good morning. the president speaks issuing these words about senator john mccain. >> we very much appreciate everythingr that senamccain has done for our country. >> but just hours pointed silence. >> any j thoughts onn mccain? >> and the white house scramblec to reverseourse lowering flags once again after republicans, democrats and a prominent veterans group slams him for the slight. >> anybody who in any way tarnishes the reputation of john mccain deserves a whipping. >> this mornin senator mccain's longtime friend lindsey graham is with us live in studio 1a. late summer scorcher, ass maive heat wave gripping nearly 70 million people, record

highs possible today from the midwest new england. al's hot and steamy forecas ahead. troubled past. a new picture emerging about t gunman in that video game tournament. his history of mental illness and volen are team comed at least six times. >> and there is a hole that will never be filled. >> those stories plus under pressure, pope francis remains lent amid calls for his resignation. this morning the man who wrotet the r on priest abuse joining us live. r- --e---s---p---e---c-- join down in our soul. >> thousands line up to honor aretha franklin. and the major hint just dropped by john goodman about how his hit show will handle the messy departure. today tuesday, august 28, 2018.

>> from nbc news, this isav "today" withnah guthrie hoda kotb, live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza.>> welcome to "today." nice to have you with . we have craig in for hoda. a lot of news and very hot weather out there. we'll get to the forecast in a bit, but let's begin with the ne tribute and words on the passing of john mccain, some nt from the presi and he has been criticized for being too late to utter them. we'll talk to lindsey graham, but we'll start with peterde alex peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it is primary day here in arizona. and while of course john mccain's name will not be on the ballot, in many ways the future of the republican party in this state will be. this vote pitting those in the mold of michael cohen against others much more like president

trump. overnight president trump breaking his silence, speaking about senator john mccain for the first time since his death. >> our hearts and prayers go to the family of senator john mccain.we very much appreciate everything that joh mccain has done for our country.or >> repter: thoseen public co coming just hours after the president refused to say a word abo mccain, ignoring ten shouted questions from one porter. >> m president, any thoughts on john mccain? mr. president, any thoughts on john mcr?cain, >> everyone is moving. >> rorter: still the white house's actions speak volumes. initially raising its flag while others across the capitol remained at half-staff, later reversing course after veterans grou urged the president to reconsider. the president also taking heat from members of his own ny isak message. >> anybody who tarnishes theon

reputaf john mccain deserves a whip going. i'd say to the president or anody in the world, it is time to pause and say this was a great man. >> reporter: mr. trump in a statement noting his differences on poly is and politics, but acknowledges he respects his service to the country. mccain never one to back down from a fight getting in a last word adeut the presint without ever mentioning him by name in a farewell statement read by a trusted aide. >> we weaken our greatness when onfuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries. we weaken it when we hide behind alls rather than tear them down. >> reporter: the former p.o.w. and six term senator reflecting elon a life wl lived. >> i would not trade a day of my life i good or bad times for the best day of anybody tese's. >> rep his wife cindy tweeting tears alongside a photo of h husband's desk in the

draped in black with white roses. his colleagues delivering praise. are fortunate to have known him best in arizona. but he was bigger than any one stat >> he was a brave and honest man. he was a patriot. >> i will miss one of the very nest gentlemen with whom i've had the honor to serve. >> reporter: president will not be attending any of the memorial services celebrating the life andy leg john mccain, mccain had indicated that he have wasn-- he wasn't invid. he will b sending several of his aides instead. mike pence will pay tribute to mccain at the capitol on friday. >>pe r, thank you. and his longtime friend joining us now. senator, good morning. good to see you. >> we can do this. >> i was goi to say, you are going to speak on the senate floor today about your friend. i know you loved him. should we bring our tissues?

>> well,'m going to bring mine. his desk is right by mine and that is what why look. so in the military after a mission is over and an operation ends, you do anct aftern report. so i'm going back to what i know best, how would you describe the after action report of john mccain's life. i think it will be interesting. oby there is no love loss ou take, between senator mccain and this president. he wasn't inved to his funeral. the president denigrates his war service, that heros don't get captured. andkhen there was the b and forth yesterday with the raising ing of theg, the low flag. did any of that irk you at all? as john mccain's good friend. not as a senator, but as his good friend, did it botherll yo athat the president seemed to slight him? >> i think mark had it righthe yesterdayit he was talking about let's talk about john. it is all over now. the flag is down. when the president mentioned john, he got applause.

i hope he p remembers howple feel about john. johnie kelgly thly the chief of has been terrific. he's reached out to the entire family said what can i do to help. and the president told john kelly whatever they ne they get. so let's look forward. clearly they had a contentious relationship, but he is not the only one to hav a tense relationship with john mccain. >> that leads me to my next ause i always thought of you and senator mccain as like batman and robin, you were thick as thieves. >> it's haurd hard to be robin. >> used to be like there was no daylightetween you really on anything. you certainly have become closer the last nt trump in year. there is no question that senator mccain did not respect many of the things that president trump has done and said particularly on the world stage. was that ever course of tension, did you and senator didin ever talk about that, he ever say, hey, wait a minute,

what happened? >> help him where you can. after 2008 when we lost, john lost, and he turned to the country and said he's my now.dent and to barack obama, he healed the nation. he is a fighter, but he can forgive. he was tortured as ais er, but led the way to reconcile vietnam. so i'll remember tt about john. and i don't have the luxury of plobing like baraca -- excuse me, like donald trump is not president. i do want be a bridge where i can. >> so senator mccain never got mad at you about that? >> oh, no. it wouldn't have mattered, i would have done it anyway. the on bottom line has shown thatt is not about u. country is first. means that even if it is inconvenient for you, and it makes you uncomfortable, you do it anyway. country first hurts. but it is the right way. to and this man was the conscience of the senate.

