test. good morning. meeting it eting the mourners. overnight the family of john mccain greets the throngs of strangers whocome to pay their respects. this morning the first public service honoring him, a eulogy fromormer vice president joe biden and then a final flight to washington. the presidentcks a fight with one of the biggest companies accusingoogle of a bias. what theresident is saying about those claims and what the president is really trying to do.st ied. an uber driver shoots and kills

heated fight caught on camera. this morning why police are backing him and not the victim. >> mhere's asage for the hot heads. don't do that stuff. good geople carrys and they will shoot you. those stories, plus mystery solved. a new twist in the search for this woman bare foot and? in shackles ringing doorbells. the u.s. open admits it was a mistake to take action against a female player for changing her shirt on court. and when harry met hamilton. why the royal heir was not about to throwaway his shot. today is thursday, august 30th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live fr

studio 1 a in rockefeller rocke. >> i don't thk there's going to be a dry eye in phoenix. former vice president joe biden to his a tribute friend. >> and in this friendship that has endured decade will be on full display.e >> peotill lining up in phoenix to pay respects to senator mccain. let's go right to peter alexander w is there covering today's event. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. as you know well, john mccain pr proudly ented this state for more than 30 years. today with the church service hi is to get one last arizona send off. just moments ago back at the u.s. capital in washington many of main's colleagues, lawmakers boarding buses before traveling here to gather for

today's service where mccain willinggi eulozed by his friend, the former vice president joe biden. after dark mourners kept coming ay droves to their respects. some of john mccain a children returning to the capital to share stories and hugs, a final salute to the senator and statesman. earlier his widow escorted by his sons who both followed his foot steps into the armed services. his casket draped in stars and stripes, tro war lying in state. >> imagine arizona without john mccain is like pictures an arizona withouthe grand canyon. it's just not natural. >> reporter: for mccain's family the grief is raw. his wife of nearly 40 years bidding farewell. his sev children honing on aori one by one, daught meghan

overcome. many of> why was it to important to bring your children to see the senator? ause i think they need to know we need to respect and honor someone who served our country for so many years. >> reporter: these vietnamese americans including tommy leeiv g to pay respects. >> i love him. >> reporter: not expected to attend any of th services, sarah palin. a palinamily source telling nbc news the palin family will always cherish telling nbc news we will always cherish our friendship wh the ve m mcdonald mccains. and a friendship with joe biden dating back to the oebi1970dens. bidenonoring mccain last year in one of the late senator's final public appearances. >> i hope he has heard my

profession of gratitude for hisl friendship and love these many v years. it's meant a lot man to me.>> >> reporter: months later biden comforting mccain after her auge father was diagnosed with the same cancerth that claimed live of biden's son beau. >> if anyone c make it. her dad is one of my best friends. peter, that was such a sight to see some see of senator mccat children greeting people in arizona. what shotood out to you about that? reporter: this day was not ay just as powerful, it was poignant, , it but it waswa overwhelming. you could see how moved everybody was to say o last goodbye. the totaleveryb tally mre th 15p people showing up last night, te eping the doorso the state capital open for an extra hour l helping t to accommodate all the by.t wanted to come four of john mccain's children m there to say theiron thanks.er other momen powerful moment tha

indy ned in prate, mccain returning to the hotel h thanks supporters and mcskcain staffers and at the end they all sang happy birthday to john an cain on whatg happ would have b his 82nd birthday. >> that must have been a moment. peter, thank you very much. tha also this morning, a w of word is heating up between ting president trump and u google arr the president accused the tech giant of rigging its search results.nbco hallie jackson has details on that.t. morning. >> reporter: good morning.g. president trump is staying away from specifics, but hiing new te regulations may be in the works for google, the latesattle for a president who has seen plenty of them. this time google is fighting back.gl atis morning president trump e leaning in to t tough talk about big tech accusing those companies of bias against conservatives. the president tweeting this ween video showingge images of go google home page supposedly

taken during the obama years. then in 2017 and 2018 without mention of president trump's nau speeches, including bi the #stopthebias.nly the only problem google saying it's not true releasing its owns statement saying they did did romote the president's 2018 address. quote, on januaryythe 30th, 20e tream of ed the live president trump's state of the union on the google.com home llge. we have histori noton our promoted the first address to congress by a new president which iy technicat a state of of the union address.addr as a result, we didn't include a promotion on google.com for this address in either 2009or 2017. the president's former adviser , ieve bannon nghiig of nfacebook, twitter and googl calling them socio paths. these people are complet narcissists. they ought to beycontrolled. ught to be regulated. these people are evil. there is no doubt about that. this war of wor coming days the

