good morning, wicked weather coast-to-coast, some storms trigger dangerous flooding in the east. emergency declared. a popular theme park shuts down 34 million people from the carolinas to new england bracing for even more heavy rain while out west another 40 milli facing yet another day of record breaking heat.ol out of con more than 60 people killed coernight as wildfires rage along the greek t. tourists trapped by flames forced to flee into the ocean.ge emy evacuations near athens creating a traffic nightmare during the peak summer season. we're live with the ve latest.

unprecedted move uproar on capitol hill as president trump threatens to revoke the security clearances of former officials o have criticized him. >> that is exactly what you seei in authorian regimes. >> this morning why th dwhite house bling down and gearing up for a fight. those stories plus -- that young soccer team in thailand taking part in a special ceremony overnight as they pay respect to those who rescued them. no laughing matter. >> drop the gun, or i'll touch you. usa. >> new controversy surrounding sacha baron cohen's show after duping elected oicial into using racial slurs and dropping his pants on camera. >> get your tickets out, the

mega millions and powerball skyrocket to three-quarters of a billion dollars combined. hey, everybody. welcome to "today. j thank you fning us on tuesday morning. we did see three-quarters of a >> a billion dollars. i know. that's when we start getting excited. >> we're going to get to that a little la we're going to start with dangerous weather impacting tens of millions across the country. in the east relentless rains out we. a new round of record breaking heat on tap.e we'r going to talk to alain minute. first, nbc's catie beck in baltimore for us. hey, catie, g d mornin >> reporter: good morning, hoda thchl july c tld be soggiest. this city has seen 10 inch of rainfall and more in the next few days. peoplere bracing for flooding.

coast-to-coast. wiherelddf wileir in maryland hs trapping people in cars, leading a number of water rescues. in pennsylvania, pounding rains producing dangerous flooding. >> got ready for work. next thing you know, i go down and my basement starts flooding. >> this high school in t schuylkill couurned into makeshifen evacuationter for devastated residents. zachary scrambling to the roof of his jeep during flooding, live streaming before being rescued by firefighters. >> i can't sn me first place so i wasn't jumping into those waters. >> hershey park forced to close due to excessive rainfall over the last few days and localized flooding. idthis v showing a creek just track. roller coaster a woman killed in fairf county, virginia, after a large tree crashed into a house.

ripping rooms off homes and flattening fences. up the coast in myrtle beach, vacationers comingac face-toe with a waterspout this. bystander video showing it turning into a tornado, whipping its way onshore. >> there is a message from the city of houston. >> other parts of the country ar dealing with oppressive heat wave. >> heat advisory extended for monday afternoon. residents seeking relief may access city cooling centers. >> sweltering conditions out west puttings californi on high alert. >> excessive heat warning. valleys, mountains, desert. >> reporter: parts of arizona are facing dangerous heat. in phoenix set agnew daily record at 115 deees. folks there are interesting urged to stay indoors and stay . hydrat meanwhile a much cooler story here in the northeast. savannah and hoda. >> all right, catie beck in bald. thank you. any relief from th heat out

west, rain on the way? al is tracking things in mainet morning. >> hey, you guys. the answer is no. here.got a foggy morning we are looking at rain not too far away. in fact, we've got flash flood watches and flash flood warnings a huge swath of the thst. ground is saturated. any heavy downpours could cause flooding. the flood threat along carolina coast, pennsylvania back into virginia. tomorrow it moves east and north. we've got a moderat risk from philelphia down to new york city, hartford, connecticut, slight risk down t seaboard. 3 to 5" of rain total by fridayi could seeall rates 2 to 4" per hour and locally inch of rain. heat into texas, 42 million peopleodt risk for

dangerous heat. we're talking about temperatures that will reach well over 100 grees from texas all the way into the southwest. we'll have more on that coming up in the next half hour. guys. >> all right, al. thank you so much. breaking news right now, the death toll is climbing from out of control wildfires near athens greece. residents and tourists forcing some to flee into the oce as crews struggle with flames. keir simmons has the latest for us. goodepmorning. >>ter: good morning. people trying to enjoy their holidays. terrible stories, families fleeing. one of the victims hitting a six-month-old baby. hitting a vacation resort. people on the beach trapped by flames. >>g rag in fern oss sweeping across greece, flames tearing across hillsides, ripping across coastal communities.

while states of emergency has bee dlaureclared in parts of th city of athens, dozens have died, 26 in one villa alone since the blaze broke out on suyay. as m as 100 homes destroyed. this man says the fire began from the mountain peak. when i spott the fire the wind was blowing. just in 10 minutes, the fire ept all over the place. armies of fflts from across the country are battling multiple wildfireshat officials say are the worst to hit greece in over a decade. greece's prime minter under pressure. we are doing everything humanly possible to try and tackle these fires. what concerns us is that there are fires occurring simultaneously. evacuation orders caused major traffic jams as residents and tourists fled the flames.e threek coast guard deploying boats to rescue nearly 100 people trapped on a beach by one raging fire. we went into the sea, this man

