nbc's keir simmons has the story. >> reporter: 2,000 years in the making, close to st.basilica, a discovery that traces back to ancient rome and early christianity. in a church closed for 35 years, what may be bone fragments of st. peter himself, unearthed by a worker and shown on italian tv perhaps placed here by an early pope to assert his authority at a time of division within catholicism. how could something so historically important just be forgotten? left here? >> this is really a mystery. >> reporter: st. peter was one of jesus' 12 apostles. his spirit, catholics believe, now guards the gates of heaven. his body entombed at st. peter's basilica, one of christianity's holiest shrines. yet inside this small, forgotten church, the priest shows us a roman era pot where bone fragments were found, scratched into the lid the names of the saints including peter. >> the first name written is petros. >> reporter: petros. the relics found here now closely guarded by the vatican. can we see the bones? >> we can't see, no. if pope francis decides to open an investigation, thi

nbc's keir simmons is live with the very latest. what are you learning about this? >> reporter: well, dara, this arrest was made under british terrorism laws. it took place in dover, which is a port on the coast of britain, a place from where people can travel to france, to europe, and beyond. a senior police officer here at scotland yard saying they are pleased with the progress made, but the investigation continues. police say an 18-year-old man is in custody today in connection with a bomb that partially detonated on a packed subway car here in london friday morning. they called it, quote, a significant arrest. the investigation ongoing in the incident authorities have called a terrorist attack. this was it. >> oh, is that bag on fire? >> reporter: a crude bomb made in a bucket, seen moments later on the subway floor still in flames. >> the fire, the heat was so intense, and the fireball just engulfed the whole tube carriage, like the whole carriage was orange like coming towards us. >> i heard the word explosion and fire, and we were just trapped. i thought, i'm

nbc's keir simmons is outside london's scotland yard with the overnight developments. keir, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. this arrest under british terrorism laws took place at dover, a port on the coast around two hours from here. from there you can travel to france, into europe and beyond. a senior police officer at scotland yard saying they are pleased with the progress made but the investigation continues. police say an 18-year-old man is in custody today in connection with a bomb that partially detonated on a packed subway car here in london friday morning. they called it "a significant arrest." the investigation ongoing in the incident authorities have called a terrorist attack. this was it. a crude bomb made in a bucket, seen moments later on the subway floor still in flames. >> the fire, the heat was so intense and the fireball just engulfed the whole tube carriage. like the whole carriage was orange coming towards us. >> i heard the word explosion and fire, and we were just trapped, and i thought i'm going to die. >> reporter: at least 29 peop

let's go now to nbc's keir simmons in china with the latest. >> reverend al, there have been a seriestweets by the president that will be being interpreted around the world, including here in china. donald trump tweeting north korea has conducted a major nuclear test. their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the united states. north korea is a rogue nation, he goes on in another tweet, which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, which is trying to help but with little success. finally in a third tweet donald trump saying south korea is finding, as i have told them, that this talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. now, here in china, that will worry the leader of china, president xi, who wants it effectively really see stability in the region. china also views north korea as a country that destabilized will cause huge problems for china. meanwhile president putin flying in here, russia, too, says it is deeply disturbed by the nuclear test, just as china has condemned the nuclear test and calling for calm on all sides. reverend al

keir simmons is live in london with the latest. keir, what do we know? >> reporter: andrea, the police are still trying to find out who is responsible for this, whether it's one person or more than one person. they are searching through security footage from that subway car to try to establish, because the nature of it is that someone has to have left this on that car and these subway trains are well covered by security footage, so the police will be able to put a face to that person. and then, of course, track back and try to see if they can identify who they are. we now know that more than 20 people were injured. some of those people in the flash of the fire that took place on board the train. and some, we think, as the many, many people fled in fear, of course, in this city having seen this a number of times, when something like this happens, people know immediately that it is likely to be an attack and simply want to get away. we've heard stories of even children being -- falling over, being trampled underfoot as crowds just tried to get out of this