after the president, who built t his base h on social medte, started a attacking it. t >> i thinkhink that google and facebook and twitter, i think nk they treat conservives and republicans very unfairly.unfa you know what we want? notwa regulation. we want fairness. >> reporter: the president thep claims google search results foh ump news shows only the t viewing reporting of fake news f media as he tweeted earlier adding google and others are controlling what we can and cannotot see. d there's no reliable data to back up his claim. cara swisher casting doubt rather than attacking techies, he should send them a box of thank younotes. here is the truest conundrum of the social media. those who complain loudest about being silenced never ever shut up. >>here's also this controversy surrounding this senate race down in what's happening there?what's >> reporter: yeah the race for e governor we talked about or we

yestew.ay on this ss today the race is only in day two but already there is an er uproar ahat was an upset set on both sides of the aisle. you had republican congressman ron desantis winning his primary and gog against the progressive mayor of tallahassee, andrew gillum. here is what desantis said. watch. >> he is an articulate spokesmae for those far left views. the last thi we need t do is up monkey this up by trying to ialt list agenda. >> the florida democrats co describe those comments, monkeyt this up as disgusting as racist dog whistles.viousl the candidate was obviously talking about florida not making the socialist policies to e ies characterize it as anything else is absurd.

what does gillam say about thisi he thinks florida is better tho that. also this morning as morn f texas police officer has now cer been h sentenced. in 15 years in prison for the fata shooting of an unarmed black teenager. roy oliver wasli convictedver te in 2017 death of 15-year-old jordan edwards. the teen was in the paessenger seat of a car leaving ahe o par when the officer opened fire.vi the officer claimed the car was moving towardsar hiser. oliver's sister testified c ent mt him confirming she hises mother a facebook message saying quote, i hope he gets what deserves because he took an innocent life. now to a stunning twist in th case o alleged child abuse a. in new mexico. theprosec kids were being traind kill there. so why were most of the charges suddenly dropped? gabbi schwartz has followed the investigation since thee start.s wha happening?

>> reporter: good morning, craig. hocking to say the least. three of those five defendants . have been released from jail, ed their charges dropped because o thesecu prosecution blew an important deaine even thoug the sheriff himself asked the prosecutors about that deadline three days before it lapsed.ed. this as we're now hearing more details about an alleged terror plot. >> it is disturbing to me the rn district at would put this that court in that kind of a situation. >> reporter: seeming at timesr: irritated, the judge said he hd no choice but to fre three of the five defendants after prosecutors failed to hold a a preliminary hearingithinft ten days. cee court noting the district attorney's ofcould have could msquested an extension for extraordinary cirtances but didn't. prosecutors can refile charges charg against thees three who were released. one suspect and his partner remain in custody on chges of child abuse leading to theat dea

of a 3-year-old, his body his discovered after the raid inis th underground tunnel. the complaint says they denied tim medical treatmentfail and/o medication. the failure to provide medications caused his death. this ek the body was returned to georgia t wherehe the boy's mother lives. meanwhile authorities havecoou revealednd some of the evidence from the campgrod and a journal describing the phases or the terrors, attack.ildren interviews with some of the children interviewed ms. levellt intended to confront corrupt on institusuch as military, bu bigsi businesses, teachers, teae schools, and reveal the truth to the institutions or.individua o he was tor shoot or otherwise r attack the nonbeliever according to thehe affidavit.elieve tiore have been que and criticism about law saforcement' hanling of the case. ying i would defend that they stepped up and put the search

warrants and charges together law ufully and correctly.f th declining contact about r poo why otherntntial evidence wasris left behind. the sheriff saying the sayin hompound's land isn't evidence g that everything te was evi collected, photographed and was documented properly. and d the other 11 children are still in foster care. c the three defendants who are nos free are expected to sta in the county. >> the conditions as far as . remaining in the county are as long as the criminal trespass ng case is tha pending and we'll d what we can to try toat make t case go away as soon as possible. ony as i think the t question everyone's mind is how could this possibly have happened? t how cou prosecutors team s to have dropped the ball in such a way? >> reporter: that is a big th's question, craig.tion, here in new mexico a lot of lot people are sayi this is incompetent. you saw after all thisis happena how we wereho allowed to go to that compound and look around

with the proper owner's on. permission. while we were thereile we w saws journals thund very similar to what prosecutors are now saying there was an alleged terror plot inside. those were layin araying those were uncollected.collec many of them still might be out there. the district attorney last nighr responded to a text saying thate there isd a chance that they m file new charges against those pects or possibly take this all to a grand jury. gadi, thank you. >> you wonder where the federal authorities are if this is a t suspect throrism case. the we'll continue to follow it. shocki incident incid in fla 37 an auber driver shooting another man dead and it was captured on thedacere driver's l cam. thiis a clear casee of o stand your ground.s the b gabe gutierres more on the investigati investigation. >> reporter: grn

