throughout the morning. and of course you can get news, weather and traffic on the nbc 10 app. >> thanks for watching. "today" starts now. good morning. the fallout. prominent democrats and republicans plastic president trump after he defiantly doubled down on his initial reaction to that violence in virginia. >> i think there's blame on both sides. >> new protests outside trump tower. >> heather heyer, say her name. >> the backlash growing. we'll talk about it all with former republican candidate john kasich. breaking overnight, baltimore removes several federal statues. the movement gaining momentum since charlottesville. and shocking new video from a reporter who was with the white

nationalists. >> we're not nonviolent. mystery solved. a breakthrough in the 12-year disappearance of natalee hollow holloway. her father speaks out. and eclipse fever breaking out coast-to-coast. honoring elvis, 40 years after his death. >> he broke the mold. >> we're live at graceland with priscilla presley. and the new necklace that live streams your life. today, wednesday, august 16th, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. we have a lot to get to. let's start with our top story. president trump at the center of a new firestorm after pivoting

back to his original wake on the weekend violence in virginia. the president said that very fine people took part in the rallies organized by white nationalists. his words sparking immediate outrage. we'll talk about it with john ra kasich of ohio, who ran against donald trump in the primariepri. we begin with hallie jackson. >> reporter: this morning, donald trump finds himself in an unpractices position for an american president. slammed by fellow republicans as he is praised by white supremacists. it's more backlash from that extraordinary exchange with reporters at trump tower. not everybody in the gop is calling out president trump by name. some leaders like mitch mcconnell, still silent so far, after the president blamed both sides for saturday's violence. it is a return to his original

remarks on charlottesville. and something that's once again put him at the center of an explosive controversy. this morning, new fallout from inside the president's own party. blasting what they see, not just as a political failure, but a moral one. after the violence in charlottesville. >> you had many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists, okay? >> reporter: the president, combative and defiant. unleashing and unscripted. >> i think there's blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it, either. >> reporter: john mccain writing, there's no moral equivalency between racists and americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. the president of the united states should say so. and from marco rubio. the white supremacists will see 50% of blame a win. protesters, with michael moore, outside trump tower.

>> what about the alt-left, that came after alt-right, do they have any guilt? >> reporter: saying that right protesters and left protesters, with some demonstrators carrying nazi and confederate flags. >> you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: the president's extraordinary exchange with supporte supporters stunned even his advis advisers. one telling nbc news, the president went rogue. he was set to talk infrastructure and leave his advisers to answer questions. instead, he did himself, as john kelly stood to the side, appearing to visibly flinch, lowering his head and crossing his arm. >> you had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was also

violent. >> reporter: is what you call the alt-left are neo-nazis? >> i've condemned neo-nazis. i condemned many different groups. but not all those people were neo-nazis, believe me. not all of them were white supremacists, by any stretch. they were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue, robert e. lee. this week it's robert e. lee. i noticed that stonewall jackson is coming down. is it george washington and thomas jefferson after? >> reporter: now, the former grand wizard of the kkk is thanking the president for his honesty and courage. and richard spencer tells "the atlantic," he's proud of president trump. the head of the marine corps posted a tweet, writing, there's no place for racial hatred or

extremism in the marine corps. our values of honor, courage and commitment, frame how marines live and act. and another defection from the president's manufacturing council. the latest, the head of the afl-cio, the largest group of labor unions in the country. saying he refused to accept any tolerance of bigotry and domestic terrorism. the president, who left the lobby after 20 minutes, walking away. when asked if he would visit charlottesville, pausing for a hot. >> i own one of the largest wineries in the united states. it's in charlottesville. >> reporter: you saw the president's advisers surrounding him there, flanking him at the le lechturn but not steve bannon. two sources close to bannon, tell nbc news now, he seems confident he will survive this latest round of questions about

his future with the president. matt, savannah, back to you. >> hallie jackson, outside of trump tower down the road. what are the facts? how does the president's latest take of what happened, square with what took place in charlottesville over the weekend. tom costello is there with a fact-check. and he has video of the protests. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, guys. good morning. since the weekend, witnesses have told us that both sides were antagonizing for a fight. on the one hand, you had members of the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacist who were screaming ideologies for deaths of millions of people on the past century alone. on the other hand, you had young people, who were standing up to racism and anti-semitism. friday night in charlottesville. >> blood and soil. blood and soil. >> if you look, there were people protesting very quietly.

the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. >> reporter: but in fact, friday's march on the university of virginia campus was anything but quiet, as white nationalists and neo-nazis carry torches in a scene recommend necessary sent of nazi germany. chanting racial and religious hatred. many locals saying it was terrifying. the mayor calling it intimidation. the next morning, they gathered again, targeting the robert e. lee statue, that the city wants to take down. >> you had very bad people in that group. you also had people who were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: in fact, the event was organized by white nationalists, many dressed in paramilitary garb, with clubs, shields and weapons.

vice news interviewed one man who said he had no problem being violent. >> i am trying to make myself more capable of violence. i'm here to spread ideas, talk, in the hopes that somebody more capable will come along and do that. somebody like donald trump who does not give his daughter to a jew. >> so, donald trump but more racist? >> a lot more racist than donald trump. >> reporter: police say the white nationalists failed to stick to an agreement on where to demonstrate. >> if you do not disperse immediately, you will be arrested. >> what about the alt-left? what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands? >> reporter: that's true. witnesses tell nbc news, there were people on both sides who seemed ready for a fight. and some counterprotesters were armed, some with clubs and some with pepper spray. >> they maced me. >> who? >> i don't know. communists.

>> reporter: who is to blame for the violence? charlottesville police chief mike thomas. do you believe that one side was more responsible for instigating the violence? >> this was an alt-right rally. >> reporter: and a white nationalists killed with a car heather heyer. in charlottesville -- >> the president's mistaken. there's no good nazis. >> reporter: mr. trump's comments are not setting well with many. >> it doesn't bring us together. it emboldens people who are not in favor of bringing our society together. >> reporter: this morning, virginia governor, terry mcauliffe is out with a statement saying this was not both sides. he says neo-nazis, and white nationalists were looking for a fight. one murder a young woman in an act of terrorism. and two of our finest police officers were killed in an accident trying to serve this community. the memorial for 32-year-old heather heyer is today in

charlottesville. back to you. >> thank you. ohio governor john kasich has been a vocal critic of president trump's and ran against him for the nomination. governor kasich, good morning. >> pathetic, isn't it? pathetic listening to this and hearing the marchers. thinking if you're an 8, 9, or 10-year-old, getting ready to go to school like they are in ohio. and you happen to come from a jewish family or you're african-american. and you hear this hatred. we know about bullying that goes on in the schools. what are we doing to our children? and to not condemn these people who went there to carry out violence and to somehow draw equivale equivalency to somebody else, reduces the ability to totally condemn these hate groups. i know about them, savannah and matt. i know about them. >> when you listen -- >> let me tell you something -- yeah. >> when you listen to the president speaking yesterday. and you heard his comments

saying blame on both sides and there were some very fine people who took part in that neo-nazi, white nationalist rally, in your heart and in your gut, what did you feel? >> it's terrible. you know, this is terrible. the president of the united states needs to condemn these kind of hate groups. think about what you have seen. as one of the reporters said, reminiscent of what we saw in germany in the 1930s. the president has to totally condemn this. and this is not about winning an argument. this is about the fact that now the folks apparently are going to go other places. and they think they had a victory. there is no moral equivalency between the kkk, the neo-nazis and anybody else. anybody else is not the issue. these folks went there to disrupt. i was unveiling a holocaust memorial here in ohio.

and we had to put the ceremony inside of a theater because we were worried that people from the neo-nazis, the kkk, would come and throw concrete at the people who were gathered to honor those people who were slaughtered. and not just the people in the jewish communities, but across the board. we had to move it inside a theater because of violence. this is a very serious matter. >> i keep thinking about our politics today and how everyone is so divided. and you're either wearing a trump t-shirt and you're not. but isn't this on a totally different level? i mean, you're talking about an ideology that people died in this country to fight against. the nazis. and here, you see video of this rally. they're saying things that the nazis said. >> look, when you have -- when there's no human decency, it leads to disorder, which is what we saw down there. and disorder leads to death. and we saw three people die.

the young woman hit by the car. and we saw two state troopers died trying to monitor the crowd. there's no place for politics here. and it's being condemned by people from one end of the spectrum to the other. >> they've condemned before. let's be honest about it. what should republicans do? what do you do if you work in the trump white house? what should you do? >> well, look, you know, i don't work in the trump white house. i didn't endorse the man because i felt that he was a personal of division. i have been hoping and i have been restrained in wanting him to be better. what's happening, the presidency is being reduced to another ceo job. the presidency is the most important job in the country. and there is a bitterness setting in that may not be able to be removed. and look, i want him to do well.

