. good morning. breaking overnight, president trump just landing in britain. his first state visit to the uk. the royals rolling out the red carpet. the queen ready to hos the president at buckingha palace, londoners ready to protest. we're there live. warning signs? what a woman killed in the virginia beach killing said in the past as police search f clues. and the community contends with the e.unthinkabl chaos in veni new video showing the moment a assive cruise ship slams into boat and docks, tourists forced

to flee. at least five people injured. this morning the calls to ban those cruise ships from the venice canal. all that, relentless historic flooding across the mid-west. levees breached. more rain is>nder way. >> under arrest, a connecticut police take e and his husband in custody. the warriors rebound in a big ay, beating toronto in game two, the series is all tied up today, monday, june 3rd, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us. we have craig in for who dark, she's on matnity leave.

>> she will be back soon. >> let's get right to news this morning, the president started the historic trip to great britain. only the third official state visit by a u.s. president. it comes at a time of political turmoil on both sides of the pond. security, anticipation, in some cases anger are high. nbc white house correspondent peter alexander is in london. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. from here in london, president trump is the guest of honor here in a sers of ceremonial celebration, lunch hosted by the queen in the next couple of hours. but to many brits, he is an unwelcome guest. the president stirring up controversy before he even landed. this morning, trading insuths wilondon's mayor and offering his unsolicited popinions on british politics and brexit. the president and first lady stepping on in the uk, lashing out at london's mayor sadiq

khan, calming him a stone cold loser after khan recently blasted the president's behavior as abhorrent andfe densive. >> i don't think we should be rolling out the red carpet. >> repor wr: tonight hel be honored by the queen. not attending the newest royal, the duchess of sussex, the american princess meghan markle, a month removed from her sonarchie, days ago they asked trump about markle's comments describing him as miss some nistic. >> she said she'd move to canada if you got elected. it turns out she moved to britain. >> a lot of people areov mg here. no, i didn't know she was nasty. >> he denied i never called meghan markle nasty. >> she will be very good. she should be very good. >> reporter: herhusband, prince harry is expected to meet the trumps at a lunch pay long side prince william and duchess kate.

also taking part president trump's children includingug dahter ivanka and jared kushner. the brits are preparing for major protests and making the giant return the maybe balloon meant to mock the president. the british broadcaster owned by the parent company comcast. the president already enflamed tensions here by weighing in on ree fiery debate from the planned departu from the european union after criticizing resa may during his last visit now suggesting the pro brexit former mayor of london boris good n would be a candidate to succeed may who leaves officer this week. >> he's been a friend of mine. he's been very nice. i have a very good relationship with him. >> reporter: but given president trump's unpopularity here, it is endorsementher that will help or hurt boris johnson's chance of becoming n britain'st leader. savann , craig. >>peter, this is an official state visit, which means the schedule is packed. what else for today?

f reporter: yeah, you are right, al plate, the lunch at the pa, a tour of westminster abbie, he will lay a wreath. all of it be every that state dinner tonight where they will beal following strict roy dining protocol, we are told, white ties and tiaras and both president trump and queen elizabeth are expected to be delivering toasts as well. >> all right. peter alexander, leading us off from london. thank you, peter. also thi rning, we are learning more about the mass government shooting at virginia beach. 12 lives lost, this morning, four others remain hospitalized. nbc news'om costello joins us on the latest investigation. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. flowers and flags here outside of building number 2. dewayne craddock workedn as a engineer 15 years. he resigned early in the morning via e-mail. he still had his pass to get through locked doors.

at least one victim said he seemed anti-socialernd made h feel uncomfortable. this morning virginia beach is reeling fromtrhe couns latest mass murder. 12 crosses stand in memory of the victims who are gunned down friday afternoon at the municipal amdibungil .them, 39-year-old la brown.il the fam is devastated. >> i have witnessed family members cry from such death that there is no sound. >> reporter: she worked in the zoning office. her path was as a jehovah minister and volunteering in haiti. she said she had concerns about dewayne craddock, theuspect in friday's massacre. >> she actually felt that, that he wasn't, he wasn't, you know in his right mind at times. >> reporter: she described craddock as anti-social. >> to your knowledge did he ever threaten anybody in that office? had he expressed any feelings

like he was threatening them? >> not to our knowledge. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> reperter: the first offic were on the scene within two minutes as craddock unloaded two ..45 caliber ammunition, one with a silencer. he engaged in a running gun battle with police, firing through doors and walls. >> our suspect was not lacking for ammunition the only thing that separated him from more deaths is time and we had to reduce the amount of time p >> reporter:olice eventually shot craddock. he died at the hospital. a note l att his home by o relativesffered condolences to the victims' families but no clues toin the rampage. investigators say they still don't know why. they say he was not fing disciplinary issues but had resigned earlier in the d by e-mail. >> he was not terminated and he was not in the process of being terminated. >> reporter: this morning, four

victims remain hospitalized all in critical condition. 12 will never return home as this community asks, why? >> timely no response in situations like this is paramount. how prepared was local law enforcement for this particular situation? >> reporter: so the virginia beach police department is literally right across the parking lot. they were there within minutes and fetectives were thest on the scene, not s.w.a.t. the police chief here is urging try, e across the co trained for an active shooter situation. these detectives were cross-trained along with every other fire and ems in active shooter situations. the chief said t at made the difference in quickly pinning down the suspect and trying to treat the victims asly quick as they could. >> all right, tom costello for us there in virginia beach. thank you ch. channel jones. savannah had to step away for specialoverage of the president's vis fitn. brit

let's turn to the south. with new levees in dangers, severe sweater expected over the weekend and more today. gabe gutierrez is liveit in le rock with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: channel, good morning. take a look at the river behind me, all the water is rushing down stream. the river is still rising here, it'sre expec today. so many communities in this region have been devastated. this morning, more tommunities south and the plains and the mid-west. in pine bluff arkansr, the riveas crept up the rooftop. some are at their mandatory evacuation order. >> it's crazy, you can't explain it. >> we toured ft. smith on the western edge of the state where the flood waters have been relentless for days. >> it's been huge. it's going to continue to be huge, because once this water family gets out of here, people are going to start to try to rebuild and clean up and so we're going to be dealing with this probably all summer.

