good morning. breaking ne. e pope speaks. hoter days of silence in the face ofing new abuse allegations, pope francis finally apologizes and doesn't mince words, writing we showed no careor the little ones. we abandoned them. the latest breaking from the vatican thismorning. truth isn't truth. rudy giuliani's surprising rationale for not having the president interviewed by he speciaunsel. >> when you tell me he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and shouldn't worry, that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a -- >> truth is uth. >>he isn't truth. truth isnut tr >> and a bombshell pair of reports reveals the president's

own white house counsel has been talking to prosecutors. a lot. we're live at the white house. >> breaking overnight, from accuser to accused. troubling a allegatioinst aja orgento. reports she agreed to pay hundreds o thousands o dollars to silence an actor who claims she assaulted him when he was just 17 years old. >> plus, drive through hell. dramatic video of a faser and son'aring escape from a dangerous wildfire. beauty pageantbattle. the reigning miss america claimed she was bullied by the organizers. >> and miracle rescue. a cruise ship passenger goes overboard and treads water for ten hours. >> i am very lucky to be alive. >> her story of survival in her own words, today monday, august 20th, 2018.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hodae kotb, l from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. gloom. welcome to "today." that grand jury repor out of pennsylvania had such shocking allegations. just when you thoughtou had ard it all in the catholic abuse scandal. >> people had been waiting to hear from the pope, and finally the day came. f just a moments ago. it's our top story. the pope issuing ao letter the worth's 2 billion catholics and apologizing f the crime of sex abuse by priests in the wake of the scathing grand jury report i mentioned. anne thompson has been covering the story for too long, but this is a remarkable statement. >>t reallyis. it was prompted by that grand jury report out of pennsylvania, savannah and hoda. it is an extraordinary mea culpa from pope francis. in this letter to the people of god, he acknowledges the pain of

the ctims, saying it never goes away, and saying that for too long, the church ignored and kept quiet or silent. e heartwrenching pain of these victims. he also goes after the church's actions in the scandal. he says, with shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesiastical community, that we were not where we should have been. we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage done to so many lives. we showed no care for the little ones. we abandoned them. those are theinds of words that people in churches across the country have been waiting to hear from pope francis since this grand jury report came out. >> word matter, but whaatters more is action. like what will the church do? do weknow that? >> and the pope addresses that in the letter. there's been a l of talk in the church about whether the

global church should adopt a ro tolerance policy that was instituted here in the united states in 2002 and that is basically one strike and you're out. if there's a credible accusatiot you're accused of abusing a child, you're out. we saw that in the case of a cardinal when an alter boy came outerecades l and it was one credible allegation, he was removed fm ministry. the pope said they delayed on these actions but he nowthhinks these actions could guarantee the prevention of abus in thefuture. that's what they're looking for. you can't do anything about the past. you can offert, comf you can offer counsel. and that's ogize, what he's done in the letter, but the real challenge is how you prevent this abuse going forward. how do you insure parents that their children will not be abused by the men who lead this church. >> at long last we hear from t pope, and the tenor of the statement so strong. i think people wanted to hear real shame, real repentance.

>> real apology. i am sorry.ri real on. and it's in the letter. >> thank you very much on the breaking news. a>lshio russsi ta investigation on just who is talking to robert mueller's team. and that odd declaration from president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, that truth isnh. tr kristen welker is at the white house with all this. hey, kristen. good morning. good monday morning to you. the president's attorney rudy giuliani made that stunning statement, truth isn't truth, on "meet the press," and it came amid revelations the president's white house attorney don mcgahn has been cooperating extensively with the special counsel. giuliani saying he believes mcgn's mrt views will support the president and has no way of knowing everything mcgahn toldo invests. this morning, the president is escalating his attack again. >> mr. president, are you concerned aboutt w don mcgahn told the special counsel.

>> after the niems reported don mcgahn has given 30f hours time to robert mueller, reportedly providing new information to investigators who are look nothing to whether president trump obstructed justice. the president disputing the story, tweeting sunday, "the new york times" wrote a story that made it seem like the white hous o counsel had turned the president when in fact it is just the opposite. insisting he allowed him and all others to testify. the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, backing him up. >> the pnt is happy that he did. >> giuliani also throwing coldr waten the idea of president trump sitting down with mueller's team, arguing the special counsel is setting mr. trump up for a perjury trapr andsing eyebrows with this exchange on "meet the press." >> and when you tell, me th you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he suldn't worry, that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a c >> truth is truth.

i don't mean to go like -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> all this as former cia director johnbrennan,n outspoken critic of mr. trump, threatened legal action after the president revoked his security clearance. >> i'm going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in thefu re. if it means going to court, i will do that. >> brennan later pressed on whether he regrettedhe calling president's actions treasonous. >> i called his behavior treasonous, which is to betray one's trust and aid and abet the enemy, and i stand by that claim of his >>tions. kristen, another new story abou michael cohen, who was for many, many years trump's personal lawyer and the potentia charges he could face soon. >> "the new york times"re rting this morning that michael cohen, not only his former lawyer but his former fixer, is being investigated bank fraud in excess of $20

million. they're also looking into whetherlae vd campaign finance laws by helping to allegedly play off women in uding stormy daniels who said they have had affairs with the president. allegations the president has vehemently denied. hie president is of course watching all of closely, oz you know, he's been attacking cohen ever sincey his attor indicated cohen could cooperate with investigators in new york and the special counsel. now, the threat of serious charges could raise the pressure on cohen to do exactly that. noresponse from the u.s. attorney or cohen's lawyer about allthis. all right, kristen at the white house. thanks. now we move to a strinf unsolved violent crimes that have the city of nashvillen edge. in less than two weeks, three people have been murdered. another pern was shot and paralyzed from the waist down, and three others robbed at gunpoint. is there aconnection? gabe gutierrez is in nashville for us this morning.ga hi, . good morning. >> good morning. police say they're looking for

two cold-blooded killers. investigators say they developed newhe information over weekend and are pursuing active leads. they don't say the violence is definitively connected but there are distinct similarities. this hvrning, nle is on high alert after a sing of murders and unsolved robberies. investigators are actively looking into the possibility these vicious crimes all within a ten-mile radius are related,t the m recent near the cobra nightclub, where according to t po friends were robbed and shot dead by two men in a rk sedan, possibly the one in the surveillance photo. just days earlier, 31-year-old camo rice was waiting for a bus when two men drovep throu ughnd are on the lookout for two cold-blooded killers. >> the next day, a pair of men

