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republicans revolt and american consumers brace for the mdllout. b bars. the school deputy fighting to be released from jail this morning. his lawyers saying the case go too far. >> peo e shouldrightfully be mad. but i believe it's misplaced. >> but grieving parents are pushing back. >> he chose to doin no all that plus, deepening mystvey. instigators dill into why three americans have a died the same caribbean >resort. >> raptors roar. toronto overcomes a historic night for steph curry the lead tin the nba finals. and a touching scene in the french open when a boy racesto on the court to console his dad. the moment that brought everyone even his opponent to tears. "today" thursday, june 6th, 2019 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah

guthrie, a hoda kotb live from studio 1a in efeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. thank you for being with us on th thursday morning. and it's not just any morning. if you're just waking up, what a moment we saw in normandy, france, this morning. 75 years after the d-day invasi vasion. >> and this will likely be the last large gathering of this greatest generation because of their age. just 4% of world war ii veterans are stille.aliv this was the scene just moments ago after the commemoration ceremony. >> a fly by that of course brings back so many memories of what happened to change the world 75 years ago today. the president adessed the gathered leaders and veterans. the memory of those who fought and died there. he alsote celebra the surviving veterans. many of them were able to make the long trip back to normandy o today's event. lester holt is in position.

he covered the morning for us. lester, good morning to >> reporter: good morning. emotional but how could it not with this backdrop here? the over9,000 graves of u.s. service members most of whom were killed on d-day. at this hour 75 years ago, the invasion was underway. the beginning of the end of world war ii. president trump and the french president in frae today marking the 75th anniversary of d-day. the allied landing in normandy in 144 laid t w of defeat of germany in world war ii. a solemn ceremony to remember those who fought and died here. >> on this day 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for theiror brothers, f their

countries, and for the survival of libe ay. >> tribute to their bravery. >> private pickett. you honor us all with your pr.ence >> reporter: this is oneig the brave men who battled here.s > if you trip on thearbed wi coming in, you were so top heavy. that if somebody wasn' along side you to pick you up, ump dead. >> reporter: only a handful are still ie live. to wrights isne of them. a 97-year-old paratrooper here to commemorate that day by making one more jump. and h carrying precious cargo. a parachuter's patch entrusted to him by the granddaughter a of veteran in an emotional meeting. >> iay to cry.t's >> the only thing that he kept and he gave it to. me >> reporter: the patch very important to her grandfather.

>> he told me that it was just a symbol of the day his life changed forever. >> reporter: and so at the grand age of 97, this time strapped to a partner, he makes the jump. to mark the sacrifice of the thousands who died that day. >> nobody, nobody got hurt. >> reporter: one of the increasingly fewurvivors w was a witness to one of the most important battles in history. >> thank you for my freedom, sir. >> lester, it is impossible to watch that without a lump in your throat. veterans, you know. whatha are they saying about t day all those years ago? did they realize they would be part of history? >> reporter: i don't think they did, savannah. you know, i talked to some o a themut that. they knew there was going to be a landing. one of them said,look.

we practiced it on different shores in england and we never knew when the day would be. he says he was 18 years old and didn't know what was going to usppen. at that moment j fighting to get on shore. now to see all this and they're stunned by the celebration most of them went back to their lives and mundane stuff. >> it was such a tribute this morning. so many momen that were moving. v theerans who were there, how did they take in the ceremonyrn this mog? >> reporter: the ceremony, some of it is still underway. i haven't been able to talk to anyone who attended that.k i thinhere's a genuine sense that they don't want to be heroes. they believe the heroes are under those geves behind m at the american cemetery. they appreciate the honor. i will tell you they are celebritiesreround he we've run into some of them and

they're all pausing for pictures every few feet. people remember 75 years after that historic moment. >> wow.ll they deserve af the praise and honor. thank you so much for your coverage. we're going to have a lot more just ahead. tom brokaw will join us from hirmandy. >> wle the president is in europe, he remains focused on his trichariffs goods from mexico. illegal border crossings reach their highest level in more th a decade.t ariffs hing for the new t on mexico, u.s. and mexican negotiators are set to meet for a secon day today. the president sending the

sssage to mexican officials. far?r offer not nearly enough. overnight the president speaking out about the high stakes talks. >> i think a lot of progress was made but we have toake more progress. >> reporter: hitting back at those to hit new tariffs.nd >> a a lot of people senators included, th have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to tariffs. they have no -- absolutely no idea. we'll see what happens. but something dramatic can happen. >> reporter: at issue, pntresi de impose goods on monday if mexico doesn't do more to stem the flow of migrants into the u.s. speaking from iland earlier in the day, mr. trump digging in. >> otherwise we won't be able to do business. it's a simple thing.

>> reporter: as the mexican foreign minister e ressed confidence. >> we have goodmeeting. >> reporter: now the u.s. is aiming to ratchet up. more than 144,000 a 13ear high, officials say. but it comes as opposition from the president's own party is mounting. with fears the tariffs would hurt the economy and consumers. >> do you plan to have a briefing from the president? >> i intend to tal to him as soon as we can arrange. obviously he and a lot of cabinet are overseas right now, but that's likely the next order of nebu. >> reporter: many american businesses also nervous. in arizona, just a few miles from the jaime chamberlain distributes getables across the u.s. and worries about his bottom line. >> it could be devastating for the employees i have and this is absutely the wrong

way toheeg.otiarete with our nur one trading partner. >> reporter:ut and justde d.c. in rockville, maryland, mom'sic org market says it's their customer who i p will more due to tariffs, not mexico. >> when we have a cost increase, we almost always like all grocery stores have to pass that on. >>n, kriste apparently mitch mcconnell, there's word now he's trying to make this last-minute pitch to try and preventhese new tariffs from going into effect on monday. what more are you hearing about that? >> reporter: that's righ according to republican officials during a gop luncheon earlier this week, mitch mcconnell asked white officials to urge the president not to impose the mexico tarifft until mr.mp has had a chance to hear republicans' concerns in person. tny republican senators worry theiffs could hurt their constituents by driving up prices on everything from cars to groceries. now, based on myat conversns here, the president has no plans to comply at this point. a senior administration official telling me the president is