>> right here, the arkansas river kresd at aecord 40.8 hoetme ,.fe sp>> the water, it was right upn top ofth e. >> reporter: ben is cleaning up after the water seeped into his riverside home. >> you see the trees over there that's the river. the rest of that is yard. >> it's a crazy amount of water. >> that's what i'm saying. >>. >> reporter: the severe weather and hail targeting texas overnight after weeks of torrential rain, 300 river gauges are at flood stage forcing evacuations in missouri. flooding parts of burlington, iowa, breaching this levee in arkansas. >> how tough is it to look at this with so muc what under the circumstances? >> it is heart breaking. it's god awful. because we didn't have time to get all of our furnitu out. everything still in there until we can get ins i see what it's like, we have no idea what's destroyed report. across the river over the

weekend in little rock authorities went door-to-door to urge some residents leaving. this region is expecting more rain this week. channel, craig. >> it's tough to speak. thanks. first, an investigation is under way after a massive cruise ship plowed into another tourist boat and docked in venice injuring at least five people. >> that crash caught on camera by people on the ship and on la as well. nbc news' kelly kobiaya is in venice for us. kelly, this is som wild video. >> reporter: yeah, it's truly scary to watch that and iggine beinn the boat, craig this canal is one of the busiest in all of venice, especiay during tourist season. >> that dock where this happened is still behind me. it's still closed. >> that small riverboat tied up after a run-in with a 66,000 on the cruise ship. the msc cruise ship scratched

and dentd after this. the 900-foot ship, alarms aring, crashed into a riverboat and a ccrete dock sunday morning. tourists panicked and scrambled to get out of the way. some slipping into the water as the massive ship collided with a riverboat, injuring four, including an american tourist. the riverboat is stillbook docked here this morning. the peoplehat were injured were on that rooftop terrace having breakfast when the ship closed in. >> it hit the gang plank the first hit. so it drove loose and holding onto the rope and then it hit again. >> reporter: he saw it all from his apartment. a pretty scary moment? >> it wasy. scar it was scary. some of the victims, it could have been very, very much worse. >> reporter: the cruise ship operator said two tugboats were leading through the canal when the ship had a technical problem. italian media reported one of

the tug lines snapped. ercruise ships are controval in venice. at the hght of the isn't they crash through every day, the wake eroding the onfoundati of this fragile city. >> sometimes it's like a freeway. it's busy. >> reporter: there have been talk of bank them from the central canal for years. this morng, government officials are planning on taking action. after seeing this, many fear, say a change can't come soon enough. two of the injured are still in the hospital this morning. the cruise ship company says they're cooperating with the investigation. they also say that that ship is headed back out to sea in jt a few hours with passengers on board and a lot of questions still unanswered this morning. guys. >> kelly, thank you. >> there is a lot g more to to this morning, including the desperate search for eight climbeissing in the himalayas after an avalanche on the second highest mountain. among the group, two americans.

internationalorrespondent keir simmons has late breaking information on that search. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys, potentially devastating news, first a backpaas seen near an area of the avalanche, now reports five bodies have been seen on the mountain. the team of adventurers began their trip two weeks ago, failed nto retur to base camp. the search for eight mountain climbers missing a week after a heavy avalanche, the associated press reporting that intdian airport pilots have spotted five bodies before the snow suspended the search. rescue operations are set to oreview tuesday. the group of 12 heading to different mountain peaks, four were rescued. theiroal an unclaimed, unnamed summit in the malayas, everest. the family one of two americans on the fated expedition

issued a hopeful statement saying, our dad was a highly experiend climber, and outdoorsman and an accomplished medical the well trained in emergency medical care. the family of british guide er guideoran says ano when to search for them after they did not make an expected tturn to base camp. added thathere was clear evidence that a sight of a avalanche had occurred. >> i still belve ane in four possibility that they may come back alive. >> reporter: the indian mounineering federation, the issuing an air alert search it's higher than mounteverest wher 11 climbers died last month alone. >> it's a kind of a part of a world above the altitude the body is struggling to breathe and to sustain life for any long duration of time. >> reporter: this is one of the deadliest mountaiseasons in everest, due in part to the

short climbopularity a peak. >> there was massive traffic jams and people are pushing themselves. >> reporter: trekking in the indian himalayas have been called off because of the risk of avalanches and that search andasescue operation w suspended because of snow and heavy rain. now it has begun again, potentially terrible news. back to you, ys. thank t breaking, keir, you. also this morning, the nba finals tied up at one game apie now after golden state beat toronto last night e109-10. th warriors battling backrom a first half deficit to pick up a key win on the road. ay thompson led the warriors, led them with 25 points before leaving the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury. gamethree, wednesday night, headed west now. on hand last night, president barack obama got a standing ovation, seated next to his buddy, also, he and seth curry

are friends. we don't know -- >> between president obama, drake, there areo many headlines around the game. right? >> lots of story lines there in toronto. let's turn back to the weather now, get al's first forecast. mr. roker, what are we looking ? >> yesterday, we had torrential downpours in thenortheast. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. >> reporter: hi, everybodrn good mog. as we come on the air, the president has just arrived at p buckinghamace from london for his first official state visit to great britain. this is the first stop as he greets the royal family there. and this will be a very busy week. we will take him across the channel tonormandy, france, for the official official d-day. the president landed a few hours ago. a seven-and-a-half hour flight from washington.l he wil received by queen elizabeth. all the pomp and ceremony.

you can see him in thebu ingham gardens and be nceeted by the pri of wales, dutch charles and the duchess of cornwall walking with melania trump. we are looking at that time ceremonial gun saluhe. as t walk the stairs, they will in a moment be greeted by een elizabeth, her set. our correspondent are lined up. trir simmons is at one of the palace ences, there we have the big moment with the queen. keir, what's the mood there as the president comes for his first official state visit? i believe we are wait fogger kei -- waiting for keir simmons as we see the greeting between the president, the queen, prince charles, the duchess of cornwall. we have halle jackson, already before he got here, he's made a lot of adlines,halle?

