developing overnight heavy rains prompting authorities to evacuate parts of virginia in case of a dam failure. it would flood lynchberg with 17 feet of water in seven minutes. >> make no mistake this threat is broad and deep. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> securing our election process is a top priority. >> now we're being rendered ax the russia. it's a hoax. >> a major contradicti involving russian influence on november elections. apple has w donet no other company in the world has achieved and with extraordinary rates of return.

have scientists finally solved the mystery of the famous bermudatriangle? we begin with the dangerous weather havoc developin in virginia. the city of lynchberg is under a flash flood warning and several areas have been evacuated due to fears of a massive dam collapse. this videotu capd the violentf currents o surging waters several hours ago. now it is filled beyond capacity after receiving upo 6 inches of rain thursday nighte national weather service warns if that dam fails water could raise 17 feet in just seven minutes in lynchberg and has already transformed roads into rivers submerging vehicles. officials now pleading ith residents to evacuate to higher ground and avo traveling on those roads. rescue workers got to those people just in time.

officials shared the video online issuing this warning, rn around, don't drown. another russian reversal from president trump, the president seemingly sit fro his top security advisers on the moskow election meddling referring tot as, quote, the russian hoax. well, the claim coming just hours after white house officials stood side by side warning of a new kremlin campaign to interfere in the s. mid-te for more on this latest rift over russia nbc's tracie potts joins us from waorington. >> rr: some mixed messages coming from the president and his national security team. the presidentt that rally last night talking about not only what he now believes is a hoax but also about russia's interest in the last election. listen. >> that's a really good thing. now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? i'll tell you what.

russia's very unhappy that trump won. that i tell you. but i got along great with putin. they wanted me to walk up -- here's a podium here. they wanted me to walk up and go like this -- son of a -- they wanted me to go up and have a boxing match. i said whatever happened to >> reporter: so the president calls the russia investigation of russian intnce a hoax. but hours earlier his united national security team, the fbi, national securit agency, homeland security, his director of national intelligence a his national security advisor all convinced that russia's up to something. >> make no mistake the scope of this foreign influence threat is both broad and deep. >> our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. >> reporter: so which one is it?

the white house will be pressed to explain that today >> all right, tracie, thank you. this morning new government iogures are out when it comes to the separ of migrant families. according to a late night court filing 572 children ages 5 to 17 remainn the custody of health and human services. of those still separated 478 have parents who have either been deporlted or haven't bn contacted after release into the u.s. the rest either have background check conrns, waived communication rights or otherwise under review. the figures come as the first daughter breaks ranks with hert , denouncing the separation of families at a low point for the administration. and that's not the only topic causing a rare family divide. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: from a family focused first daughter a red separations at the border. >> that was a low point for me as wellnd i am very vehemently

against family separation and the separation of parents and children. ter: it was the policy of ivanka trump's father that triggered more separations in th first place. but she never pushed back publicly until that had already been reversed. now she's making her view clear on that and on something else. >> do you think the media is the enemyeof thee? >> no, i do not. i have some sensitivi why people have concerns, but, no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. >> reporter: back up from her boss, with the president tweeting she correctly said no. it is the fake news which is large percentage of the media thats the enemy of the people. >> the enemy of the people i call it.he i call fake news the enemy of the people, and they are. >> reporter: his press secretary repeatedly pressed on whether the media is the enemy repeatedly dged. >> repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to insight anger. as far as i know i'm the first

press secretary in the history the united states that's required secret service protection. >> you did not say in the coarse of those r you just made that the press is not the enemy of the people. >> i'm here to speak on behalf of the president. he's made his comments clear. >> reporter: as for what's happening on the a policy front you know this administration has always focused on ending obama era regulations with another example of that nowk. this w the epa is rolling out its proposal to roll back certain fuel economy standards. that's consistent with a pattern we've seen from president tru. doing certain things his predecessor did. for him, ipph a promise made, a promise kept. >> hallie jacks at the white house, thank you. there is a new club thatne s just member, apple. thed tech giant shattenew milestone,ch reaing a valuation of $1 trillion. nasdaq even giving apple a shout