says, because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. it burned our backs and we dived into the water. i said, my god, we must run to saveve oursel officials say an extremely dry winter and warm summer created tinderbox ficials. greek officials reaching out to other count es in europe including italy, germany and france now assisting with support from the air and on the ground. but with temperatures set to soar again, there is now ae desperate ro get the deadly fires under control. the greek prime minister just announce add three-day national mourning period. guys, i've certainan not heard hing like this. one survivor who was on the beach said he grabbed a beach towel, soaked it, used it to protectis wife andhim. he thinks that quick thinking saved his and his wife's life. >> wow. all right, keir simmons. keir, thank you. alsore isdent trump using his office to exact

revenge on his critics. he's nowondering pulling the security clearances of several former top national sec officials who have harshly criticized his leadership. nbc national correspondent peter report from our the white house. peter, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. former national security officials routinely keep their security clearances so they share their expertise with their successors. the president's detractors say it's another effort to detract from mueller vgs. it signals the willingness to se powers of presidency to retaliate against vocal critics. this morning new backlash following unprecedente threat following fiercest critics. >> this is a feeble attempt by this white house to chang the conversation. >> the white house it may revoke security clearances from six former national tur sy officials who served democrats and republicans. >> as they politicize and in some cases monetize their public service and security clearances

making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by the president -- >> the list senior security analyst john brennan. followinek last summit with vladimir putin brennan blasted the president for openlh questionin own intelligence agency's conclusions that russia interfered with u.s. elections calling it nothing short of trees treasonous. >> i equate it to -- >> jamesomey lost his security clearance when he was fired lass year. comey on twitter to challange amer to identify all the public figures president trump has criticized. writing, ask your self, why i puti missing from the list. president trump has repeatedly targeted his political critics. st week asked whether u.s. intelligence agenciesre out to get him. >> you look at brenn, clapp hayden, you look a comey.

very hard to have that group. >> former security officials keep their clearance so they can talk about sensitive matters ccessors. hayden tweeting, i don't go back on classified briefs, won't have any affect on what i say or wright. president obama's james clapper calling mr. trump's threattt >> if he chooses to do it for political reasons,, we i think that's a terrible precedent and sad commentary, abuse of the system. >> 24 hours ago we woke up to the president'swell caps telling iran not to threaten the u.s. or else. has iran nowre onded? >> yeah, iran did respond late monday on twitter. this is from javad zarif from an, "color us unimpressed. the word herpd harsher bluster a few months ago. we've been around for millennia.

in all caps, be cautious. the president was pressed on his warning to in monday. take aenli. >> mr. president, concerned with provoking tension wall street iran. >> not at all. not at all. >> sarah sanders was asked about this in the briefing yesterday. she would not discuss whether the president is deploying the same tactice used with kim jong-un of fkz trying north koro orce a meeting earlier this room. >> peter alexander, thank you so much. to thera tc duck boat accident. it is back in the hands of federal investigators. more srs of the deadly accident are sharing their stories for the first time. nbc's ron mott has the latest. hey, ron, good morning. >> good morning to you. this duck boat is now thee centerpif evidence in this case. its records are going to be poured over, those safety records, as officials try to first determine why itank and perhaps if then is to blame.

>> the duck boat pulled from the bottom of the boat, unused life ackets dangling from its canopy. this morning new questions being raised about whether it should have been on the lake with severe weather approaching. fourteen people survived theer disancluding tia coleman. her husband glen and three children children, aria, evan and reese among the 17 >> somebody told me that when they found my husband he had all three of my babies. so the reason i couldn't find them is because he waspr ecting them. >> despite near hurricane force winds and rough waters tia says passengers were discouraged from using life jackets. >> we were also told there are life jackets and they are above you. you don't need to know wheey re because you won't need to use them. >> the captain, 51-year-ol nneth mckee seen in a picture of dailymail.com survived. his attorney tells nbc news

neither he nor his client is speaking publicly at this time. the questions about safety continue to swirl. the associated press reports the boat was pulled from operations for four months in015 by the u.s. coast guard for a, quote, hazardous unsafe condition. in 2011 the boat lost steering on this same lake with 30 passengers aboard, although ina that it was able to make it back to shoresafely. >> holding this family up -- >> in indiana aigil for the colemans who lost nine family forers, all of them posing this happy photo shortly before this i fated boat. a chaplain who visited with tia and another family, all nine survived, questions about why one perished and others survived. >> why h one nine die and another had nine live. that is difficult to understand and comprehend, soare all wrestling with that.

>> funerals for the 17 people who dieded are plaf the coming days. meantime ripley entertainment, e companies that own the duck boats said it is going to pay for medical and funeralxpses for those families affected. it also said safety is the top priority. hoda, savannah. >> ron mott in savannah. ron, thanks. a lot more to get to.ft we'll shigears. tell you about the young soccer team rescued in thailand. ey took partn a really special ceremony overnight. lucy kafanov has been covering that. lucy good morning to you. >> hey, savannah, good morning. thehe boys and coach survived an unimaginable ordeal thanks to that miraculous rescue. most come from devout booedist families. before life gets back to normal, they are doing something very special as a gesture. this morning they are shavi their heads, putting on traditional robes and entering a british monastery to honor those who saved their lives. this morning medication and reflection for boys lucky to be alive. eleven members of the soccer

