it's monday july 20th. a shark attack caught on camera during a surfing competition. and the man who punched the shack to save his own life. >> felt like i got punched and then it was dragging me. i felt like it was just dragging me under water. donald trump's war of word with his senator john mccain heats up as the billionaire strikes a sensitive subject. southern california gets whacked with much-needed rain. the deluge is devastating. bill cosby's own admission concerning drugs, hush money and sexual assault allegations. and the biggest teal will

make the world's military contractor even bigger. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. a pro surfer comes head-to-head with a shark on live television. australian mick fanning was in the water when a shark attacked and pulled him under. kelly cobiella has more. >> reporter: the world surfing final was just getting under way. mick fanning was waiting for a wave. then this. >> you can see a little splash. oh! holy [ bleep ]! >> a shark knocks fanning off his board, pulling him under. competitor julian wilson frantically paddles towards him. then fanning emerges and swims for his life. within seconds both men are safely out of the water. >> you get a couple of punches in? >> i punched it in the back. >> reporter: back on shore -- >> i just saw it like taking my

board away and just cracked it. >> reporter: relief and shock over their narrow escape. >> i was like he's gone under. it felt like i couldn't get there quick enough. >> just kicking in. tripping up. >> reporter: the surfers didn't get back in the water. instead instead, sharing first place. two champions and one very close call. kelly cobiella nbc news london. >> way too close. luckily, everything turned out okay. now this a war of words between gop presidential candidate donald trump and arizona senator john mccain is continuing. trump is refusing to apologize after publicly belittling mccain's status as a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't

captured i have to tell you. he writes mccain, as a politician, has failed the state and the country. tracie potts joins us. what kind of comments are we seeing? >> fast and furious from republican opponents who don't like what trump is saying at all. in classic trump style he is not backing off. overnight, he said even more. in a sunday night op-ed in usa today, trump claims that john mccain has aban dond our veterans and made america less safe. >> donald trump is wrong, wrong, wrong. >> reporter: they're talking about what trump said saturday about mccain. >> he's not a war hero. >> he as a war hero. 5 1/2 years. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured i have to tell you. >> reporter: then this sunday. >> do you owe john mccain an apology? >> no not at all. >> reporter: some of his competitors think he crossed the

line. >> it's ridiculous and i do think it is a disqualifier as commander in chief. >> after donald trump has been a prisoner of war for six years then he's in a position to comment on and criticize the senator's record. >> we should never, ever ever question the patriotism and heroism of someone like john mccain. >> i think what he has done is insulted everyone who has served in the military. >> reporter: trump's response? i don't need to be lectured by failed politicians. trump also said that he thinks that the media is covering him unfairly betty. >> tracie thank you so much for that. coming up on "morning joe," john mccain speaks out about the controversy in a live interview. some areas in southern california saw historically unprecedented rainfall. roads and cars were left under water. in morena valley near los angeles, crews have been cleaning up mud that flooded homes and roads there. in one area the rain caused the

bridge to collapse nearly swallowing a truck. bystanders secured the vehicle with straps to keep it from washing away. before all that heavy rain a brush fire forced drivers to aban abandon their cars on a freeway on interstate 15. >> it just spread like quick. >> my husband said get your stuff and go, and we did. >> 18 cars and two big rigs were charred in that fire. now owners are being charged as much as $650 for towing services. new and graphic details about bill cosby's own admission concerning drugs, money. the legendary actor and philanthropist agrees to grooming women into fame. his own words, "playing sex with an alleged victim."

he has vigorously denied all sexual allegations and has never been criminally charged. >> reporter: in yet another round of explosive revelations, documents in the "new york times" show how he seduced women. over four days of intense questioning, part of a 2005 lawsuit against cosby filed by a woman who claims she was drugged and molested by the entertainer. in the transcripts, he defends himself suggesting to a lawyer he was good at reading nonverbal signals on when a woman would consent. she doesn't say to me don't ever do that again. she doesn't walk out with an attitude of a huff because i think i'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions and these romantic sexual things. he denies giving the accuser anything stronger than benadryl to relax before a sexual encounter but the lawyer says his client thought it was a more powerful drug following the

admission that he obtained seven prescriptions for quaaludes in the 1970s. he said he used the same as a person would, say, have a drink. transcripts show a lawyer asking when you got the quaaludes was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with? cosby responds, yes. when a lawyer asks did you ever give any of those young women the quaaludes without their knowledge, cosby's lawyer said do not respond. barbara bowman reacted to the incriminating details. >> it was a sigh of relief to say, i don't have to defend myself anymore. and these other women don't have to defend themselves anymore. >> cosby also described the lengths he took to keep his affairs private from his wife

camille. cosby once described blocking a damaging magazine article and sending a woman money through his agent so mrs. cosby wouldn't find out. >> nbc has reached out to cosby's reps but hasn't receive nid comment about d any comment about the depositions. u.s. ambassador officially became an embassy once again. a moment decades in the making breaking off diplomatic ties when fidel castro came to power. for one it's historic and symbolic. >> i never thought it would happen in my lifetime. when we watch these two governments talking to each other, something that has not happened for the last 54 years. >> while today is an important

step, both countries are still at odds on many different areas. of course we'll continue to follow this story. it's eight minutes past the hour. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. >> s&p 500, nasdaq rose more than 2%. best day since last october. positive earnings from netflix and google. quarter of the s&p are set to report this week. we hear from ibm. trouble filling skilled positions. business economists say 35% of firms had labor shortages last spring. nearly half expect wages to increase the next three months. lockheed martin reportedly agreed to buy helicopter maker sikorsky for $8 billion.

