good morning. breaking overnight, towering inferno. a deadly high-rise fire in hawaii. flames erupting on the 26th floor. three people killed, a dozen others injured, as thick smoke billows out of the apartment complex and spreads to nearby floors. seeing red. >> this has got another disturbing turn of events. >> democrats demanding answers after nbc news broke the story that a former russian intelligence officer was in the room for a meeting with donald trump jr. and other top campaign officials. this, as president trump hires a new lawyer to handle his response to the russia investigation. we're live with the latest. growing problem. a massive sinkhole swallows two

homes and a car in florida. >> there's a sinkhole right next to our neighbor's house and it's literally eating the house like completely. >> this morning fears that the sinkhole will grow, as neighbors pack up and get out of the way, nervous that their homes will be next. all that plus brides in a panic after a popular bridal gown chain shuts down watt warning. >> ryan lochte gets news from rio. and venus williams trying to become the oldest singles champion ever at wimbledon. today, saturday july 15th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm sheinelle jones. >> glad to have you with us, i'm craig melvin. dylan dreyer is here as well. venus williams. >> all eyes are on her today for

sure. >> 37 years old on the cusp of making history across the pond this morning. we'll play in the championship just a few hours from now. of course it's been a trying few months for her. >> no secret it's been a tough time which i think there's almost a story line building up here, can she do it. for now let's get right to the top story. a horrific fire at a high-rise building in hawaii. morgan radford is here with overnight details. good morning. >> good morning. in fact this is a tragic story and it all happened overnight. three people trapped inside the complex were killed when that fire broke out. hundreds of people were able to get out of the building as firefighters rushed in, all to try and fight those flames. horror on the 26th floor. a massive fire sending thick, black smoke billowing into the sky at a honolulu high rise. >> i was inside sitting at my office desk looking at the computer, my back to the ocean. i smelled something burning, and

i looked over my left shoulder and i saw black billowing smoke. >> firefighters racing into the building to help as hundreds fled. the people who were racing to get out saying it was like a scene out of a horror movie. the building near the torrez hot spot of waikiki was built in 1971 before sprinklers were required. >> without a doubt, if there were sprinklers in this apartment, the fire would be contained to the unit of origin. >> some residents of the building trapped, high in the sky. >> i looked down, i could see the billowing smoke coming up. i heard three women's voices screaming, pleading, moaning, "please help me." >> overnight firefighters conducted room-to-room searches looking for victims or survivors. this fire coming just one month after a tragic fire at a high rise in london that left around 80 people dead. in london, anger in the aftermath, and in hawaii this morning, a search for answers

and the question, could this fire have been prevented. lots of questions this morning as the cause of that fire remains under investigation. >> morgan, thank you. now to the questions that continue to dog president trump about his campaign's alleged ties to russia. this morning we're learning more about the russian-american lobbyist who met with donald trump jr. last year, a story that nbc news broke on friday. his presence at that meeting is turning up the heat on the investigation. meanwhile this morning, president trump is at his golf course in new jersey marking his 38th day at one of his own golf courses in the 175 days he's been in office, this time for a major golf event. kelly o'donnell is in new jersey with more. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. long before donald trump became president, he knew he would be in new jersey this weekend because of that major golf tournament at one of his courses. what he could not predict is the political fallout from donald

trump jr.'s campaign meeting and the changing stories about it, from a discussion about russian adoptions to seeking dirt on hillary clinton. back in new jersey, where president trump's bedminster resort is hosting the women's u.s. open golf tournament this weekend. the president and son, eric, watched from the clubhouse. a big event for the trump family business, while the trump white house is in the rough over the russia investigation. political pressure turned up. >> this has got another disturbing turn of events. >> reporter: it's been one week since the revelation that donald trump jr. met with a russian lawyer at trump tower during the campaign. he tried to control the damage himself. >> so as far as you know, as far as this incident is concerned, this is all of it? >> this is everything. this is everything. >> reporter: but that wasn't everything. the 2016 meeting brought donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort face to face with a former sergeant in a soviet military counterintelligence

unit. rinet akmetshin is now a d.c. lobbyist known to work on russia-related issues. some u.s. officials suspect he may still have russian intelligence ties. he denies that. also there, lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. trump jr.'s attorney said there was also a translator present and they're looking for any documentation to determine who entered trump tower that day. trump junior says nothing came of the meeting. friday on capitol hill, former trump campaign operative, michael caputo met with the house intelligence committee behind closed doors and then spoke to reporters. >> i had no contact with russians. i never heard of anyone in the trump campaign talking with russians. >> reporter: with growing demands for information, the trump white house is expanding its internal legal team with washington lawyer ty cobb, who will tackle russia-related requests from congress and the media. the only known person in that meeting during the campaign season who is now a government

official is the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. democrats are saying his security clearance should be revoked. the president has told us via twitter that he will be at the golf tournament today and in very trump style he says there will be very big crowds. craig. >> kelly o'donnell for us this morning. kelly, thank you. ashley parker is an msnbc political analyst and also white house reporter for "the washington post." ken dilanian is an investigative reporter for nbc news. good morning to both of you. ken, you broke the story yesterday. rinet akmetshin, that lobbyist with reported ties to russian intelligence in that june meeting last year with donald trump jr. and the russian attorney. what more do we know about akmetshin and what more do we know about his role in that meeting. >> well, he's a political operator, he's a fixer, he's been called the gun for hire. he lobbies in the shadows which is probably not surprising that his role was the last to be unearthed in this meeting.

