kids. >> goat kids i'll take few of those. >> how about that. >> love >> a russian reversal, president trump walks back his election meddling remarks made along side vladimir putin in helsinki after heavy criticism, and many are not buying it. >> at,hocking laws why the mandalay bay hotel i suing victims in the shooting of las vegas. baseball's biggest stars shine through the rain. the highlights through the all-star slug fest. >> the pug life chosehim. a dog winds up on the wrong side of t law in new jersey. "early today" starts right now. >> we begin in morning with a

walk-back seen around the world, the president of the united states attempting to back awa from his previous remarks in held sink is -- in helsinki, he said that he believed the denial of putin over his own intelligence agencies when it came to the interference i the 2016 presidential election. now the president saying he did not mean to support tin's denial and he simply misspoke.g read allowed from a script, he added hiswn caveats after, it was a clarification that made the commander and chief look like he was in a hostage video according to a fox news host. >> while it was the president that took ihe lead his own back track, we are learning that it was mr. trump's vice prryident and secre of state who urged the reversal, as the admistration continues to find itself under fire from the right and the left had after that disasterous helsinki press conference. peter alexander has more from the white house. >> i thought that the meeting that i had with president putin

was really strong. >> reporter: first the backlash now the walk back. president trump reading from ivering hismarks d attempt at a do-over. offering this explanation what he meant s to in helsinki. >> and a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't the sentenchould have been, i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. sey -- sort of a double negativean so, you put that in, and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> reporter: but here is what the world heard? >> they said, they think it's russia. i hav president putin. he just said it not russia. i will say this had, i don't sei any reason wwould be sdwl. >> reporter: mr. trump expressing his full faith in america's intelligence agency that he threw underhe bus monday. but in the very next breath, again, casting doubt.

>> i accept on our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. uld be other people also. rere's a lot of people out there. orter: the rare reversal briefly interrupted when the cabinet room turned dark. >> i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. whoops, they just turned off the lights, that must be the intellig >> reporter: cameras in the room catching a glimpse of the withdent's typed script, mr. trump writing in the words "there was no collusion" a point he stressed. there was knno collusion at all and people have are seen it and seen it strongly. >> reporter: still the clarificatn does little to erase his stunning comments, side-by-side with putin, blaming ssia a the u.s. for worsening relations. >> i hold both countries responsible. i think tha united states has been are foolish. >> reporter: again the oesident's refusing denounce

the russian leader. >> mr. president, will you publically condemn vladimir putin? reporter: that fiasco in finland sent the president's team here scrambling. we are told that top national security officials tuesday moing huddled for an unscheduled meeting to address the fall-out. philip? >> i bet, pete thank you. >> and this morning democrat senators are not backing down, a handful are urging the interpreter who joined the president in his one on one discussion with putin to appear on capitol hill and divulge what was said in the two hour meeting. they continue to blast the president with his embrace of tin with more than a few republicans jumping on board. >> reporter: it was really the republican backlash that stood out on capitol hil with republicans anywhere from silenr to fuming hat the president had to say. rejecting his own intelligencea ts even his director and

believing the dannenial of vladr putin. the lawmakers are wondering what he said publically, what did he say behind closed doors. they are calling for the interpreter to turnover notes ot testify to w was said in the meeting and critics are skeptical about the presidt's do-over. >> i don't know accept the president's comments today. if he want to make th comments he should have had the strength to make them in front of vladimirputin. >> what is president putin going take out of the president's action t today? th man is weak. that he is afraid. that he is cowardus. >>sia is a menacing government, they do not share our values. i think that should be made clear. >> those of us criticizing what happened in heinki, is because of a dislike of putin and a love of americanvaundamental es. >> i think the russians need to

know that a lot of us understand what happened in 2016 and it really bette n happen again in 2018. >> thed presidented s he misspoke, we will hear more when he meets h with cabinet, later today. >> see whahe has to say then, tracy, thank you. >> now to the news that the world has been waiting for. the 12 bs and their soccer coach, rescued from a flooded thai cave last week after being trappedwo weeks will be discharged from the hospital in a few hours. that is a day ahead h of schedule, the officials say you -- ahe of their schedule, the officials are saying because of their fast recovery. we will hear from them in a press conference. later today, but officials say, it wlyl be careful controlled to ensure that the boys can go back to the regular lives. >> a suspected serial killerhis bars in houston after he was spotted returning to the he is facing charges for three muers accused in a crime spree that spanned two weeks.

