don't go too far. you, me, e,an chuck bell, sheila, wendy, all that and more good morning. breaking ovnight. friday night lights chaos. gunfire he republicerupts at th school football game in palm beach county after shots rang out injuring two people. stu students and fans scramblingge t to safety. time in jail? new details overnight from special counsel robert mueller after releasing the sentence recommendation for a former led p campaign aide who uilty to lying to investigators. this as former cia drekirector n brennan lashes outinst the president after his security clearance wasvo reked. and taking the fall.

the 16-year-old girl shoved 60-foot off the bridge. the girl speakingarut about the ges. >> i just want taylor to be put away for a little bit so she can think about what she did and about herodctions. >> tay, saturday, august 18th, 2018. ♪ >> celebrating our 40thar annive on the "today" show. >> came to new york to get married. s >> and the "today" show. >> all the way from canada. >> first time in new york. ♪ >> hi from dallas, texas. a >> i'm new aunt. >> i'm a new uncle. >> it is my 14th birthday. >> happy birthday! ♪ >> good morning. welcome back to "today" on this

fine saturda morning. good-looking crowd. we will get outside in a bit. kate snow is in >>today. 'm here. >> it is nice to be here. >> you should have worn a sid. >> i shoave a sign? >> yeah. >> i haven't been here in a while? kate, thank you. we are looking forward to more of kate snow. lots to get to this morning. let's start wit news. breaking news overnight. a shootout at a football field in florida. men in the hospital this morning. one of the men in critical condition after gunfire erupted during a football game at palm beach central high school causing chaos. authorities arrived almost immeately as aelicopter landed on the field to evacuate a victim. it stemmed from an altercation with students. no arrests have been made. to a politics war of words with president trump and top intelligence officials is heatin up with former cia director john brennan speaking out aga overnight after his security clearance was revoked by the president.

will the same thing happen to others? we have white house correspondent kelly o'donnell near the president's golf course. >> rep.ter: good morning, ka good to be with you. the special counsel is asking the judge to consir prison sentence up to six months for one of the very first people arrested in the russian investigation. you may remember the name george papadopoulos. he was a volunteer foreign policy adviser on the campaign. he admitted to lying to investigatorsnd pleaded guilty last october. they came into the sights of the russia investigation after papadopoulos said he was aanre that rus had compromising information on hillary clinton. sentencing is expected next month. the jury goes back t work onday in the case of the jury deliberations of paul manafort. they have to consider 18 charges in the bank fraud and tax

evasion trial. president trump is aeady indicating that he might be making to revoke another security clearance. this time involving a justice department official who has ties to the russia investigation. this comes after he had alrdy stripped former cia chief john brennan ohis security clearance. brennan spoke out last night calling it an egregious violation of tsi pnt's authority. the president told reporters who asked if he is using ts power in order to criticize his own enemies or to o punish silence his critics. the president denied that. kate. >> kelly with the president. thank you. also this t mornin young woman who was pushed off thebr ge by her friend is speaking out after learning of the reckless endangerment charge of the woman who pushed her. nbc's steve patterson joins us. >> reporter: good morning, craig. 16-year-old jordan holgerson is suffering from six broken ribs

and punctures in her lungs after being shoved off the bridge. in the live interview this morning o "today," she says the former friend that pushed her shou pay for what she did. this morning, 18-year-old taylor smith, who pushed her friend off the 60-foot high washington state bridge, is in legal jeopardy. friday, prosecutors charging smith with reckless nt endanger saying it is clear smith engaged in conduct which created abs ntial risk of death and resulted inhycal injury. 16-year-old jordan holgerson plunging off the bridge and slamming into the water below. just moments before, you hear the fear in holgerson's voice. at first she wants to jump. >> go. >> do i just go? >> reporter: then has second thoughts off camera, you hear smith essuring holgerson to jump.

