raordi gna>>ry criminal charges against scot peterson, theccused of inaction at >> he needs to go to jail and he needs to serve a lifetime in prison. >> just ahead, the case against him and the deputy in his own words. did you freeze? >> no. me the rest of thisil w h l>>au why legal experts say thi case is so unusual. ling uo sipu rshnsacep aligainca preden trump's latest tariff fight with mexico. will the president back downr digin? we're live in washington. devastating downpours. another round of torrential rains that slammed parts of the

south and frmidwest. om houston to new orleans, millions more at risk today and al is tracking it ally. closel those stories, plus under re. why the prosecutors behind the central park five case is facing scrutiny 30 years later.es re gone wrong. a very rough person being lifted to safety. and good fortune. the mega millions jackpot jumps. a fortune cookie is to thank for his $344 million win fall. "today," june 5th, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you forng joini us on a wednesday morning. and this case in florida was a stunner. >> legal experts talking about

what kind of precedent this may set moving forward. >> absolutely. this development in the mass shooting at marjorie stoneman scot peterson, the school resource officer accused of not doing enough to stop that massacre finds himself under air force -- arrest. this is one year after he sat down with in an exclusive interview. she said he followed protoco procedures at the time. kerr sanders has the latest on this turn of events. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. scot peterson, the former deputy will be in bond court later this morning. re when an officer is arrested and booked into a jail like this here. but when it does happen, it's usually for something that the officer did. in this case, it's for what peterson did not do. this morning scot peterson is behind bars accused of failing to act during the parkland florida high school massacre. >> i think we got shots fierd.

possible shots fired. >> rorter: peterso was the only armed deputy at marjoriean stonem douglas high school when nicolas cruz stormed the school killing 14 students and 3 staffers.ce surveillan video shows peterson never entered the building as the gunman went floor to floor firing 140 rounds. terson is now charged with child neglect, percentage, and culpable negligence. some parents of students killed that day say peterson should be held accountable. >> he needs to go to jail and he needs t serve a lifetime in prison for not going in that day and taking do the death of our loved ones. >> did freezu freeze?

>> no. >> reporter: in an interview with savannah last year, he defended his >>tions. i did everything that i felt at the time was appropriate. >> you cannot violate policy and procedures and still not get it right. >> you're right. you're absolutely right.ha >> is that whappened here? >> exactly. like i said, savannah, this will haunte the rest of my life. it will. you know, those were my kids. d that's why with it hurts the way it does. >> reporter: peterson's attorney issuing a statement saying in part, the state's action appears to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at against mr. peterson. there has only ever been one person to blame nicolas cruz. this morning one police union here in florida is asking how far can charges like this go towards other law enforcement officers. they used the example of an

officer responding to a fight. they arrived at an ongoing fight. he hesitates or she hesitates to break it up. then later one of those in the fight dies. could thatfficer then be charged with culpable negligence. the concern is how far does this criminal second guessing go for an officer's inaction. >> all right. thank you so much. with some of tho questions we turn to nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. danny, how unusual is this? how unprecedented is it to have criminal charges not for something that an officer did but for something that he failed to do according to the indictment? >> it's very unusual. it arguably sets a danrous ncen away from their dut ts. because supreme court has aid when police are s civiyll is a lower burden o qualified pro immunity that pol officers enjoy from being sued.

so itort of -- it goes against the spirit of qualifiedy to suggest that inaction inunit tmmhis isituation could result in criminal culpability. because negligence in the criminal context is always hi higher than the negligence in the civil context. >>es peterson fac up to a hundred years in prison if convicted on all counts here. arat might we see going forward with this particulcase? >> the statutory maximum is never indicative of what somebody is going to get. a first time aumpbder like peters is not going to get the max which is arrived at adding up all the possible maximums end to end consecutively. it's not a realistic forecast. realistically, though, he is looking at jail time. these are felony charges. the real question is ultimately does his conduct even fit within the florida statute?