team rescued from the tha cave taking their first steps towards enlightenment,o trading become buddhist novices while their coach will be ordained as a monk. their christian teammates staying home. they will spend nine days in a monastery, a form of spiritual cleansing steeped in thai tradition. this monk says it's an spicious and devine ceremony. their mission now waking up at dawn for prayers and onmedita cleaning the temple grounds and fasting. it's a traditional thai way for giving thanks for the safeyi return and p for the soul of the thai diver who lost his lifesaving theirs. the boys spend ten days trapped in a dramatic cave. eramatic moment they were found captured on camera. >> how many? thirteen. brilliant. >> their days spent in terror trapped in darkness by flash floo their coach teaching them t

meditate to keep their spirits highel and hp them cope. eir extraordinary three-day rescue mission was followed by millionsross the world. each boy was tethered to an expert diver to get through narrow and dangerous passages. the boys carried out on strehers, flown tospitals to recover for days. now grateful to be alive and taking time to reflect. they will be living inside the monastery forng almost as s they were trapped, nine days. that's considered to be a luckn number in ththailand. could have gone on longer, guys. as one boy's mother said, they have to study, prepare for exams. thers a lot for these incredible teens have to catch up on. >> i'm sure their moms and dads want them home. thanks for the update. >> we'll head to maine for the rest of al's forecast. good morning, al. >> good morning. georgetown, maine. can't see much of it.

tides coming in, a little on the foggy side. craig melvin, meteorologist chuck bell. heavy rain across frederick

county maryland and montgomery county. rain chances remain very high for the rest of the more heavy rain now down across parts of southern be rainfall ready. rainfall amounts could be one to two inches or re. same story tomorrow. the flood risk is very, very high. a avoid high fast moving water at all costs. craig still aleap inside. >> is sneh or is he doing hair and makeup? >> no. he's asleep right now. we're going to go wake h up in just a little bit very gently. very gently. i can't wait for that moment. >> i left a mint on hispillow. >> and a comment card we hope as well. al, thank you. >> coming up sacha baron cohen takes on establishment. whileoliticians he's duped for his show are all under fire.

>> an nbc news exclusive. is china sending students to the u.s. to steal our technology. this is the so-called elon musk of china. he's at the center of growing tensmakingip road

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ho about claire barton parkway after the beltway.ba , crash on the left side. beltway, take a look. it is that green showing you where the rain is falling. lots of flooding in different spots. eastbound 66 after suddenly, very,y v slow. >> we're also following the latest on an overnight stabbing at a metro station. >> stay with us.

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we're back at 7:30. there's a scene straight out of nature. al enjoying the foggy morning up in in look at the little campfire. >> where is craig? where is craig? >>e very, very quiet, still igeeping. >> cs in our winnego. >> parentapparently he's not th morning person we thought he was. >> al is going to do a fun wakeup. >> we're going to do a check of today's headlines. president trump is threatening to revoke security carances of several top former national tecurity officials t criticized his leadership, john brennanir and formertor of intelligence james peclapr. also named former fbi dsector

jameomey who lost his security clearance when he was fired last year. sarah sanders accused the former officials of having politicized, and in some cases monetized their public service. >> breaking news in greece overnight. more than 60 people died in forest fires sweeping through popular seaside aas in the greek capital. nearly 200 people have been hospitalized. the fires are spreading rapidly, too, right into inhabited areas preventing people from getting out of their homes and cars. greece has requested help from other european countries. a building that was scheduled to be torn down suddenly collapsed in miami beach on sunday sending a man to thhospital. cell phone video capturedt the momen it tumbled to the ground in a cloud of dust and debris. a 46-year-old man hurt while he was reportedly hit by a

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news. undercover cohen convinced him to do some pretty outrageousth gs on camera. take a look. who is america? sacha baron cohen's new show becoming must-see tv for all the ong reasons. politicians and newsmakers in the cross-hairs of a provocateur into tricking people into outlandish interviews. the comtroversialian known as borat now back with all new aracters including conspiracy theories who interviews bernie sanders and ted koppel in a new show on showtime and israeli gun expert toonvinces gun advocates to participate in arming children. >> remember point puppy mouth in the middle of the bad man. >> he gave a fake training class tote republican s lawmakers from georgia telling him to scream a forbidden n word to

wardff a terrorist attack. >> are you crazy? the n word is -- this is >> got it. >> back in 2016 spencer came under f fire proposing a ban on burqas. he came under fire for upskirting people while posing as a chinese tourist. he also convinced spencero drop his pants saying terrorists would be scared of becoming gay. >> i'll touch with you my buttocks.ro you better d the gun or i'll touch you. usa. >> immediately after the show spencer facing calls for resignation. the governor of georgia saying there is no excuse for this type of behavior ever. spencer apologized, they took advantage of my fears that i would be attacked by someone

using this against me. later in the show it wasic dk cheney's turn. culminating in asking cheney to sign a waterboardi kit. >> that's a first. first time i've signed a bottle used for terboarding. very valuable. >> has there been any pushback to the lengths he's gone to dupe people in a certain way and wondering who else might be on a alist. >> lot of pushback, particularly make of the people he's duped but haven't been featured on his show. sarah palin, joe arpaio sinaking out a trickery and deceit. former senate candidate roy moore threatened to suor no on when the episodes featuring those politicians will air. we've reached out to sacha baron cohen but so far no response. >> gadi, thank you. >> thank you, gadi. 7:35, let's get a check of the weather. let's sf al has woken craig

