good morning. first on "today," president trump and omarosa. the conversion sheecretly recorded one day after she was fired. ?> omarosa, what's going jusawn boutking a leaving. what happened? >> this morning, the president's once loyal aide. >> every detractor will have to bow down. >> turns on him, saying he's racist, misogynist, and in serious mental decline. isdihe cree or is she settling scores, and was it legal to make this recording in the white house situation room? >> can i ask you a couple questions? is the president aware of this? >> thiss a nonnegotiable discussion. >> omarosa is live in studio 1a.

>> deadly idjoyr overnight, the data and cockpit recorders recovered from the plane stolen by a worker in seattle. >> just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it until now. >> what we're now learning about the 29-year-old at the controls and the stuntsihat's r major concerns about airport security. all that, plus breaking overnight. the chillingt momen a pier suddenlyes collaps during a concert in spain, injuring hundreds. day of demonstrations. hundreds take to the streets on the anniversary of those deadlyo protests in ttesville. counterprotesters f outnumbering the white nationalists behind the rally. and so close.

tiger woods turned in his best final rou ever in a major, not quite enoughor the n, but he's still celebrating. today, monday, au.st 13th, 20 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today, with savannah guthrie and hodatb ko live from studio wurx 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a monday rning. nice to have you with us. i bet tiger woods does not want to see that shot again. >> teetering on the edge. the crowds were going sor wild tiger. brooks koepka may have won that thing, and he did well, but if you were looking on twitter and listening to people, you heard one name, tiger woods. >> we'll have more on that, but we have a major storyt the top. the secret recordings by former omarosa se aide manigualt newman. including a new one this morning

of the president himself. she's sharing it with us cl ively and you're about to hear it. omarosa and with us live. she'll a talkut all this this morning. but let's start with peter alexander on the firestorm she started. >> good morning to you. this ing, omarosa is offering what she calls an insider's accountru of the white house. but her former colleagues say the one time reality tv star who rose to fame as the villain the apprentice is spewing lies and false accusations.in this mo we have that new audio of a conversation she had with thesident after she was fired. it includes another shocking claim. >> this morning, president trump on tape overnight, former white house aide omarosa manigualt newman providing nbc news with this excerpt of a recording of a phone call she said she received from the president. she said the call came the day after she was fired by the white house chief of staff john kelly. the president seemingly unaware she'd been dismissed.

>>t' omarosa, w going on? i saw on the news you're leaving.abo what happened? >> general kelly came to me and said you guys wanted me to leave. >> nobody even told me about it. they run a big operation, but didn't know it. i didn't know that. >> yeah. >> damn it. i don't love you leavingt all. >> nbc news does not know what was said before or after that exchange. on sunday, manault newman revealing she also secretly taped kelly firing her inside the highly secured situation room. >> is the president aware? >> let's not going down the road. this is a nonnegotiable discussion. white house where everybody lies. the president lies to the american people. sarahe huckatands in front of the country and lies every day. i have to protect myself and io haveregret about it. >> this rning, omarosa unplugged. >> donald trump is a co >> once one of his most loyal allies. >> you're fired.

>> every detractor will have to bow down to president trump. >> now, a fierce adversary, expressing regret for her role attacks st wing as she president trump and questions his fitness for office. histhey continue to deceive nation by how mentally declined he is, how difficult it is for him to process complex information. how he's not engaged in some of the most important decisions that impact ourtr coun >> over the weekend, the president dismissing his former aide. >> lowlife. >> sarah sanders slamming her as a former disgruntled employee adding tneak a recording device into the white house situationwsoom s a blatant disregard about national security and to brag about it on national television further proves the lack of chacter and integrity. in her book, she writes she was told about a tapehere mr. trump used the n-word in

production of the apprentiappre but on "meet the press," she said she heard it herself, but only after the book was finished. heard his voice. >> you have heard the tape. since the publication of this bo ? >>absolutely. >> kellyanne conway slamming her former colleague as a self-promoting opportunist. >> she's trying to sell books and settleor . you have to be anti-trump for those to be successful. >> peter,as the white house responded to this latest recording that was released thin mo >> yeah, i reached out to the white house overnight. they have not responded to this new audio, part of the conversation that omarosa also mentions in her book. sepalyfired, she received an e-mail from the president's re-electio campaign, offering her a job for $15,000 a month if she agreed to sign a nondisosure agreement. nbc news has obtained the document that bars her from president. she turned it down but believes

the president's allies have used the same tactic to buy the silence of other former white house employats. east one former senior official disputes the claim and says they did not receive any such agreement. >> pete thank you again. omarosa is with us exclusively. we're going to talk to her about all of this coming up. in the meantime, other news. only about two dozen white nationalists showed up for a rally in washington, d.c. on sunday whe the organizer was expecting hundreds, a they were drowned out by thousands of counterprotesters sending a message that, quote, racism isn't welcome. it waseld on the one-year anniversary of the deadly charlottesville rally that left one woman dead. it was marked by a much heavier police presence. now to new questions about how a airline ramp worker managed to steal an empty passenger plane from theeattle airport on friday night and take it on a deadly joyride. we have two reports starting with nbc'sannichols and the

very latest on the investigation. hey, hans, good >> good morning, guys. overnight, the fbi announcing they recovering the flight data recorders, but this shows a major risk the threat of an insider attack. 29-year-old richard russell didn't have a pilot's license, he certainly didn't have authorization to fly, yet somehow he was able to get a in-engine aircraft off the ground before crashing an hour later. overnight, the fbi announcing thhe recovered plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders. they he that the black boxes will shed new light on what led to richard russell's high-flying joyride. iday, russell flew this 7060 commercial aircraft through the skies over seattle. after stealing the plane from sea-tac, he talked to air traffic controllers while doing wild stunts. >> hey, pilot guy, can this

thing do a backflip, you think? >> controllers questioning his experience as a pilot. >> tust flyin plane around, you seem comfortable with that? >> oh, hell yeah.'s a blast. i played video games before, so you know, i know what i'm doing a little bit. >> flying upside down and doing loops, aerial csacroba stunning onlookers. >> should i do a barrel roll. if that goes good, i'll go nose down and call it a nht. >>despite ending in a fiery crash in an island in puget sound, russell didn't survive. amazingly, no others were hurt. >> he worked his shift. >> for 3 1/2 years, he was employed by horizon air. >> the doors of the airlines are ikt keyed cars. >> a source close to the investigation said he used a towing tractor to back the plane onto a runway. >> his wheels are smoking left d right. >> the incident revealed a

troubling security gamp where thousands of workers and mechanics have accs to planes. >> this is something that aviation security is not prevent. to it's not designed to try to defend against. >> zachary was shocked to learn hisongtime friend w involved. >> he just wasn't the type of person to do anything dark, anything astic. >> russell's personality shining through in a youtube video. >> so many bags. look at all them bags. >> but his final trip ending in tragedy. just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, iguess. never really knew it until now. >> the fbi tweeting overnight that they recovered human remains as well as those flightd res. now all part of the ntsb's continuing investigation into this bizarre theft of a commercial aircraft. even though that sparked a wildfire on the ground, no

