good morning. on the attack. the war of words with hillary clinton and donald trump ramping up with some of the nasty jabs yet. >> she could walk into the arena right now and shoot somebody right in the middle of the heart and she would not be prosecuted. >> you could put them in the basket of deplorable. islamaphobic and xenophobic. you name it. >> and barbara streisand puts a

? just who is this clown ? >> and katie couric sits down with joe biden and asking about the state of the race. >> surely there have been moments in recent weeks, months, even, where you thought, hmmm, maybe -- maybe. >> controversial release. the man who tried to assassinate ronald reagan becoming a free man today. should john hinckley jr really be set free? the feds urging people who have the galaxy note 7 to put down your phone. and on the edge. a heart stopping moment in austin, texas when the driver of this car drives off the edge of the parking garage. the miracle survival story today.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from rockefeller center. >> good morning. welcome to "today." i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dylan dreyer. >> that video is extraordinary. >> i wasn't sure it was a movie or real life. >> we story coming up. also, we are following breaking news overseas to what many are hoping is the turning point in syria. news overnight that u.s. and russia reached agreement for cease-fire. we have our chief correspondent richard engel with the latest on syr syria. >> reporter: good morning, secretary kerry and russian

reached a deal in the ancient city of diplomacy. officials say it has little chance of succeeding. they used their leverage to try to start on monday to implement a seven-day cease-fire with russia pressuring the syrian regime and washington with the other groups. if the cease-fire can last, it would trigger other events. namely russiand coordinating more closely in the fight against isis. more discussions about the political transition in syria. previous cease-fires have not lasted long. there is not very much hope this can last the required full seven days. >> richard, thank you. to politics now. with 59 days to go until the presidential election, when you thought it could not get nastyier, hillary clinton and

nbc's katy tur is here with the latest. katy, good morning. >> good morning, craig. aides are saying i told you so after hillary clinton bashed donald trump supporters. she opened a pandora's box of hate. you know we are getting close to the end when we are nearing a street fight. hillary clinton and donald trump trading trail friday night. >> you could put half of trump supporters into what i call the basket of deployables. racist, islamaphobic. xenophob xenophobic. you name it. >> she could walk into the arena and shoot someone right smack in the middle of the heart and she

that's what happened to our country. >> reporter: even barbara streisand with her own spin on the classic "send in the clowns." ? if he were running the free world where would we move ? >> reporter: two months left and both facing criticism on national security. clinton for an impractical promise. >> we're going to defeat without committing ground troops. >> reporter: and trump for russia again. now taking heat for the larry king show "politicking." all while not backing down from his praise of vladimir putin.

convened a meeting of security exerts with george w. bush's homeland security secretary david chertoff. >> we cannot let party affiliations stand between us. >> reporter: clinton is reintroducing herself as a problem seolver. down to the f it work. the trump campaign said they does not think they would be on the russian state tv, but larry king podcast. larry king says it was a stretch. katy tur, thank you. >> to a warning this morning for people who own samsung galaxy note 7. the federal government urging you to stop using them immediately because of the fire

tom costello has more. >> reporter: it is one of the best selling new cell phones this summer. with 2.5 million already under recall, samsung and the government are telling customers to turn off the galaxy note 7 and don't use them because of this. >> i posted this this year. >> reporter: the lithium-ion batteries can explode and catch fire. this jeep caught fire when the phone was charging the consumer product safety commission says power them down or stop using them. when the batteries overheat and burst, the result is serious. the alert is 24 hours after the faa warned anyone who flies, turn off the phone in flight and don't charge the batteries and don't put it in a checked bag. >> the fear is this will catch fire and trying to put out a lithium battery on fire in an

>> reporter: this test quickly shows how fast a fire can spread. this loss of another ups plane in dubai. last year hoverboards were banned on board. lithium batteries are everywhere. cell phones and tablets. >> there are more flights and more batteries. there has to be a rising risk here. >> reporter: for "today" tom costello, nbc news, washington. now to a controversial homecoming today for the man who shot ronald reagan. john hinckley jr is set to be released from the washington mental hospital where he had been living. the 61-year-old plans to move in with his mom in williamsburg, virginia. >> reporter: time as aged john hinckley jr. in psychiatric treatment has healed him. hinckley, the would-be assassin

