? dunkin' iced, oh, yeah, in the summertime ? ? livin' in a dunkin' paradise ? good morning. pay for play. donald trump asks for a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton after a watchdog group accuses of her of giving clinton foundation owners special access when she was secretary of state. shocked by the vast scope of hillary clinton's criminality. on late night, clinton laughed off trump's unfounded claims that she's in failing health. >> it's part of the wacky strategy. just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. deadly encounter. a north carolina trooper shoots and kills a deaf driver. after a traffic stop turns into

did he mistake sign language for a threat of violence. did they know? a new report out on that alligator attack at disney world. at least two tourists telling disney employees that an alligator was near the beach just hours before a 2 year old was killed. were their warnings ignored. and dropped. ryan lochte loses four major sponsors over the false claims he was robbed in o. could it threaten the bid to bring the games back to los angeles, "today," tuesday, august 23rd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it's a tuesday morning. >> we still don't know what the usoc is going to do in terms of punishment for these four

already speaking out. >> paying a heavy price indeed. let's start with new developments in the presidential race including the revelation that investigators found 15,000 additional hillary's that hillary clinton never turned over. our decision 2016 team has it all covered. let's start with nbc's hallie jackson. hallie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this morning donald trump is playing offense after weeks of being on defense. still facing fire over comments about african-american voters. back on the trail trailing in the polls, donald trump reading his speech but not changing the script. >> one more hillary clinton lie. >> reporter: trump pouncing on new leaked e-mails accusing hillary clinton of granting access to the state department in exchange for donations to the clinton foundation. >> an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor

>> he's now calling for an independent investigation after the release of those e-mails as part of a lawsuit by a conser conservative activist group. >> i've become increasingly shocked by the vast scope of hillary clinton's criminality. >> clinton's team argues "the foundation has already laid out the unprecedented steps the charity will take if she becomes president." bill clinton announcing if his wife was ect down from the foundation board and no longer raise funds for it. another new twist threatens to keep clinton's e-mail controversy hanging over her campaign. a federal judge ordering the state department to release 15,000 more e-mails by late september. clinton brushing it off on "jimmy kimball live."

>> her team turning to a different topic to take on trump hitting him for these comments overnight in ohio intended for african-american voters. >> you'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot. right now you walk down the street and you get shot. >> clinton's campaign calling that bigotry. doubling down on insults, fear and stereotypes. trump also this morning making some news on his immigration policy front. canceling a speech set this week in colorado on that topic. now seeming to modify his stance saying he wants to obey existing laws and separate undocumented immigrants living here into two categories, criminals and those who haven't broken laws. in the meantime, a new snapshot of how this race is unfolding nationally. our new online poll has hillary clinton up eight points now over donald trump. about where she was last week. savannah? >> thank you.

brushed off questions being raised about her health claiming they're part of a wacky republican strategy. nbc's andrea mitchell has that part of the story. good morning to you. >> hillary clinton on a high dollar fund-raising swing through california today dismissing what her aides are calling deranged conspiracy theories by donald trump and his surrogates about her health. hillary clinton joking about the health issue. >> this has become one of themes. take my pulse while i'm talking to you. make sure i'm alive. >> there's nothing there. >> there's nothing there. what can i say? >> it's an almost constant refrain from donald trump calling hillary clinton weak. >> she doesn't have strength and

giuliani. on monday giuliani criticizing a recent clinton event. >> she looked sick. >> a day earlier offering widely criticized internet videos as supposed proof. >> go online and put down hillary clinton illness and take a look at yourself. >> hitting back, bringing up giuliani's prostate cancer diagnosis. you can see how he withdrew in what appears to be a campaign strategy, trump's new campaign ceo steve bannon is making the same charge about clinton's health. >> i'm not saying she is had a stroke or anything like that, this is not the woman we're used to see. >> all this despite no evidence clinton has a health problem. her doctor issuing a two-page report a year ago describing clinton as in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as

concussion in 2012. clinton's medical report more detailed than this brief note from trump's doctor saying "if elected mr. trump i can state will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. >> can you open this jar of pickles. >> 70 would be the oldest president to take the oath of office if elected and clinton is 68, neither of these candidates has provided as much detail information about their health as other recent presidential nominees. savannah and matt? >> thank you very much. >> president obama travels to louisiana this morning to survey flood damage in the baton rouge area. a trip he's been criticized for not making sooner. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in baton rouge again for us this morning. hi, gabe. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good

later today fresh off his two-week vacation at martha's vineyard. as you can see behind me, the cleanup effort is in full force. this disaster claimed the lives of at least 13 people. more than 60,000 homes have been damaged and more than 100,000 people have already applied for federal aid. with louisiana suffering from what the red cross calls the country's worst natural disaster since superstorm sandy, the white house pushing back at critics who claim the president has been slow to >> there's all too common temptation to focus on the politics and to focus on the optics. >> while the president signed a federal disaster declaration almost nine days ago, some are still questioning his absence including a louisiana newspaper who wrote a scathing op-ed sending one message, hurting louisiana needs you now. last week jeh johnson toured the

