good morning. breaking overnigh hijack scare. police storm a jetblue plane on the t and jfk hearing a hijacker is onboard. passengers terrified. >> people were freaking i thought i was going to die. >> this morning, the mistake that triggered a massive response. new overnight. a federal judge ordered u.s. officials to reunite separated families within 30 days, but it's a win for the president at the scream court. >> a tremendous victory for this country and for the anstitution. over the trump shocker. and defeating one of the most powerful democrats in

congress. this morning wt her victory and liberal message mean to the party. all that, plus deepening mystery, is there a link between a california father and previous hootings a that popular camp site? tornado ripping through kansas claiming multiple injuries and widespread damage. more severe damage expected today. and what hadar princery and meghan spping out with the queen -- "today," june 27,2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live, from studioa in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. i almt said a monday morning. >> missed you the last couple days. >> go be back. what a scenepo at jfk air overnight. police and emergency crews racing to the tarc responding

to what they thought could have been a hijacking. nbc's morgan radford at the airport for us this morning. good morning.wh happened? >> reporter: savannah, chaos and confusion here at new york's jfk airport after passengers took to social media tweeting in panic, because they thought they were under attack. t panic onhe runway. overnight, a jetblue plane was surrounded by authorities on the tarmac at new york's jfk airport ortly before itas supposed to take off on a cross-country flight to los angeles. the airline saying the flight experienced a radio issue impacting the crew's ability to communicate. adding that a false alarm was sent to jfk tower. >> we're going to check out the aircraft right here. inpy. >> reporter: dur a hijacking, heavily armed port authority officers boarded the aircraft this social media photo showing stunned andrightened passengers holding their hands air. >> people were freaking out. i thought i was going to die. i'm texts my mom, my best fr

nds. the poor girl next to me was, like, crying. people were confused and they didn't tell us anything and we were really scared nap was traumatizing. my worst nightmare. >> reporter: port authority writing in a statement the flight was inspected andared with no threat. the flight eventually took off filled with passengers breathe sighs of relief. >> glad to be on the ground out of a mingairplane. >> reporter: this morning the faa is investigating. meanwhile, local law enforcement officials telling the "new york post" in fact the pilot was trying to signal he lost hisl radio sig and it wasn't working and instead accidentally hit the buttonng signa hijacking. >> can you imagine? morgan, thank you very much. >> no. o a breaking overnight, major developments in the immigration battle. an order from a judge in california gives u.sr bor agents less than a month to

reunite migrant families who were separated during illegal entry. we have complete coverage starts at the white house with c' kristen welker. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning to you. the president is marking that major mileston theupreme court's decision to uphold his travel ban. it will undoubtedly energize his hard-line but controversial immigration anda and overnight a judge in san diego demanding migrant kidseparatednder the trump policies were reunited with their family withi days. overnight a federal judge in california stepping in to the immigration battle ordering a temporary halt to the separation of parents and children at the border. the nationwide injunction also saying families already split apart by the trump administration's zero tolerance policy must be reunited within 30 days nap order coming the say day at thes supreme cour decision to let the travel ban stand. president trum emboldened.

>> the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for this country and for the constitution. >> reporter: the vindication comes nearly a year and a half after the first version of the ban sharked c at airports and court challens leading to revisions with the court upholding the third version. o>> we have be tough and we have to be safe and we have to be re. at a minimum we have to makere hat we vet people coming in to the country. >> reporter: the court's conservative said the ban is legal as a presidential act to protect national securit restricting travel from five muslim countries, iran, libya, somalia, syria and yemen, but critics say it's anti-muslim pointing to the president's own words on the campaign trail. >> donald j. is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: on capitol hill y, tues democrats lashed out. >> what they've said is, as long as the president invokes

national security, he has cart blanche. >> this is not a muslim ban, not anything that president obama didn't when he was president. >> reporter: including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tweeting this photo with conservative justice nei gorsuc mcconnell feeling some backlash in the escalating border battle on monday mcconnell's wife, trsportation secretary elaine chao confronting protesters against the esident's immigration policy. now, as for that border battle, the house is expected to vote on an immigration bill later today afacing steep odds in breaking foreign policy news overnight, the president's national securit adviser john bolton will meet with russian president vladimir putin later toda a possible precursor to a meeting between president trump and putin in the coming weeks, hoda and savannah. >> kristen welker, thank you.

the stunning upset at the start of the show. a longtime congressman kweeted in new york's democratic primary by a young, first time candidate. nbc's kasie hunt has more on that. kasie, good mornin >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. we are actually out in yutah because mitt romney won a nomination for secret. and unseated by a 28-year-old first-time candidate and she took that all the way. >> we meet a machine with a movement, and that ise what have done today. >> reporter: this 28-year-old first-time candidate stunning the political world. tiexandria cortez taking down ten-term democc congressman joe crowley. once seen at nancy pelosi's possible successor as democratic leader or even o speaker the house in a shocking upset. >> i respect the outcome of this

election. >> reporter: crowley dedicated the bruce springsteen hit to his opponentship accuse him of taking the race for granted and president trump tweeting about crowley after the loss. should have been nicer and more respectful to his president. but cortez ran against trump, part of the wave of women leading a new political resistant. a formeror organizer bernie sanders presidential campaign and a self-described democratic socialist who called for immigration and customs enforcement, i.c.e., to be olished. >> workin ining class american a clear champion. reporter: ran as an outsider ut her biographical ad wen viral. this race is about people versus

