after a campaign largely spent dodging specifics donald trump is unrevealing a new policy paper and the issue is in focus, it's immigration. nbc's edward lawrence is in washington for us this morning. page one of this in bold eye ic e italics. >> reporter: he did real estate that detailed plan talking about his vision for immigration reform. donald trump plans to take a very hard line on immigration if he becomes president. on "meet the press," trump says he would reverse all of president obama's executive orders on immigration and deport all undocumented immigrants. >> we have to make a whole new set of standards and when people come in, they have to come in -- >> reporter: you're going to deport families and split them snum. >> no. we have to keep the families together but they have to go. they have to go.

>> reporter: trump also plans to force mexico for a paying for a wall on the u.s. border. >> they will pay for the wall. they are sending drugs and they are taking money out. they are making a lot of money. mexico is making a lot of money. >> reporter: the details angered some of his republican opponents. others agree on the wall's importance. >> so our leading contender, mr. trump, is going backward on immigration and i think he is going to take all of us with him if we don't watch it. >> finish the wall and make it clear anybody that comes over that wall, once we have done t you're going back. >> reporter: trump says if mexico refuses to pay for the wall, the u.s. will raise fees on visass and border crossing cards. donald trump will take a break from campaigning today and plans to report for jury due to in new york city. >> it will be interesting with that. thank you so much. some sad news to report this morning. actor morning freeman's granddaughter has been killed.

a man has been arrested at the scene and treated as an emotionally disturbed person. no charges have been find. heinz was attackly freeman's step-granddaughter. in a statement he said the following. a search plane has been spotted. the wreckage of an indonesiian aircraft that went missing on sunday. there were 54 people on board that plane at the time of the crash. 34 adults and three children and two babies and five crewmembers. at this point, no immediate word about any survivors. search and rescue teams are trying to prepare to reach the crash site by air and by foot. this morning, family and coworkers were anxiously awaiting word. it's an area known for low clouds and fog and to make

matters worse, heavy rain and winds were moving through at the time of that crash. well, the death toll continues to rise following last week's massive explosions in the chinese city of tianjin. semp and rescue crews are still looking for survivors and 114 have died and seven people missing, including firefighters. now there is rain. they are worried that sodium cyanide could be released into the air if it gets wet. hundreds of people's homes destroyed in the blast are demanding answers and they held a protest outside a news conference yesterday with signs that said, give back our homes. army parachutist has died after a mid air collision at the chicago air and water show this weekend. sergeant first class corey hood was a member of the army golden knights parachute team. while performing a stunt on saturday he collided with another parachutist.

he lost consciousness before hitting a building and falling to the ground. one person said he didn't look awake when he clipped that building. >> we were watching the parachuters come down and we noticed one of the parachutes was way off to the side. it looked like he was going to land on our building. it looked like he was strapped in. we thought he was that at first. >> hood was rushed to the hospital where he passed away sunday afternoon. he spent a decade in the army. now, to another tragedy in the skies. two small planes collided near san diego yesterday morning killing five people. the fa reports that the saber liner jet and single-engine cessna were heading toward a municipal airport south of san diego and they collided two miles from the airport and broke into multiple pieces. the fiery wreckage sparked a brush fire that burned two acres of dry grassland. authorities are investigating the cause that have collision. shifting gears now. last night's teen choice awards

were full of memorable moments. >> this is for you. get your hands up and make it upside down! ah! all i do is win, win, win! >> that was good. britney spears took time off from her las vegas show to select a style icon award and she may eventually take a permanent break. she told enews i love doing the show. it's a lot of fun but i'm kind of torn right now. vin diesel had a touching moment. some words for one teen when collecting the award for "furious 7." >> there is one teen in the audience that is a part of the family that kept us going. her name is meadow walker. >> yeah. >> ellen degeneres won and award and gave an inspiring message. >> what a coincidence.