everywhere. the president has been closely monitoring the situation here in louisiana. >> magnifying president obama's absence, donald trump visited the area handing out supplies to victims. trump laying into the president. >> obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> this is not the first time a president has been criticized after a natural disaster in louisiana. president bush was blasted in 2005 for following hurricane katrina. still the governor has said he's praising the federal response so far. hillary clinton released a statement saying she's committed to visiting the communities devastated by the floods when the campaign doesn't disrupt the recovery. an investigation is under way into a deadly police

>> it happened in charlotte after an attempted traffic stop turned into a chase. what exactly led to that shooting is still unclear. a community in mourning. family and friends gathering monday night to remember daniel harris. his young son lighting a candle for his father now gone from his life forever. harris, who was deaf, was fatally shot by a state trooper last thursday night after allegedly failing to pull over for speeding leading police on a brief pursuit outside his home. harris' brother, sam, who is also deaf remembered his sibling. >> translator: handsome man. he had a beautiful smile. easing to smile too. great sense of humor sociable. >> in a statement, the north carolina highway patrol said in part the driver exited his vehicle and an encounter took place between the driver and the trooper causing a shot to be fired.

witnessed the shooting. >> they should have been trained to realize this is an entirely different situation. you're pulling someone that's over that's deaf, they're handicapped. >> daniel's brother says he experienced similar situations. >> translator: i pulled over and within a few seconds the officer is at my window with his weapon drawn and in my face. i motion so him i'm deaf, i'm deaf, i'm deaf. >> in a statement to nbc the national institution of the deaf says deaf individuals are unable to understand the verbal commands of law enforcement officers leading to physical all the alterations over the years with some resulting in death. a crowd funding site was set up by the harris family for a memorial. any additional funding will go toward educating and training law enforcement in dealing with the deaf. harris' family hopes to create

police know when they run a license plate check that they are pulling over a deaf driver. the officer involved has been placed on administrative leave which is police department protocol pending an investigation. >> that's such a terrible story. >> maybe as a result of it some change will be enacted as a result. it's heartbreaking. >> sounds like it's necessary. this summer's fatal alligator attack in disney world is back in the headlines this morning. a new report outlining the desperate attempt by the bos alligator warnings from other park guests. nbc's kerry sanders is with us for more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. the report by the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission clearly states that matt graves did everything he could to rescue his son from the clutches of an attacking

too strong. building a sand castle, he bent over to scoop the wet stand according to the final incident report. that's when his father, matt, heard a splash in the water and turned to find an alligator had his son's head in its powerful jaws. graves told police it grabbed him and pulled him back into the water. 16-year-old peter witnessed the terror. >> i saw the father jump in after the gator and he rolled >> another bystander described matt running out of the water with blood all over the right side of his face and right hand. unable to free his child he was yelling please come help my son. a gator got him. a sheriff's deputy says he saw lane's mother pacing up and down the beach clutching her other child and screaming. after 16 hours of searching, the 2-year-old's body was found not far from the shore.

alligators. they say evidence gathered say it's very likely one was the gator that killed lane but it is not certain. since the tragedy, disney has built a stone wall around the lagoon and added warning signs around waterfront areas. and this morning the report is raising questions about whether prior warnings were ignored. at least two people said they reported alligator sightings to disney employees but the report does not reveal how the employees reacted to those reports. nbcs for a comment but got no response. september 3rd is lane grave's birthday. he would have been 3 years old. matt and melissa graves say they do not plan to sue disney releasing in a statement on monday we're focused on the well-being of our family. that is our priority. matt, savannah? >> our hearts are with them. kerry sanders, thank you. exhausted firefighters out in washington state are getting some much needed help with a

spokane. reinforcements are arriving from oregon and idaho. the fires have destroyed at least ten homes and forced families to evacuate 250 others. in california, more than 10,000 firefighters are making headway against a half dozen major fires there. but the one that's been threatening the famed hearst castle is spreading in the opposite direction going deeper into monterey county. this was sunday at the annual port herron float. a large group showed up with 30-mile-an-hour winds and blew more than 1,000 participants off course and into ontario where they had to be rescued by the canadian coast guard. nobody was hurt. it took six hours to get everybody back to the u.s. and through customs. the canadian coast guard officials said there were americans everywhere.