we're not exactly sure whether he had a role in setting it up. we do know that he lobbied with this russian lawyer against sanctions called the magnitsky act and he's been doing that for years. that happens to be a cause that's near and dear to the heart of vladimir putin. now, he is suspected by some american officials of having ties to russian intelligence. he hotly denies that and we're really not sure what the state of the evidence is on that. but the fact that his role wasn't disclosed until yesterday is just another layer of intrigue to this meeting, which is already very significant, because don't forget the meeting was set up under the pretenses of the russian government directly offering aid to the trump campaign and don jr. instead of calling the fbi accepted that overture and took the meeting. >> ken, really quickly, are we confident at this point that we know everyone who was in the room for that meeting last summer? >> no, we're not. that's the other interesting thing here. the trump team presumably could tell us, but they haven't yet. there may have been a

translator, there may have been yet another person who's unnamed, so we're really not sure. i think there's still things left to be learned about this meeting. >> ken, can you put this into perspective for us. how does this meeting with the trump campaign staff figure into the larger investigation that special counsel robert mueller is conducting? >> i think it's very significant because for months donald trump and his defenders have been saying you're doing this russia investigation, but where's the evidence of collusion. there's no evidence of collusion. well, here is some black and white evidence. it's not proof, but it's a demonstration that according to rob goldstone who wrote this e-mail, the russian government was helping the trump campaign. and the trump campaign didn't say donald trump jr. when he got that e-mail didn't say what russian effort to help us, he just said love it, let's have a meeting. that raises a question of what other meetings happened, what other engagement happened between russians and the trump campaign. you can be sure that's exactly what bob mueller is looking at. >> ashley, you're a white house reporter with "the washington

post." take us inside the white house. what's the mood like right now there? >> the mood inside the white house is incredibly grim and nervous. outside allies have described the mood and the situation as a category 5 hurricane. they have likened it to "house of cards" the netflix show, and people are incredibly worried. some believe there could be real legal ramifications. even those inside the white house who say this is a little overheated and overblown, they admit there's nothing legal there necessarily, they admit in a best case scenario this is basically a pr catastrophe. >> you talk about the legal ramifications. we've been talking about the fact that trump appointed ty cobb. talk about the challenges he faces. we have trump, we have donald trump jr., we have jared kushner, they all have their own separate legal teams. will he listen to his own legal advisor here or what are the challenges for ty cobb? >> ty cobb faces the challenge every lawyer to the president has faced so far, which is donald trump is basically the

world's worst client. he doesn't listen to the advice of his legal team. his legal team will tell him no matter what you do don't talk about x and they will have literally just left his office and he'll tweet about that very subject. the president also doesn't believe he's done anything wrong. his inclination is to fight. he sort of had trouble compartmentalizing the russia issue. you need to keep it separate from everything else and this president will bring it up in meetings totally not related to that. and the president when he gets frustrated and is having legal problem, his inclination is not to blame himself but to blame his lawyer and take out his frustration on his legal team who's trying to help him. >> ashley, ten seconds here on another subject. how does it look for passage of the senate's latest crack at repealing and replacing obamacare? >> it's not dead certainly, but it's definitely an uphill climb. already two senators, one conservative, one moderate, have said they are not going to vote for it, which means that mitch mcconnell and senate republicans cannot afford to lose one more

vote. >> a big thanks to both of you this morning. >> good to be with you, thanks. some other news to get to this morning. including this massive sinkhole in florida that's already swallowed two homes and threatening even more, people in the neighborhood are now evacuating for fear that the sinkhole will get even worse. maya rodriguez is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this is a neighborhood that is on edge and here is the reason why. take a look from the air. this is a massive, massive sinkhole about, 200 feet wide, 50 feet deep. it's already caused two homes to collapse. nine others needed to evacuate. overnight there were emergency managers and sheriff's deputies out here trying to keep watch and make neighbors feel safer. this morning, the landscape on this land o lakes neighborhood changed. >> for our citizens out here,

our heart breaks for you. >> reporter: panicked neighbors called 911 as the sinkhole quickly grew on friday. >> there's a sinkhole right next to our neighbor's house and it's literally eating the house, like completely. >> reporter: earth and water would swallow two homes. >> we heard the cracking noise. it was like the noise of a tree falling down, like a big tree. >> reporter: families forced to flee, taking what they could. jose rodriguez won't be able to go back to his home. >> right now we don't have nothing to pack. we don't know where we're going to stay at this moment. >> reporter: but sink hoholes aren't unique to florida. parts of other states are also susceptible, including texas, alabama, kentucky, missouri, tennessee and pennsylvania. >> we see them all the time, but something of this magnitude is rare. >> reporter: taylor, also known as the sinkhole guy, works to reinforce homes and prevent situations like these. he says there is one silver lining to all of this. no one was hurt. >> if this would have happened