in a dark sedan approached three gn and robbed them. >> iss we're lucky that no one pulled the trigger. >> two weeksea ier, a 39-year-old woman walking her dogs just after midnight was no solucky. she told police two men in a dark sedan st heryz in fro tm t waist down. her distraught husband is a member of therew of the band onerepublic, fearing the men might come back, both she and her husband ask we not identify them. we altered his voice in this phone interview. >> they sharked her. they were hunting pher. >>ice now increasing patrols as residents grow more worried. >> they have shot women, men, white people, black people. they don't care. >> onerepublic h nowet up a go fund me page to help with medical expenses. thank you. also this morning, isturbing new details are coming to light the shocking

case of a colorado man accused of killing his own family. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the lathet on story. good morning. >> good morning. the memorial for the family killed continues to grow eve day. y shocked at what mmunity and happened in the home behind me. late on today, new charging documents could reveal new shocking details about an un aginable crime. today, from his jail cell, chris watts will learn the official charges he faces. after reportedly confessing to murdering his wife shanann and their daughters, 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella. in new court documents, investigators say his children were discovered on the oil field where he worked. celeste and bella found in a well filled with crude oil for several days. the documents recommending dna swabs on the children's necks. raising the possibility they

were strangled. shanann was buried nearby in a shallow grave. gone.can't believe they're i can't believe that chris would do this. said shen's brother was expecting a baby boy. her friend says she planned a party this past weekend to announce the baby's gender. ♪ amazing grace >> instead, nearly 200 attended a vigil outside her home where police say the murders took place. shanann's parents watching on facetime. >> my children are with god and i'm at peace. >> police say wattsis murdered family and then went on television to tell the world they were missing. >> i want her back so bad. i want the kids back so bad. >> in a te2012 video p on youtube chris watts had once spoken of fixing frayed relationships. >> you don't see anythyog that have in common anymore -- >> most who knew watts say he

was a devoted father, thrilled when he learned just weeks ago his wife wasan pregnt with their third child. >> so pink means -- >> that's just the test. >> friends mean it wasn't always a perfect american. the couple had filed for bankruptcy. back in court tuesday, chris s wattnds accused of taking the lives ofhr tee people who trusted and needed him most. when theat districrney files his affidavit later today, it could include new adetailsut the crime. if convicted, the suspect could face life in prison or the death penalty here in colorado. savannah, hoda, back to you guys. >> thank you. now toprome suring new claims against one of the leaders in the m too movement. asia argento wasne of the first accusers to come forward against harvey weinstein. now she's accused of sexual assault herself. stephanie gosk has more on this. >> good morning. in the months that follows asia

argento's revelation about weinstein, she reportedly quietly arranged to pay her own accuser claiming he was sexually assaulte in a california hotel room when he was 17. she was 37 at thetime. the age of consent in california is 18. overnight, shocking allegations against one of the me too movement's most prominent voices. "the new york times" reporting italian actress asia argento, arrangedo pay $380,000 to jimmy bennett after he claimed he was sexually assaulted in 2013 when he was just 17. the payment arrangement allegedly made not long after argento accused harvey weinstein of rape and sexualassault. the new claims detailed in documents sent to the times through encrypted e-mail says argento is both a mentor and

mother figure to bennett and the two were intermittently in contact as he grew up. bennett now 22 began aging at age 6. he was cast a age 7 to pl argento's son in a film. the documents characterized by the times as a legal agreement between lawyers describe bennett's version of the encounter. they have not been seen or verified iependently by nbc news. on may 19th, 2013, bennett says herrived at t hotel with a family member for a reunion with argento. after asking the family member to leave so she cld be alone with the actor, she gave him alcohol and series of notes she had written to him. the documents say argento then kissed bennett, removing hisnd pants performing oral sex dafore having sex with him. later that she posted to instagram, happiest day of my life. reunion with jimmy bennett. the two had lunch but later

bennet began feeling, quote, extremely confused, mortified, and disgusted. according to "the new york letter in an april addressed to argento confirming the final deal, the payment is characterized as, quote, helping mr. bennett. argento became a leading voice in the me too movement after telling the new yorker that weinstein raped her in 1997 wasn she 21. weinstein faces multiple charges of sexual aault and rape, none including arjenlto, but he nies all allegations of nonconsensual sex. >> steph, what will thisheean for harvey weinstein case, do you think? >> it's important to know she's not involved in the criminal charges here in new york. there are two ongoing criminal investigations. one in london and one in l., ande don't know the details of those investigations or whether they'll result in charges themselves. so it's a little unclear. >> this all came about through a tip to a newspaper. >> that's right, anpt enc

set of e-mails to "the new york times" from an unknown person. >> thank you. >> n to this dramatic video we were showing earlier. a fher and son barely escape with their lives after being caught in the middle of a raging wildfire. a fire in montana's gcier national park exploded over the weekend. when the flames got too close for comfort, the hers drove straight through the inferno trying to get out. >> the c is heating up. it's going to explode. >> jesus god, help us. what if a tree falls on us. please god help us. >> the twon men were soo trapped by a downed tree. they were forced to reverse all the way back. two park employees.e reued by the men say they're grateful and will never hike near a fire again. terrifying images. let's switch gears and chec. the weat dylan is in for al on roker's birthday, we should point >> i guess he deserves the day off. we're looking at some rainda

especially down through virginia, north carolina, of that the heaviest rain is starting to move over the ocean. we have a bigger storm systeck hrough the midwest. iowa seeing heavy rain right now. also down through illinois. some of these storms are producing wind gusts up near 60 miles per hour. that's going to be the biggest threat today. also flash flooding is going to be a concern. we have about 5 million people unlar risk for flooding just to the northeast of omaha, we have a flood warning because of the heavier downpours. we could see severe storms fire up. already seeing the gusty winds near 60 miles per hour. tlil is also a possibility and there's a l rotation in the atmosphere, and that could lead to isolatedna tes as woe go into this afternoon and evening. tomorrow we'll start to see this shift to the east. in fact, interior northeastern part of the country cld see those strong winds and also the large hail as well. it's a slow movingsystem. it was back in the plains yesterday, through the midwest today, and then eventually tomorrow it moves to the great lakes,ohe oiver valley and into the interior northeast.

it will affect the east coast by tuesday night and wednesdayg morninut it should weaken a bit. wel get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. g. good morn i'm meteorologist chuck bell. cloudy skies for everybody. there are a few oprain to be found first thing this morning. nothing all that heav no severe weather threat today. our severe weather chance comes up tomorrow late afternoon and evening. for da all about the clouds and sprinkles of rain. this morning, current

temperatures in the0s upper and low 70s. lot of clouds around today. not a tmribly w today. afternoon highs around 82 degrees. watching for chanceev ofe thunderstorms tomorrow evening. >> dylan, thank you. coming up, the reigning miss americ accusing pag nlt officials of bullying and silencing her. this morng, how her troubling claims are shaking that organization. how gretchen carlson is responding.oo >> your firstk at the so-called drone hunter in action, creating to capture weaponized drones before they attack. first, this is "today"nbc.