>> you promised me you would do it. go. >> reporter: then the shove. >> she is saying no. ready? oh! >> reporter: on abc news, smith says she wast jing what she thought her friend wanted and never intended harm. >> she wanted to jump and she was scared. she asked me to give her a push. i didn't think about the consequences. i thoht she would be fine. >> reporter: earlier on "today," jordan holgerson ske out. >> taylor was lyingthe interview.nn i imagine asking taylor to push me off the bridge. >> are you planning to sue? >> if it gets to that point maybe. >> reporter: now holgerson wants smith to think about her actions behind bars. >> i just want taylor to be put away for a little bit so she can think about what she did and abou her actions. >> reporter: smith now faces a maximum sentence of nearlyye a in jail with a maximum fine

up to $5,000. craig and kate. >> steve for us from l.a. thank you. also this morning, funeral plans made for aretha franklin as the nation prepares to sa farewell to the queen of soul. a two-day take place before the funeral set to be held at the greater grace temple in detroit on, fridugust 31st. she will be laid to rest at the woodwn cemetery there alongside her father, brother and sisters. the idmtv music awards will honor her legacy. >> clive davis is planning a tribute at madison square garden to honor her as well. fitting tributes. dylan dreyer has made her way outside on the plaza with

mainly clouds, even though there's peeks of sunshine.

temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.ut est wind at 3 miles per hour. temperatures rising into the mid highser 80s for daytime out there today. a few showers on the way. not raining all day. occasional rain possible through the remainder of the day. the frontal system hangs out over our and that's your latest forecast. you.to >> dylan and sydney, thank you. still t come, can you do it? we are trying to teach craig the latesto online challenge to viral. this is not as easy as it looks. that is right after t.se messages what's the strongman? it's a pea-protein, gluten-free pâté. (whistles) it's a burrito filled with plants pretending to be meat. here we see the artist making an attempt to bare his soul. it's just a gray dot. there are multiples on the table: one is cash,

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we are back on saturday morning with the latest craze apparently taking the internet by storm. >> everybody is doing it.th dylan is i orange room. >> i have been doing it all morning. its tricky. it all started when soccer star deli ali plays for tottenham celebrated with a recent goal with an interesting pose. >> he scored othe opening weekend. as he has done it agn. >> >>at? ou saw him make the gesture with his hand. now here it is up close. it looks prey simple. at first glance, anaypside down sign. it is harder than it looks. some of ali's teammates tested it out ithe locker room. they struggled to recreate the o . people were starting it out

starting with the challee. some a getting it. some not so much. there are so many tutoria o there for you having trouble and want to do it urlf. i'll try to break it down. make an okay sign with your you fold your three fingers down in front of the "o." you flip your hand around to put the back othe three fingers on the forehead. you look through the "o." kate's got it. craig? >> he can't figure it out. >> i can only do it with my left-hand. i can't do it with my ght. >> fingers against your forehead. flip the "o" over. >> it is funny. ls you watch the tutor online. some focus and start showing you what to do. some of them put this onour leg. have you done that? >> no. i led a normal childhood. >> if somebody puts the okaygn

n your leg below your waist? >> is that gang? >> you punch them. >> no! no! >> all right. >> i thought you said this was "popstart." >> mike, if you are try this., i owe you one. really? >> no. i don't. >> did you grow up with older brothers? >> younger. he would have done that to me. >> keep let's get to "popstart."ng tulations in order for priyanka chopra and nick jonas. the couple officially confirmed theiren engag in a photo. the caption reading future mrs. jonas. my heart, my love. she posted the samepicture. the pair have been spotted in india celebrating wit families. now to kylie jenner. she is on the cover of "vogue" without makeup. in the sue, she opens up about

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and finally on saturday morning, we have great news for beer fans. guinness fans specifically. >> they opened the first tasting room in ars. when i heard that, i was first in line for the behind the scenes look and taste. baltimore, maryland. home of the orioles. bl crab. a gorgeous inner harbor. and now guinness. the eirish beermaker opened the barrel house. the first brewery state side in

more than 60s. ye >> why baltimore?e >> peo are fiercely proud. this city is full of andzing people amazing culture. unbelievable food. incredible beer scene. this diverse amazing group of people. of imore is deserving something like guinness coming to town. >> founded in 1759 inin du it is best known for stout. a beer exported around the world. dublin will continue to brew that and opening the baltimore brewery to something new. >> able to use fruit and new recipes and grain that weoave accessmerica because of the craft brewing scene they don't have access to nblin. >> because it is in baltimore, will you tap into the hyper local resources you have here? >> absolutely. we already brewed beer here in the brewery with maryland grown barley and maryland grown hops.