in the middle of the night when a family was sleeping, we would probably be dealing with a much different issue today. >> reporter: right now officials are watching to see whether the sinkhole will get any bigger, but they say it could be several weeks before they know if the worst is over. sheinelle. >> all right, maya, thank you. now to some other stories making headlines this morning, beginning with the new legal battle brewing over the trump administration's travel ban. last night the administration appealed to the supreme court, asking it to block a federal judge's ruling expanding the list of people from six mostly muslim people allowed into the country. if the ruling stands, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, who have relatives in the u.s. would be allowed in. the trump administration wants a limited group of people to be in the ban. a court in brazil has dropped the criminal case against ryan lochte. he was facing charged of providing false information to police during last summer's rio games. it all started when lochte and

several teammates were questioned about vandalizing a gas station. lochte in an interview with "today" claimed that the swimmers were robbed. he later retracted that statement, but it stirred up an international incident and also led to his suspension from competition. it's been a long time coming but the air force is honoring one of its heroes. the solemn ceremony was held friday for 94-year-old second lieutenant john pettabelliano. he was shot down and taken prisoner in world war ii. for more than 70 years he never sought any recognition for his sacrifice. but now thanks to the efforts of his daughter, he has been awarded a purple heart. all eyes will be on venus williams this morning as the tennis champ hits the grass courts at wimbledon for the ladies singles final. she is aiming to make history at the most famous arena in tennis just weeks after she was involved in a fatal car crash. nbc's joe fryer is at wimbledon

this morning. joe, good to see you, buddy. >> reporter: craig, good morning. when venus williams takes center court today she'll be looking for her sixth wimbledon title. it will be her first since 2008. despite a number of ups and down, she hopes to win and make history. her career is iconic, yet when it comes to winning major titles, venus williams is stuck in a nine-year drought, one she hopes to end today. >> i'd like to take courage in the fact that i've been playing well this tournament and this year and all these moments have led to this. >> reporter: venus' opponent, garbine muguruza was just 3 when williams made her debut. now williams is the oldest finalist since martina n navratilo navratilova. >> if she does win, she'll be the oldest women's grand slam champ in modern history, an

impressive feat because of her battles caused by an immune disease and a crash that she was involved in which led to an emotional news conference at the beginning of the tournament. >> maybe i should go. >> most people counted her out in terms of competing at the top echelons of the game. once again it speaks to her resiliency and also speaks to how much she loves the sport. >> reporter: justin was williams' mixed doubles partner back in 1998. >> her and her sister have that x factor that in the biggest moments, they're capable of blocking everything away and playing their best tennis. >> reporter: with california native sam querrey beaten friday in the semifinals, williams is now america's last hope, serving notice she's far from done. on the men's side, roger federer has advanced to the finals. he's 35 years old, turns 36 next month. he is now looking for his record eighth wimbledon title.

it would be his first since 2012. despite their ages, both federer and williams have been playing great tennis as of late looking to build upon their already impressive legacies. craig, to many here at wimbledon, it sort of feels like a flashback this year. >> yeah, it does. joe fryer for us there. joe, thank you. all right, dylan, how about a check of the weather? >> it's been pretty wet back through the midwest. some areas in northern missouri we've picked up 9 inches of rainfall since monday, and there are several areas where flooding has been an issue. we are going to dry things out a bit, but more storms will redevelop later on this afternoon and evening. you can see, though, it's fairly quiet to start off this saturday morning. this frontal system, though, will sag to the south, it will trigger some storms, mostly across the upper midwest and back through the western great lakes. wisconsin will be the best chance of seeing some stronger storms through the overnight and then on sunday we'll see some of those storms try to move through the chicago area. so we do have a chance of severe weather today southeastern minnesota, most of central and

southern wisconsin. the best chance in that area will be for large hail and damaging winds, no real tornado threat. and then tomorrow we don't have a very severe threat of storms at all. so it's hot out west and we're looking a good morning with. i'm krystal klei. a look at our forecast, temperatures right near average in the upper 80s through philadelphia, 88 center city. we will see more sunshine starting to break through the clouds by the afternoon and the humidity should start to drop off late in the day, as well. 86 lansdale, 84 in allentown. and we will see mid and upper 80s through new jersey, the shore to the hid 80s and near 90 for areas like wilmington. we could see a spoot shower in the afternoon. >> and that's your latest lates forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. still ahead this morning, some disturbing new details in the murder of four men in rural pennsylvania. what investigators are now revealing about the two men now charged with that crime.