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hanging around town. you may have to work the windshield wipers when you're headed out. taking a look as you approach georgia, a little slow. southbound 295 at east capitol have a c lsh on tt side, and northbound 95 at lorton road, a little slowun in >> thank you. a check on the forecast is coming up next

good morning, everybody. a lot of clouds across the region. just a few sprinkles of very light rain. t of are drying up and m the remainder of the day will be dry. low 70s around town rightnow. afternoon highs will be in the upper 70s and low 80s. more sunshine back later onthn afternoon. another chance for potentially strong thunderstorms comes back dnr tomorrow. then on day, the humidity goes bye bye bye for a couple

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7:30 on a monday morning, august 20th, 2018. big day for ourgh nrs at radio city musal hall because that is going to be the setting for the mtv video music awards that. are tonig that's why they're blocking off the streets. >> if we get in line right now, maybe we could this is the first show in new york in a decade, where it all stted. it's going to feature a special tribute to aretha franklbi and a honor for jennifer lopez. >> i got to sit down with her. g she ting the vanguard award, and she's very emotional. kind of brouger to tears. that's going to be good. >> craig joins the table. good morning, ladies. let's get right to this half hour's headlines. we start with breaking news.

a u.s. military helicopter has crashed in one service member has been killed. several others haveeen hurt. they were conducting a unterterrorism mission. at this point, no indication the rash was caused by hostile fire. the incident, though, is under investigation. >> dozens of elderly south koreans cross a heavily fortified border into north korea with reunions with family most haven't seen since the korean war. the partipants were chosen by lottery. manyav had no contact since the war decades ago. the two sides have conducted reunions before, but this is the first in the last three years. >> olympic champion simone biles made history this weekend at the u.s. gymnastics championships in boston. she easily won her fifth u.s. women's gymnastics title,g winnin all four events.ry the victo makes her the only woman to ever win five ational

all-around titles. simone is the most decorated s. gymnast in history, and a friend of this program. so good for her. >> we'll h see in japan. >> indeed. >> also making headlines this morning, the reigning miss america accusing the pageant's parent organization of bullying her and silencing her. nbc's senior national now is here t kate with the details on that. >> good morning. in less than three weeks, s h wid over her crown with the naming of a new miss america. as her reign comes to an end, she's written an explosive letter about her experienad, ng to what has been a year of fireworks behind the scenes of the miss america gazati organization. she may still wear the crown -- miss north dakota. >> but this morning, cara mund claiming the miss america organization has overthro her reign as the 2018 winner. in a leaked five-page letter,

she alleges the pageant's leadership has bulliednd silenced her, singling out regi hopper and chair gretchen arlson who won the crown in 1989. mund writing our chair and ceo have systematically silenced me, reduced me, marginalized me, and essentially erased me in my role as miss america. she went on to say members of the organization have prevented her from pting on social media and have reserved major tv interviews for carlson. overnight, carlson responding in a series o tweets saying i was surprised and saddened beyond words by the letter from our reigning miss america, cara mund. i so wishedicara hadd up the phone and discussed her concerns with me directly before going to the media with allegations of. bullyi she goes on to address cara directly. saying i also want to be cle that i have never bullied or silenced you. in fact, i have acnaunled to you

and your parents many times that e organizatio understands the frustrations of serving in such a change-fille and stressful year. carlson referring to the regrouping of the organization following a string of scandals which started las december when a series of luewd e-mails services resulting in the resignation of their top ceo. next cam more fallout when carlson announced the end of the pageant's swi suit mpetition. then, last week, 11 former miss americas including suzette charles, signed a c letterling for carlson's immediate resignation due to lack of transparency in establishing new leadership. >> if this leadership stays in the position, the next miss america will t hav same treatment. >> that letter coming before mund's letter whichhe ends by saying i never expected or wanted to be a whistleblower. miss america is fragile right

no she needs af us if she's going to survive. >> it has been a trying period of time for this organization. what are they saying? >> they put out a statement on friday saying while it supports mund, her letter contains mischaracterizations and many unfounded accusations. nbc news also reached out to hopper who declined to comment. mund has not spoke out since writing that explosive letter. >> all right. >> kate, thank you so by the way, we should mention two former miss americas will join megyn kelly at 9:00 eastern. they're going to a open uput why they're calling for the top pageant officials tosi . more on that in a bit. >> going to switch gears, get a check of t weather from dylan in for mr. roker this morning. >> good morning. we're seeing a b cooldown for parts of the northern plains back to the midwest wherees temperatill now be unseasonably cool, running 5 to 10, even 15 degrees below average for some. kansas city, a high of 73 today. chicago, 79. that's kind of close to averag

thtomorrow, some of that cooler air trickles into the northeast. 8 new york city for a high. washington, d.c., 82. pittsburgh, only 78 degrees. but remember, this is more typical than the mid to upper 90s we have been dealing with so much lately. and through the week, temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. cleveland, 73 for a high on wednesday. all because of this frontal system producing heavy rain back throughhe midwest. this could also produce storms with hail, winds, a also a risk of flash flooding, but all about the cooler temperatures ban through the north plains and northern rockies today. now here's a peek out your wind window. good monday morning. temperatures about the upper 60s to low 70s, so pretty comfortable out, and the radar is showing a lot in the rain we had early this morning is pretty ch coming to an end. maybe a few sprinkles around. monday, mostly cloudy skies. a slight ernoo chance for a couple showers around. high temperatures not very hot. on in the low 80s today.

tomorrow, weather alert day. we have afternoon and evening meunderstorms. f those could be strong to severe. wednesday, we'll see humidity drop,specially the rest of the week and into the weekend. >> and that's your latest threcast. >> ks, dylan. >> thank you. morning ahead this including carson's candid conversation with kevin love about men and the stegma of mental health. >> also ahead, the miracle rescue of a woman who fell off a cruise ship and spent ten hours in the water. >> then we're going to talk to jennifer lopez about the major honor she's receiving tonight at the vmas. >> first, a new way to deal with a new threat from drones. >> hi, good morning. i'm. jeff ross drones strapped with explosives trying to assassinate a world leader. now, law enforcement worried it could happen here too. introducing thethrone hunter at can actually capture and knock down an enemy drone in n midair before attack. you'll see it in action. our exclusive next. i onesthe ai attack.sq january 21st is rrel appreciation day.