keir simmons is in southeast china. what's the latest there? >> reporter: and russia play key roles. china's leader, president xi giving a statement where he never mentioned north korea. at the same time, the chinese issuing a statement condemning the north korean nuclear test. meanwhile, president putin flying in to meet with the president and other world leaders and russians have a statement saying they're deeply concerned by the nuclear test, calling for all sides to keep calm. what the chinese desperately want is to have some kind of stability in the region. that's what they're not getting, hallie. >> keir simmons from southeast china. thank you. jeremy bash is an nbc national security analyst, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon in the obama administration. jeremy, good morning. >> good morning, hallie. >> another busy morning. put this into context. what's the significance of what happened in north korea? >> two claims by the a hydrogen bomb, several times more powerful than the hiroshima explosion. this will be the sixth underg

i'm keir simmons world head quarters in new york. we begin with the mayor of san juan responding to president trump after he attacked her this morning in a fiery tweet storm. he said such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico who are not able to get their workers to help. adding they want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on island doing a fantastic job, the president said. the mayor earlier criticized the administration's response to hurricane maria. this morning crews told my colleague that it should not be about politics. >> i am not going to be distracted by small comments, by politics, by petty issues. this is one goal, and it is to save lives. >> the situation in puerto rico remains dire. many of the islands 3.4 million residents still without water, gas, or even cash. president trump is headed there on tuesday. but at this hour will be making a series of phone calls to puerto rican officials and brock long. let's bring in kelly o

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nbc news's keir simmons and, let me start with you. the news that american companies developed the very technologies that russians used to meddle in our elections. you have told me before that this is a tactic that the russians use all over the world. >> yeah, absolutely. we're in vlad stock, so i'm talking to you on thursday, pretty good metaphors in the divisions between russia and i would say it's this way. you have to be in it to win it. so he's trying to be in everything. he is trying to be in the american elections he is trying to be in the syria war and in eastern europe and he's now trying to be here in the north korean crisis. he is battling on every front he the find and facebook and twitter are one example of that. you can have a conversation about whether it's legal, whether it's moral, about the outrage there is in the u.s. about the allegations of russian intervention in the u.s. elections but effectively what putin is doing is just taking to every battlefield he can find. one to destabilize the west and on the other hand

keir simmons is outside london's scotland yard with the developments. >> reporter: good morning. this arrest under british dover on the coast, two hours from here. you can travel from there to france and beyond. the senior police officer at scotland yard saying they're pleased with the progress made, as the investigation continues. police say an 18-year-old man is in custody today in connection with a bomb that partially detonated on a packed subway car here in london friday morning. they called it, quote, a significant arrest. the investigation ongoing in the incident authorities called a terrorist attack. this was it. >> that bag on fire? >> a crude bomb made in a bucket, seen moments later on the subway floor, in flames. >> the heat was so intense, and the fireball just engulfed the whole carriage. it was orange, like coming toward us. >> i heard the worded explosion and fire and we were trapped. i thought, i'm going to die. >> reporter: at least 29 people were injured, many with others after being trap mpled i the rush to escape. some of them children on their way to school.

. >> keir simmons joins us live in the scene in london. keir, i'm just -- the tweet that the president said people who were in the sites of scotland yard. do we know anything? does the president know something the rest of us are not getting right now? >> that's a good question. >> reporter: the police here at scotland yard are searching for whoever was responsible for this going through security footage from the subway car. they aren't saying they have that kind of information. that tweet, though, that you mentioned from the president has caused quite a stir here. it has not been received well at scotland yard. the prime minister herself was asked about it at the house of parliament today. take a listen. >> prime minister, donald trump intervened to say this was carried out by people who scotland yard had in its sights. does he know something we don't? >> i never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate in an ongoing investigation. the police and security services are working to discover the full circumstances of this cowardly attack and

