. goodng morni. breaking news. an explosive device detonates outside the u.s. embassy in beijing, the blast sending security forces scrambling. at least one man hurt and taken into custody. we're live with the very latest. floods and fires overnight. downpours adding to days of misery in the east. entire neighborhoods now under water from historic flooding while out westro a danus wildfire inches closero yosemite forcing thousands of tourists to evacuat that fire just one of dozensin burng out of control this morning. those stories plus downward spiral. new details on what may have triggered demi lovato's apparent

overdose as s the popr recovers in a hospital. why facook lost $150 billion overnigh b inside thegest stock decline ever. and breakthrough. de promising newrug that could be a game changer in the battle againster alzheim today thursday, july 26th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savnah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> dyhey, every welcome to "today". thank you for joining us. savannah is on. assignme we have craig with us today and i know a story in the headlines catching people's attention is alzheimer's and maybe some help in store. >> some potential bew and good news for families. >> let's get right to the breaking news.

a powerfuxpsion outside the u.s. embassy in beijing. kelly joi us with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hoda and craig, this was a relativelyin explosion but it happened in a veryy diplomatica sensitive area. in addition to the u.s. embassies, there was a lot of smoke whensihis exp occurred in broad daylight. it was heard blocks away and chinese authorities reacted very this video on social media taken seconds after the explosion shows smoke filling the street right outside the u.s. embassy gates. on lookers appear stunned and confused on a crosswalk a possible scorch mark. police roped off a c and collected evidence. a witness said the blast blew out a police car windshield. this morning chinese autrities are n calling it a bomb but a firework device saying only the

assailant was injured, a 26-year-old man. the blast rattling this busy beijing district at 1:00 in the afternoon. the device detonated on the southeast corner of the embassy compound in a public space where people lineup for visas and other appointments. the beijing embassy opened by presiden george w. bush in 2008 is one of the biggest and most heavily fortified u.s. embassies in the world sawling over 10 acres with a bullet-proof glass hewall. >> do know anything about the motive? >> reporter: chinese authorities have identified the suspect they have in custody. they've given his last name. they say he's been detained, he's in the hospital for injuries to his hand, but no specifics on motive. they're simply calling this an isolated security incident. hoda, craig. kelly, thank you so much. now we're going to move on to the relentless and severe weather impacting tens of millions coast-to-coast.

>> here in the east entire neighborhoods are under water. overnight downpours are triggering new floering ncies. >> concerns growing over the dangerous wildfires out west including one that is already forced tourists to flee from yosemite national park. >> we'll take you there live in a moment, but let's start with the devastating rain and flooding. catie beck is just east of harrisburg, pennsylvania. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. we have seen days of downpour hare in central pennsylvania and this iss left behind. roads and bridges completely submerged. neighborhoods just overtaken by these floodwaters. many of the homes in this area have 2 or 3 feet of standing water inside. some people may have underestimated how powerful this water was going to be a had to be rescued by boat. north carolina, maryland, , virginiand many parts of the eastern seaboard flooded.

the storm also bringing debris and heartache. >> folks are still out there looking for the missing 19-year-old girl. >> that missing teenager swept away by floodwaters in pennsylvania. authorities urging residents to be vigilant. >> attempting to drive or walk through high water could have deadly consequences. turn around. don't drown. >> reporter: some residents taking no chances and evacuating. others doing their best to take things in stride. >> it's just a little water. ks's not going to hurt anything. >> l like their whole house is pretty flooded on the first floor. >> the first floor o is kind flooded out. i'm not going to let a little bit of rain, you know, push me out of my home. >> reporter: for those that remain, authorities offering a message of comfort and hope. >> when mother nature is at her worst, our first responders and continue to be at their best. >>pieporter: a strong h hand to those still weathering the storm. i relief is sight as most of this bad weather is supposed to

be moving out of this area by this weekend. but just to put the amount of rainfall in perspective for you, the national weather serce says tha the amount of rainfall here in central pennsylvania this week isnough to fill three million olympic size swimming pools. s prettyggering number when you think about it. >> catie beck in hard hit central p.a. than thanks. e let's move on to aging wildfires across the west being fueled by days of record-baking heat. it's led to emergency evacuations of thousands of tourists. miguel almaguer is there at the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is typically one of the busiest times of the year atio si -- at -- at yosemite. with record breaking heatg fuelin ferocious fires across

the west thrks mornior, thisng is closing in on yosemite threatening structures an a national jewel. >> it's like a ghost town at the most. >> reporter: with flames two miles from the park, yosemite is no eerily pty, thousands of tourists forced out as smoke chokes the valley and clouds the view of half dome. with fireslo eng in both northern and southern california overnight, flames ripped across homes just two hours outside los angeles. officials say this one deliberately set. an arrest made overnight. the infernos fuelled in art by the oppressive heat. in a valley known for its beautiful views, this is a sig no one wants to see. >> reporter: the ferguson fire has now reached some 42,000 acres. one firefighter has been killed.