>> reporter: he sure is, savannah. y you can see the royal fam walking in with president trump and the first lady and the president was essentially on his way over just before, he did an interview, several of them. which he took aim not just at some members of the royal family but at prime minister teresa may herselab let's talk t the royal piece of this president trump will prince charles, they will take tea later on is prepared for the possibility of climate change to woman up. this is near and dear to his heart. he and the president do not see eye-to-eye. >> that said, president trump is a fan of the queen. he has spoken very complimentary of her before. this is his first official state visit, write means the queen is formally hosting the trump family. he has been tohe uk for a working visit in the past and has met the queen previously. there was a minor dustup over a potent protocol breach. president trump appeared to walk in front of the queen.

his advance team warned him not to make that same thing again. we have seen no breaches of protocol i can tell, at least. kemi in , megan mark him, of course, she is home with her young infant sonar chi. she and prince harry just had a baby. president trump was asked interview about the comments that markle made prior to his becoming a president in16 20 in which she calls him miss some nistic. -- missome niik /* /- mysongeni. a real a pomp pageantry. this is what he likes best. keep in mind the centerpiece of today's visit will be state visit at buckleham palace. a lot of eyes on that. >> standre by t we await some of the formal welcomes that are about to happen at buckingham

palace. th president having just walked inside, greeted by the queen, greeted by prince charles and camilla. let's go to keir isimmons. hink we have him now. he's just outside buckingham llace at the gate. are youal as they say, how is this meeting being received? >> reporter: well,here were cheers outside buckingham palace as the marine one swoops down behind me, you can see the royal standard flying over the palace. >> that tells us of course that we needed telling the queen is in residence, it's not just the queen, an entourage of the royal family, who will meet the president. these statements are all about the royal family. they are the centerpiece of this this is a diplomatic dance that will be done in the coming days. first, though, we are waiting for the predent to inspect the grenadiere guards, who are at the back of buckingham palace there. normally that ipection would

take place at the front of the palace. it's happening at the back, perhaps security reasons. anothe in the past, leaders have ridden over to my right in an open topr cage. no american president has done that, again programs for security reasons as we know, presidents w.bush, president obama, both were afforded a state visit like this neither of them chose to ride through the mile in that way. of course, president trump will not be staying here at bucking ham palace because of renovation work. half a billion worth of renovationwork, savannah. the president may want to inspect that and give his views. but through the day. we willee him have an informal lunch, including with prince harry, which will be an interesting interaction, given those press reports of the comments from the president about megan, then he will go to westminster abbie, the scene of

so many famous events here in london, of course, not least at the wedding of chaes and diana all those decades ago, there he will rail the tomb of the unknown warrior. >> that to mark the first world war. then there will be an afternoon tea with charles and camilla. again, as halle was saying, that will be an interesting interaction, given the fact that charles and president trump are around t same e. but we know hold very different views. prince charles believes that climate change is a real threat. he believes in organic food. those conversations may come up. but the british royal family in the end are professional diplomats, savannah, this trip is all about the diplomacy,ab a t britain putting its best foot forward as america's closest ally. in the background there, you can hear the 82-gun salute for the president's arrival. more than the normal41-gun

salute because it is for the queen's coronation and the state visit as the president might like to say, a huge gun salute. savannah. >> yeah, we hear them right there, at the ral park continuing on this morning, keir, as you speak. the president, of course, coming to london at a time of internal turmoil there with prime minister teresa may. i believe this is her last week in office. she was forced to step down over brexit. we see him in some of the interviews in the leadup to this visit dabbleing a bit in britiss poli r.r: >> reportehere are some eyebrows, to be honest, that is not unexpected. no one expected president trump would arrive in notigate in politics, although this state visit very much about the british royal family. ministereet with pri teresa may tomorrow. there will be political events. there are reports, savannah, of

some back and forth between downing street a the president's entourage over whether president trump will meet with nigel faraj who famous will i the politician who led the brexit campaign. as you suggest, savannah, this is a timeic of polital turmoil here in the uk. a very, very difficult time. but i suppose y could say in a sense that's what the brirosh l family are for. they stand above the politics. i suspect this will be the case even if there are some know faux the hope will be this will be a successful trip. >> the images show thepr esident's adult children are here. ivanka trump and jared kushner both senior advisers to the president as well. rumpr members of the family are there. we are srting to see some of

that royal rollout you have been telling us about as s we all the trappings of a ceremonial state visit and some of the members of the family gathered there to witness it. halle, what would you say is the president's goal here? obviously, he's often spoken about the u.s.' special relationshai with brit what's the state of that relationship right now? i know the president has been talking about getting a trade deal with the teuk. >> repor that's right. and both the president and prime minister may have talked about what a close and important bond that both of these consistenve ha savannah, you look at that balcony shot. not just ivanka trump and treasureer steven mnuchin is here as well. you a wt he does want to get out of there? he may release a statement over teresa over hauwei. this is a sticking perspective. the u.s. wants the uk to do less business with this chinese

company with hauwei and that is going to be a msage that president trump has said he will deliver to teresa may. more broadly when he talked ability ttrade,re are real question marks. you and keir have talked about this extraordinary chaos in th uk. at the end of this week, teresa may will no longer be the leader of the estori she will remain in name only until a new prime minister is elected. it's mucharore a c taker role. she in essence after friday loses the power and authority she has had. one of her last acts will be this meeting with president events his series of this week, which puts a pin on the fact that this is such a itical time for the president to be here. he wants a bilateral tra deal between the u.s. and the uk. until the uk can work out its own deal with the eu as itwh to get out of brexit, there will be question marks whether president trump will be able to get that done. it is more likely he has to hold

off until the october 31st deadline to make a deal for briblths or else to get out with redict can experts be catastrophic here. >> let's go over to keir. he also has his ehes on local politics there. how is this notion of a state visit being received over there? i know he has been to london before as president. but this is the first time he's been given the honor of a state visit, which, of course, on the left of our screens there, we can see what that means at buckingham palace. the royal guard is assembled in l of its finery. we will see what that means. what does it mean not just in terms of what we see in the , ceremony but in terms of the relationship and the signal that it sends, keir. >> reporter: y know, savannah, that's such a tough question to answer. i guess i would answer it like this. this country, the uk is as polarized as the u.s. politically right now. so as you can imagine, it's very

