good morning. breaking overnight. basketbrawl. president trump slams nba star lebron james in a late night tweet. the attack coming days after james slams the president in a tv terview. >> what i noticed is he used sports to divid us. >> this as president trump wecalates his war of words with china. are live with the latest. holding strong. an around the clock watch on the viinia dam which could burst and flood the town below with 17 feet of water. evacuations in place, but hope this morning that the dam wil hold as more than 30 million people from maryland to maine deal with another day of

relentless rain and possibility of flash flood. on defense. embattled ohio state football ssistant urban meyer and coach breaking silence aboutiche domest violence allegations of zach smith by his-w e. >> i never hit her. >> and meyer admits he did know d reported them in 2015. is this enough for the coach to keep his job? those stories and harvey weinstein fights back. could flattering e-mails from accuser after an alleged attack help him get his criminal case tossed out? a huge honor for the thai boys two weeks after being trapped in the cage. and rhino rampage goes after an suv in the wilife park.

today,ug saturday,t 4th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" withel shein jones and craig melvin and dylan dreyer. live from studio 1aef in roler plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. craig has the morning off. we have jeff rossen here toome in o saturday. good morning. >> craig decided 90ay work is enough. how about the rhino video? >> can you imagine explaining that to the insurance adjuster? >> call it wildlife. we start with the top story this morning. president trump taking to twitter overnight to bh nba star lebron james. that is not his only battle. a potenti trade war with china is looming as well. kelly o'dnell is traveling

with the president.r: >> reporood morning, sheinelle. vacation mode is not peaceful for president trump yet. on the international front, china is making moves on trade and on the home front, he is taking out frustration on the athlete who also endorsed hillary clinton in 2016. this morning, president trump war with nba star lebron james. overnight, t president tweeting, quote, lebron james was just interviewed by t dumbest man on television. don lemon. he made lebron look smart. i like mike.o referring nba legend michael jordan. why the anger? earlier this week on cnn, james the slammed the president. >> what ir noticed o the last few months, he used sport tos divide and sports has never been something that divides people. it has been somhing toogring peopleher. >> reporter: this is the latest

battle line with the president and .hletes. trump is a frequent critic of nfl playersne who for the national anthem. >> won't you love to see the owners who disrespect the flag to say get tha son of a bitch off the field right now. he's fired. >> reporter: the president is also sparring with china over trade. >> china is not too happy with me. i h great respect for present xi. >> reporter: china is ready to retaliate. threatening new fees to import $60 billion of american goods. in response to the trump administration'sirst wave o tariffs. >> our workers and our country got ripped off. >> reporter: the president said he could ratchet up tariffs on another $323 -- $200 billion on chinesego ods. >> do not under estimate the

president's follow thrgh on thecampaign. >> reporter: from china to russia. a woman known as the manhattan madame kristin davis met with the special counsel team. davis is described as a ri long-timed and some time business associate of former adviser to trump roger stone. stone tells nbc news she knows nothing about alleged russian collusion, wiki leaks or any other collaboration. >> kelly, the president has a rally in ohiotonight. what should we expect to see there? >> reporter: expect this as a rescue mission. a special election and open seao ng up and concern that republicans could lose the seat. he will bring all of his rally energy, the thing we have seen on display in big arenaoharenas , a state he won. trying to help a republican

candidate hold on to the seat. it gives you a sense of how tight it is heading into the midterms. every seat counts. republicans holding on with the ident's help. he is going in to do what he can to get voters to turn out. >> kelly, thank you. >> kayleigh burns is a political reporter joining us. morning. >> i don't understand why he septemb sent the tweet. the interview aired days ago. what angered him most is james saying president trump ior usin to divide us. doesn't what trump tweet prove >> exactly. we have seen over the course of the president and during the campaign that he uses the bully pulpit to bully than to lead and y.ify the coun that is what lebron james is talking about. in thet piece t lebron james was interviewed, he was talking about the way he is funding new

schools and giving kids access to resources and education that they would not have. a pillar in his community. he has talked about the way president has stoked racial tension. we have seen that in the way he went after the nfl with the protests. he used the bully bull ppulpit bully. >> you haveebron james and don lemon. high profile african-american men. he has a history of using almost race as a wedge issue. talk about thef implications that. he is just unapologetic about it. it is frustrating to so many people. >> exactly. interestingly, a poll out a month ago showed half o the country asked if the president was racist. said yes. we know the president likes to talk about the culture wars. ialked to republican strategists across the country