seven others have been injured. crews right now are trying to buildta conment lines and trying to stop the flames speeding. >> miguel, thank you. >> every day we've been asking how much longer is this rain and heat goingo last. dylan is in for al. how much longer? >> the heat is going to stick around, but we'll get a break from thep rain around the east coast. not so much central and northern new england. we will still see a break back through pennsylvania and maryla d. however, w still have river flooding. it takes a long time for all of that water to seep into the ground and the rivers are still overflowing their banks. there are still rivers in minor to moderate flooding inspect we're in between cold fronts. then we'll get a break today. a secondary cold front will move through on friday. the good new is this one does not contain as much moisture, so we're looking at about 1 to

maybe up to 2 inches of rain. the bigger threat will be for large hail and damaging win withtorms late friday into early saturday. out west we have 30 million epeople at risk under s sort of heat warning or heat advisory. extends up into oregon. even seattle will be very hot today. we'll go into detail on that in just a little bit. >> thank you so much. also this morning there are several new developments tied to the russia investigation including the trump admihastration not putting proposed white house summit between you president and vladimir putin on hold. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the white hous for us t morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. russian president vlldimir putin ot be visiting the white house, not this year after bipartisan backlash. that second summit initially expected before the midterms n on ice as the white house comes under fire for banning a reporter from presidential event. the summit sequel now on hold just days after the white house

vited russian president vladimir putin to washington this fall. national security adver john bolton saying in a statement mr. trump believes theou meeting take place after the russia witch hunt is over. so we've agreed that it will be after the first of the but special counsel robert mueller has never put a timetable on h russia investigation. and the kremlin has yet to commit top any u.s. t saying the two leaders would have other opportunities to meet. the delay welcomed on capitol hill as democrats and the republican chairman took aim at that widely panned helsinki sit down. >> it's the president's public statements that create concern amongst senators on bot sides of the aisle. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeer fire for that two-hour private meeting between president >> did he tell you what transpired in the two-hour meeting? >> i've h a number of conversations about what

transpired. >> did you speak to the translator who was at that meeting? >> no, i haven't. senator, i knowhe game that you're playing. >> mr. secretary, with all due respect, i don't appreciate you characterizing my questions. my question is to get to the truth. we don'tnow what the truth is. >> pompeo promising severe consequences if rtesia inrferes in the u.s. elections again, bin defle questions about the president's approach to russia. pointing to his predecessor. >> compare the following. barack obama speaking tough on russia and doing nothing. >> that's not true. >> it is true. >> i understand you want to rewrite t obama policy on russia. >> president trump ignoring questions about putin and his former protect or michael cohen less than 24 hoursfter cohen's attorney released audio of cohen ted then candi trump discussing a hush money payment to a former playboy center fd. trump venting his anger on twitter. what kind of lawyer will tape a client.so

sad. the president also ignoring some questions in the oval office yesterday from a series of heporters includingnn reporter kaitlan collins,hite house later banning collins from an open presidential event to take place in the g roseden yesterday putting out a statement from sarah sanders that said in part tha collins shouted questions and refused to leave despite repeatedly being asked to do so. the move bsted by many media outlets, including fox news and the white house correspondent's association that called it inappropriate, wrong headed,nd weak saying it cannot stand. craig andda, back to you. >> peter, thank you. meanwhile, all eyes are on facebook this morning after the company took a major financial hit wednesday to the tune ofte of billions of dollars. nbc business corspondent jo ling kent has the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning, craig. all of the problems surrounding

facebook may finally be catching up with the social media gian facebook stock getting crushed after a disappointing earnings report, the company losin a staggering $120 billion in just two hours. its founder and ceo ma zuckerberg taking a huge. financial h facebook paying a price for nearly two years of scandal and controversy. shares of the world's largest wocial n plunging as much as 24% late wednesday after facebook missed walet st earnings expectations making less money than expected. ceo mark zuckerberg himself taking a nearly $17 billion hit. much in investing so security that it will significantly impact our profitability. we're starting toeehat this quarter.th >> part of e problem the rate of users logging in every day or every month has slowed down. increased privacy may be a big driving force in the earnings

hit. facebook says it's giving users more choice about their data following the claim knowledgea analyt scandal that exposed a private information of 87 million people back in 2013 and 2014. something zuckerberg apologized for in heated hearings on capitol hill. the billionaire has been no stranger to controversy. he recently walked back comments that holocaust dinners should be allowed on facebook yet theco any refuses to ban controversial right wing sight info wars which peddles bogus conspiracy theories about the sandy hook shooting, some parents writing to zuckerberg saying our families are in danger as a direct result of tho hundre thousands of people who see and believe the lies and you have h whi decided to be protected. zuckerberg is also facing aom g threat of russian interference in the upcoming

midterm elections predicting early this year. >> i'm sure someone's trying. what we see are a lot of folks trying to sew division. that was a major tactic that w sawussia try to use in the 2016 election. i'm confident we're going to do auch better job. >> for now confidence in facebook is not bouncing back as investors and users may not like what they see. >> in addition to the stocks gi pl, there's also been some turmoil going on inside facebook too. >> that's right as. we've been reporting, some of its top executives are leaving zuckerberg's side. in just of the last few month's the company's chief security officer, the top lawyer, the main communications head and a major board member e haveher left or announced they're heading for the exits. >> thank you so much for that. much more to get to fighting new hope in the against alzheimer's. a new drug has shown promising signs of slowing the progression of the deadly disease. nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torrez is here with

more on that. we throw thi word breakthrough around a lot when we're talking about things like this. is thi a legit breakthrough? how does the drug work? >> this is a breakthroughn research component because essentially what's happening is the drugompany and its japanese partner came up with this medication which is one of the medications that does two different things. as thewe've had medications for alzheimer's that ngtually help improve the structural c in the brain that happen because of that. they didn't do anything with mory and that was always a big deficit we've had. this one not only influces the structural changes to the brain, but also respects reduce memory decline over 18 months of the study. >> who would this help because i know a lotf peopleither have family or parents who are s.ffering from t how far in do you have to be for this to work? se that's a great question. this drug was in the past for people more advanced. it didn't work like many other drugs. they went back and used it on people in early alzheimer's. these are people still at home,