difficult to honor the feeling in the country. there will be. there are certainly, many british people who were opposed to this visit. there are also many british people who believe that there is good idea after all in the end, the uk fits in this unique position as an island in theic atlantff of europe, but very much looking towards america, with all of the history between the two countries. whether a trade deal can be done between britain and thes. u. i mean, that depends on so many factors, not the least of which ontinuing otiations between britain and europe because europe's deal with a britain a part of the european uon makes it impossible for an independent trade deal to be done and it may be that it's in the future with europe doesn't make that possible, either. so so many question marks, i thk in terms of the mayor of london sadiq khan and that argument, that public argument that president trump has been drawn into, sadiq khan is a

politician. he will know that there are many voters in london who do not like president trump. so, politically, from his points of view, it'sed a van teenagious to get -- oweta advangeous to get him into an architect of that ture. perhaps president trumphi tnks it's advantageous for him, too. who knows? crucially as we watch these pictures of the pomp and ceremony outside of buckingham palace, the idea wilbe to try to rise above all that and be able to say in decades to come thebe uk to able to say in decades to come even amongst all of its political turmoil, britain stood with america, was a very open to the u.s. president coming and being given all of the heirs and graces of a visit to the uk, a state visit to the uk. just as previous presidents have been offered. so, it is very mh a diplomatic

event. it is very much about saying no matter what the particular issues of our time in the long term britain and the uktands -- sorry america and the uk stand together. >> and we are, of course, keeping our eye on the garden of buckingham palace, where a welcoming ceremony is about to take inace. de, the president is meeting with the queen. we also, of course, saw the welcome at the helicopter as it touched down at buckingham palace between prince charles and camilla who greeted the president and the first lady. we see on the balcony, people are getting a good vie of the events, jared kushner, treasury secretarteven mnuchin. halle, you will be traveling with the president all week long, a solemn duty as we honor the anniversary of normandy, d-day, 75 years, the president plans to travel to france for

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this evening, the begin of several days longou jey to london, the uk and europe t honor the 75th anniversary of d-day. we will keep an eye on this, for most of you will return to "today." others will return to regular prraming. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. this has been an nbc special report. guthrie, this has been an nbc news special report. >> being outdoors helps. i grew up on a farm. that's what centersme. >> reporter: a far cry cry from where she found herse lf sheer found hlf in the spring of 2003. in iraq, looking for terrorists. >> you had never been to a war zone? >> i had never aeen to war zone. >> you were in your early 30s? >> yes. >> you find yourself as baghdad international airport weeks after u.s. soldiers take control of the city? >> ye t >> what wast like? >> when i first got off the airplane, just essentially

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>> repornr: now living i washington state, no longer working for the cia, she marvels at the unimaginable course for her life. do you ever sit down setimes and think? look at me this girl from montana? >> all the time. >> look what happened. >> i'm sitting here wondering the same thing. >> the cia declined our request for comment. she contracted work for a social media company. she said someone should tell the stor i of whatwas like on the ground for the cia. she also wants more women to be interested in working in national security f. shecan, she says, you can, too. channel. >> she wants to get her story out, you indicated she has to sue. why? >> once you leave the cia, obviously you have a whole host of information tha is classified. they want to know if you publish something whether or not it will be published. they didn't want her to pun

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this is a news 4 todayews break. >> 7:56 is your time on this monday, june 3rd, good morning, everne, i'm euan yang. starting today, d.c. is holding lanes during the morning and evening compute. violators could be ticketed $200. now let's check the commute. hi, mellissa. >> reporter: good morninhe right now t beltway is looking typical as you are approaching georgia avenue. manassas eastbound 66 we have a crash there. silver spring parkway at wayne avenue we have an accident that's slow as well. >> thank you. we'll take a break now, check your forecast next. stay with us.

good morning, i'm storm steam 4 meteorologist chuck bell, temperatures are in ae 50s 60 on your monday

morning. it will be a sunny and breezy at times monday afternoon. afternoon temperatures, though, will stay only in the low 70s. it's about 10 degrees cooler thanverage here for early june. that's a bonus for sure. sair conditioner i off. we'll be in the 40s and 50s tomorrow morning, rise into the mid-70s tomorrow afternoon. 100% sunshin t bothay and tomorrow. the extended forecast is for a little return of rain chances late in the day on wednesday. what you will notice there after we had three 90s in a row last week, no 90s in sightor the next ten days. >> okay. thank you. another local news update. acright now bk to the "today" show after this short break. awe. as in, in with the fastest, most relianie internet from xfi xfi. so you can be in with brilliantly connected deces in every room. and in with finding all your favorites on live tv and streaming apps with just your voice. this spring it's out with the old, and inesith simple, easy, awome. don't miss the xfinity spring sale.

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and jnna gaines graduates from harvard after completing the school business program. we will take you iide this today monday june 3rd, 2019. >> morning, happy 40. >> happy birthday to my brher? >> in el paso, texas. >> from tennessee. [ music playing ] o>> it took us 17 hou get here from new orleans. >> but we made it! >> to a small town in mississippi. >> good morning from douglas, south dakota. we are the nicholson half trail finishers. >> i love it. so much to celebrate there. that's cool and a nicegh bri shiny day, good morning, it's monday. it's nice to have you along with us to start the workweek. >>e will get out and enjoy them in just a bit.

by the way, the plaza shoutouts, you have been doing very well. we want to you keep it up. record a short video, put it on twitter on instagram. >> that's right. we love that keep them coming. let's get right to the news, the president arrives in great britain for a state visit that includes a meeting with queen elizabeth. we will face protests there and friction with some members of the royal faly. perhaps, nbc white house correspondent peter alexander is traveling with the president. hi, peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, satisfyia, good morning to you, president trump and the first lady welcomed p with thep and pageantry he loves, aliverrivin buckingham palace, greeted which the queen. this celebraon is likely to be at buckingham palace and a with prince charles. the president is also an

unwelcomed geftds in the eyes of many brits. president trump latchr lashing out at loon's critic. after the mayor said it was unbritish to roll out the red carpet for him. callinghe duchess of sussex meghan markle nasty when her describing him as misogynistic. she will not be at the dinner night. he is praising prime minister teresa may possible successor and pushing for departure from europe europeanen in. >> all right. peter alexander, thanks, peter. meanwhile, with tensions rising in the middle east, the united states says it is ready to hold talks with iran. no pre conditions. however, secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. will not ease up on sanctions. the trump administration accused

iran of destabilizing the region. it also wants iran to weigh in its nuclear program. officials a still searching for a motne virginia beach mass shooting. a memorial has been set up to honor the 12 people who lost their four others seriously injured. police say a 40-year-old city engineer dewayne craddock opened fire on his co-workers with two handguns. the cityanager said he was in good standing but e-mailed a resignation letter hours before his shooting. was fatally wounded with a gun battle with police. cosmetics chain it's closing all 400 of its stores on wednesday for diversity training. it ces after a grammy nominated singer was rac lly profiled at a store in los angeles in april. an employee called security to see i she was shop lifting.