he was at times the conscience of the nation. and if i had to pick one person in this gre land and explain to someone from a different americans, are these it would be john mccain wit an assist from mark sal ter. he had a romantic view of ourna on to his last breath and literally almost the last thing he said to my, i love you, i have not been cheated. he was not cheated. >> he was very, very grateful. we talk about senator mccain -- i see a tear in your eyye >> , you know, h crashed five airplane, been in five airplane crashes of ours. i cannot tell y when he speaks, people listen. to stay relevant all those yearag his cols -- he would say the most awful things and later begi able to f and forget. he is talking to ted kennedy

right now, can you can believe what the are saying about me after that i did them. >> it's funny because republican, democrats, he made eryone mad. but everybody respected him. except it feels like our president didn't respect him. let immediate play you -- inov e office, let me play it for you. just take a look at this. >> mr. president, any thoughts ccain?n mr. president, any thoughts on john mccain? >> right this way. everyovi is . thanks, everybody. let's go this way. >> mr. president, any thoughtegn they of john mccain? >> you you didn't see his face, but i'm sure youe seen t clip. >> yeah, i just think the president finally got to where he teeds be and we're going to talk about john. how the president feels about senator mccain isly right to feel anyway he'd like. i know how america feels a mut senatocain. i know how the senate feels about senator mccain. i know how the world fee about senato mccain. and i know i this, loved john

mccain. having said that to mr. trump, if you want my help,'ll gladly give it. but i'lli also tell you wha think. >> and i want to talk to you broke another news item here, another fellow senator, one time senator, jeff session ns norae atto ge you said sog that i think ct a lot of folks off guard. and i also want to play what you said lastyear. here it is. >> if jeff sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay. every president deserves an attorney general that they have confidence in. i believe everyresident has the right to their cabinet. these are not lifetime appointments. you serve at the pleasure of the president. >> the president has been reeling depends his attorney genera >> you ticed. >> yes. and your tune see changed a bit on jeff sessions. why? what happened between july of 2017 and last week? >> good question. one, i was a big supporter of jeff being attorney general. was close to the president.

he helped the president when no one else did. he was a highly qualified la ger, ad senator. and i was afraid that when he rr re -- recuduced himself, the president would strike out. he had to recuse position. but this relationship is beyond thinir i >> but senator graham, the only beef the president seems to have againstim is that he is not going to get rid of theig inveion into president trump. >> let me finish the second part. it is much deeper than that. >> what are we missing? >> i won't say on this show, but it is a pretty deep breach. and i'm suggesting that is he is not theounly man in thery that can be attorney general. he is a fine man. i'm not asking him to be fired. but the relationship is not working. to replace him -- please, to replace him, you have to replace

him with somebody who is highly qualified and will commit to the senate to allow mueller to do his job. >> that was my next question. if you were cho he zsen to be attorney generalcer you were with someone, would you insist that they let it go forward? >> nobody is goingo take jeff's place that doesn't commit to the senate and the country as a whole that mueller will be allowed to finish his job without political interference. >> the president has lost confidence in jeff sessions and so has lindsey graham? >> the president has lost confidence in jeff sessions and i'm telling you what everybody in the country knows. this is a dysfunctional relationship. we need a better one. is there somebody who is highly qualified that has the confidence of the president, will also understand their job is to protect mueller? yes, i think we can find that person after the election if that is what the president wants. >> c i ask y one thing, because you are now i think a confidant of president trump. has it ever occurred to you --

>> gend daepends on what >> fair enough. >> maybe not this afternoon, but go ahead. >> here thist investigation, obviously irks him. >> yes, it does. >> are you mais he making it wo writing no close solutiool, wit hunt? what if he jus says i know thing like this happened and i want the best investigation because i know that it will clear me? >> you y ask the same question my driver asks. you can tell him to stop tweeting. he knows he dn't colludeith the russians. he sees the doj and the f ing very biased against him, he firmly believes this is ati pol retribution. here's what i believe about mueller. he is a fine man. he is not on a witch hunt. let him do his job. i've seen no evidence of collusion. but i can do a lot of things on behalf of the nation, but i'm not going to be able to convince

dufd to dona to quiet about tho, but i am committed allowing mueller to do his job. and at the end of the day if there s collusion against the trump campaign and the russian, me. will be it for anything else is just noid. noise. >> senator, thank you. me> while, the unofficial end of summer less than a week away, but you would not know i from the weather. the heat and humidity are back. and they are back in a big way across easte the eastern half o country. mr. roker, how hot will it get? >> andve new numbers now just in as far as the number of people suffering from heat advisories and heat warnings. 68 million people st. louis, detroit, rochester, d.c., philly, new york city and boston -- philly is not in that, but boston is. and the summer heat will continue as it pushes upr into rea. we're looking at warmth, heat and humidity, thatom c will bring temperatures today feeling like triple gits in new york

city, columbia, tampa, new orleans, st. louis, close to it incleveland, 103 in dallas. for tomorrow, we look for a possible air temperature record in boston, heat indexes of over 100 in jacksonville and little rock as well as htston. bu the good news is we'll see a bit of a break later this week. by thursday 91 in philly, but saturday 81. 90 in raleigh. w chicago, yl see 73 by thursday. we'll get to your local fecast but n just yet. back to you. >> thank you so much. and now to some troubling new information coming to light about the gunman in that mass shooting at a video game tournament in florida.nd kerry saers is in jacksonville with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. this morning jacksonville detectives are working withla ma state officials to see if the gunman david katz violated any of that state's laws when he purchased two guns there two weeks ago. they would like to also know whether those who sold him the

