good morning. taking aim. tropical storm florence gaining strengths overnight a looking like it will make a direct hit on the united ates. potentially a major hurricane. the north carolina governor declaring a state of emergency.i dylan tracking it presidential putdowns. former president obama taking on his successor and the party. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is the symptom. not the cause. t >> presidemp firing back. >> i'm sorry i watched it, but i ll asleep. >> and more fireworks could come today. we are live with the latest. deadly mistake. a white dallas police officer

facing a possible manslaughter charges early as today after fatally shooting at man at the apartment complex. she entered an apartment she thought was her own. his mother in disbelief. >> i could not believe it when we got that call. it just feels like a nightmare. all that plus what a mess. a cirque du soleil show cut short after mechanical malfunction spalys vegetable oil l over the cast and audience. open and shut. top men's tennis player nadal out of the u.s. open. q forced tt in the middle of of the match. serena williams goes for another grand slam title in the women's final lat today. and rap battle. cardi b. takes on nicki minaj at

an after party. it has everyone talking. today, september 8th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. hallie jackson made her way up from d.c. to join us. >> good to be with yo plenty to discuss. >> plenty to talk about. beautiful outside as we speak. the weather is what everybody is talking about. the top story.oo theng danger in the atlantic. tropical storm florence picking up steam and appearing to for the carolinas. dylan is following this closely. dylan, good morning. good morning. we are going to keep a close eye on the storm.ca bay the tropics. look at how many active storms weave besid florence. we have helene. that is a tropical stor we are watching tropical depression 9 as well. florence is a tropical storm right now. it is forecast to intensify over

the next 36-to-48 hours. it should be a hurrihene by time we go into tuesday. it could even be a major hurricane. gaining strength up to category three and forecast to become a category four storm. this whole area through here is the cone of uncertainty. it could go north or south. for right now, the track from the national hurricane center does have it on the path. if you look at the different models and how they are all sort of combining together, you can see that either way with the north or south carolina coast could be dealing with perhaps ae major hurriy the time we get into the end of next week. that is our variation for right now. preparely do have to for a storm somewhere on the southeast coast of the united states. theteing mechanism is the huge area of high pressure. all it has to do is dive a little to the southwest and it steers itore to south carolina. if it lifts a bit to the northeast, it steers more toward

north carolina. this det it is too early to determine the exact track and intensity. either way, the southeast coast should prepare for a major hurricane. sheinelle and hallie. a political storm is brewing after the split screening moment on friday. president trump versus former president obama with the midterms two months away. all of as the white house tries to figure out who wrote the bombshell op-ed. we start this morning wh nbc's geoff bennett. >> reporter: good morning. the hunt continues for the writer of the op-ed in"t new york times" over the president's fitness for office. the president wants to know who wrote it and asking the attorney general to find out. this morning, president trump taking fresh aim at the

anonymou administration official behind thes bombshell "new yormes" op-ed. mr. tmp calli on attorney general jeff sessions to get involved. >> i would say jeff should be investigating the author of the piece. i believe it n isional security. >> reporter: the white house immediately dialing back the president's remarks. insisting mr. trump is not dicting mr. sessions to do anything. press secretary sarah sanders is telling nbc news he is concerned that someone is undermining the executive branch. and the white house could not identify any l the unnamed author hasok . mr. trump is worried the anonymous official may have a national security clearance. >> he goes into a high level meeting. ncerning china or russia or north korea or something, i don't want him in those meetings.

>> reporter: asked if he can trust his own white house staff. >> i look around the room and say if i don't know somebody. >> reporter: with the o game who done it consuming on washingt president trump took his message on the road and lashing out at reporter bob woodward and his book which paints a dysfunctional west wi. >> this idiot who wrote this book. >> reporter: and dismissing former president barack obama's rebuke of him as boring. >> i'm sorry. i watched it, but iep fell as i found he's very good. very good for sleeping. >> reporter: and there's a new development in theussia ruvestigation. former tmp campaign aide george papadopoulos has been sentenced to 14 days in jail and e year of supervised release for lying to investigators. he is now the first member of the trump campaign to be sentenced in c the specinsel