that's normally aher adult ihou. does that school police officer s or school resource officers as they're called? >> prosecutors have certainlyre hed out and decided to be aggressive in this charge. so we'll see if it holds up in court. we'll see what happens. thank you veryest um p ismu fac serious opposition from his own party ove plans to impose newariffs on mexico. this morning a growing number of lawmakers sayg they will block president trump and it comes as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the united kingdom. we've got the latest from london, but we start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. yood morning tou. u.high stakes talks will get underway here later today. e vice president will lead the ch, bhe p sti in europe. looming large, the possibility of sparking a trade war with mexico that could impact the price consumers pay for

everything from cars to electronics and groceries and now some republicans are signaling they mayo t tp theto s president. this morning president trump is trying to suppress a republican revolt with a number of gop senators threatening to pass legislation that would block him from slapping new tariffs on all mexican imports. something the president has threatened to do next monday unless m mico doese to stem the flow of migrants. mr. trump trying to down play the opposition from his own party. >> i don't think they will do that. i think if they do, it's foolish. >> reporter: while making it clear he's serious. >> we are going to see if we can do something. but i think it's more likely the tariffs go on. >> reporter: in just hours, u.s. and mexican negotiators are set meet trying to prevent the tariffs which would start at 5% from kicking in next week. many republicans concerned the standoff could hurt the u.s. economy passing costs to u.s. consumers and derailing a pending trade deal. >> it's safe to say we're not

fans of tariffs. we're still hoping that this could be avoided. >> reporter: democrats predicting the president will ultimately fold. >> i believe he will back off when faced with the opposition among business, among his own erepublicans, and when h sees what a dumb move he has made. >> reporter: overnight the president firing back in a tweet. can you imagine crying chuck schumer saying out loud for all to hear that i am w bluffingh respect to putting tariffs on mexico? what a creep. it comes as the trump administration faces new scrutiny over its immigration policies including botched efforts to reach unaccompanied igrant families. inhi c july of 201837 children betw 12 had to wait in vans eti ovo benierght. processed and reunited with their families. a top house republican is demanding an explanation from t the departmen of homeland security andanealth and hum as much ass calling the report

completely unacceptable. now, an i.c.e. spokesman s that july incident was unusual. while acknowledging there were some processing delays out of the situation and delays havd been resolve and the children reunited with their families. still that explanation is not good enough. aen for some republicans we just mentioned. the head of the energy and commerce committee called the revelations unacceptable and is demandin swers. >> you. this tariff battle is taking place as the president is wrapping up his first state visit to the uk. had meetings with the royal family and outgoing prime minister theresa may. overnight, the president sounded off on all of it in a new interview. peter alexander is traveling with the president. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you again. ahead of the d-day anniversary, rightow president trump is in portsmouth. he's marking 75 years since allies stormed the beaches of

normandy. he's with the queen and many world leaders joining about 300 veterans. most of them 90s to commemorate the day. and president trump is sharing his t hosts.about his royal welcoming prince charles and camilla to the ambassador's residence. in an interview with piers morgan, climate change. >> i'll what moved me isel his tou paslsion y for fut generations. he's really not doing this for him. he is prince charles. he doesn't have to worry about future generations in theory unless he'o a cares aboutpeople. >> reporter: he did speak with prince harry after diissing his comment of his wife. >> i think he's a terrific guy.

he couldt have been nicer. >> reporter: and about the comments? >> she was nasty to me. that was fine. it wasn't good for me to be nasty to her and i wasn't. >> reporter: then touring the churchill rooms. president trump was pressed about something never serd in vietnam receiving multiple deferments for bone spurs. zblifs not a fan of that war. that was not something we should havein been involved i would have been honored but i think i make up for it right now. >> reporter: on the topic of the uss john mccain, the president again pushed back. despite the navy andis own chief of staff acknowledging the white house asked the military to move the mccain out of sight during presidenttrump's recent trip to japan, the president disputes it. >> first of all, i didn't know anything about it. but i'mot evenure it happened. i hear it's fe news. but maybe it is, maybe it isn't. but again, i don'tt talk abou

john main unless somodebsky a >>e and peter, thesident still talking about those protesters. what's he saying about that? >> reporter: insisting on twitter this morningnohere were massive rallies against him in london. claiming instead the only big crowds were gathered in support of him and the united states. there were a small trump supporters on the streets. we hadou crews thrghout the city. but they were significantly outnumbered by those protesters roughly 10,000 in all. far fewer than during the president's last visit, but hardly a warm reception. >> all right. peter alexander in london, thank you. now to that dangerous o weathern the move across the south and midwest this morning where flood ravaged regions are facing another devastating round ofor tntial rain today. 9 million people are under a flash flood watch. 31 million at risk for severe storms. we'll gec to al's fort in just a moment but we start with