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like a stunt plane, you know, acrobatic deal the way it was nose diving down. >> a very close call at san francisco international airport. >> where is this guy going? he's on the taxiway. >> an air canada flight mistook a taxiway for a landing strip and headed straight toward four planes loaded with hundreds of passengers. >> that is one air canada flew directly over us. >> an air traffic controller alerted the pilot just in time after a pilot on the ground radioed a warning. >> air canada go around. >> a 120-mile-long crack caused a massive iceberg the size of delaware to break free from antarctica this week raising more concerns about rising sea levels. >> we cannot tell yet whether this is related to climate change. it could be business as usual or it could be the beginning of something big. >> my loyalty is to the constitution and to the rule of law. >> a highly anticipated confirmation hearing as the

president's pick for fbi director, christopher wray, promised he would not be subject to political influence. >> no one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during this process and i sure as heck didn't offer one. >> some of the week's most memorable moments caught on camera, a dramatic rescue in sri lanka after an elephant was swept out to sea, stranded about ten miles from shore. it took 12 hours to get the elephant safely back on dry land. a sticky situation in oregon when a truck overturned on a highway, spilling thousands of slimily eels onto surrounding cars and causing a chain reaction crash. >> fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. >> that bull was really fast. way faster than i thought he would be. >> and thousands of daredevils descended on pamplona, spain, for the running of the bulls festival. dozens of runners were hurt, including several americans. good news for both los angeles and paris. they're virtual locks to host the 2024 and 2028 summer lk

games. >> for the first time in a generation, we're going to bring you an olympics home. >> an official announcement coming later this year. the only mystery, which city will get to host first. and it was a night to remember for one member of the audience at a coldplay concert who crowd surfed his way to the concert stage in a wheelchair. and then got to join in on an improvised song with the band's lead singer, chris martin, in front of thousands of cheering fans. ♪ >> how cool is that? >> it makes me like him even more. still ahead on "today" this morning, the wild press tour promoting the upcoming floyd mayweather/conor mcgregor fight. are the fighters going too far. plus hundreds of bridal stores shut down without any

warning, dresses nowhere to be found. i'll have that story later. first, these messages. good saturday morning. i'm rose mayor ary c mayor ariyy . >> and we have cloudy conditions out there this morning. but light showers we had early to have all started to fall apart. still lingering fog mostly north of philadelphia. otherwise we'll start seeing later into the day the sun breaking through some of the clouds. temperatures right now, we're at 74 in philadelphia, 75 in wilmington. as we go through the afternoon hours in philadelphia, we're up to 85 by 1:00 p.m. the highs should hit the upper 80s. in bucks county, being several communities are resting

a little easier now that authorities say they have solved the killing spree mystery. cosmo dinardo and sean kratz are facing charges in connection with in the yourself murders of young men. dinardo and kratz killed the victims during drug deals and buried the bodies. prosecutors say dinardo confessed and struck a deal to avoid the death penalty. kratz could still face capital punishment if iconvicted. today graham spanier and two former aides will begin serving jail sentences in the sandusky sex abuse scandal. they will spend at least two months in jail and then will be on house arrest for endangering children. spanier will the pay a fine and perform community service. the three failed to report signs that jerry sandusky was molesting boys. that is it for now. i'm rosemary connors. we'll see you in 25 minutes for another update.

we are back on this saturday morning, july 15th, 2017. a look at mission control, so to speak there, the control room for the "today" show working hard this morning as they do every morning. >> welcome back to "today." here's a look at what's making headlines this morning. first, democrats are demanding ewswers after nbc news on friday that a former russian counter intelligence sergeant was in the room for a meeting last year with donald trump jr. and other campaign officials. as the political pressure against the trump white house has turned up, the president has hired another lawyer to help handle the russia investigation. a top isis leader in afghanistan has been killed. the pentagon says abu sayyad and others were killed by an american drone strike. the pentagon says that this

attack will, quote, significantly disrupt the terror group's plans to expand its presence in afghanistan. and a moving ceremony for a somber anniversary in france, where a concert was held to mark one year since that terror attack in nice. balloons were released and 86 lights lit up the sky to honor the victims of the attack. some chilling new details are coming to light in that grisly quadruple murder in pennsylvania. this morning we are learning more about the two men, cousins, now charged with killing four other men, plus how it all went down. nbc's morgan radford is back with us this morning with more on that. morgan, good morning. >> craig, good morning. a quadruple homicide that had investigators stumped all week. now finally aftershocking revelations and two confessions, police believe they know what caused two 20-year-old men to go on a killing spree in a quiet pennsylvania town. this morning, a community in shock. >> it's heart breaking either way you look at it. >> it was really relieving to

know. >> a gruesome murder mystery solved, a suspect and new accomplice behind bars. 20-year-old cosmo dinardo pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal homicide in the deaths of four young pennsylvania men missing since last week. his cousin, sean kratz, admitted his involvement in three of them in what appears to be a series of drug deals gone bad. >> we did find three of those young men buried deep within the ground under an old oil tank that was converted into a cooker about 12 1/2 feet down. >> after two stunning confessions, investigators finally believe they know exactly what happened. >> we have the two men locked up that need to be brought to justice. >> according to the affidavit. on july 5th, dinardo told police he shot and killed jimi patrick because he didn't have the $8,000 to buy four pounds of marijuana. he then buried patrick on his parents remote farm. just two days later, dinardo agreed to sell marijuana to