still functioning but startin to forget. they had those structural changes. that combination is what the drug worked on. they're going in the right direction. >> when will this be available if people are interested. >> rig now theompany is probably going to do bigger trials and they're starting to talk to the fda. we don'the know ifll get early approval or try to look for early approval. >> mohs,years? >> probably years still. >> for you to say it's a breakthrough, that's pretty substantial. >> in research language it is. >> thank you. we're going to turn back to the weather and get the rest of dylarecast. >> we are going to see some heavy rain through strool acent northern new england, and will produce this brief flash flooding. that's a lk at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good mning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. unshine comingle back into the d.c. area. temperature now 73 in a dington, 68 ales airport, 69 in manassas, 66n martinsburg, west virginia. what a gareat looking day today ap after fog around and clouds this morning, we'll getack to plenty of sunshine later. afternoon highs around 88. toy's rain chance very, very small. not zero, but very, very small.' >> tyour latest. coming up, what we're

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welcome back. 7:35 on thursday morning. welcome back. 7:30 on a thursday morning. this is something you don't see every day. this is very cool. it's a tradition in virgia that sees wild horses swimming beeen the islands. i say we just roll that beautiful footage for the rest of the show. kerry sanders saddling up with the saltwater cowboys just ahead. >> kerry sanders swimings wis w sharks and now horses. we'll start the half hour with a check of headlines starting with the breaking news overnight. an explosiveevice was detonated outside the u.s. embassy in beijing. chinese police say a single attack in a public space just outside the compound. they say no one was hurt except

for the 26-year-old suspect. he was taken to the hospital with a hand injury. at thisoint no word on a possible motive. >> tensions between the u.s. and ropean union over a brewing trade war have eased some this rning. president trump and european commissioner announced wednesday they've agreed to work toward zero tariffs and zero subsidies on nonautomotive goods.ai mr. trump he wants to level the playing feel for manufacturers and farmers. no deal is final but the president did call it a very big day for free trade and fair trade. weather is impacting tens of millns of americans from ct-to coast-to-coast. entire neighborhoods are under water this morning facing many to evacuate their homes. hershey park, pennsylvania attraction is going to remain closed for the third time this week because of the heavy rain and flooding meanwhile out west record breaking heat is fueling some wildfires.

the so-called ferguson fire has closed yosemite national park and forced theat evacuion of thousands of visitors. the fire has reached an incredible 40,000 acres. >> they are calling it a thrillingisvery. scientists say they detected a lake under the surface of mars raising the possibility of life. it is at least 12 miles across was fou by radar signals. this is the first time researches have identified a stable body of liquider wn mars. the recovery of an apparent drug oversews, natalie has more from los angeles. good morning to you. >> good morning. vato is said to be stable and recovering in a room with two security guards posted outside. nbc news has learned that drug remnants were found at the star's home. amid reports suggesting that recently lovato has been in a downward spira

demi oulovato's battle with addiction and mental health has been public. >> i couldn't go probably 30 minutes without cocaine and i'd bring it on rplanes. >> lovato's apparent overdose was something friends saw coming over t last few months. nged andife tistyle has c ople around her have been aware she's been struggling. >> those coming to a head when fifr responders wer house.d to her they treated her with narcan. sources have confirmed drug paraphernalia and drug remnants were found at the singer's home. lovato went through 90 days of rehab in late 2010 and early 2011 for mental health and substance abuse iss s and publicly celebratedsoix years

r with a tweet this past march. but there are new clues that sobriety has been a hard journey lately. >> i guess it would be fair to say relapse is a part of this struggle. she has clearly gone through that. >> "e! news" reporting lovato recently cut ties with her long-time sober coach and according to reports she's been spotted out partying multiple times in recent weeks. she even addressed her broken sobriety in a recent single called "sober". ♪ i'm so sorry i'm not sober anymore ♪ >> she's very confessional. she has used her art to talk about her lived experience and her struggles and people relate to . >> fans showing support for the si werh a new #how demi has helped me. writing i stopped self harm after reading her book. i've been to very dark places but her songs pulled me out and

lifted me up. her fans helping by sharing how she helped them. >> do we know what kind of drug sheovdosed on. >> no, we don't have confirmation on what type of drug or m drugs she have taken or what actions police may take, if any. beyond just her fans, lovat being supported and surrounded by friends and her close family in thelu hospital ing her former boyfriend who was seen heading in to visit her on wednday afternoon and said to be real inho gck siven spiral. >> natalie morales for us in l.a. thanks. >> we are rooting for her. we're going to turnover to dylan dreyer. >> good morning again. we do have this area of high pressure that is going to keep the heat goingn the southwest and even the northwest too. it's kind of stuck in place. scattered record high temperatures are once again tikely today. taking a look some of the highs. 118 in palm springeg

san even 90 degrees, an area under a heatis ay. same in las vegas. if you go to the north west, we're still hot. portland 91. redding california 110. this heat will continue at least through monday all across the west coast including up into portland and up into seattle where temperatures will be staying in the 90s. temperatures will stay hotter in the southwest all the way through perhaps the middle of next week. l.a. staying up around 90 degrees through monday. las vegas around 105 to 110. these temperatures almost 5 to 15bove average. good thursday morning. 73 degrees right now. we have low clouds, a lite bit of patch fog out there as you start off thursday but nice and dry on the radar. we'r going to stay on the sunny side. 73 degrees washington. 68 dulles. 72 in clinton. a humid thursday with temperat es near 90degrees. we could see a stray afternoon shower, but big improvements tom all the raint we've