gabe gutierrez. he's in houston which finds self in the crosshairs. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. heavyain is expected here throughout the day making for miserable morning commute. and right now as you mentioned, we arelander a f flood watch. this is theatest area in the bullseye of unrelentweather. afterks wee of severe weather and historic flooding acss the country, this morning the gulf coast is bracing for a new round of torrential downpours. >> this is the highest level seen.ter that i have >> reporter: flooding in at least sevente sta is the longest lasting since the great flood of 1927. parts of theip lower mississpi river valley have already been soakedy more than 40 inches of rain this year. almost double the annual average amount. theuiiver at st. lo is expected to crest thursday to its second hig record.l on in baton rouge, louisiana, it crept above flood stage in january and hasn't dropped below

that since. on tuesday vice presiden pence toured the damage in oklahoma. >> this is a long road back, but we stay in it together. we'll build these communities back gebefore. >> reporter: for farmers across the region, it has been devastating. >> what's been the toughest part of the last few months? uncertainty of whether it's goinghigher. >> reporter: in arkansas, jamie price has had to sell c300tle with 700 acres ofla farm under water. he's struggling t maintain his corn, soybean, wheat, and rice fields. >> this is beyond mprehension. nowhere near anything you fathomed that you could -- would see in your litime. >> reporter: and right now, we'reetting hit by heavy rain here in houston. again, it's expected to continue throughout the day. so much so that the houston fire department has a precaution to prepare itser specialized wat rescue team created aftrr huane harvey. >> my goodness.

all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >> feels lik these guys can't get a break down south. >> and unfortunately it's going to get worse. 12 million people at we've got up. you can see the heavy rain, just plumes of moisture out of the gulf. fact, for tomorrow we've got a risk of severe weather for houston all the way down to almost brownsville. hail. hr could see a tornado but we think that tt is low. here's the problem. we've got very well soil moisture already. it's saturated in the river valleys. now we have this plume ofveoist air o really the most , we are talking about anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of rain from houston all the way to the panhandle of florid g and that ing to put a lot of pressure on these areas for flooding. as fact, we have a high risk of flooding just e of victoria all the way west of new orleans.

hourly rail rates, 2 to 3 inches ofrain. it doesn't end today. it moves into th ursday. we've got a on into the panhandle. hourly rainfall rates of 2 inches. even into friday, thateavy rain continues and you can see the risk of floodingnds into the mississippiex andte arkansas river valleys. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. eatles ] when did you write that? i didn't write it. the beatles wrote it. who? somehow i'm the only person in the world who remembers the beatles. can i do this? let me just give you this advice. "hey dude" "hey dude" are you sure? that's so mu better. ♪ dude, dude, dude good morning. bell.teorologist chu

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>> reporter: day's sister sonia jackson says sheonfirmed with the u.s. embassy thatou thee was found dead in their hotel room. >> i'm sti numb. >> reporter: while is the woman's death with nbc news was aware of tenany connection betwe the deaths. aisacked at a resort in the dominican republic. ba they travelled to the resort island where tammy says she was ttolentl ac a bstrakenger.d y>> i just remember thinking at that point i wasn't going to make it home to see my boys and my husband. that they weren't going to find me. and i remember that last breath i took and then i just went unconscious. >> reporter: left for dead,

hote workers found her eight hours late another nightmare scenario for what was supposed to be a dream vacation. so the resort where the deaths occurred has no comment on the passing of miranda shopwarner. as for the couple, the resort says they arene sad by the incident and they are collaborating with authorities. >> morgan, thank you. let's turn to al now and ger anotheheck of the weather. what are you watching? >> we're still watching all this rain that's coming down into parts of the gulfcoast, all the way into houston. the heavy rain, flash flood watches up for to'sght. iteen relentless rain so far this year. oy a little below royear ovehtn average. but new orleans, almost 2 inches above. st. louis, 10.5 inches above. 11 for little rock. almost 10 inches in oklahoma city. and there's more rain coming. storms ok for severe also making their way into the