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62 in boston. ton of sunshine. beautiful shot of the skyline. across new england, not much talk about cloud cover or rain over next couple days. high temperatures recovering close to 80 this afternoon. very comfortable feel to the air. warming back into the upper 80s. >> ryan: thanks, chris. crews are working to restore power, fix roads after a tornado tore through concord. the ef-1 twister packed winds which reached speeds of 100mph. it could take days to clean up all the trees and d no one was hurt. man facing a judge following a deadly shooting in worcester. a 42-year-old man shot and killed his neighbor during an argument on monday. investigators say the suspect waited for police the arrive after the shooting. for now he is facing charges of assault and battery. we're back with another update

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we're back now. 7:30 on a tuesday morning. it's the 23rd day of august, 2016. pretty day in midtown manhattan after a perfect sleeping night. temperatures in the low 60s but he to mr. roker. >> crispy and fall like. don't take it away, al. all right. inside studio 1a, here's a look at the headlines this morning. hillary clinton maintaining her lead over donald trump in the presidential race. the poll just out this morning shows clinton up 50% to 42%. she led by nine points last week. in the meantime, trump is asking for a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton

treatment to clinton foundation donors when she served as secretary of state. >> we will have one set of rules for everyone. in hillary clinton's world, we have one set of rules for her and another set of rules for everyone else. >> clinton's campaign has not addressed trump's comments but has said if she's elected, the clinton foundation will stop accepting foreign donations and bill clinton would step dow president obama travels to baton rouge, louisiana, today. he'll meet with local leaders to discuss the federal response to historic flooding in that reason. more than 60,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. to developments from the incident at gas station in rio. it has cost ryan lochte a number of high profile endorsement deals but could the fallout

once again. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. as you can imagine, it's all quiet at the olympic park. that is the aquatic center. the games are in the books but ryan lochte is hit in his wallet losing four corporate sponsors within hours of these olympics coming to a close. here in rio, ryan lochte made a splash all right but not the kind he wanted and now the ripple effect is costing him miio swimmer after a drunken night out where he first claimed he was robbed at gunpoint. >> i am speedo fit. >> speedo saying we can't condone before that is not what this brand stands for. ralph lauren not renewing his contract. the photo yanked from the rio athlete's page on its website. also cutting ties, japanese

firm behind gentle hair removal. this weekend the 12-time olympic medalist apologized in an interview with matt. >> that's why i'm taking full responsibility for it is because i overexaggerated that story. if i never done that, we wouldn't be in this mess. >> i think he can rebuild his image but more than arguing over the specifics of what happened, i think it's more about maturity in his case. >> for lochte and three other swimmers is coming. >> they let down our athletes. they let down americans and they really let down our hosts in rio. >> the lochte incident comes at a time when the u.s. is making a bid before the ioc for summer games to be to be held in los angeles in 2024. >> it would be hard to imagine the international olympic committee would not give the games to los angeles because of what ryan lochte did or did not

nbc news we do not expect ryan lochte to have any impact on our work to bring the summer olympic and paralympic games back to the u.s. for the first time in 28 years. to be clear, l.a. is facing stiff competition from places like paris, rome and budapest. all want to get that bid for 2024. a decision is expected in september of next year. matt and savannah? >> all right. peter alexander still in rio for us this morning. thank you very much. please? >> it's been a long haul. >> he did get souvenirs at a good price. >> exactly. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> we're starting to see the tropics start to heat up and really no surprise because we're actually about to get into the heart of the tropical storm season. on average you can see we're on the upswing right now. right now we have three entities out there. we've got fiona which is a tropical depression.

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>> this is 7news now. ism good morning, everybody. 7:57 as you take a live look over boston. let's send it over the chris lambert now with a check of your forecast. >> chris: a lot of sunshine. a lot of low humidity. a refreshing air mass ince low 50s this morning. now close to 60 degrees. low humidity and sunshine in place. a couple degrees either side of 80 this afternoon. coolest locations in the worcester hills. much warmer wednesday, thursday, friday, back into the upper 80s. >> now for a will be a your top stories, the clean-up continues in concord after an ef-1 tornado ripped through the town yesterday. crews are working to restore power to several homes and clear the roads. several homes were damaged. officials say it could take days

debris. one person was rushed to the hospital after a shooting in dorchester. it happened on moorewell street just after 2:00 a.m. the victim suffered minor injuries. no arrests have been made. and we're back in 25 minutes with another update.