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thi thisin morning on rossen reports, an unexpected summer danger. beach umbrellas flying through the air and injuring beach goers. >> last week two people were impaled. jeff rossen is in miami beach yth the tips need to stay safe. >> good morning. when i first heard aut thiso the first victim i thought to myself this must be an awful freak accident, but then at happenin as you mentioned just a couple days later. another woman impaled by a beach umbrella. a little digging and it turns out it happens more than you think. the beach umbrellas being ripped out of the ground and flying through the air. these spikes t on end, and think about this, flying through the air at 20 to 30 miles per hour, it can do seramuse. if you're like me, you get to the beach. you stick ihent tnd get it in.

oh open it up and think you're good but thas not enough. this morning the crazy video you f.ed to see and how to actually protect yoursel >> caught on camera, a gust of wind shooting more than a dozen of these umbell lrellas into th flying across the sand and nearly crashing into people. beach umbrellas going rogue and flying missiling. these umbrellas very barrelibar this camera man. this umbrella flighting out of control high in the air. >> an umbrella impaled a lady's leg. >> just last week oe jersey shore a woman wasmped in the ankle by a flying umbrella. and it happened again just days ago on thiseach in ocean city maryland. a flying umbrella impaling another woman, this time in the chest. in fact, according to t nsumer product safety

commission, about 3,000 people ev year are rushed to emergency rooms for injuries involving umbrellas. so how much wind does it take to pull an umbrella out of the sand? to show you we've come here to south carolina. insurance institute for business and home safety in a giant wind tunnel. look at all of those industrial strength fans. they can simulate any level of wind. they've also built us this, a huge sand box. yes, this is real beach send to we is t simulates for you. we have our beach towel and beach ball and umbrella with a spike on the end. we are going to put this into the sand much like you would if you were going to thei' beach. m getting it in here about 10 inches to a foot down. pack it in. the urella is up. now i'm going to open the umbrella up much like you would at the beach. it's not always pretty at the beach but dow it. so it's in there.

we're going to kick up the wind. let me come down here and see what happens. tr the c room they're getting ready. let's fire up the wind in three, two, one. first they crank theo wind t 10 miles per hour. we're up at 10 miles per hour right now. pretty typical wind speed along the shoreline and this is what's happening to the umbrella. blowing around in the wind but it is still inside the ground. >> but just watch what happens when we take it up just a notch to 15 miles r hour. >> we're going to keep an eye on the umbrella right here. there is goes flying. can you imaginef you wer on the blanket right next to this or even down the beach a little bit with that spike? that's a pretty typical gust for a shoreline. it's nuts. here it is from another angle as the umbrella is ripped out of the sand, the spike is flying through tir a. splashing right into ourer c that's weighed down by heavy sandbags. but at the beach gus go even

higher than that. >> now we're doing 20 miles per hour which would be a gustn the shore. i'm holding it down. i'm going to let go. this time thea umbrell flying even faster and we notice something else. >> tha spike flying through the air and look you on it end up. spike up. so how do you protect yourself and secure your beach umbrella? i know it seems obvious, but it actually isn't. i'm going to show you. you saw what i normally do, sthek it in t sand and move it around. iave a premade hole. what you wanto to d is get your beacha umbrell into the ground and really rock it back and forth. semi aggressively because you want to use that spike to your advantage keep digging into the sand. you've got to rock back and fort what you muultimate want is get a foot down. you see this bontom pole? you this to be about 1 covered or at least a foot ,

then you want to pack the sand all the wayn around it. here's something else that people often forget about. if the wind is coming from here, you want to tiltour umbrella this way into the wind. that way the wind is pushing it down into the send. if you have it this way it's going to get under and pick it up. you have to keep an eye on wind direction all day along. if youra want an ext layer of protection, final thing, there's a really cool product on the market. it's a sandho a look at that on the bottom. this corkscrew right here digs into the sand for you, gives you good leverage. you dig it in like this. craig, i can see you doing this the beach. dig it all the way down. craig aerks li craig's, li , i can't do that. you put it all the way down. you want to get it as high to the rim ase. possi then you stick the umbrella in there. we have a link to get this on our website right now,

today.com/rossen report. >> really useful tips >> have y ever watched someone put an umbrella in and know they're not doing it.ff thank you. coming up, we will take you live to one of the most extraordinarpectacles in the country. the yearly swim ofirnia's famed wild ponies. kerry sanders on a w pony. first these messages. 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. it's a pea-protein, gluten-free pâté.gman? (whistles)

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good thursday morning. some low clouds, a little patchy fog. temperatures in the m to low 70s and a dry start to the day. by the afternoon we'll see more sunshine. high of 88 degrees. humid with a stray afternoon show, but big improvements compared to what we've seen lately. tomorrow we do have a chancor strong to severe evening thunderstorms and then we go into the weekend notoo bad. looking dryer on saturday. next week we could be right back into this rainy weath pattern again, rarerica. >> we'll have another news update in about 25 minutes. r now back to "the today show" after this short break.