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hard to do anything outside inur area because we'rell heavy. you can see that from the ydlow an oranges. this is through maryland. urbana getti heavy rain and we're seeing heavy rain coming up through loudoun county. that will continue to move through maryland.es expect w of heavy rain throughout the day today and tomorrow with the moistureeed stretching back down through florida. flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow morning. could see another five inches. >> tt's your latest weather. ladies, by the way, you're going to see a side of craig melvin you have nevereen before in the next hur. >> here is the thing. >> a hint. >> nohint. no hint. i will tell you this, al roker is a national treasure,

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htudy in the united states and returned home w more than just a degree. nbc investigative correspondent cynthiacfadde has this one and it's a doozy, cynthia, good morning. ast week they called china biggest threat to the u.s. open espionage investigations into the china, get, this in all 50 states, high-tech, agriculture and academia with over a million national students in the u.s., many worry intellectual property developed here is being stolen se some of t students and taken back to their countries. we went to duke university toat invest a case where a professor, who inventedci s invisibility technology learned his research walkedoo out the with one of his chinese grad students. that student a tech billionaire agreed to talk to us. so we begin in china. meet thean dubbedchina's elon musk. ruopeng liu. like musk, he's o workingn

sending people into space and has already sent them flying. he's the man behind jet-powered surfboards. at 35, he's a multi-billionaire. the latest numbers coming out say you are worth $2.7 billion.r ue? >> i won't comment on that. >> he specializes, he tells me, in disruptive technology. we met him recently at his company's headquarters in china. >> actually we call oreselves futu studio. >> future studio. >> a lot of inspiration really come from science fiction movie. >> science fiction has t been his only inspiration. ruopeng liu owes much of his success to this american scientist. >> this is how you do it. >> this is how we do it. >> dr. david smith, considered one of the world's experts on something called meta materials. liu came here toun dukersity

h study in dr. smith's lab. some believewas on a mission from the chinese government. >> did you know about dr. smith, daoud smith before went? >> yeah, for sure. he's very famous before. >> fame us for something that captured attention of late night comedians aneven made it on jeopardy. >> $200, innovative. iv >> duke sity has developed a prototype for a cloak that grants this pow just like harry potter's. >> the truth is dr. smith's in sibility cloak is not exactly like harry potter's but it is ground breaking enoh for the u.s. military to have invested millions in his basic research. liu enrolled in duke in v2006. y smart, yes. >> very directed, though. >> very directed, very likable. a sweet kid basically. you'd almost describe him as bumbling a little bit. >> though he was ext focused when it came to getting

his colleagues back in china involved. id you start to get a little bit armed? >> the real metric is productivity. for a time he was being very productive, more productive than most graduate students. >> liu talked dr. sminto bringing his old colleagues from china into his lab. >> thes took pictu of the lab. >> they did take pictures of the lab. >> then what did they do? >> we have a certainat app that allows us to measure the cloak. they came in and took pictures and measurements of all the equipment that was use to fabricate that and actually sent that back to china. one was built in ruopeng's old l lab. >> is that ethical? it sounds like tft to me. >> it sounds like theft. if we were a company you might think so. >> the former assistant director for uncoter-intelligence at the fbi says lots of valuable research is allowed to walk

right out the door into the labs america's adversaries. the unit openede a cas on liu in 2010. f you worked in counter-intelligen a long time. what does yourou dput tegut tel? was he placed at duke by the government. >> this was more than a gradud t taking something that didn't belong to him. did they place him there with that intention, i don't think we'll ever know. was he handled, placed, compromised, recruited, subsidized when heook it back to china, my theory says yes. >> ruopenglyi strongly denie any wrongdoing. >> there are soues at the fbi who believe that the chinese government sent you to duke to learn about meta materials from dr. smithnd bring itack here. >> that is ridiculous. >> ridiculous? >> ridiculous. it's far away from the truth. >> the fbi closed their case on liu a few years ago citing a shortage of evidence, much like

smith. >> i didn't have any evidence, and everythin that he did was explained away. >> but after liu graduat an e-mail emerged appearing to be from liu to a colleague in china, which dr. smith says shows from the time he arrived at duke, liu had beeloing secretly to take technology developeduk in the lab and commercialize it back in china. >> if you receivehat e-mail or seen it before he had gotten his phd, you have tried to stop him from getting a w degre at duke? >> absolutely he wouldt have a degree from duke. >> but he does. he went home t china with his duke phd and launched his tech company. now valued at $6 billion. the first company the current chinese presidentisited after his election. when we visited there in the lobby of liu'sr. smith's invisibility cloak i proudly

displayed. so ruopeng liu recently became a member ofchina's people of congress. he told me what he's really excited these days is driverless oads drives the your car for you. trust me, that's complicated. finally dan golden and his compelling book spy schools" was the first to o report dr. smith and dr. liu. ercentage omall the million foreign students in the u.s. are indeed here to siphon off research or recruit informants and gather intelligence. i should tell fou the told us the chinese have a shopping list of stuff they want and this research at duke was on the list. >> how do you study technology at university and take it with you? where is the line? >>t's really complicated. we said to universities, hey, why not cra dn here? they said chinese and other foreign students are some of oheir best grad students. they don't wantose them. they full fare for the most

