. >> jeff rossen takes a look at the question on everyone's mind.ing answer today tuesday, july 17th, 2018. >> hello. >> denver, colorado. >> illinois! ♪ ♪ >> high school sweet hearts. >> married 18 years. hey, kids. >> first time in new york. >> celebrating our birthdays. >> from minnesota. >> minnesota is in the house. welcome back to "today" on this tuesday morning. what a fun crowd outside. thanks, guys, for being with us. >> remember, if you want to send your video in do #mytodayplaza. >> starting with your news at 8:00, president trump has returned home to face outrage over his public display of trust in vladimir putin at the expense of u.s. intelligence agencies. nbc national correspondent peter alexander joins us from the white house with more. peter, good morning. >> the president's actions and words from senators of both sides were appalling, shocking and sad. multiple aides privately here tell me they were embarrassed by the president's performance, embracing a longtime enemy and refusing to call out russia's leader for interfering in the

that was jeff rossen reporting for us. >>> now to a growing concern over anti-anxiety drugs. prescriptions for benzose have skyrocketed, medications commonly prescribed. chief of addiction medicine at stanford tells us complications are fueling a hidden epidemic. >> it is amazing how much people do not realize that they are addictive and their prescribers don't realize it. that is frightening. >> 14 million americans take anti-anxiety drugs. >>> at 7:54, much more ahead. coming up, our clear the shelters segment featuring our friends from pets in need. we'll introduce you to spike next. howl whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? licking, scratching, scooting, and rubbing may be signs of allergic itch, a medical condition that may require treatment. that's why there's prescription apoquel: the revolutionary medicine that's giving millions of dogs the relief they deserve. apoquel goes to the source of the itch to provide relief in as little as 4 hours. woof and apoquel is safe without many of the side effects associated with the use of steroids. apoq

jeff rossen national correspondent.atched right now. >> hopefully. we've got cameras, jeff, we want people watching. >> it's a little different for us. i'm talking about you, somebody may be watching you. in most cases we're allowing it. people reading your private messages, yes, private messages. maybe even listening to you inside your home. this morning we're telling you what's true, what's not once and for all from amazon to apple, facebook to uber. we send texts day and night. but when you send private messages through facebook messenger, reports that facebook can see them. so is facebook really reading your messages? yes. facebook telling nbc news it may read your conversations looking for images of child exploitation, malware and terrorism using automated systems but won't use them for targeted ads. but there's an easy solution. encrypt your facebook messages. >> i had no idea you could do this on facebook. >> almost nobody does. >> okay. so i just wrote you a regular message on messenger. hi, jim. how do i turn t

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i'm jeff rossen. is facebook readiva your p messages? is amazon alexa recording you all day? what about uber, are they tracking you even when you're not using the app? we're answering all your questions and showi you howo stop it next. >> but first this is "today." >> yes, it is. >> on nbc. >>> justhead body miller's wife speaking out for the first time with a warning for pares. time with a warning for pares. >>> a revealing look at m salads should look like this. crisp leaves of lettuce. freshly made dressing. clean food that looks this good. delivered to your desk. now delivering to home or office. panera. food as it should be. dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. for instance, january 21st is national hugging day. but anyone can give a hug even this guy -- he gives great hugs. but you, you do way more than give hugs. you care for your kids, your par

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jeff rossen is in miami beach yth the tips need to stay safe. >> good morning.m i thought to myself this must be an awful freak accident, but then at happenin as you mentioned just a couple days later. another woman impaled by a beach umbrella. a little digging and it turns out it happens more than you think. the beach umbrellas being ripped out of the ground and flying through the air. these spikes t on end, and think about this, flying through the air at 20 to 30 miles per hour, it can do seramuse. if you're like me, you get to the beach. you stick ihent tnd get it in. oh open it up and think you're good but thas not enough. this morning the crazy video you f.ed to see and how to actually protect yoursel >> caught on camera, a gust of wind shooting more than a dozen of these umbell lrellas into th flying across the sand and nearly crashing into people. beach umbrellas going rogue and flying missiling. these umbrellas very barrelibar this camera man. this umbrella flighting out of control high in the air. >> an umbrella impaled a lady's leg. >> just last week o

jeff rossen is delving into what's true and not from amazon to apple, facebook to uber. >> reporter: we send texts day and night. but when you send private messages through facebook messenger, reports that facebook can see them. so is facebook really reading your messages? yes. facebook telling nbc news, it may read your conversations looking for images of child exploitation, malware and terrorism with automated systems and not targeted ads. but there's an easy solution. encrypt your facebook messages. >> i had no idea on facebook. >> yeah. almost nobody does. >> so i wrote to you a regular message on messenger. hi, jim. >> it's really simple. click on the picture. >> click on your face. >> secret conversation? >> yeah. >> click on that. >> now the mess and you type is secret. >> i see a lock. hi, jim. sending it again. >> just came in. and now i see that it's secret conversation. it says it right on the top of message. >> no one can see this? >> only you and me. >> the next app might be tracking you, too. uber. so many of us relying on it to know where we are when we're using it. so