>> no crabs? >> no crabs. >> not yet. >> after a quick history of guinness, i got a chance to try the perfect pour. >> if you put your thumb on the glass and aim the stream of beer for the harp above the word guinness. the handle toward you. don't hit yourself in the head. push i all the w down. there you go. >> my face is in the way. >> that' all right. remember you will tift ltt up ad tu it off. >> dylan, this is your first time ever pouring a guinness pint? keep going. be brave. be bold. stop. >> i did it. i did it. >> look at that pint. >> nice pint. >> cheers. thanks for coming. >> so, i did have to stop drinkiee all that before i finished the interviews. i was getting a little car away. we have some here.

the brewery in maryland will not brew thestout. that is what guinness is known for. >> dark brown. >> this was n invented until the 1950s. not the traditional beer. the guinness blonde is brewed in maryland. >> cheers to dylan dreyer. >> ready? chug, chug. >> notice mypavlovian response when you said chug. >> this is delicious. >> at 8:00 a.m. thanks for having me. >> you picked the right saturday. katesnow, thank you. that will do it for saturday morning. today" w on "sunday willie sits down with chris o'dowd talki r about thee in "bridesmaids" and "getshorty." that is morrow. sheinelle is back tomorrow. >> if i don't drink this, people will think i'm pregnant. >> whoa? you know them well.

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g saturday morning. straight ahead on news 4 today, we are clearing thesh ters. our crews are in d.c. and virginia this morning. doors are opening, getting ready for today's massive pet adoption event. the's plebty of time for you to get out and adopt today too. and lauren is tracking showers. >> a few showers through the day. occasional rain. we'll time it out for you and let you know when we'll feelik more fall coming up in the 10-day forecast. >> a taste of fall in august. >> let's doit. we hope you can join us also behind the scenes for facebook live. we'll fire it up during the

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the board overseeing the entire maryland university system iakg over the investigation into a football player's death and allegations of player abuse in the program. mr. tru is motivated by his best interest. >> brennan fires back. the former head of the ciaon respd to the president after being stripped of his top security clearance this week. a today is the perfect day to add a member to thely fa you get a puppy. everyone gets app pu nbc 4 helping clear the shelters on this saturday. not just puppie of course. talking about all sorts of animals. we've got a big team helpingt u ith the clear the shelters. >> we do. i wonder if their families will grow. you can't go to a shelterwand

away empty handed. it's so tough. >> good morning. orank you so much joining us. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. a lot of folks waiting in line to bring home perhaps a new best friend. there's a live look outside the humane rescue in northwest washington. >> earlier we saw u people line before the doors opened. nbc 4 will be checking in with our crews up early with us on a saturday as people head out to add to t air familynd adopt pets. so f the skies are dry. >> for now. >> good time to head out. ght? >> yeah. depends on where you are. we're seeing showers out there righ now just to the north and west of the district. and we'vecheen wg the showers as they climbed out of west virginia and over the blue ridge mts. expect showers here and there throughout the day today. it's not going to be raining all day. there are some areas getting sunshine for us into southern maryland. for the most part, we'll have

clouds around wit occasional showers. there's a closer look at some of the showers through montgomery county toward the shenandoah valley. this frontal system takes its time passing through our area. t passing through until tomorrow. we'll have showers today. somehowers and thunderstorms around tomorrow as well. it's warm out there, though. if you're headed to clear the shelters, known temperatures the mid to upper 70s topping out in the mid to upper 80s for today. talk about the timing of rain. asaid earlier, we've got some fall-like weather on thy to our area sooner than you think. e'll talk about it in about 20 minutes. >> all right. thank you. it is finally here. nbc 4 and telemundo-owned stations are teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the country to host clear the shelters. >> it's a nationwide pet adoption drive. you know who loves getting up early on a saturday morning?