part, they pay the full chk. they say, look, many foreign universities are now openg branches in china. it's very complicated. >> part of academi s where you'posed to learn and grow and take a theory. >> it would be at theft if were a company. >> basic research is open. >> cynthia. >> thank you. still ahead the many adventures al and welcome! hi there. so, what do you look for in a vehicle? sleek designs. performance. dependability is top on my list. well then, here's some vehicles that deliver on that. woah! wow. oh jeez! that's our truck! it's our truck! and they're our cars! that's my chevy! chevy's the only brand to earn j.d. power dependability awards across cars, trucks and suvs three years in a row. awesome. i'm proud. it's like a dynasty. it's impressive.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. 56 is your time on tuesday july 24th, 2018. i'm angie goff. it is a storm team 4eather alert day. we begin with lauren ricketts. >> hey, angie. we still see some really heavy rain pushing through our region. heavy rain upowards the mason dixon line, carol county, frederick county, maryland. heavy rain, waves of it, will come through not only this morning but pretty much all throughout the d even int tonight. again, this moisture train continues to ride up from florida. we do have that flash flood watchodith some f warnings out there. could have an additional five inches of rain. rn around, do not drown. we do expect more flooding to continue with some of those s. stronger storm angie? >> thanks for the update, lauren. a check on the roads is next.

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>> you've got t in a good mood now. >> we want to get to news at 8:00. weave a lot goingon. extreme and potentially dangerous weather affecting millions of americans on both coasts. in the west blazing heat while here in the east is the rain that will not stop. al is in maine with the very latest. hi, al. >> good morning, guys. we've got a system now that isn't going anywhere. quasi omega block keeping it ere it is so moisture streams into the east. we're talking about fsh flood watches and warnings up and down the seaboard. we expect 2 million atisk for heavy rain falling on already saturated soil. 3 to 5" of rain upwards of 8 possible. rainfall rates in the northeast 1 to 2, 2 to 4 per hour southeast and mid-atlantic tast. out w we've got the heat expanding. 42 million people at risk froor the pacificwest all the way to texas. we're looking at temperatures that will beth int triple

digits with records possible being set throughoutf parts the southwest for san diego, phoenix, tucson. look for triple digits all the way up spot pacific northwest. unfortunately this lasts right to the end of the week. guys, back to you. >> all right, al. thank you so inch. brenews out of greece this morning. at60 least people have been killed afterig two wildfires roared through seaside areas near athens. dozens of others have been injured. many people fled to the coastline to escape. fleeing fmes and choking smoke. boats rescued more than 700 people overnight. strong winds now are faneng thflames. >> a salmonella scare is prompting peppedgearm for voluntarily withdraw four kinds of gold fishcrackers. the company says a powder used in the seasoning o 3 million packages of iconic fish shaped crackers may be contaminated. so far nobody reported sick. some popular ritz products recalled for the same reason. for more info on this and i'm

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is your name robot man. it will translate when you go to bed, can y see me. social media users started experimenting to see whatlse they could drum up here. the translate, what is happening to googlela tra and that translates to, at the end of the day, it is up to you. another one here writes, gant is my boyfriend and it translates to, it is the end of my glife. ie it a try. i wrote in i am carsondaley. and it translates, i am here for a while. >> wow. >> good. all right. that's good. >> experts are saying this is the result ofn automatic translator notnderstanding how to decipher unnatural streams of text. basically if you type in nonsense translate will spit nonsense right back out to you. we reached outo google. they aren't providing official commenth at the time. is a story that's been everywhere. >> but it's not sending back

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here is the rub, e.t. caught up with kristen bell, i cannot comment but i love me some sterling. "frozen 2" hits theaters 2019. finally "mission: imposruble" tom cise recently broke his ankle. last night on jimmy flon he asked cruise about the injury. >> tom broke his ankle, broke his leg doing this one scene. which scene? there's like 20 moments where you go that's where he broke h leg, that's where he broke his leg, maybe the dance hale? sc which one did you break your leg on? do you remember? >> the easy one where i'm running and i jump from one building to the next. >> so easy. >> all jokes aside, cruise takes the stunts very seriously. he said he trained for over a yern just to lea how to fly a

helicopteror this particular scene you're seeing there. >> wow. >> "mission: impossible" hits my ters friday and that, friends, is your "pop start" today. >> thank you, carson. >> let go up t maine and check in with al and craig. what's good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. another wave of heavy rain coming out of southern maryland.

new flood warnings for large parts of prince gorges county, anne arundel and calvert county. be on the hlookout forh and standing water and also heavy rain from frederick t hagerstown. very rainy day coming your way. flood watches w and floodnings are out for a large portion of the area. they're n a goiwhere until after we get through tomorrow. and here we are. beautiful day heree.n ma a little fog but all in all not too bad. you know, out of everybody that goes camping, only 4% of people think they want to come to maine which means 96% of theople are missing out. >> they are missing out, brother. >> that's right. soe decided to hit the road for the great outdoors today.