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most of us use them for good, but as waw just in venezuela, drones can be turned into dangerous apons. now, officials here are so worried, they're developing one hunters to actually knock enemy drones out ofhe sky before an attack. this morning, you're about to see them in action. you would never know it, but right now, this drone is carrying a bomb. able toh unleas maximum destruction from the air. at political rallies, sportg events, airports, oil refineries, the power grid, anywhere. the threat seemingly far fetched until thi month. in nevenezuela, this strapped with explosives. blowing up over this crowded rally. apparently targeting the president. another armed droneri crashing ght into this apartment building. now, federal, state, and local officials are worried it could happen here.

but air space security company fortem tecyology backed b boeing, now developing this, the drone nter. selling it to the u.s. department of defense, major airports, and sports staums to protect you at big events and soft targets. so what does? it >> the fortem drone hunter flies in the air, patrols an air space, detects unwanted things, enemy drones or other jeobs, pursues them and tows them away. >> captures them in midair. >> and tethers them away. >> you're going to show us how thisworks. >> absolutely. >> i want you to come with me. utah. in a remote field in that's the drone hunter right there. it's huge. they have it up right now. we're about to fly an enemy drone into this air space and we're going to show you what happens. deep in thehe woods, t enemy

drone is launching. onboard,ea explosive. within seconds -- detected drone >> it's entered restricted air space. >> right now, the drone hunter is chasing down the enemy drone, trying to lock o the target and capture it. here's the really crazy part. it's actually all doing it autonomously. there's no one c drone hunter. wherever the enemyronegoes, the drone hunter follows along. now, the magic. watch as the drone hunter approaches the enemy and locks on to the. targ >> locked on target. >> almost instantly. >> target capture approved. >> it shoots its target. oh, my --. take a look at this angle from the drone hunter. the netlying out and grabbing the drone. now, here's the view from the enemy drone. the net surrounding it. the blade coming to a complete

stop. that net fires like a bullet at 80 miles per hou and can hit a moving target up to 25 feet away. now that enemy drone is danglin in midair, attached to the drone hunter on that net. >> now it's towed away to a safe location, preprogrammed with pinpoint gps. they have o complete controlr not only capturing the enemy drone but taking possession of it. momer,s la they detonate the bomb. come this way, i don't want to get too close.ta the impe of this is they can safely detonate this away rom the public where it' controlled. and no one gets hurt. >> law enforcement is keenly aware and understands the need to protect the air space around people, stadiums, outdoor events, refineries. a lot of oohs and ahs in the studio. the s dte hrounsr advan iced, if tre are multiple enemy drones, the drone hunter can capture one, bring it to a safe

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good monday morning. 72 degrees right now, washington. 69, 68 in leesburg. very comfortable temperatures as you make your wayid ou make sure you have a small umbrella with you. only a 30% chance for a stray shower later on, but mostly cloudy with a high of only 82 degrees. tomorrow, afternoon and evening storms. some of those could be strong te re. by wednesday, looking drier with low humidity in the afternoon. thursday looks gorgeou low humidity to the end of the week. >> we'll have more local new in minutes. for now, back to "today" after this short break.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, high-seas rescue. >>m i very lucky to be alive. >> a woman falls off a cruise ship and survives in the open ocean for ten hours before being pulled to safety. this morning, hea her incredible story of survival. >> plus,ne-on-one. carson sits down with nba star kevin love to talk about his struggles with anxiety and how op opening up has impacted his life. >> maybe t could changet one person's life. >> a touching r oction from wn teammate. >> lebron shouted y out and gave you love. what did that mean? >> that was super powerful. not only is he the best athlete,

but his influence and having my back was super important. >> music's big >> going to bring the thunder. >> you're going to bring the thunder. >> bring t >> we're hours away from the mtv video music awards where anything can happen. >> beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> the biggest names in pop and opp-hop crowding into radio city where jennifer will take the stage. >> are you just in wonder or do yo think toyourself, i worked every day for this or how do you see it? >> a little bit of both. >> a sneak peek ofni anng you don't want to miss today monday, august 20th, 2018. >> from charleston,li south caro. >> we're from dublin, ohio. >> los angeles, california.

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power of tims and the their stories. the pope writes the heart-wrenching pain of the victims which cries outo heaven was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced. cen he makes the extraordinary admission that trch failed the people of god. we did not act in a timely manner, reizing the magnitude and gravity of the damage done to so many lives. weo showed care for the little ones. we abandoned them. he suggests going forward that the church might want to adopt a zero tolerance policy that the u.s. bishops adopted in 2002. he said thatou guarantee the care and prevention of these acts happening again. >> extraordinary letter from the pope. >> really is. >> very powerful. president trump is insisting this morning he hasrooem with his white house lawyer cooperating with the special counsel robert mueller. "the new york times"ted don mcgahn has given mueller 30