largest deal since 20 years ago. enhance the blackhawk helicopter over to the manufacturer of the f-35 fighter jet. over to you. >> landon thank you so much. let's talk sports right now shall we? we begin at the british open. look at this from brooks 163 yards out. he hit a hole in one on the 11th. what a pretty shot. brooks is the first golfer to hit an ace at the british open at st. andrews since 1990. jordan spieth amateur paul dunn are the big stories, spieth one shot behind the three-way tie. dunn is the first amateur to lead the open after 54 holes. even if he wins he is ineligible to receive the $1.8 million in prize money because of his amateur status. bummer, right? the final round is being played today within four shots of the lead. cliff-diving world series happened saturday in portugal

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tragedy in ohio sunday. pregnant woman and two of her children were swept away in a flash flood. swift water lifted the family's mobile home from the foundation. three other family members did survive the ordeal. in north carolina a news camera captured a car losing control on a flooded road hydroplaning sideways into the ditch before flipping over. all three people inside were able to climb out safely.

they're lucky that ditch was there or they would have gone straight into the woods. d.c. was 98. 95 philly 93 new york. boston timely hit 90 degrees for the first time this summer. today will probably be similar, couple of degrees cooler in many spots. very hot in seattle, too, by the way. that was a record. we didn't break any records in the east. heat advisories for areas of the east along the coast and advisories through the deep south. pretty much from oklahoma all the way to the jersey shore, it's going to be very hot today. typically the hottest week of the summer climatology wise. 99 in philly 5:00 pm. little rock and jackson, those areas feeling like 105. if we have any problems from storms today watch out in missouri thunderstorms this morning. flash flood watches are up. kansas city by far has the worst morning commute of anybody with the very heavy rain. you're under a flash flood warning now for downtown kansas city. as far as the forecast goes watch out kansas city to st.

louis. everybody else head to the pool. >> definitely. >> or to work. >> that too. >> usually the work has ac too. >> good point there. thank you, bill. leading the news in "the wall street journal," concerns over allies of iran nuclear deal. trying to assure the israelis and other u.s. allies in the region that the deal with iran is, as he puts it a good deal. five slain soldiers shot to death by mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. >> my son is a hero. he wouldn't have had it any other way. >> whosoever shows --

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draft of a bill trying to force chris christie's resignation as governor is expected to be introduced. democratic lawmakers say he can't run for president and keep his position. former president george h.w. bush is out of the hospital and back in his home this morning, breaking a bone in his neck last week. the 91-year-old is expected to fully recover in three or four months. "star wars" day, little costume change for the traditional racing presidents. not exactly a political story. we wanted to show you what thomas jefferson would look like as princess leah and duel between calvin coolidge and george washington. as for our current non"star wars" president, president obama spent the day in new york city with two daughters along with secret service men and women. key votes in the iran deal

negotiations. something about the president's announcement. >> you can tell the president means business because he's speaking from the i killed bin laden and threw him in the ocean wing of the white house. you can tell biden means business. he is locking eyes with the camera like a silverback gorilla, who thinks you're challenging his alpha status. >> that's your morning scrambled politics. jane timm thanks for joining us today. of course, we have to talk about donald trump. where shall we begin with donald trump? does he think that bow littling senator mccain's war hero title will get him anywhere? he's not apologizing for it. >> no we saw him double down in an op-ed that will be published today. he's hoping that mccain was a forefront of the movement for republican party to try to do comprehensive immigration

reform. we saw that gang of eight bill fail and he's hoping that he is continuing his immigration, anti-immigration reform battle by going after mccain. i don't think it's going to work, though. >> do his gop contenders hope he keeps talking? the more he talks he will eventually offend everyone. >> he's sucking up all the air in the room. we only heard about one republican, donald trump, who will not end up with the nomination. the rest are like how do i get into the sphere into the room get headline with his donald trump talking? >> is anyone defending donald trump at this point? >> people won't answer the question. dr. carson avoided the question. nbc reporter asked him do you agree with that? he changed the subject. ted cruz refuses to refute him at the same time. they're trying to appeal to the same base that donald trump is appealing to. they know they're competing for the same team. >> martin o'malley and bernie

sanders were booed at a conference. what happened there? >> black lives matter protesters stormed to the front of the stage and said we need to hear what your plan to combat structural racism is going to be. both candidates tried to give their answers and they were not well received. i think we have the sound. >> we do. listen. >> black lives matter white lives matter all lives matter. >> black lives, of course matter. i spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity. but if you don't want me to be here that's okay. >> both candidates really struggled to deal with these very angry, upset protesters and both of them had to walk out to boos. the winner that weekend was the candidate who didn't show up hillary clinton. >> interesting this. thank you, jane. taking on "the minions."

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played together several times. >> i just would like to be in a bar and have bruce jump on stage once. >> your luck ran out then didn't it? i'm betty nguyen and "way too early" starts now. he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero -- >> 5 1/2 years. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured i hate to tell you. >> do you owe john mccain an apology? >> no not at all. donald trump under fire for his assessment of senator john mccain's war record. did the republican front-runner finally go too far? we'll have reaction. and newly obtained testimony from bill cosby. how he tried to keep his wife from finding out he was seducing young women he was also mentoring. and a new chapter in the post cold war world as cuba raises its flag in washington reopening its embassy after half a century. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west and it's "way too

early." good morning, everybody and happy monday. it's july 20th. i'm amy holmes. donald trump is not apologizing for his controversial remarks this weekend about senator john mccain's war service. trump made the comments saturday at a summit for evangelical christian voters in iowa. take a listen. >> somebody should run against john mccain who has been you know in my opinion not so hot. and i supported him -- i supported him for president. i raised $1 million for him. that's a lot of money. he lost. he let us down. but, you know he lost. so i never liked him as much after that because i don't like losers. but frank, let me get to it -- >> he's a w