russia investigation. sheinelle, llie. >> thank you. former president will be in southern california for candidates there. let's go to nbc's steve patterson wit more. steve, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. the former president expecte here in battleground orange county to fire up the democotic effortslip the house of representatives come november. dyt every is still talking about the searing speechm f yesterday. for the first time since leaving office, formerresident barack obama unloading on the trump administration and the republican party. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is symptom. not the cause. >> reporter: the former president's return to politics held in front of the crowd at the university of illinois friday delivering a direct attack on republicans in power. >> what happened to the

republan party? it's central organizing principle in foreign policy. was the fight against communism and now they are cozying up to the former hea of the kgb. >> reporter: and criticizing the resistance highlighted by the op-ed. >> they areoi not us a disservice by actively promoting 9 9 9 -- 90% of the crazy stuff coming out of the white house and promoting the other 10%. >> rorter: in a powerful moment, he addreed the handling of t white nationalists protest in charlottesville. >> we are supposed to stand u clearly and unee kwquivocally t it.nd up against

>> reporter: but the biggest was voter complacency. y >> if don't like what is going on right now, and you shouldn't, do not complain. don' has tag. don't boo. vote. >> reporter: so the former president is expected to speak for about 20 minutes. he is stumping for the challengers to key seats the party is calling critical t flipping the house in november. another crucial day here out west. sheinelle. >> steve patterson, thank you. >> elise jordan is a former campaign aide here with us. let's start with the west wing who de it. in my day job, when you ask officials about this, who is this person who wrote the op-ed. they say whyre you so obsessed with it is the president who wants to find out who theis perso directsi

directing the department of justice to do so. >> hes speaking about it and twheting about it. is saying the justice department should find the source. no information wal re. there was no criminal wrongdoing to look into, but this reflects that president trump sees government institutions as outlets to pursue his own whims versus the national security concerns. >> he says there are meetings about china and north koreand worries about that. does he have a point? >> it reflectingore on his management style and loyalty he has if he has political appointees andpe agenciesing out in this way. i think it is not helpful at all. i think the person, anonymous auth author, if they are b sove and doing so much to protect the country, they should put their name behind what they say. at the same time, donald ump magnifying the concerns of the author. >> i want to talk about the

incredible split screen on friday. you have one side with president trump calling for investigations into the political opponents ane on other side, president obama in illinois. really just going after president trump. at first i thought he wou not mention him by name. he did. abuse of power? >> andsi cring how president obama is classically cautious. >> are the divisions of the country laying ?ba >> president trump said there is more to be gained in theer mi by him speaking out and him directly attacking donald trump than by staying on the sidelines. you look where he is choosing to go on theampaigntrail. southern california in orange county. he is building on they popular there. he will go to the midwest. he is going to go to ohio. going to illinois. he is going to pennsylvania. he is not goi to florida, tennessee or georgia where he could be a distraction. he is going to the midwest where

voters who voted for him voted for donald trump in 2016. elise, the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh. the nominee. just wrapped up. did he do anything to hurt o help getting confirmed? >> i thinkre kavanaugh had a sol id performance this week. f anything, it was a distraction of democrats like cory booker by saying that he was doingomething so brave, yet, releasing information that had been eared. if anything, that did not enlighten the american public of what brett kavanaugh's philosophy is. t is more politics insid something that should be reserved for learning about the new supreme court justice. >> a vote potentially expected by the end of the month. elise, thank you. monday on "today"avannah will have the first live tv interview with bob the author of the book "fear

trump in the white house." g, a dallass morn police officer is expected to face a manslaughter charge after she shot and killed a man she thought was in her apartment. it turns out she was in his apartment. we have tammy leitner in dallas with more. tammy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. ats first, dal police did not realize it was one of their own that shot an unarmed man inside the apartment complex. things got more confusing as the officer said she thought she was in her own apartment. now the case is in the hands of whodallas district attorney is considering criminal charges. >> i couldn't believe it when we got that call. it just feels like a nightmare. >>ineporter: this mo that nightmare all too real. as allison john struggles to understand why her son was shot