>> well, "today" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen got a look dea firsthand look. i do that every weekend. but in general, i was watching this live a well. it was pretty crazy. i was entranced. i've lived in new york f 17 years, never seen anything like it. one minute, that woman was high atop the statue of liberty, no way to reach her. th t next, thism of nypd officers suddenly appears, climbing the statue, hanging oth side, lots of ropes. so, yeah, how'd they do it? we called the nypd andsaid, can we watch? can we get full access up closed they yes, surprisingly. for the first time ever, they agreed to bring our cam along in a real-world scenario, how it all goes down. it was july 4th. the big fireworks show just hours away. >> one female on the back side of the statue of liberty. >> reporter: and this protester got atop one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, refusing to come down. a team of rescuers saving the day with live news choppers buzzing above. they scaled the statue of liberty and get her. that team, the nypd's elite emergency services unit.

santa clara district attorney jeff rossen said turner received a fair trial and was justly convicted. today's hearing starts at 10:00 a.m. in san jose. reporting live at stanford university, matt keller. >> thank you, matt. >> happening today, secretary of state mike pompeo will continue his two-day summit with australian leaders. abc 7 news was at hoover institution as pompeo and australian minister of foreign affairs julia bishop posed for the cameras. they focused on trade with china, national security strategy, north korea, and iran. james mattis is expected to attend today. >> new this morning, pg&e loses in court. they found they retaliated against a former employee who brought up safety issues and racial problems at work. our media partner the mercury news reports they order the court to pay him nearly $3 sgiftd,000 in compensation, and pg&e released a statement saying quote, pg&e terminated mr. woodruff's employment because he found he had falsely reported multiple times that safety work had been completed in various areas of san francisco when in fact it had not. we are curre

. >> today national investigative correspondent jeff rossen got a look inside, firsthand look.o that every weekend. in general i was watching this live as well. it was pretty crazy. he was entranced. i've lived in new york 17 years and never seen anything like it. one point that woman was high atop the statue of liberty, no way to reach her. next this team of officers appears, climbing the statue, hanging off the side, lots of ropes. yeah, how did they do it. we called nypd can we watch, get full access up close? they said yes, surprisingly. for the first time ever bringing our cameras along for a real life scenario, how it all goes down. it was july 4th, the big fireworks show just hours away and this protester got atop one of the country's most recognizable landmarks refusing to come down. a team of rescuers saving the day with live news choppers buzzing above, they scaled the statue of liberty and get her. that team nypd elite emergency services unit. i had no idea but all the time police are training at major landmarks when we're not looking just in case something happens t

. >>> today jeff rossen is in l.a.get on a boat. >> we're getting word overnight of several new boat accidents. at least six of them across the country from texas to north carolina. connecticut to tennessee. boats flipping over. crashing into each other, and sending people into the water. several have now died. then you see these images from this week and it makes you think what would you do if you were thrown overboard? with so many of us hitting the water, we want to get answers. this morning a simple checklist before you go out. >> the video is terrifying. this charter boat carrying 10 american tourists in the bahamas exploding and bursting into flames. tourists from another flame rushing to help, but it was too late. one woman killed. nine others injured. the cause of the explosion still under investigation. but the tragedy is drawing new attention to boating accidents. >> may day may day. we're sinking. >> reporter: now the coast guard issuing a new alert that this holiday week is prime time for those boating acci

you like jeff rossen.thanks for coming. >> that is awesome. savannah, these guys drove 3,000 miles. hello to you, too. >> we have a fun show coming up ahead. mila kunis is here this morning. we're going to talk about her new movie co-starring with kate mckinnon. the one place you'll never find her. she'll reveal that. >> batten down the hatches. >> what's happening? >> jen and i get to fill in for megyn at 9:00. >> hopefully we won't just talk over each other, so excited. >> that's appointment tv. i'm sorry, i've got to tune in. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. temperatures reaching into the mid-90s. conco concord, a high of 84. 86 in santa rita. 85 in san jose. some hotter spots reach into the 90s. and then our temperatures coming down just a few degrees in time for the end of the weekend. in san francisco, expect a high of 65 degrees. with some mist, drizzle and temperatures staying the same over the next few days. we'll be in the upper 60s for the weekend as well. just a little bit of clea