from n news, this is "today" with shanel jones, peter alexander and dylon dryer live ofrom studi 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning a welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. >> big weekend ahead. a congratulations tthe women's world cup team. >> absolutely. >> u.s.a. on their way to the finals. they beat franceei on thhome soil. >> i practiced saying victis.

>> viva las vegas.overseas. top story. president trump's wide ranging news conference hours ago and ao extrinary offer to meet the north korean dictator kim jong-un in the demilitarized zoneetween north and south korea tomorrow. kristin welker is traveling with the president. she was at the news conference in japan. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you from osaka. this is a diplomatic cliffhanger. will kim jong-un accept president trump's invitation to meet him at the dmz? the president building suspense with t freewheeling news conference that lasted more than an hour overnight, all coming on the heels of critical foreign policy talks. this morning president trump touching down in south korea after unleashing this extraordinary tweet. if chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border tdmz j to shake his

hand and say hello. ovduring an night news conference the president was o pressed whether the meeting will actually take place. >> spoke with thepe le. kim jong-un was very receptive. he responded ando we'll see because tomorrow we're going to the dmz. 'mi said while i there, i'll shake his hand. >> reporter: even saying he would be willing to walk across the border intoorth korea, but what if kim doesn't show up. >> of course i know that. if he doesn't, people will say, he was stood up by chairman im. >> reportethe two meet it would be the first times. u. and north korean leaders would come face to face at the dmz and mark the third meeting between the two me their last summit ended abruptly with no deal. >> we won't call it eye summit, we'll call it a handshake if it does >>happen. eporter: it all caps the high stakes foreign policy talks at the g20 summit where

president trump announced overnight that talks have resumed between the u.s. and china hitting the pause button on ade war that had global markets on edge. and on russia, president trump was pressed on this momenthere he smiled when he was asked if he would tell rusiia's pnt vladimir putin not to medal in the u.s. election again. >> don't medal. >> it seemed like maybe you didn't really meanhe it wyou said yesterday, don't medal in our elections, mr. president,d an then you guys both started laughing. >> you're going to have to take a lookt the words, i did say it. >> rorter: but offered this explanation. >> he denies it totally. how many times can you get somebody to deny something? p has in thet denied it. he's denied it also publicly. >> reporter: and the president weighing in on the battle to reace him after senator kamala harris sparred with joe biden about his record on race. >> i thought that she was given too much credit. he d didn't well certainly, and

maybe the facts were unnecessarily on his si. i think she was given too much credit for what she did. >> reporter: what we do know about the president's trip to south korea, he's going to hold talks with that country's president and then address u.s. troops that are stationeds there before heading home on sunday. peter andhanel. >> kristin welker traveling with president trump. thank you. let's turn to jeremy bash ing was in the obama p de trumpt inviting kim jong-un to the demilitarized zone. put this into perspective for us. the last talks broke down. since then north korea has started missile tests. what's the risk/reward? >> my possible thought is, hey, i happen to be in the neighborhood, can we get together? it looks a littleit sad, adespe.

north korea has not dismantled its nuclear program in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. i think this is a hug concession if it happens and we get very little for it. >> let's talk about vladimir putin if we can for a second. the president and pineeting during the course of this summit. the first time they were thgether since robert mueller determined that russian government was responsible for interfering in the 2016 election in a sweeping andystematic fashion. the president seemed to brush off the russians not interfering and on fake news even though they are said to kill 25 journalists since putin came to power. now he's inviting putin to commemorate the end of? world wr >> yeah, peter, i think the president is giving a green light to russia to medal again in our 2020on elec and in

effect what we've gone with through the president, first he said no collusion, then he said collusion isn't a crime and recently he said collusion is good, i welcome it and i wouldn't tell the fbi. so when he sits next to vladimir putin and the head of ssia, in a sense he says, we welcome your involvement. he sends the wrong signal. >> the president does often seem tre at ease when he's with strong menn when he's with america's own allies. let me put up a picture from ou couple of h ago. 24 this i the g20 picture. that's mohamed bin salman. the two engaged in a good conversation thioere. the president said he was very angry with the saudis and the fact that they're responsible for the death a of washington post columnist but he also praised the crown prince there even though the u.n. determined it was the crown prince and the royal fily that were behind

this. does this give more ammunition to the president's critics? >> there's a littl for every autocrat. we talked about north korea, we talked about russia. he's made a huge concession to china, to xi shipping ping on the issue of trade and we're going to hold off on tariffs and sell to awei. nows he needs our gulf arab partners to confront iran, which is very much still a tinder box in the northeast. >> can i ask you one c na question? >> yes. >> you brought up huawei. the president banned american companies fm providing products tohueive tol py n in the u.s. but around the globe. th president seems toave backed off. he has gotten criticism. the message there? >> from e national security perspective, it's very concerning. what the president may be saying, we me hav security

concerns, but you may buy your way out. if you pay us enough, we'll relax our policies. >> the democratic candidates that want to replace president trump are running hard in the battleground states. front-runner joe biden is on the defense today over the issue of bussing race with kamala harris. we're joined live from new hampshire, the home of the nation's first primary. good >> reporter: good morning. the 20 democratic candidates are spanning out around the country includingernie sanders campaigning in new hampshire today. the effectiami debate are rippling. democratic presidential front-runner joe biden on the defensive friday over the issue of race. to efore i start, i'd like say something about the debate we had last night. i never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing.

and as a program that senator harris participated in and made a difference in her life. >> reporter: on stage at an event hosted by reverend jesse a son, biden did defend his record. > i took on the banks and r lining and trying to change the way in which neighborhoods were segregated. >> biden making his comments one day after senator kamala harris slammed him for opposing federally musdated bng back in the 197 os. >> do you agree today that you re wrong to oppose bussing in america? >> no. >> do you agree? >> i did not oppose bussing in america. >> reporter: their discussion of bussing, segregation and civil rits picking up right where it left off. >> do you think he's racially insensitive in a way that makes him a poor fit to be president of the united states? >> i wouldn't say that. i just think he and i have a difference of opinion.