going in tina up and northwest d.c. >> you have background noise there. and tina and chk, you both are proud parents of some four-leggeddr ch. >> oh, yeah. >> yes. we both have two dogs each. a >> we might go home with a third maybe. maybe not. >> no. no. i want someone else to have the pleasure of having a dog as opposed t me havinghe pleasure of having a third dog. >> which is true. we are at clear theer she at the humane rescue alliance in northwest washington. this is not the only location. head to our app and see which shelter is participating near you. they're putting on a pretty good effort to adopt pets today with waived and reduced adoption fees. >> when you multiply the numbers nationwide, there's a possibility that literally thousands of cats and a dogs rabbits and turtles and all the

manner of animal kind can find a new home. that's possible. >> and we're trying to clear out space to get other animals in eo need to come into th shelter but don't have the opportunity right now. th guy is one of my favorites. i would adopt him if i had the room. if you love a big, sweet block head -- >> a block head. >> i think he's a little shy of the camera in his face, but she's a sweet heart. i've been petting him all morning. lots of cats as well. and there's a big line outside. we'll check that out coming up as well. >> all right. for the sake of balance, we are going to check in with a cat lo r, wendy, later this morning. >> that's right. she's in alexandria today with animal welfare league of alexandria. and like we said, there are a number of shelters that are participating and all of them are listed on the nbc washington

app. at 8:33 a story following up on. it's happening today. a meeting between the university of maryland football tm and parents, and we are getting word of a private scrimmage later this afternoon. now, thisft comes the university system of maryland board of regents takes over two major investigations. all of this stemming from the death of a umdootball player. >> the first probe here deals with the circumstances of jordan mcnair's death. he died on june 13th. that report is due to complete next month. ut preliminary findings led to maryland accepting responsibility for mistakes leading up to his death. the other investigation was initiated by the school president. it's going to be looking into the football program's culture. there's no timetable for completing that rort justyet, but in a statement the board of regents offerg insight into why it's more involved. they say ouroal is to ensure all system universities including university of maryland college park are actively working to protect the health

and safety of every student and to foster supportive culture in which everye can flourish. well, this saturday morning another warning about verifying your uber ride before jumping into a car. police identified the man they says posed an uber driver in d.c. investigators pay thesenger was beaten and forced to withdraw money fromatms. officers believe the suspect is tied to other armed bberies. >> reporter: d.c. police say the man and woman in this surveillance video allegedly drov up to the man in u street northwest pretrending to be a ride share company about a month ago. police say the man got in the car thinking he was going to smoke marijuana. instead of lighting up he wasf robbedis wallet, cell phone and credit card.

detectives said they drove around with atms beating him with a gun, forcing him to ash and then throwing him out of the car in maryland. the man was treated and released from the hospital. >> police believe nun and the oman may be related to other kidnappings that happened in the summer. check the driver's name,ot the and the license plate before you get in the car with a raid shareiv . shomari stone, news 4. at8:36 thimorning, documents stripping even more security clearances are already for president trump's signature according "the washington post." earlier this week they voided john brennan's security clearatie. erme intenon officials fear robert mue may be next. if mueller or his team lose their clearances, it could end the investigation into russia's influence on the 2016 election. more than 70 former intelligence officials signed statementsti

blasng the president for trying to stifle free president trump denies it. john brennan is considering taking legal action. brennan made the announcement last night. he sai pursuing legal action would be a way to prevent the president from revoking another person's clearance. brennan also said he believes president trump is, quote, abusing the wers, unquote, of his presidency. >> the other people on the so-calledenemy's list now, i think this is just another example of mr. trump trying to frighten others. i can tell you having word in national security and intelligen community for many years, these are not the type of eople who are going to be bullied or intimidated by someone like mr. trump. >> brennan is an intelligence analyst for nb tomorrow he sits down with chuck todd tout talk more abo the controversy.