guns were aware of his long documented history of mental s health issues teenager. this morning new detai surrounding the horrific mass shooting that turned a hh stakes madden nfl '19 video ge tournament into deadly chaos. >> the suspect clearly targeted other gamers. >> repter: authorities revealing more details about thd suspecte killer, 24-year-old david katz, who took his own fe. >> the suspect carried two handguns, and extraon ammuni into the establishment with him. however at this point we believe he only fired one handgun during the incident. >> reporter: investigators say katz legally purchased the firearms two weeks ago in maryland and one of them had a laser sight, a red laser can be seen on 22-year-old gamer elijah clayton moments before he was killed. >> the video remains unconfirmed by law enforcement, but is believed to be from the moment

the shooting began. clayton's family heartbroken. >> there is a hole that wile never filled. >> reporter: taylor robinson was the other gamer killed. >> we have yet to have a con co create motive. >> reporter: mental hilness ill detailed in court documents. the legal papers from his parents' divorce a decade ago described katz as having significant behavioral health issues and being involuntarily committed six times, adding katz would play electronic games until will:00 in the mo aing, one point his mother says her so had a potential skitentialzo screnic break. >> when i thought i -- toreporter: he is trying answer the question on everyone's mind. why? could it simply be that somebodo lost a v game, got angry and came back with a gun? >> it could be that, yes.

that is ridiculous, crazy to think that somebody would take it that seriously. >> reporter: overnight electronic arts, the group behind the popular madden video game, releasing a statement that says in part, we have madeci a on to cancel our three remaining madden classic qualifier events ile we run a comprehensive review of safety proe protocols for competitors and spectators. with the mental health issues so many people now asking were there warning signs missed. >> kerry sanders, thank you. ur we got part one of forecast >> and where it is warm, it will be cool. we have a trough in the west and that will leadve to belowge temperatures. plenty of sunshine along the west coast. look for wet wonderful through the gulfcoast. now your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. m chuck bell. hazy and humid outside this morning. temperatures 78 now at national airport, alrtdy have a h index and those heat index values will be up over 100 deees this afternoo so the national weather service has issued a heat advisory for today. wr reduce anytrenuous outdoor activities. in theoday will be mid-90s and just as hot again tomorrow. stormy weather thursday and that is you latest weather. >> al, thank you. coming wup, alls for pope

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play just got serious in the all-new toyota avalon. 7:26 is your time now on this tuesday, august 28. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. cardinal wuerl is scheduled to offer mass to catholic teachers. he hasvoed media coverage since the pennsylvania grand jury reportccused him of covering up priest sexual abuse, a charge he denies. news 4 will tryo speak with him again today. and now a check onr y morning commute and. how is it looking, melissa? >> in frederick, southboun 270 before urbana, has some slowdo n slowdowns. a disabled vehicle is the problem. beltway overall okay, we're still slow outer loopeo approachingia from an earlier crash and inner loop

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it is 30, tuesday morning, 28th day of august, 2018. and those are fans of aretha franklin already lining up in detroit where they will pay r theipects to the queen of soul. her body lying in repose today an tomorrow at a museum there. and so many other tributes will be held throughout the week. we'l have a lot more on that. remembering aretha. >> detroit's forite daughter. but first, a check of the other headlines. after days of criticism, president trump broke his silence to publicly recognize john mccain two days aft the six term senator passed away from brain cancer. >> our hrts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. we very much appreytate evng that senator mccain

has done for our country. >> previouy the president's only commentary on michael cohen's death had been a perfunctory tweet after the death was announced. monday he ordered flags lowered in honorf the republican. and a california man was burned when his ecigarette exploded in his pants. take a look. the man was shopping in aeh television wse when suddenly, yeah, his pants exploded. looked like fireworks. he said he felt a shock and next thing he knew his leg was burning and . and he said he may decide to give up that is just awful. >> i'mng leavihat alone. congratulations serena w williams, s back on the court last night for her opening round match at the u.s. open she had little problem.

she is trying to winther 24 major singles title. and now to the crisis facing the catholic church. the vatican struggling to respono a claim that pope cover up mself helped sexual abuse and of course there is that bombshell report on predator priests out of talk to the m behind that investigation, but first bill neely is live for us at the vatican. >> reporter: good morning. the vatican is reeling fro shear number of crises and scandals it is dealing wit and now pope francis facing open revolt from within, a church in turmoil. and the u.s. is a central battleground throughout history, the vatican has riddled with plots, but never has a pope in the recent past faced calls to resign. this week pope francis was accused of covering up

allegations of sexual abuse and protecting cardinal these door mccarrick who last month signed in dids grace. cardinal vigano, once beast to t thr to the u.s., opening challenging the pope, bu not producing any evidence. calling foricials just that, evidence and answers. one prominent u.s. cardinal rushing to t pope's defense. >> my experience withe pope is that as soon as he knows about something, he acts on it. >> reporter: america now the battleground in a struggle for thl of the church. >> i think it is quite a perilous time for the church particularly in the united states where there are already a lot ofetivisionsen right and left. >> reporter: this battle pits reformers like pope francis against archon crvatives like vigano. he chose to launch his attack during the pope's visit to ireland. where the pontiff begged forgiveness for the scandal the church is struggling

to deal wi. the pope on his return flight wouldn't comment on the explosive claim. i won't say a single word about this, he said. catholics in america are still reeling from pennsylvania'sd grury report detailing hundreds of pedophile priests suggesting victim numbers may be inhe thousands. other states now ready to usey grand j to get to the truth. the victims oflecal abuse want justice, not in-fighting from the church responsible for their pain. and so many u.s. cardinals now joining this battle, the latest in newark who says that he is shocked by what he calls factual errors. and o'malley calling together all of the priests in the ocese for a meeting today, archbishop of washington denying new allegations about him. it looks like open war in the