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rescue ship and one lucky woman. cay was able somehow to stay afat overnight until croatian coast guard officers found her. >> i fell off the back of the norwegian star. and i was in the water for ten hours. so these wonderful guys rescued me. >> she was on a high deck of the norwegian star cruise ip, 60 miles out to sea, when she fell overboard around midnight. friends raised the alarm, and the ship heading to venice and italy doubled back and began circling the area. othir and a plane joined the search until she was spotted in midmorning and pulled out a mile from where she fell overboard. she had been treading water for ten hours. >> i am very lucky to be alive, and i w a sittingt the back of the deck. yeah. >> medics then lead her away. e ship's camera this morning shows a calm sea, one clue

perhaps to her remarkable survival. the sea is very warm, says this coast guard officer, so the chances of survival are higher. >> when w pull up on the boat, she just said you saved my life, youaved my life. >> one american passenger tracked the rescue.>> 'm ecstatic she was found alive. we thought that was crazy that after she was treading water for ten hours that that was even possible. kaye's ordeal left her exhausted, according to the ship's captain, but otherwise, unharmed. remarkable really. i think for most of us it's hard enough to tread water for ten minutes, never mind ten hours.t within the l hour, a hospital official has said she's feeling well and wl bereleased later today. she'll then be returning homy plane. hoda. >> certainly unbelievable story, bill. thank you. if you wear contact lenses you might be adding t the

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talker, mental health. when nba star kevin love wrote a powerful essay abo struggling with panic attacks and depress,n it brought aon to an issue guys don't often talk about. >> it inspiredot a of high profile athletes and stars to reveal they're too living with anxie anxi inclthing carson. had a chance to meet up and had a candid conversation. >> kevinove for three. >> after ten years i the nba, kevin love is still at the top of his game. for the past three seasons, the 29-year-old five-time all star played side by side with superstar lebronjames. together, they took the cleveland cavaliersba to the n finals andon a championship in 2016. but what teammates and fans didn'tnow was that early last season while the cavs were struggling with a string of loss, love was experiencing problems of his own. anxiety and depression. in>> k love wide open. >> it all came to an head in ao november game against the atlanta hawks. that's when love, the team's

star power forward, had a full-blown panic attack inhe team locker room. >> i had a moment where i thought i was going to die. i had never experienced something like that. i thought i was having a heart attack. >> heart racing. >> heart racing. i was running around looking for something i couldn't find. i just wanted air. i ended upunconscious on the floor and putting my hand down to getat and tryin something out of there but there was nothing there. >> who found you in that >>mome? ur head athletic trainer found me, and i just remember him screaming my name, trying -- because you don't know how t deal with that. >> did your teammates know at the time what happened? >> no, they texted me after the game, had no idea what happened. i kind of brusht off because in our sport or in life and being a man, you're taught to suppress it. you're taught to in a lot of ways suffer in ovlence. >> bute decided to break his lence and no longer suppress what he was feeling. he shared his personal suggles

with mental health in a powerful essay he wrote for the players tribune titled everyone is going through something. >> i felt not only could iell own story but i would be able maybeact people and change that one person's life. >> i was one of those people. >> i was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and mild panic, similar to what he was talking about. >> inspired by kevin's story ano ng to do the same for others, i opened up about my own experience with anxiety disorder right here on "today." >> you feel like you're dying. i went to the hospital. i he leads on m chest, i'm like, my heart is going to stop. i'm going t have a heart attack, and you're perfectly fine. >> i have shared my story, largely inspired by you, i'm amazed, peo e say thank you so much. what's the reaction been for you? >> everywhere i go, it's theyo same with having the courage to be up front with this kind of a thing has been unlike anything i have ever perienced. >> why does society think you're

impervious tohe mental th? >> i watched the documentary about how heealt with mental issues and kate spade, and then anthony bourdain who seemed to have it all. bryan cranston said success is not immune to depression. >> have you ever felt a sen of fear that your own depression o issues could take you to that dark of a place? >> i think those thoughts and bad thoughts can ctoep our head, and your mind can play tricks on you. and that's scary. so i think it's a never-endioc s. and i know you know, you don't have all the answers. i certainly don't. >> there's a big bucket we talked about, mental health. we lob a lot of things in there, anxiety, depression, bipolar, suicide. i would love to know how you think about all of those things being discussed, because i think society looks at it and goes you're 'scrazy. th the word. no one wants to be considered crazy. >> from my experience and in talking to other players that have dealt with a numr of

ose things, what's going to happen if people do find out about this. am i goingo get the contract, am i able to take care of my family? >> what c teachers, coaches, leaders in the community do to help young boys iic paar. >> i think just be able to be at arm's reach for kids and teach them not to suppress it. i mean, for us, it was always keep you chin up. which is fine, but don't suppress your feelings. don't bury them because eventually that's going to come up and surface in one way or another. for me, it was rage fits or going dark for a few weeks and staying in my room after basketball practice and not talking to anybody and not getting much done. >> today, love manages his haxiety by talking to a therapist andng his feelings with those who supported him most. his fellow teammates. >> lebron, i think, said on social media after you wrote that article, he shouted you out and gave you love. ean to you? >> it was a special moment for

me. he shook my hand, looked me in and eye and said you helped a lot of people. that was powerful for me because his influence and b having myk with that was super important. >> i'm no lebron, but i have >> appreciate it. >> friends for life now. i mean, it's incredible what just speaking it just takes the power away. >> i he watch personally carson talk to musicians in the studio who said you cannot believe how you made me feel so much better, how i feel like i'm getting healed already. >> you don't feel like you're hiding it, you're liberated. >> they're till doinggood. conversation this morning. carson will be back soon, by the wa >> yes, he will. >> let's get a check of the weather from dylan. >> today's weather is brought to you by dove. gently cleanse with dove body wash to reveal beautiful radiant skin for your summgltime . >> we've got a few rainy spots notablyhe country, most back through the midwest.

this is a slowol moving front that will continue to move eastward. torrential downpours through iowa, omaha. so that's going toai be a area of focus as we go through the day today. there's still a threat ofdi fla fl. a marginal risk, but still, with 2 to 4 inches of rain, if a lot falls in a short period of time, the ground is already saturated and that could lead to flash ooding. we also have that concern for the interior northeast. it wouldn't take much rain to cause more that is certainly something to think about. considering we could see about 1 to 2, but upo 3 or 4 inches of rain in some isolated areas. it's all with this cold front that will cool temperatures down. highs only in the lower that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek outside yourw ow. >> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. cloudy sky overhead this morning, but most of the rain we

d earlier this morning is coming to an end. it wille on out, throw stay relatively cloudy, the showers which you can see are dotting the landscape a gradually coming to an end. no more than a stray raindrop or two later on this afternoon. extra clouds around, we'll keep extra highs today in the upper 70s and low 80s. tracking storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. >> all right, dylan. you have to put on your orange room hat, and craig, this has a little something to do with you. >> it does. hat is on. let's talk about this.ou craig, had a chance to sit down with john david washington ahead of the release of his latest movie "black klansman" they chatted about the breakout role to growing up as denzel's son, but it's washington's support from his mother paul etta that had social media buzzing. >> as you got started in the business, being the son of washington. >> and pauletta washington.