you can watch it live right here starting at 10:30.d c comfort coming to some folks wn live public housing in alexandria. peopng will be get air conditioners at no charge thanks to a partnership between the ty and dominion energy. every home on hopkins court will get one. that's more than 150 senior resideets. they'l help paying the high electric bills thanks to the share program. boy, a bizarre run from the law. waitntilou hear this story. a car crash turning into a police chase aoe it't end until a bus fl of people can hold down ancced thief. we'll fill you in on the details. and a bear was just looking for a snack when he gotke l in somebody's car. luckily police were able to get him out. e how they set

this was pretty much a scene out of an action movie. it happened in california. a man stole a highway patrol cruiser and used it to steal a bus from the campus of sacramentostate. let's show you the empty bus left after the whole ordeal. an officer from the california high school patrol was helping a driverfter arash on a nearby interstate. they say while he was helping thatdrer, the other driver got into the cruiser and drove to the school. that's where the suspectd u the patrol car to pull over a witnesses say the suspect got on the bus, drove it for a little while before passengers realized something's not right.er they w able to hold down the suspect. he was arrested. no nobody got hurt. pretty crazy. >> it is. heads up beforeta you your saturday morning routine. there is a recall to tell you about on the allure hair dryers. this is because of the fire burn and electril shock hazards. they are 're calling more than

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window. these are bean bag rounds. and then boom. he breaks ee. >> yeah. >> he's out. >> fresh air. neededwhat he >> he jumps out the back window, runs into the woods. this was posted on facebook. they said bears cannot open doors. we're wondering how he got in. >>ometimes people leave doors open when they go in. >> but did he shut ? i think maybe they saw he was in there and shutbe it t safe. >> all right. it's 8:43 right now. ou live look ide. some of you already seeing rain. others will see it later. lauren is here to map out the shower chances next on news 4 today. it's 78 degrees. i'm wendy at the animal welfare league in alexandria. and this is paige. she could be your baby. we'll clear the shelters today and paige is up for adoption. say hi, paige.

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today is one of the best days of the yearbc >> and telemundo-owned stations across the country are edteaming up with hun of shelters to host clear the shelters. it's a nationwide petdoption drive. take a look. this is the adoption tracker on the clear thes shelt website. more than 41,000 pet adoptions have alreadyen t place this year country-wide. to helpoday we want push that number up. lws 4's wendy is up early with

us ande from the animal welfare league of alexandria. wendy, i tweet earlier, show me the puppies. >> reporter: well, right nowo we're going show you this little girl, paige. she's a terrier mix. she's fabulous. she came from a rural shelte an then the woman holding her is meghan webb. we want to show you herwe as . meghan is the executive director -- we're at the animal welfare league of alexandria. can you l tell metle bit about paige? she came from a rural sheltder. why i that important f you to bring rural animals in? >> we work with shelters in virginia, and we very much work closely with one, and we assist them with helping dogs likend paige, she is just one of 77 animals who are available today. >> wow. >> yeah. there are alreadyeople standing out there. you don't even open until 11:00 and the already people out there. the first woman has three l

kids. i thought she wants to get them out of the house. tell me why it's important to adopt from a shelter, notnly because you want to clear the shelters but what's the benefit of adopting fromlt s as opposed to hearing about it from craigslist or anad >> you're helping animals in the -- we're helping animals here in your community, and in virginia. we specifically are helping virginia to reduce -- to adopt animals throughout the state, and then also in adopting you know the animal has been vaccinated, spade, microchiped, had veterinary care. and then you're parf your family. you become one of our awla family members. and we make sure you then have access to resources, our staff who are very helpful withor behaissues, medical issues. if anything comes up with your animal, we help. >> what's the process for people

today? the ones standing in line? at 11:00, will you go out ahead of time and give them the forms? >> absolutely. and then they'll be able to heart filling out forms. people know that we used to a long time ago do home visits. we no longer do that. it's a really easy process in terms of comfortable. we make surea it' friendly environment, and so they'll meet with the animal likepaige, get to know them. we want to match them with the right animal for their family and lifestyle. >> right. one more look at paige. paige, lk at the camera. we'll be here all day. come down if you're in the area o the animal welfare league of alexandria. there are beautiful cats, rabbits, we'll be here throughout the ay. >> right. thank you so much, wendy. this is a perfect segue. lauren, you have lived this story. >> i know. right? i got my cat two mays ago, a