likely to move forward if there's no concrete deal by monday. now, with the presidenttill overseas, the expectations that the meetings today will yield any type of deal, pretty low. >> all ght. kristen, thank you. >> the former sheriff's deputy charged for not doing enough to stop the parkland shooting is fighting to get out of jail this morning. butrieving parents are applauding his arrest. kerry sanders joins us with the developments. good morning. > reporter: good morning, savannah. this morning deputy scot peterson, now a former deputy is being held here in the same jail as the aused gunman nikolas cruz. but nbc news has learned it may not be for long. because saseone h offered anonymously to post his $102,000 bond. former broward county deputy scot peterson hopes he'll meet conditions for release and walk out o jail.

>> il will cal scot peterson. >> reporter: he must first post $102,000 bond, wear an ankle monitor, and surrender his passpo passport. peterson's lawyer says his client is innocent of crimina wrong doi in the parkland schoolmassacre. >> i understand why people are madhond people suld rightfully be mad, but i believe their anger is misplaced. >> reporter: during the marjory stoneman douglas high school attack, it shows peterson standing outside the freshman building for 48 minutes while inside alleged eadlyangunm ramp unchallenged. 17 students and schl staff died that day including max shacter's son alex. >> he could have done something. he chose to do nothing. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with savannah a year ago, peterson said his decision

to stay put was in accordance with his training. >> if i'm a parent whose child died in that building, you do think there's a shooter inside. why aren't you goinginside? >> well, because, i didn't know if it was in there. i didn't know if it was outside. >> why not check it out. >> what i was trained was you contain the area. >> reporter: are his words now haunting him in the legal system because several of the things he told savannah guthrie are cited in the charges. >> i don't think so. i think the truth will come out. i don't think scot has ever had any hesitation regarding what he did that day. and what his actions were. >> reporter: but prosecutors allege it's what he did not do that day that's the real crime. >> kerry, there's a lot of talk in legal circles about this case because it's near unprecedented and it turns on whether or not scot peterson is considere a caregiver under the law. can you explain why that's so

important? >> reporter: well, in florida a caregiver is somebody like a parent of the child or when the child's at school, the statute in florida says it is the school teacher. but peterson's attorney says to extend that term caregiv to a sworn officer on a campus is really a stretch. and thisill ultimately all turn on a decision ultimately to be made by a judge. the judge slekelected to handle is case against scot peterson is the same judge who is residing over nicolas krurz's case. >> interesting. thank you very much. now to a disturbing case in ohio where a doctor is accused of murderingozens of his own morgan radford is here with details on this bizarre story. >> it's bizarre and there's

still some lingering qstions this morning. dr. william usil has been charged with 25 ko. what's not clear this morning is why he did it. >> do you maintain you're an innocent man in all of this? >> reporter: the doctor walki eas.rteningng as toerpo ohio courtroom to turn himself in. pleading not guilty to 25 counts of murd. he is accused of killing 25 intensive care patients over the last 4 yea by giving them deadly doses of fentanyl. while working if one o the largest hospital systems in central ohio. prosecutors say hucil prescribed those patients between 500 and 2,000 micrograms ofhe drug. up to 20 times the typical dose.

ultimately causing or at least quickening their deaths. >> this breach of a doctor's oath is vile. es>> reporter: the charg coming after a six-month investigation that began after a pharmacist alerted hospital officials to the highos de prescriptions. hucil was fired last september. hipe license sed a month later. he said he never meant to kill anyone and that he plans to clear his name at trial. >> this is not a murder case. as dr. husel's entire adult life has been to help and save people. >> it's just not alnorm, obviously. >> reporte families of the patients he's accused of killing devastated. >> it's been hard. it's been really hard. >> reporter: amy pathays her 63-year-old mother went to the hospital for a liver biopsy in 2017 but died hours later. >> iteally wasn't her time. another human being made it her time. it's tough to swallow.

it's real tough. >> reporter: 30 employees at the hospital including nurses and armacists have been placed o case. the mount carmel melt system saying they willontinue to implement meaningful changes throughout the system to ensure events like these never happen again. in addition t criminal charges, husel is also facing 19 wrongful death suits. also named are the mount carmel health system as well as nurses. t's unsure how he was able t by pass rules to prescribe and onvin a nurse to administ the drugs. >> i guess that's why there are so many folks on lea right now. 30 people. >> there are a lot of questions with this. >> a lot questions. >> about what the alleged motive would be. >> and how he was able to coordinate it and as you said, why. >> keep us posted. thank you. well, we move now shifting

gears to the nba finals. got a big win on the road to take a 2-1 series lead. >> danny green. back-to-back threes. d this equals the largest lead of the game. >> the raptors took advantage of an underman ned warriors team. stefr curry did his best. career playoffigh 47 points but he's only one man. final score 123-109. game four tomorrow night in oakland. they got to be hoping people get healthy. >> well, klay thompson should be back on friday.ph even s curry needs some help. >> he's like, i'm only one guy here. let's get a first check of the weather. al, what you got? >> we still have a lot of wet weather to talk about. but also windy weather. aaboob blowing into lubbock,

texas. a dust storm of epic proportions. visibility drops. you can see all that dust being blown up. now, we're also looking at more rain coming 11 million people from the plains all the way down to the gulf where we'veea got h showers and thunderstorms firing in. here's what we're looking at for today. severe systems texas and louisiana. heavy rain shifting into the central gulf. tomorrow strong storms from austin to mobile. heavy downpours into the midwest. and saturday scattered storms under the gulf coast. and in fact, you can see this risk oftrong storms bringing heavy rainfall, 2 to 3 inches. we got a wide area of risk of flooding. moves on into tomorrow. we've got heavy rainfall rates of up to 2 inches. and on saturday, we've got a r moderatek from texas -- i should say from tennessee on into north carolina, georgia, and south carolina. it's going to be anywhere from 2 to 4f inches rain. we're going to get to your local

forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. the shift when we went fm no phone to phone. and the difference in what they spent their time doing. i listen to music throughout the entire day, pretty much. my ear buds are always in. you're mostly watching things on your phone. yeah. verizon lets me manage the time they spendn their phone, who they're texting with, all of that. they get their freedom, i get my peace of mind. (vo) the network more people rely on, gives you more.us like the new jt kids plan. the perfect first phone plan for young users. plus, yfree samsung galaxy wh switch. that's verizon. good morning. eteorologist m 4 chuck bell. couple of sprinkles here in northwest washington. moderate rain now leaving manassas. be ready for a quick douse of rain. we'll dry out later this morning and into the afternoon. but there's anotherhance later today of some rain maybe in a couple of thundershowers as well. temperatures are in the low 70s for m of the area now. we'll have highs near 86 degrees. but take your umbrella with you.

hit and miss shors again later day. dry tomorrow. >> that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. coming up, terrible coincidence or reason for coern? the thr deaths of american tourists at the same caribbean o rert. also ahead this morning, a first look at amazon's newdr delivery one. it's going to start droppingff packages much sooner, perhaps, than you thought. but first this is "today" on " "nightly news. ew delivery drone. it willtart dropping off pa

still ahead, more o today's events marking the 7 ath anniversary ofd-day. tom brokaw joining s sharing the story of two unsung american heroes. and we'll balk to kenns about the importance of this day. and then one of the hardest working women in hollywood, mindy kaling is here. but first, your local news.

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and headache may occur. tell your doctor abo your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. ready to treat differently with a pl? otezla. show more of you. 7:26 is yr time now on this thursday, june 6th 2019. good morning, everyone. and i'm aaron gilchrist. right now there is a shooting investigation on 9th street between constitution a tnue here inhe district. someone was shot near the justice department building around 2:00 this morning. they're expected to be okay. no arrests have been made. now letou check on y commute with melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic. >> because of that investigation, pennsylvania avenue has reopened. but 9 sthtreet still shut down between pennsylvania and constitution. so a warning for you there. as we zoom out a bit, triangle, southbound 95 at 619, middle of

the road is blocked right now. and the beltway looking pretty normal. >>hank you. today marks 75 years since d-day helped end world war ii. >> bedford, viinia, suffered more losses on that day by proportion than any other community in this wecountry. will be live in bedford stting at 4:00 p.m. on news4. we'll take a break now. we'll check your forecast when we come back. ay with us.

morning, everybody. a lot of clouds around the city and fast-moving rain drops here moving throu fairfax county. ready to head into the mount vernon area and then southern prince georges county. there will be a chance for a shower or thundershower later in the day. otherwise it's going to be we're in the low 70s most of the area now. the sunshine later this morning will help get temperaeres into mid-80s today.

again, late-day thowers and dershowers likely. less humid and rain free for your friday. >> all right, chuck. thank you. another local news 2update in minutes. >> for now back to the "today" show after this short break.

7:30 now, thursday morning, june 6 presideth, 2019. 75th anniversary of d-day. unfortunately so many we have lost over the years. but many have made the trip and they are being honored today. >> dozens of them,ir family members, world leaders, surviving veterans. all of them coming together there in normandy. and aive look right now as they sort of after the ceremony

there. 9300 crosses and stars of david that dot the beach there in >> hard to even fathom that sacrifice. but we're going to look deeply into it this morning. we start with our headlines. the president is praising u.s. veterans at d-day saying they are among the greatest ailricans that w ever live. he spoke at the cemetery near omaha beach where america landed 75 years ago today. >> on this day 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for their brothers, for their countries, and for the survival of liberty. >> he called the landing in rmandy the beginning o the war. it laid the foundation for the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii. meanwhile, u.s./mexican

negotiators will meet again to attempt to stave off tariffs. a lot of progress is being made but more needs to be done, president trump said the tariffs are expected to go into effect monday if mexico does not do more to stop the flow of imgrabts into the united states. migrants attempted to cross in may, a 13-year high. the cases of measles in the u.s. surpassed 1,000. it's the highest lel in 27 that and the cdc warned the u.s. could lose its measles esimination status if the outbreak continu through the summer. th majority ofases are in new york city and in nearby rockland county. now to a growing mystery in the nin dominican republic this morning. amid the investigations and concern over safety of tourists.

the hotel group at the center of all of it is speaking out. gabe gutierrez has made h way to the dmin can republic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. more than 2 million americans visit the dominican republic each year.e thremericans dead in five days. now the hotel group here says there is no connection. news of three americans foundde in the dominican republic just daysapart in its sister resorts on the same property has some visitors to the nation concerned. >> we're going to take the necessary precautions. we're going to do what we need to do to be diligent about aur safety. >> reporter: this morning the c hotel at theter of it le reased a statement clarifying details of the unfortunately events and sayingpan , to date there are no indications of any correlation between these two unfortunate incidents. the hotel maintains that in both circumstances, established co security proto were followed and they have maintained open communication with authorities to provide information and

clarification for each case. the statement also points out that the deaths occurred at two hotels.nt both are owned by the same group and are located yards from one another. the first death, a pennsylvania woman named miranda shavwarner.o acing to her husband after checng into the hotel, his wife relaxed with a drink if the mini bar in their room when she was suddenly struck with acute physical distress collapsing to the floor. her cause of death according to his family, respiratory failure and pulmonary edema though they described her as healthy. the family is raising concerns in the circumstances surrounding her death after hearing about the death of a c marylandple sisterve days later at a resort on the same property. nathaniel holmes and cynthia day were found unresponsiven their hotel room by staff after

missing theircheckout time. they both died of respiratory failure and they found blood pressure medication in the couple's room. the investigation into their death is ongoing. >> i want to know what happed to my sister. we need to know. >> reporter: and now another dominican republic hotel is responding to violence on their property. a woman detailed in an attack that took place in january at the majesti hotel. along with fphotos of her injuries, she was beaten and left foranead by a m wearing a hotel uniform. that hotel says she only went erpublic after demand for $2 million went unanswered.

they said she had no scratched bodygns of violence on her and still had her purse and cell phone with her. nbc news reached out seval times to tammy lawrence daly to comment on that statement from the other hotel but she has not. responde guys, back to you. >> there's so many strange coincidences here. are u.s. officials getting involved now in the investigation to these deaths? >> reporter: well, the state department says it is monthoring investigation into the deaths here and will provide assistance as needed. the u.s. ambassadoro the dominican republic told local media at this point the cases should be considered isolated incidents. by the way, as far as officials here are the dr are concerned, the tourism is mandating that security cameras be installed in each hop this country. and the hotels have 60 days to comply.