structures were red and miraculously, no one was hurt. >> all rit, hahns. hard to believe nobody else but the pilot. >> lots to talk about in regards to security. let's bring in tom, who covers aviation for us. 17 years after 9/, we all go through these security checks at the airport. doesn't this justexpose what would seem to be a huge gap in security for workers at the airport? >> it is a gap, but it's hard to close this one. airlines and airports require rport employees to undergo criminal background checks, but mental health screenings are a different matter. while pilots are asked about mental health, and they must report any mental health issues, the same is not true for ground staff. of course you come into privacy issues regarding somebody's personal medical whsue. we are looking at here is a possibility they have to look at whether there's a way to secure the cockpit in particular, to make it a much more complicated process to start up a plane. upis is a q-400, not an easy

plane to start it's a propeller, a prop plane, and it requires a number of steps to go through to start the plane up. he went through all o that perfectly. so should there be a way to litelly have a code that every pilot must punch in in order to start up the aircraft? there is no ignitionkey, no lock on the door. maybe that needs to change in some fashion. >>mp cated. just lock the door you would think. >> exactly, all right, tom, thank you. now to that breaking news overnight. hundreds injured when a wooden pier suddenly collapsed at a festival in northeast spain. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely has the latest. good morning. >> good morning, ishoda. was the climax of a weekend festival in a spanish port city. a great setting on a long boardwalk out to sea. a rap artist w on his first song when he told the crowd to do something that would cost them dearly. as one concertgoer said, that was the wot moment of my life.

the end of a summer night's festival, and ddenly, disaster the grounddisappeared. a wooden luboardwalknging into the sea and with it, hundreds of people. desperately trying to scramble clear. we were jumping, then suddenly, boom, she says, and everyase fell and crushed. the rap singer had just asked everyone to ju they did. the 100-fo longboardwalk couldn't take it. we all fell, she says. i tried to get out, but people kept falling over me. there was panic, arms and legs broken. rescue came quickly. divers were sent in to the sea to search for anyonerapped underneath the pier. so many people were trying to escape, she sa most of those hurt are in their teen or early 20s. in all, 316 were oinjured. f them seriously.

an investigation has begun. the boardwalk was support by concrete pillars, but officials say there were just too many people on it. the invitation to jump did the rest. amazingly, although 300 people fell into the sea at once, officials say no one has ng life-threate injuries, but they'll remember this for a lifetime. one little girl was overheard telling her dad, if we die here, i lov you. they're all survivors this morning but, guys, it could have been so very different. >> all right, bill. thank you. we turn to more disturbing discoveries about that des t compound in new mexico where children allegedly were being trained to commit school shooting gadi schwartz has new information this morning. dpoom to you. >> goomorning, savannah. in just a few hours. the five suspects will appear in cot to hear the charges against them, while authorities continue to face more questions over whether they could have acted sooner.

this morning, five adults expected in court to face child abuse charges. at the remote compound where 11 half-starved children were found, a property owner ss possible evidence still has been uncollected. >> i think a lot of this would be important for them to find people they were linkedto, people they talked to. >> munition, hand-written notes, and signs of children being trained with weapons. >> this target right here looks like it was drawn by hand by a little child in blue marker. got a little rl's name on it, and then a shotgun blast to the chest and one to the head. >>today, the five suspects will face 11 counts of child abuse with a possibility of more charges after prosecutors re aled at least one child had been trained t use a assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings. this man also facing charges for allegedly abducting his 3-year-old son. >> this is the bedroom. >> an exclusive look inside this manmade tunnel shows children's

clothing and toys. we sent our cameras down a 0- 10ot-long passageway. a tunl partially built by children, according to the propertyouwner who fnd video of two boys digging undergrounds. a small boy's remains were also found ihe passage. jason said he told the sheriff'a ment and other authorities about seeing the missing boy there and about the others illegally squatting on his land for months and says authorities failed to ask. nbcas news h requested interviews with the sheriff, but all requests have been denied. the sheriff pressed about a visit to the compound by his department two months before the raidim >> at that seeing the conditions, should that notco he back and said this is no place fit for a child? >> deputy didn't see a child. >> you h the fbi who was surveilling the property since may. they saw children. >> yes. >>nd the interviewg apruptly when the sheriff was asked if

abdul could have bn saved. >> i think we're done. >> now, the medical examiner says they still have not bee able to identify the remains that were found at that compound becausehey were in such a bad state of decomposition. they also sayhey have not been able to determine when the child dies and whether it could have been alive back in june when authorities went by there to serve papers. >> a lot of questions to be asked there,u. thank we shift gears now, talking about what we were saying at top, golf fans on the edge of their sofa sunday watching the final round of the pga championship, wondering if tiger ods could win his first major in more than ade deca. tiger made a long birdie putt on the 18th green. he shot a 64 on sunday, his lost final round in a major ever, but alas, he finished the tournament in second place at 14 under. the day belonged to brooks koepka. les give a shout out there. he played mistakfree golf, finishing 16 under, winning his first pga championship, his

second major of the year and he took out tiger along the way. >> imagine with tiger breathing down your neck and keep your cool. hats off to him. >> i know. very stressful couch sitting over the weekend. >> exactly. why don't we check the weather? we have dylan in for al. >> good morning, guys. wild video from new jersey on saturday. when you have a wedding you have to get there. look at this bride climbing out of thesunroof, rescued by police officers as the car was aters there. floo parts of new jersey picked up about five inches of rain with the torrentiadownpours on saturday. unfortunately, another rainy day through the mid-atlantic and in the middle east. we have a cuw,ff and we also have a high pressure system near bermuda pumping in the mo sture, so the rain we do is very heavy. we will start to see improvements by wednesday as the whole system is on the move, but for rig now, we have flash flood watches through the mid-atlantic. u

20 millioner some sort of flash flood watch. also a lot of warnings acrns eastennsylvania where the rain is very heavy right now. lots of thunderstorms as. well torrential downpours. these will be scattered across the area through t day day. as we go into tuesday, it will start to break up a bit as the system beginsveo and then finally by wednesday, the whole thing moves out of here and we'll go back to sunshine and warmer temperatures. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning.

i'm meteorologist chuck bell kind of cloudy start to the day here in washington. there's the lincoln memorial and very foggy start this morning. visibility is down near zero m acrossuch of northern virginia and the shenandoah valley. and a flash flood watch for northern maryland. that goes until 10:00 this evening. >> heaviest rain will come after 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. a few more shows tomorrow and back to 90s by the middle of the week. >> and that's your latest >> thank you, dylan. just ahead, our exclusive live with omarosa on the secret recording she made of president ump that she's sharing first with us this morning. and the troubling picture she's now painting of the president, e and her onse to people who say she has an ax to grind. we'll talk about all of just ahead. first, this is "today" on nbc. a.

