good morning. iday night lights chaos. high school football game in south florida ends abruptly. someone opened fire in the middle of the game shooting two people. authorities saying it started after a fight between students. we are live with the latest. time inil ? new details this morning abo the sentence recommendation from the special counsel for the former trump aide who is accused of lying. this as the former campaign ma manager paufort is waiting s fate with the jury deliherations heading into t third day. taking the ll. prosecutors file charges agast the 18-year-old who pushed her friend 60 feet off the bridge

nearly killing her. does the pishment fit the crime? the 16-year-old vihoim, jordan erson, will speak out in her first live interview only on "today." those stors and cop collision. a teenager goes flying after police car that was chasing him accidentally crashes into him. bullying miss america? the reigning queen with allegations of silenced and bullied at the organization, including former fox news anchor gretchen carlson who is ae fie proponent for women. >> and honoring the queen. funeral plans for aretha franklin now made public. what we are learninut how she will would be respected. today, saturday, august th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" withhe selle jones, craig melvin and dylaney drer. live from studio 1a in

rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on saturday morning. kate snow is with us this morning. >> nice to be here. canfr we play thaklaretha frankn for a couple minutes? they announced the details of th funeral. august 31st. a couple of days of viewing for th i don't know about you, but the last couple days i have been introducing my chi to all of her music. >> detroit's favorite dahter. appearing as if they are going to send her off like the queen she was. we will hav more on the plans in just a bit. we start with breaking news. top story overnight when shots fired at a high school football game in florida. two people were injured and police are stilling to piece this together. nbc's mratey has the developments. >> good morning, kate. a shooting under the friday night lights at the florida high school sent hundreds scrambling

hiand investigators sea for answers. it brought back nightmares atth e stoneman douglas high school shooting s months ago. >> reporter: last night, pandemonium at the school football game. >> i was worried about my friends. >> reporter: after gunshots rang out leaving two people iz hospit. emptying the stands and ending a preseason game between palm beach central and william t.dwyer high school. >> i see everybody start running immediately. i'm like what is going on. somebody said it is ornshots. >> rter: a medi-vac chopper. the other victim rushed to the hospital by a friend. e school said both victims were friends and had no motives for the shooting. >> i heard gunshots. we ran. >> reporter: what happened next a sweeping and sudden deployment of police is a sign of the times. dozens of deputies with rifles

and body armor descended on the field. high alert for anoer school shooting like the one that killed 17 people at stoneman h douglah school miles away. >> i'm shaking. you hear about this stuff, but until it happens in your neighborhood or until it happens to your child, you don't know. >> reporter: and those dramatic pictures you see on the football field, they may look orderly, bu some of the football fans said the scene was so panicked that people werectually getting trampled while leaving the field. a horrifying turn for what was supposed to be a preseason football game. kate. >>att bradley, thank you. we have sad breaking news to report this morning. just in, forme united nations chief and most celebrated diplomats kofi ann has died. born in ghan became the first black

african secretary-general. in an effort to make the world a better place, the leader won the nobel peace prize for . humanitarian annan passed away in a hospital in switzerland. kofi annan was 80. there is a lot happening in the world of politics. we are learning what sentence special counsel robert mueller is recommending for the former campaign aide who pleaded guilty in the russia investigation and john brennan slammed president trumpbout his security clearance being revoked. we have kelly o'donnell here the president's golf course this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kate. the president has the authority to decide who sees the most secret important national security matters, interest are critics who say he is using the power to try to get back at those who have been outspoken ainst hi especially those involved in the russia investigation. there is a new

development involving the first person arrested by the muellern team ie russia investigation. new overnight. up to six months in prison. that is what the special counsel is asking a judge to sentence george papadopoulos. he pleaded guilty last octobery to to investigators and has been cooperating with the russia probe. papadopoulos was part of thtr ump campaign foreign policy panel and claimed to know russia had dirtton hillary cl meanwhile, the president is unapoletic about revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan. >> i like taking on voice like that. i have never respected him. i never had a lot of respect. >> reporter: the president denied trying to silence critics and claimed erahed rai brennan' profile. >> i'm giving him a bigger voice. >> reporter: brennan used his voice appearing on cable tv friday night.