money. we've got people,hey've got money. >> reporter: born in the bronx to puerto rican parents she connected with the growing latino community in the district. >> this victory belongs to every single grass roots organizer, every working parent, every mom, every mem of the lgbtq community. >> reporter: a warning for democrats not to takefo anythin granted. this really is a seismic loss for democrats in the house and agoes the loss four years of eric cantor, then the number two republican in the house. now, of course, if ms. cortez gets elected in november, she will be the youngest woman ever elected to the house of representatives. savannah, hoda. >> kasie, thanks. bring in nbc news political analyst. a huge upset last night. something about this young woman's political ad that did capture a lot of people's

attention. just watch a littl bit of it nd explain why you think she won. >> this race is about people versus money. we've got people. they've got money. it's time we acknowledge that not all democrats are the same. that a democrat who takes corporate money, profits off foreclosures, doesn't live here, doesn't send his kids to our schools, doesn't drinker our or breathe our air cannot possibly represent us. >> i mean, powerful ad. what did you see there? >> sure is. politics used to be defined by a vertical line that ran down the middle of the field and we debate at the 45 yard lines. like the message that elected t donamp and the message bernie sanders ran on. she's saying there's a group of people above the line. one set of rules for them and a different set for everybody those people above the line are screwing all of us below the line. that meg runs and is effective from the left of the democratic party all the way across t the

trump voter. >> what's interesting why you would have vnders/trumers during the last election. >> absolutely. >> what does it mean, those on the far left and certainly the energy in the republican party is with trump and the far right, howoes that play out? if you were going to do a general election? is that good for trump? >> think it's bad for the country. could be good for trump, because trump gotte el if you looked at polling, essentially what the american peopl were telling us. we didn't listen well. two unelectableat cand. when two unelectable candidates run against each other one of them is going to win. by78,000 votes, in three states, that's what happened to donald trump. i think politically donald trump is advantages, the degree to which amerin politics i radicalized. um the center collapses that benefits donald tr >> his numbers, by the way, are going up, as you know. you were a former republican. recently steppedhe away from party. if you were to answer the

question, will donald trump be elected again? if you were asked that question right now what would your answer >> maybe. look, end of the day, politics at the beginning of my polit wal care a business of persuasion. it has become a business of incitement. both sides,e you h inkreiders people trying to increase inteity raisingfervor, making the other side the absolute all virtue found in our party, all evil in the other, good ideas here, all bad ideas there. we have a politics of incitement it turns off people t middle. so we're at an interesting moment in american politics, but that governing center,hat created so much prosperity, so much good in the countrys getting smaller. it's collapsing. > steve shsubmitchmischmidt, wec it. a thisrning, investigators are working to determine the cause of a

powerful and deadly explosion that happened as a hospital in central texas. the blast leading to evacuations and widespread power outages there. nbc's d kristenlgren is at the scene this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. yes. witnesses tell us the explosion here was so strong it rocked this small town. none of the hospital workers or patients wereed inj but one construction worker did lose his onfe and others remain in critical conditi this morning. >> we only know somethi blew up. >> reporter: smoke, billowing in to the sky after an explosionck ro this central texas hospital killing a construction worker tuesday and injuring a dozen more. veral with severe burns. >> we have reported some kind of explosion. >> reporter: it happened as a construction site at coreal mem moll ho. debris scattered buildings knocked down. >> i understand it's a possibility of a gas line. maybe activity going on with

that that generated, and it was quite a blast. >> reporter: the force of the explosion felt around town. >> but, like, 100 times worse, and like, you kind of shake in your chair. >> reporter: the blast knocking out power to most of the county. authorities evacuated patients from the hospital and two nearin nu homes. the community quickly coming together bringing supplies to neighbors in need. >> i'm a little overwenned by thby rw --helmed and the way they jumpedn a need when a need up. >> reporter: one man looking for his mother. finally found her. >> texas tough and texas strong. >> reporter: this morninghe investigation continues. the of a f h isere on-scene to help out, gu. >> kristen, thank you very much. family and friends are gathering this morning for the funeral of the 15-year-old boy who was o dragg of a deli in the bronx and stabbed to death been arnight, there h newhe arrest in case.

craig melvin has the very latest from there. craig, good morning. da >> reporter: good morning to you. you can see behind me here, thih mat memorial. thousands of votives of candles and balloons and flowers consuming a full block here in the bronx. meanwhile, this is a kid who wantedico become a p officer. he was part of the explorers program with the nypd. new video has emerged and we sow warn you that the video itself is pretty disturbing. this morning, a new york neighborhood coming together. hundreds mourning the death of this 17-year-old. his motherbu paying t in recent days. >> thank you, all of you, for being here supporting me. appreciaung. thank yo so much. god bless everyone. >> reporter: multiple suspects are now in custoder one week ahe teenager known as junior to family and friends was brutally murdered by a group y ofng men wielding

knives and machetes. security video shows the boy being dragged out of a local deli and into the street. bystanders do nothing as he is repeatedly stabbed. after the attack, this new video shows the w victimking back in to the store bleeding from his wounds. he clerk stays behind the counter and he leaves running to a nearby hospital where he later died. ctthe sus are between 18 and 24 years old reportedly affiliated with a new york-based dominican gang. theroup was reportedly trying to settle a score, but targeted the wpeng rson. the violent organization also allegedly involved in another incident last week where a ol 14-yea was stabbed and beaten by the side of the road. he's now in critical condition. in the wakeffeliz's death, a massive outpouring of support.