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commute. >> good morning. southbound 270 after urbana, we had a crash in the left lane. crash is now cleared. we're still delayed. allow a ltle extra time. beltway inner loop and outer loop looking pretty ndgood, eastbound 66, we're still slow, a crash blocking twoha lanes. >> you. we're going to check your forecast next. st.

good morning, everybody. a lot o fog over northern virginia early this morning and a potential for fsh flood concerns later on today. flash flood watch issues for northern maryland and eastern virginia. that goes until 10:00 tonight. temperure wise, in the 60s to around 70. a warm and humid day today. a mix of clouds and sunshine through the morning hours and likelihood of rain and thunderstorms this afternoon with a high of 85 degrees.

tomorrow, a slightly lower rain hance and a slightly higher temperature, up to 87 tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you. another local news upde in 25 minutes. >> for now, back to the "today" ow after this short brea

bk now, 7:30 on a monday morning, august 13th, 2018. camera time for our wonderful crowd who gathered outside today. >> we can't wait to say hellon personal in just a few. >> first, let's begin this half hour with today's headlines. authorities have recovered the flight data recorder from thath cras plane stolen by an airline worker near seattle. the fbi says it has also found components of the cockpit voice recorder from the horizon airplane. 29-year-old richard russell stol the plane friday from sea-tac international airport. flew it for more than an hour, performing acrobatic stunts before crashing it in an island. russell died in that crash. >> a baltimore police officer has resigned after a disturbing

video showing him beating a man rawent vi the officer who has not been named by the department is seen throerng a ss of punches at cgreer.-old deshawn m police say moments earlier, officers approached him and asked him for his i.d. when he refused, according to he police, t situation escalated. his lawyer says he has a fractured jaed fractur ribs, and damage to his eye socket. the second officer seen in theo vi has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of this investigation. >> an oceanside boardwalk collapsed during a music and sports festival in sin hurt ndreds of people. officials in the northwestern port city says the wooden boardwalk was packed with people when it gave way around midnight. many people slid to the sea below. moren 200 people required medical treatment. five people were seriously hurt, but nobody was killed. she city blamed structural

problems and exc weight. an investigation is under way. now to our exclusive live intervw with omarosa manigualt newman. she first entered the public eye in2004, becoming a star contestants on the first season of "the apprentice" and then "celebrity apprentice" in 2008. nearly a decade later, the trump campaign came calling, and after trump's election victory, so did the white house. she jtrned the adminion as director of communications for the white house office of public liaison, focusing on african-american eoutreach. as fired by john kelly last december in a meeting in the situation room that she recorded. now, omarosa is providing nbc news a new exclusive excerpt of a phone call she said she received from the president the day after firing. >> omarosa, what's going on? i just saw on the news that you're thinkg aboutleaving. what happened? >> general kelly came to mesa a that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no. nobody even told me about it.

you know, they run a big operation, but i didn't know it. didn't know that. >> yeah. >> damn it. i don't loveou leaving at all. >> well, omarosa is now out with "unhinged. called it provides an inside look at the trump campaign and the white house, the administration already hitting back, saying the book is, quote, riddled with lies and false accusations. at brings us to omarosa. >> glad to be back here. >> i shoul let you know, i'm recording this conversation. >> very good. what a coincidence. >> you brought us a new tape. the presidt, the dayfter you were fired, we just heard it. he says he didn't know about he. doesn't like you leaving the white house. is he lying in that tape? >> i'm not wcertain, butt's most concerning, one, why was i locked in the situation room for almost two hours? why was i not allowed to leave,l and l whrx i asked to leave and asked for counsel and asked for my husband, why was i denied at least four itimes? whpoke to him and he said he had no idea, that should be alarming to any the president of the united

states does not know what's happening wisn an ant to the president who has known him for 15 years.he >> you broughttape. is he lying? yesterday, you told chuck on "meet the press" youhink he did know you were fired. this tape shows him saying i didn't know you wfie d. is he lying? >> yes, because there were subsequent calls after that. there is a complete organization between the two of them. he probablyst cted general kelly to do it so he could keep his hands clean when he ske to me. i'm wondering, is he sincere? the other question, is gen kelly running this country or is the president running this country? because he said heidn't know, and they run a big operation. who isey the >> do you think the -- >> who is the they? you can'tuesk aion and then ask another question without my answer you ask me, does he know? here's the other part, who'sru ing this country? when donald trump says that they

run a big operation,ho is the they? is general kelly puppeting donald trump. is he truly running this country. >> do you think the president lies often? >> absolutely. that? long have you known >> there was a report that said that he lied almost 4,000 lie in the last year. >> have you known he's a liar, as you say? >> absolutely. >> why did you work for him? >> vaah, slow down. i'm going to answer your question. don't worry, i'm yohere. don't have to ask ten questions in one second. it's okay. first ofall, he is known to be an entertainer, to exaggerate. i never expected him to lie to the ugcountry. i t that he would take the oath of office seriously, he would bo committed advancing this country. instead, as i stated, there was a report thaaid he has said something like 4,000 lies since he's taken office. so he absolutely has an issue with the truth. d sometimes he battles with reality. >> yeah, let's talk about the tape of the situation room.

>> let's talk about it. >> you want to talk about it. john kelly inside the situation room. fore we get to the eceptiveness of it, i'm curious, how did you tape him? the situation room is one of the the white places i house. you're supposed to leave your phone. it's the honor system. you'reou supposed to leave devices at the door. did you carry a phone, a recording >>vice? i'll leave that to your imagination. >> why be coy? >> i'm not being coy. i'm being ver. clear he it's not acceptable for four men to take a woman into a room,do lock the, and tell her wait and tell her that she cannot leave. it's also unacceptable to not allow her to have her lawyerr her counselor, and the moment i said i would like to leave and they said i can't go,t became false imprisonment -- calm down -- and the othart of this is i'm going to tell you that there are other people who have been treated this way by general kelly. there's af lot very corrupt things happening in theus white hoe, and i am going to blow the whistle on a lot of this. >> are you concerned at all

about any legal consequences for taping in theituation room? >> they should be concerned. >> but are you? >> absolutely not because i have protection. the moment i decided to blow the whistle on a lot of corruption dn the white house, there was protection afforo me. let's be clear, the things general kelly is doing in this white use should concern all americans. >> you have heard, i'm sure by now, what sarah huckabe sanders has to say about the fact this tape happened. what does it say about your own integrity if you're going around taping general kelly in the situation room, which is supposed to be secure, taping president trump at least once and i think you have moindicate than that. why are you taping people and what does that say about you? >> don't you seehe irony of all people, sarah huckabee sanders sing thiook is full of lies when she lies to the american people every day? >> but two wrongs don't make right. you're here before me so i'm asking you. >>ad i n recorded this, people would say she has a credibility issue. everything in my book "unhinged"

everything you see is in quotes, it's verifiable,documented, and kwauberated. >> why did you feel you had to record it? he because the first thing they do when they leavehite house, they don't have y edibility, they're just a coffee person, tver talked to the president. first of all, it's an honor to serve tcos try. unfortunately, this white house has turned that upside down, where this white house does not respect normal procedures that usually go with the dignity of serving in the white house. i thought itould befferent. unfortunately, donald trump is letting the country down. >> let's talk about one of the most exclusive allegations in th t book. >>re's a lot. >> there are. that's why you said you would be here a ile. we're good. subsequently, you said you heard, you told chuck one "mee ess" yesterday that you have heard a tape from "the apprentice" years in which donald trump is heard using the n-word, a racial epithet. >> multiple times. let me be clear, i wasn't the

one who broke the word about the tape. it was in the fall, in the campaign. people were ontacting me, reaching out to me, trying to expose this. in fact, there was a conf aence cang campaign workers, jason miller, lynne patton, and katrina pierson where we talked about the possibility of him saying, andis own spokesperson, katrina pierson, said i have heard from a yedible source that yes he said it. actually heard the tape? >> absolutely. >> let's get into it.on how is this tape? >> there are multiple let's establish that. when you read my book tomorrow which is available tomorrow "unhinged" you'll see there are three different sources who corroborate the differentngs he said. >> you said since the book was published you have heard it. how long was the tape? >> about three minutes. >> audio or video? audio. >> okay. what is the context? >> i'm going to allow you and most americans to read the book. >> this isn't in the book.