? it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, keeping his memory alive. >> i'm going to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. a man can't hit what his eyes can't see. >> in ali opens up about the champ's life and his legacy. welcome home. the final five back from rio and joining us live on the plaza. >> we are the final five! >> as we catch up with the gold medalists and find out what's next. and the name is. after meeting the latest member of our "today" show family, we asked you to help us name our

tuesday, august 23rd, 2016. >> we're ready to start college for freshman year at "today." >> good morning, florida. >> all of the way from iowa to meet the "today" show puppy. >> celebrating my 50th birthday on the "today" show. >> i'm celebrating my 13th show in new york. >> i'm turning >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's august 23rd. it is absolutely beautiful out here on our plaza. we have a great crowd. we have bona fide olympic champs. we have a puppy. and we're going to name him in just a moment. >> that's going to break the internet right there. >> meanwhile, zac efron yesterday's news. puppy this week's news.

there's simone. look at this young lady over here. >> wow. >> is that simone's sister? >> nice to see you. >> she's well known to us here. absolutely. >> speaking of games, we have a lot of folks dressed in their olympic finest hoping to go for the gold. on monday, grant gave it a try but after 30 seconds he failed to find that one gold the massive pit worth $25,000. who is giving it a go today? where is meg from iowa? meg, come on down. i feel like "the price is

>> all right. we're going to see you go for the gold in the next hour. yes! >> this is going to be great. >> i am so excited. meg, i feel good about you. >> it's 30 seconds but we may give you an extra 15. >> brace yourself. >> meg will have her chance at gold in just a minute. first, let's pause and get the news at 8:00. we'll start with the presidential race. donald trump demanding that a special hillary clinton as she hits the hollywood fund-raising trail. >> hillary clinton is out west today on a fund-raising blitz with some of the biggest names in hollywood. on monday with magic johnson and tonight attending a fund-raiser at the home of justin timberlake. it comes as the latest poll shows clinton hanging onto her lead over donald trump unchanged from last week.

donald trump sharpening his attack in ohio monday for the first time calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the clinton foundation. >> the justice department is required to appoint an independent special prosecutor. >> the tough talk comes after hundreds of e-mails produced by a conservative legal group. in one e-mail dated 2009 a clinton aide arranging a meeting between hillary clinton and foundation donor the crown prince of bahrain described as a good friend of ours. >> the clinton made the state department into the same kind of pay for play operation as the arkansas government was. >> the clinton campaign calling the criticism pure politics and earlier in the day bill clinton announced if his wife wins the white house, he'll step down

last night on "jimmy kimball live" hillary clinton says she's not worried about the revelation the state department could release thousands of additional e-mails. >> my e-mails are so boring. i'm embarrassed about that. >> meanwhile trump showing signs he may be modifying his hard line on moderation to court moderate republicans. trump says he'll only deport criminals and then go through a legal process with the rest. that echoing the policy already in savannah? >> kristen welker in washington. thank you. troubling new statistics this morning on the number of people who are dying on the nation's roads. the national safety council puts the number at more than 19,000 people in the first half of 2016. that's up 9% over last year. we're now entering the deadliest time of the year for teenage drivers. nbc's tom costello is at a high school in washington d.c. tom, good morning to you.

back to school means of course a lot of new drivers out on the road. get this. august has 360,000 kids turning 16 nationwide. the most of any month and that means a lot of new, inexperienced drivers going to and from school. it's the start of the new school year but also the start of the deadliest three months of the year for teen drivers. with yet another new class getting behind the wheel. kids like eric in new jersey who turned 17 on saturday and got his full license monday. >> i think i'm concerned about driving on my own and there's always that chance that something could happen that i can't prevent. >> it's emotional because you're proud and happy and they're growing up and they're becoming an adult but then you're scared because it's still your baby. you worry constantly. >> there's a lot to be worried about. car accidents remain the leading cause of death among teenagers

43% of teens admit to texting while driving and 35% admit to using social media like facebook, snapchat and even video chatting. near atlanta, 18-year-old crystal mcgee is facing felony charges. she took this selfie after a high-speed crash that left another driver with serious brain injuries. mcgee is accused of snapchating while driving 107 miles an hour. >> parents need to remember just because they received their they're a safe driver. >> it mutes the radio. >> it turns out chevrolet has an app for that. >> it will mute the music until the teens are wearing seat belts. new software allows parents to program the key fab used by their teen drivers setting volume of the radio and get

to show their mom and dad that they've been driving responsibly. >> safety advocates are urging parents to sign a contract. lay out expectations on cell phone use and putting the cell phone away and driving at night and who can be in the car with you and then occasionally get in with your teen driver and drive around and see how he or she is doing. back to you. >> when you're away from that issue, coming up, are your best days behind you? you may be surprised at what scientists say is the most satisfying. >> plus the adele super fan that got very, very close to the singer. >> and from rio to rockefeller plaza, we're catching up with plaza, we're catching up with the final five r i will awaken your sixth sense mom. so you'll notice every little thing.