online, yankees pitcher c.c. and a rapper expressing support for the family. carmelo anthony and his wife visiting with the victim's mother. one man is now pushi a petition to rename this bronx street junior in the teenager's honor. >> i just want himo have something. his death should be enough for him to live here forever >> reporter: the suspects will be charged withmurder, manslaughter, gang assault, with salt as well. as we mentioned, he wanted to become a policer. offi there's now a petition circulating to have theypd provide honors at his funeral. savannah, back to >> craig melvin, thank you. it is 7:17. mr. roker is at his post with a check of the weatr. hi, al. good morning. >> good morning and good morning to you. thanks for getting your first weather fromus. highs today, above average. stretching to the east by the weekend. a big area of domed high

pressure is building in. heat watches and warnings tt will be stretching and look at this. talking about 40 million people who will be under temperatures thateel like 90 degrees or better. today it's going to feel like 104 in salt lake. same in austin. 104 fort myers. tomorrow, savannah, 103, feels like. 108 in tampa. 160 in brownsville and this weekend chicago triple digits. atlanta mid to upper 90s. houston will feel like it's over 100 degrees. the difference will be right along the incoas those cool ocean breezes. beautiful from montauk, 70s. boston in the 80s. back to new york city touching near 100 grees. harrisburg and rochester all feeling like over 100 degrees. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. m i'rm 4 meteorologist. may see a sliver or two of sunshine. won't last long. clouds in central west virginia. proof rain chances increase with time going through the day today. already a sfew sprinkles. rumbles of thunder later on in the day and especially after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. rain done by aut sunrise tomorrow and it gets hazy, hot and humid for the weekend. coming up, severe weather affcting a good portion the country a little later. >> al, thank you so much.

coming up, the unlved shooting getting new attention about the mysterious killing of a father at a popular california park. could it all be connected? and the fourth of jul one week alone. important reminder of the powerful explosives of fireworks. tharts co that's coming up, but first, this is "today.

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reporting's more primary results available in the nbc washington app. certain maryland imy. and the community with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. ut down on decatur street. could be there a while this morning. silver spring westbound university boulevard after the beltway, a crash. top of the loop closed. you can see that delay here this morning and taking a live look eastbound 66 before 50 volume headed inbound. >> meli a, thank yo a check on your forecast is up next. stay with us.

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we are back 7:30 with the gateway to the west ar conni at the arch, mor renovation. guess who will be there for the festivitie grandopening, mr. al roker. >> we're getting a greatak s peek. will share it with everybody tomorrow morning live. >> i am alous. i love st. louis and the warch. thatill be so cool. >> never beenha up in -- that little pod that goes up to the top. >> you can g up? >> you can go up. >> i did not know that. by the way, one of the city's biggest celebrities, there are a ton.da recommons for must-dos. that's later. >> all righty. get to the start with a major new ruling on immigration.

breaking over night a federal judge orders family separated at the border to be reunited within 30 days. [ chanting ] aste proing break out following president trump's suldeme court victory ing his travel ban. >> we have to be have to be safer and we have to be secure. we have to make sure that we vet people coming in to the country. staying safe. rsports that pressecretary sarah huckabee sanill receive secret service protection. that decision coming days aft she was asked to leave a virginia restaurant because of her job at the white house. desperate search. police investigating a brute's houston. a violent home invasion in which a suspect tortured 7-year-old boy in front of his family. >> they were looking for money. the homeowner is a small business owner. we believe this was a targeted family. >> no shirt, no shoes, no flight. a man in just his underwear scaled the fence at atlanta's

airport and gets loose on the tarmac as authoriti to figure out how he was able to bypass> security. d a good boy. a police dog shows off his incredible new skills performing cpr o his handler during a safety training d ining demonstn spain. today, tuesday, june 27, 2018. >> sonny, i don't know if you were watching that. >> sunny has a lot >> he's in training. >> incredible. new developments tied a mysterious shooting death that happened to a young father in a park in california. police stepped up patrols in the area before that shooting. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is on the story good morning. >> reporter: guys, good morning. no suspects identified. police are looking at prior

shootings in the area as part of their investigation as we learn more about the victim, a scientist and loving father. five days after the senseless murder of tristan beaudette, a father camping with his twoun daughters, questions about what couldave wou have hoped th a little bit more, at least security of the campsite where you have people just sleeping there unknowing there are ngers in the hills just right outside. >> reporter: james rodgers says he was camping in malibu state creek park in november of 2016 when he w struck in the middle of the night. >> i fellhrough my hammock and awoke just to find the wound on my arm. >> reporter: multiple wounds likely from shotgun pellets required surgery. dgers says he reported the incident to police. >> i showed them the area. told them all about what happened. and then that was pretty much it until i found out there was another incident. >> reporter: rgers says he

knows of two more shootings that happened shortly after his, including the bullet that pierced this man's vehicle in the middle of the night just two months later. police say they're investigating three other shooting incidents that happened within the last year, but so far aren't saying there's a connection. >>here is no evidence that suggests that this incident is related to any o er prior shooting near the location. >> reporter: tristan beaudette's rabbi, arnold rockless, says hi irvine community is reeling tter their devastating loss. >>s is a family that really loves each other deeply a for him to take his kids on a camping trip was such a natural thing. >> reporter: heays tristan's wife erica and their 2 and 4-year-old daughters arerr nded by extended family and doing as well as can bepe ed. this morning, malibu creek state park remains closed until further notice. >> i just have a mark on my arm.