is b wret l started. a man and his girlfriend got intoto ant. argumbut h he thought she left in an uber. she hadn't but he chased the car andt turned deadly.g a family is grieving after this footing of releasedr a dash ube cam. a pickup truck cuts the driver off and both cars stop t thck driver gets out and starts shouting. instead theri uberr who also works as a security guard rd recently graduate from t police academy shoots the man and then callsay 911 >> i couldn't get away. he came towards me. a he's got a pistol. >> tur out they found no o weapon on the pickup driver. didhe dropped the cell phone and i kickedt away.lance he did compressions until the ambulancece arrived. but he di not survive.ot

deputy say he had an extensive criminal record and tailed this uber because he thought his girlfriend was in the authorities say she was still ad that bar where the two had beenh arguing but she had heoted ub anher woman get in the uber. in a series of text messages, he xpletivehootinbeat ube the out of the uber driver. the sheriff said the shooting was justified. >> this is a classic stand your ground case. . >> r butep his family disagrees telling nbc newsws they're angre at the ff's handling of theehand case saying they believe the te uber driver had plenty of time toto leave the scene. stand on stand your gro cases, here's there's no duty n to retreat. the sheriff's office says onceal westlake had aed concealed carr he feelsaid h for the family sah wish the whole thing never appened. no one goes out with a concealet carryo permit looking to use their firearm. they have it in casee they need them to usese it to protect themselvm or others. >> here's aes tor message the h

heads help don't do that stuff. good people carrynd guns they r will shoot you. >> what a isbo uber saying abou this, gabe? >> lawyer, uber says it prohibitri rs and their guests from carrying firearms of any kind to the extent of applicable law. the company also says westlake y has been suspended as one of its drivers pending an investigation. >>gabe thank you very much. labor day weekend almost upon us. a lot ofks folks going to be hitting the good time to check on the forecast. >> thank you, fo kaaig. here in the northeast we've gott 19 millionon folks at risk for heat advisories. bu there is relief on the way. it's already coming through the great lakes and the midwesto r air behind this cold front. look at the temperature. i pittsburgh. 82 in cincinnati. 92 in new york. tomrow we get a nice dip. everybody dropping in with lower into the weekend it's looking

pretty nice even though temperatures start to creep up bit, the humidity not so bad. however, down through the southeast it stays warm and uggy because that front starts to washout. heat indexes of 101 in raleigh near 99 in orlando. as we move into fseday, you can the heat indexes hanging near 100 degrees. i goito labor day temperatures stay in the upper 80s and humidityat levels uncomfortable levels. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30s. seco

good rning. i'm chuck bell. little bit more cloud cover and highe rainances than we've seen the last couple of days. couple of sprinkles along the maryland/pennsylvania border. no rain in the immediate future for the d. metro area. into this evening rain chance dos go up. be ready for that current temperatures are mostly in the 70s. it will be another hot a humid day. high temperature near 92. heat index near 100 p that's your latest weather. savannah, clark kent. >> thank you. surprised it took you 19s. minu >> well, i just got on. i've been waiting. come on i got aunch of them. >> we'll have more on those glasses in a minute in a health segment featuring craig melvin. up next, the controversial proposal that has the secta ry ofduca eti crisis for the

airline industry. why why commercial pilots could s still be in short supply and what it would mean for all travelers.st fi this is "today" on nbc.

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♪ ♪♪ this is a news 4 today news break. 7:26 is your time now on this thursday, august 30th, 2018. good morning to you. >> in the news this mning 've learned more about the 12-year-old girl who died in an nap l -- annapolis over the weekend. she went g missing afteoing into the water with her friends on sunday. they were in an area marked no swimming. there's more on the nbc washington app. good morg ng. takina6. look eastbound crash there causing some additional delays on 66 this morning. oxon hill northbound, middle of

the lane blocked by a disabled vehicle and as you look at the belt way, slow in the typical spots. nothing to red flag here this morniso. >> thanks much. today at 5:00 news 4, we're back to school is back to the daily routine. before that calendarlls up, you sit down with your family to create an emergency preparedness plan. storm team 4 amelia draper wiai ex how every family should get ready. we'll have a check on your forecast after this.

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♪ you say >> >> prince harry stepping into the role he was literally born part ing the king george in "hamilton". on stage with the whole cast. it was a date night with hisfe meghan. the creator was right there. we'll catch upith them in a little while. that's fun. >> another reason har ry is my favorite royal. let's start with today's headlines. arizona paying a final tribute to senator john mccain today. celebrating his life as a st esman and former prisoner of war. mccain just the third person in 40 years to liein stateat the arizona capital. overnight mourners came in

droves to payheir respects. earlier his wife cindy said farewell withhat kiss on his coffin, his d ghterghan overcome with emotion during the service. following a service today, the casket departs arizona for the u.s. capital. police in texas have nownt iied a woman who was caught on surveillance video ringing doorbells in the middle e night. she appears to be bare foot. some kind of restraints dangling om her wrists. police now say they've found her and the woman is safe, but her boyfriend was found dead inside a nearby home f apparentm a self-inflicted gunshot wound. they are not going to publicly identify her because they believe she is a victim of domestic violence. students willart the school year with no access to water fountains because of contamination concerns. they're shutting down water fountains after tests found 16 schools with higher than