it is exited to ensuring every member of the community is welcome at its stores. dwyane wade made a surprise appearance for the graduation ceremony at marjory stoneman douglas high school. he spoke sunday about visiting stoneman douglas when it first reened. he praised them for their activism and let's led them in a chant. to the last man, to the last minute, to the last second, we fight! we fight! let's go! >> it was a nod to thechool after that tragic shooting. >> d. wade retired but still making a difference. >> he seems to have really bonded with the students. i'm sure it meant a lot. upoming does your 5th grader need a stock portfolio? did i read that? they are teaching financial

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his innocence. kim kardashian west visiting san quentin's notorious death row. a part of the prison most sitors never see, meeting with kevin cooper, convicted in 1983 of brutally murdering four people including two children. kardashian tweeting i found him to be thoughtful and honest and i believe he ice innont. coer's case has been championed over the years by investigative reporters and criminal justice experts including judge william. a fletcher. >> he is on death row because the san bernardino police department framedhim. >> reporter: the case complicated. during the initial cation, the lone survivor td police three white or latin men murdered his parents two. witnesses say they saw three white men driving a station wagon away from the home on the day of the rder. but prosecutors say testserrove coop was in the house and the

stolen car and point to physical evidence. marianne hughes11-year-old son chris was one of the murder victims. she told nbc news she is offended by kiman kardashi visit. she has been doing this just a little bit of time because her elebrity status allows her to do this i have been doing this for 36 years. i have been living with this. hughes says she is 100% convinced of cooper's guilt. the fact that she's now posing up in sannt que with her arms around each other makes me sick to my stomach. kardashian wro to then governor jerry brown, please add kevin coup tore your o legacy smart, fair and thoughtful criminal justice reform. brown ordered limited inrete of certain physical evidence in the case but stopped short of a new investation. california's new governor gavin newsom has since ordered additional testing and a moratorium on execution. kardashian writing i am hopeful

kevin will be exonerated since dna testing has been ordered on kevin's case and i remain grateful to governor newsom for ending punishment incalifornia. >> i love this woman. >> i love there lady. >> reporter: kardashian made headlines when she helped president trump commute the sentence for a lawn-t lifehreatening crime. >> i enjoy there, this is like fulfilled my heart. >> reporter: since then, ka washian has beenorking with the buried alive project, helping win the release of 17 prisoners in the last three months, including byrd convicted of drug charg in 1995. >> she don't know none of usfo r her to take the time out, that shows we of person ype really isha. >> by t standing with kevin cooper, kardashian showing she is willing to get involved with controvers and highly sensitive legal questions. >> governor if yousome ordered

additional dna tests in . february results are expected soon. kardashian is also pushing back against criticism she staged photos of her entering san quentin. sethe attorney says tho came yrom a photo agenc guys. >> natalie, thank you very much. all right. this is that time of the morning where -- >> my favorite time of the morning. >> you lie like a -- >> no. >> what are you talking about? >> you create pop starts. >> first up today,et this story, clip and joanna gaines celebrate 16 years of marriage, nthat is their own celebration. why? they have completed harvard business entertainment media and sports program along with 83 other individuals, including nba star kevin love and singer/songwriter ciara and yet by doing something as simple as listeningnd respecting one

another we were challenged and made better. she added she thought she was goingas to ct a vote for chip her husband to become class president. congratulations to them. they were like two days, a camp. >> why don't we go? >> then you can claim you graduated harvard. e also what els do they not do by the way? >> they can do it al >> for two days. >> how do you get in that program? up next, beyonce and queen iv the queen of the jungle. they attend this year's theme was a journal in i to the prideland. yonceore a gold cat suitch neling lion king. she srs in it. blue ivy wearing a billowy matching head piece. beyonce showed the 7-year-old lip syncing thee circl life on the way to the gala. it looks like the two had a

great time. finally wehe saved t best for last. madonna has a big announcement,e including a l responsibility to many fans -- response to many fans. >> i hear you. i'll be on pride island where i was born. >> thereou go. mo donna. >> is that the announcement? appearing at e pride island here in new york city this year. she will be performing se sos, the tickets have sold back in march. rumors starting to spread about madonna's possible appearance, she is confirming it there. pride island is one of the weekend-long events. part of the new york city pride parade which is also hosting world pride and celebrating the 50 anniversary of the stonewall uprising. weant to mention madonna is sitting down with our very own harry tsmith. >>t will air on june 14th. which happens to be the same day

madam x 14th studio album isle reed. >> threw go. >> you have a click? >> i have my second segment of the show. >> you are so full of it.ro a gup of guys hanging out at the lake, they decided to go for a rope swinging record. now, the previous record here was nine people on a swinging single rope. >> oh, no. >> they had 11. three watched thishappen. >> o'boy. >> one jumps on. the other. >> oh my gosh. >> hold on for dear life. >> how me?y are th >> something could go wrong. >> okay. >> another one? >> itakes about full minute and several pro fan tis later. 11 persons. >> oh boy. they crash into the water. although the real hero is the rope and tree. >> or what about the first guyg hangon. >> and the first guy. >> they broke it. >> 11. t>> i didhink it was going to ends that well. the good thingas one falling.