like it cou have been a lot worse. it did get a lot worse for somebody and that eats awa at me that it happened again to somebody else. >> miguel, this is all so strange. do police l have anyds or suspects on this? >> reporter: guys, authorities have not held a press confence toffer the public an explanation and discuss what the next steps they are taking. so a lot of questions and not a lot of answers, guys. >> miguel, keep on it for us, if you would. thank you very much. switching gr rs. head ove mr. roker for the forecast. >> yterdaye told you about this time looking at severe weather in the midwest and plainse' that's what seeing. eureka, kansas. tornado going through causing widespread damage. thankfully, nobody injured. as far as severe weather today, it's movedurther to the east. a rift for 7 mlion folks, lexington, pkinsville, strong storms and isolated tornadoes. a slow-moving system way towards the east coast today into tonight and tomorrow. storms with heavyro rain new

england on into the mid-atlantic late tonight into tomorrow morning and the afternoon. probably causing airport delays. rainfall amounts, heaviest stuff, well looking at flash flood watches today for east central kentucky and up into the east, lootrng atg storms bringing a lot of rain anywhere from two to three inches locally up t five inches up through new england. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good wednesday off to a cloudy start. thunderstorms across north central parts of west virginia headed towards the morgan to area likel lly to graze the topd of the shenandoah valley and nohern maryland over the next five to six hours. be ready for rain and rumbles of 24u7 thunder today. thunderstorm cha ues going after 5:00 or six this evening. temperatures upper 60 around 70. highs today near 80 but much warmer for the weekend. that is your latest weather.

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>> look at thatface. . oh,th look at that little face. there's a little boy excited about the fourth of july. what everyone needs to make sure festivities are hpy and safe. >> last year, 13,000 hurt accidents and even some killed last year. we have a livest demtion of explosive dangers. good morning. >> reporter: good mo ting. with consumer products safety commission and acting chairman. 13,000 people injured and sparklers, never light more than one at a time, the most commo cause of injury? >> these sparklers burn 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. that accounts for most of the eejuries we with fireworks. >> reporter: 1,200 injuries last year a lot of kids injured with sparklers. be careful. we'll run through a bunch of examples about common fireworks and how they can really cause serious injuries beginning with the bottle rocket. we have a mannequin here.

we're fire one bottle rocket at another mannequin and these caused 300 injuries last year. >> 300 injuries. we'll see what it does in this case the mannequin's e. >> an egg representing the mannequin's eye. they're going to light that. wait for it. again, a legal -- a legal firework in the bottlerocket. as you can see, the egg, or the eye, would be destroyed. >> causes a lot of injury and harm. >> now we'll show awe common, this is a legal mortar. and it's something like this. is thatri t? which is kind of surprising. that's gal? >> yes. what we're demonstrating is legal, a reloadable tube. we'll san what it do. it's lethal. >> people put these in tube and there was youtube sensation recently with literally

launching them off of your head. not a good idea. >> misuse. complete misyou' >> don't try it at home. that would hurt. how many injuries oral fies last year with that? >> of the eight fatalities, five were caused by that device. >> just by that? >> b that device. >> now we'll show what you can happen with am-100 remember the om-80. that could take off fingers and >> m-1000, both are illegal. thiss lethal. >> this is what happens when you launch or try to fire an m-1000. wow. so, i mean, the message here is all of these can be deadly and dangerous. it's worth reminding everybody every singleyear, only use legal fireworks, keep a hose or water nearby.id don't let nearby. what else? >> don't try to re-ignite a

firework if hasn't gone off. make sure you don't buy anything in a brown package. a dead give away it's not aga firework. most importantly, celebrate safely. this is a great time of the year, but just understand the dangersre rks pose. >> great public fireworks nstration around the country, safe, easy and fun. >> commercial is best. >> yeah. thanyou. thank you and happy fourth of july. >> same to you. >> ladies, back to you. happy -- an early happy fourth of july to you guys. >> right. thanks, tom. >> all goodth tips. sparkler things, we played with as kids. >> in our day, sparklers and all that. got to be careful. coming up, prince harry and meghan joining the queen for a very special party at buckingham palace, but first, these messages. tep back and talk about protecting youenamel. it's important to look after your enamel because it's the foundation for white teeth. i believe dentists will recommend pronamel

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7:56 is your te on this wednesday june 27, 2018. i'm eun yang. we check in with the roads and melissa mollet. >> look at the roads. southbound 270 to the spur and outer loop. crash there. debris in the roadway is caung slow downs. southbound, you can see the slow down approaching tuckerman lane here this morning. westbound, at vienna, westbound slow from an earlier crash,op of the beltway slow outer loop approaching colesville. >> thank you. a quick break and check your forecast next. stay with us. good morning.

watching thunderstorms in the mountains of west virginia, eastbound. if they hold together long enough could make it in the washington area around lunchtime. take your umbrella wh you heading out the door. temperatures top out around 80 today. 90 tomorrow and in the 90s, well into the 90s by the weekend. >> chuck, thank you. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show, after a short break.

it's it's 8:00 on "today." tsking a stand. children and par separated at the border. this after the supreme court's decision to ntuphold presi trump's travel ban. >> we have to be tough and we have to be safer and we have to be secure. we have to make sure that we vet people coming in to the country. >> live at the white house with the latest. plus, a mother's warning. how a typical visit to the playground ended up in a hospital visithi for toddler. >> i see parents riding down all the time with kids, down slides. most parents aren'twa of this. >> reporter: this morning, the safety message she wants all parents to hear. and joining forces.