>> reporter: with the first debate behind them, on friday harris and ar numbe of other presidential candidates visited the homesteador facility f migrant children. >> you and i pay for this place. what is being done in thisbu ding is being done with our name and with our money. it is wrong. >> reporter: harris and biden are ont the wes coast raising money. bernie sanders will be campaigning here in new hampshire. it's still very early in thi contest. safe to say a lot more americans are paying attention. 18 million people watched that debate on thursday night. that's the mostor a democratic primary event ever. >> we're just getting started. thank you. also this morng, a tragic turn in the search for a missing utah collegeen stud police say mackenzie lueck was murdered and a salt lake city man is charged with her death. just an awful story. >> good morning. mackenzie lueck's death captured

the world's attention. they traced her remains to the suspect's home. >> reporter: this morning a salt lake city man under arrest facing charges for the murder of 23-year-old university of utah studen mackenzie lueck missing since last week. >> car 30 can you also send me two more units? >> reporter: ayoola ajayi surr adered. >>ravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of a body. >> reporter: lueck was last seen alive june 17th arriving at the salt lake tty airport a 2:00 a.m. police say she then took a ride on lyft, ended up at aark and left with someone an hour later. phone records show that ajayi was the last person lueck contacted. >> all communications f ceased mackenzie at 3 a.m. on june

17th. >> reporter: meanwhile, the investigation intensified at the suspect's home.or neig said they saw him burning something in the backyard. >> excavation of the burn area resulted in finding personal items of mackenzie lueck. other charrederial was located which has now been forensically -- has been determined to be female human tissue. >> reporter: ajayi is a former member of the utah national guard and a self-published author. he met with a contractor, brian wolf, who said he had a strange est. >> when we started talking about building the secret door with the room and all thatstuff. he wanted like a thu print he wanted hooks on the walls. >> reporter: wolf said he had an odd feeling and turned down the job. this morning with a motive still unknown, police say the investigation isn't over.

>> and nbc news has reached out but it's still unknown if the suspect has any representation just yet.ou his first c appearance is set for monday but probably new details. >> kelly, thank you --ka y, thank you very much. let's take a turn to sositive news. the women' world cup in paris, team u.s.a. is flying high a day after beating the host country, 2-1. now we have nbc's kelly cobiella covering all of the action to you. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. oh, my gosh, what a match. c just aplete nail biter right down to the end. this was the game everybody's been talking about way back since the start of the tournament. a huge match-up between the number one u.s. women's team and a fierce france. this morning team u.s.a. is stil on top. it took just over 90 minutes to get there.

co-captain meghan rapinoe scoring the first goal just five minutes into the match and a second in the 65th minute. goal! >> reporter: the french never gave up attacking again and be again. their 6'2" star wendy ri firing one through late in the game. roaring crowds a relentless opponent yetns defending champ team u.s.a. held their ground. fans dmeerd paris. back home and online. >> go u.s.a.! >> from congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez, an invitatn to congress, rapinoe replied, consider itdone. president trump slammed rapinoe after saying there was no way she would visit the white ehous.

controversy only seemed to make her fight harder. >> she honestly thrives inhese moments. almost like it feeds her. >> reporter: the game came on the hottest day ever recorded in france, 114.6 in the south. 86 by kickoff in paris. do you hav any coping strategies tonight? >> probably have like three beers beforehand. >> reporter: volunteers armed with spray bottles were out tohe lp. >> it's like being in a car wash. >> reporter: for these fans, temperatures are forecast to be milder next week, but the heat is on. >> so, kelly, what's next for team u.s.a.? >> well, the heat really is on becaus f theye red hot england next. tuesday evening in leone in southeast france. england is playing so well. they actually just stormed thugh their quarterfinal match on thursday against norway beating norway 3-0.

the u.s. and englaye have p this year already. they played them sort of a less high profile in january, i believe, and they tied. so this is a really good match-up. meghan rapinoe, plar of the game. in her words, c'est magnifmagni >> i was watching this. the whole place erupted when rapinoe scored that second goal. >> it's awesome watching i it a group setting. we are feeling the heat, that's for sure. look at this, we have 14 million people under heat advisories out in the midwest. 17 million people affected by poor air quality,specially across the new york city area, washington, d.c., philadelphia and most of new jersey. that is aroblem with folks with any sort of respiratory

problems. elderly, anyone witha asthm problems. you want to eliminate that. temperatures are going to be very,ery t. humidity is high. minneapolis, 104 is what it's going to feel like today. wichita is 93. raleigh, 79 degrees. tomorrow we are going to get a bit of a break from the heat. temperatures dropping bac down to the 80s. the humidity drops. feels like tllperature sti hot. 89 degrees is a little better. charleston, montgomery, alabama. 101 des moines and going into next week we will start to cool off by monday, tuesday. temperatures will be more seasonable. the heat ramps right back up as we get this to the end of the week. speaking of europe and the heat wave they have been dealing with. kelly mentioned it was the hottest day ever on record in parts o southernrance with 115 degrees. that's an all-time record high

temperature ever. eoday temperatures are still going to be in th90s and above 100. rome to100. going inext week, temperatures will cool off a bit. still looking at and we've got some very hot temperatures out there today, in fact, today, likely the hottest so far this year. some storms possible today, about a 40% you'll see them. dylan was just saying, our humidity falls tomorrow. nice tomorrow and low humidity onrr monday. cuent temperatures in the 60s and 70s. it's already a warm start. 87 will not be our daytime high. it will be 96. but again we'llatave the tempes moving through the 90s. 40% of storms later on ts af atest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. a floridaacation turns into a nightmare for daughter in the fight for her life. the miracle rescue of an abandod baby.