church and certainly for pope francis, these m are thet challenging days of his papacy. backo you. >> bill neely, thank you. and we're joined nowy pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro. josh, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the grand jury there in pennsylvania unearthed what is describe secret archives from the catholic church. and those archives reportedly show he a systemi coverup of child sexual abuse in pennsylvania. what else didt those sec archives show, who had access to thosehi as? >> 23 grand jurors met for two years in pennsylvania, they unearthed over 301 predator priests, more than 1,000 victims, children in pennsylvania. they found that there was n only widespread sexual abuse, rape of children, but they found that there was a systemic coverup that went all the way to tie n. what was just so profoundly horrifying abo this w church

leaders would lie to parishioners on sunday, they wouldie to the public, they would shield these predators from law enforcement, but then they would document all of it. an placet in the secret archives just feet away from -- >> like papers in a closet in a box,ike this is what really happened and we'll just lock the door? >> quite literally they would document it, years ago in handwriting --? >> w >> because in part that is what canon law calls for, and in part it is inexplicable. hard to think what these men of god did to these children and then to have the coverup that quite literally was very purposeful. they were dng to shield these predator priests from law enforcement. in penylvania, we have a limitation on the amount of time that law enforcement can brings chargainst both the predators and those who enabled the coverup. and so they would shield them or they would pass them around for years to avoid law enforcement. >> that brings me to my next question which is you drop this

years long investigation, it makes a huge splash. has your office now been gettinr calls from o victims and in particular are anyf those cases in your mind potentially prosecutable? in other words, within the statute of limitations some district attorney can look at the case and prosecute a priest who committed abuse? >> one of the things that we're moth proud of is that we gave victims their voice back we allowed them to have their truth shared. and we know in sharing their truthtither v are going to come forward and share their truth. ksll tell you that in the roughly two w since we released the report, we've ceived 733 calls to our special clergy abuse hotline. we're tracking every one of those tips, talking to each and every one of the peoplehat havecalled. and certainly if we can bring a case on any of this against any predator priest or anyone who covered it up, we will do so. >> josh, do you ha evidence that the pope had knowledge or participated in a coverup with

regards to the pennsylvania diocese? >> we have evidence that the vatican had knowledge ofhe coverup. i can't specifically speak to pope francis. but i think that the broader issues here with the vatican knowing about this, with church leaders knowing about it, and the rction you've seen n just from catholics but americans and people all across the globe, is just a fundamental disappointment and anger in 'rstitutions. seeing institutions, whether it is in hollywoo whether it is at universities, whether it is in government centers and certainly whether it is at the church, putting their own institutional reputation above the welfare of children. we will not toleratenhat pennsylvania. we shouldn't tolerate it anywhere. >> this was comprehensive report that went back 70 years. what about those w are goingien is better now. is it? >> one bishop said that in response to our report and here's what i would say back. child rape in 1970 is the same

as child rape in 2018. it is never acceptable. and it is ver okay to cover it up. >>alennsylvania attorney gen josh sha fire rpiro, thank you . al.et's head over to >> we're watching strong storms across michigan and into we have flood warnings and flash flood watches across a good urtion of theer midwest. and we're looking at a risk of severe weather today for 24 million people, damaging winds, hail, heavy rain risks also as east,stem makes its w strong storms in the evening from minneapolis, green bay, tomorrow through chicago, toward cincinnati. heavy rain, strong wind gusts. we have a risk for flash flooding right just to the west of chicago a into parts of southern wisconsin. rainfall amounts anywher from 1 to 3 inches, but we could see amounts of 6 inches or are more. and that will cause flash

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it will lie repose for the next two days. and take a look at the lines, they arexpecting a huge crowd, the line already stretching around this building to remember the life off a one o a kind woman. ♪ respe-r---e---s---p---e---c-- >> reporter: farewell to the queen. a star-studded lineup is in ace for aretha franklin's private funeral later in the week. stevieth wonder, f hill, jennifer hudson, smokey robinson ong fellow singers expected. clive davis, bill clinton amohe ot dignitaries scheduled to nd atte this morning though and for two full days, a public viewing. her legion of fans from detroit and beyond getting a chance to pay tir finalrespects. a free contribute buts c concer thursday night quickly ran out of tickets. monday night at the church her

legendary dad led as pastor, gospel. >> joy in our hearts. >> it was a message that was just something that everyone could latch on to. >> she was a great person. wrote a lot of goodusic that we can relate to. >> reporter: the 76-year-old franklin died august 16 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. leaving behind an unrivaled music legacy, never for getting herospel beginning. >> she came up through the church. a she became world class star. but then she still always remembered her roots. ♪ answer my prayer >> reporter: a one of a kind voice heading home. celebrated. some of the fans have just broken h out in soe, aretha franklin will be buried at