>> hey! >> hey lost soul. >> history made at the late-night comics team up on-air for the very first time. what brought them together? toy, wednesday, june 27, 2018. ♪ baby, whyet don't you just me in the middle ♪ 6 >> good morning from miami. i'm sophia. >> and i'm noah. >> both: and welcome to the "today" show! >> hi, mom! >> i'm a future journalist. here's my dad and brother from -- >> all: cincinnati, ohio! ♪ why don't you just meet me in the middle ♪ >> from the state to the big apple. >> after 40 years of teaching we finally madeit. >> teachers from -- >> family vacion from richmond hill, georgia. [ cheers and applause ] > hi, everybody. good morning. it's wednesday morning. ttit's a pre one out on the plaza. glad to have you watching with us alongside a home. >> the people were missing you the last couple of days.

>> oh! >> savannah guthrie is back. all the fun the last couple of days and now we're back in business. >> i missed everybody, too. news at 8:00. the president escalating his fight for immigration after the supreme court upheld his travel ban. he faced a legal setback in another area. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest.mo hallie, gooing. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. start with the legal setback you referenced. because ght a federal amdge in california ruled that migranties split up by president trump's zero tolerance policy must be reunited. this judge set a time frame. within 30 days nap is big news for immigration advocates fighting on behalf of these families and that's not the only big headline coming out of the court system this week particularly affectingreolks n washington. also, of course, that supreme court ruling that fou in favor of the trump administration's so-called travel ban. the justices determined that, in

fact, visitors from these seven countries including five mostly muslim ones could be restricted from coming to the united states. they said bause the president has the national security powers to beblto do that. critics call the travel ban discriminatory and anti-muslim based, they say, on the president's own words during the campaign. for what lawmakers are up to? they are focussing on immigrotion. a house on immigration set for later this afternoon. it's not looking likel to pass. savannah? >> hallie jackson on the hill. thank you. meantime, the parkland high school massacre is making headlines again. two faculty members who also served as securit monitors have been dismissed for their alleged the school district is gearing up for big safety changes's here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in parkland, florida, dramaticr changes fou months after the deadliest high school shooting in u.s. history. >> something he m told not to approach.

>> reporter: two baseball aaches worki unarmed campus monitors the day of the massacre are both now out of jobs. after the attack, he toldig inveors he was the first to spot alleged gunman nikolas cruz arrive at the school, but as he was trained to do, did not confront him. >> that's when i got on the o. ra >> reporter: taylor in transcribed testimony says seeing cruz inside the school he tried to head him off, but when he heard gunshots, he immediately took cover inside a custodial closet. this former school deputy speakingsi excly to savannah said he didn't get it rit, but he did everything he felt was appropriatat the time. >> if the school monitor had aid to nicholas youse what are you doinghere? you don't belong here what do you think might have happened? >> i honestly this could have been stopped before he even got on that campus. >> reporter: meanwhile, starting today thelchool district w begin hiring armed guardians to

protect students requid by a new state law. parkland school officials have been embeiled in a deb about the best way to keep students safe. the district also hired a n director of school safety and security. a fmer principal, april shentrup. >> we miss her. he >> reporter: s the mother of 16-year-old carmen. one of the 17 people killed in the massacre. >> i want to make sure that i can do the best that i can to ensure other children are safe. >> for "today," stephanie gosk, new and now to an update on the story we first told you about on tuesday. the texas teenager who survived a plane crash recovering this morning in a michiganhospital. show you this miraculous video yesterday. you can see the 17-year-old roll out of the burning wreckage and run away. his father and stepmother died in that crash. we spoke to one of his best friends who says when she heard the news, she didn't believe it. >> and it, the video popped

of him tumbling out of the plane and i just -- i lost it. i like -- i was like, this isn't real. this i fake news stuff and -- it'shiust like t can't be real. can't be happening. for a good 30 minutes i didn't think it was real. >> sophie hasn't talked to payton yet but tdt tal to his mother by her son's side saying he is off the ventilator and doing well and having t surgery tod treat burns. >> all>>right. > the news covered. whato we say we have a morning boost. >> we need it! >> portland lillard wanted to s thnd give something back to his community. he tweeted he would be handing out free sneakers and he drove the truck himself. he gave away dozens of boxes of when he ran out, stayed around and signed autographs. may not have been bor here but definitely has some portland in this bloo >> and a lot of hometown fans, too. >> absolutely. coming up, one young star's