>> i think >> i don't think you do. >> okay, guys. w here go. seat belts on. bye-bye. >> maine, here we come, baby. >> two f guys,r wheels, and nearly 200 miles of open road. now, i'm not going to tell you how to drive the wholei'ime but going to tell you you're not supposed to be in the intersection. >> i got that. >> i'm not going to be a backseat driver. >> because you're in the front. >> takes a village. >> vilge idiot. >> the perfect assignment. >> i was supposed to do one that was actually by ntract, i had a lobster clause in my contract. >> how many hours in thisrv? where are we headed. >> bird watching. >> our first stop taking in massachusetts parker river

national wildlifre ge. >> see what i se >> kentucky fried chicken. >> no. i see a bird. and what better way toecome one with nature than on a bicycle built fortwo. >> have you ever done this before? >> i assume you have. >> no, i've never done th. >> ready? one, two, three. >> have you ridden a bike before. >> here we go. here we go. >> we're moving now. >> i can't get -- >> here we go. hold on. okay. >> i can't. stop. we're going to fall. i can't. >> okay. as long as you're pedaling. >> as our bromance hit a bump in the road we realized it's not always better together. >> this is a lot easier thanm that t nonsense. >> that's ridiculous rainfall

the procedures wanted to see us fall. >> we're in new england. you know what that means. >> got to go antiquing. >> buy me some ld stuf >> i'm calling. craig, can you hear me. >> hello. hello. >> i seehis in savannah's dressing room. this speaks to me. it says savannah. >> roker, this will be perfect forlolater. at that. >> nice. >> back down to the basement and see what i can find. >> look at the mug on this mug. i like it. >> wait until they say see what we brought home. hoda, savannah and carson are going t to los. >> we'ak mg good time at ng last.

campground, our home away from home where we dug right in. >> look at that. >> two. >> two clams. >> a two-fer. >> there it is. >> there we go. >> i went with a smaller one so it looks big ir. my catch looks much bigger. >> it's a good thing we don't have to rely on dinner.atch for >> oh, my. well, this is a lovely end of the day. >> al roker, this is the only way to end thein day in >> cheers. >> wow. >> bring back somer. lobs >> clams. >> they are talking. >> are you talking?ic >> theirs aren't on, though. >> looks like they are having a good time nonetheless. >> we're bringing your dogs back. >> can you hear us. >> can now. >> all this stuff is comingk b

for you guys. we wanted to thank all nice people. >> l.l. bean, winnebago.an weo thank everybody at the campground and five lobster -- five island lobster company. >>og naming the georgetown. >> very nice, very sweet. >> by the way, you haven't lived until you've seen craig get really competitive clamming. the guy turns into a beast. it's ugly, not very pretty. >> my favorite part was that ndem bike. i'm sorry. y'all on that bike was too much. >> that was funny. >> roker brought out the worst in me. i'm ashamed of the man i was on the beach. >> i would go with that man anywhere. >> i want to claim -- w it that dolphin coffee table. that's got my name on it. >> that's yours. carson, this is you, baby. >> what did hoda get? free beers in that one. >> i'm bringing the dog for

hoda. ater on we're all going rving. it's going to be fun. >> go rving. >> straight a this is a "news 4 today" news break. it is now 8:26 on this tuesday morning. i'm chris lawrence. we are off w toet start on this weather alert day. let's get right to chuck bell with the weather foreca. >> more heavy rain and flood warnings across prince gorges county, charles, anne arundel, even parts of st. mary's county. that batch will be coming up the heart of prince gorges c tnty ov next hour to hour and a half. northeast and southeast d.c. will be affected bthat. be ready for more periods of heavy rain for today that continue for tonight and tomorrow. we will get another chance to dry out later on into the week. >> thank you, chuck. we'll get ack on the roads when we come back. stay with us.

good morning. taking a look at your roads here this morning, we are wethe all over place. it is very slow. lots of flooding. we're posti everything on

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>> sheila wallace. >> where are you from, sheila? >> albany, georgia. >> and you flanked by your two i have to say you have a gorgeous sign. tell us w made this. >> aquarius brown, former member of the bsnd girls club. >> that is awesome. have a great birthday. happy birthday from all of us. yes, georgia girls. >> you guys look like sisters. theyre so cute. happy birthday, eee. all right. do you owe some of your successes to ame or? a lot of people along the way helped us along. we'r going to get int a discussion and foster that key relationship obecome a mentor in your self. >> we have a global sensation, netta who just wonte an ational song competition with a record setting song on

youtube. this morning we're proud to say sh.s making her uebut with us. you'll see that performance right here ontoday" coming up. >> do you know where you'll be in two years? do you? i do. opening ceremony of the 2020 olympic games in tokyrs >> two yea away. >> exactly,4 months, two yearsy from this ver day. many of team usa starslanning to be there. simone biles, katiele cky, just a few. never too early to remind you. >> speaking ofitting the road. what do you think, head back to maine for a check of al's forecast. >> "today's" weather brought to you b mccafe frappe and frozen coffee. they are colder than cold brew. >> okay. urin full discl we didn't rehearse this. we started to try to get out.