i want donald trump to understand it's not about winning an argument. it's about bringing the country together. and it is not about having some argument trying to justify these people on the left who went to a sweet town like charlottesville for purposes of bringing violence. he needs to make it clear -- he's got to fix this and republicans have to speak out. plain and simple. who cares what party you're in? >> you want him to do well. and there's people saying, this is the moment that the president has crossed a line. and it's not a fine line. it's a big, fat, definitive line. and that republicans and democrats -- by the way, you're a guy that by the end of the campaign, people said incredibly good things about your character and your message and what you stood for. would you be willing to be the guy who goes around to republican leaders and says, this is our moment. we will tell this president we know lo no longer support him, period? >> well, matt, he's our president.

okay? and i'm here this morning speaking out, as aggressively as i can. i hope that it will provide some courage to other people. and there's great numbers of people now speaking out. he is our president. but i want to say that he needs to correct what he has said. he's got to understand what the people of this country want. and he's got to bring us together. but you're not going to turn your back on the president. you're going to speak clearly and bluntly and say get your act together. i lost a big ballot initiative here in ohio, something i felt strongly about, about labor unions. and i got beaten soundly. and you know what i did? i said, i heard the people. i'm going to listen to the people. president trump needs to listen to the people before he takes this presidency in a place that is not acceptable for our country. >> governor john kasich. governor, thanks for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, sir. >> god bless america. >> thank you, sir. let's bring in chuck todd,

immediate ra mediator of "meet the press" and nico nicolle wallace. what do remembpublicans do now? is this a line or something that people get outraged about, and a few days later, it goes away and on to the next outrage. >> i think that every republican office holder has their own line. he did cross the line for some. yesterday, you saw that. and i think you can't assume that everybody says enough is enough, on the same timetable on this. but i have to say, in listening to governor kasich here, i don't know that the president can fix this anymore. monday, he had the ability to fix it. he read something from a teleprompter. he undid that ability to fix it yesterday. so, i think that while i hear what governor kasich i think is trying to say. he doesn't want to go there yet. we know what his line is. he's not there yet. but i don't know how the president fixes this in an

ability, where if you're a republican, you decided you made this decision, well, when i'm with him, i'll be with him. and when i'm not, i'll call him out. i don't know if that's enough anymore for people. >> nicolle, you traveled around a lot over the last six months. and you talked to people who supported donald trump during the campaign and support him now as president. you heard their reasons. one of the reasons, by the way, you told us so many time, they like the fact he speaks his mind. does this change anything? >> so, the people i interviewed were two-time obama voters. these weren't people that chose their presidents based on race. these are the part of the trump coalition that are likely to be the most deeply offended by the comments y s yesterday. when you pain any group with a man listlitic bunch. neo-nazis and white supremacists are part of his coalition. he places their political

ambitions ahead of the needs and the despair of the rest of his base is what's so galling and appalling. i think as chuck's talking about, the you don't recover from the leader of the free world, standing there like he did yesterday, and making them equal. making knee yneo-nazis -- peopl grandparents have died against nazis. this is not about red lines or rhetoric. this is about making fools of the people who work for him. this is about degrading the people standing next to him. and this is about demeaning the office of the presidency to a recoverable degree. unrecoverable degree. >> chuck and nicolle, thank you for being with us. we need a check of the weather, from mr. roker. we went furtherer than we normally do in this half hour. >> needed to be said. let's get to other things that need to be talked about the. some of our severe weather, from the dakotas to kansas and

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7:30. >> protests raged outside of trump tower for a second-straight night. reactions to president trump laying blame on both sides of protesters for violence this past weekend in charlottesville, virginia. republicans and democrats have lined up to criticize the presidents, including marco rubio, who said the white house should label the violence a, quote, terror attack, by white supremacists. overnight, baltimore took down four confederate stat chue.

monuments are slated for removal in lexington, kentucky and san antonio, texas. and four union members are been acquitted of threatening the cast of "top chef." the cast said the men tried to stong arm the cast. and padma lakshmi said she was terrified. but a federal jury found the men not guilty after 20 hours of deliberations. we turn back to the president's controversial comments about the violence in virginia and the strong reactions they are attracting from all sides. gabe gutierrez has that story. >> reporter: good morning. the president is drawing fire from many members of his own party. but reaction is running the gamut, with reaction on the far right, that those on the far left share the blame for the violence. this morning, the president's stunning news conference earning praise from some white supremacists who took it as a sign of acceptance, david duke,

thanking president trump for honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville. alt-right leader, richard spencer, said the president's comments for fair and down to earth. breitbart, president trump blasted reporters. >> president trump is telling the people the truth. the elite media hates it. >> reporter: ann coulter tweeting, president trump is the first person we've seen speaking the truth on tv in three days. the republican national committee praised the president. >> the president has condemned white supremacy many, many times. >> reporter: but many republicans are outraged. >> what trump did today was a moral disgrace. yes, there were bad guys on both sides. that's not the point. the ride began over a nazi riot. a nazi rally. and the only killing occurred by

one of the pro-nazi, pro-kkk people. john mccain, mitt romney and paul ryan echoing similar messages. >> i can't believe it happened. >> reporter: some conservatives said it is possible to denounce bigotry and preserve history. do you feel your legacy is being hijacked by white supremacists? >> i think that's a fair statement. >> reporter: barry eisenhower has fought against removing charlottesville's statue of robert e. lee. what do you say to the people that argue it's become a symbol of white supremacy? >> that's a 21st century view. >> reporter: he says, he agrees there were violence on both sides. >> it looked like everybody was out there with violence on both sides. >> reporter: eisenhower said his

group decided not to attend this weekend's rally. he strongly denounces the kkk and neo-nazis. he cautions you shouldn't lump in all of the groups fighting to keep this statue here. and he also says, he describes the racism on display here over the weekend as lunacy. back to you. >> gabe, thank you. nbc news special correspondent, tom brokaw, joins us from montana. you have covered presidents all the way back from richard nixon. put this in perspective what we're seeing from this administration. what does it compare to? >> from time-to-time in this country, obviously, reaching back to richard nixon, we have been divided by the war in vietnam and other issues. but all presidents attempt to pull the country together. when i go around america, i find that republicans, democrats and independents alike, say we have to find a way to work together.

and then, we have an astonishing statement by the president yesterday, in which he divided america. he refused to condemn the hateful hate groups that have assembled in charlottesville. that's how it began. shouting anti-semitic roaremark demanding that white people have a right to rule america, in effect. david duke, calling the president out saying, we elected you. you owe us. the counterdemonstrators should learn something about how to be more effective. in my years as a reporter, the most impressive thing i ever saw was the nonviolent movement of dr. martin luther king. they moved this country because they were able to concentrate on the moral questions that were there. everybody has to look at what's going on. but most of all, there has to be widespread condemnation of the hate groups that went to charlottesville that now feel empowered by the president's remarks. >> tom, where do you think it goes from here?

how do we move on from this point? >> i don't know. you know, it really does require presidential leadership of a higher order, to bring the country together. and now, the question will be, how many members of his administration will feel that they have to leave because they can't support his policies? does he read some kind of a statement? that's not going to be enough. he's going to have to find a way to stitch the country back together again. and frankly, i don't know whether he's capable of doing that in his own mind. this is the donald trump that everybody in new york came to know when he was a business man. he would see things through his own prism. but now he's the president of the united states. and it's always somebody else's fault. it's mitch mcconnell's fault because they didn't get health care. it's someone else's fault. he is the moral authority, by the office that he has and it's about time for him to exercise that. >> tom, do you think we're going to see more charlottesvilles

going on around the country as the months go on? >> i hope not. that would be an outrageous commentary on where we are, in the 21st century. last night, i was at an event in bozeman, montana. it was a tribute, citizens. it was a big ranching issue and the use of land. farming in kansas and fishing in the gulf coast. and it was a demonstration of how citizens can come together and solve the problems that are important to them. and i think the country really does have to rise up. we'll see what the republicans in the congressional areas have to say about all this, as well. >> all right. tom brokaw, joining us this morning. thank you for your perspective. we appreciate it. good to see you. >> thanks, tom. >> my pleasure. >> all right. let's swing over to mr. roker. back with another check of the weather. >> that's right. something we don't have to talk

to our kids about, as well. in the meantime, something we can get behind, the eclipse. places to watch. monday, sun valley, ohio, looking good. pocatello, not looking too bad. as we move to the east, scottsbluff, not bad. kearney, nebraska, looking good. a few clouds. columbia, into nashville, dayton, knoxville. breaks in the cloud. not too bad. for the rest of the country, warming up in the northeast. afternoon storms through florida. looking for more heavy rain in the gulf. looking at flooding around new orleans. nice and comfortable. l.a., sunshine, 76. beautiful good morning. i'm bill henley. dense fog this morning slowly easing out of here. it will make way for sunshine and a warm afternoon. upper 80s in new jersey. 87 for the suburbs and fog will

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ever seen. >> reporter: madras, oregon, believe its population will be eclipsed with 100,000 visitors. hotels are booked full. and christina carpenter is charging $1,500 for couples to camp in her farm fields. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that was handed to this little community. >> reporter: as the eclipse moves east, caspar, wyoming, expects 100,000 visitors. carbon dale, illinois, and hopkinsville, kentucky, are in the longest. they are hoping for a boone. the last city to fade to block, charleston, south carolina, at 2:46 p.m. ipt it's the stuff that makes astro citizen cysts geek out. and alex is wearing his solar shoes. >> when the moon blocks out the son, daylight becomes nighttime.