year and a half ago. and my husband wted to do it so quickly because he eventually used the cat to ask m me tory him. >> it was perfect. >> yeah. >> it's like good karma. >> she's my home rl. i love this cat. i'm going to post pictures all overbo fa. there's already some there if from when we adopted her. >> today t we'reking about trying to clear the air. unfortunately that's not going to happenli we're d with fog in the morning for some of us and ra rain rain showers possible. if you're headed out, go ahead with ing that umbrella you. you're going to need it. >> look at that. a. great d that's our live camera. you can see dallas toll road. t bottom of the screen, that's from reston. rainie ea a few light showers. it's a nuance rain for the first pada of the we could have heavier rain later. i'm not really thinking there's going to be strg storms.

yes, we had a few overnight and severe thunderstorm warnings overnight, but we're pretty stable now. maybe an isolated storm, but i don't think itilbe all that strong. if you have plans outside, i would have a backup planas in because we're going to see waves of rain throughout the day. humidity u today. humidity up tomorrow. as we get into the wnd of the nekweek, that's when the humidity starts to fall. showers throughout the region. we have a few showers through montmery county going to the western side of the baltimore beltway and howard county. right here along i-66, marshal coming back out towd 522 headed toward the central shenandoah valley. this is pushing to the east. this is all due to a trontal systt is going to take its good time getting through our sea. we will it move through our area throughout the weekend and again, that's why we have waves of rain throughout the weekend. temperatures out there not too bad. 60s and 70s out there right now.

weekend activities, again, have an -- if y have an outdoor party, have a backup plan ready to go. clear the shelters. again, showers. bring that umbrella. you want to get the car washed, hold off until mid next week. that's going to be the time when we sta tory out. again, a few showers out there as we go through the 8:00 hour, and then look at this. again, we by lunchtime are dry, ht some morevier rain comes through as we get into the eving, as we get into the overnight we could have a few showers as well. patchy fog tomorrow morning. and then aew isolated showers throughout tomorrow afternoon. mame a thunderst as well. and we'll keep a chance for showers here and there on monday. mid 80s for tomorrow. again, with isolated thunderstorms. mainly in the evening. and just a slight chance on monday of a few showers. tuesday is the best chance. we could have severe weather on by wednesday and thursday, temperatures in the 80s.

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a war of words betweenen prestrump and the woman who runs the city he lives in. >> the mayor fired back after the president cald out the district for the soaring cost oh e military parade. >> the parade is offor now, but the blame game is on.

>> reporter: this tweet from donald trump did not sit well with the d.c. mayor. >> certainly i w offended by the notion that we would goose the numbers and exaggerate t numbers. that has not been how we have conducted ourselves in dealing with this president or the last one or the one before that. >> since attending this military parade in france earlier this year, president trump has been planning to have a military parade here in d.c. aor spokespersonhe department of defense said the parade scheduled for thismb nove has been postponed until sometime next year. then the president tweeted the reason for postponing was the ult of local politicians in d.c. who he accused of inflating the costs. within an hour the mayor tweeted back. yep, i'm the local politician who finally got through to the reality star in the white house with the realities of parades and demonstrations in trump america.

press reports revealed the projected cost of the parade at 2 million. that includes $21 million thedm bowseristration estimated for things like police, fire and paramedics, traffic control and even enforcing illegal vending laws. >> our costs are about $ million which is in line with hat it cost us to support his inauguration. so that's what we think this event will cost. >> but jim mattis disputed the 92 million price tag. >> whoever told you that is probably smoking something that's not legal in most teates. >> rep in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. all right. a live lk as nbc 4 is getting ready to help clear the shelters across thedmv. forget about the rain in the forecast. a furry friend is in your future. that's what we're seeing right

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