out displaying its logo at its market site in new york city. if you invested2,300 at t bottom today you'd be a millionaire. >> reporter: it's the economy that promised to change the world. today it's iphones and other products the center of life the go. now apple making history at the world's first trillion dolr company. >> it just solidifies the fact this is company that's been hitting all cylinders for a very long time and continues to do . >> reporter: it's been a remarkable turn around from 22 riars ago when the company was on the of bankruptcy. then founder steve jobs returned to fix the company he created. >>stnd the qn is where is apple relevant. >> reporter: and it paid off. a $1,000 investment in the company back then worth abo $450,000 today. apple is now led by ceo tim cook who talked to lester in ve er. >> you may soon be head of a trillion dollar company. what do you think aboat what goes through your mind? >> the truth is i don't think

about it, toeaey honest. what i view to be a stock price to be a result of doing other things well. >> reporter: but potential new tariffs on china where most of apple's products a c made now give apple and cook a significant challenge. francis? >> wow, thank you. it makes you wonde what is the apple of the future? >> yeah, if we knew, if we only knew. >> a brawl broke out in a french c airport. losed the terminal and caused flight delay as well. two a-list rival french rappers got io a fistfight at the airport inparis. they can be seen here crashing through the cosmetic stands of a retail shop. there's no word on what sparked this fight. and police say the two artists o were both headed to spain for a performance were arrested along with their entourages.

fireworks wer tosse from a passing suv and immediately expl ped sendingple jumping from their seats. one person suffered nonlife threatening ainjuries. th working to trace the suv. for the second time this week a massive wall of dust blew through phoenix causing zero visibility. the cloud caused a delay and the cancellation of more than hundred flights. let's check in wh nbc meteorologist with friday and maybe a look at i what we ha store for the week. >> last weekend we actually didlert on the east coast after a wet ek. about 36 million at risk. we actually added some down there around savannah, georgia, too into the flood that number going up. 8:00 a.m. today hitting the appalachians.

and then by the timeto we ge tomorrow morning another area batch of heavy rain and thunderstorms starts rolling through new york city. and by the time we get to saturday afternoon we t start dry out a little bit, just hit and miss storms. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. so temperatures the mid-80s but the humidity makes it feel sticky and kind of gross. and there'll be hit as miss shownd storms. hit and miss showers and storms in colorado and very war air into the south. full weekend forecast coming upe and some are going to be very summer like and hot. >> it's going.o be important it's the weekend, after all. new movies hitting theaters this weekend including disney's "christopher robin." the spy who dumped me and mama

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hurry-upffense did make it interesting. and the ravens win the game 17-16. most importantly football is back. leading the t news ohio state buckeyes are scheduled to hold their first football game today but they'll be wthhout r famed head coach. irvin myers is out on claims he knew about the allegations against the former head coach. and there's fallout off the field as well. restaurant chain bob evans saying it'spe susing a deal. e>> reporter: the f of ohio state football, legendry coach irvin meyer out of the game, placed on administrative leave. the university huddling withve igators. at issue did meyer know of abuse allegations against assistant coach zack smith involving

ex-wife courtney smith? >> io believe he knew and instead he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: speaking to watchstadium.com smith filed multiple police reports including this one. the defendant grabbed the victim by heric t-shirt, pd her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the victim is pregnantith the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with meyer's wife shelly. nbc news has not verified those messages. >> she said she was going to have to tell irvin. i said that's fine, you know. you should tell irvin. >> reporter: meyer who fired smith last week -- >> i was never told about anything. >> reporter: -- says i ia statemengree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate i completion. zack smith's attorney says he wants to be as transparent and eenest as possible. smith has not charged with a crime. under meyer's $7.6 milon a year contract he's required to

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>> thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." fire insid a row home on newcombe street. >> chris lawrence at the live desk with what we know about this. >> four people have been left without a home.ai want to get st to some pictures showing how that heavy fire was knocked out. it's a three-story row house between other homes. the residentsay haveeen asleep when it started. and firefighters hadus to the windows to get them out. the fire started in the first floor and it engulfed other homes from there. this could have been a lot worse. no word on the cause of the fire, but here's a look at where itst started in south d.c. newcombe street on 2nd. no one has been injured. the red cross has been called in, with the residents, called for ala to live. we're keeping an eye on the commute and the