>> reporter: and it only lasts a few minutes. the last solar eclipse that moved partially across the u.s., was in 1979. >> good morning from goldendale, washington. >> reporter: and the "today" show was there. >> we have to wait around until 2017 until we do that again. >> reporter: you will risk permanent eye damage if you look at the sun would proper eye protection. even with sunglasses, you should not be looking at the sun. >> that's right. these glasses are made specifically for looking at the sun. they block out 100,000-times more light than regular sunglasses. >> reporter: and watch out for counterfeit that don't protect you. legitimate glasses have an iso number. and the name of the manufacturer. for "today," tom costello, greenbelt, maryland. >> i like that we'll be like,

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good morning. eye vai sikahema. let's get try to bill henley with your forecast. >> it is 73 now, but look where we're heading today. 88 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. the suburbs will see lots of sunshine, the fog will burn off in the lehigh valley, 86 degrees. skies turn mostly sunny. and the warm weather stays with us tomorrow. there will be more clouds later in the afternoon, but i think the best chance of showers and thomp thunderstorms returns friday and into the first half of the weekend. we've had a problem on route 42. let's check in with jessica boyington. >> 42 around right 41 in deptfo deptford, backup even beyond this point north toward the philadelphia area or 295. right around 295, there is a collapsed manhole and then an accident around the area, too. so a few things going there. schuylkill expressway eastbound also had a crash.

that has cleared. westbound some big delays there. drive times are into the 30s and speeds down into the 20s. philadelphia police have a new three year contract with the city. officers will get raises of about 3% over the next three years. and it will cost the city roughly $245 million. a show of support for a sexual assault victim tonight, several groups plan to participate in a solidarity run at authorize ris town farm park where a yellow jogger was assaulted earlier this month. no one has been arrested. police are offering a $10,000 reward in the case. tomorrow starting at 4:00 a.m., we're talking with football fans excited about the eagles back in action and a fourth grader who shares the same name and love of football as one of the bird's big stars. another update in 25 minutes. join us every weekday morning from 4:00 to 7:00.

coming up, new fallout. president trump under fire after that combative and unscripted news conference. >> you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. and nobody wants to say that. but i'll say it right now. >> this morning, the latest on the impact and the outrage. plus, break in the case? the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway take iing a dramatic turn, as a new lead emerges. we'll sit down for an exclusive interview with her father. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ and remembering the king. as fans flock to memphis 40 years after elvis' death. we are at graceland to talk to

priscilla presley about his life, his voice and his legacy. >> when he song, ang, it soundee he was singing to you. ♪ ♪ because i'm happy clap along if you feel like a room without a roof ♪ >> what do you guys have to say? >> all the way from massachusetts. >> i think i found my favorite sign. you know what it says? be kind. >> be kind. >> where are you all from? >> hello from texas. ♪ >> welcome back, everyone. thanks for joining us on a very busy wednesday morning. and thanks to the people outside for gathering. we'll go outside and say hi to them in a little while. >> we will, indeed. president trump is doubling down to reaction to that violence in virginia. that's provoking strong reaction this morning.

nbc correspondent kristen welker is at trump tower down the street from us in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. president trump will try to turn the page on one of the rockiest moments of his presidency. later putting the focus on veterans. after that combative press conference, the criticism is only growing. these are the headlines. they weren't all nazis. and sympathy for the devils. this morning, the backlash against president trump growing. ohio governor john kasich is speaking out today. >> pathetic listening to this. >> reporter: it comes after the commander in chief appeared to embolden white nationalists, during an impromptu press conference on tuesday. >> i think there's blame on both sides about it. i don't have any doubt about it. you don't have doubt about it, either. >> reporter: trump repeating his response that everyone shared responsibility for this deadly

violence in charlottesville, and not just the white nationalists who organized it. >> you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. i'll say it right now. >> reporter: unscripted and refind, the president calling out counterprotesters, with the group he dubbed the alt-left. >> they came charging with clubs in their hands. do they have a problem? i think they do. >> reporter: and he defined a moral equivalency, between the naught knee nazis and far left. >> i've condemned neo-nazis. i've condemned many different groups. but not all of those people were neo-nazis, believe me. not all of those people were white supremacists, by any stretch. >> reporter: the reactions swift. prominent republicans rebuking the president. senator john mccain tweeting, there's no moral equivalency between racists and americans

standing up to defy hate and bigotry. the president of the united states should say so. house speaker, paul ryan, we must be clear, white supremacy is repulsive. and marco rubio unleashing a tweet storm against trump. we cannot allow this old evil to be resurrected. and among the far right extremismi extremismists, praise. former ku klux klan leader, david duke, saying thank you president trump for saying the truth about charlottesville and condemn the leftist terrorists. the president was supposed to make an announcement on infrastructure. aides not expecting him to take questions. a senior white house official telling nbc news, the president went rogue. just offcamera, new chief of staff, john kelly, arms folded. appearing to wince and shake his head. it caps moments for the

presidency. on saturday, trump suggested all sides share blame. on monday, he backtracked. tuesday, explaining why he waited 48 hours to first condemn white supremacists. >> i couldn't have made it sooner because i didn't know all of the facts. frankly, people still don't know all of the facts. >> reporter: the president also questioning the removal of confederate statues that prompted the rally. >> this week it's robert e. lee. i notice that stonewall jackson is coming down. is it george washington next week and thomas jefferson the week after? >> reporter: the president noting that both washington and jefferson owned slaves. meanwhile, he was asked about the future of his controversial top adviser steve bannon. the president saying, we'll see. but sources familiar with the situation, says mr. bannon feels confident about his future this morning. the president heads back to his golf resort in bedminster later today. matt? savannah? >> kristen welker in new york

city for us. stephanie rule is here to talk about the impact of the president's worlds. you cover business for us. we've seen ceos leave this manufacturing council. do you expect more to follow? >> this is tough for them. big business does not want to be involved in big or little politics. they did it for the white house to work on initiatives. now, the weight is getting too heavy. getting calls from people like me every day. how do you feel about nazis is not a call in a jamie diamond wants to get. many more said, just no more noise. w they want this to quiet down. >> a week or so when the dow crossed past 22,000. why is business booming? why is wall street booming, despite all of the controversy surrounding this white house. one ceo said, people in business don't care about who is talking

to who in russia. this, they care about. >> this goes directly up against their core values. every corporate leader has to think about what do i represent? and what does my company represent? it's a clear line when you're talking nazis and white supremacists. >> what do my customers care about? and president trump hasn't been that kind of ceo or accountable like that. >> there's key economic advisers inside the white house right now. a couple of them are jewish and were standing right there during those remarks. what is your sense of what happens in terms of their future at the white house. >> gary cohn has jewish centers in ohio. they're shocked. president trump was not supposed to answer questions. now, they're at an inflection point. yesterday should have been a win talking infrastructure. the question is, are they going to get to their agenda. and can they stand silent with all of this? >> good seeing you.

now, to the latest tensions over north korea. u.s. bombers conducted air maneuvers with japanese jets today southwest of the korean peninsula. north korea is deciding whether to fire missiles towards guam. it's the solidarity and the resolve we share with our allies to preserve peace in the region. kim jong-un has ignored warnings from the west and china to halt its nuclear and missile tests. let's switch gears this morning. this morning, we are nominating a nobel prize who came up with "hoda's morning boost." >> i asked to rekindle fun in your life. and asked when is the last time you slow danced? we put out a call to slow dunce with your husband, puppy, whatever. we have a great number of submissions. take a look. ♪ stuck on you got this feeling down deep in my

soul that i just can't lose ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ needed a friend and the way i feel now ♪ ♪ i guess i'll be with you till the end ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ ♪ mighty glad you stayed >> you feel a little bit better? >> yeah. good song. >> people got into that. >> slow dance at home is something good to do any night. >> tomorrow, we want you to fast dance. just ahead on a wednesday morning, we're going to have a major change here. we have what could be a big break in the 12-year-old disappearance of natalee holloway. we'll talk about that with her father exclusively. >> and jenna is live at graceland with priscilla presley, checking out a new way to celebrate the life of elvis.