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this mog on in-depth "today," backlash related to the central park five case. a netflixeries looks at the controversy of the attorney who prosecuted the young men before it was determined they were wrongly convicted. stephanie gosk has that story. >> reporter: good morning. they're famously known as the central park five. a group of black and latino teenagers imprissed for a decade for the rape of a white woman. linda fairs long denied the boys were racially hasprof and coerced into confessing. now a netflix miniseries is shining new light on what happened. this morning sbes sel writer and forr new york city crime prosecutor lindars faiin finds herself on trial in the court of public opinion.r he most famous case is being

retold on netflix. >> i didn't see any lady. >> reporter: "when they e us" dramatizes the teenagers known as the central park five. the young men were wrongfullyco icted and imprisoned for raping a white female jogger back in 1989. the story dividing ade city cades before taking office real estate developer donntd trump spe $85,000 on ads in local papers proclaiming bring back the death penalty. now embattled actress felicity huff man is playing fairstein who oversaw the case of the teens. fairstein was part of the sex crimes unit but did notry personally t the case. >> our case is they're all guilty. t >> reporter: men later accused detectives of coercing confessions from them which fairstein has long denied. when a serial rapist admitted ti the c in 2002 and his dna

was a match, the five men had their convictions vacated after serving more than a decade behind bars. lester recently sat down with the exonerated men. >> i kept telling the truth for a long time. i started lying because of my father. ar told me tell them what they want to we didn't get anal apology. l the time we did for something we didn't do and it hurts. >> reporter: fairstein is facing backlash on social media with as fairstein. in resns and resigned from the board of trustees at vassar college. w an intervie with the daily beast, ava duvernay says she tried to control how she was presented saying she tried to negotiate conditions for her to speak with me.

including approvals over the script. adding, so you know what my answer was to that. and we didn't talk. fairstein denies that took place andlined to speak directly with nbc wnews. but received this statement from her attorney that reads part, netflix and miss duvernay are doing a disservice tohe blic and are failing to properly research the film and compromising the accuracy. th attorney goes on to quote cyrus vance who issued a statement after the five men settled a civ case with the city of new york in 2014 for $41 million. afterore than a decade after which numerous parties have investigated and litigated the case, there has been no findi of wro doing or unprofessional behavior by any of the prosecutors involved. nbc news has also confirmed that fairstein hasresigned fromhe board of at least one nonprofit safe horizons which is a victim services organization in new york city. >> so obviously she objects to

the portrayal in this new netflix series, but she also has questions about this case in general on how it's portrayed w. what does she does. in a new york law jhere were tw juries that found these teenagers guilty. even though ty knew that the dna didn' match the attacker at the time, they accepted the theory that prosecutors put forward that they running with the attackerls she ao makes a point that there no dna data base. and at that time probably might attack. they weren't able to identify hi m. and given the information that they had that they pursued this prosecutn and that they didn't do anything wrong. >> but she accts they were wrongly accused and wrongly convicted but based on the information that prosecutors have, they didn't do anything wrong. is that right? >> they did not rape this woman. and w that convictionas vacatedo

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they'll be here. businey morning. accused of not doing enough during last year's shooting at marjory anston douglas high school is charged with criminal charges. surveillance video shows he stayed outside while a gunman was inside killing 14 sdents and staffers. state investigators say there's no question his inaction cost liv lives. >> i didn't gettt right but i wasn't because of some, oh, i don't want to go into that building. oh, i don't want to face somebody in there. it wasn'ike that at all. >> you weren't sced? there waso time. went so fast. >> if convicted on all hecharge ould face a sentence of up to 100 years. his attorney say there's only one person to blame for the shooting, nikolas cruz.

>> this morning president trump with more on his tariffs to place on mexico. kristeoi welker j us with the latest on this one. >> reporter: good morning to you. in just hours, high-stakes talks will get aunderway the white house between u.s. and mexican negotiators. the goal is to strike a deal afterde presi trump threatened to slap tariffs on mexico starting at 5% next monday. if mexico doesn't do more to stop the migrants. but a number of gop senators are saying they may try to pass legislation into blocking the president. uk, president e trump down played the intraparty feud even as top republicans oke out against the new tariffs. >> i don't think they will do that. i think if they do, it's foolish. >> i think it's safe to say you've talked to our members we're not fans of tariffs. we're still hoping that this could be avoided. >> reporter: and while some

democrats are accusing the president of bluffing with he says he's serious. it could impact the price consumers pay forfrverything cars to electronics and groceries. >> kristen welker from the white house, thank you. meantime, trumpon administrati has issued tough new restrictions on travel to cuba by u.s. citizens. beginning today boats will be prohibited. at also covers private aircraft. the state department says it's d toers end a reession at home and stop supporting venezuela's socialist president. millions in the south and midw wondering just how much more rain andest flooding y can flash flood watches are upday. rivers are at historic levels. stil risingl in many places. flooding has alreadyorone on f