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welcome back. hodas with thrilled with our next guests. you consider yourself besties. they won a record nine medals in rio. four gold, one silver, one bronze. the most ever by the united states at the olympics. >> it was so much fun having you guys over at copacabana beach. we're so excited that you came from the beach to meet us here in new york city. here they are. the final five. >> good morning, ladies. i know you haven't really been home yet. you came straight from rio. what's it been like to come back to the united states? are people stopping you on the street? everyone knows your face and names.

protected. it was like before we left. it was fine. it was good, right? >> we had a lot of security detail on us. >> what are people doing in the airport when they see you or on the plaza? >> crazy in brazil. >> you posted your own beach picture. i saw the beach picture of the abs. did you believe the pick up it go >> if hoda and i posted a beach picture it would be terrifying. >> when you get back home, does it get to be like business as usual? laura, you're from this area. do you have to do chores and go through your normal stuff again or are you a star now? >> i mean, kind of hoping that i don't have to do the dishes when i get back. >> what's the thing you look forward to most to just cutting

little break. one thing that i'm going to do. >> our dog. >> i have fish. >> by the way, we know why they call you the human emoji. do you like that? >> it fits me. >> i don't want to look to tokyo yet because we're just coming off of this. raise your hand if you think you'll be in tokyo again. >> raise yr we're all going again. >> have you come off the zac efron high? are we still floating a little? >> we didn't get pizza with him yet. >> he said we can come to the tour stop. >> he promised he would do pizza with you guys but it ended up not working out. >> our schedules were just busy. so l.a. it's okay.

za zac is available but you're so huge that we'll call you. don't call us. >> let's do that. >> we love you guys. you know what our theme song is? do you remember our theme song? i think that we should -- ? don't believe me just watch ? ? >> okay. we l >> yes. >> we love jimmy fallon. >> make a wish. i think all of those wishes came through. final five thank you so much. we're so proud of you. >> we'll see you again at 10:00. let's go inside now. al has a check of the weather. >> thanks so much.

15 consecutive months of record warmth global temperatures and if we continue on this trend the days above 100 on average between 1991 and 2010, you can see mostly for the most part it is in the southwest. look at what happens when you project out to 2050. look at how much farther you see that deep red of 50 plus days of above 100 and by 2100, new york city could see on average 16 days above 100. ata, days over 100 degrees for a year. in chicago, 26 days of 100 plus. dallas would see 98 days and las vegas by 2100, 138 days a year of 100 plus temperatures if we don't do something to change this outcome. >> chris: good tuesday morning, everyone. a taste of fall for sure. clear skies this morning, clear

with all if sunshine? place, we warm up to 08 degrees. cooler in the worcester hills. very low humidity throughout the day. clear and comfortable overnight tonight. mid-50s in the suburbs. mid-60s in boston. winds light out of the southwest. that southwesterly wind warming us back up mid to upper 80s tomorrow afternoon. bright day, a warm day, humanity still low, but it goes up thursday enter >> don't forget check us out on the "today" show radio s >> thank you very much. what's trending today? >> people thinking about vacations. when you're on vacation you think how do i make it seem longer. you kind of dread the end of it. there's a secret. a secret to prolonging your vacation. >> don't go back to work. >> there's that. that's an option. >> stay an extra day. the other way has to do with time perception. while making decisions ahead of

vacation is good. they say you lose the spontaneity and you should ditch the itinerary and live in the moment because then you're present and soak it all in. worst thing you can do according to experts is to plan every single day because it goes by faster. if you have that loosy goosy attitude, it lasts long. >> don't say tomorrow we're going to go hiking. >> let it happen. >> let it >> let me ask this. what was your favorite age? >> i guess early 30s. >> early 30s i think. >> 50. >> when did you peak physically? >> 12. >> what about emotionally? >> 35. >> i feel the best ever right now. >> there you go.

roundup. a scientific piece of research. learning a second language easiest from ages 7 to 8. women are most attracted to men at age 22. moving onto age 23 is when life satisfaction is said to peak. math skills peak at age 50 and age both men and women feel best about their will surprise you. 75. >> i feel the best about my body right now. >> and you're far from 75. >> i like that. >> it shows that you appreciate your body for what it can do. you're still working. feeling good about it. >> no real segue here. let's talk about slurpy. 7-eleven may regret bring your own cup day promotion. here's what happened. customers brought their own cups and bowls.

storage containers. and yes, a baby pool. creative cup craze poured in on twitter. hello brain freeze. bring your own cup and fill it up with slurpies. >> i saw someone with a double gulp. i couldn't believe how big that was. >> bigger than the big gulp? >> yes. tamron, you have "pop star." we aren't the only ones getting puppy kisses around here. the singer was performing in los angeles and invited a furry fan onto the stage. casper the dog. he was even wearing -- wait for it -- an adele t-shirt. she asked if he could do any tricks? take a look at what happened

i was thinking the same thing. how do you get a dog into a concert? and it's been more than 21 years since "friends" premiered but the sitcom continues to be a fan favorite and one of the most repeated catch phrases, take a look. >> oh my god! >> oh my remember janice's infectious laugh. she said those three famous words. >> oh my god. the laugh happened organically in the first rehearsal because i needed to find a way to laugh because matthew perry is so funny and working with him i knew right away, i thought this guy is going to make me laugh on