it is 8:00 on "today." coming up, coming up, fire and floods.s millio in the east coping with moreorrential rains, homes, streets, entire neighborhoods ur under feet of water. >> turn around, don't drown. out west high temperatures are fueling raging wildfires. is there any reliefig soht? plus you can lead a horseo t water. we pony up with the annual radition you have to see to believe. >> it's like being a kid on christmas morning getting up and seeing all the horses coming out here. >> riding along with the saltwater cowboys as they drive 100 ponies along t virginia

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that picture. welcome back to our crowd. we're so happy to see you outside. we're going to hd out in a bit. savannah is on assignment. i've got craig melvin next to me. we can't wait to get out there and hang. >> always glad to be with you. severe weather impacting tens of millions all across the country from that historic flooding in the easo the raging wildfires out west forcing thousands to flee. dylan is here with the latest. >> hey, guys. between 6 and 10 inches of rain has fallen up and down the east coast since saturday and today o we're going t get a break in the mid atlantic. we've had this pattern with this area of high pressure, bermuda high that has just been blocking this storm system from moving. finally we're going to see this shift to the east. we'll fet a breakm the rain today. more storms move in on friday. as we gonto next week, that high shifts to the west so we're going to see another set up similar to this week. this time around the heaviest of

the rain will move inland. but we still could see several inches of rain for those areas. so that will an area o concern as we go into next week. the heatut st, 30 million people at risk. this extends all the way up into seattle. most of the southwest will be ove 100 degrees. l.a. should sink back down into the uer 8 going through the weekend. let's turn to the breaking news in baeijing this morning. an explosive device was detonated outside the embassy there. smoke surrounded the embassy. police this morning are not caing it a bomb. instead they are calling it a fire work device. they apprehended a 26-year-old man who hurt only himself with that homemade device. at this point no word on a motive and no other injuries have been reported. >> a surprising discovery has led to the identification of v anothetim of 9/11. that's 17 years after the deadly terrorist attacks.

scott johnson was a 26-year-old security analyst who reportedly worked on the 89th floor of the soh tower at the time. a team of experts at the medical examiner'sffice managed to use advanced dna testing to link a bone segmento johnson bringing closure to his family. authorities say the man behind a deadly crash on a highway north of las vegas last week has admitted to driving drowsy.ti this dra dash cam video shows the final moment of impact as a construction worker tries to flag the driver down. you can see him on the side of the screen. he narrowly misses the guy striking four other vehicles. two people died in that accident but remarkably everyone else managed to survive. no charges have been filed. an investigation is still under way. let's switch gears and give you a little morning boost. a new jersey dad was so excited

that his baby boy was being released from the hospital that he couldn' help but dance. this video was taken shortly after ken nothineth thomas lears 15 month old son w being discharged. after 32 days, the little boy has down's syndrome. he's also battling leukemia. thomas posted this onnstagram and now it has 2.5 million views. e called the special moment priceless and so do we. his wife who recorded the video sayson seeing her full of life happy dancing truly helps you get through. >> and he gets into it too. i love i i love it. >> i could watch that all day long. still ahead, what's a wedding recepon without the electric slide, right? we're revealing a new list of songs that most brides and grooms don't want to hear on their big day. next an eye-opening look at what life is like for families separated and now reunited at the southern border. all that is coming up right

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what did you leave behind in honduras? >> translator: i lost everything. >> she came to the u.s. from honduras to escape death threats to herself and her boys. but when she got here and tried to declare asylum, she was freighted from her sons for a month and a half. at that processin center, i saw it with my own eyes. people in here are locked up in cages essentially what lookedli animal kennels. i d o't know anyer way to describe it. two weeks ago she was finallyle eaed from detention in texas and hded straight for the airport in search of her sons. they had been sent to a shelter in new york city thousands of miles ay. and when she went to pick them up faced with a media circ, she broke down. >> i feel like i'm dying because they've taken my kids away. >> a few hours after going inside to find her boys, they came out together. but uncertain of what was next.

the answer wasr a two-hive upstate to kingston n york. here she has relatives to help her out. and others too. this is catholic charities in kingston noos ew york and thi where they have come to get help from locals in the community, try to figure out how to get settled and it all happens here. she will receive services like english classe a food pantry, and even sports for franklin and byron. >> yesterday we gave her a bed an her that was terrific because she had passed so many nights of sleeping sort of on a mattress on the floor. >> now maria is trying to find a job so her kids can have a new and better life here. while the immigration part plays

out, what your job is is to offer them service, right? >> yes. yesterday she was enthusiastic and said i'm ready, i want to start work. >> how do you get the kids in school? >> we're going to talk with her social worker and then we're going to try so-tto set up an appointment. >> like thousands of others faced with an uncertain future, maria only has one thing on her mind. here we are, we're standing on your new block, your n street, your newhousse, your new city. what is that like? >> tralator: my biggest joy i to have my kids with me again. >> for me rearia, they hope the finally in a place to bring the peace. on top of the trauma they're dealing with after separation, way want idn't by the to be separated for one second when we were all together, they nowace massive uncertainty

about their asylum claim and when it will b processed because she in particular has a clean record. in the meantime they're going to get to start a new life here in new york. starting today hundreds of other in thed families will be exact same scenario if they are not facing a far more daunting prospect lik media deportation right after they're ha for the parents already separated, what ppens for those children? >> it's a mess on the disaster of a on the scaleve of a pe disaster. 463 parents have been deported. the kids may be stranded here forever and not be able to get back to those paren because they won't be able to come back to the u.s. for reunification. let's turn now and get a check of the weather.