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we're back on a saturday th morning with weekly download. our look back at the week that was. >> the week was dominated by the democratic presidential delate as w as the tragic images of a father and daughter who drowned as they tried to make it across the u.s. aborder. just warning, someth oe first images are disturbing to watch. tragedy at the border fueling the raging immigration debate. this heartbreaking image. a father and his 23-month-old daughter drowning as they tried to swim across the rio grande. >> i hope tt picture alone will catalyze this congress, this senate, this committee to doth someing.

a dramatic moment at the first democratic debate televised by nbc news. >> senator kamala harris confronting joe biden about working with two segregation senators two years ago. >> you workehe with t to oppose bussing. there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bussed to school every day, and that little w girl me. >> the audience stunned into silence with biden forced on to defense. >> p mischaracterizes myosition across the board. i did not praise racists. >> to his rescue in florida when a little girl was discovered alive in a plastic bag in the woods. sorry.so >> innocent cries now heard around the world. authorities in forsythe county,i geor say tips and well wishes are pouring in. >> she is a tough little girl

and doing well. to be india is said doing well in a foster home. more than a thousand people eager to become her forever family. >> jussie smollett with a noo around his neck claiming to be the victim of a crime. >> want to take it off? >> i do. >> releasing more than 60 hours of footage, cpd said theof trov evidence is allart of smollett's elaborate hoax. jordan lindsey was snorkeling with her mother and she was bit severely injuring her right arm. she died from her wounds. she had been swimming at a popular snorkeling spot near rose island, a tiny stretch island northeast of nassau when the attack occurred.

a car came barrelling through this store in florida. shockingly there were no life threatening injuries. i turkey a teenager opened a toddler at an open window and ught her when she fell from the second floor. just off the coast of long island, a close encounter with a whale. and finally, a citation for cuteness. orlando police officer alex kipp found home when he found hisvi daughter dri on the wrong side of the road. >> license and registration? i don't believe this is a laughing matter. >> she was let go with just a warning this time. >> is so cute. >> hi, daddy. >> i love that he had the lights going. she's like, what's going on, dad? >> it is funny. i feel like i'mly automatical nervous for her. >> been th te. >> still come on "today," a day of celebration at the stonewall inn 50 years after the rebellion that sparked surprise movement. plus, a look at how one big

potato chip maker comes up with all their unique flavors. >> and the unique mi series, why is real life drama so popular these days? but first thesmessages.e

this is a "news4 today" news break. your time now is 76 on this saturday, june 29th, good rning to you, i'm meagan fitzgerald. we want to get to the headlines we're following this morning. fire officials are investigating a massive fire that engulfed a home in fairfaxrounty. choppe 4 flew high over the scene last night. flames tore through this home on clark's branch avenue in great falls. fortunately everyone inside the home was able to get out safely. >> and we are just five days away from the 4th of july. the blu angels, air force one and aircraft from all branches r of the milit will fly over the national mall. also, the steps to the lincoln memorial will be off limits co

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welcome back, we'll get a look at our forecast. lenty of sunshine. it is warm. annapolis sitting at 77 degrees. i think by about 9:00 or 10:00 we'll be over 80 and over 90 by noon. l have a few more clouds with a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2:00. they'll be wrapped up by 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. if you're headed to the d.c. united game, it looks good for that. it though. clear skies rightag now. n, not too bad but plenty of

humidity, will feel close to 100 degrees. the humidity drops f sunday and monday. daily chance of rain, even for 4th of july. >> already sweating thinking about it. thank you. we're back in about 25 minutes . we are back on this saturday morning, june 29th, 2019. this is going to be fun, sports fans. chenel and dylan getting behind the wheel in some monster trucks. >> we were smiling but inside crying. >> more of those adventures are coming up this morning. we're going to begin this half hour, we thank them on a hot beginning of summer saturday. >> nice of them to show up. >> let'sit start w our top headlines and it is breaking news from japan this morning. >> president trump with a surprise invitation to north korea's leader kim jong-un. the president wants to meet at the dmz and shake hands across

the border. >> because tomorrow we're going to the dmz. i said, while i'm there, i'll shake his hand. >> north korea says it's an interesting suggestion but that they havenn a formal proposal yet. >> president trump also announced this morning that the u.s. and china have agreed tone trade talks. the president took chinese leader xi jinping aside for talks. china agreed to resume buying farm products and in a major me reversal, arican companies will be allowed to do business with chinese tech giant huawei. missouri's lone clinic that provides abortionsil wbe able to stay open for now. a state commission has proposed closing the clinicver alleged health care violations. it would have made missouri the ly state where women have no access to abortion. the strict law banning abortions pregnancy weeks of with no exceptions for rape or

insist is supposed to take effect augus 28th. it's this week, not cricket. national pastime comes to london. the new york yankees andreoston sox are going face to face. a baseball diamond has been constructed in a sold out 60,000 seat london stadium. london vendors had to be taught how to p peanuts, call out hey, hot dogs but the fans, people there are ready. >> see what they do during the seventh inning stretch. >> good point. >> could get interesting. a warning from a mothe who nearly lost her young daugh fr to ash eating bacteria. the scary situation happening during a family trip to florida. here's nbc's morgan chesky and how doctors saved her life and what to look out for when you head to the water this summer. >> the photos capturing a family vacation turned nigh 12-year-old kiley parker fighting to stay alive.

just days after complaining about a sore leg. >> we had n idea of the er bact, the infection. >> she put a scuffed toe in the water and had intense pain and walking over the next couple of days. >> i can't say 100% this ishe cause but this is a known risk factor. >> she scared the scary ordeal on facebook writing after days of knowing she had contracted a bacteria. doctors in her home state rushed to save not just her leg but life with antibiotics and multiple surgeries. >> she's very lucky to be able to have very good prognosis and earlyon recogniti and managent. >> the cdc says 1 in 3 people die. the bacteria most commonly enters the body in a break in skin.