and they say the culture war rallies up the support of the base theneed in the tough conteco contes contests. >> this is strategic. >> yes. it can ao be larizing. kelly mentioned the district in ohio. this shouldn't be a close race. s to the it is spe political dynamic in the couple try. w in the country. >> it to switch to the other issue. rudy giuliani says it could be cided in the next ten days whether donald trump will sit down with robert mueller. trump is saying i want to talk to ahem go against legal counsel advice. lawyers are saying not so fast. >> most legal experts and the president's legal team don't want the president to sit down. we understand why. we have seen the administration has had to downplay the significance of the president's words over jeff sessions a s an

issues with helsinki. there is a lot ofressure if he sits down for an interview. the president is trying to make the case to the publichat thi entire thing is a witch hunt, in his words. i he also trying to say i have t thing to hide. of course, i will down. waging a pr campaign on the issue. >> good discussion this morning. thank you.et now turn to the scary situation in virginia where residents are on edge waiting and hoping that a dam that many fear could burst at any moment holds strong. dave price from ourti s here in new york wnbc has the latest on that. >> good morning. it has been a tense night watching in virginia. crews working to relieve the pressure on the college dam which is threatening to burst. water spilling over the dam. as of this morning, the 8

80-year-old structure is still holding. ta >> the dam isble at this point. >> reporter: the dam is heavily damaged. if it were to give way, the water level wouise 17 feet in seven minutes. about 150 homes evacuated as a precaution. >> the all clear has notve been n yet. we ask that folks not return to the areas. >> reporter: all along the coast, heavy winds and strong storms leaving a path of destruction. residents in queens, new york are caning up after a rare tornado toppled 50 trees which crushed homes and cars, but no one seriously hurt. >> a lot o folks were already inside and not in the middle of rush hour traffic. >> reporter: 70-mile-an-hour winds and intense rain downed trees and drowned cars in albany, new york. flash floods in north carolina inundated the floor of this

hospital with sseral inc of water. >> the first call i got was from the surgeon saying there's water coming into the operating room. >> reporter: power crews are working to fix the lines in winston salem. drivers were stranded as powerful storms pushed across new england. good news p forple living around the dam, the rain is letting up. there are tens of panhandmillio the northeast under flash flood watch. i'll hav more to embattled ohio state football coach urban meyer. he is speaking out this morning saying he failed when he was asked if he knew anything about domestic violence claims against his former assistant hecoach. now says he was aware. this as the former assistant coach is speaking out as well. nbc's blake mccoy>> has more. eporter: new revelations this morning as fired ohio state

assistant coach zach smith breaks his scieniglence ones . >> i never hit her. >> reporter: denying the abuse allegations after his ex-wife released pictures of her bruised and bloody body. >> anything that happened to her body was all defensive movements to remove myself from the situation. i said that's it. i'm not going to get charged. reporter: nbc news reached out to courtney smith's attorney who says she has no comment at this time. zach goes ono defend coach urban meyer. >> he looked at me. i swear if find out you hit her, you are done. you're fire >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation abou. i know nothing. >> reporter: meyer came under fire last week for that comment at the bigen press conference. forcing him to backtrack in a statement. quote, i have always followed

proper reporting procedures. i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. my words in reply to the reporter or personnel issue must be clear and at big ten media day on july 24nyth, i failed on ma of these fronts. meyer is on paid leave whileio state let's an independeti board invte what he knew and what he did about it. >> if he loses his job. it is flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be a crime. >> reporter: osu's star coach sidelined. its big money footballrogram in limbo. for "today," blake mccoy, nbc news. ten months after the massacre in las vegas, police have closed the investspation. dee thousands of hours ofnd interviewson of evidence, there is a lingering question why did the lonunn take so

many lives? nbc's gadi schwartz has more. >> reporter: it has bee ten months since gunfire erupted from the mandalay bay.d an the numbers found in the las vegas police final report are absolutely staggering 2,000 investigative leads. 22,000ours of video. 250,000 images.av police a moment to moment timeline detailing to the minute the thousands of rounds fired into the crowd. >> still shooting. still shooting. >> reporter: but despite so many specifics, still no reason why. >> single shooter. >> reporter: police finding no evidence the shooter was radi l radicaliz radicalized, but found searches of how crowded venue gets. there was no manifesto orno suicide te. hand drawn calculations of bullet trajectories and bump stocks. the shooter maye h had bipolar

disorder and gambled before the massacre, but never committed a crime before the first shot. in the shooting that happened, 58 people killed and 887 people wounded. >> i'm reminded of itco tantly. there is not a moment that i don't. i'm stuck in the chair. my life. >> reporter: investigators finding communications systems worked, but overwhelmed. >> operators are bus >> no system in the world that can handle that volume in a short period of time. o reporter: 11 minutes terror documented and ze scrutid. the case clos, butunexplained leaving fear that something like this could happen again. for "today," gadi schwartz, nbc news.