what am i going to do. >> for more "pop start" stories head to "today's" facebook page. >> thank you. let's send it over to matt. >> i appreciate it, savannah. thanks. muhammad ali is perhaps the world's most recognized sports figure. the greatest died in june. his ideals in and out of the ring a standard to live by. his wife, lonnie, is carrying on his message called "ali 75" hours of volunteer service to commemorate what would have been ali's 75th birthday next january. how are you doing? >> hanging in here. >> each day -- >> living each day with purpose. >> i thought about muhammad a lot in rio. we were there for the olympics. the olympics meant so much to him and he meant so much to the olympic movement. >> correct. he did. that's where he got his start on the world stage. he took advantage of it every

village in rome. >> we talked a number of times over the years about the power of muhammad ali. i was wondering as i sat at his memorial service about the stories and impact he had on other lives. >> we planned for this for the last five or six years. i kept thinking it was muhammad's wish that it be in an auditorium. i said nobody does that. he says i okay. so we did it. i really thought maybe it would be about 1,000 people. there was no way was i prepared for the outpouring that we had. >> when i saw the hearse going through the streets of louisville and people running out of the street to put their hand on the car to feel some connection to muhammad, i thought it was one of the most moving things i of ever seen. >> it was. i was a couple cars behind. even i was stunned. i was stunned at how many people were out in the city of

over the world to be part of this. >> muhammad's message was bring people together. and we lived in a time right now in this country and around the world when there's so much division. i wonder if the last years of his life was he disappointed and distressed by that? >> he was pretty distressed especially some of the things that were going on in the world because he thought that we had sort of crossed the line, crossed the barrier. he muhammad was a man of eternal optimism. he always believed in the power of humanity. that's what he touched in most people. >> i remember you sent me a message after some of the anti-muslim rhetoric that started to go around in the wake of some isis inspired attacks. and it was profound and it was moving. and it was powerful. i missed his voice. i wish so much that he could have spoken the words he wrote. >> this is what this movement

all of us. when i say ali in all of us, it's humanity in all of us. that's what he touched. regardless, he could always see it. this was something i thought about for his birthday prior to his passing. the ali 75 because 75 hours of service to others because he had a saying service to others is rent we pay for our room on earth. he lived that every day of his life. that's the path he pursued. >> it's easy for people to do. h >> over the course of the year. it's very simple. it's as simple as taking your neighbor to the grocery who can't drive or who is infirm or a 5k run. >> i love the sense of self. he said i want my death when it occurs to be a teachable moment. >> absolutely. that's who he was, matt.

i think you were there. you witnessed it. it absolutely was a teachable moment. there was so many people across the world of all faiths and all races that witnessed muhammad's memorial service. >> we spoke a lot about what his legacy will be. i think that's yet to be determined. i'm really confident that it is in his legacy is in great hands with you. >> i hope so. >> i know he would be so proud. >> i hope and giving me the guidance that i need to do this. >> we know he is. it's great to see you. >> great to see you, too, matt. thank you for having me. >> a pleasure. you can find out more about ali 75 on our website, today.com. tamron? >> it's wonderful. thank you. usher plays sugar ray leonard in his new movie. also admired muhammad ali.

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>> this is 7news now. >> sarah: good morning, everybody. happy tuesday. it's 8:27 as you take a live look over boston. let's send it over the chris lambert with a check of your forecast this morning. >> chris: an air mass in place. 65 in boston right now. 60 in norwood. sunshine to hold on to that nine through the day. degrees this afternoon. low humidity continuing for one more day tomorrow. temperatures back mid to upper 08s. upper 80s thursday and friday. as you get into thursday night, you could have an isolated storm. >> sarah: all right. now to our top stories. crews are working to reor the power. clear roads this morning after a tornado tore through concord. the ef-1 twister packed winds which reached speeds that packed 100mph. boston police are searching for

assaulted a woman in the south end yesterday morning. investigators say he threatened the victim with a knife and forced her to walk through the playground before assaulting her. a park ranger in milton out on bail after police arrested him for allegedly filming women in the bathroom. prosecutors say raymond mckinnon set up a pen camera and filmed lifeguards working at hauteon's pond. one woman said she noticed a green light as she was using the bathroom over the weekend. "today in new england" returns at 9:00. we hope to see you then. introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on.