we had a couple o nice folks from georgia. we were going to go under. >>t was going to go. >> we aborted. we are here. we are not going any further ththis. well, we're looking at some heavy rain in our neck of the woods especially up near hagerstown near i-70nd i-81. heavy rain on southern maryland areas d comingn from route 50

all the way down through calvert county, anne arundel county. we also find flood warnings. we all continuing to watch of this moisture stream in from the south to the north. expect rain. flash flood watches continue through the day and flood warnings as well. >> if this had gone according to plan, that drone shot would have been spectacular. >> starting to -- >> yes, it is. >> the fog is liftin b >> we may drifting out to sea. this might actually be the last time you ever see us. this could be a great day for dylan dryer. >> you guys really blend in the outdoors. >> yes, we do. >> thank you so much, guys. all right. megyn is here to tell us what's coming uphis morning. >> had to recover for a minute there. we have a story about a 5-year-old girl in california who has a lot in common with kids her age. she's funny, energy eck,

adorable. what makes brook adams unique she lives with this rare and severe form of epilepsy. after her parents saw she wovn't img with multiple traditional medications, they decided to try aniv altern they are not the only parents doing this. her treatment plan, however, is at odds with the rules in her public school district. watch a little. >> brook was diagnosed in march of 2014 before her first birthday. she wakes up and has a seizure. she goes to sleep because of the seizure. her seizures last hours. it's devastating. cannabis helped her decrease the number of seizures she's been having. she used to have 20 to 30 a four and now she's down to to five. >> we'd like brooke tomeave the opportunity every other kid has, to go to school and be educated. if she needs medicine to have

her medicine. california em is state law prohibits medical marijuana in public schools. you cannot have it on campus is the problem. yet brooke's parents say t tt has happen so she can attend kindergarten this .fa it's lifesaving. without it plus a nurse to administerheit, s's not going to be table tonjoy a public school setting. her family is fighting to have it happen as opposed to aaving scho home where she can have medical marijuana. >> for all rules, ts see like the perfect exception to the rules. >> what do they think? she's going to be a five-year-old dealer? it's absurd. we laws a passed to ensure will being but they are passed by hum >> it's oil. she's having seizures. there's no danger to the other children. it's in the like they are passing around marijuana. >> if it were called anything else it wouldn't be thing.

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leading the way. themportance of mentorship on all levels. >> a number of women sat down wi with with with "elle" magazine. >> to me mentorship is about identifying somebody in your workplace or industry that you mire and watching what they do. >> i rember when i was in a local station and i would seek out the best reporte i could find and i would just watch him or her. i rememberg watchin them and going, wow, how did they get

at interview or start this piece like that. i would ask them. can i ask a estion. oh, my god, i loved your first line. how did you think of that? how did you come up with that opener. >> the people who have been in the industry longer than you, they want to help those who are enthusiastic, hard workers, who don't think any job is too small for them. that's exactly who we're all rooting for and want to help along the uway. >> if ave knowledge, info, a technique, my advice is givei away. tell somebody, who cares? they are going to make ihis own. givenk you should everything away. it's not yours. you learned it from somebody. you gleened it from somebody. >> i think all along the journey, all the time i've been in news, i've definitely had momentshere i needed advice and sought advice. useful nd moments most were those when i was at a transition point, when i was trying to decide whether to leave local news and go to law

school, i counted on the adv ae of peoplund me. in particular i had a professor and old colleague of mine that used toth work a news station that i did. i asked him what i should do. he said,nn sa, think big. it really meant a lot to mead because it me go home and think about what my biggest dream was and my biggest goal and then try to get on that path. >> i think it's really important that you have mentors on every level. can be aing an intern great mentor to me. >> sometimes you find that mentor sitting next to me. in the case of hoda she is me.ing right next to it's the same as i did when i was young. i just watch what she does. i try to learn from the way she approaches things. i think she's one of the best interviewers out there, and i love the way that she connects with people and warms them up really fast. she can really get h to thert of the matter and she's so

herself. >> i feel like savannah and i other. each call it mentoring but it's really just friends helping friends. i want her to be better, she we do that without thinking y,out it. i'll wow, that was a great interview. tell me. break it do y. how d prep for it? what didllou read? sh tell me. that's mentoring but it's also learning and helping and growing. >> it means you're somebody up and coming in an industry. you have question you're inquisitive. you want to raise your hand. you look forti those opportu to learn and grow. to me that is at the heart of mentorship. >> fun conversation to ve. let'ring in emma rosenbloom, executive editor of "elle" magazine. you had this good idea to talk about mentorship. good morning. >> good morning. >> when west started talking about it, not that corporate buzzword where you need a mentor, we thought of it as something more informal. if you were a person startin in an industry, i don't want to say a young person, but starting

out, wyot advice dhave? >> mentorship can have this corporate buzzword thing aboit where it feels unattainable, somebody has to take you uyoer wing and who is that person. as you were saying in the segment it can b more informal, a colleague with a alcohol eagle. crowd source, there's tons of websites devoted to helping you find a mentor. >> there are young p need help. they don't just come in and say, hey, mentor me. th k come in withd of an agenda. i think it's good to come in with a playboy as opposn as opp showing up. >>e interviewed you f our elle article. you sa the best thing to do is come with a squestion, g blazing, say mentor me, people aren't wanting to do that. if you have an a ionable question to ask people will help