society. the man who prosecuted him disagrees. >> i don't think anybody who tries to nullify a national election should be free. >> reporter: john hinckley jr entered the publicity with his target ronald reagan. his motive, a deranged attempt to impress the actress jodie fost foster. reagan nearly died. jame his mental illness has long been in control. john hinckley jr has no signs of sipsychotic symptoms or delusiol thinking. some of the neighbors are not convinced. >> bring him here and put him under the care of his 93-year-old mother. >> reporter: her dad may have found forgiveness, but patty

to pursue dark agendas they may still hold dear. for hinckley, the adjustment to life outside a mental clinic has been gradual. he has been spending 17 days a month with his mom. he is still under court supervision. required for treatment and get a job and do volunteer work and stay away from government officials. >> that was hans nichols reporting. and in miami beach, the mayor growing. the virus has been detected in more mosquitoes in a neighborhood. officials say that means additional aggressive action is needed. including air spraying. and we talked about this earlier, but we have to talk about it again. a terrifying time for an austin, texas driver left dangling in his car off the side of the parking garage.

would send him sailing off the floor and the cable wrapped under the axle and kept the car from crashing from the ground. the driver crawled out without injury. the emergency crews lowered the car to the ground. we said this looks like an action movie. it is extraordinary. >> it is. >> to get back on the ground and thinking what happened. >> i had a car once that self accelerated into a ll car took off. >> scary. anybody else with a story? >> no. the guy was wearing a seatbelt. you were wearing yours? >> yes. let's talk about the nasty weather in wichita. my hometown. >>9 inches of rain. it left flood waters. don't drive through it.

front. that car trying to make it through. people wading through. we have flash flooding in the area. we have flash flood warnings for wichita and st. louis, missouri. it is all because of the rain ahead of the cold front. typical summertime set up with the moist humid air from the south combining with the cold front. it triggers the heavy downpours. today, we will see the front move east. we will see some heavy rain across ohio northwestern pennsylvania, rain and flash flooding is not much of an issue today. it is more the threat of large hail and damaging winds with the severe storms as they move east. as we go into sunday morning, you will see the showers and storms hold together in new york city, but up across new england where we could see the stronger storms. syracuse through columbus and most of central kentucky, that is where we have the hail threat and damaging winds and also an isolated tornado.

downpours to lea >> reporter: happy saturday. radar picking up on some very, very hit or miss shower out there this morning and we could see one or two more as we head into the afternoon. most of the day will be dry, so you can get out and enjoy, but been can't rule out a very hit or miss shower here and there. temperature a lot cooler than yesterday, only in the sean tease for the coastline and areas north of the pike. low 80's for areas south of the pike, but still a little bit on the muggy side d as we head into the overnight hours. chance for rain increases late tonight into tomorrow. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. people from around the country tuned in last night to see celebrities and musicians come together to stand up to cancer. annual event to fund the fight to end cancer. one event co- founder is katie couric. last night, she sat down with

initiative. >> you lost your son beau to brain cancer last year. he was just 46. some 16 months later, can you describe the journey you and your family and his family have been on? >> sometimes the second is harder than the first. it is final. everything sets in. we decided to do, my son hunter. beau is my soul and heart. he said, dad, look, from this moment on, we have to focus on making and devoting our time in life to what beau would be doing were he here. i think for us it is the best way to deal with the loss. >> as you were seeking treatment for beau, what convinced you have to do more and better? >> when you are concerned about

much as you can as quickly as you can. you have all of the great researchers and they are not sharing data. i was talking to the president about it, he was great throughout the ordeal. he was saying i'm frustrated. there is more to be done. he gave me authority overall the federal agencies. i'm trying to instill a sense of urgency. >> in other news, i wanted to ask you about donald trump. he has repeatedly in recent days pr he said basically there is nothing wrong with having a good relationship with putin and that our countries could even do things like defeat isis together. what is wrong with that thinking? >> what is wrong is praising the guy because he is popular. not knowing that he is already invaded ukraine and taking a big chunk of ukraine called crimea. i spent more time, katie, reassuring heads of state.

for the united states or the republican party. he says things, katie, you know, barack obama is the author and founder of isis. everybody here knows that is crazy. he doesn't understand his words. words of a major party candidate have consequences when they are stated. >> i know in january, you said you regretted every day you did not run for president although you added it was the right decision for you and that was eight months ago. surely there have been moments in recent weeks or months where you thought, hmmm, maybe -- maybe. >> i learned how to become a popular politician in america and now i'm not running for president. >> do you consider her presidential run with a cabinet position? >> i'm looking to help any way i

joe biden in that role as he continues to lead the initiative. >> absolutely. i was in the philadelphia area for a while in delaware and new jersey. i had the opportunity to talk with joe biden. it is no secret. i adore him. i would say are you taking care of yourself. whatever they can do. when we come back, we will find out who is the man who unseated bill gates as the richest person on planet earth. it is not craig melvin.