it's into is to >> they broke it. they held on. >> amazing. carson, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> happy monday. i love you. >> we'll see you emorrow. >> will be waiting. >> al, now for the weather. my third favorite segment. >>oh >> that depends on the day. >> yeah. thanks, for that. okay. well, we are looking at strong storms firing up, that's rough. we have clear skies on both coasts, temperatures, 90s, into the southwest, southern texas onto t gulf, pan hands him of florida. some areas could hit hundreds. you look off into the northeast. the great lakes, 50s and0 the rest of the country today, cooler and dry here in the northeast. we are looking at more heat continuing down tohe uth. look out for the severe storms firing up through texas into the mid-plains and out west. a little. cooler but at least it's going to be nice and sunny. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i guess that

would make it theirouh favorite thing. i am happy, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s here. the sun is shining. wind hasn't picked up tju much yet. it will later on in the day. northwest winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour. high temperatures running 10 degrees cooler than average. a chili start tomorrow. the 40s will be in the suburmo toow morning. 70s again tomorrow afternoon before you get a little unsettled weather later in the week. >> a that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right. thank you. tieverybody's got quess, how to earn money, spend it, save it. >> now some schools think it's time to start that conversation. a lot earlier. nbc news' savannah sellers is here with more ont. t it's a growing trend? >> it is, absolutely. in the last few months, states like new jersey and arizona have passed laws requiring schools to teacal financi literacy joining0 more than 2ther states, a trend quickly growing and educatorsay it's time to prepare students for the real

world is now. >> this moneys thing i what ties us altogeteer. >> reporr: in alex todd's classroom, money matters. >> we talked about renting or buying. >> these students are learning more than your typical english or science lesson they are learning to prepare for plief. >> when i was in high school, there is algebra, physics, social studies, but financial literacy was nowhere among those courses. >> it' to pat them on theack at ingraduation say good luck with the money thing. it's never worked. >> big picture, little picture. >> reporter: so alex o figured a way to make it work. more than two decades ago hega be teaching students in kentucky how toud save, bget and invest their money. skills new numbers suggest are needed. four in ten adults in the u.s. do not have money to cover a $400 emergency. eight in ten adults live pay check to paycheck. alex says the time to change those numbers is now while teens

are still in high school. >> they're thinking about money. i will be on my own one day. i'm going to ve to learn this stuff. >> reporter: the wait list proves it.ik students le myles fields had to wait a year to get into the class. how does thi stack up? is one you are looking forward to in the day. >> >> yes, ma'am. i have to apply for an education, financial literacy helps me plan for my future in the long run. >> so is it maybe your favorite class? >> yes. >> reporter: myl says the class helped him how to put away savings fm his part-time jobs and he's started investing in mutual funds. >> it's opened my idea about money period on how putting a little bit of money there can give me thousands the of dollars in the next five years. >> reporter: last year alex hopes kentucky passed legislation to help high schoolers to take a financial class to graduate joining a growing list across the country with similar laws. >> what do you hope happens with

financial literacy? >> every adult has to manage money. why not teach kids? s reporter: that means kids young as 10 and 11-years-old like these fifth graders with stock portfolios in this classroom. what happens when you see a stock that is really low what do you think? >> it's a buying op rrtunity. >>orter: florence, a former hedge fund manager turned teacher has been educating kids in maryland about the power of the dollar for more than 16 years. what do you think about people at might say tha this is too young of an age to talk about money? >> people are afraid to talk with their children about money. if we don't start financial education at a very young age, we're building for future generations where they are taking on too much student loan debt. they're buying homhey can't afford. >> these 5th graders prove age really is just a number. they're diversifying their portfolios, earning how to earn a salary, paying classroom rents

and saving towards their goals. >> they are learning what is an explicit real world skill. >> it's one everybody needs and some people learn it the hard way. some people never learn. but these children are learning it at a young age. what?u buy what and sell >> reporter: florence says many of the children learn in the classroom and share it at home with their parents. >> i want them to continue the conversations. i want them to continue thinking about it. i want them eventually to be financially literate adults. >> one of theng coolest this i heard was from that firstac ter after he said to me, what is azing for him as a teacher to see is that for the first time a lot of the sindents hope lassroom have because they understand they can have a different financial situation. >> it seems sobvious that that would be in the same currilum as reading and writing.ee i don't s a down side to youngegiss hav an idea about finances. >> i know, i know. absolutely. >> a lot of parents don't want to thinkcebout finans either. i think some of us might be --

>> i think i get ten bucks. oh, do youeally have $10? i go$3 goes to taxes. you got for5 you will saha. ve you $2 and you only have two. >> and you charge them a service fee. >> in my house growing up, we didn't talk about money until later in life. you have to dcover things on your own. >> that's what i'm saying. a lot of people do want to talk about money and stuff, it's anxiety producing. especially when you don't have a lot of it. >> absolutely. the teachers that say that, some parents do hind oe an issue with their kids knowing so much. they come homend ask them questions they don't necessarily want to tackle. she is seeing such results. they're 11-years-old talking about buying >>portunities. hopefully, that itself the whole dynamics for the family. >> why waitor mismanagement on money when they can get it right from the benning. >> that's a goodstory. thank you. >> i was surprised to hear him talk about mutual funds.

>> whatever >> we'll let him know. >> if you want to find out if kids scoring financial literacy. we have a look at today.com. >> still that was a joke. coming up, kate snow taknsg us ie a mysterious place dubbed the kingdom of women. women hold all the power, traditional marriage doesn't even exist here. >> we will hold the ultimate burger with jessie bon jovi. do you remember that name?is yes, that's h son. first your local news.

this is a news 4 today news break. good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this monday, june 3rd. i'm eric gilchrist. let's go over to mellissale moe with your traffic. >> good morning, aaron. the beltway is looking normal. inbound395 is slow. southbound cold on your north branch of bridge. great falls beach mel and walr lanes blocked both directions because of a downed tree. >> meyoissa, thank u. we will get a check of your we forecast when ome back. stay with us. oo

morning, everybody, ability as pretty as we can make it, sunshine ftoday, fair weather clouds in and out from time to time, but a northwest breeze will keep things feeling oh sopring like around here. 56 now in washington and annapolis. 63 in warrenton, up to 63 in martinsburg, west virginia. the forecast is a good one for sure. sunshine goes up until 9:29. 12 hours and one minute of sunshine left for today. chilly start in the morning. even downtown locations in the low 50s. >> that means 40s widespread for the suburbs out nth and west

of town tomorrow. back in the 80s for temperatures. a little more unsettled weather later into the week into the weekend. >> you can get the latest news and weather any time, another ndate here 35 minutes. ean?