avoid hot tubs, open bodies of water and wash the area. for kiley, the true impact of the infection has yet to be seen. >> i can't do everything that i before. to do >> there is a possibility that it mayoffect her t where she may not be able to walk normally. >> and for t people that saved her daughter, a tearful thank you. >> the medical team, the -- you know, her pediatrician's office, everyone that has had a hand in her -- our community, they all saved her life. >> a mother's thanks for a life saved just in time. nbc news, miami. >> dylan is back with another check of the weather. dylan? >> good morning, guys. yesterday was a pretty wild day minnesota.er, take a look at the flooding asr carscare trying to drive through this. bridges were washed out and look at the animals as they were waters.n flood

this calf trying to get out of the flood waters. everyone affected including the. animal today we're starting off the morning with our heaviest rain falling across northern north dakota. we have severe flood warnings in effect and torrential downpours. this is going to be an area we t need to w later on this afternoon for more storms to fire up and across the northeast. we have a frontal system that's going to combine with heat and umidity and storms throughout the daytoday. first across the upper midwest where we could see winds up to 60 to 70 miles per hour and very large hail and also in the northeast. later on this evening after 4:00, 5:00, that's where we could see large hail and damaging winds as well. it is the cold front moving to the east. it's kind of slow process even though it looks like the storms are firing up. they won't get going until later on today. this will continue to slide to the south. 'll see much

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you were born this way and you're superstars. >> reporter: several big names took the stage reflecting on what happened here half a century ago. >>t's about ung, trans, people of color. you're not going to shame me anymore for who i am and who i love. >> what do you want people to think? >> i want people t remember the courage that it took years ago for those who finally said, enough. >> rorter: police raids on gay bars were common in the '60s but when officers showed up thatgh ni at stonewall, the crowd was fed up and fought back. life.at was our way of you just accepted it until that ght when the people stood up for it and then those around joined in. it was a momentous -- it turned 0ut to be a momentous night. >> reporter: now 5 years later, stonewall is a stealthy, worthy symbol of pride and ssprog >> for me to celebrate who i am. >> reporter: but in the lgbt

worries there are about hates crime and murders of women of trans women of color. >> it's about us aov then ming forward on monday. >> reporter: to those gathering here, stonewall isbout history and the future. back here at stonewall, visitors are stopping by. one of theurrent co-owners, people like to call this the gay church. peter andan sh. >> joe fryer, thank you. we'll see you here in studio 1a for another great story. still to come, how one po mto chiper is thinking outside the obag, so t speak. outside the obag, so t speak. coming up with some did you know i grew up here? i used to come here every saturd as a kid. do you still have family here? a loousins.

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getting ready for the fourth of july. if you're stocking up, there is one sna item on everyb y's list. >> potato chips. they're a fill they pleasure. >> how do they come up with all of the crazy new flavors? we sent nbc's kevin tibbles to check it orter: e't.ou talking the king of crunch. no matter where you live, the thinly sliced deep fried salted potato chip is a snack time staple, although flavors can be, well, as varied as the places where people enjoy them. >> chips. >> chips. >> bite the flavor. >> here at kettle chips in salem, oregon. >> why improve on the potato chip. >> our fans are looking for new and we have 25 different flavor combinations.

variety is the spice of lif so definitely we want to please everybody. >> reporter: as our palates evolve, here they're trying to think outside the bag. >> we have our chip fans who write in to us. >> really? >> we'll have people on soc media say, have you thought of these things? we look at trends both nationally and internationally. >> i'm a fliefr architect. shea turns them into new kettle chip >> there are great ideas but i it really going to land. >> reporter: there's been a flavor explosion as america becomes moreiverse and millennials with buying power are looking for something new. radish flavor? >> in combinati with other things. we have eggplant. we have cabbage. >> reporter: what is that? >> that'sragon uit. >> reporter: heret kettle hq,

spuds are in constant deman. potato s.chip this plant can fry up half million pounds every single day and the competition is as hot as chili pepper. is there any he espionage going? >> wet keep i close. >> reporter: they have the satisfaction of taste testing new chip flavors. >> i like the balance of flavors. >> starts off pretty bold. >> can i get a couple more? >> reporter: why do you do is? >> imean, why wouldn't you do it? >> reporter: what do potato chips mean to you? ea>> they m summer barbecues, they mean gathering with friends. they mean more than you might think a potato chip should. >> reporter: t

folkes have your fourth of july cookout could have really seriously. >> that's no small potato. >> for today, kevin tibbles. >> everyone wants to talk about their favorite. >> sour cream and onion isld reliable. >> regular, original trips. peter gave an amazingpeech to

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magill. >> you were there earlier. that was me. here you go. >> where am i? >> looks spontaneous. you think anybody can make it with a clever vir post but the best results come from being prepared, read up, do the work. we need you, your perspective, your passion, and most of all voice. don't ever be afraid to use it you are the next generation of difference makers and i am thrilled for you to get started. >> yeah! so good. >> so we had to boil it down. this was like the most exhilarating cool experience, to have that many people in ahat room to be in a position to share advice, the best piece of advice i think i hope i gave. just ask the worst nip can do, i interviewed fidel crass tow.

you could speak to any correspondent. i was a k 20 something and he wrote back to us when i was at nbc and,e said we'll talk to peter alexander. i hope a lot of people listen. >> looking up to you and wting to absorb those words of wisdom. >> more than anything, my kid -- my children got to see this as tlll. my lit kid took a picture. >> you sent me the link. still to come on "today" -- >> this is what i'm doing. >> exactly. we'll tell you about driving a monster truck and a romance novelist and her ughter. congratutions, peter.la what patients don't realize is what they eat and drink is likely acidic and then what's happening l. the weakening of ename now is the perfect time for a toothpaste like the new pronamel repair. this toothpaste takes it to the next level. it takes minerals and it drives it deep into the tooth surface so that we can actively help repair weakened enamel.