you. >> sheryl sandberg is doing something new, lean into the mentorship world. tell us about that. >> she launched an initiative mentor her, in the wake of er #metoo, men less likely to mentor female colleagues. she wts to stop this, obvious live. her initiative is to tryn to ge o mentor women, particularly younger women, without that idea of something awry going on here. >> some of my best mentors have been male mentors, people who gave me advicealong the way so we don't want that to be stigmatized. >> i don't think people even realize they are mentoring sobody.es i think somett happens in a lot of ways where people may be intimidated to go ask. you can learn a lot from on c e observi observing, can't you? >> you said this, just watching people in the workplace is the best way to get mentorshipto a m can get something from

thementee as well. what? >> younger about the industry, know more about certain olderlogies than colleagues do. the relationship can be mutually beneficial for sure. sometimes it's just their enthusiasm, makes you remember how lucky we are. we love this job. another thing collect mantras, pick of pieces of advice. >> that was taylor haney from "outdoor voices" into about pieces of advice from different ople as opposed to one specific mentor, which can be si ting and implement them into her working life. >> that was fun, emma, a. >> if you want to chk out "elle" magazine's issue, it's out now. >> netta is next but firsdathis is "toy" on nbc.

and we're back with a very rising performance from music star netta hailing from israel. she won this year's euro vision song contest, which if you don't know about a massive musicet coion across europe. netta beat out 43 other countries for the grand prize thanks to her nowiral hit, "toy." this is netta's ups television debut we're excited about, netta. congratulations. >> thank you. this seems giddy. a huge deal, you join the likes of abba and celine dion. what's it like? >> it's unal, real. it's an unreal experience. every day i'm waking up in another country and i'm like, where am i? >> what are some of the highlights? who have you met? >>nc met p william. >> there you go. how was that? >> a real prince charming. >> i'm sure he is, literally.

>> he's really, really very planned out where we had a walk, a ten-minutenn walk p out. they closed the street. >> with royalty it has to be worked out. tell meut "toy" this song a little bit. this is a very empowering song for women. >> exactly. this songns wasred by the #metoo movement. this an amazing time when women are findingheir voices this year and it's amazing. it gives power to just everybody who has been struck down by a bigger force, by your boss, being buied. so everybody who has been told they are not -- they can't be what they want to be. >> don't make me your toy, that kind of a vibe. >> exactly. >> it's been seen lik 85 million times. it's gone viral. what do you think about that. >> i stouned ng. >> you have this famous chicken dance. what have you been looking for

can you give us a little? >> yes. >> here is netta with toy. do your thing. ♪ ♪ ♪ look at me i'm a beautiful >>creature. don't care about modern time preachers welcome boy to much noise i will teach yay♪ think you forgot how to play my teddy bear'sni r away ♪ the barbie got something to say

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baby ♪ ♪ "wonder woman" don't you ever forget. >> you're divine and he'sbout regret ♪ ♪ i'm not your toy not your toy you stupid boy stupid boy ♪ ♪ i'llake you down now make you watch me. >> dancing with my dolls. ♪ i'll takeou with me ♪ i'm not you toy you stud boy netz i take you down now make you watch me ♪ ♪ dancing with my dolls on the motha-bucka beat look at me i'm a beautiful creature i don't care about your modern preacher ♪

♪ot your toy ♪ not your toy ♪ not your toy toy foet ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ow about that, everybody. with the chicken dance, this is netta. ladies and gentlemen, excellent work. that single is out now. we're back butirst this is "today" on nbc. thank you, netta. ♪ ♪ summer's calling. the 2018 escalade is ready to move. our best offers on the 2018 escalade are here. join us for the made to move sales event. get 0% apr financing for 60 months, plus $2000 down payment assistance when financed through gm financial on a 2018 escalade.

think we should do one last check in with craig and al. tha thank god you're not on the boat. i was worried. >> we're making s'mores. craig, i've got one for you. maybe we can do lady and the tramp. >> this is the large s'mores i've ever seen. >> the broke manslaughter is >> nice. >> good stuff.

>> at least it's a large s'mores. >> where you heading to? >> we're back home. this is we're getting in the rv. go rving. >> bye, you guys. good j.b. >> don't forget this is a "news 4 today" news break. hi, everyone. it's 8:56 on this tuesday, july 24th. i'm angie goff. it is another weather alert day. lauren ricketts is tracking heavy rain in our what's the latest in the forecast? >> we still watch the heavy rain coming up through portions of southern maryland right in through annapolis. through hagerstown a we have flood warnings issued south of

route 50. again, seeing some pretty heavy rain all theay through winter town and southern maryland. this train of moisture continuingo roll through. flood warnings out there. flash flood watch. expect rain showers thrayghout thend heavy at times not only today but also tomorrow. thank you, lauren. a check on the roads when we return. stay with us.

at this point this morning, a lot ofun problems a town because of all of the rain. take a look here. bthesda innd klara barton parkway. the ramp with a downed tree witd traffic stohere right now. you can see we have some other issues as well. alexandria southbound single lane getting by.

good morning, everyone. welcomeo the show. we have a lot to get to including-s lcing battle with police departments across the country now being challenged as constitutional and the latest on sacha baron cohen's newest controversial characters. joining me now to discusski whas the rounds today, please help me welcome nbc news's stephanie gosk, jacob sobirov and amy holmes. so of course everything has got to be turned into something wrong or bad. crandall, texas, police department finds itself under fire today.