, the lineup, if we lock down these openers and the partners, it's going to be insane. and we're doing europe in the spring. >> what are you going to sing for us now. >> the song written in ten minutes, "rescue me. you all know this.

feel free to sing along. ♪ would you rescue me would you get my back would you take my call when i start to crack ♪ ♪ would you rescue me, if i neeu your help would you rescue me ♪ ♪ we don't talk much not anymor broken bottles and slamming doors but we still care about each other say we care about ot♪ ♪ i know each other ♪ ♪ i know life took us far away but i still dream about the good old days we took care of each other we were living for each other ♪ ♪ but i other ♪ ♪ but i start to wonder wonder r if i'm slipping under under ♪ ♪ would you get my back would you take my call when i start to crack would you rescue me would you you rescue me ♪ ♪ would you rescue me when i'm by myself when i need your love if i need your help would you

♪ would you rescue me ♪ would you rescue me take my call when i start to crack, would you rescue me ♪ ♪ would you rescue me when i need your help would you rescue need your help would you me ♪ ♪ i miss all the times we had, can't forget what you can't get back and you can't find it in another ♪ ♪ time it ain't your another ♪ ♪ time it ain't your lover i don't care what you thought before ♪ ♪ don't you ever call another n need to call another ♪ ♪ and i start to wonder if i'm slipping under slipping under under ♪ ♪ would you rescue me would you get my back ♪ ♪ would you take my car when i start to crack would you rescue

me, would you rescue me ♪ ♪ would you rescue me when i'm by myself when i need your loveu when i need your help ♪ ♪ would you rescue me would you rescue me rescue me rescue me ♪ ♪ would you rescue me rescue me ♪ ♪ would you get my back would you take my call when i start to crack would you rescue me ♪ ♪ would you rescue me when by myself when i need your love if i need your help ♪ need your ♪ would you ♪ would you rescue me >> thank you >> thank you, new song by one republic, "rescue me", we're going to have a lot more from them in just a second, but first, this is "today" on nbc. tv just keeps getting better.

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republic has a brand new album coming out in a couple of weeks, but you don't have to wait long, are you guys all ready to hear their newest song? guys, take it away ♪ she said every time i close m eyfeelike i could d disappear ♪ ♪ i could overflow an ocean wit the cavalcade of all my tears. i know it sounds dramatic that'n just how i feel ♪ ♪ said i'm holding to the notion that i'll that i'll find something real ♪ ♪ i just want to be wanted, i r ♪ i just want to be could use a little love sometimes i just need to be needed ♪ like to know i'm crossing someone's mind ♪ i jus

♪ i just want to be someone that somebody needs i just want to be more than a drop in the sea she said i'm counting up my karma and i m think it's time to cash it in tired of living in a shadow of a mountain of what might have lifing in a shadow of a mountain of what might have been ♪ ♪ i know it sound dramatic but that's just been ♪ ♪ i know it sound dramatic but that's just how it feels i've been looking for somebody to re♪ ♪ i just want tell me that i'm real ♪ ♪ i just want to be wanted i could use a little love sometimes ♪ ♪ i just need to be needed like mind ♪ ♪ i just to know i'm crossing someone's mind ♪ more than a drop in theeone tha

somebody needs i just want to be more than a drop in the sea ♪ ♪ i just want to be wanted oh yeah we just want to be wanted ♪ ♪ i just want to be wanted i could use a little love sometimes ♪ ♪ i just need to be needed like to know i'm crossing someone's mind ♪ >> thank you >> good morning >> ryan. >> okay. that was so good >> we were jamming >> you guys, can you guys give us an assessment on the concert, how was it okay do that again. do that again.

[ cheering and applause >> i love it you have so much control. >> i would argue that i don't have much control but i'm basically teetering on the edge. >> is of insanity at all times >> is there any song that you wrote in high school that you still sing or play. >> there's a song i wrote right after high school that's still on you tube, that i did on mtv ages ago that i wish i could erase. >> he wrote a song for jennifer lopez, one of her earlier hits >> what song, what one >> do it do it do it well. >> what did you think when she was headlining the super bowl. >> i found out last night and immediately went on instagram and said congrats, her and shakira. >> it's going to be super cool, right. >> we saw her in vegas, she's unbelievable.

>> folks who show up for the concert tomorrow in central park, what can they expect. >> i don't to exaggerate, it's going to be the greatest concert of their life. false humility. >> you have one more song next hour can't wait for that. i just confirmed, you have to come cohost with us. don't yothink. >> i'm d we want to hear all of your stories. >> ryan, we're going to confirm you. we love you. thanks for coming to hang with us you have a big saturday coming up. >> have you ever considered moving abroad, a group of americans that have done just that and so so much more on saturday. >> and willie has ben platt on sunday

good morning, it is 8:56. young people are organizing a protest today outside of chevron head quarters in san ramone. you may remember the climate protests a week ago with student walkouts. they will represent some of the same groups including the planning for today's action.

happening now we have a grew at the scene talking with organize needers and trying to get a response. and the chp is investigating a deadly early morning crash. that is where a car slammed into a dump truck near a work gone -- zone but it is not clear if the truck was tied to the overnight work. and new details emerging from the whistle-blower and the ukraine scandal and who knew what when. this is as new questionest start toe merge about the initial white house response and whether or not staffers tried to sweep it all under the rug. link to the full story on our home story with a special section on trump and the white house. another local update for you in half an hour.

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live from studio 1a rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." good morning, everybody. we have the big mugs out this morning, so you know our friend willie geist. >> is that only when i'm here? >> only when you're . >> i feel li you should use your big mug. >> it takes too much hot water to fill up every mug al just likes it. >> speaking of al, he's recovering from hip surgery. this is good we have a behind-the-scenes look at what he's been up to. that's coming