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this is a "news4 today" news break. it's 7:56 on this saturday, june 29th. good morning to you, i'm meagan fitzgerald. we want to get straight to the headlines we're following for you this morning. starting monday, businesses in the district could be fined as much as $800 for giving you plastic straws and stirrers you can only use once. the law took effect last october but the grace period ends on monday. and in virginia the minimum age to buy tobacco and other nicotine products rises from 18 to 21. happening today, the annual smith sewn january folklife music festival.

this year's theme is the social power of music. the festival is free and wil put d.c.'s local music, especially gogo onis day. normally the event is a two-week affair. but this year it's only two days. and get ready for some humidity. lauren riyn ricketts will be ba with a look at our forec

welcome back. lauryn ricketts is standing byk plenty of sunshine on this saturday morning with temperatures in the 70s. look at that, annapolis already 80 degrees. it's the hottestay we've seen yet this year. temperatures mid-90 today. the heat index around 100. chance of storms, north and east will have the better chance of seeing stronger storms. most of us are b dry about 6:00. storms continue to pop north and east of baltimore.

strongest storms will be there with damaging winds. >> thank u, lauryn. we're back in about 25 minutes with more news and weather. but for now, back to "to" good morning. meet me at the dmz. president trump arriving in seoul this morning and making an extraordinary offer to catch up with northern dictator kim jo-un at the demilitarized zone. >> tomorrow we're going to the dmz. i said, while i'm there, i'll shake h hand. >> the president saying he did press russir leade vladimir putin about interfering despite joking with him. >> goal, u.s. s. the u. women's national soccer team beat host country france in front of aow swelteri d at the world cup. next heup, semi-finals. and moner madness.

shanel and dylan take the wheel of the monster jam trucks gettingessons from a pro withtw ts, turns, plenty of surprises along the way. today, saturday, june 29th, 2019. ♪ ♪ >> having a great time in new york on my 70th birth day at the "today" show. girls weekend on the plaza. >> round two. >> i just graduated. my birthday. >> and i'm so oud. ♪ ♪ >> you love our cookies but girl scouts love "today" show. >> look, m, we're on tv. >> it took 75 years to get here. >> happy birthday. >> i love it. >> music to start your saturday. good morning, welcome back to "today" on this saturday morning. thanks for the hot summer saturday here in new york city. >> they were so hot, it's thick.

you can feel it, chop it with a knife. >> i was in miami this week. talk about thick hot? >> no. >> top stornt it is preside trump making a surprise public offer to the leader of north korea. in a tweet the president invited kim jong-un to shake hands, and in his words, say hello in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. nbc white house correspondent kristin welker traveled with the president tots g20 summit. e joins us from osaka. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you. president trump is taking a major foreign policy risk by inviting kim jong-un to meet him at the dmz. so far noic offl answer. overnight the president building the suspense while touting c wh he isting as al successfu g20 summit. >> this morning president trump touching down after unleashing this extraordinary tweet. if chairman kim sees this, i would meet him at the border of

th dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. during an overnight news conference the president was pressed on whether the meeti will take place. >> we spoke with the people. kim jong-un was very receptive. he responded and so we'll see because tomorrow we're going to the dmz. i said while i'm there i'll shake his hand. >> reporter: eve saying he uld be willing to walk across the border into north korea, but what if kim doesn't show up? >> of course i thought of that because i know if he didn't everybody's gng to say, oh, he was stood up by chairman kim. no, i understood that. >> reporter: if ie two meet, would be the first time u.s. and northern leaders will come face to face at the dmz and marks the third meeting between the two men. their last summit ended abruptly with no deal to end n th korea's nuclear program. >> we won't call it a summit, we'll call it a handshat if does happen. >> reporter: it all caps the high stakes foreign policy talks at the g20 summit where president trp announced overnight that talks had resumed

between the u.s. and china hitting the pause button on a trade war that had global markets on edge. and on russia. present trump was pressed on this moment where he smiled when he was asked if he would tell russia's president,ladimir putin, not to medal in the u.s. election dain. >>'t medal. >> it seems like maybe you didn't really mean it when you said yesterday, don't medal in ou elections, mr. president, and then you guys started laughing. >> you'll have to take a look at the words. i did say >>it. eporter: but offered this familiar qualification. >> look, you know he denies it totally, by the way. >> the president also weighed in on the democraticry prima race. fresh off the debates. what did he say? >> reporter: well, peter, the president was asked about that headline making exchange when senator kamala harris challenged former vice president joe biden about his record o race. mr. trump tried to downplay

harris's performance saying she was given too much credit. the president didn't miss ao chance t swipe at biden saying, quote, he didn't do well. for the president, this is new territory, peter. spent the past several months attacking biden who held the front-runner status. his strategy for otherid candes like harris may be a work in progress. >> kristin welker, thanks. some other headlines this morning. disturbing new information out his morning in the murder of a university of utah student. a 31-year-old salt lake city man is uer arrest suspected of murdering ma ken zie lueck. evidence of a burned female's remains was found in the suspect's backyard. tigated for rape five years ago but charges were t pursued. a local contracr in northern salt lake said he was once asked to build a secret sound proof room on the man's property. both the master md of david ortiz's shooting is behind bars today.

victor hugo gomez called his relatives as they moved in for his arrest. surveillance video from the shooting scene shows the man suspected of financing the hit casually taking a drink of his beer. he was shot three weeks ago and is now recovering in boston. this botched assassination attempt was apparently meant for a man sitting with ortiz. now to the women's world cup in paris where team u.s.a. got their biggest win beating host team france 2-1 in the quarterfinals. the americans n one step closer to another title. nbc's kelly cobiella is in paris. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: shanel, good g to you. the team is already looking ahead to that next match after a real nail biter against fierce france. ♪ ♪ep >>ter: this morning team u.s.a. is still on top. it took just over 90 m

get there. co-captain meghan rapinoe scoring the first goal minutes into the match. >> algo u.s.! >> and the second in the 65th minute. but the french never gave up attacking again and again. their 6'2" star, went bey renard, firing one through later in the game. roaring crowds, a relentless opponent, yet defending champion team u.s.a. held their ground. fans dmeerd paris. back home and online. >> go u.s.a.! >> from congresswoman alexandria owe case yes cortez, rapinoe replied,onsider it done. president trump slammed her for saying there was no way she

would ever visit the white house after the cup. th controversy seemed to make her fight harder. >> she honestly thrives in these moments. almost like it just i don't know, feeds her. >> reporter: the game came on the hottest day ever recorded in france. 114.6 in the south. 86 by kickoff in paris. >> do you have any coping strategies tonight? >> we'll probably have like three beers beforehand. >> reporter: volunteers armed with spray bot wrls out to help. >> like being in a car wash. >> forhese fans, temperatures are forecast to be milder next week but the heat is on. >> and red hot england is next. the team will face them in leone southeast france next week, on tuesday night. this is a tough teamt to b though. last meeting ended in a tie, 2-2. so it should be another really good game. shanel, pete >> absolutely. kelly cobiella, thank you.