and killed if his home b an off-duty dallas police office >> if he was a white man in that apartment, would it have been different? >> reporter: police say that officer who isad white just finished a full shift and initially said she entered 26-year-old's apartment thinking it was her own. >> she was still in uniform when she encountered mr. gene in the apartment. >> reporr: this is unclear what was said or why thepu offir ed the gun and shot him 911.re she calle >> if anybody can get a suspect description. >> reporter: the call shows the initial chao >> rightnow, there are more questions than we have answers.p >> reporter:ice say a blood sample was drawn to test for drugs or alhol. and an independent investigation is now under way while a community of faith comes together while a man who inspired many by his actions and voice. ♪ i am strong

>> reporter: jessica taught bible study alongside her close friend. >> how do you make sense of something like this? >> i'm trying t not go to a place of anger. >> reporter: while a grieving mother is determined to get answers. >> i need to look into her eyes and ask her why she did that to my n. she took away my heart. she took away my soe. took away everything. >> reporter: allison john flew to dallas last night hoping to get answers. she said her son would have wanted justice. back to you. >> heartbreaking. thank you. dylan is back with a quick look at the untry's recast. >> we could see flooding rain through the middle of the we've got someeavy rain moving through last night.

will we see it no.ay? just a few showers and drizzle at times. we'll have dry times as well. the heavyain returns overnight and through much of the day tomorrow. and then will florence impact us? it's possible. first, we're going to have to ck watch that t as we get into thursday, friday of next week. 74 today here in d.c. 60s a >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. still to come, up in smoke. tesla stock plunges after the founder is seen smoking pot in the middle of the bizarre interview. comeback.about a serena williams hoping to make history at the u.s. open one year after giving birth and nearly dying.hi but first tis "today" on nbc. (announcer) there's a freedom about asheville.

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williams. the tennis superstar playing ie finals of the u.s. open later today. hoping to make history. >> we have nbc' matt bradley outside the tennis center where serena will be playing. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this is a tennis match people have been waiting for. if serena wins, it will be her 24th grand slam title. matching the most ever. all of yis oner after a complicated pregnancy gave her a brush with death. >> seren williams back in the u.s. open final.te >> repor after a big win in the semifinals, today, the queen of tennis, could crown herself again. serena williams takes to the u.s. open court against naomi

osaka. r osaka, playing serena is a dream come true. >> shouldn't think of her as my idol. just play as an opponent. >> reporter: now it is serena's daughter alexis olympia who has just turned one. it is hard to believe that a year agoer thata was fighting for her life after as i complicate -- after a complicated delivery. andri ans the ban at thepe french on with smiles. >> i feel like a superhero. >> reporter: and sporting a tutu at the u.s. open and showing off her matching mini me. serena's journey telling nbc news her daughter is an i inspiratisp ation. >> having me daughter has been an amazing year. >> reporter: today's match could make for a comeback worthy of

tennis' reigning queen. serena's match is at 4:00. the men's final is set. after rafael nadal was forced to retireith a knee injury in the second set of the semifina now novak djokovic takes on juan martin del potro tomorrow.o backu. >> she is a queen of tennis. if she wins this, this is more unbelievable. >> he said it. if you don't follow tennis, this is something that is almost larger than that. imagine to havingnj any or income the hospital. >> or going maternity leave and coming bacing can i get back to the top. >> we will watch. still to come,onhert of a lifetime. sir paul mccartney playing a show right in the

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good morn7:g. on this saturday, september 8th. here's a look at some of the top stories this morning. police are searching for the gunman in this surveillance video. they say he hit a six-year-old girl with a stray bulle in southeast d.c. you can see a dark car stop and then a person hops out. the gunman begins shooting after this. the gxpl isted to be okay. a look at the weather. the nats take on the cubs in a uble header last night's storms postponed the game. the first game is05 at his afternoon. the second one about 45 minutes after that. it was a rough friday night with the storms in our area. lauren

well, temperatures are going to be in the 60s and 7 today. plenty of dry times. also some drizzle. some light rain. some mist. heavier rain moves in overnight. pect heavy rain throughout the day. tomorrow in the 60s. shower and thunderstorms

possible tuesday. one thing owtomo it's breezy. thursday, we'll have to watch florence hded to the eastern ah. this is so surprisingly good. s>> taste like a doughnut. >> feel good? >> joy. back on a saturday morning with harry smith enjoying a few of the treats at the minnesota state fair. now harry's reaction counts for anything this fair is one that is not to be missed. more on his eating adventure coming up. a check of the headlines. tropicalloerenc sto picking e atlantic.h in it could hit the carolinas by next week.