>> the talk about the n-word tape is throughout thebo . have you read the book? >> yes, but -- >> i answered that question. at's the next question. >> i was curious, the context in he presidentlege used the n-word. >> talking about some african-americansn the production during the course of the "the apprentis" which unacceptable. here's the thing, why don't we ask donald trump a simple question. donald j. trump,ave you eve used the n-word, and allow him to respond. the people who havehis tape intend to release this tape. unfortunately, like ihe said, may be using it for political motivation. why don't we ask the white aouse to iss statement, whether or not the president of the united states has ever -- >> you think they would release it? >> i would like to see if sarah huckabee sanders as a spokesperson would ask the president, or maybe a journalist would ask the president, have you ever uttered that word about african-americans and let him answer. >> you now say, not just because of the tape but other matters you believe the president to be a ract and a misogynist.

this is a theme of your book. >> absolutely. >> let me play what you said on abc about whether the president ris aist the day after you were fired. >> do you think this president is racist? >> absolutely not. i would never work for someone racist. donald trump is racial. he's not a racist. >> so why did you say then he's not a racist and no you -- that was the day after you left. >> the day after i left. i had been threatened by general kelly who said that things could get ugly for me. that there would be damage to my putation. so i was being very careful. i came out of that situation room, i was rrified. i was concerned -- i'm almost done. i was very con rned about my wellbeing, about what these powerful people would do to me teafter they thrd me, and clearly, after they released the story that i was runniround the white house, which we know to be not true. so i was being cautious about

what i said as to not upset these folks who still in fact had m belongingnd said they wouldn't return them and someone told me in the whi house that they destroyed my personal effects and i wanted them back. >> what about mental health? that's another part of the interview. you know that we have an interview right after this. and i know you want to go with more time. but i will answer your last question, and you see -- >> what time do you yed to go? know it's a seven-minute intervie now we're an. >> i don't know the time. if you have to go, you have to go. >> the book ces out tomorrow. all of this is in the book. i hope your viewers willake an opportunity to read it and learn about this incredible journey that i had for 15 years withhe president of the united states and every single thing you have heard on that tape is in this book and ma, manymore. >> the book is called "uoeinged." who that refer to?

>> donald j. trump. >> do you think he's mentally o competent tohis job? >> i don't think he's fit. as we heard on the recording you played, heoesn't even know what's happening in his white house. john kelly is running this whi house, and donald trump has no clue what's going on. he's being puppeted and that's very dangerous for this nation >> omarosa, if you have to go, i have a stack more questions. >> i'mot afraid. read the book. you know i have an interview someone er this wit else. >> all right. >> the book is "unhinged." omarosa, thank you very much. we'll be back after this. ed. nobody burned down your she shed, cheryl. well my she shed's on fire. your she shed was struck by lightning. zachary, is my she shed covered by state farm? your she shed's covered, cheryl. you hear that victor? i'm getting a new she shi-er she shed. she shi-er? mhhm. that's wonderful news. go with the one that's here to help life go right. state farm.

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welcome back on this monday morning. dylan dreyer is in for al. a quick check of tr. weat >> we also have continuing rain down through texas. just north of dallas, we have someockets of heavier rain, and it's the same type of setup in the northeast with an area of low pressure cut off, a stalled front, so nothing is moving out too quickly. we'll once again see torrential downpours and a possibility to end up with 3 to 5 inches of rain in parts of the southern plains. w here's aeek out your window. good morning. mid 70s.res are in the we have a lot of low clouds and fog out there this morning. so be careful as youdre ing. we also have a threat for flooding, flash flood watches in parts of northern virginia, northern maryland, west virginia through tonight. northtly, it will stay up to the late afternoon and evening hours. that's our highest chance for showers and storms. most of thisill be after the evening commute.

still a chance tomorrow, wednesday, thursday we're back in the 90s, even on friday. that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. just ahead, one mom's warning after aqu mo bite landed her son in intensive care. what she wants all parents to know. but first, this is "today" on nbc. my body can still make its own insulin. i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release its own insulin, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen. and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. don't use it as the first medicine to treat diabetes, or if you have type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, you're allergic to trulicity, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of a serious allergic reaction,

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is a news 4 today news break. 7:56 is your time now on this monday. august 13th, 2018. i'm eun yang. we want to check on your morning commute with melissa mollet how is it looking? >> brand-new problem, 270. southbound there at the lan vide, have a crash. be careful. we're slowd hea into roswell and south of that because of the crash. clara barton parkway at the glen echo turnaround, crash there. careful there, just proceed with caution through that area. great falls south of beach mill, downed tree with lanes blocked. overall, it looks okay. we'll take a break and check your forecast next. right?

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good monday morning. la have patchy fog and low clouds. r today, we'll have a flood flet for northern virginia, northernryland, later on today, mainly after about 4:00 p.m., that's when we'll see mos of o thunderstorms starting. but other than that, temperatures in the mid 80s and cloudy. tomorrow, still a chance, but dry wednesday and most of friday. temperatures back in the 90s. >> thank you. ansher local n update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show. t'

i 8:00 on "today." coming up, speaking out. >> general kelly -- general kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no, nobody even told me about it. >> a former white houseide omarosa manigualt newman opening up exclusivel on "today" about that secretly recorded phone call with the president. ws this tape s him saying i didn't know you were fired. is he>>lying? yes, because there were subsequent calls after that. >> how the trump administration is responding to her shocking claims. plus, hitting back. meghan markle's father once agai grabbing headlines. why hesays she hung up on prince harry in a heated phone call. >> and a whale of a time.