another boy, 19-year-old dean finocchiaro, but instead dinardo picked up kratz and the two decided to rob him instead. each one says the other shot finocchiaro in the head. the same night he drove tom meo to his home for another drug deal. kralts was waiting. when they turned their backs on me, i shot tom. he told police he poured gasoline into a metal tank trying to burn the bodies before he buried them. the grisly slayings leaving a quiet town stunned. >> our community is in shock. they don't know what to make of it. >> both men have preliminary hearings set for july 31 meanwhile among the friends and the family of the deceased. tom meo's girlfriend posted on facebook, i am heartbroken, sad and confused. i am in awe of the amount of love and support from family, friends and strangers. god has blessed me with tom's

presence in my life. back to you guys. >> it's a hard story to process. morgan, thank you. >> thank you, morgan. all right, dylan, how about another check of the weather? >> we are looking at the heat to continue out west. we have this ridge in the jetstream that allows the warm air to surge in from the south and a little cooler across new england where that trough is let's first take a look at the temperatures out west. sacramento 102 today, las vegas should hit 112, salt lake city 100 degrees again. same thing for tomorrow. las vegas again tomorrow should expect a high of about 112 degrees. then we are looking for cooler air to se northeast. look at bangor, maine, 70 for a high. that's 10 degrees below ample. nantucket only 73. new york city about 85 degrees, that's typical for this time of year. on sunday we're looking for cooler temperatures to work their way into the great lakes. 80 i n good morning. i'm krystal klei. a look at our forecast,

temperature will be right near average in the upper 80s through philadelphia. 88 somerton and center city. we will see more sunshine starting to break through the clouds by the afternoon hours and humidity should start to drop off late in the day as well. 86 in lansdale, 84 for us in allentown. we'll see mid and upper 80s through jersey, shore to the mid-80s and near 90 for wilmington. could see a spot shower in the afternoon. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. a highly anticipated fight between one of boxing's biggest stars and a ufc champion champi still more than a month away, but this week the hype for the event reached new levels and sparked some controversy. nbc's lucy kreports on how they are pulling out all the stops as they go on tour to promote the upcoming fight. >> reporter: it's a boxing blockbuster and a strange spectacle.

next month on showtime, the two biggest stars in combat sports are facing off in what could be the biggest pay-per-view event ever. undefeated boxing legends floyd mayweather returning from retirement to take on conor mcgregor, a mixed martial arts champ who's never been in a professional boxing match. >> i'm going to be the new king of boxing and that's it. >> reporter: but it's the showdown before the throwdown that's been making headlines the last few days and to many crossing the line. >> answer me boy. answer me son. answer me. >> reporter: as some denounce the ribbing as racism, mcgregor is undeterred. >> i'm half black from the belly button down. here's a little present for my beautiful black female fans. >> he totally disrespected my daughter, he disrespected black women. >> reporter: but as fans began to rally around mayweather, he lowered the bar even more with a

homophobic slur. >> you punk. you [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the antics have many asking if the controversy is contrived. could they be sinking to new lows in order to reach payday highs? >> i get to quadruple my net worth for half a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the purse for both expected to be in the hundreds of millions and could push mayweather's career earnings to a staggering billion bucks. but whether they are rivals in the ring or partners in the payout, they have got people talking and will probably get them watching too. for "today," nbc news, los angeles. >> you know what, i used to beg my parents to do the pay-per-view and then it will last like 30 seconds. >> i think it's fairly obvious that these two are probably in cahoots today. >> you think -- >> yes, it's all staged. >> it's a lot of money on the table, for both of them either way. >> so there's an interest in having both of them get as many eyeballs on the pay-per-view

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this huge long human chain to try to find them and pull them out to safety of those strangers were alert and jumped right in, but so many drowning accidents actually go undetected, even at crowded pools and our busy beaches with lots of people around. we all think i'll be able to spot it, but it's not like the movies, guys. victims don't always splash around. so could you spot someone drowning? and then what should you do? this morning i'm about to show you how to save a life. right now a child is drowning in this pool. can you spot him? i'll give you a second. can't find him? don't feel bad, i couldn't either. let me zoom all the way in. there he is right there, just went off that tube. it happens that fast, even in a packed pool like this. luckily a lifeguard spots him and saves his life. new cases already piling up this summer. in new york a police officer

saving a woman right before she went under. in california, this 11-year-old rescued his classmate during a school field trip to this water park. >> i thought he was just holding his breath and messing around, so i tap him. nothing. i'm like oh, man. i pulled him up and i got him on my back. >> and in florida, another kid to the rescue. this time at a pool with at least a dozen people around. a toddler went underwater for almost three minutes. >> everybody knew you just thought you was having fun. i thought wait a minute, he's under water. i picked him up and give him to his parents. >> for him to be so courageous, him and his mom save my baby's life and i thank them so much. >> so this summer with kids and adults jumping in, all of us need to be ready. >> it can be completely silent andthompson is a certified lifeguard. >> i thought they'd be flailing