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xxxx it's 8:00 on "today." paying his respects,p president tr speaking out with john mccain's death for the first time. >> our hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. his comments just hours after the white house reversed course returning the flag to half-staff amidom backlash veterans and members of both parties. we're live with details and we look at somt of his mos inspiring life lessons. plus stepping back, rose mcgowan distancing herself from asia argento after she was accused of having sex with a mino why mcgowan urges argento to do

the right thing. >> and what john goodman is revealing about h his hit show will handle her departure, today tuesday, august 28, 2018. >> we're from the eastern shore of maryland. >> married 36 years today! >> here today with my sister. >> from rochester, new york. ♪ >> sending love to our beautiful daughters. >> in indnapolis and cincinnati. >> celebrating my 40th birthday. >> we're from springfield, missouri. >> it is my birthday. >>ceo much tolebrate. welcome back to today. nice to have you along with us. nice t hhave craige. and we are hot smack in the >> yeah, summer is back with a vengeance. >> let's get right to the news and the new tributes flowing in

after the pass of senator mccain and as well as new words from the president. some criticized him for speaking too late. let's get to peter alexander. >> reporter: good morning. president trump overnight breaking his silence, offering prayers to the family of john mccain and his appreciation for michael cohen's s mc after ignored questions given many opportunities to speak complimentary of t late senator and after the controversy ignited by the white house that first raise the u.s. flag above the white house before ultimately bowing to pressure and relowering it. lindsey graham this morning addr the president' o respon "today." >> it is all over now. the flag is down. when the president mentioned john, he got applause. so let's look forwar

clearly they had a ctentious relationship, but he is not the only one to have a tense relationship with john mccain. >> reporter: president trump tensebviously has had a relationship with the attorney ddseyraddresssons. that and appeared to make new beyo nd repair suggesting that president trump ddyerves somehat he trusts in the position of attorney general. and going even further, saying that the president's beef with jeff sessions goes beyond his recusing himself in the russia investigation. >> it is much deeper than that. >> what are we missing? >> we won't say on this show, but it is a pretty deep breach. and her is what i'm suggesting. that he is not the only man in the country that can be attorney general. he is a fine man. i'm not asking him to be fired. but the relationship i not working. >> reporter: to replace jeff sessions, and there was no time

line given by lindsey graham, he saidldhe president w have to select someone who is highly qualified and who would commit that they would allow the special counsel robert mueller to finish hisst ination. >> all right. peter, thank yo coming up john mccain in his own words, lessons we can all learn. and the president has declared a victory with mexic after reaching a 34ri78iminary deal to replace nafta with a deal which still requires congressional approval. and it now forces canada to the negotiating table. president trump is thrtening tompose tariffs on canadian made cars if a negotiation cannot be reached. auto socks soared monday on the expectation that canada will sign. >>. and now troubling new information coming to lig about the gunman in that mass rooting in florida. courtords so that 24-year-old david katz specifically targeted other gamers killing two andthounding tens on sunday before

taking his own life. investigators say that he legally purchased the firearms twee ago in his home state of maryland. court documen of his parents' divorce also reveal that the young man had a history of mental illness and was hospalized several times. two woman at the forefront of the me t"me too" movement arw at os after allegations that one reportedly engaged fld sexual misconduct ofer own. stephanie gosk is here with that. >> few women have been as prominent in the "me too" andment as asia argento rose mcgowan, the two often side by side. but this morning mcgowan is responding to the allegations that argento had sex with a minor, distancing herself while admitting her own perspective o the "me too" movement has changed. rows mcgowan's "me too" message is now directed at asia argento. in a stateme monday, mcgowan

says do the rhoht thing, be st. be fair. be the person you wish harvey could have been.o, argeho accuses harvey weinstein of rape charged the movie mogul denies, now stands accused herse of having sex with actor jimmy bennett when he was a minor. this video taken of the new 22-year-old in los angeles this week the "new york times" first reported allegations that bennett in sex with a california hotel room when he was 17. argento publicly denied it and thenays later, tmz released what it described as textge mes written by argento, including this one, seemgly nfessing. i had sex with him, it felt weird. i didn't know he was a mor until the shakedown letter. in her statement, mcgowan says that argento wrote that message to a person mcgowan has been dating, writing rain also shared that asia had stated that she had been receiving unsolicited

nudes of 12.y sin he had been rain confirmed direct knowledge of the text to nbc news. nbc news tried to contact argento and jimmy bennett for confmation, but did not hear back. mcgowan says rain was going to thole writing i responded with you have to, you must. i wasted no time. it wasn't hard to say or suppor what was hard was the shell the realization that everything that the "me too" movement stood for was about to be in jen arrest did i.ge nto who lated the late anthony bourdain claimed that he arranged to pay jimmy bennett h money f silence. and now mcgowan who had in the past said allho accusersd be believed writes, i know that those accused are the friends,n paand family members of other people. adding that while there should be no leeway or tolerance for sexual assault, we should find a better way to balance support of the victim with due process for the accused.te mcgowan's snt comes as

argento is reportedly fired as a judge on italy's x factor. nbc news has also learned that tain dove plans to release a fullment on wednesday. so there is more to come on this. it is.b. and that is the news. >> can you boost this? >> not only can i, but you'll need a tissue. you know that feeling that you are on vacation and you start miing your family? well, you've got nothing on this. they had a trip to new york, but after five days away from his family, the 53-year-old with downpy syndrome was really h to see his dad. and we mean really, lyreally, rehappy. there he is running into dad's arms. just the most darling embrace, showering his 88-year-old father with kisses. i mean, i'm telling you, i think my heart just grew ten sizes. his sister says these two are apart especially in the

25 years since mom passed away. >> that is a gd one. >> that is love. >> that is a good one. >> and you know it is a good dad who gets an embrace like that. >> i hope my son is still hugging me like just ahead, we are going to help you unlock the secrets to happiness, ladies and gentlemen. sharing the rests of our happiness today quiz with. also a few tricks to take control of your life in a positive y. but first, voola rks, valua from john mccain's life that can serve us all. r passed his truck down to me. it's the same thing i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to watch a child grow up, and especially get behind the wheel. i want to keep, you know, stack up the memories and the miles and the years. he's going to get mine, but i'm going to get a new one. when it's time for your old chevy truck to become their new chevy truck, there's truck month. get over $9,600 below msrp on this silverado when you finance with gm financial. plus, during truck month make no monthly payments for 90 days. find new roads at your local chevy dealer.