>> thatas amazing. that was amazing! >> jenna sets sail off the coast of new york city in search of the largest animals to ever live on the planet. t we'lake you insidig her seas adventure today, monday, august 13th, 2018. >> spending my last days of summer on the plaza. >> monroe city, missouri. >> louisiana. >> and charlotte, north carolina. >> good mornndg, hoda savannah. >> we're from baltimore. >> sisters from wisconsin in the big city. >> celebrating my dad's 80th birthday. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." nice to have you with us bright and early on a monday morning. great t-shirt game out t ore

frur plaza fans. >> the a bunch of "today" show ones coming by. we are going to say hello and give you a hug in a second. first, we want to get to your news. a lot to cover this morning. questionsserious about airport security after a ground worker in seattle was able to sal a large plane and fly it for an hour before crashing. nbc's hans nichols joins the latest. good morning. >> good morning, hoda. look, overnigh the fbi announcing they have recovered that data flight recorder. this whole incident rais oubling questions and really tyveals a major vulnerability in aviation secu you have richard russell. he's 29 years old, he doesn't have a pilot's license, he certainly doesn't have access to uthorization to fly. he has access, and it's a question of how he got the plane off the ground, flying it for an hour before crashing an hour later. overnight, the fbi announcing they have recovered the plane's flight dat and cockpit voice

recordts. they hope the block boxes will shed new light on what led to richard russell's -fhiing joyride. on friday, russell flew this 7060 commercial aircraft through the skies over seattle. >> what the hell. >> after stealing the plane from sea-tac, one of the busiest airports, he talked to air traffic controllers while doing wild airborne stunts. >> pilot guy, can this thing do a backflip, you think? >> his aerial acrobatics unning onlookers. and scramblinget fighter in response. >> what should i do? a barrel roll, and if that goes good, i'm going to goose down and call it a night. >> ending in a fiery crash in an island on puget sound. russell didn't survive. he worked his shift, i believe he wasn uniform. >> for 3 1/2 years he was employed by horizon air, owned by alaskan air. he used a towing tractor to the plane onto a runway.

>> his wheels are smoking left and righ>> the incident reveals a troubling security gap in our nation's airports whereou nds of ramp workers and mechanics have access to planes. zachary orr w shocked to learn his longtime friend was involved. >> he just wn't the typef person to do anything dark, anything drastic. >> but his final trip ending in tragedy. >> just a broken guy, got a few sc loose, i guess. never really knew it until now. >> the fbi tweeting overnight nat they also recovered human remains as well as those data flight recorders at the crash site. now, even though when the plane crashed it did spark a forest fire, there were no injuries on the grod and a miraculous part of this incredible story. >> incredible. all right, hans, thank you. >> former white house aide omarosa manigualt newman has been droing bombshells and releasing secretly recorded tapes as she promoteser new book. she claimed white house chief of

staff john kelly who fired her is actually the one running the country. the book is called "unhinged." who does that refer to? >> donald j. trump,so tely. >> do you think he's mentally comp tntd to do the job? >> no, i don't think he's fit. as we heard on the recording yoy just , he doesn't even know what's happening in his white house. johnelly is running this white house, and donald trump has new clue what's going on he's being puppeted and that's dangerous for this nation. >>rsar huckabee san slammed omarosa as a disgruntled former employee. >> we have an important health warning about the potential dangers of mosquito bites. one bite sent a 6-year-old north carolina boy to the hospital f arly a week. kristen dahlgren is here to explain. good morning. >> hey, good morng, guys. the little boy's mom believes he was bitten while playing ou hide. now shees their story which has already been shared on facebook more than 12,000 times, can help other families avoid the same fate.

6-year-old noah is happy to be home with his family and out of the hospital, where just days ago, he was fighting for his life. >> so many times it went through my mind, not knowing if he was going to make it. >> noah's mom said it all started with a headache, but the next day, he suffered a seizure. >> he was blue. his eyes would roll back in the back of his head. the day after he got admitted into the hospital, he was just lifeless. >> lori ann says doctors diagnose him with lacrosse encephalitis, a virussm tritted through mosquito bites which can cause swelling in the brain. every day in the hospital, his family prayingld noah w be okay. >> i thought it wad never going to be that turn. in the end, all of a sudden, about da00 that he sat up in bed and started talking to me. it was mind-blowing how much, i mean, just in a matter of minutes, he had come to life. >> ann an average of 70rtases are re each year in the u.s.,

according to the centers for disease control and prevention. most severe casesn occur children younger than 16. >> it's been very hard. especially at nighttime, he wakes up and cries, having nightmares. >> a heart wrenching experience lori ann doesn'ter want any o family to go through. >> take the precaution, take the extra step. n because ier thought a mosquito bite would have ever kid. this to my never. >> noah's mom said he was bitten even though he was wearing bug that is t experts say still one of the best ways to prevent mosquito bites. other ways include covering up, ndwear long sleeve pants socks when the weather allows it and remove standing water in containers outside your home. a few things you can do. >> no bathtub for mosquitoes out there. >> nasa says its parker solar probe is off to a good start on its seven-year mission to touch the sun. the rotic probe was launched from cape canaveral on sunday. it's expected to me 24 passes of the sun.

each will get steadily closer until it flies into the sun's corona less than 4 million miles from its surface. the mission's findings will hele s predict weather and have an impact on satellites, astronauts, and even the power grid here on earth. >> we have the news taken care of. how about a boost? >> indeed. >> working outr goes bet if you have a training partner. i think we would agree with that. that was thease with one dad. he high steps his way through a speed ladder, then here c es his1-year-old. you can do it. he's following in the footsteps that racked up a half million views online. and then he goes on to do more snercises. it just d end. and down, yeah. got to squat too. >>he feeling burn this morning. adorable. >> much more ahead this morning including will idris elba be the new james bond? the curious way he's responding to rumors thismornin and new family drama for

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we're back. 8:14. jenna is joining us for the rest of the morning. late today. >> i slept in. >> we'll begin with today's talker, an explosive new interview with meghan markle's dad. >>rgan radford is here with that. thomas markle said he last spoke to his daughter the day after her wedding and he hasn't spoken to her since. now he's taking to the wear airwaves and talking to the tabloids and saying he fears he may neveree his daughter again. >> meghan markle's father hitting back, telling the mail on sunday, he hung u on prince harry during a heated phone conversation last may. the prince, h says, reprimanded him on that phone call. he told me that i should never go to the press, that they would eat m alive and it would end up in tears. mr. markle admitting the prince

was right, but he says he was upset by harry's cudements while recovering from a heart procedure days before dahter me'sareast is may. e fallout coming after mr. markle caused a media he firestorm, he posed for paparazzi pictures before the wedding, which he didn't attend. >> royals don't like thatey don't want their private conversations discussed with the press. >> now,me an's father complaining to the media in yet another scandalous interview, oaying h hasn'tkenpo t won't see her again. s> thoma interview is more bewilderment. he doesn't want to seem to stop talking. >> megryn cg on as a duchess, holding hands and sharing a kiss with her husband at a polo match last month, and on her first birthday as a royal, waving to fans all smiles by harry's side while attending harry's friend's wedding. but not all has been a fairy

tale for meghan. >> he's got quite personal with meghan, said she'set comy cut him off, changed her phone, which seems a quite drastic measure on her behalf, but also indicates h broken, fractured the relationship is between daughter and father. >> well, cdespite thetroversy with her father, local media reports say that markle's mother ovis set to to london very soon to be closer to her daughter. meanwhile, the royal newlyweds are set to start their royalmb tour in sep following in the footsteps of harry's parents, charles and diana, whose first trip was also to australia and new zealand. >> he to hearbout family having trouble, but good to know her mom is moving. >> hoda with a silver lining. >> there you go. >> thank you, morgan. >> speaking of silver linings, and the sun, dylan. k let'k it to you, weather woman. >> not a lot of silver lining in the northeast, until wednesday. we have to wait for that, b texas also dealing with rain. there are really nice areas

across thecountry. the northern plains and also back through the upper midwest, temperatures will be seasonable, typical summertime weather. sunshine will be out as well. in the southwesoo mol rain and also rain clearing out of the carolinas this morning as the storm system tri to pull away. looking a 80s and 90s in the northern plains. ill hot in north dakota but kot as hot as over the weekend. nuhere's a p out your window. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. sunshine finally starting to make an appearance over the national mall. lthere's thecoln memorial, the space lit up with the early morningsun. current temperatures in the 60s and 70s. fog is still relatively thick across parts of northern virginia. that too will improv wit time. also, with pockets of heavy rain, there's a flood threat, so a flash flood threat has been issued. highs today in the 80s. back to 90s and sun by wednesday. >> that's your latestforecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. i know you're in the orange room