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love for michael jordan. the spat comes day after james said the president is using sports to divide the nation. north korea is firing back after other countries violating sanctions. secretary of state mike pompeo directed a warning at china and other nations saying the nations should not do anything thatss reduces pe on north korea to abandon nuclear weapons. united nations report claims north korea has not stopped the missile and nuclear program. the thai soccer boys who gained internatial attention after trapped in the cave for weeks have achieved another milesto milestone. the players took part in the ceremony to complete time as novice buddhist monks. the ceremony was dedicated to the thai navy the yellowstone national

park says the man who taunted the bison has been arrested. the 55-year-old had been cited for drunk and disorderly conduct earlier i the week. he will remain in jail until his hearing. > speaking of disorderly conds.t in park visitors in a wildlife park in scare. got a a rhino heade to a pack of zebras when the suv got in the way and started ramming the vehicle. it picks it up off the ground. some employees try to distract the animal, but followed the suv. no one was hurt. it could have been wo e. thirning, the sexual assault case against harvey weinstein may be taking a new rn. weinstein has filed new documents in court claiming e-mails from one of his alleged victims sho they had a consensual relationship. >> anne thompson is following it

all. >> reporter: good rning. harvey weinstein built a fierce reputation in hollywood as tough guy. now facing sexual assault arges to put himn prison for life, weinstein is playing tough again using an accuser's wordst agai hers to get-he case against her to get the case dismisse in court papers, weinstein says he had a ng-term consensual intimate relationshih we woman who claims he raped her in march of 2013. offering e-mails to prove it. e-mails weinstein's attorney says the grand jury did not see. >> we are not involved in what people say is victim shaming. >> reporter: e-mails start m less thanth after the alleged attack in the new york ho tow -- new york hotel. i appreciate all you do for me. it would be great to see you again and catch up. in all, more than 400 e-mails exchanged in the four years following the alleged rape.

the final e-mail from february of 2017 reads, i love you. always do. i hate feeling le a booty call. >> i don't think any of that is consisnt with the conversation you expect to read between a real victim and the real rapist. >> reporter: weinstein's attorney wants the oral sex charges dismissed involving two women who went public weinstein, in court papers, as he has throughout the scandal,e deni he ever had non consensual sex with .anyo so far, nearly 100 women have accused weinstein of everything from inappropriate contact to rape. one of the first actress rose mcgowan. >> this is a big strike in the heart of abuse of power. >> reporter: stories igniting me too movement making a dramatic impact of the court of public opinion and now seeking to do

the same in t court of law. >> so here is the question. what is next for harvey weinstein after hearing this? >> this is not his get out of jail free. ca what will happen is the manhattan district attorney will respond to this and the judge will decide isothere is a rn to drop the rape charges. in the meantime, he still remains charged and free on $1 million bail. he is wearing a gps monitor. >> no real timeline on this? >> nopecific timeline. >> ananne, thks. let's go to dave price on lathe for

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annie. ♪ har knock life >> reporter: this theater brims with 11,500 patrons. they brings this kids because their parents brought them just as parents brought them. for denny, the mu was his first job. now he's the president. >> i started as as picker we called them. a person who picks up the trash after the show. >> reporter:t is sheer joy of performingn front of a large and loving audience rain or shine, thatng keeps bg tony award winner beth lovell back. >> it is the community. it is the experience. it is the professionalism. it is the community i feel so loved when i come here. >> reporter: that sense of community is real. the muny has welcomed all from day one. just ask this family.

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good mo >> straight ahead a new york woman disappears. her suv found right here in the dmv. someone was insidebut it was not her. we're breaking down the details of a case. and major concerns this morning over the possibility that a virginia dam may break. 17 feet of water could sink a small town in just minutes. we're taking a closer look at the nightmare scenario the town is bracing for this morning. and i'm brittany. we've bee waiting for dryer conditions. both today and tomorrow, i'm tracking your full forecast to know what to expect. >> all that and mo. we're on until 10:00 a.m. if you have to leave before then, joieb us on fk live.

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happening now on news 4 today. a bizarre mystery unfoldingrnhis g. a new york woman disappears. her suv turning up in virginia.

details about the man found inside and when he he remains in police custody. a local family demands millions after a shooting took a life of their son. a report this morning from the washington post. a wrgan c with operating as a russian agent may have had contact with a trump sociate. a lot to get to on this saturday morning. the first weekend in gust. good morning. >> thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning as we kick off the weekend hoping we'l finally dry out. >> wouldn't that be nice? we need it. we have a special guest with us this morning. lauren is working night side weekend. brittany joining us from our nbc station in philadelphia. brittany, good morning. >> it's a nicebe weekend t here with us finally drying out. same weather pattern affecting us in d.c. and now we're starting to see dryer conditions. a chance for a s