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who is her with some of mccain's most enduring words of wisdom. a lot to choose from. >> such an interesting person to cover for me almost 30 years. he was never at a loss for words. >> reporter: jn mccain spe 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. he was beaten, tortured, two years of solity confinement. there he said heell in love with america. >> i loved it for its decency, for its faith and the wisdom, justice and gooess of its people. i loved it because it was n just a place, but ande a cause worth fighting for. >> reporter: mccain wore that love on his sleep sleeve. he seemedre compelled to s what he knew to be true, lessons for the rest of us. >> what a privilege iis to serve this big boisterous brawling, strive, daring, beautiful bounceful, brave,

magnificent country. >> reporter: mccain loved that lost., even the fights he >> this campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life.s and my heart filled with nothing but gratitude for the experien and to the american people for giving me a fair hearing. >> reporte running f high office is high risk. the costs, are considerable. >> you know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than o the ndidate. and that has been true in this campaign. all i c offer in compensation is my love and gratitude and the promise of morece pl years ahead. >> reporter: of the maverick, mccain owned his errors. >> it is not been perfect service and there are probably times whenhe country might have benefitted less of my help. >> reporter: as f t press? >> i hate the press. i hate you but we need you. we need a free press.

we must have it. it is vital. if you want to preserve -- i'm very serious now. if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. >> reporter: fighting cancer, he refused to go gently into that good night. he had more to say. much more. >> even in times of political turmoil such as these, we share that awesome heritage and a responsibility to embrace it, whether we think each other right or wrong in our views on the issues of the day, we owe ea other our respect so long as our character merits respect and as long as we shareor all our differences, for all the rancorous debates that veen and sometimes demeanor politics, a tual devotion to the idea our nation conceivedha of, t all are createdqual and liberty and equal justice are the natural rights of all. >> reporter: a student of history, a of literature.

we have known few who have lived life more fully. >> i love life and i want to stay around forever. but i also lieve that there is a great honor that you can die with. >> reporter: fighting and teaching until the end. >> i've been tested a number of occasions. i haven't always done the right thinnt the importa thing is not to look back and fig o. all the things i should have done and there is lots of those, but t look back with gratitude. you will never talk to anyone that is as fortunates john mccain. >> the attitude of gratitude, right? and listening to your interview with lindsey graham, t guys were so close. and i have so many memories of those guys going on the trips to iraq, be endless conversations about the war aho whatd be done, what shouldn't be done. but i remember interviewing senator mccains a he wasng run for president and i was talking

about the plane crashes which lindsey graham mentioned this morning. of them. and i said hom 34r5e7b crplane enktth exactly? and he said i crashed a lot more campaigns. and i interviewed in washingtonw years ago awere talking about the iraq war. and there was no handler, no aide, no anything. we get outside and there is an old pants y ald upon the old pontiac. >> and he was immensely likeable. you saw in that clip with chuck todd, they are wrestling on air about whatever given subject, but he knew this was part of the give and take. and at the end of the day, you forget about your s.differen the thing he said that i think was maybe the most important is there is more that unites us than guides us. a divides us.

o and he did a lot toy try unite us. thank you. tike fckme for a cf the forecast with al. two big stories today, we're talking 68 million people under a heat advisory. the summer heat will continue to build and as it does, the air temperature combined with the humidity will make it feel like triple digits in boston, raleigh, down in tampa, st. louis, on into new orleansnd houston. tomorrow more of the same with even record air temperatures as well. and plus we have the severe outlook, 24 million peenlg a risk for damaging winds, heavy winds and hail, 3 to inches of rain from iowa into wisconsin. locally 6 inches or more and that could cause flash floodingw here ist is happening in

your neck of the woods. not much of a around here. washington metro area probably has almost no chance. 79 degrees now, a heat index of 83. a heat advisory is issued for later today, so that means heat index values could be 100 to 10 degrees between noon and 8:00. limit your outdoor activity. a day best spent indoors. tomorrow just as hot, stormy weather returns thursday af and heading out the door, check us out on sirius xm channel 8. and carson has an update o >> we first introduced you to see fee sophia week, a heart trsplant patient. drake surprising sophia with a

visit to her hospital room. people just couldn't get enough of her reaction. the two had a great time hanging out, snappg photos together. it turns out meeting drake was just one of two birthday wishes sophia made.y on sun she shared video of her second wish. take a look. >> now my wish is to get a heart. >> guess what? it happened today. you're getting aheart. congratulations. >> i'm getting aheart, mom? >> yes. >> oh, my god. i know. i love you. >> that is a precious reaction to say the least. and the great news doesn't sto ere. on monday, sophia underwent a succsful heart transplant and she is back in her hospital room recovering. 2 the next to 48 hours will be critical. sophia's mom posting that surgery went well, she received a rlly good stron heart. thank you for your prayers. god is good. imagine, socia

media users were so touched, michael posted that is beautiful, congrats. what a small amazing little girl. and after she recovers, she will send the next six t eight weeks at the ron ald ald mcdonald's h and they hope to have her home byth ksgiving. but she really bonded with dwradwra drake.ak even gave her his personal cellphone number. pop start, my friend. >> we'll start with john goodman speaking on the roseanne controversy and fult of t otu t show. good man opens up about his reaction after learning r beanne barr hn fired a the canceled pep he said this is show business, i'll let it go. t i went through a period of where i was very depressed.