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fantastic correspondent. >> they traveled all over the country following the nhl plauchlt you were in san jose, denver, colorado, and st. louis. >> how was it? >> witho f aorite of the doubt his favorite were the moss cots. he got to first make sure he was comfortable with them. then heunctually did f training with him. so he led sharkey on the wayhe into t stadium the march. he saw the arch. then he much fun and was also able to do like an obedience puppy class with the denver mascots. they were side-by-side doing al thetricks. >> a travel companion? >> he's amazing. he lays in my foot space on the ple and one flight attendant actually came by at the end of the flight, you can tuck your orange bag in a little harder? no, this is actually a service

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>> yep. >> congratulations, you made it. how was the ride? >> terrible. awful. >> sit all high schoolers or do you feed chaperones? >> chaperones. >> back there. we appreciate your fst stop ought the "today" show. are you wearing your orange, which is perfect. e at are you doing in new york? >> we about to sing at statue of liberty. >> welcome to new york. >>ou thank y so much. >> those that rhochaperones, 22 hours on a bus. coming up, the kingdom of women. kate snow go es to a remote island, where, get this, marriage doesn't exist. submitted without comment. >> leave it ther we got a recipe for a special burger tied to a very worthy cause, designed b jessie bon jovi, jon bon jovi's son.

he wil show us how to make it, coming up on the third hour of "today," the new season of hand made's tale also the buzz of a possible reghot. >> all let's get a check of the weatr. >> as we look at the week ahead, cooler in the northeast. thsevere storms in lower plains, unsettled in the rockies. we're expecting severe storms stretching from the ohio river valley a flood threat, hot and dry to the southwest. then by friday, sunny, rain moves into the lower mid-mississippi river and ohio river valley, scattered showers to the northwest, through the southwest, looking at more sunshine, that's what's goingoun ar the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, storm team 4 temperatures have made it into the lowid and m0s across the area. afternoon highs today staying about 10 degrees cooler than

average. itill be a little breezy at times today. perfect weather. chilly tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s to get yr tuesday started. tuesday's high in the mid-70s. you can get our nbc washington app. if yre wondering about the weekend, a chance of rain saturday and sunday. no weekend washout. >> it was nice having you guys still here. >> we giggled through your whole forecast. al. >> i loved >that. >> coming up, kate snow shares a trip to china where women are in charge of everything. this you hav to see. first this is "today" onbc n . today we started o with a sinkhole. we called the county when the county d.n't take action now we are stepping in before someone gets hurt. >> i was out of options.

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is that right? >> that is right. the kingdom of women. itra took three tins on ae remot dry we went there to see if family life is structured completely differently from the way most americans pair off and start a home. it's a place where grandma is in charge, marriage is unnecessary and women have the power. [ music playing ] >> reporter: nestled in the southwestern mountains of children, tourists go out on row boats. she is proud to be in a place where tradition holds,omen never marry. >> we don't have inlaw problems no, arguments. >> reporter: this ancient society is known as the kingdom of howomen. of the soto people and ethnic minority. here women are incontrol. >> i stumble across this female utopia. >> she started spending time

here a dozen yearsrogo and the book "the kingdom of women. do you think this place is like mostplaces on earthe >> t women will count a bit oouder than men. >> you start t get it. >> reporter: they have anornate front doornsnde a really bigco tyard, everyone lives around this courtyard, the rooms, the oobedr, the corn drying out to feed the pigs. >> reporter: here here to visit a family four generations living under one roof. you are theot grandmr. are you the eldest daughter. are you the ung youngest daughter? you are her daughter? >> yes. iev. one family. >> and your family is structured along your grandmother's line? >> yes. >> reporter: it'salled a matrilineal society. grandma controls the finances. the fire in her room is never allowed to burn out. in the rest of china property passes from father to son.

not here. here things are passed down from the mother. re's the keything, traditionally, e ryone lives with their mothers and siblings their entire lives. uncles help raise their own. there is a ritual how women and men. also a girl comes of age, he gets her own bedroom overlooking the courtyard, a man can visit, only if she invites him. >> the man comes over at night. he might do at this time rest of his life or once or never again. since he has his own female blood line family to return to. >> his mom. >> and his grandma. >> reporter: women don't ever have to formally marry the father of their children. instead they call it a walking marriage. h zum ha been in the one with the father of her daughter for

nearly six years. >> two people are together because they like each other. if you no longer have feelings for that person. you break up without question. >> it sounds like women here have a lot of freedom? >> yes, you have a choice who you like. >> american an there poelgs tammy bloomenfield has been stying this for years. she says the system creates a place where women are less plequal. >> peo think it's weird when they hear issuesg facin women in another society. the violence and rape. >> they don't understand it? >> they d't understand it. >> we met up again, we popped opened beers all night. we talked about our kids and home life but as the night went on. >> you should talk about men. >> which led to plenty of jokes about men. it is sd the men work really hard at night. it's hard to fathom as americans, no nuclear families. no mom, dad and kids all in the

same house but what about love? >> the thihe is t say it's better. it's a better system for love because in the united states we combine everything. >> then have you these houhold together. >> bills to pay. if you separate, all the pressures we have taking care of family and it's just love. >> in their local religion, their most revered god is a female goddess. they hold a huge festival every year in her honor and tourists come to watch. but that tourism is also hichanging t once isolated society. >> there are bus loads now. they come and bring the them.e wit >> the cell phones, the selfies, social media. it's all here now and seeing how the outside world pairs off, many couplesn e younger generation want the bling of a modern wedding. >> it's cool or something. >> trendy? >> it's trendy. >> she says most culture is iill unique even with the