what makes you different right now makes you stand out later in life. so you should be proud of being different. you should be proud of who you are. >> but the night wasn't perfect for everyone. sarah highland tripped on her way, oh, no, to announce an award. the "modern family" star was covered and joked about her clumsiness. she could have fell flat out but she didn't. she saved it! >> it's okay. she saved it. >> bravo! >> exactly. how are you doing? looking a little tan these days! >> yeah. it was a beach week. i wasn't the only one either. a lot of people did that and if you were down in florida, we have pictures that were pretty impressive. lightning was the show we had. this is time lapse lightning too so that is even better. pretty impressive stuff there. singer island, florida, thanks, jason. and also gulf shores, alabama. this is a water spout. pretty cool as you see them offshore, don't do any damage usually unless they come on

shore but they also look very impressive. let's take you to took today's concerns. flash flooding outside of ft. dodge and sioux city and heavy rain this morning. 4 million people in a slight risk including denver to colorado springs and i-5. possibility of some wind damage. maybe some large hail. as we go throughout the next three days, as all of the cold air, not cold, cool air tries to run into hot air, severe weather threat also. omaha, des moines and tuesday 9 million people. by the time we get to wednesday, we go into chicago and detroit and cincinnati and st. louis about 23 million so we will track severe weather this week and that looks to be our biggest issue. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at the day ahead. i said cool air. it's almost chilly compared to some of the hot temperatures we have on the map. 60s and 70s in the northern plains. and how about the northeast today? 93 in new york city. 94 in hartford and 92 all the way up to vermont. i'm willing to go out on a

limb and think for everyone in the northeast, i think today is the hottest day you'll see until next summer. so if you like the heat, this is it. >> if you don't, stay inside. thank you, bill. well, the passing of an american trailblazer. plus "star wars" fans, get ready for some of the biggest and exciting news in decades! you're watching "early today." but first, we have ppa very special guest. ppcome on out, flo! rr [house band playing] you have anything pp to say to flo? nah, i'll just let ppthe results do the talking. tt [crowd booing] well, he can xx do that. we show our progressive xxdirect rate and the rates vv of our competitors even if progressive vv isn't the lowest. it looks like progressive ppis not the lowest! ohhhh! ppwhen we return, we'll find out whether pp doug is the father. wait, what?

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when bond was elected to the georgia statehouse in 1965, white legislators voted not to seat him because of his stance against the vietnam war. >> the right to voice and opinion that may be unpopular. but i think a second and equally as important issue is the right of people, in this case, my constituents, to be represented by someone they chose. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed. >> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now. >> reporter: during the 1968 presidential election, bond became the first african-american proposed as a major party candidate for vice president. three years later, he cofounded the southern poverty law center with morris dees. bond was ka ris mattic when hosting "the tonight show." in the late 90s bond was elected as the chairman of the naacp where he continued his life's work. the king center tweeted, "rest

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this morning, on "today," in a broadcast exclusive, hear from a 19-year-old man who says an airbnb host sexually assaulted hi tm while his mother fried tried to get them help. their story later on "today." colts and eagles closing seconds of the first half. colts punt deep into eagles territory. garner takes it to the outside and picks up key blocks as he goes 92 yards for the touchdown. fourth quarter, tim tebow ab playing for the first time since the 2013 preseason with new england. he goes seven yards off the read option for the score. eagles win it 36-10. saturday night, these two women made history in preseason game between the chiefs and cardinals. sarah thomas, the first woman to

serve as a full-time on-field official in the nfl, chatting it up with jen welter, the nfl's first female coach, before the me. and eric berry returned to the football field. the chiefs safety was diagnosed th hodgkin's lymphoma last year. he returned in july for practice. the chiefs got the win 34-19. good to see him back on the field. jason day was the first australian to win the pga churampionship since 1995 and winning at whistling straits in wisconsin. day finished 20 under par. the lowest than any player in the history of the sport has finished to par in major championship. milwaukee brewers prospect david denson has revealed he is ga. gay. in an interview, denson said his tetiammates gaveu imdthe confidence and support to come out. the los angeles dodgers ball

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now for some entertainment news on your monday. at the box office this weekend a great movie. if y haven't seen it, go out and see it. straight out of compton cleaned up and raking in 56 million. >> it only cost 29 million to make. .>> it's a great movie. "mission impossible" number two with 17 million and the man from uncle puloed over 16 million at number three. rounding out the top five are the following. "the gift" pulling in 6.5 million. compton has streamed 25 million times in its first week on apple music. this guy just keeps printing money, doesn't he? the album was released he at the same time as the nwa movie. that kind of makes sense, huh? disney made several big "star wars" an shuncement at the expo this weekend.