acceptable amounts of led and copper. also this morning could the rules on how universities handla seassault and harassment cases be about tvechange and ore rights to the accused? kate snow is following that for usis morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. proposedules by education secretary bettsy devos couldre then protections for students accused of sexual misconduct and reduce the potential liability of schools. it comes of course a time when a number of major universities are dealing with serious abuse with the new school year comes the possibility of new rules. a report overnight from "the new york times" revealing education secretary betsy devos is revealing new policies of sexual misconct on campus. it would reportedly allow schools investigates misconduct to requi more proof. potentially making it more difficult to find accused

students guilty. they would also narr the definition of sexual harassment limiting it to the most severe acts. schools would only be he accountable for formal complaints and conduct that happened oncampus. in a statement to nbc news, the department of education says wet are midst of a deliberate tiff process calling any information in the times report premature and speculative. with the growing me too movement empowering o victims sexual misconduct to st forward, some worry this will push them back into the shadows. i think that these policies if this is what the regulation turns out to be wi absolutely prevent survivors from coming forward. >> the move comes a year after secretary devos first announced plans to overhaul the obama administration's 2011 guidance for schools saying it failed too many students. devos and others argued the obama era rulestacks the odds against the accused and puts an

unfair burden on scho. >> survivors, victims of a lack of due process and campustr adminors have all told me that the current approach does a disservice to everyone involved. >> the president of the national coalition for men voiced support for the administration approachsaying we're very hopeful that their resulting modifications will be fair to everybody. but president obama's secretary said last night the proposals are a step backwards. >> any attempt b the current administration to roll back protection for those who are victims of sexual assault on campus honestly is a little mind boggling to me. i can't understand it. >> the possible changes come as major universities deal with explosive scandals.wo omen who say they were victims of sexual misconduct by fellow students at texas a&m said back in june their university wasn't doing enough. the way they treated me. >> reporter: at the time the university responded saying we

re deeply about our students and are committed to a safe, secure environment. the schoolecently outlined new actions its taking to deal with the issue. these proposed rules cover alll lef education from elementaril schools where, for example a teacher might be accused of misconduct. there will be a public comment period and the department of education says the proposedru s are still a work in progress. ac the timing is interesting. kids are going to school. >> it's fall, and if you look at sexual assaults, they rise in the summer and fall a study in 2007 found more than aults happen between august and november. this is the time to be looking at the issue. >> we'll see where it shakes out. kate, thank you. all right. let's get the weather. for that we turn tor. roker. what's the word, sir? >> well, that cold front that's

and that's your latest thank you, al. still to come this morning. >> i'm really excited about that. >> michael jackson's children honoring whatould have been his 60th birthday last night. we'll take you inside that celebration. also ahead. a beautiful city in peril. an inside look at what's causing venice, italy to sink. then tennis officials servingp an apology for taking action against a female player who briefly changed her shirt on court. but first, what's behind the pilot shortage ithe country pilot shortage ithe country d the impa

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airport. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, guys. .5 million people flying every day a record. as that number grows, the concern is we won't have enoug pilots. here's the problem. if you learn to fly in the military, great. it's free. if you don't learn to fly in the military, it can cost a small ortune to get trained and certified. and here's the problem, theng starti pay isn't very attractive. the atn's pilot union say it's a crisis in the cockpit. not enough pilots to fly all the planes in the crowded skies. >> the pilot shortage is here. it is reaching crisis proportions very quicy. >> for passengers it could mean more delays, more cancellationsi fewerghts at smaller airports and even higher fares.l the es most affected, those small regional carriers. analysts say it's a perfect storm in the making. more people are flying than ever before, nearly 4 billion worldwide and rising fast. at the same time, record numbers of baby boomer pilots, almost

half of loets flying today, ofe reaching the mandatory retirement ag65. >> we are facing an unprecedented demand at a time when supply is at an lol-time >> the major airlines we talked to insisted they are well prepared for the next decade of hing. >> we a in the largest hiring cycle we've been in. it's a large turn over, but not anytwe haven't seen before and we can handle. >> reporter: but it's the smalle regional air that are struggling to staff the cockpits. dick abatel is flight instructor. he gets solicitations from ce regionals onr twice a month offering signing bonuses and omises of a bright future. >> there's no deterrent toom bg a pilot other than being able to pay for it. >> reporter: the cost of training is sky high, up to $80,000 and there are no student loans or fnancial aid packages. while startingri sala at

regional airlines are often less than half what the big airlines pay, $50,000 vsus $113,000. still me student pilots are ready to take the risk. >> ifou're a dedicated person wanting to live in the clouds, you're willing to go for it. >> tom, are airlines doing anything to help defray the ct this sky high training for pilots? >> reporter: some of the regionals are offering signing bonuses toeo helpe offset the costs of the training, but the big airlines, the big names we all know, they treat the regionals as kind of the foreign teams. they select the bestnd a brightest pilots out of those regionals to move on up to the big airlines. >> tom costello f t usre in northern virginia. tom, thank you. pilot. other is a >> he is. like so many of the pilots that tom talked about, he got his training in the military. if you get trained by the military, you don't pay for it. it's the problem of getting