north carolinood evenin a cirque du soleil performance was canceled after a tank sprayed vegetable oil sprayed all over. people were escorted out of the building and offered reimbur reimburseme reimbursements. no one was hurt. and peoe around the untry remembering rapper mac miller this mornin he died friday of an apparent drug overdose. he is known for "loud" and "smile back." ariana grande has not commented on his he released his latest album this lausummer. he was 26 years old. have you heard about tesla? the stock is down this morning. it has to do with the company's founder and ceo elon musk and bizarre interview he had this

week while smoking a joint. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> if there are two futures and one future is out among the stars. >> reporter: this morning, t backlash. for two and a half hours elon musk with joe rogan. >> what is it like? what i going on? >> never ending explosion. >> just constant ideas? bouncing around? >> yes. >>eporter: but todayt is this moment making headlines across the by his world. >>n i m's legal, right? >> totally legal. >> reporter: musk under fire after taking a hit of marijuana mixed with tobacc ntobacco. >> i a regular smoker of weed. >> how often? >> almost never. i don't find it is good for productivity. >> reporter: critics say it is the latest misstep for the ceo of tesla and space-x. last month, he walked back the

claim of taking the company private. musk told the new york times this past year is the most difficult and painful year of my career. >> he is going throughsss and he is bringing everyone along for the ride. whether that is good for shareholders ornot, wasn't today. >> reporter: working to revolutionize with transportation with undergroun pods, musk is on the ground of cutting edge artificia intelligence. >> we have to question his stability. >> reporter: this morning, new worry as tla stock drops after its ceo took a hit. fo "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. greatness for a former "cosby show" actor after a photo went viral.of ey owens is going from

bagging groceries to a popular tv show. more from kathy park. >> reporter: this mning, former star sgrksgeoffrey owens appear in "the haves and t have-nots." tyler perry is hiring him after the photo went viral. saying i have so much respect for people whoe h between. gi on her radio show,ic minaj criticized a woman who took the photo. >> you want to embarrass this hard working man? >> reporter: minaj offered him $25,000. patricia heaton offered support. i worked on "30 something" and i worked on depositions to p my rent. >> i am more of a celebrity now than when i actually was a

celebrity. >> reporter: in the interview with "good morning america" owens said his career in acting and teaching did not always pay enough. >> i wanted a job to have flexibility and try to stay in the business. >> reporter: andle the woman behind the photo now says s regrets going public with the picture. >> having dinamr withy and friends. that's what's important. >> reporter: it's now the working actor getting the last laugh. for "today," kathy park, nbc news, los angeles. >> to be continued. dylan is here with a check of the forecast. >> i'll focus on the rain in the country.f the a stalled front and remnants of tropical storm gordon continuing to pump in moisture. heavy rain in st. louis right now andoi southern ill

a dyl showed you, a lot of heavy rain is going to s north of our area for today. tomorrow we could have periods ofoderate rain. 74 today. a lot of areas in the 60s. we'll have plenty of dry times. light rain,zl dr mist as we go through the day today. again, a fewer showers and there, but i do even believe the nats game will be fine. we have t double header. heavy rain moves in later tonight and then expect heavygh rain thr

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words lik guac. avo. odle and ng. irritable or irritable due to hunger. margaret says they don't look like words, but an brief atie abbreviations. and richard made this statement. tldr describes the dictionary. very meta. they are only used when they are widely accepted in language and culture. i don't know. they are weird. >> what is zoodle? >> zuchini noodle. hangry has been aund for years. >> it takes partf to be part daily use before it is added. >> guac?o as not said that their entire lives? >> short for guacamole.