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♪ we're back, now, 8:14 on this wednesday morning. it's been 12 years since natalee holloway disappeared on a high school graduation trip to aruba. this is a case that made headlines all around the world. >> despite numerous leads her remains have never been found. but this morning, a potential break. we'll talk about with gnnatalee father. after 12 years of hopes and dead ends, dave holloway and his private investigator appear on an oxygen series, to investigate

the latest lead in the whereabouts of natalee's remains. >> there was a person who said he was involved with joran van der sloot. >> the lead came from a man named gabriel, who said his friend helped joran van der sloot dispose of her remains. if the lead is true, and nata e natalee's remains are found, it could lead to a conviction and justice for natalee. >> we've chased a lot of leads. this one, by far, is the most credible lead i've seen in the last 12 years. >> dave holloway and t.j. ward are here. we should mention from the outside, that nobody has ever been charged in connection with natalee's disappearance, including joran van der sloot. now, this investigation has yielded something significant. what is it, dave? >> over a period of 18 months,

t.j. and i have been working together, with an informant, who has given us some information through a friend of joran van der sloot's. and we followed that for 18 months. i'll let t.j. finish the rest. >> we did an 18-month undercover investigation with an informant who was friends with an individual who had personal knowledge from joran van der sloot. and had information that took us to a spot where remains were found. and we took those remains and had those remains tested. and they just returned last week they are human remains. >> when the informant talked to you about the place that natalee may have been buried, did you find them immediately? was it trial and error? did it take days? weeks? >> he's taken us to different places. but they went there and went to a place behind a house that we were -- had under investigation. and went behind the house.

and dug some remains up. and those remains were turned over to us. and we had those remains tested. and they had just come back to be human remains. >> we know they're human remains. will there be a test that tells us if they're natalee's? >> we're in a process of doing a dna test. that test will take several weeks to a month. and hopefully we'll know at that point in time. >> what's your level of confidence, dave? >> throughout this process, over the last 12 years, matt, we had a number of disappointments. i put up a wall, trying to find something that is not going to disappointment. and when we determine these remains were human, i was shocked. and i know that there's a possibility this could be someone else. and i'm just trying to wait and see. >> what would it mean to you to

have that answer? >> it would be, you know, finally, the end. >> we're going to say in a second that you guys are taking part in a new show on oxygen. and the reason i bring this up is i think there may be some people who are going to hear what you're talking about now and say, wait a second, they have a show premiering. and now, they have remains. and we're not sure. and is this a promotion for the new show. and they're going to feel this may be a little unsettling, maybe unsavory. how do you respond to that? >> t.j. and i started into this 18 months ago. and we decided at that point in time, whether we have cameras or no cameras, oxygen came on with us and decided that we decided that, look, you guys just watch us. we want to document this. and in this series, you'll see in several incidents, where if the camera was not on us and them, we would never be where we're at now. ever.

>> dave holloway, t.j. ward, good luck. appreciate your work. we'll have more with them the next hour. as mentioned, you can see "the disappearance of natalgna holloway, on saturday night on oxygen. we go to al now. >> we have hurricane gert, 30 miles west of bermuda, moving northeast at 20 miles per hour. maybe some rip currents as you get closer to long island and the coast of new england. otherwise, not a big problem. we are starting to see the tropics heating up. the waves off of africa. the next wave over five days, 30% development. this investigation, 92-l. and the next five days, the one we told you about yesterday, 91-l, has a 40% chance. here's a path of development for the three systems. we will be watching them very, very closely.

good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. the temperatures are climbing, so the fog is easing out of here. this afternoon, the fog will be long gone. sunshine, 88 degrees in philadelphia. pretty nice afternoon. the humidity drops some later today in the suburbs. 87 degrees. it's 88 degrees in new jersey. the exception, the shore. 83 this afternoon. the rip current risk, high surf with hurricane gert offshore. sunshine takes over for a nice warm-up in the lehigh valley and delaware. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? guys? >> all right, al. time for what's "trending" today. you go to the airport. who likes to have a drink before you get on the plane? >> no? >> sometimes. >> here's a story getting attention online. ryanair is cracking down on booze before boarding. they're asking airports in the

u.k. to limit passengers to two drinks. you would get a boarding pass. every time you go into a restaurant or a bar at an airport, you have to penalty that boarding pass. they mark that boarding pass. after two, you're cut off. a lot of reasons they say, this is an attempt to curb unruly behavior in the skies. you like this idea? >> what if your boarding pass is on your phone? >> they mark your phone. give you a letter on your forehead. "b" for booze. >> be at the airport for several hours. >> what if you're really affr l of flying? and you use a drink or two or three, to reduce anxiety. >> it's a decent idea. do you need more than two drinks? everyone is different. >> they serve booze on the plane. >> they do. and some people say this is a way to stop people from buying booze on the airport to buy it on the plane. >> so they don't pregame. >> have any of you gotten drunk

while flying? like, were you considered saying, i'm drunk? >> yes. i was coming home from a bachelorette party in mexico. with my best friend. >> you probably sobered up. >> exactly. it didn't take much. >> have you been subjected to someone else's drunk behavior on an airport? >> that's the worst. >> all right. >> that's why i'm torn. >> what do you think? >> i think two drinks is enough before you get on a plane. i really do. we asked people online what they thought. should airports limit the number of drinks passengers can buy before boarding? 62% say yes. >> that's interesting. >> all right. "pop start" now. >> we have a lot to get to. we begin with mindy kaling. she is pregnant with her first child. she sat down with willie geist and talked about her pregnancy for the first time. take a look.

>> how are you feeling about the prospect of motherhood? >> really excited. yeah. it's so unknown to me. i'm kind of -- i have a lot of control over a lot of aspects of my life. this is one where i'm like, okay, it's out of my hands, which is a fun feeling. >> kind of true. mindy opened up about what kind of mom she hopes to be. willie's full interview airs september 10th on "sunday today." now, to taylor swift. there weren't cameras in the courtroom during the singer's sexual assault trial. but we were able to get a glimpse of taylor thanks to one sketch artists. you're laughing. his drawings were the subject of ridicule on social media. the artist is speaking out defending his work. he told a news station in denver, a person like taylor swift who is pretty, has perfectly proportions on the case is harder to sketch. he admitted he was nervous and did practice sketches for weeks. >> he got better as the days

went on. >> those early days. wow. >> his early work. finally, celine dion. the singer was spotted at her son's hockey game. cheering him on in the best way possible. this is the video gone viral. see l celine is out of her seat. that's her son's jersey. celine is being held as the ultimate hockey mom. >> what did her son think? >> your mom's celine. not a bad problem. finally, today did you know is national tell a joke day. >> excuse elmo. good morning, everybody. >> hi, elmo. >> what a surprise. we're in the middle of something. >> but elmo has a very important question. >> okay. go ahead. >> where do -- where do cows go for fun? >> i don't know. where? >> to the mooooovies.

>> are you celebrating tell a joke day, too. >> elmo heard the funniest joke in the world. with kate mckinnon. and elmo loves sharing jokes with elmo's friends. and that's one of elmo's favorite ways to be kind to people. >> i agree with that. >> look at the fun we're having. >> here's my question. what can we do it, dtoo? how about the people at home? >> everybody can join in. sure. >> it's called share the laughter. you tell a joke and #sharethelaughter. >> you tag them with #sharethelaughter. >> thank you, elmo. what a treat. >> elmo? >> yes, sir? >> why didn't the skelton cross the road? >> why? >> no guts. >> that's good. >> no guts.

>> thank you, good morning. i'm vai sikahema. it's just about 8:30. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with your first alert forecast. >> look at spring city, still socked in. zero visibility for many neighborhoods. allentown, reading, pottstown, lancaster, improving conditions in pbluebell. still seeing light fog in mt. holly and it's starting to ease now in millville. we'll see sunshine this afternoon and warm into the 80s. >> bill, thank you. let's get a check on the roads now with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. >> looking at our cameras around the betsy ross bridge, it's stacked on the southbound side. 24 minutes right now from wood haven road to the vine, but we

definitely have heavy, approaching this scene and passed and moving into center city. on the westbound side, this was emergency construction that started overnight, around route 73. this is 73 right in through here. no delays on the highway, just watching some of those lane restrictions. >> jessica, thank you. in philadelphia, a woman was trapped on the roof of her home for more than an ex-boyfriend was in a standoff with police. he became upset after the woman handed him a restraining order last night. he told her if she called 911, he would shoot officers. she climbed to the roof and climbed 911 anyways. the officers arrived and began negotiations. he eventually turned himself in. the woman was not hurt. we'll have another update for you coming up in 25 minutes and you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. i'm vai sikahema. the "today" show continues in just minutes. have a great day. we'll see you at the top of the hour. whoooo.