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instagram. the star here seen here standing ckstage at the grand ole opry smiling with her hands placed below her growing belly. her new albumomes out september 14th the same day she'll be joining us live o the plaza for her special concert.o >> now a blast for the past. the stars of the iconic back to the future franchise reunited in boston over the weekend. this is the first time the four have gathered together since their anniversary reunion in 2015.ho leahson captioning the pic, four old frundz get back from thefuture. looks like a nice reunion. >> finally, kristen bell, the actress was preparing for her and dax shepard's oldest dauger lincoln to graduate from preschool this weekend. she's on instagram, posting this photo, saying don't worry, guys, having a great time at preschool graduation. not a mess or anything. as you can imagine, things took a turn once the children started

singing. >> like an ocean. ♪ >> and cue us all crying. that's your pop start. >> that was sweet. >> jenna is going to transition into kumbaya any minute now. >> i'm crying. >> we have a great reason jenna is joining us.en you in search of some captivating creature. >> i sure did. i had a blast. we wenng searcor whales off the coast of new york city. tifore we left, everyone had the same qu. are there really whales that close to manhattan and do you think you'll actuallyee one? they are the largest animals to ever live on the weplanet. hing hundreds of thousands of pounds, these elusive ocean dwellers can live more than 200 years. but there is still so much left

to learn about. whal did i read correctly that we still don't know every type of whale? there are still some unknowns? >> lyabsolu a lot of work yet to be done, not just in a museum or lab, k t alwing about the whales out there. >> you think we'll ever find themall? >> i hope not. otherwise i would be out of a job. >> nick is a paleontologist at the smithsonian institute. studying is career these mammoths of the sea, tracking whales by attaching sensors as they swim to the deepest depths in the wildnd examining whales that have dies and fossils tens of millions of years old. tell me what you learned about. whal >> i learned a lot of different aspects about how they cameiao bes of the ocean. that's kind of the big question. they once lived on land and tsmy were l. now they're in the ocean and they don't look anything like the mammals wedaee every what happened? and that answer is from looking at their fossils. en today, it's really exciting to be able to see them out in

the water like t s because there's a lot we still don't know about them. >> in his new book "spying on whales" he dives deep into the history and the secret lives of these mighty marine mammals. tell me what makes whales so magnificent. >> i kind of think of them as mammals fromspace. so when you look at a whale, it's not immediatelybvious that they're mammals. that they're kind of like you gd me. theye birth to live young, that they nourish and live humai lifetime some cases. studying them gives me insight into how elution works. >> with our spy gear in hand, we set out with gotham whale on the american princess cruise. in search of the beautiful, mysterious creatures, but would we find e? after enduring some false alarms -- is there a whale? there are people running. are we slowing down because there's a twhale? >>ee hours later, our whale of a wish comes true.

>> are these boats -- >> whales. straight ahead, 11:00. >> that was amazing! >> this t was worth wait. this was worth the wait. >> awesome. oh, my goodness. wow. >> i saw it eating fish. >>here it goes. >> the fact that you can see the city skyline right here, and there's a whale that we're trackinge. >> right th >> right there. right in front of the city. hat does that say about t species? >> i think it says in general, i's a healthy eco system relative to whe was 10, 15 utars ago, but you see a lot of plastic and trash here, so there's kind of a balance. recovering ocean, but there's still human threats that are everywhere, really. >> hi, hawhale. you ever seen a whale this close to the city?

>> i have seen a whale on the city skyline. that's awesome. >> a good day. we did it. >> wow. >> i can't belie you saw on >> that was like one of the best days of my entire life. i don't know ifea you the news this week. there's been a lot of whale news. there'sn orca in the pacific northwest who carried her baby. she delivered a sbaby. he is. she carried her baby that passed away just a few hours after birth, for 17 days. over 1,000 miles. t >> ist typical? >> i reached out to nick, our specialist. and he saidav that they grief. they feel grief. these mothers, just like humans do. they're huge mammals. i think mothers across t country -- she's now let the baby go, and she'seating. d so things are good. anyway, i love a whale. >> thank you, jenna. >> cute. >> thank you.gh str ahead, can you not decide which music streaming service is right for yo

there's so many of them. consumer reports is here to the rescue. they your their top pick after your l good morning, everybody. 8:dwix on this monday, august 13th. melissa mollet is following breaking news ic. traf >> take a look at this, live look outside union station. did have police activity, road closures in effect. we're hearing from our desk this has jus wrapped up. perhaps a suspicious pkage. they're cleari ing the scene. taking a look at the map. in great falls, walko road south of beach mill, all lanes blocked. 66 still slow, and virginia is okay. so is the beltway. >> thank you. a check on the forecast when we come back.

52 good morning, everybody. hope you're having a good monday. current temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. there's a likelihood of rain and

thunderstorms later this afternoon. highs today in the low to mid 80s with a 70% chance of rainhi s in the upper 80s tomorrow with a 40% of showers on tuesday.

8:30 on this monday rning, augus 13th. you know what today is? rst of all, a day that it's raining, but it happene birthday of vale and poppy. so we just wanted to say happy birthday to your two girls. born o the same day. how awesome is that? >> birthday twins, one year apart. >> we have a tradition where we

get together and eat cake. >> we do. >> as you should. >> you have the best birthday, i'm sure. >> happy birthday, girls. >> now we're going to explain the puppies. these puppies aricooking for loving homes. we want to make that happen with nbc's cle the shelters initiative. >> nbc and telemundo stations are teamingp with shelters all across the country that will waive or lower adoption fees this saturday, august 18thno. just dogs, cats, rabbits, birds. if it's in the shelter, they're fee.ng or lowering the to find a participating shelter near yo go to today.com. >> vale did just ask for a doe >> you h five of them. jane lynch is working on a clear the shelters tv special. we'll talk to her about that. >> i may be coming home with a puppy. puppy for poppy. >> i hear a lot of us are wanted, and i'm looking for the family, wherere you guys? i'm walkingit over w my puppy.

i'm sorry i can't just give you the puppy, but we aw your signs. these are so fun. w whose ideaas this? >> myut idea, b he actually helped design them. om a family affair here. you havene back home celebrating a special birthday. >> my mom turned 80. today? >> yes, in buffalo, new york. happy birthday, mom. >> everybody say happy birthday, grandma. thank you so much. we love these. we'll come back and do our whole selfie thing. cool. guys. >> really multitasking with the puppies. >> getting the most out of your music. the list of streaming services is growing by the day. d ho you pick the right one for you? our friends at consumer reports are here to reveal their list.>> uys, it's back to school season. can't believe it. i know. this morning, the hottest trends in fashion, clothing, and gear. this is voted on by teens them glves. my dog so excited by that. >> umbrellas, microphones.