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if she finds it, watch out, she's throwing things, she gets $25,000. >> meg is on fire. she's looking through every ball looking for that elusive gold ball. >> ten seconds, meg. >> you have it. five seconds. come on. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> come on out that was a great effort. what was the strategy there? >> don't stop. >> you lived up to that. we have a lovely consolation prize. rio swag for you. we'll play again tomorrow. come to the plaza outfitted like meg. wear your olympic best. make that olympic spirit shine and we could pick you and you could look for the gold ball for $25,000. >> all right, meg. thanks very much.

purpose has a job to do training to become a service dog for a veteran. what he doesn't have is a name. will it be sarge, charlie or ace. we'll reveal what you picked in just a moment. >> usher is known for his great dance moves but he's showing off his boxing skills. he trained for years for this role. excellent in it. us teaming up with a company to come up with our own original product. part of the proceeds will go to a very good cause, helping kids. >> monday we revealed the roker burger. i worked on with the folks at shake shack. i decided to head over to the original at madison square park to see how my burger was doing. they put me to work. the roker burger is on sale at shake shack now. we're very excited about this

goes to no kid hungry. i'm going into that shake shack. i'm selling some burgers. surprising some people. hey. >> what's up, al. >> chris, how are you? >> al is here, guys. >> hey, everybody. how are those roker burgers going? all right. did i hear you say roker burger? >> don't you want to try a roker burger. >> all now we're talking. >> roker burger. want to get a roker burger? yes. all right. yes. >> thank you. >> i love you. >> but you're married. >> sort of. >> i don't know about you, but i think it's time for a little lunch break.

>> that's right. #rokerburger. >> pretty good. >> you have until friday to get your roker burger at shake shacks all around the country. we want you to share your photos on social media using #rokerburger. >> you had one here. >> five tops. >> all for a >> all right. and now from food to your other passion, the weather. >> i'm distracted. they know where the ball is and they can't find it. >> not in 30 seconds they can't. >> let's show you what we've got going on right now. for "today," a cool start. it's lovely here in the northeast around the great lakes we do have a slight risk of strong storms up through the upper mississippi river valley. southwest some gully washers possible. gorgeous day in the pacific

portland, oregon, 92 degrees. warm and dry along the eastern >> chris: good tuesday morning, everyone. a taste of fall for sure. clear skies this morning, clear start this morning, as well. with all if sunshine? place, we warm up to 08 degrees. cooler in the worcester hills. very low humidity throughout the day. clear and comfortable overnight tonight. mid-50s in the suburbs. mid-60s in boston. winds light out of the southwest. that southwesterly tomorrow afternoon. bright day, a warm day, humanity still low, but it goes up thursday enter >> and that is your latest weather. >> up next, time to reveal our puppy's name but first this is

i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no.

>> announcer: "today's" puppy with a purpose is created with our sponsor, petsmart. >> we're back now. second day with our new new puppy with a purpose. he left his first paw prints on monday and he's being raised by america's vet dog to become a service dog for a military veteran. >> time to give him a name. we asked you to vote at home. here were choices. sarge, charlie or ace. we got 22,000 votes. we have a winner. is that drum roll around? okay. the puppy's name is charlie. >> all right. >> the name inspired by the

>> let's go see your new home. this is where you'll spend your mornings in this beautiful pen. there you go. >> tell us about the digs here. >> it's personalized with charlie's name. there it is. it's all yours. a big thank you to our great friends at petsmart for the bedding, toys, bowls, all of this to make charlie's home so special. house in the orange room here. by the way, you are trending of course. here's his official page. already 210,000 followers. that better include all of us. so that's just some of the stuff that we've got going on for him and instagram page and twitter and just follow all of the antics of our beautiful boy, charlie. >> adorable. >> we all conked out yesterday.

all right. make yourself at home. >> very comfortable. >> now he's got a name. what about a uniform? let's bring in his puppy raiser, olivia. talk to us about the vest. >> so when a service dog is working, they typically wear some piece of equipment. it's not required by law to wear it but most service dogs do wear a vest or a harness of some sort. whenever you see one of these out in public, it means the dog is doing a very important job handler of the dog. sometimes it's an appropriate time to interact with the dog and sometimes it will not because typically the dog is doing a very important job that involves safety so always ask permission before you interact with the dog and this is our little boy vest to start off on his big job. >> very cool. how many hours a day will he be actually working? >> when he's a puppy, everything

work. he'll have this vest on when we are on a training exercise. only five minutes at a time. their attention span is very short and we'll do several sessions throughout the day. >> vest on means working. rest of the time just be a puppy. >> that's right. >> we have one more thing. a lot of people at home are probably thinking about the very special service dog that we all grew to love. wrangler. check this out. a note from wrangler. he wrote that himself. he has great we'll fill you in on wrangler and what he's up to tomorrow on "today." >> here, charlie. >> coming up, what is it like to