warning the fight with t u.s. intelligence is dangerous. >> this is an egregious act that flies in the face of traditional practi as well as common sense as well as national security. friday, er: late another wave of protests. a statement from 60 former cia officials who warned the country will wekened if there is a political litmus test on intelligence officials speaking out. there has been no stopping the book tour of former officia to the white house omarosa manigault newman. the prest reports te possesses a treasure trove of audio and video and texts and e-mails ter back up claims. >> there are things that i write about and things i'm goi to save to share when the time is right. >> reporter: as my reporters friday -- asked byeporters friday, if a pardon is possible

for paul manafort. the president declined to weigh in as the jury considers the evidence in the tax evasion and bank fraud trial. he spo kindly of him. >> he happens to be a very good person. i think v it isy sad what they have done to paul manafo. >> kelly, what is the latest with the paul manafort jury? reporter: well, the still have all of the power and they are working at this. 15 hoursf deliberations so far. a panel of six men and six women. they have to go through 18 counts and reach unanimous verdict on each of those. these are alleged financial crimes by paul manafort in the business dealings before the trp campaign. the jury has been at itwo days now. >> thank you, kelly. a programn ng note. you e former cia director john brennan tomorroworning on "meet the press." a woman caught on camera

pushing her friend off the 60-footridge is facing criminal charges this morning for that push. in a moment, we will talk to the victim.rd holgerson, to get her thoughts on the charges. first, we have the latest from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: good morning. holgerson crashed io the water and experienced six broken ribs d a punctured lung. now charges for the friend and why she gave the shove. this morning, 18-year-old taylor smith who pushed her friend off the 60-foot high washington state bridge i in legal jeopardy. friday, prosecutors charging smith with reckless da erment. it is clear smith engaged in conduct which created a substantial risk of death and resulted in serious physical injury the video horrifiedop le. 16-year-old jordan lgerson plunging off the bridge and slamming into the water below. just momentsbefore, you can

hear the fear in holgerson's voice. at fitst, she w to jump. >> go! >> do i just go? >> reporter: then has second sho thoughts. you hear sth pressure holgerson to take the plunge.>> i'm so scared. >> jordan, go. >> reporter: then the shove. >> she is saying no. >> ready? >> oh! >> reporter: on abc snews,mith said she is doing what thought her friend wanted and never intended harm. >> she wanted to jump and s was scared. she asked me to give her a push and i didn' think about the consequences. i thought she would be fine. >> reporter: now holhrson wants smo think about her actions behind bars. that charge is considered a gross misdemeanor with a

accidmaximum sentence of a year in jail. >> thank you, steve. >> jordan holgerson is speaking out in the first live intervie jordan, good morning to you. i want to start by asking how you are feeling. you have such injuries. six broken ribs and lung pu punctu punctured. you all right? >> i'm feeling in a lot of pain. that's for sure. >> jordan,er yey, we heard taylor's side of the story for the first time. one of the things that taylor contends is you asked her to ou because were you too afraid to do it on your own. is that how you rember it? >> nope. i neversked taylor to push me. i don't think i would have if't woulave jumped. > are you saying then that she was lying yesterday when she said that? >> taylor was definitely lying

in her intervi yesterday because i can't imagine asking taylor to pushe off the bridge. jordan, she said that she has apologized to you many times. i know you were good friends before all this happened. how are you feeling about the charges filed against her? >> i just wanted taylor to be put away for at little so she can think about what she did and about her actions. >> so put away for a little bit. serving time in jail. she faces up t a year. >> yeah. >>jordan, do you also hink that her family should helpfo p some of the medical expenses you ?incurr should there be some sort of financial penalty as well? >> i think there shoulbe some because the bill we have definitelyasn't my fault.

it wasn't needed for us to pay for it. >> are you planng to sue? >> if it gets to that point, maybe. >> jordan, talk aboutfrhe ndship you had. you were very close. some people might look at tha tape and see a bunch of kids goofing around having fun. what is the harm ith? >> i don't think that's what kids do to have fun. i don't think kids push each other off bridges to have fun. we were wose friends. e friends for about a year. that's it. >> o y. jordan, gtter. good luck with the upcoming school year as well. >> thank you. >> jordan holgerson. thank you. new thisrning, we are learning more about the tragic murder of the young pregnant mother and two daughters. family, friends and strangers gathered on friday night as

investigators search for reasons why a man who would commit such a horrific crime. we get more from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: owhside the home e shanann watts and 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella were killed, a tearful memorial. the pregnant mother hado plan reveal to friends she was expecting a little boy. niko according to family. instead, her husband, chris watts, stands accusedng of kil his family. >> i can't believe chris would do this. >> reporter: court documents hireveal theren were found in a well. the report recommends dna swabs for the childr raising the possibility they wered.strangle police say chris watts murdered