>> all right.th k you. switching gears, let's get a check of the forecast. >> and we're looking at the meteorological start to summer, the start of june 1st. temperatures are getting warmer. we're seeing a change in temperatures since 1970.ou ab 2 degrees above average. here's where the largest increase is. out in the west.sc san franci almost 1.5 degrees. 2.5 degrees in portland. 3.5 in phoenix. denver, 2.3 degrees. new york, not so much. only a little bit more than 0.5 degr a. miamiwell and houston also. as we look ahead toward today, we've got split temperatures. warm in the north, cool in the south.in birmgham 6 degrees below average. washington, d.c. seeing a high of . that's 4 degrees above average. then it warms up out west. rapid city,89. 86 in minneapolis by friday. and this weekend, uer 70s, low

80s in new york. mid-70s in clevatand. nta will see upper 70s to low 80s. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happeningn your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we're seeing light rain across fairfax into arlington, the district, eventually into southern prince georges county as well. take your umbrella with isyou. thatch will be in and out of here in the next hour or two. there'll be another chance for rain and thunderstorms later today. right now temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll have highs today in the mid-80s. warm and humid day today. drier weather for tomorrow and saturday. >> that's your weather. >> the meteorological start of summer? >> june 1st. >> and that's different from -- >> late may.>> learn something new from you all thetime. just ahead, tom brokaw is going to join us from norndy with the story of a veteran.

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and help us work on some of the most imptant and urgent problems that humanity faces. >> amazon says the n drone is capable of taking off vertically and tilting its body to fly horizontally. it's fully electric with a flight change of 15 miles and able to carry packages weighing up to five pounds. using machine learning to avoid hitting , power lines, and other obstacles on the ground. inn interview with cnbc, they said it's part of the decision to release artificial intelligence. >> the stuff we're doing for customers which is all about really fast delivery speed and low pris prices is just going to get better through ai. >> reporter: it's the latest in the delivery war with the skies growing crowded. google's delivery se was already given the go ahead which launched in virginia two months ago. u.p.s. has decided to flyca

supplies between facilities. and in africa, zipline is using drones to deliver medicales supplio villages. but the new technology still faces a host of regulatory hurdles including federal aviation rules restricting dro flights. 'tand the public isn buying into drone deliveries just yet. a 2017 survey shows a majority of amecans say drones should not be allowed to fly near private homes. experts say drone delivery technology is still just getting ground. >> everyone should not think that they're about to get tacos or burritos delivered by their drone. >> why not? >> well, that's disappointing. tom, so what -- i want tacos and guac delivered by drone. what kind of products would this work for?

obviously it's not going to be like my three cases of seltzer water i order. >> reporter: we're talking small items. toothpaste, razors. but don'tt expec one any time soon. amazon says its new drones should be used withinons to deliver packages to customers. keep in mind it is a global company. >> it is. it's sbresininteresting to thin. but i hate the noise. >> i'm excited about the pros prospect of it. >> you so want a drone to deliver you a burrito or something. still ahead, the winners, the music, t fashions. an inside look at last night's star-studded cmt awards. but first, these messages. what do eu charge for onlineity trades?

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7:56 is your time now on this thursday, june 6th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. right now there's a shootingn investigation 9th street between pennsylvania avenue and constitution avenue. someone was shot near the justice department building around 2:00 this morning. they're expected to be okay. no arrested have been made. now let's check on your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. in burke, southbound lee chappell road. all lanes blocked with a serious accident there. into the beltway, inner loop before route 1, left side is blocd by that accident. and in northwest because of what eun was just talking about, that shooting investigation, pennsylvania avenue has reopened but 9th street shut down between pennsylvania and constitution. eun? thank you.. we'll take a break now. your forecast is next. stay with us.

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. good morning, everybody. some light rain and drizzle that has been moving through northwest washington is nownt headed i northern prince georges county. also rain drops north of wald f waldorf. grab those umbrellas. you may not need it across parts rgof northern ia. but you'll likely need it later on. chance of more showers and thundershowers later in the day. temperatures havenched their way into the low and mid-70s. it will be a warm and humid day today. high temperature 86. and again some more afternoon kethundershowers li. lower humidity for friday and saturday. and then rain chances unfortunately are back in the sunday forecast. >> all right, chuck. ank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. r now back to the "today" show. t'

8:00 on "today." coming up, honoring the heroes. the world comes together to anniversarythe 75th of d-day. >> today we remember those who fell, and we honor all who fought right heren i normandy. >> tom brokaw joins us with the incredib stories o two veterans who saved lives. >> i said to god, please get me in, a chance to save just one more man. and filmmaker ken burns here to share on the legacy and lessons from that historic day.

and sitting down with mindy kaling talking about her new film "latenight." >> a splash of color on ay canvas. and cover band. ♪ feeling like a new >> first for the jonas brothers. telling about yur groundbreaking photo shoot and we get ready for them to take over our plaza today june 6, 2019. >> ready for game five tonight. let's go blues! [ cheers and ♪ a >> here to celebrate madi. >> i'm turning 13. >> hello,w "today" sho from california. >> celebrating your 50th anniversary. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today" on a bright and shi thursday morning. nice to have you with us on an important day in ourhistory. >> 75th anniversary of d-day.