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♪ welcome back to "today." it's 8:30 on a wednesday morning. 16th of august, 2017. great crowd in our plaza. the sun shining down. so happy to see everybody. doesn't elmo make you happy? >> i love elmo. and i loved your skeleton check. >> he makes he giggle. >> are you ready for the crowd moment? this is going to be an epic crowd moment.

all right, we're going to play a song. and we want to see the biggest crowd slow dance we can get. let's hear some lionel richie, please. can you hear it? pick your partner. i want to see a big slow dance. come on. ♪ >> aw. >> oh. ♪ everybody wants me to be >> we're breaking a record. >> are we breaking a record right now? >> look at matt. >> everybody. >> here we go. >> ready? ♪ that's why i'm easy ♪ easy like sunday morning >> should have had lionel back. >> yeah. >> what is the record, by the way? >> i think we set it. i don't know what it is. but we're awesome. >> thank you for that slow

dance. >> thank you for the dance. >> this is like al setting the world record for freeze tag. >> yeah. coming up, we're happy to have katie holmes with us. we're going to talk about her new movie. it's called "logan lucky" and how she's feeling. in a year and a half, katie, you're going to have a teenager in the house. >> my word. and then, there's a dig sbi celebration going on at graceland. this is the 40th year of elvis' death. jenna is there with priscilla presley. and we have back-to-school season on the brain. how the family can get involved to set up for a successful school year. first, let's get a check of the weather. >> see if we get a successful forecast for you. looking at beautiful weather in the northeast. high surf due to gert. and sunshine along the west coast. heat advisories in texas. wet weather in the gulf. for tomorrow, more storms in

florida, the southeastern atlantic coast. look for severe storms making their way into the ohio river valley. heavy rain, lots of sunshine, western two-thir ds good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. the temperatures are climbing, so the fog is easing out of here. and this afternoon, the fog will be long gone. sunshine, 88 degrees in philadelphia. pretty nice afternoon. the humidity drops some later today in the suburbs. 87 degrees. it hits 88 degrees in new jersey. the exception, the shore. 83 this afternoon. the rip current risk, high surf with hurricane gert offshore. that will be running high today. sunshine takes over for a nice warm-up in the lehigh valley and delaware. have a great day. >> >> don't forget. get that weather anytime you need it. check out our friends at the weather channel on cable. mr. lauer. >> thank you very much. in "logan lucky" two

brothers attempt to pull off a heist on one of the biggest events of the nascar circuit. and katie holmes stars as one of their skeptical wives. >> asking about the forsale sign? moody has expanded. his family opened up a new dealership in lynchburg. across state line? you can't tell me that. >> you will still get your days. we'll be in lynchburg. you can drive across state line to pick her up. i have full custody. >> it's not happening. i'm getting a lawyer. >> with what money? >> katie, welcome back. good to see you. >> i lived in west virginia. that's a west virginia twang. you lived in ohio. how did you pick that up? >> we worked with the same i e dialect coach. >> it wasn't easy? >> no. you want it to feel natural. and not feel like too much.

>> give me a word that would help you. give me a word that you would work on to get the access just right. tough. something like that. did you find the accent tough? >> i did. >> i thought you did a good job. congrats on that. what's it like to get a call from steven soderberg that he wants you to be in a movie? he loves casting. >> it was exciting. i met with him. i had just finished directing my first film. we spent most of the meeting talking about directing. he was so generous. and i was like, i hope i get to work with him. and he e-mailed the next day. we'd love to have you. wow, really? and he was -- it's fun to be on his set. there's an ease that he knows what he wants. it moves quickly. and just feels a lot of fun. and this movie is so much fun to watch. >> and i want to make the point,

this isn't the biggest role you've ever had. >> right. >> you played bobby joe logan chapman, is that correct? why is she important to the plot? >> she's important to the plot because i play channing's ex-wife. and our daughter grounds him. and that's the reason why he's going to do this heist. and he wants to be a better man and a better father. >> can i tell you, i love heist movies. all kinds of heist movies. you're going to do "ocean's eight." the ocean's series. what's the greatest heist movie ever made in your opinion? >> "ocean's 11." >> really? >> i loved it. that's got to be in my top five. what about "the sting"? >> yes. i don't disagree. >> "bonnie and clyde." >> you're hitting all of them. >> why do you like heist movies? >> i like heist movies because

they -- it's a fantasy. it takes you on this ride. it's fun. with "logan lucky," i felt entertained the entire time. it wasn't too serious. >> i think, can i pull that off. i made a reference outside. >> have you ever pulled it off? >> i have some heists on my resume, absolutely. siri is 11 1/2. she's going to be a teenager, soon. do you we're about the time she does the teenager thing that pulls away from mom and is not as cool to hold mom's hand or say i love you or hug you? >> she is 11 1/2. she's a great girl. and she's doing so well. i'm enjoying this time. and i'm not so worried yet about the teenage years. >> i have a 13-year-old daughter. it's different. dad's not as cool as dad used to be. just a warning. i hope you don't go through that period. >> i never was cool.

so, i'm like -- >> you have nothing to lose. >> i'm totally ready for this, yes. >> we look forward to seeing you in this. nice to have you here, katie. >> nice to be here. >> "logan lucky" appears on friday. coming up, we're going to graceland with priscilla

♪ welcome back, everybody. it's hard to believe. but today marks 40 years since the death of elvis presley. >> and every year, fans gather at graceland to pay tribute to the king of rock 'n' roll. and jenna is there, with priscilla presley, at the newly opened complex. good morning, ladies. >> yes. i'm here with the one and only, priscilla presley. here in this trophy room. and we all know that elvis has

sold more records than any other artist ever. and he's adding to his collection. is that right? >> that's right. this was installed yesterday. if i can dream went triple platinum, and "the wonder of you" gold. >> why does this music still resonate? >> it's amazing. isn't it? people connected with him. he had that beautiful voice. and like i said many times before, you get a feeling that he's singing to you. i experienced that being in the audience. i always thought he sang to me. >> i'm sure he did. that's elvis is still king. thousands flock eed here yestery to pay tribute to him. ♪ since my baby left me ♪ >> reporter: with the stage as his throne, he became the king of rock 'n' roll. known all over the world by just one name. ♪ knock them down >> he broke the mold.

not just in singing or in music, but in style. >> reporter: the recently released photos, from the graceland archives. what do you think the allure is, with someone who is just falling in love with his music? >> it's his voice. when he sang, it was like he was singing to you. he wasn't bad to look at, either. >> you had a crush on him? >> everyone had a crush on him. they're still having crushes on him. he woke up beautiful. i used to stare at him. i used to look at him. like, oh, my gosh. ♪ you looking for trouble >> reporter: all that and still one of the most talented and influential performers of all-time. 40 years after his death at the age of 42. still reaching the top of the charts, selling more than a billion records worldwide, more than anyone ever. 179 records certified gold and platinum. nominated for 14 grammys. what do you think is his biggest

legacy? >> how can you say what is his biggest legacy? he was good at whatever he did. ♪ take my hand >> reporter: inspiring a slew of new artists. including country singer brett eldridge. >> elvis paved the way for everybody that's playing music now. he has a little hand in all of it. >> reporter: his home, graceland, declared a national monument. it's been four decades since his passing. but for priscilla, the heartache and memory of that day never fades. today, 400,000 people visit here every year. >> best-looking man. i loved him. just loved him. >> reporter: how long have you loved elvis? >> wincesince i was born. >> reporter: how old are you? >> i'm 9. >> i can't explain it. but he's everything to me. ♪ love me tender >> reporter: remembering and celebrating the man, the legend,

the king of rock 'n' roll. what would you say to him now? >> if he were here today, looking outside and seeing all of the people that still loved him, missed him, he wouldn't believe it. ♪ i love you and i always with >> reporter: so, priscilla, today is the day of his passing. what goes through your mind on a day like this? >> well, you know, you can't help but think, you know, about the day that it happened. but we have so much here to, you know, remind us of all of the good he's done and all of the entertaining he did and all of the great things that keeps his memory alive. and many people, as you know, comes here just with that. >> and you share your grief with a lot of people. there were thousands of people at the vigil last night. >> yes. more than we ever had at the 40th. 40 years after. excuse me. they're still coming. and this has been our biggest

yet. >> there was a little criticism for the first time ever, the vigil needed to be paid for. >> well, there's a lot of misinformation about that. everyone was allowed on the streets to enjoy the vigil at no cost. >> reporter: we're here in front of the jumpsuits. i hear that people come from australia, asia, to look at the jumpsuits. >> i went to so many shows. you look at the jumpsuits. and you can't help but envision him in them. and me enjoying all of the shows. >> reporter: to be at an elvis show. to be priscilla presley at an elvis show. we're heading over to 1968. a flashback, a big year for the two of y'all. when elvis had his christmas special on nbc. what was that like for you? >> i had to admit, i never had seen elvis live before. >> you had never seen --

>> reporter: that was my first time. >> when i came here, i was in l.a., he was contracted three movies a year. that's all he had. and he hadn't performed in ten years. the '68 special was the opportunity for touring again. i never saw him. >> reporter: and 1968 was the year you gave birth to your daughter. she was here last night. how is she doing? >> she's doing well. and she loved it. it's great to come here and just walk around when everyone's gone. just look at everything. and just, you know, share memories. >> reporter: thank you for sharing memories with us. i love being with you. >> thank you. >> guys? >> thank you so much. you got us humming here, by the way. you can see more of their information at today.com. coming up next, clever ways to get your kids and yourself organized for the new school year. first this, is "today" on nbc.