who was earning more money than he was. she was on broadwayworking. she paid for the first date, paid the bill, paid the cab ride. classically trained went to juilliard. she's a great artist in her own right. i learned a lot from her. my father taught me how to hunt, my mother taught me how to loves >> t interview resurfaced on social media. octavia spencer saide this m me cry like a baby. that's right, john david washington, honor thy father and thy mother. >> beyonce's mother writes i love how john david reps har foris mom. just warms my heart. pa pauletta isxc antional entertainer, wife, and mother. and jada pinkett smith said a son and his love for his mother. washington's parents just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. denzel was quick to praise pauletta as hewell. says she did the heavy

lifting, making their hois a home and sacrificing forheir four children. so craig, lesson learned? >> there was no lesn to be learned. no lesson to be learned because they knew the topic was going to be covere like we said, obviously -- >> i thought with a young man, he loves his mom. it was cool. >> so sweet. >> in edit, we thought it was important to leave the whole thing in. i can tell you this, next time i lk to john david washington, we'll start with his >> that was a cute way for him to answer. i'm sure he's always asked about your dad. >> very cool. >>cute. >> pop start please. >> switching over to pop start, and first up, big f news crazy rich asians. theco filmd big, raking in more than $25 million in its domestic debut weekend and a total of $34 million since it hit theaters wednesday. 's the first romantic comedy to perfo well at the box

office in nearly three years. on to vie cost $30 mil produce, so it looks like it's paid off. congrats to the entire cast. up next, con in order to priyanka choprand nick jonas. they're engaged. they release these videos from eir engaget party in india. they partook in a traditional hindu prayer ceremony. thank you all for your and blessings. chopra and jonas began dating back in may after their met gala appearance together. no word on the wedding date, but we wish the best t to happy couple. >> in a matter of hours, t music world will take over radio city newsic hall. einelle is right around the corner with what we can expect. >> good morning, dylan wrrbs this year'sng show is g back to its roots right here at radio city music hall where i first debuted back in 1984.

and as expected in between the awards and performanc, the one thing you can expect is to expect the unexpected. it's the awards show where anything can happen and it ofte> does. i'm going to let you finish, but beyonce had o of the best videos of all time. >> tonight's mtv video music eards will no exception, with the theme everythin might happen. rock native cardi b. will open the show. her first majornc appea since giving birth to her daughter kulture. the rapper could take home 12 awards, the most of any nominee this year.t righbehind her, beyonce and jay-z with eight nods. some of the hottest artists will perfor including jennifer lopez, who is receiving the michael jackson video vanguard award. hoda visited her at rehearsal to talk about the big honor.

>> this mtv michael jackson vanguard award is humongous. >> it's crazy. i remember my first time ontr with carson daly, and we all kind of grew up together. but al, all the fans. and i remember so many of them. >> and last week on trl, the memories bringing her to tears. >> you mentioned 20 years ago. i see like the same fans in the front row. it makes me so happy. >> past recipients include u2, janet jackson, george michael, beyonce, and pink. do you look at your career and are you just inr wonder do you think to yourself, i worked how do y for this, or you see it? >> a little bit of both. >> tonight, she's ready to get loud. >> going to be a big party. ust bring going to the thunder. >> you're going to brir. the thunde >> bring the thunder.

>> bring the thunder. i love that. coming up in the fourth hour, i know she has a lot more to say. we'll have more of her interview and she opens up about her relationship with alex rodriguez. also tonigh people are looking forward to the tribute toretha franklin. of course, she passed away on thursday. a late night for us. a ltle sleepy tomorrow, but i think it will be worth it. >> going to be worth it. >> i'll try to stay awake. i can never quite do it. >> yenfer was doing her practice with of her dancers. her show i going to be epic. and it's going to be worth staying up for. >> did you learn the dance moves o? >> that's funny. very funny. >> all right, straight ahead, the d simpleign hacks that could make your home happier. >> then new time savers you want to stock up on at the grocery store. dave is here, but first a check of your local news and weather after these messages. dave is

good morning, everyby. 8:26 on this monday, august 20th. let's get a look at your morning commute with melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. >> 270 northbound, cameras at clopper road, youan see the slowdown. we have roadwork in the northbound lanes. really slowing ings. riverdale, southbound bw parkway, single lane getting by a crash there. beltwaoverall looking pretty decent. >> thank you. we will get a look at your foreca stay with us. back. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way.

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w.> back no it is 8:30 on this gorgeous monday morning. 20th of august, 2018. we want to say hello to everybody on the plaza. a great crowd, but okay, we have a great bunch, but i found -- i found nine people. there's this group, you guys. i have a question. where is the nine from

rochester? all right, you guys have been friends for how many years? >> 40. >> who knows. i need youo unt off. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. >> whoas ght? skoe you guys played softball together, you have been friends tother for 40 years. >> godmothers to each other's children, all that. >> let's hear it for the rockchester nine. thank you. i love them. i love their sunglasses. they'reo cute. >> so many people come to the plaza to celebrate. >> i know. 's awesome. >> like a party every morning. >> coming up, we're going to go one-on-one with nba hall ofen famer, entrer, deejay, he has like 14 jobs. shaquille o'neal. >> you look short. >> i am, and i'm 6'1". why his new project is so hy personal and w he loves giving

back. >> irdook for to that. >> then, bright colors, good smells. the simple design hacks you can try in your home to boost your mood. >> plus, from breakfast through your post-dinner dessert, we're revealing new grocery sre nds to save you a ton of meal prep time. >> first, are you familiar with the phrase living your best life? >> yes. >> it's one we see all over social media. what does it truly mean to be happy and how on earth can we achieve it? >> a big question. g we'reng to explore it. we have a special series called happiness today. we're hoping you'll help us out. go to today.com and take our share d survey and we' the results next week. > someone who is always >> weather makes me ouppy, al today it's gray, cooler than we have been getting used to. it's going to be in the 70s to low 80s across the northeast today, with incroesusing sunshine. the best chance of severe storms back throughillinois, into iowa. we could see large hail, damaging winds on esday. aninto wednesday. it starts spreading eastward.

starts off stormyn the northeast wednesday. the humidity drops.te eratures below average, only in the 70s. then we finish off the week with sunshine up andt down the e coast. temperatures look perfect in the lower 80s. more showers bld into t upper midwest. monsoonal rains continue in the southwest, and along the coast of california, temperatures on thler side. you go inland and we should be in the 80s and 90s. it is cooler out west. peek out your window. >> good monday morning. 72 degrees right now. we're cloudy out there. northeast wind keeping our temperatures on the cool .si we're really not going to be hot this afternoon either. 68, dulles. 66 degrees, gaithersburg. just seeoug the , maybe a couple sprinkles. by the afternoon, we have a slight chance for maybe a few very light showers. highs only in the low 80s. tomorrow afternoon, a risk for some strong to severe storms for part of the area. other than that, less humid and sunny by the end of the week.