the studio revealed at a peak at the cast of the film due out in december of 2016. and disney chief named two "star wars sections calling it the largest sing land expgision ever. one will be built at disneyworld in orlando and one in california. >> if "harry potter" can do well, can you imagine what "star wars" will do? get a speed pass for sure. >> exactly. >> "jurassic world" director has been tapped to helm "star wars" 9. the follow-up to the force awakens. ey are just lining these up. but it wasn't all "star wars" news. ellen degeneres helped announced a story and johnny depp was on hand to promote

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leading the news in the "wall street journal," pentagon to add drone flights. over the next four years, expanded drone flights will give mili.tary commanders access to more intelligence and greater firepower amid more global hot spots. in "the new york times" obama plots life after presidency. it's a fascinating one. inside the president's private plans for a billion dollar library and globau foundation and the rich and famous people he is insulting along the way. also in the news, a canadian

company received patent for a space elevator. yenas! the 12-mile high structure, look at it. it would bring passengers and payloads into the stratosphere where they would board spacecraft to be launched into orbit and saving both time and fuel. that, to me, is fascinating. all right. former president jimmy carter was spotted attending church near his home in georgia following news about his cancer diagnosis last week opinion other attendees say carter was ju rest like every other church member. the 90-year-old former president s not revealed what kind of cancer he has or how serious it is. photographers hired by rio de janeiro city government were mugged. it happened while covering a cycling test event for next year's summer olympics. no one was injured but he thieves made off with a camera and cell phones. now to australia, where one atv rider had something a little different chasing after her.

it shows a koala bear chasing after her. eventuallyegt catches up and clings on to the fire and was not letting go! the woman was afraid the koala might grab her leg with sharp claws so she got away from a atv. >> that isn't something you see every day. koala and a herd of cows. have you ever clinged on for dear life before? >> it wasn't for dear life. >> that is like the uk eucalyptus leaves up there on the dashboard. can you imagine donald trump being on a jury? the republican presidential candidate has to report to manhattan supreme court this morning. the donald says he will, of course, be there. a spokesperson told "the new york times" the campaign will go on in the unlikely event that

trump is seated on a jury. happy birthday to oscar winning sean penn is 55 and

robert scene of a small plane crash on long island that killed one man and injured another. after morgan freeman's daughter murdered in the street. a witness recounts the attack. after a weekend of touting his immigration plan, donald trump reports for jury duty. "today in new york" starts now. that should be interesting. good morning everybody. 4:30 on this monday, august 17th. i'm michael gargiulo. i'm kerry barrett. darlene rodriguez traching time off. >> chris also off this morning. but raphael miranda is here with the forecast. hot already. >> 80 degrees already as you step outside. only going up from there. it's a steamy start to your day. we're headed towards a heat wave, guys. we've hit 90 degrees or better for a couple days. up to 89, hazy sunshine by noontime.

an uncomfortable 94 degrees on this monday. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast and see how long the heat will last. lauren scala is here to look at the early, early commute. >> good morning everyone. for our subway commuters, a lot of weekend track work. the 1, the 5 and the e. also track work on a few other lines. for some reason, my clicker is not working. there it is. 1, 4, 5, 6, aefnq and r trains. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4 . a search under way for someone who sexually assaulted a little girl. lori bordonaro is there with more. >> reporter: kerry, we're here at the police station to protect the identity of that victim. a 7-year-old girl. take a look at this picture. this is the man police are looking for.

his name is daniel nyeto. 125 pounds, 5'2". on august 6th. he entered the girl's home through the back door, went into her bedroom and apparently raped her. he was arrested for criminal trespass and released that same day. her family and police unaware of what happened until the next day. they need your help. they're asking anyone with any idea on his whereabouts to come forward. 800-577-tips, call crimestoppers. >> thank you, lori. police released the name in the murder of morgan freeman's granddaughter. lamar davenport is charged with murder. he killed did he even a hines. she was stabbed several times. witnesses saw the suspect attacking her and screaming. >> get out devils, i cast you