. >> nbc news's keir simmons joins me now from london. what is the latest in this investigation? >> reporter: well, i think tonight here as night closes in, we are beginning to get a picture that there are quite a number of people who very likely might not be with their family this evening if this crude bomb as it now appears had fully detonated. our security analyst duncan garden, his sources telling him that the detonator went off in this improvised explosive device but the main charge did not. and that had it gone off what you'd seen on that subway car would have been far worse. he's also getting suggestions that it was on a timer rather than it was remotely detonated and that is somewhat different to the kind of attacks we have seen in europe in recent years where quite often it's suicide attacks. does that give the police some kind of an insight into who this was? somebody that doesn't want to kill themselves trying to kill others. perhaps so. certainly they're searching through the subway which is just along the street here now and searching through the security footage on

keir simmons, thanks.nue to report on that. >>> and president trump's mar-a-lago resort, calls his winter white house is about to become a lot less private. the visitor logs ruled to be released after a judge ruled in july the records have to be handed over. the president spent seven of his first 14 weekends at mar-a-lago publicly hosts heads of state, cabinet members and administrative appointees. the question is, who else made the president's guest list? as far as the trump administration is concerned, 22 people did. richard painter is the vice chair of one of the watchdog groups that filed the lawsuit to get those logs. a group called citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington crew. also former chief white house ethics lawyerer under george w. bush and joins me now. richard, good to see you. what have you mad so far of the release of the information from mar-a-lago from the white house? >> they didn't tell us anything. they have a legal obligation to disclose these records of who is coming and

keir simmons is in russia for us. this forum making headlines also, right?reporter: that's right. this is pretty stunning to us. so much so that our producer just grabbed our iphones north koreans walking around, openly in russia, having had a meeting with a russian minister and then issuing a statement in which they talk about trump -- president trump's fire and fury comments and call that evidence of plotting by the u.s. against our arepublic, they say, callin the u.s. impudent bandits and skroibing the nuclear test as a nuclear deterrence while, hallie, at the same time saying they will respond to any u.s. action with powerful counter measures. that video, showing the depth of the relationship between north korea and the russians, they are just openly here. and also illustrating how president putin is posing as peace maker, trying to put himself in the middle of this international crisis. today, while that was happening he was sitting on the stage with the leaders of south korea and japan, talking about negotiations. hallie? >> keir simmons, staying up la

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i want to go to keir simmons in china for a conference. keir, as you know, what has been said so far is this is really up to china to fix. but before we get to that relationship, what is the details that you're getting? you're closing by than we are in new york. >> the president of china is here in this part of china at that conference that you mentioned. so he will be monitoring that announcement by north korea. half an hour before he is due to make an announcement here at this conference, an opening speech. for the chinese, this perhaps changes the position a little bit in this very difficult diplomatic jigsaw in this region. the president of russia, president putin, richard, due to fly into this city this evening. and both china and russia have in recent days made clear that their collective view is that the only solution to this north korean crisis are talks they have urged washington to ratchet down the tough talk, if you like. there are others, of course, who suggest that the way to put pressure on north korea is to put pressure on ch

keir simmons has the latest in london. keir, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. who might be responsible for the terrorist attacks. they're scanning through footage from the subway train. but police refusing to say whether anyone has been arrested over the incident. this was the crude bomb police say was an improvised explosive device. pictured on social media, scotland yard says it caused flash burns. it was chaos. one passenger saying, i heard a boom. and there were flames all around. >> asking where the children were. >> reporter: police treating it as a terrorist incident. the timing, 8:20 in london this morning, potentially designed to cause maximum casualties. >> it's a little early to draw full conclusions on what the circumstances and cause of the explosions are. >> reporter: president trump tweeting, another attack in london by a lowe'ser terrorist. these are sick and demented people. must be proactive. police say there was nearly two dozen injured. one witness telling me, there was a woman with extensive burned. >> one woman was on a stretcher, her legs