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players were allowed a cool down. a french player took that time during her rst round match to change into a dry shirt. >> i just changed my t-shirt super st and i didn't see that it was the wrong way. >> back out on the court she realized her mistake quickly taking her shirt off. >> the chair umpire's ruling met with outragecr online. tics pointing to male players regularly taking their shirts off on the courtt women's tennis association calling his treatment unfa and saying she did nothing wrong. the usga quickly saying in a statement it regrets she was given an. violati clarifying its policy saying any player can change his or her shirt on the court. though not explicitlytated in the rules, placers will be raged to change his or her shirts in their chair. she says she's moved on. >> i'm just cvinced the umpire was -- i don't involve the usga

logized his and they a very quickly so no problem. >> serena williams is also turning heads with her latest fashion statementt six-time u.s. open champion sporting a atututer her win, days after they banned cat suit she earlier this summer. >> doeshe get fined, or did they backtrack? >> no. fortunately the usga says it was just a warning. unfortunately for hershey went on to lose thatmatch. one highlight, serena rolled to victory. up next for he something we will all be watching. putting the tutu to the test against her sister serena. >> best event i sports. roger is playing today. what else would i be. >>'m sure we'll be talking about what he's wearing tomorrow. >> i will be. craigthe man sitting next to me is a cautionary tail for contact lens wearers. he's supporting why he's

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, paying their respects. overnight johnre mccain's chi return to greet a long line of mourners who waited forur rd to grief a long line of mourners who waited to say a farewell to the beloved senator. >> thank you for being a maverick and walking across thea aislend telling the truth as k ow it. >> hours after these icmages ofa family in mourning. we'll have today's plan to celebrate mccain's life. plus water world. we'll take a closer look at venice. see why experts say the one floating city is now in some deep trouble.

>> and wild about harri. e harry who wins over the crowd during date night with meghan markle. what has the duke of sussexgi s on stage. we've got royal recaps today, thursday, august 30th, 2018. >> all the way from virginia. >> and maryland. >> we are the guy family. >> hi to our co-workers in chicago. >> here with our mom. >> with my wife of 30 years. >> my wonderful daughter. >> and my best friend. >>ut on the plaza, there's o so our close friend.

>> good crowd. >> happy to have you along with us. back home we've got hoda enjoying some t me off. we've got a lot to get to. today in phoenix, a public ervice is set to take place celebrating the life of the late senator jo mccain. from there his casket will head for a final flight to the u.s. capital. peter alexander has been covering this week for us. goodni mo. >> savannah, good morning. as you know, john mcca proudly served this state representing it for more than 30 years. today with a church service. he will get one final arizona send off. his eulogy to be delivered by joe b en reallymonstrating an uncommon bipartisan bond coming just hours after as many as 15,000 people converged on the state capital. rster dark mour kept coming in droves to pay their respects. some of john mccain's childrenng

returo the capital to share stories and hugs, a final hometown salute for the beloved senator and statesman. earlier his widow escorted by her sons jimmy and jack who both followed their father's foot steps into the armed services. his casket draped in the stars andstripes, the war hero lying in state,p a free s service following his wishes. >> imagining izona without john mccain is like picturing an arizona without the grandyo c it's just not natural. >> reporter: for mcdonaldcain's foamifamily the grief is rw. his seven children honoring their father one by one. daughter meghan overcome. many of those here despite stifling heat, service member and veterans. why was it so important to bring your children? >> because they need to know someone who respects and honors

our country. >> these americans includingmy tee driving from california to say thanks. >> i love him. >> he's a hero toyou? >> yeah. >> reporter: not expected to attend any of the memorial services, mccain's former running mate sarah palin. a palin family source telling nbc news the palin family will always cherish their friendship with the mccains and hold those memories dear. john mccain personally asking joe biden to deliver today's eulogy. biden visited mcdonaldcain's ranchapri the arizona cardinal football star and friend,arry fitzgerald, joe biden expected to w celebrateh 24 current senators including ten democrats. now to a shakeup at the white house. yesterday president trump tweeted white house counsel don mcgahn will exit his post this