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the arts often find a way of reflecting our society. >> recently a string of docu dramas have been featuring current issues sparking socialr change yeafter the fact. we have the latest on the latest offering. molly, good morning. >> good morning to you. a much-anticipated scripted show about the rise and fall of roger ales is out this weekend. much of it won't be new information. that's not the point. audiences are tuning in by the millions to shows like this that rehash and revis shows we already know.

>> actor russell crow in aat suit and layers of latex makeup plays the bombastic master mind of fox>>news. e've become the loudest voe. >> based on the 2014 biography by the same name,he loudest voice, begins at the inception of the cable network. >> it is such a like spicy mellowdrama, right for adaptation. >> give him a vision of the world, they want. >> people still have such a huge appetite for politics and this is theer iction of politics, meets yeah and sex. >> over the course of seven episodes the audience bears witness to his ugly fall from power resigni amid sexual harassment allegations which he denies back in 16. the loudest voice is the latest hicu series one scripted about real events. hbo's finding never land is about michael jackson. singer r. kelly was indicted on

ten counts of sexual abuse only after the airinf surviving art kelly. >> even though you had all of these testimonials about what r. kelly has allegedly been dfong r years, you had to sort of seekhat out. >> in the six-part lifetime mini series, women f providedsthand accounts of r. kelly's alleged abuse. he pleaded not guilty. d actor netflix's when they see us, linda nfairstei was dropped by her publisher. the consequence is a result of creators with agendas and a au hungry ence. >> i don't think that anyone created the loudest voice out of altruistic experience when they have the news cycle they give you an opportunity to talk about them. >> all of these docu series have gotten so much attention bringing up newllegations that may not have been known at the time.

there's a certain power to seeing is believing. these projects engage audiences and compel audiences to act in a way we haven't seen before. r >>lly good story. exactly right. you watch these and you feel changed after watching them. >> a lot of compelling stories. molly hunter, thank you very much. one of the stars of the loudest voice, seth mcfar land, is going to sit down with willie geist. let's get another check of the weather with dylan outth on plaza. ylan. >> good morning,guys. it is a very hot and warm summer morning. and i found this family here and you are ball of energy. where were you born? >> we were born inko hon and lived there for 12 years. >> really? where do you live now? >> california. >> very cool. you want to say a special hello to someone. >> our dad. >> where is your dad watching from this morning? >> dallas. >> hi, dad. >> hi! >> and it's hot down in dallas,

too. eves everywhere ihot. it's hot and stormy. we are going to see more scattered storms popping up. most of those are off shore but howe will see t fill in. we could end up with another inch, inch and a half especially if youet stuck in the heavier downpours. strong gr storms on the i-95 corridor. after 3:00, 4:00 we could see storms produce so dylan was talking about the chance for storms. the best chance for us is going to be after 2:00. and then most of it will be ge after 6:00 or 7:00 except for d.c. and points north and east. the closer you are to baltimore, the better chance of stronger storms later on tonight. saturday's planner, mid-90s today. feg like 100 degrees. temperatures in the 70s right now. as we head through the afternoon, about a 40% of scattered showers and thunderstorms, damages winds our

and that's your latest forecast. shanel and peter. >> dylan, thank you very much. still to come, a romance novelist getting a little love on social media. honey, his gig-speed intern is ridicul. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. the romeros. patels. the wahh-the-wahh wolanske's. right. no one is going to have internet like this.

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her free time writing romanceik novels l mr. spy, a thrill teal of an ee liz zsa beet than captor. in a thread now going viral at online k admits that she was all wrong and that her mom bnd heks have shown her that romance novels can, quote, be meticulously researched piece of fiction that features skillful prois and full katie is not alone. romance novels are a billion dollar business lov especially by millennials, but there's still one thing about the genre that embarrasses katie. people always ask me what it's like to read sex scenes my mom wrote. i try not to think. about let's not talk about it. she doesn't want to discuss it. i'm with her on that. katie says she is now her mom's bigg fan and so is the internet. i like the elizabethan.

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good morning, it's 8:26 on this saturday, june 29th, i'm meagan fitzgerald. we want to get straight to the headlines. starting first in northern virginia where a search a under way for the person who vandalized a 9/11 memorial at wood bridge soschool. one drove onto the school's lawn and rammed into the memorial's benches. police are nooking at evidence that was left behind at the crime scene. and here's something to do with t family this weekend. one last ride at the carousel at the glen echo park in montgomery county. the popular ride will shut down

after sunday so that the building that houses it can undergo some major renovations. up tos expected to take nine months. so it will cost over a million dollars. and just fe mor days until the 4th of july. the blue angels, air force one, and aircraft from all branches of the military will fly over the national mall. also, keep in mind, the steps of the lincoln memorial o will be limits unless, of course, you're invited by the white house to see president trump's speech. and a hot and steamy day on tap. lauryn ricketts will be back th a look at your fo. why switch to fios now? you get the best internet on the 100% fiber-optic network and now the best value from your tv package

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welcome back. hot, hot and hotter seems to be the headlines. we'll check in with lauryn rickets to be sure. we've got the temperatures moving into the mid-90s today. st, again, we are going to see one of the hotte days, if not the hottest day we've seen yet this year and already a warm start in annapolis, 80 degrees right now. good day to get in the pool. scattered showers and storms, 40% you'll see them where you are, damagin winds being the primy factor there, and threat. see them forming. areas north and east will have the best chance to hold on for a chance of storms after about 6:00 p.m. but most of us will be dry after 6:00 p.m. frontal system coming through and that's going to drop the humidity through the day lotomorrow.