his family and td the world they were missing. >> i want them home. >> reporter: before his arrest, watts stayed with a close family friend. >> we defended him on social media. we really had no idea. >> reporter: but there were signs of trouble. court documents show the pair filed for bankruptcy. >> investigators are goingth to know w or not he had a girlfriend. how deep financial trouble he was in. >> reporter: after pleading for the public's help, watts said little in court. a law s enforcementrce telling our denver affiliate, he confessed to the crime. the queson? y. >> it is not fair. they had way too much ahead of them. she was excited about havang her baby. >> reporter: on a weekend that was supposed to be a celebration of new life, friends and family mourning an unfathomable loss. for "today," miguel almaguer, frederick, colorado. >> a hard story. >> hard to process. let's turn to dylan with a

check of tther. hey. >> anothered unseteekend for the northeast and mid-atlantic. the frontal system is still bacally stu

we have a few showers out our window. a lot of rain overnight last night. even some stronger storms. a few showers in the shan donon valley. occasional rain out there today. it's warm. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we're topping out in the 80s today. it's not going to be raining a day. we'll keep at least a chance >> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. still ahead on saturday morning, th reigning miss america with stunning allegations against pageant organization claiming she is bullied and silenced by them.

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we are back on this saturday morning with "the weekly download." look back at the week that was. >> it started with president trump's closest confidants turning on him on nbc. former apprentice star and fired white house aide omarosa manigaulnewman out with a new book. painting an unflattering pic pre ofsident trump here on "today." is he mentally competent? >> i don't think he is fit. >> recording a phone call with the president after being fired by chief of staff john >> general kelly said you wanted me to leave.

>> nobody told me about it. >> omarosa also accused the president of using the "n" word. she hea an outtake ofonhe first sef "the apprenticofappre" mr. trump using that slur. >> the president denying he ever used thatslur. tragedy revealed a grand jury report released finng that hundreds of catholic priests sexually abused kids in pennsylvania sdplch pennsylvania. >> it was child sexual abuse. includin rape. >> the report found over 1,000 child victims identified iurthe 's records. the alleged crimes described as inappropriat contactr issues.y almost every instance of toabus old to be prosecuted. terror and chaos. a driver rammed his car into pedestrians outside london's parliament injuringseveral. >> treating it as a terrorist incident. >> cctv captures swerving in

the wrong lane. the driver hauled out of the aiver's seat and handcuffed. tha franklin, one of the popular icons o music, died at her home in detroit. >> she was royalty in the music world. the queen of soul gone, but the unmistakable voice that touched so many will live on forever. ♪ you mle me f like a natural woman ♪ some of the week's shocking ments caught on camera. utah man crashed a plane in his home after a domestic dispute. >> his wife and child escaped safely. a baltimore police officer resigned aft video o mhim beatingan went viral. in spain, a wooden pier

collapsed sending 300 people in the sea. >> thee end of summer festival and suddenly disaster. the ground disappeared. a wooden boardwalk plunging into the sea. >> no life threatening injuries were reported. and finally, a bit of fun in the security line at newark airport. >> a youngoy showing off his moves. you know what tsa officer josh mccl did? takes up the challenge. >> i love that deo. >> look at that guy flossing like kate snow. >> were there travelers behind him? >> it is cute. look at the kid. adorable. >> inspire by "fortnite" apparently. >> that is where all of the dances are coming from. >> that's where all of the dances are coming from? a lot. ask a 12-year-old. still ahead on saturday morning, an uplifting story

about how music is helping the homeless of los angeles' skid row. and can you do it? we have the latest on the international craze. is it as easy as it looks? they make it look easy. >> craig cannot d. >> kate?

hi. good morning. it is 7:26 on this saturday, august 18th th. i'm angie goff. today is a b day here at news 4. we're helping clear the shelters as we take a live look at some people who are offering forever homes today. they're already outside here of the humane rescue alliance lining up to get inside to take a l at all the animals and hopefully adopt one today. animalos shelters a our area, this is just one of them, they're going to waive adoption fees for pets that are spade, neutered a microchiped. all you have to do, bring your

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a few rain showers up the i-81 corridor up through frederick county, maryland. a frontal system right here. that's going to slowly move our way. we're going to deal with occasional rron showers hout the day. it's not going to rain all day. rain showers throughout the day. possibly heavier rain later on throughout the afternoon and evening. have a backup plan in case you have play not o today but also an isolated chance for a few showers around for tomorrow. temperatures in the 80s. just a strayhower on monday. more severe weather on tuesday.