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. >> reporter: i'm keir simmons in london, where police here have arrested a suspect in connection withhe subway bombing yesterday. the scotland yard will not say whether they believe this is the person who carried out the attack. police say an 18-year-old man is in custody today in connection with a bomb that partially detonated on a packed subway car here in london friday morning. they called it, quote, a significant arrest. the investigation ongoing in the incident authorities have called a terrorist attack. this was it. >> reporter: a crude bomb made in a bucket, seen moments later on the subway floor, still in flames. >> the fire ball just engulfed the whole tube carriage, like the whole carriage was orange, like coming towards us. >> i heard the word explosion and fire, and we were just trapped. i thought, i'm going to die. >> reporter: 29 were injured, many were burns, others that have being trampled in the rush to escape. among them, children on their way to school. it could have been worse. authorities say the bomb didn't fully explode. >> though the attack was relatively ineff

keir simmons is on the scene. bring everybody up to date right now what we know so far. >> reporter: we have limited information. showing that picture of what appears to be exploded. looks like it's some kind of plastic construction worker's bucket wrapped in a bag. that caught fire according to witnesses and according to the social media images we've seen at around about 8:20 this morning london time. that would have been a very busy time on the subway, many commuters would have been packed in that train i suspect into their way to london to jobs across the city. the place where this happened is a line in a relatively upscale area of london once it leaves parsons green, if anyone knows london area, into chelsea and places that are famously wealthy. this is an upscale subway line for many, many middle class people heading in to jobs across the stiff london and at a time of day like that, in the rush hour, it's possible that there were people crowded around the bucket that you're seeing in that image, people often

nbc's keir simmons is in russia, where vladimir putin is reacting for the first time. keir, give us an update. >> reporter: hey, stephanie, good morning. evening here in russia's far east on the border between russia and north korea along the coast in that direction. and russia's president, vladimir putin, issuing a thinly veiled rebuke of president trump, saying what he calls the hysteria surrounding north korea is senseless and could lead to a global catastrophe. many other developments overnight and through recent days. south korea having their payload limit lifted on its missiles, in agreement with president trump. president trump in a phone call with the president of south korea, president moon, appearing to agree to the potential for selling more sophisticated weapons to south korea. meanwhile, reporting that north korea may be preparing for another missile test. all of that incremental, very important in the big picture, but i think vladimir putin's intervention is particularly significant. once again, the russian president putting himself at the center of an int

and a lot to lose. >> all right, keir simmons in russia for us on this story. keir, thank you. >> as the u.s. is preparing for a potential hit from hurricane irma the death toll from harvey is still growing. and this morning, the nonstop recovery efforts in southeast texas are stretching resources thin. nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer is in bridge still near the louisiana border. miguel, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. it's been ten days since harvey made landfall. and so many communities look just like this, surrounded by water or beneath it. and they desperately all want to dry out. this morning in hard-hit east texas, this is the road leading to a city still under water. entire neighborhoods here are submerged. the cleanup can't even begin. row city won't have electricity for two weeks, but they do have the power of neighbors. >> never in my wildest imagination could i have ever pictured this in my mind. >> reporter: with parts of houston flooding today, controlled releases by nearby reservoirs, means thousands of frustrated homeowners a

i'm keir simmons world head quarters in new york.or of san juan responding to president trump after he attacked her this morning in a fiery tweet storm. he said such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico who are not able to get their workers to help. adding they want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on island doing a fantastic job, the president said. the mayor earlier criticized the

. >> all right, keir simmons in london. thank you for that. >>> police in st. louis, missouri, say they've made dozens of arrests overnight, large crowds remain after dark, protesting the acquittal of a former police officer charged in the murder of an unarm black man. earlier yesterday, police use tear gas and pep per spray, demonstrators gathered after the verdict. nbc scott cohen, good morning to you. they say it turned to unrest. what are you hearing about all this unfolded? >> reporter: well, we are hearing more protests or more demonstrations planned for the day, another one scheduled for two hours from now t. question is whether it's going to be a repeat of yesterday. as you said, the protests turned violent, particularly after dark, in all, nine police officers injured, one of them seriously, apparently from a thrown breck. two dozen people were arrested before nightfall. and nightfall was when things got noticeably worse as they fanned out across the city, there was vandalism at the mayor's home, the mayor was home but fought hurt, apparently. but this