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t.> all ri just started drizzling here in new york city. bacon on a stick and ice cream burrito. b b bananas foster. that is what you can find at the minnesota state fair. >> the offerings are endless. when harry smith offered to check it out, we said eat, drink

and be harry. >> the minnesota state fair is a big dang deal. 2 million people came this year. the main attraction?od . ♪ fudge puppies >> minnesotansh along weing nice, are creative with the culinary delights. >> a bwagium ffle. >> can i taste it? >> you will taste it and eat it. >> our guide in the foray in food is stephanie march.ed or of ask the st. paul dagazine. she taste every food here for a >> i'm here every day. i have discovery moments. >> next t stop, hamlin church dining hall. serving the multitudes for 121 years. >> this is our bananas foster.

scinnamon french toast. >> how many years have youre be he >> 60. >> 60 years here? >> yes. >> feel good? >> of cour down the midway is bacon on a stick. >> quarter pound of bacon on a stick. >> a sweet corn the likes of which you never tasted before. the seed comes fromja n. >> from japan. grown in the beautifuloil of central minnesota. >> all of minnesota stands here this corner and does this. we stop and we just consume this corn. >> you can walk off a lot of calories on the 2 acre fair ground. then wcame this. they make a burrito of ice cream and cottonnd >> this is the first time all day i might throw up. thank you very much.

>> cheers. >> this is so surprisingly good. >> i know. >> and sweet teeth not yet satisfied, we had to try. >> mini doughnut beer? >> and? >> cinnamon sugar on the rim of the glass. everyone allr for day long. >> it tastes like a doughnut. it's overwhelming, of course. too many choices. temptations to beat the band. somere downright delicious. >> they grill the peachnd top it with goat chees and herbs. as a food coma was about to overtake us, we discovered the blue barn. it is boozy. i >> it boozy and frothy lemonade. >> it is a beef and fork meatball and ligonber jam.

>> rest assured, we did not end our visit with the ride on the tilt- tilt-a-whirl. like everyone else, we stopped forcookies. it is what everyone does. >>cookie! >> for "today," harrysm h, st. paul, minnesota. >> which is your favorite? >> cton candy burrito was weird sgrch weird. foster.me, bananas >> it is weird being made. >> i would have something chocolate. >> i would like cheese. >> oreo on a stick. for me, you know i'm from kansas. thsas state fair was a highlight of my childhood. we not miss it. i would go with my siblings and andparents. we didn't miss a year. >> what was theounty fair? that was something we looked

forward to growing up. >> what did you looked for every year? >> the rides. the butter cow. you know about the butter cow? >> absolutely. the butter cow. he can relate. its a b deal. the refrigerated section. a huge cow of butter. >> okay. to each their own. e>> i l funnel cakes. >> funnel cakes too. if you don't live nearone, go find one. >> we'll be back in just a s ment. this i"today" on nbc.

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good srning. aight ahead on news 4 today. >> well, we've got a lot of rain that moved throughast night. could we see a repeat for this weekend? is it a weekend washout? ut'll talk a that and we'll talk about florence headed to the eastern seaboard. that and more c.ing the rain shut down plenty of plans last night. more weekend showers could be the way. and we're going to get you ready for the chaos on the roads. the race for the cure is this morning. we'll help younavigate. >> facebook live coming up in just a few minutes when

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several weekend races takinger today. and a decade old letter says the vatican knew about sexual abus claims against a former d. bishop. now it's playing a part in an alleged coverup by pope. >> first, welcome in saturday morning. it's 8:00 on the dot. thank you for being with us.>> holy storms yesterday. >> hold onto your hat. get your umbrellas out. >> it was >> and you needed sunglasses for the lightning strike. it have unbelievable. >> i was sitting inside my apartmen i could s lightning all throughout the windows in my apartment. it seemed like it wa so close. that's a good stat i'm going to look atif t's concentrated where i am, i know it was elsewhere. elsewhere we gt aot ofrain, and if you're around the d.c. areaetro yesterday,