around screaming help, i can't swim. >> unfortunately, that's not the case. they really can't breathe so can't be calling out for help. >> so what does it look like when somebody is drowning. >> a drowning victim's feet are going up and down in the water and all the action is under the water. there's no splashing to be heard on the surface. >> so it sort of looks like you're relaxing on your backs but you're vertical in the water. >> that's correct. >> so what do you do if you notice someone drowning? we're going to show you. i'm going to play the victim. first scream for someone to call 91. use something like a pool skimmer or arm. >> that's a critical tip. keep your pool skimmer handy. >> grab them by the wrists, pull them out of the water. roll them over and if necessary, start cpr. >> in movies you see mouth to mouth. >> we really want to focus on chest compressions because that's going to keep the brain

alive. >> what do we do? >> find the base of the rib cage, place one hand there and compress the chest 100 times a minute. >> this looks like it can hurt somebody. >> it can break ribs, but it's going to keep them alive. >> it sounds like a cliche, but seconds really do march, especially in a drowning. doctors say it all comes down to how long your brain went without oxygen, so identifying a victim, getting them out right away could mean the difference between a normal life, brain damage or even death. be safe this weekend, back to you. >> some useful tips. >> i've taken those classes. it's one of those things where you can't take it for granted knowing what to do in an emergency, i think it's worth it. dylan, what's coming up next? this is a story that will make any bride-to-be shudder. a bridal chain shuts down with hundreds of dresses waiting to be picked up. we'll have the story right after we'll have the story right after thes each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. that's the height of mount everest. because each day she chooses to take the stairs.

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so cute there. back on a saturday morning with a story of bridal panic. >> dylan is over in the orange room to explain. >> just imagine this story. this is tough for any bride after the alfred angelo bridal chain abruptly shut down stores with no warning. customers showed up to pick up their gowns only to find signs like this one taped to the door in florida. felicia said so alfred angelo called me saying my dress is ready for pickup and today i see this sign. now what? employee at a store in indiana posted a sign saying they are devastated. brides like ashley austin tweeted my wedding is in 29 days. i'm glad orange is my wedding color because i'm going to be married in jail if i can't get my dresses. tears in my eyes when i was told alfred angelo was shut down and i can't order the dress. competitors have been stepping in to help owl. david's bridal said brides and

bridesmaids impacted, we're offering special discounts for you. meanwhile, alfred angelo has released no statements or comments on the matter. there are reports that the company is filing for bankruptcy, but that doesn't help these ladies get their dresses back. can you imagine? >> something will have to be resolved. >> i can't imagine. but i am. >> imagine your tux wasn't available, craig. >> they'll have to fix it. >> if his tux wasn't available, oh, i'm get another one. still ahead this morning, winter is almost here. we are, of course, talking about the season premiere of "game of thrones." we'll take a look at what's in store, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning. breaking overnight. towering inferno. three people dead after a high-rise in hawaii catches fire trapping hundreds inside. dozens rush to safety as the thick smoke pours out. so why didn't the building have sprinklers? we'll have the latest. seeing red. democrats demanding answers this morning after nbc news reports that a former russian counterintelligence sergeant was in the room for a meeting with donald trump jr. and other top campaign officials. does that man still have ties to russian intelligence? this, as president trump hires another lawyer to handle his response to the russia investigation. and winter is almost here. fans clamor for the big

returning of "game of thrones." the hit hbo show is back this weekend, season 7 promising to be even more exciting and powerful than before. we've got a preview today, saturday, july 15th, 2017. ♪ >> all the way from albany, georgia. >> it's her birthday. happy birthday! >> the girls going to nyc. good morning, welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. what a lively crowd we have here. >> you guys are a fun bunch today. >> yes. after we came out, the rain stopped. we also have olympic gold medal

winning gymnast aly raisman with us this morning. she's got some important new news to tell us about. >> big announcement. you know what i love? i love watching you guys watch yourselves on the monitor. they're waiting for it and see themselves on the monitor and just go nuts. it's fun. >> the magic of television. lots to get to this half hour, but first let's get you caught up with the morning's top news stories. >> i'm kelly o'donnell in new jersey not far from the president's home where today he will be spectator in chief. he'll be attending a top golf tournament here, just as his administration and his grown children are trying to play through a controversy that ties the russia investigation to the trump family. back in new jersey, where president trump's bedminster resort is hosting the women's u.s. open golf tournament this weekend. the president and son, eric, watch from the clubhouse. a big event for the trump family business, while the trump white house is in the rough over the

russia investigation. political pressure turned up. >> this has got another disturbing turn of events. >> reporter: it's been one week since the revelation that donald trump jr. met with a russian lawyer at trump tower during the campaign. he tried to control the damage himself. >> so as far as you know, as far as this incident is concerned, this is all of it? >> this is everything. this is everything. >> reporter: but that wasn't everything. the 2016 meeting brought donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort face to face with a former sergeant in a soviet military counterintelligence unit. rinet akmetshin is now a naturalized american citizen and d.c. lobbyist known to work on russia-related issues. some officials suspect he may still have russian intelligence ties. he denies that. also there, lawyer natalia veselnitskaya, trump junior's attorney said there was a translator present and they're looking for any documentation to determine who entered trump tower that day.