>> these puppies want to play. >> w also have food coming up. >> a and chowder showdown. two chefs are squaring off this morning so we can decide once and for all manhatt or new england clamchowder. >> first, ms. megyn, you have lot coming up. >> i'm distracted by the dogs an omarosa and everything going on. she's fun. so today, we're going to be taing to two girls, they were conjoined twins, born togeer. andhey were separated at about 7 months into life, andowo they're 17. nnd ready to talk about their memories, their t senses. i mean, you want to talk about -- you know what it's like to be a w twin,re you feel your twin's pain. hey have it for real and some incrediblestories. we'll talk about that. and then the meghan markle situation. >> all right. >> ms. dyn, you have a check of the weather?

>> yes. tell youn't need me t it's starting to rain hard in northeas we have a flood threat because of the rain. in partsood warnings of eastern pennsylvania. heavy rain is also going to fall through texas, by the middle of the week, we're looking at the chance of some of that heavier rain to start moving into the midwest. it's humid downuth, temperatures will feel like 100 degrees and at the end of the ek, scattered showers and storms in the eastern half of the country. monsoonal rain in the southwest. hot and dry out wist. megyn, can i say thank you? everyone lef me with that umbrella. thank you. that's a look at the weather tracross the co nuhere's a peek out your window. >> good mondaymorning. 74degrees right now in washington. we have a little sunshine, but still some clouds around. we also have a flash flood watch for norern virginia, northern maryland, parts of west virginia as we go through this eveng, mainly. heavy rain through the philadelphia area right now. that's going to stay north of us. our best chance is late this afterninn and tonight. that's when we'll see more scattered showers and storms

developing. me with heavy rain. still a chance tomorrow afternoon. then we're dry and in the 90s as we go through the rest of the week. >> well, now megyn left me, too. i have an urella, a dog, a microphone, and a birthday. how old are you turning? >> 16, it was my birthday yesterday. >> happy birthday. sweet 16. this isopy do. and i have lipstick all over his head. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you. now to today's consumer. music streaming services. it's easier than ever to listen to your favorite music wherever you yoare, wheneve want to, but with more and more options the question is how do youch decide whi one is best for you. consumer reports looked into at. i subscribe to probably three or four of those, and i wonder if i subscribe to too many let's break it down. amazon music. a lot ofit people gehen they

subscribe to amazon prime. >> if you're a prime member, it's absolutely free. 2 million songs come free with prime, which is nice. if you want to upgrade, you can buy the larger catal for $10 a month, which is not bad. you don't have to have one of those alexa devices but it makes it a lot easier.k you can t to alexa and say play a song, and it integrates really easilyhat way. >> alexa does also play from other sources, right? >> it does. it an also dothat, absolutely. >> so if you were to say what type of person would be best fe? this >> if you're in that amazon prime system and you have the oo alexa, for you. that's probably the one. >> apple music. i always feel like that' a default, that's the one you go to, right on your phone. >> probably because so many of us have had itunes for years and wesed to rip those cds into library.es apple music is now the streaming version of that. songs.month, 45 million you're getting a huge library there. sometimes you'll get esexclus with artists, maybe two weeks only on apple music and then it

goes wider. similar to the amazon system. good you're an apple person, tht ma ipad, the iphone, probably a good thing. >> just to be 100% clear, because sometimes you look and see that the downloads are $1.2 or some es are 99 cents, if you get that, you get them all for $10. >> it transfers to the streaming on demand libry for yo >> i have old things on apple music, like old stuff i downloaded, old cds. can you norptd all that in there? >> yes, what it does will make a digital copy for you so the cd doesn't exist but the digital es copy what's yours is yours in apple music. >> pandora is great i you like a certain vibe of a song, right? >> yes, it's alsoeen around a long time. this is the first one i remember using many years ago. k d of replicates the deejay dio experience. you will have to listen to some ads. if you want to step up, $5 a month, no ads.

$1 gets youheir on demand larger library there. think about maybe creating that, ion't know that jazz feeling for a dinner party or years ago, i traded carole king -- >> i saw beautiful and i didamhe exact thing. you hear james taylor, you hear anything that's kind of like >> in that genre. exactly. >> that one is cool. spotify, which is m go-to. it's the one i like the most. tell usunts that one. >> this is the most popular one globally. 35 million songs. what a lot of people love isou n use their curated playlist. let's say you're going on a road trip or tohe gym. they have so many playlists to pick from. you canhe also share with your friends. people really like that. free with ads, $10 for an unlimited on demand library system. >> you canreate any playlist. can you share that as well? >> you can. the other nice thing about spot fiet, it integrates nicelyal wi the systems you have.

iphone, android,ll those speakers. >> and price of that? >> $10. >>lastly, youtube music which i'm totally unfamiliar with. >> youtube, we think of videos. google has had various music forms. this is kind of the newest one. youtube music. free with ads.0 month, yes, it does have videos, but it also has a lot of remix and live versions and you can download these and se them offline. so when you're not connected to a cellular or wi-fi service, it's there for you as well. >> can you add that to your apple >>music? this will work separately, but you can play it on different speake. >> all gre stuff. >> we have all this broken down for you. a lot of information, and all lot of f these aree trials. >> i like the consumer reports does allhe work and we just have to find it. you can find mor about these recommendations at consumerreports.org. >> the best teen approved back and gear.fashion first, this is "today" on nbc.

back the school shopping season is under way, and with the list long and choices endless, we thought we would help you pare things down. 17 magazine is out with its back to school awards. here to reveal some of the winnerss tiffany reed. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> teens are s>> tricky. it's tough. really tough. >> these are teen approved? these items we're aseut to >> yes, we had teens come into our office and tested the products, gave us real-life feedback. very funny, lots of opinions. we took theirai opinions,d it with the editors and have a selection for you guys. our first category is first day school fashion. sneakers are essentially. sy do they like these? >>akers are the first thing when you think back to school because you wear them all the time. you want to get a lot of bang for your buck. they love these reeboks because surdr afle, very comfortable, and they like the bright colors because they want

to make a statement in the hallways. bright colors are about being bold and showing yourpe rsonality. >> correct me if i'm iswrong. pullover was voted most extra but in a good way. >> yes. extra is good. extra means you want to be noticed. and it's got something special about it. this is metallic. extra in a good way, very loud but nice. >> this is a men's version. this is the female version. >> the men's versi isn't as extra as the women's version. >> a little toned down, which i think is great. they also have red for females. if you wantot toe so extra, you have the red version. >> let's do backpack esseials. this water bottle is cute. again, fashion colors. this is a larger size. fwl smaller, pastels. you'll notice a a theme and trend for back to school. it keeps hot and cold and it's longla ing. >> great. shove that into the backpack. >> handsa tizer. is that what this is? >> so cute, looks like a bird.