f> we've got some heavier thunderstormsling right now through the panhandle of oklahoma starting to fizzle out a bit and also across northern texas. we also have heavy rain across central and northern new england. we'll see a breakthrough today up and down the east coast, but we will see another round of heavier rai move in with some stronger thunderstorms tomorrow. today, though, some of those storms will be located back through chicago. a little bit of a flooding threat through parts of the southern planes. at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. here at home the sun is actually shining again. that's a nice change of pace. rain chances today are only 20%.t no more than an isolated shower. it's a dry way to get the day started. humid, temperaturesid 70s around the city. high temperature a very 88 degrees. very warm and humid to be outside today. hot tomorrow wit a high of 92.

some thunderstorms likely late to mid afternoon. dryer weather for saturday. >> and if you're heading out the door, b sure to catch us on today show radio sirius xm channel 108. some honest talk about a key part kof any >> the music can make or break the reception. couples often will give thed.j. a list of songs they'd like to hear. they're owalso providing songs they do not want to hear. they surveyed wedding d.j.s to come up with songs banned the most. let me get to the third most banned wedding song of all time and here it is rht here. sorry, "macarena". came out in 1983. vh 1 voted this the greatest

one-hit wonder of all time. number two on the most banned list, "the cha cha slide". >> i l>>e that song. ot at a wedding. >> i like when songs tell me what to do. >> the number one song most banned from the wedding and dance is "the chicken dance". why does this happen at the wedding? >>agai it's easy. >> in the '70s this was originally an octoberfest drinking song. it really was it. other songs, the "the cupid shuffle", "ymca"," electric slide". there were also modern songs

"happy" and others also on the banned list. we all chose a few of our wedding songs. i agreed withhe top choice. by the way, we did this before the list came out. i thought "the chicken list" should go away. >> i picked "the electric slide" only because i don't know it. >> you know the slide. >> no, i dot. d if i knew it i would like it. i love every song on that list. >> becauseehey bring peo out on the dance floor. yes. >> mine is a little different. "we are family". >> who hates that? >> i don't like when ithe comesn atedding because it's when all the aunts and uncles come out and we're all family, this is great. >> how about. ♪ ait little softer now >> gangnam style had just f com ou our wedding.

>> first u on pop star, john k, we're going to take a look as he gears up for his debut of "jack ryan". he did open up about those "office" re boot rumors and whether he would be on board for a revival. >> i have beenaying this now for a long time. i think it's hard with everybody's schedule to do a ut rebo i would so be down. doing a reboot wouldn't be just about bringing the show back, it would be about getting back together with those people. they're my family. they're my original business hollywood family. i'd be lucky to do it. mayb we can do a christmas special or something. >> anybody up for the reboot? >> yes. >> do a one off christmas spial and see if you get any attraction. to read more about his

interview, pick up the latest entertainment weekly issue that comes out on friday. speaking of revivals, is "frazier" the next to get a repute. they're in the early stages of discussing a possible revival. he's listening to various pitches that could be either a spinoff of the sitcom or perhaps a continuation of the show. you may recall it was actually a spin off of cheers. afterasons it wrapped in 2004 with 37 emmys if the reboot did come to fruition, it would be on end with other shows that have gone down that route including will and grace and murphy brn. >> it wa the most successful spin off in tv history. >> there you have it. >> says craig lvin. >> it's true. up next al's new youtube cut cold who's not watching cold cuts? there's a new episode. there's lance bas. they made an extravagant delisa

ndwich that includes onion jam and funions and fettuc alfredo. >> what is this about. >> makingch sand. >> you don't watch his show. >> she has so many shows i can't keep up. >> and sexual assau>> i grew up small town and everyone knew your i knew i was guy since i was 5 years old. it was a lonely journey because there was no one you could talk to. once i joined n siync and was able totravel, this is great. >> this must have been this weird t dichotomy int here you are in this boy band and 99% of your audience are young women who are willing to throw themselves at you and for you that's like -- >> it was goes little j to put me in a boy band, right?

atch the 'd like to full episode, head to youtube.com/today. >> do you have yourself a dal s daily. >> when it comes to picking up girls on the beach, this guy has a strong play. roll the tape. there he goes. oh, there's someone i'd like to talk to. hi. how are you. hi, i'm kevin. dylan, does thatrea you to death? >> that's absolutely terrifyingp retty smooth. >> especially y because should never lay in sand without a lanket. >> that's unbelievable. >> thanks, carson. >> to a sto now that you really have to see to believe, every year some of the wild ponies on an island off virginia are auctioned off, but it'syhe wa this annual tradition is carried out that really make its a special occasion. it's also where we find nbc's kerry sanders this morning.