trump junior says nothing came of the meeting. with growing demands for information, the trump white house is expanding its internal legal team with washington lawyer ty cobb, who will tackle russia-related requests from congress and the media. and on friday, one of the former campaign operatives testified before the house intelligence committee behind closed doors and then talked to reporters where michael caputo said he didn't have any knowledge of russian conversations or russian help during the campaign. >> kelly o. for us in new jersey this morning. kelly, thank you. now let's take a look at other stories making headlines this morning. three people are dead and a dozen more injured in a terrifying high-rise fire. flames broke out in an apartment on the 26th floor of a high-rise building in honolulu on friday. as the blaze spread, many residents were able to escape, but others were trapped and needed to be rescued. more than 100 firefighters raced to the scene pouring water from adjoining balconies. the building does not have sprinklers. the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

check out this unbelievable rescue caught on camera in texas. this is body cam video that shows a texas police officer responding to a car with two people stuck inside. that car was jammed under a train. police believe the driver ignored the flashing lights and barricades. just as the officer was trying to smash the car window to free the people, that train starts to move, dragging the car with it. the officer chased the car on foot and eventually rescued the passengers. the driver is in serious condition. let's go to dylan now. she's out on the plaza with another check of your weather. >> good morning, guys. out west we are looking at some fire danger because of very dry conditions. look at all of the fires that are taking hold because of the dry weather. 41 large wildfires reported and we still have those gusty winds in some areas, especially the northwest, where we do have red flag warnings. we get thunderstorms with very little rain meaning that lightning could spark more fires. elsewhere across the country, it is hot in the southwest. severe storms likely today

through wisconsin. not all that widespread but large hail and damaging winds possible. summertime pop-up storms down south. in the northeast, it is going to be a little cooler, especially up across new england in the 70s. a beach day on sunday through the mid-atlantic, heavy rain down south and monsoonal moisture will bring good morning. i'm chris tool cli. a look at our forecast, temperature will be right near average in the upper 80s through philadelphia. 88 somerton and center city. we will see more sunshine starting to break through the clouds by the afternoon hours and humidity should start to drop off late in the day as well. 86 in lansdale, 84 for us in allentown. we'll see mid and upper 80s through jersey, shore to the mid-80s and near 90 for wilmington. could see a spot shower in the afternoon. >> now, ifnow, if you love the olympics, you are going to love what we are about to tell you. starting today, you can watch olympic action 24/7 thanks to the new channel, the olympic

channel, home of team usa. who better to tell us all about it than a three-time olympic gold medalist, gymnast aly raisman. aly, good morning. >> good morning. >> it is so cool to be standing here with you. talking about this olympic channel, now we can watch the olympics 24/7. >> yes. >> was there a moment that inspired you back in the day? >> yes. so when i was 8 years old, i watched a vhs tape of the 1996 women's olympic gymnastics team. i watched it every single day. i'd beg my mom to watch it with me. i was obsessed with it. >> and when it comes now that we can actually watch the olympics 24/7, how does that change future olympians or just future athletes in general? >> i think it's incredible because the fans tune in once every four years, especially for the majority of the olympic sports. so i think it's cool for everyone to see what it's really like. you see us smiling, you see us happy but they don't see all the preparation before it. it's not just olympic trials that gets us on the team, it's

all the competitions before it. so i think it's really, really cool to be able to bring all kinds of sports and get people educated on all olympic sports. i think it's incredible. >> you guys are working so hard, not just every four years. >> yes, all the time. >> and you have a book you're literally working on. you were in the green room working on the book. it comes out in november. >> yes, it comes out november 14th. it's basically also what we just talked about, how people tune in once every four years, but it basically gives a behind-the-scenes look of the happiest moments of my life, the hardest moments of my life. there's a lot of stuff that people don't know about me that i want to share and talks about my family. it takes a village to get there. my brother is here with me this morning, so just talking about all the support and everything that's made me into the person i am today. >> and tokyo 2020. >> yes, it's still on my mind. >> we are also happy to hear that. aly, thank you so much. it's the olympic channel, home of team usa. to find out what channel you can watch it on, head to

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and right? >> 21-year-old michelle and 22-year-old josh are both seniors at kent state university. they have never met in person but they were matched on tinder three years ago so josh posted his exchanges to his twitter page saying one day i'm going to meet this girl and it's going to be epic. look at the dates of our tinder text. it's like if you're not on tinder, you can message someone and they can get back to you at their leisure so it's not like it has to go all on the same day. josh starts with a simple hey. it took nearly three months for michelle to write back. >> that probably should have been a sign to josh. >> she said her phone dies. turn about is fair play. >> come on, josh. >> then two months later, josh wrote back. hey, sorry, i was in the shower. >> that's good. so then i think she likes the humor. so then michelle responds again a month later. so this back and forth has gone on for almost three years and josh shared their experiences on social media for his friends. but tinder also took notice saying, quote, it's time you

guys got together in real life. you have 24 hours to decide the city you want to have your first date in and we'll send you there. >> where did they pick? >> so josh and michelle, dylan, they picked maui for their first date. so no word when it will actually happen. watch them ending up getting married or something like that. >> watch them not getting married. >> but then they'll be kicking themselves to have wasted three years they could have been together. >> but she liked the fact that he had a sense of humor about it: one of our producers, because i didn't understand this. one of our producers showed me, you can have a whole list of people. >> just one of the producers? half the control room is on tinder. >> they're on tinder? >> that's how they spend their friday nights. sometimes saturday mornings before the show. we should probably go to popstart. >> i don't know a think about it. >> you weren't always married, dylan dreyer. >> yeah, but tinder didn't exist back in the day.