. >> today, russian president vladamir putin said -- >> joining us now, nbc's keir simmons and evalyncus. vladamir putin sounding like the reasonable broker attempting to be the reasonable broker of some kind of deal with north korea. >> reporter: yeah. sounding like it, lawrence. we are here in russia on the pacific coast, 14 time zones away from you. so while it's evening here, it's after midday on thursday here. and there is a president here posing as a peacemaker and his name is vladamir putin. he met with the leader of south korea. he is now here on thursday, right now meeting with the leader of japan, prime minister abe, a man who just nine days ago saw a north korean missile fired over his territory. but vladamir putin is on a side. he's taking sides. we already know that he told the south korean leader that he would not agree to an oil embargo on north korea. he is pushing a chinese-russian plan that, for example, suggests that south korea and the u.s. should freeze their military exercises in exchange for north korea stopping its nuclear program. we don't even know whether no

keir simmons is in russia near the north korean border. keir, goorn evening here in russia's far east and the russian border with north korea is just along the coast in that direction and this morning russia's president putin issuing a thinly veiled rebuke of president trump saying what he calls the hysteria over north korea is senseless and could lead to global catastrophe. south korea demonstrating its power on the water with military exercises, a commander vowing this morning north korea's navy will be buried at sea. but today russia's president putin issuing a stark warning. north korea would rather eat grass than abandon its nuclear program and tougher sanctions will make no difference. russia threatening to increase its missile capability in the pacific. on land limits on south korea's missile pay loads will be lifted by president trump according to a south korean defense spokesman and the president in a phone call with south korea's leader advanced weapons systems to south korea. meanwhile two days after the north korean nuclear test

i want to get over to keir simmons who is in russia for us as vladimir putin calls for more sanctionsell us about what putin wants? >> hey, hallie. good morning, or guests, good evening. we are 14 time zones away from you. it's after midnight and a place where all day the south korean president has been in talks with the russian president vladimir putin. they came out and they, again, condemned north korea's move towards its nuclear ambitions and its missile tests. but at the same time, vladimir putin saying that north korea cannot be cornered and saying that a break through in this crisis is only possible with negotiations, that it's imwithoi impossible without that. pushing a russian/chinese plan that president trump would not like much and others in washington because it involves negotiations. and also involves a kind of deal where north korea takes a pause on its nuclear ambitions and south crea and the u.s. and other allies stop their military practices in the region. and russia doesn't even know that north korea is going to actually buy into that. anyway, some other news you men

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nbc news foreign correspondent keir simmons, former rnc chairman michael steele, "washington post" political reporter philip bump and former chief of staff at both the department of defense and the cia jeremy bash. now an msnbc national security analyst. philip bump, let me start with you because you've gone deep into donald trump's sort of supply chain of information, if you will. and i think it's safe to say that he is part of -- he is on the receiving end and the supplying end of the kind of information that was likely circulated and in some instances originated in russia. >> donald trump is sort of -- if you think of the prototypical concern who is a consumer of fake news, that's donald trump. donald trump was born of this media environment of falsehoods and insinuations that fed off the polarized moment we're experiencing. donald trump read breitbart. he sat down for an interview with infowars. that's donald trump. what the russians did here essentially if they had dropped 1,000 russian people into america to try and stir things up, we would have noticed. they basically did this virtual

keir simmons, thank you for that. >>> let's bring in steve clemmons, also james acton. steve, first to you. the president has tweeted about this. how do you think the u.s. should respond? >> i think the united states needs to demonstrate a seriousness of action and effort in coordinating the neighborhood in the way obama did around the iran deal. russia and china were partners with us in that process. they can be partners with this. i think north korea sees a president who is flipping and flopping. he sees him sending inconsistent messages with tillerson, mattis. north korea is taking advantage of an opportunity created by trump sensing they can move forward while they see a president of the united states who is not serious. >> james, look at everything we have tried. the u.s. has tried economic sanctions, u.n. sanctions. there's been pressure from china. shows of force, bluster from the president. none of it seems to be working. is there any other remaining strategy? >> good morning, alex. there are clearly no good options going forward from this point. but there are s