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artist usher. a big role in "hands of stone" playing sugar ray leonard who had a fierce rivalry with roberto durant. >> i don't like you. >> i think durant is a loveable guy. i want my son to be just like him. >> i think he's tough. intelligent fighter. we are in for a serious fight. >> usher raymond welcome. is the definition of a nanosecond the time between someone offers you this role and you say yes? >> i didn't want to accept it without permission of sugar ray leonard so i reached out to him. american icon. olympic medalist and world decorated and celebrated man. >> you get to play sugar ray leonard and act opposite of

you have done acting before. >> i have but never quite like this. i didn't have as many scenes with de niro. i had scenes with edgar. it was amazing. >> can we describe why they came to you with this. this is interesting. we think of boxing and brute force of it. they were attracted to you because -- >> of my movement and also there was similarities in the way that we looked other than just being it was definitely the ability to choreograph and understand movement the way i did. a very aggressive role. there was tension and intimidation that went into every fight and exchanges. outside of the ring time, acting time was a bit intense. >> i was a huge fan of his in his prime and to watch his footwork and to watch the way he

just in a different kind of venue. >> i pretty much know what i'm going to do before i hit the stage and sugar ray did as well. >> what about the actual physicality. did you have to be buff up a lot? >> i had to lose weight. i changed my eating habits. i worked out three times a day sometimes. had a trainer in atlanta. i worked at a gym here in brooklyn. and philly. i really didn't prepare like it was an acting i prepared like i was a boxer. >> you're too young to remember this -- >> i was alive, but i didn't see the actual fight. it's gone down in history. there was great deal of conflict between the two of them and a great deal of intimidation went into the first and second fight both ways. >> so many great fighters of the time. it was in my opinion other than

>> that weight class was a serious one. an amazing story for latin america and latinos all over to show their support. it's an amazing story for latinos. >> when you went to sugar ray leonard and talked to him, was there one thing you were looking for to get the character? >> i wanted intimate details about things i read in his book, "t he trained me and worked with me. i wanted to make sure i represented the right way. i feel like this is something for latinos. if there's ever been a notion that maybe there's negativity around latinos in america, some people have negative things to say. won't say names. this is an amazing film that in many ways represents the pride of latinos and i'm really happy that sugar ray leonard was able

>> just so people don't panic even though you're a thesbian now, you do have moususic comin out. >> we have a stage out there for you. >> can i take the lab? >> no. up next, the from the violinist who is taking youtube by storm. first, t man: he chose for all of us to get together, go to great wolf lodge, and have a family birthday. woman: and that's the family i wanted to give luke -- lots of siblings, people who love him all around him at all times, and lots of support.

>> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> electric violinist lindsey stirling is anything but ordinary. classical sign of violin with other mainstream music. a huge following with more than a billion views on her youtube channel. her new album "brave enough" was just released debuting at number one itunes chart. thanks for having here. >> thanks for having me. >> this is your second album? >> it's my third. i look really good for third album. >> you wear it well. this one is very personal, isn't it? >> it is. it's about learning to be vulnerable and having the courage to be vulnerable.

favorite off the new album? >> i like them all for different reasons. they're my children. the one we're playing today "something wild." >> take it away, guys. ? ? you had your maps drawn ? ? you had other plans ? ? to hang your hopes on ? ? every road they let you down felt so wrong ? stoet so you found another

? the way you see the world ? ? it got you this far ? ? you might have some bruises and a few of scars ? ? but you know you're going to be okay ? ? even though you're scared, you're stronger than you know ? ? if you're lout out there where the lights are blinding ? ? caught in all the stars are hading ? ? that's when something wild calls you home ? ? if you fates the fear that keeps you frozen ? ? chase ? that's when something wild calls you home ? ? ? sometimes the past can make the ground around you feel like

? reach for my hand ? ? and i know you're going to be okay ? ? you're going to be okay ? ? and even if you're scared, you're stronger than you know ? ? if you're lost out there where the lights are blinding ? ? caught in all the stars are hiding ? ? that's when something wild calls you home ? ? if you face the fear that keeps you frozen chase the sky into the ocean ? ? that's when something calls you home ?

? calls you home ? ? calls you home ? ? calls you home ? ? if you're lost out where the lights are blinding caught in all the stars are hiding ? ? that's when something wild calls you home ? ? if you're lout out where the lights are blinding ? ? caught in all the hiding ? ? that's when something wild calls you home ? ? if you face the fear that keeps you frozen chase the sky into the ocean ? ? that's when something wild calls you home ?

. >> lindsey stirling. thank you so much. "brave enough" is out now. you can catch more with lindsey later this morning with kathie lee and hoda. i'm impressed. violin. dancing.

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>> a community hit hard when an ef-1 tornado tears tlau a. look at the cleanup under way. >> the clues that could help police capture the man mind a sexual assault >> and you could be paying more for tolls on the mass make. who will be seeing an increase in just a few weeks. good morning, everybody. i'm ryan schulteis in for we'll have your top stories in a moment. let's talk about the nice cool day morning. it be change up this afternoon >> let's hope so. right? >> yes. nice fall-like feel to the air this morning. you can shed the sweatshirts and light jackets. still cool through the worcester hills. dewpoint low 50s. we'll see 40s dewpoint levelwise this afternoon. the wind direction out of the northwest continues to push in that low humidity that resides