we're going to go to tom brokaw in a moment. ken burns is also here. that talk abou documentary he did a few years ago. tomorrow this time -- wait. is it tomorrow? the jonas brothers will be he o. tomorrow the plaza. >> and i think there are probably people out there sleeping to get a good spot already. but let's start with the news at 8:00 and ase' mentioned, w all looking at normandy this morning. the president was there with other world leaders to mark the 75th anniversa of the d-day invasion during an emotionalny ceremo the president praised u.s. and allied troops who came by sea and air to liberate from world war ii. they won back this land for civilization, he said. >> on this day 75 yearsago, 10,000 men shed their blood and livesnds sacrificed their for their brothers, for their

countries, and for the survival of liberty. >> earlier in the ceremony, french president emmanuel macron awarded the legion of honor to five american who is took part in that invasion. he told them that 75 years later, their incr ible courage still resonates. meanwhile, with his deadline for tariffs approaching, the president weighed in overnight on urgent talks between united states and mexico. w ker tells us where those talks stand this morning. kristen, what do we know. >> craig, good morning. the clock is ticking and there is still no deal to avert new tariffs. u.s. and mexican negotiators are set to meet for a second day in a row today. now, at issue,se of cour president trump is threatening to impose 5% tariffs on mexican goods o monday if they don't do more to stem the flow of migrants at the border. this morning a growing number republicans are urging the president to hold off on those new tariffs concerned they could hurt the economy and raise

prices on o a range goods from cars to groceries. overnight the president speaking out about the high stakes talks between the u.s. and mexico. and even taking a swipe at those senators who are urging him not to impose them. >> but we're having a great talk th mexico. we'll see what happens. but something pretty dramatic could happen. we've told mexico the tariffs go on. and i mean it too. i'm very happy with it. and a lot of people, senators included, they have no idea what talking about when it comes to tariffs. they have n -- absolutely no idea. >> reporter: a defiant president. now despite the facts there will be talks today, officials are down playing the chances of a breakthrough noting the president is still overseas. >> kristen welker at the white y house, tha. we have a health alert today for people who don't get enough sleep or have irregular es bedt a new journal says poor sleep habits can raise you risk for high obesity, high cholesterol,

high blood pressure and a lot more. so the way -- >> not something you guys need to hear, right? >> i know. but it's really, as i understand it, about irregular bedtimes. this is more if you have three hours one night and ten the next. that kind of thing. >> we've known for awhile if you don't get 7 to 8 hours of slp, it can take a hit to your health. but what they're finding out about this one, they looked at 2,000 men and women and looked and tracked their sleep. see how often they had inconsistency. when they went to sleep and how much training they had. someights they went to bed at 10:00, some nights at 8:00. if you had that inconsistency of raisinghat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other problems. >> the earlier you go to bed, it was better for your health? >> it was a matter of being consistent. i talked to one of the authors of the study. what she said was consistency is the most important fact, here. d nowwhat if you have a

regular bedtimeing the week but go crazy on the weekend have a late night and sleep in? asking for a friend. >> that's social jet lag. you go to bed later. social jet lag can cause some issues. but she said more importantly it's kind of what you go through where during the week you have work schedules to get you up early, go to bed early. on the wkend you try to do snore mall things. as long as during the week you're consistently going to bed same time, that sunday through thursday, that's going to help you the most. >> got some useful tips for us? >> number one, bedtime routine. you want to good bedtime retune. relax before going to bed. improve your sleep surroundings. that room should be for sleep and intimacy. that's it. get rid of the tv, get rid of the cell phones. theyaid i could say the intima intimacy. >> that was very diplomatic. d. avoid alcohol before you go to be especially if you already have sleep problems. and then, again,. thatting.

a lot of people nap. it's not necessarily the best thing to do if you're having sleep issues. cut out the naps. use white nois and cool the room down. >> i've been telling my wife that since w got married. cool down the iroom. >> a 68 degree guy. >> amen. >> you should sleep next to each other. all right.s let a morning boost and a tender moment that happened at the french open. french tennis star nicolas mahu had just been eliminated when his 7-year-old sonan over to comfort him. [ cheers and applause ] >> i mean, that's the moment. and then even his opponent is taerg up. but he walks off the court hand in hand with his son. so many life lessons just packed

in that little moment. what a good kid. >> let me tell you something, as a fatr to a 5-year-old boy, there'it nothing that ltle boy can't name better. >> that's exactly right. allot more aheads t morning. including mindy kaling is here. can't wait to talk to her. >> but first tom brokaw u joins with a heroic veteran who returned to normandy today. and we'll talko ken burns who had an acclaimed d-day documentary. that's afterhis. jake... seresto, seresto, seresto. whatever your dog brings home to you, it shouldn't be fleas and ticks. seresto gives yoon dog 8 continuous ms of flea and tick protection in an easyolo-use, non-greasy clar. seresto, seresto, resto. ohh no, jake. seresto. 8-month. seresto, seresto, seresto.

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ago thousands of young men literally saved the world. today marking the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion. >> you think about each of thosr crosses o stars or crescents and each contains one person's story. tomas brokaw h dedicated so much of his life and work to sharing those stories. and he's in normandy for us. he's got one more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. so many of the veterans who were re 75 years ago have come back to revisit the memories, the good ones and the hard ones. i spoke with two of them. one was a heroic medic on that day. the other, an american nursd anetween the two of them, they made a great contribution to the success of that historic moment. heroes are everywhere. you just need to know where to look. the native american woman from the plains of south dakota.