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coded the module michael collins. would say he was krital to the mission. >> i would say. you need a ride home he was the guy. we got to talk on saturday. we caught up withim as he was sharing his story at the world science festil in new york for kids discussing his new youngt adul boo "flying to the moon." the year 1962. president kennedy says let's go to the moon by the end of the decade. the country was enralled. >> reporter:s cultural artifacts go, this is a doozy. m >>e collins is the handall shark of the astronauts. >> reporter: it tells us a lot about how important thera space ce was and how hungry we were .ea l in sequence itiostarts. >> reporter: 50 years ago next month will mark theiv annersary of the launch of the most daring

and technologically demanding space adventure of its time. apollo 11. >> liftoff on apollo >> reporter: and that guy from the nasa film michael he was on the crew. were youco lls, nervous? >> yes. i get nervous easily and that seemed like a suitable occasion to be nervous.nc >> reporter:e in orbit around the moon, collins said good-bye to neil armstrong and buzz aldri as their landing module headed to the surface. collins stayed up in the command module, the only ride home. once those guy drift off, what do you think? >> bon voyage. >> got a fine looking flying machine there. >> reporter: orbiting above surn t.t of radio cont though as it ventured to the far si of the moon, he did hear

this. >> houston, the eagle has landed. >> reporter: but as for those famous first words?s >> that' one small step for man. one giant leap for man kind. >> reporte t he missed whole thing. did you hear neil armstrong's -- >> no. no reporter: didn't hear it? >> yorm hearing that. >> reporter: collins was flying around the other side s the moon a alone as any human had ever been. >> more than half of the time you're in contact with houston it's blabber blabber in your ear. in a way, it's kind of nice to 40 minutes to yourself back there. ve tenjoyed it. >> reporter: but soon enough, mission control cpght him u on the history unfolding 60 miles the flag w.no only person around that doesn't have tv coverage of theen sc

>> that's all right. i don't mind a bit. reporter: a doesn't mind>> that was n't down there too. was there any part of you that was like, i wish i could have done that too? >> well, sure. i wish i could have walked on th moon. t i can say with the utmost honesty, i was thrilled to have the place that i had. to be one-third of john f. kennedy's culminating dream. so i have absolutely no beef whatsoever. >> reporter: kennedy's dreamd fulfilleth those first steps. but the voyage home was anything but ceain. >> what worried me was the re rn of comingback. on the surface of the moon, we just had one asset engine. the fire had to catch. it had to produce the right thrust in the right direction. if onef those things didn't work right, they were dead. >> reporter: the lunar module's rockets did fire and it as it drew closer to the comma

module, collins took this picture. he is the only human alive not in the frame. the earth, 3 billion of upside. i'm sorry. there. does that look bettero you now? >> thank you for the correction. reporter: 50 years later, that view fromll space,is sti s collins. >> that littlerb rt oatteion. tle it seemed to project a l t know why.ility. just the word wasdon' in mind. fragile thing.r: >> reporte with mission accomplished, the crew of apollo hi made it safely back to scollins l eft a ec s,eeour writing here. >> spacecraft 107 alias apollo 11,li a columbia. the best ship to come down the line. god bless her. michael collins, cmp. i hated to leave it just withoug

saying somethi to the good old 107. i should have put thanks a lot onhere. i don't think i put that on, but i should have. what a cool guy, right? so cool. >> what a great sto. >> does he still have the moon in his eyes? >> i asked him, do you ever think about that? he said not very much.nc but every o in awhile he'll see a shadow in the night and think, oh, i've been up there. >> what if anythi did he say about our current space travel? >> go to mars, go tomars, go to mars. >> 2024? >> 2040 maybe. that's a big -- this whole idea of this technological leap. president kennedy said do it by the end of the ,decahat took everybody in this country to say let's do this thin t ming mars will be aaril says it's goi to take longer than some experts say. >> i love we're looking back.