90s for tomorrow, upper 80s on monday and chances of rain next week, even for 4th of july. >> all right, halauryn, t you very much. 're back in 25 minutes with a full forecast. back to the "today" show. we are back on a steamy saturday morning, june 29th, 2019. we haven amazing crowd out here on the plaza. >> hey, everybody. >> thanks, everybody, for comi. >> the holiday weekend, we have a lot of folks from kansas this weekend. >> garden city. >> brought them in. >> see, i gave you a shout out. there you go. all still to come, dylan an steppedan up gave a monster truck a try. >> i've been hearing about this. how to party like a patriot. a fun infested bash without

breaking a sweat. >> what's a holiday gathering without yummy and decadentfood. top new york city restaurant owner, that is coming right up. chicken and waffles. >> and ice cream and waffles, it's amazing. >> talk about weather first? >> yes, it is hot. fortable and c very humid for the northeast, midwest, plains down south. because of that we do have some pop-up showers and storms down through florida, the gulf coast and the northeast. we are goinge to see orms fill in as the storms move across the east. we'llrm see severe s with damaging winds, perhaps up to 60 miles an hour. starting off the morning with showers across north dakota. hot and humid except the western half of the country. going into tomorrow, still looks nice on the west coas s, 70s, 80s in the southwest. 110 in the desert southwest. more showers and storms fill in along the southwest. it w

well, it's possibly going to be the hottest day of the year, strong storms are possible for today. secrecy again, we are going to have about a 40% chance, areas ad.c., north east towards baltimore, best chance for severe weather. falling humidity as we head into your sunday. those temperatures out there right now in the 70s. sitting at 80 innnapolis. and as we go through the day 96. but it's going to feel close to 100 degrees. we've got thatf 40% o seeing afternoon storms. low 90s and falling humidity with all sunshine tomorrow. .omorrow it's going to be >> are you guys having fun? >> it's hot o re. >> 5:30, we were like, nobody was here. >> while'r you here front and u.nter. good morning to yo guys, we'll send it back inside. thank you,la all week nbc news has been highlighting the progress of the lgbtq community since the historic uprising at the stonewall inn. >> pride movemt has been

celebrated with all sorts of events across the country this month. nbc's joe fryer attendedne unique event in new york city. he joins us. good to see you. >> good morning. june, of course, is pride month this weekend. new york is celebrating world pride. there have been all kinds of pride-related events taking place, but this morninge want to take you to one of those events, a dinner unlike any other. >> for the cooks t insidehis kitchen, recipes are made of more than carefully measured ingrednts. they're brimming with stories. likehe food, the stories are getting an audience. begin. he banqu >> this event is called pride table. uests are served a five cours meal with each meal made by an lgbtq chef. dema king is one of the chefs. >> i always understood as a child that i liked other boys. >> performers tell his story about the anti-guy assaults he survived growing up russia.

>> they didn't touch us. they kicked usba in the . >> on our knees so we couldn't run. > soon dema appears to introduce his contribution, a deconstructed borscht,c symboli of the homeland we ee skand. >> we invent who we are and become who to >> the next course comes in a different way. >> can you hear me? >> in a dimly lit room diners listened who talks candidly about being gay and hearing impaired. >> i pretended to be more deaf than i was because i didn't want to speak out lou h and hearow gay i sounded. >> his dish, filipino goat stew is toppedith paper and guests are encouraged to break that shell. >> you reveal the deliciousness of my family heritage as a filipino and also as me being a

queer gay man. >> the entry comes from melissa. >> cooking my cinnamon chicken wings for the people. >> why are they famous? >> because my friends love them. > the actor portrays her problems as a young trans woman before she emerges. >> when you're out there, wha i does feel like? >> i don't know. i feel like beyonce. i mean, it's not easy tellingho your w business to the world but at the end of the day, i'm here to not only bless myself but to bless somebody else as well. >> pride table is put on by story course,at an organizion that mixes food with story telling. >> so you're getting a multi-sensory delicious moving profoundce experien. >> the final course takes everyoneack to 1969 to the stonewall inn, sight of the up rising that galvanized the gay rights movement. >> martin boyes was there. before long the audience feels like they were there, too.

they listen as martin describes the morning after the >>riots. he street was covered with glass and the sun picked it up. it looked like diamonds. it looked like hope. >> c martinalls his recipe broken glass pudding. it reflects like chards of glass, food for the a soul and message for the heart. >> such a ier pl event. pride table only lasted about two weeks. night. sold out every tonight's actually the last night. they plan to do more dinners like this in the future. >> what a great. idea >> just a metaphor in every meal from the rice paper to the diamonds as it appeared, the fractured glass. su this is something they'll do again? a great idea. >> yeah. if it's not these specifically five chefs, they will do the same thing. it's amazing foodnd story. >> you said the food was phenomenal? >> it was >>great. hanks for sharing, joe. nice to see you.in comg up next, dylan and i

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for high flying, car crushing stunts and today it's more popular than ever winning fanol and young. >> we, by we i mean our producers just had to have us give it a try so shanelnd i headed to met life stadium. monster jam universy we got a lesson. i managed to pull off a few stunts. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: monster jam has always been known for big trucks and even bigger stunts. now the d sport iswing monster audiences to arenas across the cotry thanks to its new family focus. >> dylan and i headed to monster jam university to get a lesson from the pros. intimidating >> are you ready to do this? >> they wouldn't let me parallel park. >> i feel like our producers art running o of things. this is ridiculous. >> tom is driving. should we go meet m? >> look at those tires. it's actually taller than you.