another tough assignment, hey, buddy? >> hey, partner. this is just wonderful. i'mn board sammy. she was called from the herd 15 years ago. this was all made famous by a book. as you noted, what t makess an eye-popping event is how the rom es or the ponies get island to island. they swim. it's a roundup unlike any other. >> it's like being a kid on christmas morning getting up and seeing the horses coming out here. thesele wrs called saltwater cowboys driving more than 100 ponies into the muddy waters through the shallows along the virginia coast. ponies no taller than 4'6"

accompanied by their young foals, the final 400 yard swim to shore one of those images that sticks for a fetime. >> what i saw was exciting. my eyes are watering up. it's emotional. >> it all happens so up close and personal at times even spectators g de lost horse back to the herd. >> oh my gosh, that was amazing. that was the most amazing experience. >> how do these ponies get here? the legend goessh a spa gal ga -- galeon goes a shore. i 19 ponies mad assure and mu multiplied. the governmenhe limits size of the herd so every year they are driven across. deme of the colts are auctioned off. famous by a book more than 70 years ago, then came the

movie. a brother and sister spy a pony, name her misty hoping to win her at auction. >> that's a great story and it should be passed down. >> once on shor the saltwater cowboys parade d the herdn main street. the ponies the stars. those on horseback like scuzzy who's been doing this for 50 years famous in his own right. o>> tell me where you cano this. it's a privilege and an honor. >>t feels magical. >> corralled,s familather to look at the colts hoping they'll get one of the wild animals at auction. >> for as wild as you are, you're remarkay friendly and tame. yes, you are. keep saying no, but i syes. >> and for the kids, they have someunny ideas of what they'll do ifky they're l enough to take one home. >> we're going to put him in my

bed. >> you're going to get a pony and p him in your bed? >> uh-huh. >> a coastal tradition, captivating eyes of children of all ages hoping to one day have their own misty. and so what you see flanking me are the offspring of misty. if you're wondering what tla do wi they do with the monn they sell the colts, that money then supports the local fire department and the ponies themselves will make a swim bac not far from here tomorrow. >> thatay be one of those beautiful pieces of video. >> good tradition. thank you. just ahead, more bang for your buck. special steals and deals uslled with bargain bundles. >> if you'll exc me, i'm going to the oraooe rm. come with me. come on. we've got an icon with a movie you don't want to miss. hi, glenn. >> good to see you. >> the movie oh caed "the

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warm and humid outside this morning, but at least the sun's out for a nice chang of pace. we're in the mid 70s. it will be a hot one today, 88

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he reviews, early oscar buzz. getting more stuff for last. we've got jill here with steals and deals full of barga bundles for your face and body and home. >> then it's taco time. how to put a fresh summer spin on somethingry eone loves. >> first fans were invited to bring their dogs to oriole park lawe night b the orioles and the red sox. sunny siblings were the stars of the show. camden helped out with theirst pitch. >> and a strike at that, huh? >>e. n you got the weather? >> yes. humid but it's n going t rain. we are looking at a break. as we go into tomorrow we'll ger anothend of rain. a secondary front that can bring severe storms up and down the coast. it stays hot and dry out west. going through the weekend the temperatures will savy above age up and down the west

coast from seattle all the way down. also in the southwest we're looking at temperatures well above 105. on sunday it looks nice. in theoutheast some scattered showers and storms. it looks unsettled back through the plains. scattered thunderstorms possible as well. that's a look at the weather.'s now he a peek out your window. good thursday morning. we're going to see more sunshine. today temperatures in the mid to low 70s. lar this afternoon, more sunshine and will heat up to 88. it will be humid so iwill be steamy out there. there's a chance for a stray afternoon shower. tomorrow 92, we're dry most of the day. late afternoon intohe evening thunderstorms. some of those could be strong to severe. weekend doesn't look too bad. by next week the rainy pattern could return. >> and we have to a include of our folks on this sidef the plaza. it's summertime so the plaza is packed. hoda. >> dylan, thank you so much. e>> now to the great glenn

close. six-time oscar nominee is getting rave reviews once again this time for her starring role if a movie called "the wife". glenn plays a woman who has sacrificed everything for her husband and his career until, well, take a look. >> we are so delighted to be giving you this prize. your career has a rulemarkable span. you have also challenged the form in ways that will affect generations of writers to come. >> well, i should be getting something for all the gray in my beard. >> deed, yes. and thank you for doing so on the world's behalf. >> by the way, that face says it all. glenn close is here. i cannot oversell this movie. i saw it yesterday. o it was one those things i didn't know i was going to feel so many emoons in one movie.

the woman you play is a wife and she is in the shadows like so many women. we've all kind of felt this way. tell us a little bit about joan. >> yes. well, she fell in love with her professor at smith in the '50s and they ended up dn in the village and h wanted to be a great writer. from that moment on, she started supporting him in that. >> i think for a lot of women we've all done this at some point in our lives, you sort of make yourself smaller so that your man feels bigger. and i was -- when i was watching this, i was feeling a lot of those emotions. she was trying s hard to keep him up. >> yeah. i think so, yeah. >> and tell me about their dynamic. there are so many surprises. the rson i'm tiptoeing through this is i don't want to give anything away. but there are lots of surprising twists.

>> i had a greater par jonathan price, who is one of the great actors alive today. it actually ended up bei a incredibly real, incredibly intimate portrait of a marriage and all theower plays, what's not said and compromise is made and then the cost of that. >> well, what was great is there are obviously flashbacks to when you are younger and that role is played by your daughter annie who was equally as incredible. whik was that working on a project with her? >> well, i didn't actually - i t out of town when she was filming all of that. >> you did? was that on pnpose? >> purpose, absolutely. that was her deal. we shot that part in glasgow and i went up into the highlands. >> if you had your way, would oyou have been there watch to see how she was doing?