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on "today." already? we're focusing on organization. it's very important if you want your kids to have a happy and successful year. how do you do it? "today" contributor elizabeth mayhew has some tips. hello, elizabeth. this is about starting off on the right foot. if you get started off on in the beginning, it unvalves. >> re-evaluate what happened last year and now is time to make changes. >> let's get organized as a family. >> create a system together. work with your kids. if your get them involved, they're more than likely to participate. >> what kind of system? >> you want a family command center. in your kitchen, is a great place. these are called wallys. they are strips. they won't damage anything. you can put them. you can create anything you want. they're repositionable. >> look at you. >> i'm not type "a."

they're dry-erase and chalk, from wallys.com. everybody can see what is needed and write what's important on here so things do not get forgotten. and realize that the systems, if they're not working, change them. >> great. a lot of kids have trouble with keeping track of their belongings. and you say there's an easy way to prevent them from losing things. >> you want them to label things. in life, if you want to find it, you need to label it. you will always be looking. i think this is fantastic. it's a p-touch label system. you download an app. it's wireless. it takes two seconds. the little thing prinlts o prin. you can get it at office depot. >> you can go old-school. >> i love this. duck brand duct tape has a dry erase tape. my son has do not disturb,

across his wall. that's easy. >> we want to keep kids safe. >> from rayovac, it has a flashlig flashlight. it charges the phone. and it also has an alarm that is very loud. we actually pushed it last night. it's 100 decibels and you can hear it 200 yards away. stranger danger, awesome. and these are great. this is birdie. and it's from a company called oleka light. and it is a hand sanitizer. it's cute. i know, matt, this is for you. >> what is so cool is you just can open it. little hand sanitizer. but then, it has dry wipes in the bottom. >> miniwipes, matt. >> be still my heart. >> you're going to keep them away from flu season. >> a way to get your kid on time is to get them organized the night before. >> i say also involve your kids

in clothes shopping. this is one-stop shopping from target.com. if they like the clothes, they can put it together. pick an outfit. and pack the backpack the night before. and check the command center. do they need their soccer ball? do they need the cleats? all this the night before. and pack lunches before. >> do the kid s pack their own lunches? >> do it together. the whole point is you want to get to independence. you want them to do things. >> where are my -- >> i got you superhealthy. >> where are my twinkies? this is not a good lunch. >> i say study at the same place. the same time. always start with the harder subjects. once the kids are done with that, it will be easier. allow them study breaks. research shows every 25 minutes, you need to take a little break. and most importantly, i say, check your phones. i like to have a central command

system. i would not put this on the desk. everyone in the family. keep it away. >> girl, you did it, as usual. you can find more of elizabeth's tips on today.com. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. whoooo.

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>> breaking. today is kathie lee gifford's birthday. >> happy birthday. >> we're going to have so much fun. >> celebrating at 10:00. buckle up. >> we're going to have fun. we have carly ray jepsen this morning. >> what is it? >> it's couscous from a drugstore. >> i'm not doing it. >> it's already made. >> i'll do it, if you eat it off my

good morning. i'm vai sikahema. just about 9:00 a.m. let's get right to first alert meteorologist bill henley with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. fog burning off, bill? >> yeah, slowly. we're still seeing some areas. look at the lehigh valley, for example. east, still a little bit cloudy. the fog is easing out, but sunshine will break through those clouds, at 11:00, 78 degrees. but we'll see more sunshine this afternoon. that will warm us into the 80s today. upper 80s for philadelphia, the

suburbs, the lehigh valley and delaware. and a little bit cooler at the shore, but be careful going into the water. there's a high rip current risk today. >> bill, thank you. let's get a check on the roads now with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington looking at route 422. >> and we're still watching some fog here. you can definitely see that visibility problem in our camera here, right around trooper road. eastbound still slow, double the drive time, 29 from the schuylkill, typically a seven-minute trip. watch for a crash out in norristown on main street around arch street. the man seen in this video urinating on a synagogue in northeast philadelphia has turned himself into police. surveillance cameras captured this scene just after midnight on sunday. he even made a lewd gesture at the camera. this is the third time in less that be a year that the synagogue has been vandalized. a $15,000 reward is up for grabs if you can help philadelphia police find an arson suspect. look closely.

investigators say the man in this surveillance video tried to set several city-owned cars on fire at a garage. the building houses police, firefighters, and city workers. they say he soaked a sheet in flammable liquids and set it near vehicles, but was not able to light it. we'll have another update for you in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. i'm vai sikahema. the "today" show continues in a few minutes. have a great day. we'll see you at the bottom of the hour.

♪ this morning on today's take, summer surprise, grammy winner, brandy, stepping back into a role with a lot of moxie. carly rae jepsen making the move from music to movies. and the move that's shaking up the internet, right now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to a wednesday morning. it is august 16th, 2017. love little mix. they've been on our show. this is "touch." our pal, dylan, is off. and wasn't kieir simmons supposd to be here? >> he was supposed to be here.

he was on vacation traveling the world. >> i think he sent us a video. >> hey, al. hey, sheinelle. here i am on this amazing greek island, about to make the 5,000-mile trip to you. this is what i'm leaving behind. i made it to london. now, all i have to do is catch that flight to new york. new york city, baby. yeah. i'm here. i think i better have a shave, though. >> did he make it? i don't think he should save. i like that. >> is keir here? he is here. yes. >> here i am. >> how are you doing? >> all right. >> all clean shaven. >> clean shaven. >> look at you. >> can i get a cuddle? good to see you. it's beautiful. and i know that you feel bad not to be there. this is up for it. i brought you two, i love

mykonos t-shirts. i know it was hard for you to leave all that and come and do this. >> this was a conversation we started that was supposed to stay off the show. >> we've all been there. >> we played around together before. but we never did the full thing before. >> you have never been together. >> we've never been together. >> we never have. >> wow. >> and it's the way i feared it would start. >> i think it's fantastic. i love being here with keir. it's great. >> the story is, i hope that my wife doesn't see this. the story is, that i'm on the island with my wife and my kids. and also with my -- there they are. amazing. and there is their cousins, too. i'm also on the island with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. it's nice for a few days.

but after a few days, i'm ready to -- >> can't get a good night's sleep. >> when you're covered in kids, i've got water in my eyes. >> you're a pool toy. >> right. they call me the climbing train. >> i've been there. when your kids are that age, and you're away, it's time that you wouldn't trade for the world. but it's not bad to get a little daddy time. >> i'm on vacation. >> you trade greece for us? >> and i brought you some avocado toast. >> the t-shirts that say, my friend went to mykonos, and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. >> you made this. did the food stylist do this? >> i try to start breakfast a little healthy. >> i know you made these a little while ago. >> this is amazing. i'm impressed. >> little olive oil. little garlic, on the toast.

>> that's really good. >> yeah. you brought the flakes and everything this morning. >> a little red pepper and microarugu microarugula. >> i feel like i should exchange the favor. >> you don't really have to. >> i do. >> i just like to give. >> keir, you missed this yesterday. guess what i have for you? >> what do you have for keir? >> one of my favorite dishes of all-time. it's gourmet. israeli couscous is extra fancy. should you open it? >> i'm fine. >> i'll open it for you. we need a -- >> wow. >> i found it. i ran to the cvs in my neighborhood. and i love the couscous there. i love this. it sells out so quickly, you can't buy it. i get three or four. i videotaped myself. going to the score. i looked. i didn't think they had any. and right there in the back corner.