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today. please? please? it's a hot, hot day. >> i'll think about it. >> and w i want to sh you and have ice cream together. >> nony mother could that adorable girl ice cream. i hope you vale ice cream. >> i did. that was my daughter. she maonvincing arguments. she backed it up with evidence, the steam. i was nightly last night and someone tweeted to me across the nation it was a hot, hot day. it calls for ice cream. that's later in our broadcast. she got her ice cream. how could i refuse? >> the other part that i love, she was st bouncing arou in that tutu like it's normal. >> who among us doesn't lay around in their tutu and ask for ice cream. we talked about this earlier.g you're wear your glasses and they look fabulous. g wasn't on purpose. there's somethiing on with

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night for a special performance ofhe smash hit "hamilton" and the prince even some singing. nbc is in london with details on all of it. >> reporter: good morning, raig. a worki date night. meeting theast and crew of "hamilton" the couple is making a low key entrance. seen smiling with hamilton creator lin manuel miranda and his wife. meghan pushing royal headline boundaries and even bearing her legs in a touxed mini dress. fans tweeting their own pictures. two rows behind harry and meghan and lin manuel. life will never get any better. after the show, the playwright shared a joke on

stage. >> i was my honeymoon an i thought it would be funny if i had king george in the show. massut to 2018. and i am sittg next to his sixth grade grandson. ladies and gentlemen. ♪ you say >> that's definitely not going to happen. he did try, but i said no. >> reporter: the event raised money for thearity prince harry founded to help young people in africa cope with hiv. it's a cause his mother famously championed. tomorrow marks 21 years since her death. in these newly released flashback photos of young prince rry at school, you see a picture of diana on his desk.

and poster of halle berry on his widesk. the couple also reportedlypi escang to italy staying in george and amal clooney's lake side home. meghan hasnow been a duchess for 103 days and fans who couldn't get enough of the fairy tale wedding will get to see her stunning gown, il, and sparkling diamondra ti up close. all of it going on display in windsor this fall. this exhibit runs from late october well into january if you're plmaking travel plans. a version of prince harry's wedding day outfit will also be on display.

craig, savannah. >> kelly, thanyou. >> i don't know who to be more excited about, prince harry or lin manuel. it's a ss. it's pretty awesome. >> got some pop starts? yesterday would hve been michael jackson's 60s birthday. to honor the star family and friends gathered to celebrate and reflect on his career. three children walked the red carpet. "e" caught up with the pair to askbout what theirfather's legacy means to them as well as when they first ralized their dad was so famous. >> we. we celebrate our father. today is so meaningful to so many people, but i think we honor him every day it's not so much the date. it's the feeling. >> when we saw videos of his performance and you would see

people fainting justt the sight of him. we see that all the time. why are otr peoplefainting about it. but it was probably around then. wow, he definitely is on a larger scale than just daddy. >> you think? >> just a bit. >> people start fainting around ryour ts, they're somebody. michael jackson went on to celebrate 30 million copies of his albums. paris and prince also accepted the legacy award for his humanitarian service on behalf of his fulher. that waward would have made him happier than his musical accomplishments. steven colbert opening up about his struggles with anxiety. c colbert saying the first time he started having panic attacks was just after he got married. he tried medication. he said i would go to the show and i would curl up in a ball on the couch backstage and i would wait to hear my cueline. then i would uncurl and go on

stage and i would feel fine. nobody ever asked mewhat was wrong. it weornnt f those experiences colbert realized performing eased his anxiety and he extent stoppedu since. ownload the app on your mobile device. text today to 66866. finally friendsve may ended 14 years ago, but that's not stopping fashion designers. i ned some help who may be taking a cue from some of the show's iconic outfits. let's take a look back at this famous scene. >> oky, buddy, boy, there it is. you hide my clothes, i'm wearing everything you own. >> oh my god. that is so not the opposite of taking somody's underwear. look at me. i'm chandler. could i beearing any more clothes? >> no, he cannot. while joey okay was ridiculous, some people think valenciaga has

taken it seriously.it trikes a similar resemblance to joey's outfit. how much for that coat? >> a billion. >> nine grand. you consider that it' basically five coats in one, maybe not a bad deal after all. >> suckers. barney is calling. >> do you have a clique?e >> we hime for the daily clique. a group of whale watchers. a whale got up close and personal with their boat. have a look. >> oh my god, oh my god, ohod m . >> the whale just -- >> oh my god. stop it. >> what happens her they realize the whale got so close it scraped barnacles off the

belly of the whale on to the deck of the boat. >> are you kidding? >> he wasubbing his belly on the boat. >> was everybody all right? >> yeah. >> is that the while's face o a fin? what is that? >> that's terrifying. >> when your dog gets on the carpet, it's the same thing. >> anyway, there's youdaily. >> one whale going watch this. and the screams. roker? forecast, mr. >> hold on just a second, carson. get your barnacles off. undreds in the southwest. humidity along the southeast and we're watching something going on. potential tropical cyclone coming off the africa coast moving west at 17.