changes and the great hope that this ancient kingdom of women and its progressives ideals will survive in a modern world. >>. >> if the idea dice up, then we would have lots of precious stinging humanity i think for womanhoo womanhood. >> swe seems happy. ave so many questions, kate. so if you're a little boy you areaised by your mom when you become an adult youre not kicked out of the society. >> you are there and you are the uncle to your sister's kids. it's hard for us to wrap our heads around. >> there warren lot of tfather. >> fathers are there, they make visits to their kids but they live with their mothers. >> they don't raise the kids? >> not fully.h they're wheir mothers. >> but they might raise their sister's kids. >> you noticed they ieren'tn the piece, the ones you talked w to,hat did they say? >> this is what's s

talked to a few of them. th're in the longer version we put .on the men respect and revere women there in a way that i've never seen anywhere else in the world and they lov this arrangement. because for them, they don't have a whole lot. they have responsible for their sister's kids. anyway, they love it and you know i was saying during the he iece, tre isn't even a wor for rape in thegu lane so that says something about how men treat women there. >> are they happy? >> oh my gosh, yes. i took away for me i took away the extended family is so strong and soimportant. i don't have that in my life. i don't have my siblings they live in l.a. and portland, i don't ever see them. they do it so differently with ibyourng and your parents, your grandparents being a part of your life, your whole entire i thought that's something we could --

>> how does e kingdom go over in southeast orasia? >> it is very different from the rest of china. china is a patrimonial, the man is icharge. and the rest of china. think think it's aou trist attraction at this point. a lot of people visit. you saw, a lot of tourists there. so they sort of see it as an oddity. >> kate snow, fascinating. >> you know what, we did ask about condos there. >> they will miss us. >> you know where to find us. >> by the way,s kate mentioned, you can see the extended version of her story at today.com. >> it sous fascinating. >> al. >> guess what, coming up, burger time on the plaza with bon jovi, john's son jessie and some darned good wine. it's all coming up, but first this is "today" on nbc.

. well, this morning on "today" we are soon launching special series called today gets grillin' to start off we are joined byha none other tn jessie bon jovi. yes, we recognize that name. he is the son of jon bon jovi. tnered up hey've p and they are bringing us the hampton burger. each burger will benefit the soul foundation w cycle of poverty, hunger and homelessness throughout the u.s. good morning, good to have you here. i'm happy tbe here. >> first of all, we will get to the burger in a minute. it's unusual. it's hampton wines, the hampton burger. >> correct. >> where does this come from this hampton thing? >> basically it came out on the east end of long island. med and my buddies are goi out therdrinking lots of rose. we drink lots of water. one night we called it hampton water, t idea was born. >> now have you this wine. your dad i happen to know is a

fan of the pink wine. >> yes, he most certainly s. he introduced it to me not so long ago, but essentially we were just going out the. like i said we were drinking the pink juice as he likes to call it. me and my buddy, you're crazyo ar sitting in the hamptons, are you drink havrpton water. he did a double take, that's not a bidea. >> now you can team up with the mommy burger. >> correct. >> this is a unique burger. you should mention, it will help the soul foundation. >> $1 of every bigger goes to helping to stop hunger andre s the two soul kitchens in new jersey, which we're excited about. >> we got our burger. >> wwill start with, i was given strict directions on how to make this. you take these two buns, you start grilling them. yeah. i know so here is actually a cool part we take these onions and these are going to get

sautednderneath these wagu beef patties, they are a killer. they're super fresh and goly real great with the wine. we were super excited. >> it is great qualit >> it is the best. we take these nice and easy add cheese to >> we don't put it on until those have been grilled. >> these have been grilled, pre flipped through the magicf television. these will get melted up over here. the real fun part is getting to build it. >> by t way, i have the peanut gallery over here. we can get a quick verdict. >> the quality of the meat is great. >> really good. . >> so the important thing, though, is how is that rose? hampton water. >> he's alwaysse lling. >> working, working, working. we will take those buns we toeftd up, mayo them up. >> iraq lar mayo. >> this is regular may face in. ese tomatoes, that es are the fancy tomatoes.

that es are roasted tomatoes. they go right on here patty. his was something i thought is cool. it goes well with the wine. these are pickled beets. sweetness.a little it's not the salty cheese especially thought it was a canned m cranberry myom used. >> so that's a pickled beet. >> you have two patties. >> two patties. then this, vinaigrette. 's green chilli vinaigrette. this is that freshness as you thknow out in e hamptons. >> yeoo >> some g greens. we feed something a little healthy to go with this burger. this goes on top of here. >> that looks tasty. am i supposed to eat it? i better smush it down. >> we are overhere. what do you say? >> we're into it. >> not too bad. >> you don't like beef can you swap it out? >> i somewhatp mine out, for

sure. i think it goes well with everything. again you can switch this out. if you go to a new mommy until july 14th, you can switch out this burger if you are notat a merican e person with an impossible burger. it all goes well with the rose. >> nice work, sddy. >> check out on instagram at hamptonwater. >> oh, stop it. hampton burgers are available in mommy burgeran restaur july 14th go to today.com/food. we are back in a moment. honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast.

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from knoxville, tennessee, dorothy hansen estero, florida, 101years, she says longevity is sitting down with a cup. >> ah. >> happy 100thhd to mr. eugene peterson. miss katherine porter, a history buff from pellham, texas. cecil duck, from springfield, oregon. built and lived in his home for 70 years. happy 100 birthday to cleveland tucker of atlanta, georgia, served as anrmy staff sergeant in world war ii. we salute you for your service. don't forgive, if you celebrate someone with a milestone, tell us about them at today.com. >> we have a lot more cing up.

don't forget to also check out today.com/all day. >> that's right. we got a new episode featuresav viola d on her gift to etting kids to youread. n eed a new digital camera to capture your summer memories. >> up next, third hour, meet a woman hop fg toit the next fit challenge for a great cause. first your local news. . this is a news 4 today news break. 8:56 is your time now on this monday june 3rd, 2019. good morning, everyone, i'm euan yang. right now we want to check in on your morning commute. >> a medical emergency. we areeeing delays because of that fairfax eastbound 66 before

123270 southbound going 29 miles per hour. >> mellissa, thanks. we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

. good morning, i hope your monday is off to a pleasant start. temperatures are in the mid- to upper-60s now. a bright, sunny, breezy day is on the way, afternoon highs today only in low- to mid-70s about 10 degrees cooler than average. more of the same tomorrow. temperatures back up into the 80s for wednesday, thursday, friday, hit and miss rain chany