time we had such high ambitions and were really going foalr itnd then to eve see it happen. >> and to be lucky enoug to have been an age to have actually witnessed all that happen, al. we're these guys. >> tell us about the olden times. that bck a whi tvlike >> >> tshat wat s inwa color, actui h>>t's a crazy. i hadn't thought about it, but i think space travel, they try toll have redundanci. if one sys fails, the other is ready. but not for the ride back. >> no. see, he said there were 29 spects of this at which if something went it would haveg,wron been an absolute dis. he called it a daisy chain. one by one he visualize everything that had to go ec corrtly. to think about what they did, i mean, all this was done on paper. they did i in simulators. they did it with computers that up until then there was one on

board about this big. w it the first time they ever really used integrated circuits. >> and no room for error. >> no. >> no room for error. zero. >> excited about the series. >> we're going to look forward tone giant leap stories this summer. i know you've got a lot of them planned. >> can't wait. mr. roker. speaking of earth, how's the weather? >> well, it's not been too good. unfortunately we cnue to see all this weather training up into the gulf coast from corpus christi, houston, on into galveston. and also another part of the country this afternoon and this evening. from missouri into the southeast, we've got1 3 million hazards, idensolated tornadoes. we're worried stretching fromew houston intorleans and the panhandle of florida. locally could see 6 to 10 inches of rain. an that's going to put a lot of pressure on the arkansas river,

missouri, and the mississippi. 232 locations above right now. rest of the country we will see. ng storms starting to fire aup through new mexicoll the way into the gulf. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody. we have an opportunity for a stronger s day. but areasto ormf l ratainer mov parts of the shenandoah valley. parts of loudoun county could get a couple of drops here in the next couple of hours. by later on in the afternoon, here's 4:00 on our weather simulation. there could be some stronger hunderstorms from really washington southbound. temperatures in the 60s now. high today, 85. only an afternoon shower tomorrow and then turning drier. >> that's your latest weather. >>ri all ght. it's that time of the morning for the mighty pop start. >> yesterday i said i had never seen "the lion king," i ootended a of people.

night.tched it last >> and? >> i'm kidding. i didn't watch it. first up, tracyn morga in what could be summed up as terrible luck. he was involved inor a min car accident yesterday right here in the heart of new york city. but check this out. it happened just less than an hour after he bough himself a brand new car. not just any car. that is ara b new bugatti. one witness told "the new york post" say he just paid $2 million for that vehicle. the car did get scratched up a bit but tracy was okay. >> still under warranty too. >> thanks for any concern, but i am totally fine my new car? we shall see. love you all. you may recall he was involved in that accident in 2014. a five-y verniversary this friday. we're glad tracy is okay. walked away this time around. up next, gwen stefani, we broke the news she's taking adam levine's seat t on next season of "the voice." yesterday on "the talk" she opened up for t t firste

since i t hhaten n'tewsro a b p. i haven't talked about it yet beuseca wa ibat d. i mean the sadwam's actually th person to reach out to me when they were trying to pitch me the show. he texted me out of nowhere and i didn't really know him. he was like, you've got to do it. it's the greatest show. so to ink he's not going to be there is bittersweet. but it's going to be fun. it's going to be exciting. blake's my best friend so i get to hang out with him at work. >> we're all excited she's coming back. finally in an episode airing day, jennifer aniston sat down with ellen degeneres and "friends."on the show she showed her an old photo and aniston explained why that particular picture was so significant at the time. >> that was a trip to las vegas before the show aired. and it was jimmy burrows our

director decided, he said i want to take the cast to vegas and want to take them to dinner. he took us to dinner at spagos at cesar's palace. we were like, we'reo fancy. and he gave us all a big speech about how we need to -- the show he believes is going to be quite successful. so this world can be pretty dark and you've got to stick together and takee c each other. then he handed us each a couple hundred bucks and said go into the casino and gamble because this is the last time you can walk into a casino anonymously. we h no clue what he was talking about. we were like, what do you mean? sure enough, that was the last time. >> right on the money, right? of course the show went on to run for ten seasons, win six emmys. but would she consider doing a reboot? here's what she said on that topic? >>listen. i told you this. i would do it. we have pa lot of -- i know the picture shows up.

i forget. the girls would do it. oys would do it, i'm sure. listen. anything can happen. >> well, there's no there. >> jim burrows is still back around. >> who's not in? >> we have a >> the coffee shob can be opened. >> come on, let's go! >> everybody's re goting. let'set it back on nbc. >> on nbc. >> come on. >> let's go. o t ellen show today. check your local listings forth . >> i'm told we have time for a daly click. >> we have a daly double dhe for the daly click. the little kid hit hard by exhaustion. camera rounds the corner in the kitchen and there's the toddler face down on the floor catching shut eye. the kidn has put i a long day when you're thatd, tire any place is a great place to sleep.