a 90% chance of formation in the next five days. still a long way ef, but we going to keep an eye on it. you can see we're coming up toe peak of the hurricane season which happens just after beptember 1st. so we're going t watching that very closely. that's what's going on around the that felt good. here's what's happening in your neck of theooods. >> morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell and mostly cloudy day today. a few rain dps across maryland. that's about it for now. a much better chance i should say of showers and thuerstorms bubbling up later on in the afternoon. it's a hot and humid day, whough. already in the 80s. mid to upper 70s in the suburb. highn temperatures today the upper 80s and low 90s. 10 10fiay forecast in abou minutes. as we've been talking about, craig has been putting the four eyed look this morning, but it's

because he's having struggles, folks. and ca on has the backstory. >> we're going to make this that teachable moment. you are sporting those fancy frames. craig in his 15 years of broadcasting excellence, you've never apparently worn glasses r a broadcast. is that right? >> never. >> what is the deal? >> 's not my look. i don't know. >> who would wear glasses on the air? >> here's what happene last night in anticipation of your glasses debut, you asked your instagram followers to helo youse your frames. so here's what you posted up yesterday. you shared this photo. three different options, jones h i think chanelle said it best when she commented they all look the same. they're difforent co different shapes and sizes. another fun posting, call officer winslow, urkel is on the loose. there's the old school. we should have gone old school. >> did i do that.

>> you sll play the violin? >> no. >> which frame ds you pick? >> the ones savannah picked in makeup. >> we've been watching twitter. people seem to like the ones you've chosen. craig, love theoo glasses. ng great. you're in good company. here's savannah. she's worn her shades before. i've done t same thing there. >> i've never seen that. et>>te r. it's all day every day for uncle al who rocks awesome glasses. he's wearing the glasses with the atcot, forgebout it. you have a contacte.ens issu i have one every day. i keep spare contact lenses and glasses in. i'm constantly swapping them out. we've got hanp on walk us through what's going on with you. >> i went in yesrrday at the uest of some of our colleagues. >> your eye was very red. >> my eye was red. i thought maybe it was allergies or something had gotten in

there. i went downstairs and he took a look, did an kparexam and it's corneal ulcer. >> it's an eye>>sore. to make sure this doesn't happen, we brought in the doctor. she's an -- >> a corneal ulcer, savannah is right, it's a sore in the eye. the cornea is the covering of your eye that nee to be clear. the contact lenses go over the cornea. if you weart the contoo long, you have a lack of oxygen getting there and it gives the ba bacteria a chance to get in there. >> you're saying he's been suffocating his eyeball. >> totally. >> has he been wearing his

lenses too sn.mu >> you've been sleeping in them, right? >> don't pretend like you've never done it. >> guilty. >> you should get the disposables and get a million so you can throw them away. >> you sound like my doctor. >> absolutely i set my patients to daily wear lenses. at the end of the dayou toss them. even if you're falling asleep at your computer, you've got these long hours. you don't need to put them in lution or clean them. you just toss them and start a new pair. >> i have tried dailwear. they don't work for me. i think they're more expensive. >> they are more expensive. >> the rest of us do bad things, like me and craig. >> corneal abrasion is a kratch? the cornea. it happens a lot. it's not a break t i skin where bacteria are getting in. it can hurt and the dtor will give you antibacterial drops so it won't get infected. >> if mine were to go untreated. what would have happened if i

had not gone in? >> if you had ignored it and kept wearing your contact happen? >> what would >> he's not going to see through that part of his scar, and i if went on it can go into your eye and lead to blindness. but the you would be wearing a cool patch every day. he yeah. >> i like glasses better. >> you just need to get a parrot and a hat. >> how long do you think i'll have to wear the glasses? >> it depends on the size of the ulcer, the h location and deep it was. if you went relatively early, about a maybe about a week. take i've seen them take up to threee weeks. >> don't sleep in your lens and wash them a sht. was >> ourh hands before you hands take them out. uygiene is really important. >> shouldn't just wear glasses and forget about contacts? >> no..ife o if you take good care of your eyes, contact lens and you're responsible. >> are you in dropsses when now> >> i am. i'm taking medicine.

thank you so much.t let don't let this happen to you.kn. everybody can relate. >> you've really made a spectacle of yourself. >> there you go. something you're going to want to doin your sleep. be made beautiful overnight. after your local news. good morning, 8:26 on thursday, augustet 30th. s start with a check on the roads with messa and your ltak lane broken down vehic blocki be dore washington boulevith some delays as well from an earlier crash. belt way looks pretty typical. inner loop hre through annandale. southbound 16th treat and northwest at military crash on the right side. we'll have a check on your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

warm and humid outside this morning and a skies will eventually give way to a chance for shond storms later on. cooler n highs will be

than the last few days. the 10-day forecast calls for the return of hot weather after we get past the holiday weekend. but pretty high chance for some showers around here bothriay and saturday.