>> are you guys all here together? where are you from? > me and my sister are together. >> west virginia. you're all here together. what is going on? >> i e don'tn go what they're saying. i'll send it back to you. >> okay. >> i like that,dylan. >> everybody is family on the plaza. s one ofille o'neal the most dominant stars in nba history, and the hall of famer found an equ amou of success in anything he tries. >> you can catch shaq in commercials, movies, as a sports broadcaster. even tours as a deejay. seriously. now, he's adding documentary producer to his rume with killer bees. it centers on a high school basketballndeam their coach carl johnson who inspires on and off the court in a community facing challenges with race, class, and john inequality, and we recently took the court with the big aristotle to talk about it all.

>> going head-to-head with shaq well, sort of. >> airball. airball. >> shaquille o'neal will do almost anything to get your attention for a good cause. that guy. >> you go first. >> even play with a rookie like me. >> his new documentary, killer bees, is about a high school basketball team in a predominantly african-american ommunity in one little known section of bridge hampton. not the t affluent one kno most as a summer playground of the rich and famous. killer bees. how did shaq suille o'nealom to produce this one? >> it's a story people should know. i have been cing up here for years hanging out. >> hanging out on the other part. kidhen you watcht w trehended

me what i go through. >> sacrifice, commitment, that's what i'm asking. his party knows about of the hamptons. i wanted to help spread the word. >> to me, at least, it wasn't just a documtary about basketball. what else was it about? >> it's about life. e it's averyday struggles. >> the documentary uses the high school basketball team and their coach t tell a larger story about a community dealing with race, class, a gentrification. >> one of the players that we show, his family got evicted so we started a foundation and we're helping him go to school, helping him and his familyck ge n their feet. but it's like that in a lot ofu coies. it really is. >> you spenltd a lot of time and a lot of your money as well giving back. doing some good. >> i don't consider it giving back. i consider it doing what i was taught. he'sther, rest in peace, passed away, he was always my

coach. whenever one of mylars get hurt, he would cancel practice go to would all have to the hospital and visit sick . children doing this since 19 years old. i love putting smiles on kids' faces. >> putting a smile on kid's faces and celebrating the community is the main reason shaq is here. but killer bees is just one of many projects he's involved in thissummer. getting up close and personal with killer sharks for shaq does shark week is anothe >> they're trying to kill me. >> i almost died.a shark. almos you die? >> i was saying to myself, i know he's not cominghere. and he swam right at me. but since i'm a ninja, i didn't i went to the bottom. >> someone said it was the fastest they had seenhamove. >> i was out of there. >> not the late years. >> i didn' wantim to bite the money maker. you can bite all this.

>> that is the moneymaker? >> this right here. >> we do see. we see him everywhere. from commercials -- >> no time for basketball. >> movies. >> get out of tre. >> apparel. >> makingig and tall even bigger. >> at7' and more than 300 unds, we can't seem to get enough of this larger than life, fun-loving former nba hall of famer. and with former rival and teammate kobe bryant winning an academy award recently, we had to ask, is that next for yo an oscar? >> if it happens, it happens. itdoesn't, it doesn't. i can't compete with math. >> what planet are you from again? >> i can't tell you. my coordinates are off. i can't tell you. >> shaq is so funny. he's such a good guy. he wasellsong me about his mom. she'll pick up the phone imetimes and call and say shaq,

this person is need or this group of people is in need. can you write a check? and he's writing checks. >> there was one time on the weekend "today" show, he was walking by in sweatpacrs sing along. we waved to him and said come in.he came >> by the way, long after the cameras stopped rolling and we were out there, taking with the kids, signing autographs. one of the nicest guys. >> you said he's one of your new hevorite people. >> one of people that realizes his life has been one of blessings and fortune. really wants to give back. by the way, that new documentary i caugh it, it's really good. it's called "killer bees." >> comin up, simple design tricks from chitectural design editor in chief that will make your home happier. that was a cute piece. really cute. there is a place

where everyone is a member of the board and shareholders are known for sharing. where coins don't make change people do where wealth is measured by the number of lives touched and the size of a check is powerless against the size of a heart. in this place we call home paying it back doesn't come in the form of an iou it comes from asking what can i do?

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winds down and the stress of back to school is here, we a cod use little mood booster. there's no better place to start than in yr home. amy ashley, editor in chief of architectural digest is here with designks h to make your home happier. i like that, a happier ho. i like these are sometimes little things you can do, right? >> these are smallhings that don't involve a big ren aivation or a lot of money. things.little we start with the idea of color. >> here in the living room. make it happy. >> enhance your wellbeing with a pop of yellow. you can havelo a y wall. you don't have to do a whole room. you can do a moment or a throw pillow in yellow. it's a mood enhancer. we brought it in with the plants and flowers. also, nature y enhancesr mood, freshens the air. >> the couch looks cozy, the edges are rounded. you say that's good. >> round edges on the sofa, on the coffe table, it makes people feel more comforted.

angular things make you have a xisense of y. however, if you have an angular sofa, soften it up with pillows. >> take us to the office. a>> now we're work. >> how do you make it happier? >> a home office. green has been showno increase people's creativity. >> green? >> yes, knreen. yellow lifts your mood. green increases your yocreativi. don't have to have a whole wall. it's a wallpaper. this is peel and stick. should youse whatever colors make you feel good? some people don't love green, yellow. just use what makes you happy? >> yes, absolutely. pay attenon to the temperature in your office and home. the optimal temperature is 70 to 72 degrees. colder, 68 and lo has been shown to reduce productivity, and people make mistakes. en we know what happens when it's too hot. you want to sleep. >> snooze it out. >> staking of snooze out, you need light if you're working. >> i think it's one of thosein people overlook when they're trying to put a house together.