my colleague, nbc's keir simmons is on the ground in london for us. give us a sense of the status of it right now. >> peter, we've been moved further towards the station itself. the police moving the cordon clos closer. i think we can give you a view of the carriage itself, the train itself, where this explosion happened. there are reports now there was a timer attached to this cited bomb and it did not properly explo explode. if it had, there were have been far worse injuries, possibly fatalities involved. the police still have this area cordoned off. it's a crime scene. they're looking for whoever is responsible for this. some important differences to previous recent attacks, peter. for example, in the past, recent history we've seen a lot of suicide attacks. this clearly appears to be someone leaving this thing on this subway car. what does it mean about this person? were they part of a terrorist cell? why did they choose to do this this way and not carry out a you side attack. i guess the most important question now, peter, where are they and is t

the world in vladisvostok, russia, near the border with north korea, nbc foreign correspondent keir simmonsretty stunning to us, so much so that we just had to grab our iphones to capture this footage. these are images of the north koreans walking openly here in russia, having met with a russian minister as president putin poses as a peacemaker in this north korean nuclear crisis. the north korean delegation here issuing a statement referring to president trump's fire and fury quote and calling that evidence of plotting by the u.s. against against our republic, meaning north korea. they called the u.s. impotent bandits, ignoring the will of the international community to provide peace and stability on the korean peninsula and saying that north korea simply wants a nuclear deterrence while threatening powerful countermeasures against the u.s. and mika, south korea now increasingly believing that north korea will again on saturday fire another nuclear missile test. so these are negotiations openly happening with the north koreans right here while the north koreans continue to threaten. >> nbc

our guest co-host with keir simmons.i don't know why that's a problem. they have bread. >> yes. >> and raisins. and pasta. everything my kids eat. >> what else could you want? >> yeah. >> buzz feed has great fruit hacks. if you don't want your banana to ripen quickly, you put some plastic on the end and that slows down the ripening process. >> when you go to the grocery store and you have the tape around it, i thought that was to keep them together. >> all you have to do is put that on the end there? >> you're the science person. does it keep it from ripening because it goes through the banana? >> one of my nbc producers is calling. we'll have to call you back. >> if you're watching -- >> i remember my grandmother doing this. you take a little salt and sprinkle it on watermelon. it tastes sweeter. >> now that you touched that salt, there's no way -- >> no. i'm not ridiculous. forget everyone in this studio, okay? >> everybody started laughing. >> zach, especially you. >> sheinelle does not like to eat anything that has b

keir simmons is in toronto, where the games are being held. good morning. >> reporter: hey, sheinelle. good to see you, my friend. we had the chance to spend time with prince harry, watching him with servicemen and women. it is interesting to see how he spends maybe a few hours just hanging out with the people who will be participating in this event. today, he gets to do the diplomatic thing. the first lady is here, prime minister of canada, justin trudeau. the question is, will he be doing the romantic thing? britain's prince harry kick off the invictus games today. an international sporting competition for wounded servicemen and women. he's scheduled to meet with first lady melania trump today. it is another lady many want to see. harry's girlfriend, meghan markle. >> we're excited about that fairy tale going on. >> we're going to look at privacy and harassment most of the year, filming "suits." ♪ my love however, today, it is the competitors in the spotlight. 550 participants representing 17 different countries. all warming up ahead of toni

and keir simmons was waiting patiently for it. hey, keir. >> reporter: hey, hoda. hey, everybody.e next hour, for an event highlighting the mental health issues that our servicemen and women suffer from. it was another event at the weekend that really got people talking. prince harry and meghan markle, after almost a year, appearing officially as a couple, except they didn't. as you see, they were together but not together. >> in a world where so many have reasons to feel cynical, and apathetic, i wanted to find a way for veterans to be a beacon of light. and show us all that we have a role to play. >> reporter: prince harry, offering an impassioned speech. opening the invictus games. the wounded servicemen and women looking on is the girl from california who won his heart. >> we all win, when we respect our friends, neighbors and communities. that's why we created invictus. not only to help veterans recover from physical and mental wounds, but also to inspire people, to follow their example of resilience, optimism and service in their own lives. >> reporter: meghan markle picture

keir simmons was there for the magical ment. hey, keir. >> reporter: good morning.. how that was royal protocol. well, here at the tennis courts, we know harry is a rebel. he ripped up the rule book and showed a public show of affection that was just so genuine. this, what happened here, may be the moment that the world kind of realized that we are heading towards a marriage between a american woman and a member of the british royal family. a smiling meghan markle, with prince harry. the californian actress, looking relaxed, watching a tennis tournament for wounded servicemen at harry's invictus game. this is the first time we're seeing the couple at an official event, not far apart, but right there. they walked in hand-in-hand. the body language, undismakable. the couple whispering. at times, harry putting an arm around her. the couple abandoning royal protocol. not per fitting public affection before marriage. a contrast with saturday night's opening ceremony, where they sat far apart. seems like they had a good chemistry. >> yeah. they seemed awesome. >> reporter