98 and 99 years old respectively. yet their hearts and memories remain in the sacred place. hati put a tourniquet on and took a shot of morphine. and i went back in. >> reporter: ray lambert grew up poor in rural alabama enlisting in the army becoming a combat medic. by june 1944, ray had already fought his way through north africa and sicily with the army's first division. the big red se. and h in the first wave to hit omaha beach. >> i told them to go under water as far as they could. because whenever that was down, it looked like hail in that water. >> in the carnage on the beac a ra the other medics desperately tried to help the a soldiers around them. suddenly he spotted a possible

safe haven. >> i s this rock. and i told one of my men -- i said if we can get to that, maybe we can save more men. twice rter: already shot himself, ray dragged one man after another out of the water. their heavy backpapacks and gea ing them to the bottom an incoming ramp came crashing down on top of him. >> i was convinced that i was going to die right there. and i had this in my right arm. i said to god, please give me a chance to save just one more man. and the ramp went up. this is what makes me tear up. my mother always told me that g believe inod will take you. >> reporte both men survived. by's back was broken, his day

onody omaha was over. >> we got our first patients on the 7th at 2:30 in the morning. >> reporter: marcella ryan left the reservation to train as a nursw >> i never khat was in store of me. >> reporter: she likely took care of men saved by ray and the medics. her waras getting underway. to a field line hospital in the battle of the bulge. that did not necessarily mean her country thanked her. at least not right away. >> well, when we came home after the war, i went to rapid city. e of here were signs in s the bars that you walked down the street, no indians or dogs allowed. >> reporter: today she is a respected elder of the lakota nation. the vital rolehat nativ americans like marcella played in the war effort honored nowthn

e sands of omaha. and ray's memoir "every man a hero" has just been published. there arese not many of the kinds of plaques dedicated to combat medics. argument arnold ray lambert set up the first casualty collection point on omaha beach. that will liver forever. >> yes. >> reporter: no greater legacy for that. you're a great american. >> well, thankyou, sir. >> reporter: god savedou for a good reason. >> well, i hope i've done a right thing. >> reporter: i had hoped to spendime with marcella here in normandy, but unfortunately she was hospitalized in paris. after all, these are people of advancing ages. so we hope that we'll be able to see them again under better circumstances. now back to you, savannah and craig. >> oh, tom. thank you so much. you tell those stories so well. >> no one has toldbe them er.

we're joined now by film maker ken burns who captured how the world war impacted america. it was called "the war." od to have you with us on this special morning. . a thousand world w ii veterans are lost every day. >> and oug kids tho we fought with the germans against the russians. people grah ating from hig school were armed with the exact opposite information. we're se two things th losing the memory of the direct memory of the wa these ordinary human wbeings. ande weren't knowing enough, we weren'tching about what took place in theea t second wo war and particularly this most important of days. uit just propelled into a seven-year efforto try to see the second world war from a different perspective. a bottom up perspective. well, let's do that again. let's do that again. explain to people who don't understand why this was such a

feat, a military feat but a feat of humanity. >> so this is the greatest invasion in human history. it iut not abo conquest. it's not about taking territory. it's about freedom. it's about liberating people. there are farm boys from iowa who don't have an interest in the geopolitical dynamics here, but they have an interest in the perpetuation of freedom. so you have 5300s. boat you have 176,000 human beings going across the english channel. you've already had flights of aircraft dropping fabric, wooden gliders that the germans have put stakes in the fields where they're supposed to safely land. paratrooper to try to block off what would be the response to d-day and d-day itself. five beaches. >> and the staggering loss in one day. >> this is a story about leadership. leadship from the top down.

ooi ooissen hour said look. fhis fails, it's all my fault. >> blame me. >> blame me. nobody does that anymore. and then the soldiers themselves from the bottom up would improvise as they needed to do.w you kn move your boat in closer. risking that so you can take out the gun placements. doing the kinds ofhings -- finding that rock that ray found to just bring a few more people to life. this is a great human story. you know, we have to be skeptical about the mythologies we make about ourselves. not today. not today. this is beyond important. and all of the valuesha t we have tod were born this day. we think of the nato alliance. this is really its first victory. and that thengorld that's goi to come out of the victory of today 75 yea ago is going to be representing the values tha wee carried forward that has kept the world from another

world war and at peace. and wse feel that tho values are strained a little bit today. so today helps us remember not only what these heroes did, but what wre still obligated to do. i've got a little girl here and i've got grandchildren. and the worldt thaose people made for us, saved for us, it's our responsibility now to keep it. project that you actually -- you keep something in your pocket. >> many of the films i bring back a memento. this day we lost only 2500 americans. churchill went to bedding with told his wife, i think we'rein go to lose 20,000 british soldiers. i mean, it's just -- this was better tewss day for everybody all around that it was a success. it was hard tore break out of but i have the bloodiest day in american history up to that day

was antietam and i have a bullet i've carried around for almost 30 years since we did this series on the civil war. this was given to me after our film on world war ii which is a bullet of a soldier and -- who landed at d-day. a brass button from a uniform. these are what you hang on to remember. it's not all, you know, we forget. and when we forget, then w permit another narrative to come in that isn't true. >> it strikes me whe h youear these veterans' stories. first of all, their humility isj so -- it'sust a quality that is so vanishingly rare in our culture right now. and also so my of them, it was so unspeakable that they did non ell these stories to their families. >> you have to understand. we smother war in bloodless gallant myth. we call the second world war t

good war. when in fact it's the worst war ever. what they saw that morning defies description. you cannot remain unanged if your best friend's brains has just been splattered on your jacket. i'm sorry, this is the morning. maybe people are eating breakfast. but this is wha and so you come back, and this generation was so reticent they suffered ptsd before it had a name. shock, atigue, shell whatever the name was called. but mt went back and sort of locked that stuff in the deepest recesss. of their mind and that's okay. that's why some of theer vets can't go back there. some have to go back there to honor the people that they lost and to touch the soil again. that they are now old men looking back and they can't even believe the things that they did that day. because remember, war is life at its top. nothing is more vivifying than being in combat. when your violent death is possible at any moment, everything is heightened.