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>> reporter: a facebook post re v, her mother posted this going down a playground slide at moment she bro l herer leg. the toddler's foot escaping her mother'slap. her sneaker catching on the side of the the mom is sharing their story to alert parents to the danger of going down slides with your child. >> i see parents riding down slides all thehe time withir kids and don't think anybody- most parents aren't aware of is th. everybody is shocked that that's a possibility and that ta could happen. >> meadow is unfortunately one of manyheccording to cdc from 2002 to 2015, 350,000 children under the age of 5 win jured on slid thaow a third were leg fractures like meadow's. some doctors posting youtube videos to warn parents. >> put together an illustration. >> reporter: while some experts suggest carefully tucking your children's legs between yours,

claire says that's t howt fateful ride started. the mom claims there's no safe ldway for a chi to go down in their apparent's and signs should be posted warning exactly that. >> test way to go down is not in the parent's lap but stand next to the slide and let the child go down while guarding them. >> reporter: the rate of all play grount playground injuries increased. 200,000 childrennder 14 are yearred on them every >> reporter: i see these injuries. parents feel guilty. crying, upset what happened to l the think back to your own childhood, how any ofo got tthe point of adults is way beyond me. we all get injured in childhood and tend to>>recover. if i can take the pain she felt and guilt i felt use that as ietus to create change is

most important to me. >> reporter: we reached out to the playground industry and have yet to hear back. as parents, so many things to worry about. >> last on the list. who knew? >> and myat pecian, shocking. i'll tell you one thing. i said, okay. if you evero down aslide, never have your kid with you on that, and said the number on injury they see is just what was reported. i had never heard of it either. are you positive? >> you think you're doing the right thing? right. >>hioing with your. >> you think that is the safe thing. >> something important to cover. >> yes.he getord out. >> thank you, sheinelle. >> thank you. a check of the weather from al. er "today's" weas brought to you by liberty mutual insurance. only pay for what you need. and don't get me started on the monkey bars! oh! those things are crazy. anyway, we're looking at a lot of wet weather in the eastern third of the country. everything else fairly quiet, and that's good news.

but we are talking about a lot of heat today. we are looking at temperatures that are going to be in the triple digits. air temperatures in the triple digits fro the gulf coast on into texas, central plains and into the sohwest. not even talking about heat indexes, and that's going to be a big problem. so summer heat safety. you want make sure to drink plenty of water and stay. hydrat driving, keep something in the back seat so we don't have any car wedeaths. on't want that. avoid outdoor c o activit y your elderly family, neighbors and friends during thisheat. it's awfully dangerous and lots of water for your pets. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody. over washington and raindrops in parts of the shenandoah valley and thunderstormin theountains of west virginia. most of that grazing the northern half of the d.c. metro area over the nex three to four hours. rain chances rain very very high for the rest of the day.

so just be ready for some rain today. nothing major. 60% chance of rain already. that's probably going upou to 80% for the evening with rumbles of thunder around, but no severe weather pected. that's your latest weather. guys? >> al, thank you. we areaunching a new rossen report. summer survival. >> keeping the bald guy bad gu our house while you enjoy vacation. >> doing what i do. here to help. police say i this peak season for home break-ins. june, july and august, burglars spike. makes sen. so many onnd vacationo nice out, we're not home. thieves know it. don't you worry.e we h you covered. my team and i discovered three everyday products you canri get t now. they're pretty cheap. they say they can keep your home secure, b do they actually work? we're about to find out. >> reporter: the videos are

chilling. criminals lurking around homes. crawling through windows. breaking in and invading your home. it's socommon, the fbi says a burglary occurs every 20 seconds, but now, new ways to secure your home on the cheap. love that. talking about products that cost less than $35, and you can get them online. you can get them at any home improvement store. do it yourself products, which i know sounds scary. trustme, i am really bad around the house. this is so easy i can do it. that means you can, too. testing them, we recruited a career criminal who spent seven years in prison and is now reformed. these days he helps prevent break-ins. with the homeowner's permission he's going to break into this house. seattle police on the scene watching. his first stop, o the backf the house. this sliding

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heard he said pretty bad stuff about us. >> really? that doesn't sound like him. >> i heard he said we're all no talent, low lives, lost souls. >> that's not right. that'sconan. hold on. i'll get him. >> hoe, hey guys. what's up? >> talking about p whatsident trump said last night. >> president who? p. tr donald trump. the real estate guy who sells steaks. >> he's p. sident? >> y >> wow. >> both fallon and colbert played this identical open their shows. to something we didn't get to in he royalroundup. first paul mccartney then eldon john, t years ago -- now sir barry gibb received a knighthood from prince charl at buckingham palace on tuesday. honored for services to music and ity. gibb called it the greatest honor you can receive and took a moment to honor his late band members saying if it was not for

my brothers i wouldot be here. if i had spent my whole life writing songs on my ownou it have meant something else altogether. i hope and pray they are aware of what's happened. congratulations to him. and up next, lonny chavis, the child star plays young randall appearanpearson on "thi" billing about his g in his teeth. he delivered a powerful message. >> trolling tking about my gaps. braces can fix this, were ut can you fix your heart,? thou there are kids out here, like, killing themselves just because of y'allating and trolling and -- and doing just -- crazy stuff. i mean. >> it's stupid. is it fun?no it hurts people. if y'all kids are watching this, like -- dontrip. be who you want to be. i mean, do what you want to do. do you. be you. >> good f him. >> all right. >> yes!