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keir simmons is in toronto with all of that. >> reporter: hey, guys.vicemen and women and families. the first lady is expected here. but all the talk is about one woman who lives here. and it seems like has stole his heart. prince harry in meghan markle's hometown as engagement rumors swell. meghan appearing in "suits" and on the "today" show. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> reporter: the first time they were snapped together was front-page news around the globe. now, her boyfriend, prince harry, is in toronto for the third installment for his invictus game a event for injured men and women. much of the focus has been on the couple's royal romance. will they be pictured together at the bar in the drake hotel? "suits" members have been known to hang out. >> beautiful. love it. they both look so great bovo ped harry, anderself divorced. in the past that would have ruled out a royal marriage. we're two people who areylove meghan markle told "vanity fair" in a recent interview. we were quietly dating for about six months until it became news. the only th

but today, kieir simmons, nbc news, cairo. >> keir gets the best assignments. >> he does. artifacts. >> it would be cool to see it. the museum is soupposed to open early next year. >>> up next, one last taste of summer before fall comes roaring in. the perfect recipe for your holiday weekends metiveties. first, this is "today" on nbc. coñ( >>> "today food" is brought to you by bush's beans. bush's beans, whatever your mood, we've got a bean for you. >> this morning on "today food," summer's last hoorah. we got a delicious recipe sure to kick off your weekend right. this is executive chef at the north fort table on long island. this is your first time on the show. thanks for stopping by. >> thanks for having me. >> this is a summertime crowd pleaser. a lobster roll. >> delicious and luxurious for summer on this labor day weekend. >> there are the ingredients. what makes your different? >> it is very fresh. we use whole lobster, a little bit of lemon. and fresh tarragon is fantastic. >> the first business is to cut up the lobster. >> it is easy, with the claws. just whack i

but today, keer simmons, nbc news, cairo. >> keir gets the best assignments. >> we are going to lengthsarly next year i think. >> heck of a museum. >> yeah. >>> one last taste of summer before fall is roaring in. the perfect holiday for the holiday weekend festivities. but first "today" on nbc. >>> "today food" is brought to you by bush's >>> "today" food is brought to you by -- thigh morning on "today" food. summer's last hoorah. we have a delicious recipe sure to kick off your weekend right. this is the executive chef on long island. this is the first time on the show. thank you for stopping by. >> thank you for having me. >> this is a lobster roll. >> delicious and luxurious enough to summer weekend. >> here are the ingredients. what makes your different? >> we don't use too much mayonnaise. whole lobsters. lemon and then fresh tarragon. >> people get nervous whenever they're using something whole and it is quite easy. especially with the claws. whack it with the knife. comes right out. chop this up. use the claws and the tails. you really only need about half inch chunks. doesn't ha

keir simmons is at that forum. keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. this morning south korea announced a farther step in the deployment of a u.s. missile defense system designed to defend south korea from an attack by north korea. here in russia the president of south korea, a u.s. ally, spent the day in talks with president putin, but with no significant breakthrough. this morning diplomacy amid the drums of war. south korea's president moon and russia's president putin watching a judo display today, waiting for the next move in the north korean standoff. at a signing ceremony both test but putin warned the rogue nation shouldn't be pushed into a corner. no you more than ever he said it's important for everyone to remain calm. california's governor here to talk about climate change and improving relations with russia is now urging negotiations over north korea. >> can you see a path forward? >> the path forward is to realize how much of an existential threat it is and then for the big countries, china, russia, u.s. come together and put their best mi