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good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this wednesday, june t's get a check on first 4 traffic. >> good morning. a couple things on the k with a that's had all of us talking this morning. comes from stanford university l business schoo which is consistently ranked among the top in the nation. t> and they've offered a class that's not a all typical. joe fryer is with us in the studio this morning.uc to feely, huh? >> that's right. good morning, guys. when you think of business sc hool, you probably think of subjects that focus on analytic tools like economics. stuff with lots of numbers. but at stanford, one popular class takes a deep dive into emotional intelligence. it's a class nearly everyone takes inan strd's elite mba program. >> our weaknesses are often an .

>> reporter: the class is best known by another name zblop the students call it touchy feely. >> touchy feely. >> we call it lovingly touchy feely. >> what are your own perso l patterns? >> reporter: the instructor says the goal is to improve studentseness so better understand their impact on others. that means learning to give and receive honest feedback. >> most of us don't feel like we know how to do it very well. so we're reluctant to do it. we assume if we give negative feedback, critical feedback, that it will damage the relationship. or that we'll look bad. >> reporter: students break up into groups of 12. th explore questions like what feelings are we having in response to each other. what are the interactions that mhavee us feel more or less connected toot hers? what is the impact of my shares feelings or vulnerabilities in what do you think of thisas cls? >> i am very much on a journey.

>> repter: students quickly learn touchy feely lovey dovy. >> you areot getting so much feedback and questioning everything you think and why you think it. >> that's definitely helpful. >> reporter: stanford alumna coral took touchy feely ten years ago. says it's emotional. >> when your peers who are your friends in this program say to you, you know, i've never said this to you, but i've alwa felt that you were kind of unapproachable or you were too well put together. that was, like, a whoa moment for me. >> reporter: it's hard to hear those things, but in the end it's helpful, right? >> tremely helpful. honest and insightful feedback is such a gift. >> reporter: akiook the class earlier this year. he says for someone who grew up in a traditional japanese family it was lifechanging. >> in my family i was educated really not to express my feelings or emotions that much.

so whenever i had a high level of emotions, i tend to suppress it. >> reporter: the class is growing in popularity. coral applies the lessons to her company encouraging employees to be open and feelings. i can imagine there are some old school people out there who hear this and think, thiot is n what the workplace is for. i don't want to hear about your feelings. what would you say to that? >> would old school way of thinking. and i would say to those people, that's a real blind spot for you that you feel that way. because i bet you'reosing good people. >> reporter: for more and more business leaders, feelings like statistics are valuable infoation. stanfog is offerin the class in shorter sessions on wekds to executives who are on the job outside of school. >> i think we should audit the

class. do an online webinar or something. seriously. ifd you wante to incorporate some oes these practic in their life, what do they say? >> oft we ask people how are you instead maybe say how are you feeling. sometimes that illicits a specific response. if you say how are you a meone says fine. go deeper and sh what makes you fine.s there' anecdotal evidence from people in the class that the answers they get, you get a longer answer. >> joe, howre youfeeling? >> fine. >> what do you mean by that? >> why are you fine? >> could you be finer?ac >> tually, not so good. then you have to go -- >> that's fine. sometimes people get deeper and emotional and that's part of this. ec >> it's connon. >> exactly. >> called being human.it i like . >> thank you, joe. > carson daly, how are you? >> oh, my gosh.

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now we want to feature it. we're trying to celebrate the extraordinary. not a free sw version of ripley's. this is finding people that do stuff that none old us c do. they're superheroes without the capes. g i love this show. i'm sod it's back. now technology and youtube channels, people see this in short formontent all the time. how does ripley get beyond that? >> we get to know people like lilly. you always see the crash videos. but we learn who was in the .ars heatth memak,es you >> lilly, you have an amazing story. first of all you were at school. you left to be a full-time domino artist. i mean -- which you're supporting yourselfhi you do for corporations. tell me how this has turned into a busines for you. >> yeah. so it started when i was about 9 years old.