let's start with popstart. you know it's good when we're kicking things off with beyonce. we showed you this picture on friday of beyonce with her twins looking beautiful. we also learned their names, rumi and sir carter. there is still one question unanswered. their gender. thanks to queen b's mom, the couple had a boy and a girl, which i think we were thinking anyway. miss tina spilled the beans on instagram calling them a blessing. it must run in the family as beyonce's dad was the one to confirm the twins' birth. beyonce just posted more pictures to social media. can we just say the mom of three looks incredible after giving birth to twins just a month ago. she's gorgeous. but i'm sure she's like, mom, could you stop? like i said, i'm trying to be diva here. play it cool. okay, let's move on to justin timberlake. a movie star, husband, and father, and now you can add knight in shining armor to that list. he was competing in a celebrity golf tournament when someone in

his group accidentally hit a golf ball into the crowd hitting a woman. timberlake ran to her aid, helped her up, made her laugh and topped things off with a high five. that's a good way to meet j.t. >> it's also a good way to probably not get sued. >> craig! >> i am cynical this morning, i guess. >> i should mention that the superstar went viral in the same tournament two years ago when he and alphonso ribero revved up the crowd with their awesome rendition of the carlton. you can watch them competing in the american century golf championship today at 3:00 eastern on nbc. >> steph curry is in the tournament. >> there's a lot of people in the tournament. finally, there was lynda carter. why wasn't she in the new movie? in an interview with "people" carter said they were trying to get her in the film but couldn't due to timing issues. don't count her out for the all-but-confirmed sequel.

the 65-year-old said she's already discussed a possible appearance in it, adding it would be wonderful to do. >> it would be wonderful to see her. that was a good one. >> thanks. i stumbled a few times through but we made it. >> we got the gist of it. just ahead this morning, anticipation building in a big way for the "game of thrones" premiere tomorrow. what fans are saying about the long-awaited return. first, this is "today" on nbc. yeah, at first i thought it was just the stress of moving. [ sighs ] hey, i was using that. what, you think we own stock in the electric company? i will turn this car around right now! there's nobody back there. i was becoming my father. [ clears throat ]

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for fans of the hit hbo show "game of thrones" the wait is almost over. >> the highly anticipated fantasy drama returns tomorrow night for its seventh season. >> as a meteorologist, i feel a little funny saying this in july, but winter is here and fans couldn't be happier. jolene kent has more. >> reporter: the battle to claim the throne is about to begin.

"game of thrones" returning for its seventh season. for millions of fans, winter is coming this weekend. everyone anticipating the fate of series hero john snow. from los angeles to chicago to miami, watch parties are set for fans to catch one of television's biggest hits. >> i don't know if i could get more excited for sunday. >> we're going to have a whole bunch of people come over and have a great time. >> reporter: "game of thrones" is based on the popular books by george r.r. martin and is won over by fans and critics. >> by every measure, the show is the most powerful show on 25. it has over 24 million viewers which for a paid subscription service is insane. >> reporter: it's the most honored scripted series in emmy history with 38 wins. and it's one of the most expensive shows ever produced at an average cost of $10 million per episode last season.

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good morning. i'm rosemary connors. just ahead, we are learning more about the bucks county murder spree. what we now know about who was killed when and the deal one of the suspects made with prosecutors. and take a look at our radar, we have clouds out there this morning. we've had spot showers you've

through. but we're in the process of drying out. details coming up. gunfire erupts at a house party with the victim ended up at a fire station. we'll explain. and local brides left in the lurch for the big day. we have the story on a popular wedding dress shop that has suddenly closed its doors. those stories and much more coming up next.

right now nbc 10 news, grim detail in the murder spree. what we're learning about the two young men who claim to be cousins. we're live with the new developments. shots fired, shattered glass and bullet casings litter the ground at a philadelphia gas station and this morning a man is in critical condition. we will be drying out today and sunny skies will return. your first alert neighborhood

forecast is in moments. good morning. thanks for being with us. it's just before 8:30 and let's start with the weather. the wet weather may have caused this free to fall down in radnor township overnight. the road is back open now. crews responded to the area just before 1:00 this morning. the tree damaged power lines and a transformer. now a live look toward the ben franklin bridge. after a soggy start, we should see some improving conditions today and tomorrow. krystal klei is tracking it for us in the most accurate forecast in the region. >> yeah, this is our transition day. so the cold front has been dropping to our south. there is still lingering moisture, so still have cloudy conditions. and we may still see a spot shower or two today. but we're not talking the severe weather that he have would seen