and that is why it is so difficult for returning vets and why we are so obligated not to just s service which is a period, but say welcome home. at can we do for you. and particularly to those still. how can we help you? what can we do? how can we repay you for saving civilization? >> ken burns, honor toave you here. you really do honor them with your tributes and story telling. so thank you. >> thank you. and we'll send it over to al. >> all right, guys. thanks so much. and we still have 11 million people at risk from flooding from the gulf into the plains today. more heavy r n pushingthrough. we have a risk of flooding. rainfall rates 2 to 3 inches per hour from new orleans a the way up to st. louis today. we move into tomorrow. that stretches to the mid-atlantic coast. down into the gulf and including new orleans. and on saturday we even have a deavier risk as we make our way in hethe country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning.

i'mrm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. cloudy outside. the the areas of light rain and drizzle in the last couple o hours, those are now headed to the b bridge and eastern shore. clearing skies and sunshine returning across much ofgi northern vira now. that will be the trend for the next several hours. temperatures will climb from the low and mid-70s now upig to a h near 86 degrees today. a likelihood of more thundershowers later in the afternoon. so keep your umbrella handy today. it'll be try storm and sa>>rday. hat's your latest weather. carson. thanks so much. i'm looking for ourext guest. mindy kaling. imebody told me she's in our control room w weird. but come on in. mindy. there you are. >> hey, carson. >> whatre you doing? >> say the brilliant mindy kaling. >> that's jared who writes the scripts. you're writing our show. >> i just thought it needed a he little lp. a little help. >> jared's not offended byhat at all. >> how is baby kathryn?

>> very well. >> more with mindy coming up in a minute. all right. jill is here. she's got some special summer travel steals and deals as well. but first your local n up. good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this thursday, june 6th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. brand new problem here southbound in efgermantown be father hurley. everybody getting by to the right. so we are slow in those southbound lanes. northbound slow as well. inner loop, outer loop of the y beltwaooking typical right now. outer loop at 450 there a little slower than normal. northwest pennsylvania avenue open. buttrth seet shut down between pennsylvania and constinktion. >> thayou. we'll have a check on your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good morning, everybody. some areas of light rain comes to an e now. more than enough sunshine to get things heated up into the mid-80s this afternoon.be that will enough for an isolated shower or thundershower later in the day today. not looking for a chance for severe weather, but ily certain can't give you the all dry just yet. take your umbrella just to play it on the safe side. dry weather for friday and saturday. unfortunately we've had to put rain chances back into your sunday forecast. especially for the afternoon and

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>> we're going to walk over here. hello, folks. come on over here. this is jenna from ft. worth. how are you? >> wonderful. thank you. how are you? >> i'm doing well. i brought sunny over. i hear you're a fan. >> yes. i even have a "today" show dog bowl. >> you sell them or make that? >> you sell them. >> okay. got to get that. here's a trick we like to do. just call his name and put your hand out like that and you'll say sunny, pound it. all right? sunny. >> just get his attention. >> sunny. >> put that in your hand. that might help. >> sunny, pound itee >> that? little first pump there. all right. you get a scooby snack for that too. thanks for being here this morning. appreciate it. >> sunny isom like, c on. give it to me. >> mirn i did kaling is here. we just saw her dabbling with

the script at the "today" show. e's got a new movie. her first screen play. we're excited to chat with mindy. >> and our newlyjill martwith y travel essentials. >> and just eaah neil patrick harris and his husband will be joining us. we'll catch up on their family life and the newroject they're working on together. >> but first a che of our weather. >> let's see what we' vetfal let'salk abt t.st ley cup gofinal. game five tonight. it's all tied up. st. louis at boston. partly cloudy, chances of showers. luckily they're playing indoors so that's okay. our weekend outlook, more wet weathehenr tth sou aea with stt threat. june heat on the rice in the southwest. great weekend in thertnoast. look for sunshine in the pacific northwest. storms continue in the southeast to thereat lakes. western third of the country looking good that's what's going on around

the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'mea storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. still a lot of clouds over washington. the rain clouds are coming to an end for now. wel see sunshine to get you through the morning and into the afternoon. temperatures in the low to mid-70s currently. should reach the mid-80s for a high today. still breaks of sunshine. chance of rain and other thunderstorms later on in the day today. tomorrow, cooler. more comfortable highs in the low 80s. and for the big pride weekend here in washington, low humidity, dry saturday. rd an chance on sunday. >> we have another huge crowd that's come down here. but if you have to leave before the show is over, well, just tune into "today" show sirius xm channel 108. and you can take the "today" show with you. now let's head back inside to pop start and carson.t, >> all righ carson. >> all right. i was lisning to sirius xm 108 coming in. i learned a lot.

all great.e >> thank you, carson. >> very good what you do. here w go, pop start. last night country music television awards appeared to be a big night foris including one of our favorites carrie underwood. sheayalked with two awards at the end ofni the ght. that brings her total of cmt award winners to 20 and making her the most awarded artist in the show's history. conditions to her. anotheringer we love to her, keith urban. one of the nicest guys you'll meet. he won collaborative video of the night. and in keith's speech to theyoay thank he wanted to thank a special someone. >> thank you to the fans for voting this video. thank you so much. andy hines, joanna carter. thank you very much. julia, thank you. my wife nicole mary who's at hotonight. she's working in new york, actually. i wish you were here. miss you. >> there you go. not msing an opportunity to thank his wife nicole kidman as

well. the jonas brothers making history of their own. the band krasing the first-ever gital cover of harper's bazaar. they spoke of their recent dd wegs. to why he and his wife sophie turner got married in vegas. the pair are planning a second weddin france this summer. but joe explains we had to do a legal marriage bidore we d the real big one. it was either the courthouse or our version and ire pferred our version. friends, elvis, and ring pops. nothing wrong with that. in case you haven't heard, the jonas brothers areo going t here on the plaza tomorrow as part or our citi summer concert series. sh lot of fun. finally, one of jenna's favorites sat down with you for your digital series. >> you're so good too.