>> yeah. when did you buy that? >> yesterday. it's still fresh. it says sell by august 19th. what's today? >> 16th. >> you got plenty of time. >> you don't know when they made it. >> he should try the couscous, right? >> should he try the couscous? i'll open it. i have to do it first because i'm not eating after you. >> how do you get couscous? >> i don't know. keir, you have a folk over there. try it. this is a good time. >> use sheinelle's fork. >> i'm happy to share your fork. >> use your fork. >> tell him how good it is. >> as the color from the beans bleed in. >> black beans, corn, red pepper. try it. >> mm. >> it's very good. >> it's so -- i get it. i see why you like it so much.

but i don't want to eat it all. let me give it to al. >> i'm going to tell you, that looks hideous. i'm going to say. and i'm not eating it. >> not on a fancy plate. >> fancy plate. >> so judgemental. >> no. i have a general rule of thumb. >> i don't know how i feel. i can see why. >> i'm going to make some and bringing it in tomorrow. >> we're going to do a hash tag battle. #trytoday. #don'ttrytoday. >> if america says try today -- >> i'm not doing it. >> how are you going to let the country down? >> i think me not trying couscous, we'll be okay. >> you want a spoon full of sugar? how bad can it be? >> maybe it would help that if you know, what you eat makes how attractive you are as a guy.

>> that is true. really quickly -- >> you will keep going with this. >> al posted a picture of what you had for dinner yesterday. >> yes. i made dinner. and i'm sorry. a little salmon. a little grilled corn, and zucchini. microgreens. >> you put this couscous and i didn't tell you, and i put it on the side of that, you would have never known. >> it looks mushy. >> look at the way al presented that food. >> if i put that on a plate. >> notice the colors are running together? >> someone else try this. zach? >> come here. come on over. >> use al's. we'll be really quick. this is so good. >> i want your honest opinion. >> it's really good, sal. don't you forget it. >> it tastes like new york city school lunch. >> wow. and i rest my case.

>> thanks, sal. >> oh, look. you know the best part about it is? >> what? >> sometimes you throw up in your mouth a little bit, this is already there. you're halfway there. >> this is not right. >> really? >> today is national tell a joke day. we'll save this for at the end of the show. i know you're going the vote for al to try it. you first. do a joke. >> this is my go-to. this is the first joke leila told me. how come the pirate couldn't get in the movie theater? >> why? >> it was rated "r." >> want to hear a joke about a piece of paper? >> yeah. >> never mind. it's tear-able. >> i don't have a joke i can tell. i have been trying out jokes. and none of them apparently -- i'm not kidding. they've given me a piece of paper with jokes that i'm allowed to tell. >> wow.

>> what kind of bagel can fly? >> i don't know. >> a plane bagel. [ laughter ] >> you see what i did there? >> speaking of british -- james bond. >> yeah. >> bond. once again, is being played by daniel craig. i love it. >> daniel craig, he confirmed he is playing the iconic character one more time. craig took over the iconic role in the 2006 film, "casino royale." it will be his last time playing bond. he wants to, quote, go out on a high note. >> the opening seen of this movie. the parkor is one of the best bond sequences ever. i don't get it. every man on the planet wants to

be bond. >> here's what i get. he's not a spring chicken. in great shape. but that has to be one of the most physical movie to do. >> taxing. >> he has to be beaten up at the end of that. >> he's a very fit guy. >> he's in great shape. but it's got to be tough. >> i'm glad he's giving this one more go. >> my, gosh. we're going to reveal the foods you should be eating to be attractive to the opposite sex or anyone else. different species. anybody. >> you try this. >> all right. when we come back, not a when we come back, not a snowball's ch ♪

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♪ we are back with more of "today's take." we have our buddy, keir simmons here. >> freshly shaven. >> do you wear after shave or cologne on? >> i use cream. >> after shaving cream. >> he smells good. that's the first thing i told him this morning. >> yeah. the first thing you said. >> before i knew about this story. >> a recent study from australia, says women prefer men who eat a certain diet. >> women prefer the smell of men who eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. they had guys do a food exercise and in a white t-shirt. >> this is the most disgusting

study. they sweat and take their t-shirts off and hand them to the women and say, have a sniff of that. >> and they take a deep whiff. >> i hope they're paying these women. >> you take a whiff. and the women liked the men who ate more fruits and vegetables. the men who ate meat, were more attractive to women. >> i eat both. i eat meat and veggies and fruit. >> you're a mix. this will make you sell like a saint. >> should i come around there? >> if you eat this, i will tell you. >> it's not that important. let's show you -- >> you don't want to do the experiment live on air? >> let's do some weather. show you what's happening. for today, we're looking at strong storms firing up out of nebraska, into iowa and into parts of northern kansas and missouri.

you got a risk of strong storms there later today. that will be pushing to the east. right now, the temperatures stay hot in the southwest, much of texas through the gulf coast and into the southeast. everywhere else, temperatures below average. as far as the precipitation's concerned, warming up in the east. high surf advisories wity ies g. storms down in good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. the temperatures are climbing so the fog is easing out of here. and this afternoon, the fog will be long gone. sunshine, 88 degrees in philadelphia. pretty nice afternoon. the humidity drops some later today in the suburbs. 87 degrees. hits 88 degrees in new jersey. the exception, the shore. 83 this afternoon. the rip current risk, high surf with hurricane gert offshore. that will be running high today. sunshine takes over for a nice warm-up in the lehigh valley and delaware. have a great day.

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often is how you win. that's the idea behind office depot's penny deals. they're hoping you will buy everything on your list when you're there. but the smart shopper, the crazy way to shop is to shop over three weeks, buy only the items on sale. >> your allowed to do that, right? >> they're doing it now. these deals, you can get this week. they're a penny with a 5 dmrr purchase. we buy these reams of paper. and there's a repeat that makes them only 1 penny. you get 14 items for 14 cents. >> you don't think about them until you're buying them. >> it adds up. >> you were saying, thank outside the box. >> 81% of the families are shopping mass merchants. you have filler paper,

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and everything's good again. more! good morning. i'm vai sikahema. just about 9:30. the warm-up continues. let's get right to first alert meteorologist bill henley with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. >> vai, as the temperatures climb, the fog is disappearing and we're seeing more and more sunshine in wilmington. there's still some pockets of fog in the area. you can see just a little bit in the lehigh valley and in berks county. it's rapidly disappearing, though. the visibility had been down to zero. we'll see lots of sunshine this afternoon. no sign of any showers for philadelphia, wilmington and trenton. just a slight chance of a shower that parts of interior new jersey will see, an afternoon shower, but it's going to stay dry at the shore. >> thank you, bill. let's get a check on the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. what are you seeing? >> still watching big delays ton

schuylkill. city avenue, the westbound side, really slow. and from montgomery forward, pretty much stop and go the whole way. watch for a crash out in plymouth on alan wood road around t boulevard. the eagles will take the field at the linc tomorrow for their second pre-season game. nbc 10 is your official eagle station and the only place to watch the birds' pre-season game. tomorrow, our converage starts t 6:00 with eagles pre-game kickoff and the game starts at 7:00. you can see all of nbc's regular programming tomorrow night on cozi tv. look for comcast 28 or the air. the jackpot for tonight's powerball is $430 million. you don't have to stay up late to find out the winning numbers. we'll have them for you tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. i'm vai sikahema.

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grammy-winning singer brandy burst on to the scene with her hit single "i want to be down." four years later, her record "the boy is mine," spent 13 weeks on the hot 100 list. >> and then, took to the stage starring as roxy in the smash hit "chicago." >> for two weeks only, you can catch brand ly back on broadway in the longest running american musical. good morning. >> good morning. >> he was naming all of the hits. i just had a thought. my first concert i was allowed to go by myself. it was you. and you opened for m.c. hammer and boyz ii men. i just thought about that.

what's it like when people talk about those hits and what you've done. we can sing along to all hoof those songs. >> it is awesome. to have longevity. that's why you do what you do, to be a vessel and inspire people. i love it. >> now, you're back on broadway. >> yes. >> did it give you pause to do this? >> i love broadway. it completely changed my life. you earn every applause. you connect with the audience right away. i had never done it before. it felt so natural to be on stage. and the cast of "chicago" was so welcoming. when they asked me to come back, i said yes. >> your little one is not so little anymore. >> she is 15. >> she loves the musical. she wants me to do it. >> there she is. >> she's so cute.

>> when you're here, what's your life like between shows? >> i'm very disciplined. i try to keep my voice, you know, right. i don't talk much. i eat right. i workout. and just so i can be phenomenal every night. people fly in. it's different audiences every night. i want them to love the show when i'm on stage. >> i liked something you staiai. on broadway, you to earn the applause. i never thought of it that way. >> you do. and it brought true humility to my life. >> trying to do everything and the parenting. that's the big challenge. >> it takes a lot of balance. i'm a single mom. i have a lot of great people in my life that support me when i'm working. >> and lately, you've been performing your classic hits. is there a favorite of yours, that you like to perform? >> there's a song called "almost doesn't count," that i really love to perform.

that's my favorite to perform. >> you want me to sing it for everyone? >> i panicked for a second. ♪ almost doesn't count >> i love that you know it, though. >> of course, we do. >> let's talk about new music. >> i'm putting forth my best effort to have the right music when i return to the music industry. you know, people have been waiting for a long time. my die-hard fans have been waiting for a long time. so, i just want to give them something very special. >> is it pressure? i feel like the fact that we can name the other songs and now, it's time to do a new one. >> no pressure. i choose to be truthful and honest in my music. i don't want sugar-coating. i want my lyrics and everything to be truthful. >> go ahead. >> you do something like this. people have a certain expectation of what brandy sounds like. is there a desire to branch out from that and evolve a little

bit more? you give them what they want but something they're not expecting? >> absolutely. i want to give them what they need. they need for me to be completely honest. of course, hot songs. but completely honest with my lyrics. >> congratulations. they have two weeks to catch you. >> yeah. please come. "chicago's" amazing. >> support is there. coming up, 12 years after the disappearance of natalee hollow holloway, a major development i will never wash my hair again. i will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it pantene: the first shampoo and conditioner system with active pro-v nutrient blends that puts in what other shampoos just strip out. fueling 100% stronger hair. don't just wash your hair fuel it because strong is beautiful. no wonder elle calls pantene "the biggest shampoo breakthrough in 30 years."