it is it is 8:30 on this thursday morning, the 30th of august. august. is almost over can you believe it? what a great crowd we've got hee. really cool crowd. >> you look cute in your glasses. it's a hot, hot day outside. >> i walked into makeup in morninó and savannah, the@÷ w t

workplace bully, said to me? you're an eye sore. >> let'sy get the bu straight. i'm a bully from 1950. >> i've got a crowd moment. where are they? therehey are. ey're right7 behind me. did you know you have home girls here >> hi, guys. >> these are your dahters? >> yes. >> this is your fifth annual >> we don't ever miss. every we are we come and we don't miss you wguy. >>t to show the viewers at home. yu come to theplaza. what is that? >> you bring your little step stool and stand in line%[u and on it when you get tired of >> where are you from? >> oklahoma. >> thank you so much for coming by. we'll see you next year. >> that is brilliant. >> i love it. we've got to get a picture. ourearlyicture.

it matches ur dress. >> there's alorowinghreat to one of the mos popular cities ind the world at's nvenice. keir simmons again showing why he has the best job in the world and why the city i actually sinking. >> we may have to go down there. then it sounds too good to be true. go to sleep and wake up with healthier skin and hr. we'll show you products that can upgrade your beauty routine and you can sleep the whole time. also coming up, martha stewart iat it again. proof this time she's working her magic on pressure 'cookers. going to get her recipes and hang out with c marting up. >> pressure cookers all the rage. here's the question. is 76 degree in the hall sexist? you heard cynthia nixon allege

that with her debate. she thinks it needs to b76 for woman>> she thinks it needs to for a woman and anything less than that is sexist. men wear theig suits and women don't. she made the debate. we'll debate it when craig comes over. room temperature, ght? >> this is a debate in our studio as well. >> we've been doing a try this today series. one of the things the sen me is sword fighting. let me tell you. i don't mean fencing. >> you mean sabers? >> i mean "game of thrones," it's on. >> my money is on you. >> the most terrifying part is you p have to putut on a helmet and ty eve baicksmb and toohey're har they're long and they come and run over to you and they yell i don't know why, but they yell.e and they whack you in the head. i asked somebody to claim workers comp.yo you'll see.s >> megyn kelly at 9:00..

tune in. the mr. roker,r, a check o forecast, please, sir. he >> but he deserved it. >> i think it's actually another -- a word in another language that translates. i'll figure it out. >> in the meantime, when we figure that out, let's look at your weekend ahead including labor day. that's right. here we go. hot in the plains. for saturday the cool weather conditions or theeast. hot and humid in the mid plains. sunshine out west. wet weather he southeast. sunday sunday storms develop. oumild afternoon west. few storms in the northeast. on labor day monday the humidity increases in the northeast. heavy rain in the southwest. a beautiful day in the north west. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. hazy sunshine over washington here this morning. temperature downtown already up to 82 degrees. mid to upper 70s in most of the suburbs. certainly going to be a warm one. downtown upper 80s in the suburbs.

40% chance of showers and storms later. tomorrow an even higher chance for rain. 60% chance for rain on friday. as a result, a smidge cooler. if you're headed out to the maryland/texas game on saturday, warm and humid with a sk of some showers. don't forget you can always take us with you when youleave home. go to today sirius xm radio, it's free until september 10th. now we're taking you to venice italy. >> tourism and otherourism facte combining to alter the face of that city and not i a g is inve explain. >> reporter: good morning fromti beautiful venice. romantic,iciconic, a bucket lise destination for large numbers ou itmericans. buurns out you can love a place too much.crets,

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tremendous amount of time. and you can use cheaper pieces of meat. you make large amount i th 8 quarters. >> do you put the rice in? >> no . let it cook for 15 mi tes and then add the rice. you can taste that. it's ready to eat. >> this is so easy. in the pot you melt theer bu and then add these ingredients. a little bit of fresh ginger a garlic and your mushrooms. you saute those for a few minutes and ham, salted pepper, t broth and wh water and you cook that for all toger about 15 minutes. then add your no how does it taste. >> delicious. >> how did you make a whole cook book on pressure cookers? can you cook that manys? >> you can cook infinite

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so so good? >> and it's good for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. even dessert. >> thank you so much. the book isalled "pressure cooker". fourth hour coming up in a little while. and a mother/daughter painting date. craig is over at megyn kelly. starts right after your local news. 8:56 is youris time on thursday, august 30th, 2018. good morning to you. 'm eun yang. let's start with a check on the roads with me lace smssa and fo first 4 traffic. westbound 66 before 12a little it slow because of an earlier crash there.

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good morning, everybody. welcomo the show. i'm megyn kelly. here to discuss what's making the rounds today craig melvin and jenna bush hager, and from -- wait for it. >> amecan ninja warrior. >> great to have you here toda we're going to begin with a story in the headlines involving judging whether there's been a sexual assault on college campuses. there's a report the department of educati isproposing changes to how college and universities handle allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment. the changes would strengthen

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