>> do i meet the height rezbhiermt. >> great to meet you guys. >> inside,de out when dylan and i were watching you could feel it in your chest. >>t's an unbelievable adrenaline ride. >> it is more than driving over other cars. you guys are flipping trucks. >> stus are the coolest thing. huge back flips, two wheel challenge where drivers are learning how to maneuver and challenge your truck only driving on two wheels. >> the biggest question, do you have any advice for us? >> have fun. that's numone. you're each going to get a chance on the track to competen agains another for time. >> i've got this. >> hi! >> so you think i can actually drive this? >> i'm sure you >>can. et them geared up, huh? >> it's got your name on there.

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that was awesome. oh, my god. oh, my god. that was hilarious. >> i love it. >> oh, my god. >> did you get in there? >> no. i'm not >>crazy. you guys got me. you got me all the way until started a revolution. >> what an experience. >> sheinelle, we know each other. you totally fell for that. >> you were like, oh, my goodness. what is she doing? is she okay. >> because i know you're klaus throw phobic. >> i am so klaus throw phobic. i don't think i could have done it. >> if i can paint the picture for you. before you even getin you're strapped into ayo device so can't move for safety reasons. when you're sitting there, you're driving. you're literally pushing the accelerator. >> you can't look left, right. you can't move your head up, down. it is the most klaus throw phobic feeling and y 're hot. >> you were having a freakout.

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york city. >> nice to see you. >> we need your help because we're cooking a holiday menu up. good morning. talk about a little sweet chic fried chicken. we'll get you off the grill. a little bit prep time. very easy. you can hang out with your friends by the pool. first thing is fun. need you to set up the brine. >> okay. >> bottled wate t stict all in there. you want to brine the chicken. that will giv it that flavor and it will lock in t all ofse juices. if you're not brining your chicken, you're not doing it right. >> this i raw chicken. >> what is this? >> oregon, thyme, salt, garlic powder. old reliable. >> one of our key ingredients. >> sweet tea. >> that's going to give it sweetness andt' i going to bring out those flavors. >> if you can let it go for 24 hours, that wl make a

difference. >> what we do for the restaurant, 24 hours. even if you get three hours, it's enough. something that will give thata extrflavor. now we have our brined chicken. this is what it looks like. >> wntastic. >> do a double dredge. we take the chicken. >> double dredge into the flower. >> flour, into the buttermilk, back into the flour. >> hence the doublegedr >> hence the double dredge. one of the key ingredients we put in is corn starch. that's going to give it like an extracrunch. double dredge for that extra crunch. >> cast iron frying, it's going to -- wipe off my hands. here at home we're going to use a sink to wash our hands. lay it in. >> lay it in. the cast iron is going to help keep the temperature the right temperature. you want it to be around 325, 350.

>> how long are you going to do for? >> smaller pieces 9 minutes, bigger pieces 12 minutes. you want it to be about 165. >> you guys eating already? how's it tasting? >> delicious. >> so good. >> the thing that's good about fried chicken at picnic, it's okay to have itcold. >> for sure. you can cook this -- precook it, especially if you're outdoors by the pool. cold chicken helps. >> yes. >> we're just getting started here. let's do some dessert. apple pie waffles with what >> with a caramel milk jam. we're known for chicken and waffles at sweet chic, this is what we do. a dessert take on waffles. we're outside by the pool, hanging out. >> hit that. >> i'm hitting that. >> there we go. >> so another thing when you're making a waffle batter, we whip our egg whites to a stiff peak. that will give it the fluffiness. >> we whip it to a stiff peak >> i've never had waffles -- >> can i just tell you growing up on the jersey shore, eating

waffles and ice cream is a thing. >> apples inside the waffles. >> nice. >> how's that ste? >> it looks great. >> i grew up on the jersey shore, this is where you eat waffles and ice cream. >> this is what makes it such a peect -- >> take it out, a couple of minutes. >> it don't wan this to end. >> ice cream. >> so good. going to top this with some more apples. >> perfect. >> lastly, help me with these drinks, by the way. >> so good. >> this cocktail is called the last day of summer. you can enjoy it. it's a tequila based cocktail. we've used a prickly pear puree. you can use watermelon. >> prickly something in it. >> cheers, chef. thank you. have a great fouh of july. >> thank you. appreciate it. that is legit. >> to get the recipes forour

july 4th celebration, head to today.com. >> that will do it for us. thank you for waking u andp good morning, i'm meagan fitzgerald. straight ahead," on "news4 today the latest on an intense fire in fairfax county.nd a a missing person could

be over. that case could be over. officials pulled a body outat o the w at bethany beach and now reports that that missing person was originally from montgomery county. and prepa btions areng made and the celebration will look much different this year for the 4th of july. we'll update you on the changes coming tondependence day on the national mall. those stories and so much more, plus lauryn ricketts. news 4 begins in just a moment.

>> announcer:4 "newsday" starts now. flames gut thisdo million llar virginia home. we have the latest from firefighters who spent hours getting the flames under control overnight. on his way to south korea president trump says he would cross the demilitarized zone to shake hands with kim jong-un. more from his wide ranging overnight press conference. and the government shutdown is cutting a d.c. festival short this year. but there is still plenty to enjoy from the folklife festival which opens on the national mall today. good morning to you, i'm megan mitts gera fitzgerald. this heat is not going anywhere

anytime soon. we turn to lauryn ricketts. the heat and humidity start coming back as we get into da tues wednesday, thursday. of course, thursday, it's 4th of july and we'll have that you.ast in detail for but let's take a look outside right now. it's a beautiful saturday morning. look how green everything is on our camera out there. potomac river, beautiful out there. today already 81, 9:00. southerly winds will shift out of the west and we'll have winds up to aboutn 15 miles a hour. a little breeze from time to time, maybe when you're sitting at the pool. perfect day to sit out by the t' pool because i going to be hot. already at 80 right now. 90 by noon. if not over that and then again we'll have those tempetures soaring into the mid-90s. we do have a chance for scattered showers and that's going to happen anytime after about 2:00 p.m. so we are going to take a look, futurecast, and show youxaly who we think is going to have some storms in our area.

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