>> wow. i see that. that's cute. ery affordable. >> throw it in there. parents will be happy. >> kids lov it because it's cute. pretty colors. parents love it because we want to make sure our kids areg stayin healthy for back to school. >> let's go to homework time. this is an adorable table lamp. it looks like it charges too. >> this is all in one. organizer, light, and then you also can charge. you can plug your phone up here and then kind of rest it moun. you're all good. >> great, really cute. >> and what is this? >> this is a five-in-one charger. literally,hrow it in yourbag. what i love is the rainbow colors. you're looking for yourcharger, it gets lost. so bright, easy to find in the e,ckpack, and you can charge your phon your portable charger, yourad ip whatever. >> really nice. you can also put it on the lamp and be in siness. >>ot going on. love that. >> talk about, we have fuel if we'reng stud is this like a blender? >> that's a blender.

i'm going to warn you, do not put iceitn fresh fruit, venlitables or grapes. >> not frozen grapes. >> if you want to pop a few ice cubesn afterblending, perfect. this is preblended and blended. >> so the idea is you put the fruit in and blend it right before you drink it? >> yeah, andt take on the go. >> cheers to that. >> cheers. >> thank you so much. if yo wantind these items and a whole lot more, go to today.com/shop. has all of seventeen's list. >> coming up next, the debate of the century. are you team manhattan or team new england? obviously, we're talking about chowder. a chowder showdown right here on the "today" ow. first, this is "today" on nbc. "today" show bu firsthis is "today" on nbct .

back now, 8:47 with today's fo, and a battl for the ages. we have a chowder-off under way. mike pre, theco-owner and

executive chef of new york's the clam, representingn. manhat for the new england style chef, we have annie peacock, the author of "little taste of cape cod." chefs, good morning. i'm rr annie. we're starting with manhattan. weu. live we'll be back with you in a second. start us off. whor's the main difference folks who don't know, like me? >>al , clam broth, you're still using a slightly different vegetables in the manttan style. we add red peppers and carrots. >> what do you have in the pan? >> garlic and butter. going to add thyme sprigs and then chowder clams. >> they have to becl ed. i know that's important. >> closed and heavy is good. they should feel like a rock almost. that means the liqui is still inside. we're going to add those and then add a little bit of white wine. >> and how many do y stick in there, just enough to cover the bottom or as many as you want? >> about a dozen or so in a pot

this size depending on how big the clams are. then we put a lid on top? >> how longe do th steam up for? >> about ten minutes until they open up. then they look like this. you have them opened up. >> those are huge. wow. >> and then w take the leftover broth andtrn that through the cheese cloth. then we c have ourms here. >> dice those babies up. you have to be careful about ovcooking those, don't you? >> just cook them until they open. and then go aheadnd chop them up. >> hoda pretends to know. >> what are you talking about? >> don't overcook those. >> are you guys trying the manhattan? >> w are. >> how is it? >> good. >> we can't giveur cards away. we're voting. >> you're right. >> it's early. >> don't worry, annie. we haven't forgotten you. >> not that good. >> you have your veggies. >> sauteing the bacon, ion, celery, peppers. we add canned choppedes toma

>> like that. seems easy. >> cook it down for about five minutes. then we add -- >> add the broth. i'm going to leave time for you, don't y worry. is this it? >> all finished. >> it looks delicious. don't reveal. they're wspering over there. >> planning. >> don't vote yet. >> all right, now we're movin over to annie. we have the new england. >> the original. when people think chowder, they think new england. similar to what mike did, i goin to start with fresh clams. they're cherrystone clams, a littlesmaller, just water, and low heat just until they open up. like you said, you don'tant to overcook them or they get tough and rubbery. this ls what theyk like. you take them out of the shell, just like mike did, give them a rough chop. moving right along, i blended up some bacon. very important. and then i'm going to cook -- yeah, that's going to add a lot of flavor, i'm going to put cele and onion and soften that

all up. put that down, and thennce the onions are softened and l.agrant -- >> care don't wipe out on me. >> okay. >> i neat your ivote. th going to put a little flour in here and make a roux. you really want to make se you cook the flour taste out. otherwise it will be gummy and yucky. then what i have here is that strained clam broth. that goes into the pan. i want to do a little bit at a time so there are no lumps or bumps. >> all right. >> smooth chowder. in that goes >> what'sthis? >> this is potato. >> potato. >> you can put the potato in. this is aafay people ask why i use bay leaves. break it in half, rub it between your hands. all the essential oils come out. >> hha long does cook in there? >> until the fpotatoes aly cooked. not like a super creamy shouder. you want to taste the clams. then in go the chopped clams we cooked previously.uc >> how cream? is that heavy cream?

>> that is heavy cream, baby. >> yes, girl. >> i'm not joking around here. in>> dump it >> that's right. dump it in there. then you cook it just until -- wait, wait. >> garnish. >> a little parsley. also, the bacon. just a little bacon. texture and flavor, my friend. >> right? >> that's new england. hold on, i'm going to try atnhattan. >> >> have you tried it? >> we have voted. >> i haveeen going back and forth. >> dylan is having a hard time. i have half of each left. >> dylan, where are you from? >> she said she from new jersey. >> the problem is i'm from new jersey. >> okay, ready? we're ready for the votes. >> one at a time. jenna, you go. >> i voted for the new england, but really the oyster cracker for the win. we didn't plan it. >> i voted for oyster crackers. but i like the butter and cream and the bacon. >> i'm pretty sure new england

would disown if i didn't pick new england. >> delicious. >> i k ld ofe the manhattan. >> it's ay. >> because, you know. thank you, mike and annie, thank you so much. you can get the recipes on day.com/food. you can learn more about annie's book at todaecom/shop. weack in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. you guys, awesome. c.

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oh, tha was delicious. we did love your clam chowder. >> but mike, yours was magnificent. >> a big fourth hour coming up. christian slater is going to join us at the t top of show. she's going to talk about the movie "the wife" with glenn close. which is killer. >> jane lynch is with us, too,

we have kris o'dowd. >> i like him. >> jenna just ran over to megyn kelly. first a look at your local news and weather. this is a news 4 today news break. >> 8:56 is your time now on this monday, august 1h, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we wnt to check your morning commute. how is it going out there? >> good morning. slowdown on the beltway is upto as you approach coalsville road. just some delays.ng ta look here in great falls. walko road south of beach mill,

downed tree, lane blocked there. and 270 southbound, a little slow through urbana and as you pens up.th, it pretty good all the way down here. slow throughrockville. >> we'll check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good monday morning. later on today, we have rain in the forecast again. a flood threat through most of northern virginia, northern maryland,vi west inia. flash flood watch for later on tonight. most of the rain right now up to our north, but latertoday, after about 4:00 p.m., that's our best chance for some stms. >> all right, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time on the nbc washington app.

good morng, everyone and welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. happy monday. we have a lots to get to t morning. from a story raising questions to t airline security omarosa's shocking interview with savannah just over an hour ago. did you see this? oh, my goodss. we're going to get to it. we'll have the latest on the meghan markle family drama. joining me to discuss what's making the rounds today, nbc sthanie gosk and jenna bush hager along withan matt is co-host of -- >> "american ninja warrior >> love it, "american ninja warrior." can weh start wis 29-year-old airline worker. have you heard this story in