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eastern on the travel channel. let's check in with craig on the plaza. >> look who we have with us this morning.ma stewart. we're firing up the grill. martha's about to share her golden rules for grilling. but first this is "today" on nbc. grilling. first, this is "today" on nbc.

this morning this rning o on "today's" food, get grilling. here to help us, who better than america's forite lifestyle maven? martha stewart. she's out with a new book. it's a guide to all things grilling. it's called what else but "martha stewart's grilling." the 95th cook book. >> 95th book. yeah. lots of those are cook books. but grilling is the season. the weather has finally gotten beautiful. and people rlly like to cook outdoors. >> i enjoy cooking outdoors as

well. >> do you have a grill like this? a charcoal? >> i'm aas guy. it's faster for me. i got small kids. just trying to get in and out. i know you love charcoal. >> i love real hard charffal. the stuhat gets up to 900 degrees. i like ite reall hotypure. so i don't use any starter. don't use the starter fluids. you know, start with the -- >> howo you keep your gra ay clean. every time you use it, use a prush like this. skrib that grate so it's nice and clean. use oil on a paper towel and a tong t likes and clean your grill. and then you now, this chicken has been cooking for, oh, about 20 minutes. you want chicken that'sor the first recipe, you want the chicken 165 degrees. >> 165. use your outdoor thermometer.

you are your instant read thermometer. here. >> this is chicken with greenes. it is so delicious. once it's cooked, you make aess lime, juice of one lime, olive oil. >> we can make this dressing ahead of time. >> yes.y so actuall is better ahead of time. scallions. some serano peppers. that's your idressing. >>t's pretty simple. how long do you >> you don'tna marite. on the grill just salt and pepper. then you put the dressing on ter it's oked. and there it is. oand everybody's going t have a taste. you're going to have a taste of this. >> they're already attasting. wh the verdict, carson daly? >> oh, i mean, come on, martha. what can't you do? >> the next thing is the korean skirt steak. it's sort of like a skirt steak but it is a short rib cut in the plank style. see this?

>> i love ribs. they're my favorite to cook on the grill. ribs take forever. >> this is cut in the opposite direction. and boy, is it good. this is marinated. and the marinade is rice vinegar, sesame seeds, soy sauce, scallion, light brown sugar, and freshly grated ginger and garlic. you want to grate a little ginger? >> yes, ma'am. how much d we use? >> just grate it like that. go back andh. fo >> don't be afraid, melvin. just grate it. >> i'm gratingit. that enough? >> yes. that's good. put that all in there. and then your short ribs go right in here. and you put them on the grill. >> how long? io this overnight or a couple hours before. so if you're a late night -- if you want to ce home and cook,

these should be marinating overnight. >> what's the vert on the short ribs? my favorite. clean plate club. >> and you just put these three minutes a side. you do that. >> i'll make myself useful. >> three minutes a side. nice and flat. >> yes, ma'am. >> and you also use these to protect. >> look at guthrie help k out there. >>e got a burner over here. >> five minutes a side. >> we got about 20 minutes here. >> do it that way, yeah. >> i got there just in time. >> pretty well done. >> t sohis is served on lettuce leaves can kimchi and wonderful fermented chili sauce. and scallions and cucumber. this is so delicious. that's how you serve it. what do you think? >> i'm a big fan of korean. >> and grilled salmon is myvo fate because i love light salads in the summertime. and a ged salmon, this is a

salmon that's been overcooked. not really. that is so beautiful. look how nice. use one of these baskets for doing fish. >> cooking fishdaan be intiming on the grill. it falls apart. >> that's why you have one of those. >> use one of these. y >> can find these in other brands too. >> and salmon salad is the salmon that's been cooked with a little bit of lemon zest. always squeeze fresh lemon child abuse. over it flake it up. or you can stir. >> i'll stir. >> is a great dressing. >> did you like anchovy? >> i do. in moderation. just pour that all over t whole thing. >> okay. >> and then flake the salmon into big flakes. >> al, what's the verdict? >> this is terrific. >> where'd you get these eggs, mar that? >> those are >> the recipes egg - on today.c.

third hour of "to after your lo. thank you, martha stewart. up ne right after your local news. thank you, martha stewart. 8:56 is nour time on this june 5th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. let's check onco your ute with melissa moe la and your first 4 traffic. >> chopper 4 over a bigroblem near oleney mill road. a school bus involved with this vehicle here. somebody had to be pulled out the car. right now no word on the injuries with the person on the bus. did not have anything passengers on board. that is a good thing. springfield inner loop near braddock road crash there. eastbound 66 after nutley has an accident as well. >> thank you. we'll take a breaknow. 'll check your forecast next. stay with us.