feeling moreall like by the end of next week. >> thank you. we'll be back with more on cerar the shein 25 minutes. we are back on saturday morning. august 18th, 2018. let's start with the check of the headlines. the shootout in florida overnight. two adult men in the hospital this morning. within is in critical -- one is in critical condition after the gunfire at palm beach central high school which caused chaos there. authorities arriving on the ieene as the helicopter arrived to land on theld to help the victim. it started with an altercation with students. h arrese been made. a woman who pushed her friend off the bridge and into the washington state river has been charg with reckless even dangerme dangerme danger -- endangerment. this veo that went viral shows

taylor smith shoving jordan holgerson who suffered a punctured lung and six broken ri . jordan spoke out earlier on "today." >> i w justt taylor to be put away for a little bit so she can think abohe what did and about her actions. > jordan mentioned the possibility of suing her friend's family. by the way, the criminal charge tecarries a maximum jail se of yearly a year. police in sacramento, california released new video the momt the police video struck a teenager sending him flying in the air and sparking community the 16-year-old was chased by police who stopped him for not having a forward facing light on his bike.in drg at a speed of 27 miles across the car veers the road and launching the boy to to the ho to the hood. the boy was sent to the it

hosp. and two fisher men got a catch of a lifetime. they were fishing off the coast of new jersey and the whale came thup underneath . the men were not hurt in the incident. states police took to socl media to joke about the encounter saying charges against the whale is pending. >> what would they c whale with? >> i don't know. also this morning, the miss america organization is coming under fire once again. this time after the current miss america wrote a scathing letter saying she is being bullied by top executives of the organization. including former fox news anchot en carlson. she made headlines years ago claiming she was sexually harassed by former executive roger ailes. maya rodriguez has more.

>> reporter: in ake l letter, the reigning beauty queen says she has been silenced by the leadership. singling out regina hopper and gretchen carlson. in her letter, she writes, our chair and ceo have silenced. reduced me, almarged me and erased me in my role. she did not respond to a request for comment. >> we like the current leadership and the to resign.oard >> reporter: former miss america charles says she and nearly a dozen other former miss americas feel the pageant is headi in the wrong direction. >> if this leadership stays in position, the next miss america will have the same treatment. t >> reporte organization did not respond to requests for comment from nbc news. it has been a turbulent year for the group. st december, the former ceo and board of directors stepped

down. after lewd e-mails emerged. since thi new leade moved to make changes at the rganization, including eliminating the swim suit portion of the competition. carlson defended the move with "access hollywood" this year. >> we need to catch up to 2018. >> reporter: the organization chged after she became involved in the me too >> i was kicked off the movement two years ago and now in the position of being the chair of the miss america organization and bringing that same change to the organization. a >> reporte this as a new miss america ppares to be crowned next month. stepping into the spotlight of a nearly 100-year old tradition. for "today," maya rodriguez, nbc news. let's get a check of theom weather dylan. >> good morning. we are going to see a rainy day back through partsst of the

n rock ies and plains. there is a front that is draped across the area and later on this afternoon and evening, we will see showers andtorms fire up. some of these could producein damaging gusts and large hail. torrential rain and cloud-to-ground lightningso ated with the systems as they fire up again. this is a powerful cold front which on sunday will slide to the midwest. it is certainly going to cool temperatures down. you see the front movinug th the coolest air we have seen in some time will replace those summer high temperatures in the 90s and som 60s back in yellowstone. suok at denver. 73 oay for the high temperature. 13 degrees below average. temperatures will continue to drop as we go into the start of the week with the highs closer to upper 70s and

ande could say good-bye for the 90s for a little while longer. temperatures in the 80s and feeling more fall like due to the front. a few showersg al the i-81 corridor. there's another front draped er our area that will continue to pass through our region as we head into the next couple days or so. temperatures out there in the 60 and 70s. expect waves of rain throughout the and that's your latest forecast. >> i'm not ready for fall. >> not yet. still to come julia louis-dreyfus heart felt message to the crew and cast of " "vee up next, how this choir is helping to lift voices ande hearts and gope to a lot of folks along l.a.'s skid row. that is after these messages. brighten your home during the four-day love for color sale.