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>> reporter: whether you are warren buffett or mark zuckerberg, or bill gates, it is forbes magazine wealthiest. amancio ortega is the new wealthiest. bo he went from stitching garments in his living room to owning a stake in the world's largest clothing company. >> this is a guy whose real expertise is operations. >> reporter: ortega turned 80 a few months ago. he is rarely caught on camera. >> he lives a private life. something rare for a businessman of that stature to be able to stay out of the public eye.

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>> anchor: good morning to you. 7:27 on this saturday morning. summer like start to the morning for you and rob iker has a check of the forecast now. >> reporter: a lot of warm, muggy numbers out there at the moment. 73 in boston. lots of 70's south of town and with that humidity in the air we have some very hit host of a will be dry but can't rule out a spot shower today. better chance of rain midday tomorrow. very pleasant start to the up come workweek. >> anchor: rob, thank you. checking top stories this mock, the pats losing another starter for southbound night's opener against arizona, this time rob grin could you ski. a hamstring injury three weeks ago had gronk labeled as questionable and he did not take the team flight to some sewn. his absence putting pressure on julian edelman and danny amendola to try and ease in jimmy garopollo.

woman seriously injured an he was hit by a car. this happened last night in ash land. the woman taken to the hospital by helicopter. police say the 24-year-old driver who hit her did stay at the scene. they do not believe alcohol nor speed were factors in that crash. in somerville police have arrested a cambridge man for secretly recording a dozen women. that man is now facing 26 charges of seatly recording an unsuspecting nude person. police say he did it for years the investigation showed that some of the victims were roommates, others were guests. i'm nancy chen, we're back in 25 minutes with today i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11.

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we are back on this saturday morning, september 10th, 2016. look at that crowd out there. nice group on rockefeller plaza. we will be out in a bit. it is shaping up to be a warm one in new york. balmy out the >> shorts and short sleeves. >> it is not balmy. >> let's take a look at headlines on saturday morning. developing story overnight as the u.s. and russia have come to agreement on cease-fire in syria. secretary of state john kerry calling it a turning point in the five-year old civil war. a protest in portland,

protesters threw things at police. blocked traffic in solidarity with prisoners across the country staging a work strike calling what they call prison work slavery for free labor. and some big, big names have now joined the basketball hall of fame. the event saw shaquille o'neal inducted along with yao ming and allen er among the others, a legend of the wnba. now to a recap of the week's headlines. >> hillary clinton and donald trump sat down for the commander in chief forum. the decades old mystery was solved and ryan lochte was suspended from the pool. those are some stories in the weekly download. >> for the first time in this presidential race, donald trump

stage. the two sitting down back-to-back with matt lauer in front of an office of military veterans. >> trump offering no new specifics for defeating isis. >> when i come up with a plan that i like and that perhaps agrees with mine or doesn't, i may love what the generals come up with. >> you have a plan? >> i have a plan. >> clinton vowing the u.s. will defeat isis. >> we are not putting ground troops in iraq ever again in syria. >> a heartbreaking cold case solved. 27 years after the disappearance of jacob wetterling, his killer. danny hinrich. >> jacob and younger brother and friend forced from their bikes. a break in the investigation

jacob's parents search is finally over. >> his legacy will go on. more trouble for ryan lochte. >> suspended from competitive swimming for ten months and stripped of his gold medal bonus. some $100,000. fallout for his drunken debacle. after losing sponsors,e the stars" contestant speaking out. >> i want to put that behind me. big news from apple revealing the iphone 7 which comes with something missing. >> ear pods. helping usher in the wireless audio. >> the world's most valuable company killing the head phone jacks.

and higher resolution camera. it costs $159 for the ear pods. and a rougher rollout. kanye west fashion show. >> temperatures topped 80 degrees. it felt like 100. >> i arranged for that. >> there was little place for shade. it did not help the show started nearly two hours late. models with a seat on the grass. some models collapsed. some ripped off their heels and stumbled. despite it all, catwalk. >> in flats. dana carvey dropping in with his best political impressions. >> putin has him in his back pocket. i like your hair and you have a very great body. >> you know, you can have ukraine.