goodman also defended barr saying he knows she is not a . raci and goodman says that he thinks he'll be mopey and dead because his wife is dead, referring to his character. we'll see how it shakesnd out. up next, latest trend among the stars, temporary mutation. alien-like prosthetics, this i a reathing. chr chrissy teigen sporting one. this is being done tsupp. tak on possible future fashion accessories. this loo like the choker is embedded in her skin can. >> itreeps me out. >> the exhibit teases these designs as the new possible replacement for tattoos orer ngs when they become so yesterday. >> so you have to have a medical procedure? >> i'm not sure how it works,

but -- >> it looks like outtakes from star wars. i know. or avatar. andnc ed shear ran ann that he proposed to his long time girlfriend, but now it apars that the singer may already be married. he hinted that it has already taken place. have a look. >> what about the wedding details, have you picked a day? do you know where, when? all right. that is exciting. congratulations, myriend. how did you manage that? >> well, i never really dan hing too public anyway. >> that is awesome. congndtulations. >>ore from ed, he also has a new documentary out, in it we have a clip provided to billboar bill we get a sneakeek at the song writing process. >> this is the first t on camera that you will see a song being written bit by bit, so make sure you get all of it.

first day we were in new york,d and has an idea. >> pretty cool, he also sat down with gadi schwartz. good morning. 8:26 now on this thus,28ugust i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get right to melissa with our traffic. so inner loop of the beltway has georgia avenue disabled vehicle, left side blocked. outer loop as you approach georgia pretty slow as well. riverdale southbound gw p after 410, a crash with the left lane blocked there. andestbound 27he ramp to 50,e crash with poldirection. a check on your forecast when we

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it is 8:30tun thiesday morning here in new york city. as we greet the crowd gathered on the plaza. how are you gu? are you good? summer is back. >> with a vengeance. >> hot and steamy. how about a crowd moment? university of central florida,

huh? >> yes, that's right. >> and you guys are all moms of -- >> football players. >> starters. >> what position does your boy play? >> left tackle. guard. >> kicker. >> linebacker. >> and you guys are undefeated last season. right? and you're headed to connecticut for the season opener on thursday. we ar >> college football season is upon us. any prediions on the season? >> 14-0. >> we have some folks here from columbia. home of the gamecocks. >> that's right. >> if theec gamks play ucf who wins? >> ask him. >> carolina of course. >> thank you all for coming. college football season. >> craig is stirring the pot. coming up we're all about happiness because who couldn't use a little bit more of that in oursklives. we you to take our quiz and get real about what is really

bringing you happess. so we' share the results. and we also have talk to a couple who happy to be experts on happiness and they are married. >> you make that sound like it is an oxymoron. >> yeah, happy and married. >> undeliverable. plus creative products to organize your home so the kids -- this is going to be the most successful y schoolr yet. remember that first week where books are all fresh with the new book covers? fantastic. >> also we'll make some cheesecake wit our man, and he will share his very simple recipe for his bomb cheesecake. and it is moist but we eoy it. today below average temperatures out to the west, there is a trough in the west. and this big ridge in the east bringing hot, hugh mid weathfo r 68 million people. gulweather through the as we look ahead toward tomorrow, cooler behind that

cold front into the upper midwest. sunshine for the western two thirds of the country. look for strong storms down through t mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. that is what is going on around the country. here is what is happening i your neck of the woods. hot and hazy out there this morning. you canuree it in picture here. we had a little patchy fog this morning, but now we're getting more sun inil the forecast which will heat us the area about the mid-70s. annapolis already at 81. a heat advisory from noon to 8:00 p.m. feelingr n 105 degrees. actual highs today mid-90s. little too rain relief, but as we go into the weekend, we have rain moving in. and look at this, our crowd is all decked out in hats for the nbc show, a new you one called manifest. it is about a flight that disappears for five years, the cast will share more about the show coming up on our fourth hour. i actually had luggage like

that, disappeared for five years. and still hasn't shown up. al, thank you. now to our special seriesda happiness exploring what it means to be happy. cand what we all do to achieve it. happiness, a state of joy and contentsment, a feeling we all long to captur but what exactly is true happiness? and how do we reachit we asked that simple t question anurn to you our viewers for insight into what makes us happy today. you opened w up. hohappy are you? responding to multiple choice questions such as how do you feel when you wakep in the morning? and how would you describe your approach to ?li and now the results are in. and so we return to ourappy researchers sean and michelle. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> and you happen to be happy nest resears

in researck has gotten mo than 20 million view howe are we doing overall when it comes to happiness? >> i think in as18 it is so to feel like happiness isn't as possible as it used to be or it isharder. depression rates doubled, anxiety the highest it has been in ourscols. i spent 12 years at harvard and two of them i was so depressed, i didn't wo go on living. but in the field of positive psychologist, we started changing it, and not only did it work for me, but now we're dng it in -- yesterday i was in flint, michigan working with 21 school districts trying to create happiness patterns there that could pull us out of depression andanxiety, but also in the midst of very challenging live >> before we break downs quiz sults, how should we be looking at happiness in our society? >> that isn excellent question. i think itt to redefine happiness, that it is not just pleasure. happiness is the joy that we feel growing towards our potential and what is great about that is that you can feel that joy in the midst of life's

ups and downs. like child birth is not necessarily a flesh fbl experience and yet it is extremely joyful because it is meaningful. >> that is one of the things you i know you emphasize, can be happy, but happiness can co-exist with other emotions. >> yeah, i think so many people misunderstand, they think that the opposite of happiness is unhappiness. but in-unhappiness fue change, it tellinger us when is injustice in the world, when we're lonely and we need to reachout. nt opposite of happiness is apathy. so we're trying to help people as something ss that fuels positive change. >> so we both took this quiz with. lots of other folks are taking its well. let's take a look at some of the findings. i was somewhat surprised. >> 34% of people scored moderate to low happy. i mean, does that surprise you? and what is your advice to those folks in thcategory?