>> yeah, lighting is r important. mood lighting. lighter and brighter so you can work, you don't headaches or eye fatigue. and there's a bit of nature. >> i like that. moving on to them.bedr one of the first things you notice is what it smells like. you want it to smell pretty. what should youdo? >> smells are very mood enhancing. here we're using an air diffuser. it's almost like the curing coffees these are pou can put in. you have lavender to calm you down. >> that's cool. >> or you can use a candle. well know candles and love them, but the air diffuser is safe. 's great. you can use it in your office where candles mayal not be wed. >> what else should you do? >> here you think about color again. gray.ue, purple, these are things that make you feel calm and serene. instead of hyperandcr y. so that's where we have the calm blue. und an idea of bringing nature in. ave plants, you have the seashells and rocks. i love this hack. this is an ikea weblanket.

unscrewed the base and filled it with shells. >> that's so smart. also, no clutter. i think that's another thing that takes care of it. >> cle and simple. >> thank you so much. for more ways to boost your moo in you home, go to today.com/shop. just ahead, the latest and greatest grocery store finds to keep you ahead, b first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back with today's consumer. if you have been searching high and low for short cuts to cut your cooking in half. this morning, we have brand-new products that willic draly reduce our time in the kitchen and now you're speaking my language. >> i'm soexcited. what's great about these, all y are products, is t trendy and new, so made with the latest mouth watering ingredients, and their quick and

easy. yet they taste deliciousl homemade. inthies examples, you're saving seven hours of time. cat's like winningki backng a e new night of sleep. >> i love this. let's art. this is pancake mix you're going to tell us about. >> this is company called flaring up. that's french for flour. what's really excited about this you feel like you're waking up in paris. you have this fluffy flour mix for your y pancakesr brownies. cookies. everything, and this would normally take 30 minutes to and you're making it in just ten. >> okay. that's 20 minutes of our seven hours right there. >> yes, and you don't have all time.readed clean >> smoothies are another healthy thing, but you end up chopping fruits and all that. >> that could take a long time. this is nutrition at the a pres button. these are smoothie kits where everything is already contained. everything is cut up. you have a lot of protein, plant protein. you have peanut butter in there for the peanut butter lovers.

this would normally take you ten minutes, and it's just taking you 60 >>seconds. like that. >>o you're saving nine minutes there. >> salad, a lot of us like to eat salad, but t calories can add up. >> yes, people put together ese things, they think they're doing a good thing. >> i'm gaement. >> in this case, they're mann's nutrition bowls. they're only 220 calories and they're $4 to $5 and they have everything in them. right here what we're showing you, chipotle chicke it's got everything, all the new fresh veggies, kale, shredded cheddar, corn. it's just itgreat. ould normally take you 45 minutes to make that. and it's taking you just three minutes. >> i love that. now we're getting into it. what do we have here? >> this is great. this is hip chick farm organic chicken.

the ketchup is inside. >> how lazy can we be, we don't even want to dip our ketchup? >> two women from california put the company together, che jen is the face. and this is 190 calories. it's just three grams of sugar. one gram of added sugar. it's absolutely delicious. it would normally a take you hour to make these and it takes just ten mnltsinutes in the ove. >> my kids live on chicken fingers. now, quinoa, another kind of tren ingredient. right, and this is the ancient harvest quinoa. your mes you make it on own, or i do, and i'm like, quinoa? like,ven though it takes 15 minutes. >> now you're like quin-wow it's inconsistent, doesn't have the flavor. this solvesthat. at would normally take 15 minutes, and it takes 90 seconds. you're saving 13 1/2 minutes. and it's only $4. and a great meal. >> this is for like slow-cooker

meal, which are great once y assemble, it's easy, but it can take time. >> you can have a fast eal if you save on the prep time. this is a crockpot delicious dinner. is great, filled with spices. this beef chili we're seeing here would normally take 15 different seasonings. they're all in the ba it would normally take one hour. and it takes you one minute. >> oh, msh amazing. you have tasted all these. you say they taste good. >> they're faastic. ey're approved. >> this is korean chicken. >> thi is tyson taste makers. everything in the bag, so it's sectiomeat you get it, and you put everything in there. >> already seasoned. >> everything is like chopped up, blended, you havhi ever. so if you want a stir fry, if you want street tacos, if you want parmesan breaded pork chops, anything you want. this is the biggest time p. this would normally take four hours to make. and you're doing it in 15

minutes. >> i love it.an i this is just made for me. and finally, looks like dessert. >> this is this is food stirs oing isniorg water to it. it's available at 8,000 starbucks and at amazon, and it would normally takeou 15 minutes to make it. ak's delicious. it one minute. >> it's like a little mug cake. >> yeah. >> it's s cute thank you. >> thankyou. >> we had a lot of items here. if you want to check them out, go to today.com/food. they're all there and dave says they all taste good. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. [music playing] at havertys we know it's hard to get a good night's sleep. havertys mattress le is here to help. with our wide selection of top brands and our ice match guarantee you can find the perfect mattress for everyone in the family.

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wisconsin. they say the secret toon a and happy marriage is to always say i love you. and remember, she is always right. good advice. >> wet do you h coming up? >> so much stuff. >> we'll have more with j. lo. you caught me off guard. with j. lo about the award she's getting tonigh it's going to be fun. >> happy birthday, uncle al. >> love you, al. >> megyn is up next. here's a check of your local news. >> this is a news 4 today news break. >> hi. good morning. it's 8:56 onay this mo august 20th. we want to get to melissa with your first 4 traffi>> good morning. taking a look at the beltway, outer loop after annapolis road, lanes omen but delays hanging around from anar eer crash. riverdale after 410, single lane getting by that cra this morning, and inbound on 395 had

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good morn everybody. welcome to the show. i hope you had a great weekend. i'm megyn kelly. this morning, leading voice in the #metoo movement find themselves making news today and it's not necessarily good. joining me to break down with what's makinghe rounds today nbc's own stephanie gosk and "new york times" investigative report reporter. okay. we want to start with a story that broke late last night with actress asia argento. remember that name? about three month ago sheave a powerful speech at cannes film festival