he is. his george h.w. bush impression is one of the classics. kanye had people sweating on roosevelt island. first, they had to wait hours and the models, it was just too hot for them. >> one of them passed out. >> sitting down. >> and then ripped her heels off. >> and kanye rolls out. >> oh, no. is this for real? >> it loo been a kanye video. >> still, he walks out victorious. >> we're talking about it. >> true. >> dylan dreyer. dylan is out on the plaza with another check on the forecast. hey, dylan. i know you had goose bumps in here. i guess you sweat out there? >> it is hot and humid on the he out here. who is from iowa?

girls from iowa. why did you come here? >> iowa and iowa state's playing today. >> i guess there is traffic. let's see what is going on across the country. it will be a hot one. we are looking at temperatures to top out about 15 degrees above average up and down the east coast and ohio valley valley. you go to mneapol and chicago, temperatures in the 70s. a cold front moving in. we will s thunderstorms in the ohio valley valley. that is why it cools down up and down the east coast. by the time we get into tuesday, portland, maine in the 70s. we will see cooler weather. we have a chance of some isolated severe storms, especially in and around ohio and st >> reporter: happy saturday. radar picking up on some very, very hit or miss shower out there this morning and we could see one or two more as we head into the afternoon. most of the day will be dry, so

been can't rule out a very hit or miss shower here and there. temperature a lot cooler than yesterday, only in the sean tease for the coastline and areas north of the pike. low 80's for areas south of the pike, but still a little bit on the muggy side and muggier still as we head into the overnight hours. chance for rain increases late tonight into tomorrow. and a big congratulations. you just gotten >> last night. >> i saw a lip lock. >> we love, love. thank you, dylan. just ahead, we are getting serious taking the pumpkin spice obsession to a new level. we will show you the new way you can introduce this use your daily life. plus, two of your favorite animated characters coming together. dory and woody (riley) hey guys! what's up?

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we are back on a saturday morning. it is time to trend. >> let's trend. >> take us trending. >> first up, football season has just kicked off. many argue this is the best way to enjoy the game. a nice cold beer. did you notice your mug blocks the tv when you take a drink. one company has an answer for that. check this out. the mug is slanted on one side. it is so you can see your t the company says the better tv viewing beer mug was designed for people who want to drink beer and watch the favorite tv show at the same time. that is massively important. you could have your own for a mere $11. this is a must-have. >> and look at the faces on the crew right now. you all want the mug? >> every single person. >> you use a bottle. there you go. >> for only $11, i have a

dads. >> become ambidextrous. >> what is the word? >> when you are from south carolina, you say ambidextrous. we have all been on a plane with a crying baby. it is not fun. one man makes the story incredible. the man pictured here noticed his seat mate's son was getting upset. he offered to soothe the boy to sleep. another passenger saw it happened and posted thisbo quote, i was in tears. not because he was white and she was black, but it shows there are still good people out there in a world full of turmoil. >> what is that word? >> turmoil. that post has been shared 100,000 times. >> if you love babies and everyone here does, for him, who would not want to hold a baby?

kudos to him. finally, pumpkin spice latte. pumpkin spice rather, all the rage this time of year. the obsession with the flavor is beyond the latte. it made its way into the beauty industry. an etsy seller has been overwhelmed with requests for the pumpkin spice latte shadow. if you cannot wait for the shadow and want to color, eyes, lips and nails. they have me reading this because they're mean. the daily mail put this list of products together to give your beauty routine. >> i want to see if it is coming true. >> does it smell like pumpkin? >> the color. it is apparently just the color. you don't walk around smelling like pumpkin spice.

popular. >> i love pumpkin everything. one tip because i cannot have it. take a mug, you know, a pint glass. rim it with caramel. >> unless you like beer. >> can we get to pop start? we can. first talk about this one. just released the international powerful woman's list. some celebrity. beyonce. she made the list as number 51 pick. what makes her one of the most powerful women in the world? there is her music. she recently made history as the first female artist to have is 1is 12 songs on the top 100 and invested in a female founded start up. her entertainment and management company expanded to a music

honoree. >> i love her. next up, wonder what happened if woody from "toy story" and dory from "finding dory" got together? tom hanks was on ellen and then this happened. >> we could have a pixar off right here. everybody close their eyes. now imagine you are in land. >> hey, i'm going to swim over here. come with me. >> look at this. buzz, look at this fish. >> i want to keep swimming. >> shouldn't we get you into the aquarium back in andy's room? i have lost my hat. >> i love it. >> they are my favorites. "sully" is in theaters now.