>> thank you. tell me more. >> and i hope that you and savannah don't fight over the reeseon withething. who's the better bes tee. >> that doesn't need to be fought over because she's . chosen >> witherspoon shared how she took the show based auch a book. >> you seem to kind of like secrets. >> i do. >> big little lies. >> when you read that book, did you know instantly this could be -- this should be -- >> well, yes. when i read "big little lies" and it had five parts for women. i heard nicole read it so i called her saying you want to do this together. she was like, yes. dloets it together. >> that's the ultimate story of girl power, too, right? sb spe >> it speaks to the power of female friendship. >> is reese better friends with savannah or jenna? >> last week she declared that savannah was not as close with we are. >> wow.

>> so, i'm sorry, savannah. >> listen. i know. i know when i'm beat but i'm going to work every day to be a better friend to reese witherspoon than you are. i won't tire, i won't stop until we're having margaritas on the beach in cabo. >> you should start with roger federer now. >> oh. is roger available? >> no, no, no. >> tigse are fing words, carson. what are you doing? >> instigating morning fun. head to today.com for the full interview. reese also revealed her top the must-reed books for the summer. >> wor got time f a clic? >> this is a good one too. just a father and s hanging out on the couch watching tv together turned into a funny moment where the dad and young son have afu-on conversation. >> this is great. >> did you already see it though? no. okay. all right. huh? oh, i know. not this one. th g is thend finale of it. yeah. this is the last one.

i don't know what they going to do next season. exactly what i was thinking. >> the mother postedhat video on facebook. that clip's been shared over a million mes. and you can see why. it's a real cute father/son moment. >> it's so cute. the little boy is obviously cute, but the dad is the star too. funny. he's keeping the conversation going. it's like he can understand that baby talk. it's genius.g >> i was thinkust the same thing. >> i'm not done. come on over here. let's not keep our guest waiting anymore. she's written half the show. behind me, the great mindy kaling is here. i can't believe that's the first movie you've written. >> i can't either.th >> more wiindy but first this is "today" on nbc. er

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we're backdyith min kaling. she didn't even write that but it's true. she's multimultitalented. >> smelays in her movie a host that doesn't hit it off with the host. but you'd never knoatit when theyr with reporters. >> how would you describe molly? >> molly - molly -- molly is -- >> she said i was a vibrant splash of color on the gray canvas of our staff. then she said something i would never forget. she said despite our different backgrounds that i re of a younger her. >> younger me. >> isn't that wonderful? huge. >> mindy, good morning. >> thank you. >> carson was just that this was your first screen play which is hard to believe.

because you're such a prolific writ. >> yeah. i've just been doing tv for sol ng. i thought this would be a fun challenge. >> now, you actually were an intern for conan o'brien back in >> i was. >> did you build from ere? he is nothing like the -- he's a really tough character. and conan was the ideal boss. but, you know, when you're researching these late night talk show hosts, you see how these big personalities on camera are very different sometimes off camera. >> ywell, hear that. there's a lot of rumors about that. >> i thought that was interesting. because the experience of t watchise shows is so fun and so joyful. and you think that the experience of making them would be the same. and so oft the case is not. >> it's been widely reported that emma thompson was in when you were writing the script. shs here on the show recently promoting it saytg your debutas literally one of the best scripts she ever read. >> dame emma thompson said that. >> i know. i was so honored. can't believe it. it's such an incredible thing

from herself -- she is herself an oscar winning screen writer and actress. to come from her was amazing. >> you know what's funny, her character is kathryn. and then your little daughter is named kathryn. e we supposed to connect the dots in any way? because she's not a nice character. >> i know. i'm just really uncreative. there's five names i like. savannah, carson, kathryn, mindy, and willie. n'was here two hours to see him early and could find him. >> when this first started, with for you like the character in this movie? the wants to go in there and tell her what's e what and how to do their jobs. >> my character. >> yeah. >> the character is a little bit based -- i mean, i started off the only when i was woman and minority for the first year i was there. it was really terrifying.

because for awhile, when you're the only person there, you think you represent all minorities and all women. and i thought, a lot of people face that in their workplace. and even though this character has, like, a lot of flaws and everything, i waed to write mething that was really funny and represented what i thi a lot of people were going through and they don't get to see themselves in this kind of story. does written comedy work the same for tv to this movie le "late night". >> there's written dialogue but write also had to monologue jokes and then standup jokes. so it was really challenging. and then making sure that everything was really, you know, actually funny washard. so i did a lot of research ith a lot of different comedy writers. people who workyoed if a eed fo and had gat things to say about you sfwlp thank god. 17 years of "last call" will do it for you. johnny carson, david letterma

jay reno. then the a newer thing happening there. what world does late night take place hiin? >> t takes place in the traditional big three networks, that sort of thing. and that was -- i read every book about those late night wars. i'm sure you know so much about that because you're entrenched in that world. it's fascinating to me. it's somhing where even if i don't sy up and watch it at night, i see clips about them. whether it's jimmy kimmel or jimmy fallon. >> you talk to bill carter of "the new york times"? >> i tked to him. he wrote that book -- he's written two books. i researched all of his writing. >> i never asked. but you were talking about being at the office and being this youngriter and looking different than anybody else. how did you get yourself apart on the ouow? did y write it and say, yeah, i i thinkould play this part? or how did you make that leap in front of t camera?

>> my boss greg daniels had seen me in a play i had written and starred in, and he had in the back of his mind theth wonderfu g about "the office" is people looked like people you know. th don't have toook like models. and he wanted the room to be diverse and full o authentic looking people. when he hired me as a writer, there was an acting clause in it. in the second episode "diversity day" he said i think that suld be an offended minority woman. and there i was. great.like, that'll be you. >> and the rest is history. >> movie looks great. congrats. >> "late night" nationwide next friday. and now outside to craig. all right. thank you, savannah. coming up next, jill martin is here to mak your summer vacation the best ever. some very special steals and deals.bu first, this is "today" on nbc. make your summer vacation the best ever. some very special some very special

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