>> wow.t a f wisdom from a 10-year-old. >> yeah. and the kangs caption, told followers he's going to keep on smiling. ose who get bullied, you are beautiful, you are awesome and you matter. >> sweet. >> by thech way, c season three of "this is us" this september right here on nbc. and finally, julia louis-dreyfus, the veep star battles breast kansa her 31 reons to smile monday. she and her husband cebrating 31 years of marriage. marking the occasion with thiso le throwback photo on instagram. writing 31,000ears ago i married my current boyfriend. the couple met in college at rthwestern in the early 1980s. louis-dreyfus saying she knew matc away she met her happy anniversary to them. >> awesome. >> daily kick. a good one. cetereang nigeria 2-1, argentina adv in the world cup. no one more excited than the

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watching coverage of the world cup on our sister network telemundo. >> what does he do for an encore after that? a lot longer. >> world cup love. okay? >> always manages to outdo >> oh, yeah. gh. >> who is over in the orange . >> sorry. i really like you, but, i'm sorry. it's hugh grant. >> there he is. >> oh, wow. >> don't trip. >> first time we meet i was always lik -- hello, how are you? good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> are you a morning >> not at all. >> i could tell. you just had that look at you. >> i'moi to are very unpleasant. >> we'll look forward that that after your local news and weather. thank you.

local lanes at the wil bridge. police activity. seeing a slowdown. 66, aeastbound 50, crash cleared. delays. westund looking the right side there this morning. looking at 270 southbound towards the outer loop crash clear but still a slowdown. >> all right melissa. thank you. a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us. whoooo.

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good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. clouds over washington.in raindrophe shenandoah valley and thunderstorms mountains of vewest virginia. grab your umbrella. likely to bethaining befor day is over.

not that hot today. plenty humid. not hot. heat and humidity, here for the weekend. >> thank you, chuck. of course, get the news and weather anytime on the nbc washington app.

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>> i'm excited about that. >> i bet you are. and dale earnhardt jr. will be here on megyn kellegyn kell and born into the church of scientologist, lt 30 years left the church and is speaking out about his experience. he'll be on exclusively in a te wvision interviewh us. >> thank you, megyn. >> you bet. and a check of the weather, al roker? >> center do. there's sunshine right there. meantime, see what else we've got around the country. heavy rain moving into the northeast. interior northeast. building into thes central pla and a fire danger. sunny skies pacific northwest continuing tomorrow record highs in the plains. fire danger in the southwest. heavy rain into new england and forecast, hot weather.w live tomor isolated storms. hot and humid on friday. 97 and hot and humid ontu saay. and we're going to be on "nbc

nightly news" tonight from st. louis talking about all of the heat and humidity. dangerous weather. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happeniyour neck of the woods. good morning, everybody. it i a very cloudy start. one or two slivers of sunshine will be spotted today, but also rain near the blue ridge at thim moment ae rain in the mountains of west virginia. so rain chances will increase with tim as we go through the day. ucurrently we're in theer 60s and low 70s. not a big warm-up today. most areas in the upper 70s tro rightd 80 degrees with showers and thunderstorms likely. especially lat on in the day. tomorrow from clouds to sunshine turning warmer near 90. headed for the beach this weekend, hot, humid a dry. >> hoda kotb getting some girl scout cookies. well i d't have anyash on me. >> i need somemoney. need cash! one dollar? >> we'll get resome. >> where you guys from?

there you go. oh. more mone there you go. ten bucks for girl scout cookies. etty good deal. >> al, thank you. we all know, of course, nobody does a romantic comedy e hugh grant but the dashing and talented brit is taking a different turn forn his role amazon's three-part series called "aery english scandal" plays a member of the british parliament living a double lif and hidin more than a few secrets. take a look. >> my wife says gay means happy. >> absolutel right. and i intend to be very happy. very many times in my life. very much. >> careful now. i'm not sure anybody's worth ending up in prison for. >> we are nothing but a pair of queens. to her majesty. her majesty. >> hugh grant, goorning. >> good morning. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. >> do you like watching clips of yourself? >> if i'd been able to see it, i

would have quite enjoyed . i heard it and thought it sounded marvelous. what you forgot to say,tavannah is t it's a true story. >> that's what i was actually -- i have itritten right here. >> i beg your pardon. >> look what i thwrote. happy happened. >> yes, okay. >> this really happened. in iowengland, they we don't hear. >> a big deal in the '70s, leader o one of our great parties was a staunch member of blishment. went to eaton, a posh school, and very much a member of the establishment basically took out a hi a very amateurish english hit on his ex gay lover who was threatening to expose him as being gay and, you know,st ying his career and his marriage and everything. >> it's a fascinating role for to you play. a lot of people say, oh, used to hugh playing the charming cad or romantic lead and -- jeremy thorpe is a villain.

trying to kill his former lobur, he has sort of a charming villain, wouldn't you say? >>as he very smooth and charming of a man for sure. but beneath that, yes. he was completely ruthless. narcicissticin in the way i thk a lot of politicians are. seen them at close quarters doing political work in england. people often say politics is show business for the ugly. and i think that's sort of true, areuse the egos at wor quite -- they're terrifying. of course, he's a tragic figure, because in those days, especially the early part of his life in the '60s, it was aim al offense to be gay, and not only that, but it was just -- i m a in his position was exposed as being gay, then they killed themselves. that's something the series goes into. >> sympathy there, because of the plight. >> yes. >> a those who areay and it was yacht lawed unt outlawed un. on the other hand, he tried t