>> no. i have huge, huge -- she's tanaturally nted. >> she is, by the way. >> she has a great talent and i thought it's between her and t director. you don't want your mom around, right? >> does she ask you for advice? >> well, we sat around the table for a really, really working on those characters. of course anniehe was one who had established joan and there's certain things about joan, her shyness, her determination too what would fulfill her. and so she -- it was her responsibility to that. when you hear something like you put this project out there into these univ and then all of a sudden you hear oscar buzz, you've been nominated six times for an oscar. when youdo hear oscar buzz it excite you or are you, like, don't tell me i don't want to know. >> it exces me and then i

don't want to know. i'll be doing a play at the theater and i'll be distracted forhe next six months. >> do you like that kind of perf wmance? when yen't speaking i felt something. when you were speaking i felt myselfnred. it's not like there's so much dialogue. just look at you and feel that. did it feel that powerful? >> yngh. the that was amazing about this process is that it was so internalor me. and i thought about it a lot. so much was internalized that when -- it was private. then all of a p suddeple are seeing it and they're reacting like oh, ey are, it's you know. it was so specific and so private has suchresonance is just thrilling. >> cgrats t your daughter. she just got married. i heard you wereutting a rug on the dance floor. i would like to see that.

congratulations. you havengo many t to be proud of. >> thank you so much, >> again, the movie is called "the wife". you've got to go see it. glenn is gacng to be in a few weeks with annie, her daughter. we're looking forward to that. coming up next it's bargain bundles gare. first this is "today" on nbc.

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this morning o today, food, it is taco thursday. with busy summerle sche nobody wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. we've got a simple summerenu that your family is sure to love. nutrition expert, natural food chef, daphne oz i with us. good to have you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> what are we starting with? >> we are going to make grilled fish tacos. the nice thing about this recipe it happens quickly and you can substitute anything you have in the kitchen. h if youe corn, if you have

zucchini, you can pibuild it in a family meal. we're using this beaiful halibut filet. you want to use steak, you can use chicken, shrimp, whatever. i'm going tose scallions and carrots and a beautiful slaw with hal pajalepeno and lime. >> this has to be easy because you've got three small children. >> i have ivs of coffee a this point. it's ridiculous. and you're right, part of it is keeping me sple. you're much more helpful than mr 3-ld. >> you clearly haven't talked to my wife. >> we're going to use onions and a some red bell peppers. i like to let this go 10 minutes. i i want caramelized.

the whole step of this process is to bring t outse natural sugars and give us caramelized on y onions and really juice up that taco. this is to juice it up with plenty of vegetables. >> this is how it looks after 10 minu.s. >> y there's still texture and it's still tender but it's nice and sugar and salt. this is going to be a little quick dry spice for our fish. and here you can add in rice flour. >> would you be able to notice a difference? >> no. i thinkice flour is crispy. i've got to be straight. home is doing this a would be doing this step with my hands. you actually pound this flour blend right on to the fish and pack it on thicker. d it's fast. >> this is lightly floured.

>> vy light floured. and go into a medium skill let,i no. >> what's the verdict there? >> they're awfully quiet. >> i d't even like cole slaw. this is a whole other level of cole slaw. it's so good. >> i'm so happy. >>t is aually -- i'm glad you bring it up. fish is alway a little temperamental for people, especially outside. this is the right fish to pick. it's almost like a steak. it holds up really well. you go 3 or 4 minutes on one side and then flip it. i get this perfect crust on all four sides.nt you t to be cooked all the way through but i don't like to take it too w dry. no get to the good stuff. >> i'm going to eat a piece of this halibut. >> you do like fish. >> i do like fish. >> that's another thing.

if you as mom, which i always am trying to get back in shape afr the third baby, the whole thing, this is a nice dinner that feels light buthole family will enjoy it. this is a little trick i do at home. d i do half yo and half greek yogurt. then i have cumin and chipotle chili powder. that lime juice, look at that pour. >> i canour with the bes of them. >> is this gorgeous or what? this is summer in a bowl t me. we have carrots, red and green cabbag scallions, some beautiful red onion toss that on. >> all of it? of it give this a quick toss.

let it sit for 20 minutes. move things ing to along and you need it on the table fast, get your hands in and massage it and break it alwn. massage your massage your cabbage. it's going to change your life. >> massage your cook as well. >> finish my drink. >> that t. >> save some time for tequila. >> let's fil these tacos. first things first, beautiful warm corn taco. u can use flour. there's all these great paleo ta co abs.egwhet le s and onions, grab a little cole slaw. is is a build your own station if you have friends coming over. a little bit of fresh cilantro. >> are you coming for seconds on the cocktail? >> he's takg matters into his own hands.

let me tell you about these cocktails. >> clearly they're good. >> summer in a glass. >> i'm going to rename it. that's my carson daly summer in a glass. little bit of final step here. >> yoursch looks so prettier than mine. clearly a professional >> and the drinks that carson ust stole are my take on a margarita which if you're sick of a margarita, we probably can't be friends. >> thiss so good. >> it's tequila, a little agave and aittle lime juice and a spritzer right on top. you likemeit? have a drink. >> these are taken. >> there's some olive o there for you. >> recipes on today.com/food. cheers tore you. 's to summer. this is "today" on nbc. back in a moment.

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good morning, everyone. welcome to theprogram. i'm megyn kelly. there's a lot to get to this morning from serena williams alleging discrimination against her and a secret the ralty is keeping from prince george. welcome craig melvin and jenna bush hager along with dan goman. good to see you. let's talk about serena williams to madein an edible comeback in tennis. he's unhappy. issue.een raising this this is the most forceful time about the number of times she's been drug tested in