a journalist recognized the murderer a called in thetip. well, after a short chase, the deputies arrested the 46-year-old suspect. investigators say that rodriguez was on parole and had cut off his ankle monitor. >> the american league versus the national league. fo a while,t looked like the game was not going happen. strong storms poured down on national's mark had in the afternoon and flooded -- park in the afternoon, and flooded the dugout. e mid summer classic was a record breaking slug fest. aaron judge and mike trout got the action started with solo i homers the second and third innings respect you havely to gi -- reectively, and the nl answered. then it was trevor story frmpt the rockies, he -- from the ckies, he tied it up in the seventh. to the top of the author. e-run bomba hit a th to put the american league back up 5-2. in the bottom half, the brewers,

christian yelich had a solo jack of his own. to the bottom of the ninth. scooter gennett hit a long ball, tieing the the score at 5 and it sent the all-star game in to extra innings for the second straight year. and thats where two defending champions stepped it up. the xastros, a bregman and george springer went back-to-back, t give the a.l, the 7-5 lead. segura scored one more insurance run. and then, on the bottom of the nth. joey votto, would try to keep the nl's hopes alive, to get the score to 8-6. that is all they could muster. forhe sixth straight year, the a.l won. now, it will be all clear. for a lot of . >> niceday, you can get outside, enjoy the weather. we will see a different day than

yesterday. the storms are out of there. we are seeing the windirection change. bringing the cool canadian air, it's niceo be on the mild/warm side of the northeast. the humidity will drop throughout the day. we will see temperatures in the upper 70s in some parts. 80 in chicago, 87 in louisville, just 83 in boston and cooler tomorrow with temperatures in the 70s in boston. 83 in burlington. hell, that's a look at the big weather story of day. here's a closer look at the day ahead. we have moved the storms out of here in the northeast. but we will see stormy weather in the p centralins and hail and flash flooding. look at the temperatures in the south. very, very hot, temperatures 104 in san antonio, and 106 tomorrow in dallas. >> so, it was a rough day yesterday, a lot of flash flooding and thunderstorms and really nic today. yeah, it's the bay pack that we get. >> exactly. >> michelle, t >> a new bar has been said in the wnba, liz cambage scored a

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vegas, is suing the victims of a mass shting. the lawsuit is not seeking money, but angered the victims, th the attorneys calling the move reprehensible. ♪ >> days before the worst shooting in mod weren ameri history, steven paddock, amassed an arsenal in the mandalay b hotel in las vegas. carrying twnt plus pieces of -- 20 plus pieces of luggag he went on to kill 58 people and wound 500 others. now, the owner of the resort, that faces over a thousand victims lawsuits has turned saround andd those shooting victims back. >> there's confusion by the victims. now they are being sued by one ofpa the largest ces in america for getting shot, they are in disbelief and they are mad. >> the company is not looking for mone buts asking two

federal courts to throw out the cases, because mgm said it's protected under a federal anti-terrorism law. that law shields private companies from financial liability following a terrorist attack. if the business relied on hocurity measures certified by the department of land securi security. mgm said it did. ut the fbi never declared the las vegas shooting a terrorist attack. >> this had nothing to do with nterrorism and they have motive for the shooting. >> in a statement, mgm frwrites the day of the tragedy, we have focused on the recovery of those impacted by the act o one evil individual. adding, years of drawn out litigation and hearings are not in the best interest of victims, the community and those still healinho for victimselieve the hotel could have done a better job protecting them, lawyers say, a speedyesolution is not their first priority. nbc news. >> still ahead, late night hosts take on president trump'

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just about 4:00 a.m. now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. a big night in d.c. all sorts of storms. the all-star game was nearly a

wash. nats t all that rain a park. it soaked the field and flooded the dugout. field crews immediately sprang into action drying off what they could and pumping out the water. still, it made for a very wet start to that much-anticipated game. w>> i sawater in that neighborhood like never before. >> this was the gw parkway. this was i am packed by the storm yesterday. floodedalut in sev places. nearly 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour at reagan national up the road from here. more than a dozen carsn were stuck the water. suddenly rose and rose quickly. many drivers hado be rescued. the big question this morning, can we expect another rou today? >> we'll check in with melissa mollet. it certainly feels nicer this morning. >> rain is done, done ne. 2.63 inches of rain in one hour

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