kill h former lover. >> definitely naughty. yes. but hil . it was bungled. you know? one englishman saying to another, could we possibly bump this chap off? he phones someone who phone someone and phones someone and way down the line got the world's most useless hitman. >> is also funny. kind of dark. >> a lot of black comedy. and that was the appeal to me. >> getting great views. the bbc put it together. >> some money from lovely amazon. yes, exactly. >> and if it comes out on -- comes out on amazon prime on friday. i've nerve her such good reviews so i'm thrilled. >> you know what your reviews are so good. read one a three-hour miniseries and theyished it was six hours and nobody ever says that. >> i agree. it's lovely. they wouldn't like it if we went back and made another three hours. >> talk about your news, because you're married forever you were thebachelor. there was george clooney and there was you and now you are

married. how is life as a newlywed and congratulations! >> thank very much. you don't think i'm too young? >> no, no. don't rush into anythino. >> it's really nice. i can't pretend it isn't. i should have done it before but -- i'm just lucky. i'm lucky. i have a great -- wife. i love her. >> and you've got five little kids. i mean, i can't imaginein trav with you. i just got back. i have two little kids. traveling with toddler, not that fun. >> unspeakable and moral torment, travel with them or make an excuse. they have to t go withir mom or a nanny. o've done it. you feel smug when you get to the other end. >> congratulations on all the good things happening in your life. we're so happy t have youhere. people should check it out "a very english scandal" it is very english, starting this friday on

amazon prime, streaming. and mel b., did you likels spice g back in the day. >> loved the spice girl. >> it's your day.en you glad you got up so early? >> i wouldn't go that far. the people p next, have spoken when it comes to this year's best beauty products. we're going to reveal real readers' choice awards, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back with beauty produc you're going to want to stock up on. friends of allure magazine tallied up the votes for their annual readers' choice buyers awards. executive beauty director i with us. jenny, thank you for this issue. a big one it is. >> you guysested things. your viewers and readers have voted, and let's start with hair. all right. this is a two in one. >> it is a two in one. this is a flat iron from chi. make some of the best irons

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favorite lip gloss ever tried is rihanna's, too. another one. this is a lip gloss i love. bert's bees. craig's lovesit. you do? of course. which do you like? >> i like the one that's brown. >> also try juniper water. lovely mulberry. burt's bees swept the section in the awards. lip balm, everyone knows and loves. won for best lip balm and lipstick. not everyone knows they have grea lipstick. it's natural. color is rich and really lasts and this juniper water shade was the winner. >> kind o eer. a little color but -- >> right. you don't need a mirror. >> thank you, great. do you want more or allure's beauty choice award winners head we our ite. coming up, the brother/sister duo getting creative toind retail success. what they're doing to get you

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you magic and we're in the early innings. >> that's so cool! l>> it is c and they say they're doing so much more than just posting on social mediapi ures of their products. they really want to open a dialogue and have a with parents about what they want, what they need, and really talk with them aspped to just talking at them. >> i love the fact it's brother and sister. you 'sknow? ike that aspiration that siblings love each heotr. they can get along. >> yes. >> tell that to mine, too. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. bc moment. this is "today" on

savanna headh across the street top of the hour to join megyn y.ke and first up, birthdays, 100 years young, secret to longevity, try not to be ressed.

you' like that idea. and celebrating 100-years, world war ii veteran spent his career working at a school ad nistrator. we salute you, sir. and from miami, florida.s known the family historian because she loves to tell stories that date back as far as the 1920s. and mary cy, celebrating the big milestone with 13 grdkids and 12 great-grandkids, and also 100, served his country during world war ii and we salute you, sir, for your service. last, certainly not least, happy 100th birthday to a retired nker who sho a lot of interest. from illinois. says the secret to longevity, eat a piece of chocolate every day. >> ooh. iat like and, al, we mentioned earlier you were packing yr bags heading to st. louiselrating the reopening of therch way.

>> yep. >> some ofuit. finest have a message. >> hi, al. jon hamm hear you're going to my home town. >> if i were you and wish wou would, go to frozen custard. >> and go to a game. >> ride an elevator to the top and see for miles. it's air conditioning. don't sweat it. >> and have a wonderful, t wonderfue in st. louis, al. >> really, enjoy the humidity, hot.se it's going to be -- >> yes it is. in fact, doing "nightly news" tr there tonight talking about all the heat ow tinre. to be rough. i like those. kind of have a hostage video quality. really nice. >> especially -- >> and thank you. >> saf travel. >> have one form. >> megyn kelly up next, all after your local news.

>> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, june 27, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. right now a check on the roads mollet.lissa and your first 4 traffic. how's it going? >> hi, eun. local lianes on the wilson bridge, still a delay. and police activity in this area block the right side right n and 270 still a little slow as

you head southbound. and here's a spur. earlier crash. crash is clear, just still have delays. eun? melissa, thank you. a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. whoooo.

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good morning, everybody. cloudy around washington. rain drops along the blue ridge no and steadier rain in the mountains of west virginia. all generally speaking ce in our direction. no heavy rain rest of the morning hours. best chance forteadier rain and thunderstorms here in the city come after about 5:00 or 6:00. temperaturewise, low 70s around the area now. upper 70s to nea 80 the high today. have that umbrella ready to go. >> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather toytime in the nbc washing app.

[ cheers and applause ] good morning, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm megyn kelly. we begin today with the ongoing osion of our cultural norms, like civility and respectful debate. last night, transportation secretary, elaine cho, caught on camera, defding h husband, senateajority leader, mitch mcconnell, as they were leaving an event, trying to get into their car. watch this. >> why are you separating families? >> why don't you leave my husband alone? >> why are you separating families? >> back up. back up. back up. back up. back up.