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♪ it's been 12 years since natalee holloway disappeared on the island of abruaruba. a story that captivated our country and attracted attention from around the world. despite leads over the years, natalee's remains have never been found. and no one has been convicted in her disappearance. thanks to a new informant who contacted her father, dave holloway, today, there may be a new lead in the case. may 30th, 2005, the day that 18-year-old natalee holloway vanished from aruba. and the beginning of a nightmare for natalee's father, dave, and their whole family. >> the worst thing to do is to lose a child. >> reporter: person of interest joran van der sloot was arrested for kidnapping and murder. he was eventually released. but now, vand der sloot is in a

prison in peru, after confessing to a murder there. >> joran is the last person seen with my daughter. he knows what happened. >> reporter: after 12 years of false hopes and dead-ends, dave and a private investigator, appears on "the disappearance of natalee holloway," has a new lead. >> we have a person who says he was with joran van der sloot in disposing of natalee's remains. >> reporter: the lead came from a man named gabriel, saying his friend knows where she's married. if the remains are found, it could lead to a conviction and justice for natalee. >> we chased a lot of leads. and this one is, by far, the most credible lead that i've seen in the last 12 years.

>> with us now is natalee's father, dave holloway, and his private investigator and friend, t.j. ward. i was listening to you talk earlier. to lose your daughter and then not know where her body is, that's unimaginable for any parent watching this. >> it's something i wouldn't wish on anyone. it's hard to deal with it. you just don't know the answers. >> well, you try to look for a theory to give you closure. and we had some sort of closure back when joran killed this other girl in peru and he was put in prison. we looked at that and said, it's not justice for natalee. but he's in prison. and we feel deeply for the parents of the other girl. but that and then, we declared her deceased. we went through a closure process. >> can you talk about your decision to choose the fact that oxygen's cameras were going to

document what you were finding. and t.j.'s investigation, into this new lead. >> we've been working on this for 18 months. i've been involved in this case for 12 years, in my effort to bring closure for the holloway family. we had an individual came forward named gabriel. and he knew an individual that was friends with joran van der sloot. and gabriel brought it to dave and then to me. and gabriel started to give us leads and giving us information that we found to be true. of course, with that, they went to this area on the island, behind this individual's aunt's home. and were able to -- he took gabriel there. and they dug up human remains. they brought the remains in.

we had the remains sent off to be tested. they're back to be human. >> this is the first time we know this. >> gabriel was concerned. he's a parent. and was concerned about dave and his family and information he was hearing from this individual. and took the responsibility of calling dave and had him deal with me. and he was very helpful in the information he shared. >> dave, you talked about the fact when you get a new lead, it's like reliving this over and over again. right now, you're in a waiting period to find out this dna. what is it like for you? >> for 12 years, i've conditioned myself for failure. every lead we followed, it ends up gono good. i went into this process, very skeptical. had the wall up. looking for ways or excuses to

say this can't be real. >> you protected your wife from this, right? >> in 2015. we had a lead at the marriott hotel. the information gave us information that natalee was buried under that hotel. after t.j. and i worked on it for some time, we realized through the help of the fbi, that was untrue. after that fall on the floor with me and my family, i said i will never, ever lead my family on in a lead that i'm not sure about. t.j. and i kept it between ourselves and proceeded on to protect me and my family. >> when do you think you will find out? a week or two? >> it may take several weeks to learn the information, whether it is natalee's remains. if it's not, whose remains are

they? that needs to be determined. and we hope the government gets back involved and helps us determine who that is if it's not natalee. >> all the best to you. dave holloway and t.j. ward. "the disappearance of natalee hollow holloway" this weekend at 7:00 p.m. let's go to al and the father. >> in boise, sun valley, madras, as we make our way to the east. north platte looking a little cloudy. kearney, nebraska, may scoot between the clouds and you'll get a good view. in the central time zone, dayton, tennessee. and again, the tips, you don't want to look at the sun without protection. make sure you have the certified

classes. telesco telescopes, binoculars with solar filters on them. only do that during the totality of the eclipse. but don't take any chances. good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. the temperatures are climbing so the fog is easing out of here. and this afternoon, the fog will be long gone, sunshine, 88 degrees in philadelphia. pretty nice afternoon. the humidity dropped some later today in the suburbs. 87 degrees. hits 88 degrees in new jersey. the exception, the shore. 83 this afternoon. the rip current risk, high surf with hurricane gert offshore. that will be running high today. sunshine takes over for a nice warm-up in the lehigh valley and delaware. have a great day. >> and that is your latest weather. up up next, carly rae jepsa friend to the program. makes the leap into movies with her film debut. and she's more animated

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>> her new movie, "leap," where she escapes with her best friend. >> she plays the ballet school custodian. a quiet woman with a complicated past. let's give you a sneak peek. >> you lack precision and finesse. you're without balance, grace and charm. >> you can't tell all that one jump, can you? you can. >> you have the energy of a bullet but the likeness of a depressed elephant. leap up, ring the bell, and land without splashing the water. >> that's impossible. >> i thought it was your dream to dance. >> tell us about it. and how you got involved. >> one of those amazing phone calls. would you like to play an animate voice character? doesn't everyone want to do that?

i was on two at the time. i had to go into montreal. i didn't get to meet any of the character until next week when we do the premiere. >> wow. and that is -- it can be somewhat disconcerting doing the voice of an animated character. you're somewhat isolated. did it take some getting used to? >> it was like a video game. it was really fun. they -- i was the last character to put my voice on this. so, the lips were already moving. and i had to emote in time to the slowness or the fastness of it. it became like a video game. i enjoyed it. >> my girls, watching this, i thought, my girls are going to love this. you know? they love dancing. they love ballet. they love all that stuff. this is the perfect movie for them. i don't know why we don't get more of these movies. little girls are really

something they're going to enjoy. >> you know anna green gables. with "annie" and dancing. >> that dance teacher is like every dance teacher. really mean. >> and your song, "leap," i think is one of the songs of the summer. >> you think "catch the feeling." >> "catch the feeling" yeah. >> thank you. thank you. >> they said, are you inspiring with this frame? i got you. >> yeah. >> it's catchy. thank you for coming in this morning. "leap" in theaters next friday, august 25th. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. whoooo.

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good morning. i'm vai sikahema. just about 10:00 a.m. let's get right to first alert meteorologist, bill henley, with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. bill? >> temperatures are warming up nicely now. already up to 80 degrees in philadelphia. a lot of sunshine now for the rest of the area, too. there's the view, looking across the delaware. 83 degrees is where we'll be at noontime, up to 87 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon. the winds will be light, the sunshine nice and bright. at the shore today, into the low 80s, but watch out for those rip currents.

high risk of dangerous rip currents during the day today. vai? >> bill, thank you. 295 in south jersey looks pretty good. let's check in with jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> so, vai, we had 295 northbound side dealing with a crash, right around the white horse pike in the last couple of seconds. it just cleared out of the way and there weren't any delays, anyway. those residual delays aren't there, but mass transit dealing with some. frankfort, westbound service, dealing with ten-minute delays because of equipment problems. >> jessica boyington, thank you. new from overnight, a woman was trapped on the roof of her home for more than an hour while her ex-boyfriend was in a standoff with police in philadelphia's west oak lane section. he eventually turned himself in and is now in police custody. the woman was not hurt. the world-famous harlem globetrotters are taking over the wildwoods this week. the team will show off their tricks in four games, tonight through saturday. they will also host clinics for kids at the wildwoods convention

center each day. that should be a good time. i'm vai sikahema. i'll have another update for you in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. see you at the bottom of the hour.

. from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> yay! >> it's wines day wednesday. >> and it's not an ordinary august 16, it happens to be kathie lee's birthday today. >> thank you, hodi. >> i think we should listen to a little bit of "love never fails" by kathie lee gifford. >> it lasted about one week on the billboard charts. >> it