>> what we suggest in that category is to make small one second behavioral change. oftentimes when -- >> one second? >> one second. when we're feeling down, we forget our t powermake those changes. and so we call it dwrektsing yo directing your focus. it is finding three people and just consciously smiling at them to create that connection and widen your circle. a actually did this at hospital system. and trained the staff to smile at people as they are walk through the and what was amazing is that patients perceived care skyrocketed and doctors reportei the ht they have been in a decade. >> so interesting to just force yourself, bt then jump-starts those happy feelings. >> it does. >> 18% received a moderate to high score. what is the lesson for those folks? >> as your energy rises, you do more things. we wanted people to be more grateful, to practice it. % of the people think that

they are grateful, but they don't practice it. and we found thato 45 seconds day if you thought of three new things you you are grateful for and you did it for 21 days in a row,eople who had been low levelmi p city mists were then . we have a glass jar in our kitchen, and as we write dn things we're xwratsfgrateful fo put them in the jarnd you see it rise and youee happiness glow gr forgot aut. >> that is a really good idea. >> and %, and this is us, it says we are generally happy. 32 prgs sa

tha they happy. but always room for improvement? >> no, we're as happy as we can be. >> in this case you want to super model the happy nest, you want to give it to other people. so we recommend doing a random act of kindness, something small to someone else. lsat is great it takes the focus off of our own happiness and allowss to fue other people's happiness and it creata feed boo fe feedback loop. >> and it creates a bond and then it creates a social connection. and social connection is as predictive of how long you will live as obesity, high blood pressure or smoking. can be ing the positive just as powerful as stopping the negative. >> so you have toork at it. >> that's right, daily. >> thank you both so much. ba k to your happy lives. a t if you want mores from our experts, you can takes our happiquiz, too, just go

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>> this morning on back to today we're getting your family ganize. our lifestyle expert is here with simple ways to get tngs in ordor a happier and more successful school year. always good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you say it doesn't have to be our way or the highway. >> this is true in general about organizing. you might be a piler, i might be a filer. that is very different tactic, but it can work equally well. so you needo recognize that your kids might not be like you

and embrace it. you need to be 234rekfible. if you have already been late to school, make shake it up and get them involved. you need to have a plan and work together and take their input. >> part of that plan is making h sure that eveg has a place. >> yes, a place for everything and everything inpl its e. so starting off, you do not need a big fancy mud room. you can take a little corner of room, maybe it is your entryway, have some great looks like i love these hooks from pb teen. you can have a different animal for each member of your family. and there is a little storage down there from a great company called mimish, your kids can throw their shoesn there, hide it away. things that are important f parents, we talked about this like running out the door and need things hf-- >> this is quite handy.

>> yeah, ghaed ago you l it is retrackable charger.lu and it into an outlet. u get charging for two phones. whatever you have, i believe you phones.store your when you come this, put them in a place, almost like you're checking in thear li and same thing with your keys. you want to be able to find your keys quickly, i love these o rings, they just slip on your arm and you can find it anywhere. this you can get atamazon. so check your phones. >> and what do we have here? >> i also believe that organizing -- you don't have to look like you are in preschool, so i love these pinboards. th you can customize them from all different fabrics. it looks l re ally pretty gallery wall. and this is a dry erase board that you can write on and it

just goe away. so you can clear it eoff. and i l doing a diy memory bracelet on your kids need to remember e something, tstrip of paper and write like remember to return your book, they can tear it off when they have done it. >> i can use that. >> and then you have to make it fun. i've always had games that we played. like give them a littl alarm clock. this you can say we'll be ready to go at 8:48 or whatever it is. they can watch the clock. and also like the length of a song could be the amount of time at we'll get ready. name tags are always a great thing. these are from minted. kids can pick out their design. everybody wants stuff to be their own. so personization. and this is really cool.

the whole front of the backpacks are velcro. so you can just stick your ings on there, they can personalize it. and when you get sick o that thing and you are not into whatever it is, just take it off. >> how much does something lik this cost? >> $40nd range go up. and this is a huge trend. i believe if kids make it for themselves, they will be more apt to use it. these are just tre office depot. stickers, this sequin thing is a hugeend. >> my daughter would love this 37. >> and this is a really cool company that you get get the totes on amazon. and they are chalk so you can erase it. >> elizabeth, we always learn something when you are here. and we mor organizational gadgets and tips today.com/shop. thank you so much.

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crumbs. you have your ,butt eggs. and that is vanilla bean. everhing has to be room temperature. because if it is too cold, it will mix all the air into it. i'm going to use your spatula. >> please. >> and then the air gets in it and it will souffle into the oven. so this is the crust. d then oncehat is all well and mixed, you dump it into the cake pan. you take something really flat and hao and you have t get in here and press it down. get it really tight. ond then you get a nice cookielike crusthen i cut it, it will cut really clean. if it is notn pressed dally hard, you get the jagged edges. >> andouave the cheem cheese cream cheese in the mixer. how many different types?

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good morning. temperatures are now around 80 degrees in d.c. 77 in clinton. and very humid. later today, we willee temperatures feel like 105. we have a heat advisory for the d.c. metro area. tomorrow will be very similar, rain didn't move in gntil we into the weekend. some showers over your labor day weekend, but temperatures wil be bac in the 80s. >> looking forward to that relief. get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington

good morning, everybody. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. it is anotherg. busy morn a lot of stories making news. joining me to discu what's making rounds today nbc craig melvin and jenna bush hager. al the editor-in-chief of ne "glamour" magaamantha berry. good to have you guys. we begin today with the contversy in washington over all things, paying tribute to a beloved senator and war hero. overnight president trump finally publicly commented on senator john ccain two days after the senator from arizona died on saturday. the white hous also relowered flags to half-staff at the white house after raising them