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today is game day for college football teams. for louisiana state university, it is the first home game of the season. >> the game against jacksonville state is a bittersweet because the fixture at kickoff is missing. we have kerry sanders with more. good morning. >> reporter: students and alumni here call themselves lsu tigers. one will not be here. mike. he is literally become a symbol of the university.

pound tiger. the lsu mascot. >> he is the heart of the school. >> reporter: but today, the home season opener, the celebrated arrival of mike to a packed lsu stadium like this could become but a memory. mike the tiger has cancer. and his vet says the stress of being in a noisy stadium with more than 100,000 fans is just too much. here it's quiet. >> doing fine. he smells. >> smells like a tiger. >> reporter: mike has a tumor behind his right eye that cannot be cured. good news, it is in remission. sedated and treated at the same hospital where human cancer patients get treated, radiation prolonged and saved his life. >> had we not done the treatment

have been too late. >> the cancer is not painful. >> no. >> reporter: at kickoff, mike will be across the street in the $2 million habitat. lsu has had six tigers. all named mike. now that it is clear this mike will not live forever. >> are you taking on tradition? >> reporter: some believe it is time to do away with the live mascot. tigers and seaworld. it is time for lsu to join. >> reporter: for so many die hard fans here, lsu without a live tiger is inconceivable. >> it is about what he represents. >> reporter: the first mike the tiger dates back to 1936. i had hoped mike could join us this morning, but instead, he

or not, but that food was laid out in our symbol. the logo of "today" show. i assume that means he likes us. >> that's fine. >> that's neat. he starts with the "y" and eats backwards. >> our thoughts and prayers with the lsu family and mike. >> all right. we're back in a moment.

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>> anchor: almost 8:00. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. ' councilor sununu an door son. >> anchor: i'll nancy chen. coming up on 7 news today in new england. sidelined without tom brady. now the pats will open the season without rob gronkowski because of an injury. >> anchor: creepy crime here.

recording several women for years. >> anchor: a order to take them down. >> anchor: if you own a smart phone. why you may need to power the phone off all together. >> anchor: big story there. also a homemade gift for pope francis made by a young girl in hingham delivered by her parents to the pope himself. >> anchor: did you see the big smale on the pope's face there? those stories plus rob has your weekend forecast all coming up.

>> anchor: a big blow to the patriots, team in arizona prepping for the cardinals without rob gronkowski. why he didn't make the trip wes. >> anchor: disturbing discovery here. police in somerville arrest a man who they say was secretly recording women for years. >> anchor: a warning about samsung's newest smart phone. why owners are being advised to stop using it immediately. >> anchor: rick porcelo on the mound going after win number 20. the sox open a huge series against the blue jays. >> anchor: just about 8:00 on this saturday morning. good morning to you, and thank you for joining us. ' nancy chen. >> anchor: i'm kris anderson. we'll have all of those stories and so much more. first, let's takea live look outside. the weekend is here. >> anchor: it is. take a look outside it feels like summer out there. i know it's technically september 10 at this point, but you know, t not so bad right now. let's go to rob for a first check of the forecast. >> reporter: today be quite as

will be almost as muggy, so kind of a warm and muggy start out there right now. in fact, radar picking up on a few sprinkles are rain crossing the north shore. slightly heavier, nothing to worry about, but slightly hier rain to roll over nantucket. that's the federal government for today. very, very hit or miss showers. bulk of the day will be dry so get out and enjoy it. not a washout by any means but a little on the muggy side. have you 74 right now in boston but the dew point tells you how humid it is and dewpoints will be as they were yesterday. so spotty shower, mostly cloudy skies, temperature-wise much better than yesterday and in fact many of us near the coastline and areas north of the pike wouldn't get out of the 70's, more likely to mid 80's south of the pike away from the coastline. warm and muggy again overnight tonight and the chance for rain increases late overnight into tomorrow. well etalk more about the timing of that rain coming up if few minutes. >> anchor: rob, thank you. 7 news now turning to some bad news for the pats season opener.