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back now on saturday morning with the look at how one program is trying to help out in the homelessness epidemic in the y. coun >> nowhere is the problem worse than los angeles. there are reaso for hopehis morning. a look at one group that is using music to give the hleeless pef l.a.'s skid row a place to go and be itard. s also helping lift people off the streets. in los angeles, the country's second largest city, ang stagge55,000 people are homeless. the epicenter, skid row, the highest concentration of homeless necessary in america. -- homelessness in america. idin thee of the crisis, glimmers of hope.♪ ♪ we fall down ♪ >> nobody ever dreamed of being ho. everybody on the streets is somebody's child. somebody's friend. they are you or more divided by circumstance. >> georgia and leah and

christopher support the urban voices project. a skid row community choir where the singe themselves are homeless. ♪ >> music is so powerful. it gets into nooks and crannies of people. >> what is urban voices meant to the community? >> urban voices provides a platform for humanity to stand up to say we may be in a condition, but we are not the condition. >> three years ago, christina found herself among skid row's homeless. when you were living in skid row, were you scared? >> i was scared. >> why? >> because you hear horror stories. i could not believe my life had gotten to this point sgrch. >> christina was at the lowest living in a shelter when a friend invited her to the urban

voices project. >> singing h been therapeutic for me. it is making me less afraid of people and situations. singing has kept me going. >> helped give you purpose? >> yes. ♪ and carry them in >> since14 hundreds like christina, have joined the choir and been empowered. >> it can directly address depression and directly address anxiety and stress. >> the goodne ? roughly 30% leave for permanent housing. >> as long as you can talk, you can sing, you can yourself and create community. >> to me, the thought is even though you are homeless, even more so because you are homeless, to have these moments of sweetness in the day where you can come in and just be.

♪ >> such good energy there. i'm so looking forward to seeing your hour on sunday night. what was it like to be there? i have been to skid row. it is a >> it is.d. you read about it.e you se pictures. you walk down the street and it is tents and tarps for blocks and bloc. during theday, you see the needles on the street. at night, you see theats on the street. then you have these people who are traipsing about as if this is completely normal. you have 14,000 people, roughly, living downtown los angeles, shadow of city hall, shadow of the most dynamic skyscrapers in the country. it is bizarre. >> blocks awaynd from wealth privilege. yeah. >> and the city looked the other wa the policy. >> the programs that are doing

rk.h good i know you don't just look at the choir we saw. you look at other programs. >> there are so many angels in los angeles who have committed their liv to helping lift people off the street. a number of theam progr are government programs. permanent housing. temporary housing. t a lot of programs and things people are doing are just good hearted folks who decided they have seennough and have decided to do some things to try and help people. i have never been more impacted by a story. >> i'm glad you did this. i know it is peonal for you? y maternal grandfather when he died. he had been in an and out of -- in and o of shelters. you can see more on "dateline." right here on nbc.om cg up, how you can help these adorable puppies. you have to watch the puppies. come on. they are looking for a home. they are looking for a home. that's nexafter thes

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we are back wh a little puppy love on saturday morning. lookt these little guys. thousands of friends up for adoption today. part of th clear the shelters campaign. part of nbc and telemundo stations. >> david seely is with us. he is the executive director of animal shelter rescue.i' m too distracted by the puppies. tell us the story? they are from puerto rico? >> the situation still bad down there in puerto rico. we are helping with the relief. t took in 40 of them. they just got us this week. going up for adoption. >> tell us about clear thete sh. why is it so important especially this time of year to remind p there are several dogs and pets and animals up for adoption? >> summertime is rough for animals. kitten season and with the shelters and donations being low. shelters are overcrowded.

there are so many homeless ng animals loo to get into homes. it is important in summer to get a big push. ear the shelters is perfect. >> folks watching right now who may wt to find a shelter in their neighorhood or area t adopt. how do they go about it? >> theyan go to littleshelter.com. they can go to any social media for clear the shelters. they will list af the shelters across america no matter where they are to find the local sh >> you make it easy today. this weekend. >> yes. >>ow tell us does it work. >> we try to speed things along. it is simple. you come in and bring identification. we check a couple of personal references. if you had a vet in the past, we checkre that ference. you are good to go. ist true you waive adoption fees? >> a lot of shelters waive the fees. the typical adoption standard stl applie it is not easier to adopt a pet.

just a little bit more convenient. >> if you are watching right now, these pets,e are attached. >> they are up for adoption. >> yes. >> if you live in new york. >> som would be thrilled. i'm in love. >> david, thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks for bringing them in. >> for more, check o cleartheshelters.com. still to come, kylie jenne goes makeup free on the latest cover. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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