keir simmons, nbc news. >>> new video showing earthquake damage in alaska. it's been revealed as the snow starts to melt. that damage is left over from last year's 7.0 earthquake. large parts of the roadway. there have been landslides and boulders obstructing paths as well. >>> a combination of record-setting raingnd oregon's corps of engineers to release water dams causing flooding in parts of the state. take a look at this. the sheriff's deputies are telling residents if thearea, e services might not be able to reach them if they need help. the rain has stopped, but water levels there well above the flood stage until at least the middle of the week. >>> a number of measles cases across the country is skyrocketing. health officials have received reports of 465 cases so far. that's up nearly 80 from just last week. cases have been confirmed in 19 states including here in california. two, in fact, in santa clara county. doctors say the virus is so contagious, if you're infected, nearly 90% of the people close to you who are not immune or don't have the vaccin

>> keir simmons, thank you. >>> coming up, what led to a student weeks from graduation falling to hereath. >>> next tonight, tragedy on campus. a student falling to her death from a tower in new york's fordham university just weeks before she would have graduated. here is stephanie gosk. >> reporter: students say climbing the stairs of fordham university's clock tower is a rite of passage but earlier sunday it turned tragic. 22-year-old journalism major sydney fell to her death. the senior from portland, oregon, just weeks away from graduation. the university president writing, there are no words to describe the loss of someone so young and full of promise. she was climbing up the tower with friends and reportedly posting video on social media. police say she fell through a staircase landing and dropped 30 feet. in the school newspaper, students described their own experiences in the tower. there was a huge spiral staircase going up and we couldn't see the top, one said. fordham said the tower is normally locked and it is investigating. while students mourn, one friend describing her

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keir simmons, nbc news, windsor. >> not at all. >> their lives will be on display for a long time. >>of their lives really. >>> okay. so here at nbc bay area we want to make sure you get your monday off to a fresh and caffeinated start. >> monday. right on. >> right on. thumbs up. kris sanchez was in campbell this morning. giving out free gift cards for coffee tea, breakfast treats as with. it's our way of saying thank you to you for waking up with nbc bay area and our today in the bay family. we'll be at different peet's locations around the bay area every monday. >> also nice to wake up with sunshine. >> especially when it's cool outside. we know it's going to be a nice day. reaching 70 degrees in our inland areas. and some mid 70s in the rest of the forecast. a little bit cooler for the weekend. i'll be watching out for some rain chances by sunday. >> sounds very nice. >> we like that. all right. thanks for joining us. next newscast coming up for you at 5:00. >> you can also get the latest information all day long at nbcbayarea.com. we'll see you tomorrow morning 4:30 to 7:00 a.m.

nbc's keir simmons is in russia with more. >> reporter: a hand of friendship and a diplomatic lifeline for kim jong un. the north korean leader traveling to russia to meet president putin for the first time. and the timing is telling. kim turning to the u.s. adversary just months after president trump walked out of a high-profile summit with kim in vietnam. president putin walking into negotiations. this morning president putin telling him, "we welcome your efforts to normalize relations with the u.s." but critics worry the russian president will soften international sanctions against north korea, weakening the pressure to denuclearize. the sight of america's long-time foes, two men president trump has called friends, exchanging notes, bringing warnings from washington. >> it's really hard to tell what vladimir putin is trying to do other than trying to undermine the interests of the united states. i hope he is interested in denuclearizing the regime. >> for kim jong un the message to president trump is you're not the only friend i have in the world. for president putin it's an opportu

keir simmons, thank you.still ahead, everybody, president trump speaks with the saudi crown prince. details on whether they grilled mbs on the murder of jamal khashoggi. >>> and the rampup up of remarks coming up next. 300 miles an hour, that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org. >>> welcome back. president trump continues to attack democratic congresswoman omar in the wake of a recent death threat made against her. after omar called the white house adviser, stephen miller, who is jewish, a white nationalist on twitter, trump responded with a quote from a fox business segment, blasting her for the comment, claiming she, quote, keeps on assaulting jews. the congresswoman responded to trump, quote, in the words of my 6-year-old daughter, knock it off. you're the president. >>> president trump and saudi arabian prince had a, quote, productive conversation. that was yesterday, which apparently centered around the kingdom's quote, crit

nbc's keir simmons has a front row seat. >> reporter: the intense speculion reports meghan passed her dat p dlannein tghis photo shoot fuel bid the couple's one shakeable dedication to privacy. >> they have decided it isn't going to be public. o 's going tbe very private, and in moving to somewhere like frogmore cottage, there's at sense thahey want to very much keep a low profile when it comes to their child and protect their priv ry. orter: the last time we saw meghan in public six weeks ago, she was heavily pregnant and let slip she was due in late april or early may which is around now. so it's little wonder folks are jumping every time the duke and duchess post on instagram. >> i tnk it's so fun and exciting. >> reporter: i think it's wonderful. >> harry and meghan about to embark on a marathon unlike anything they've perienced, parenting, and perhaps the only one who really knows when it's going to happen, that yet to be born royal baby. >> reporter: today would be a great day for the birth of the baby. it just so happens to be william and kate's wedding anniversary. they were m

keir simmons, nbc news, windsor. >> oh, my goodness. >> a lot of people paying attention. not me. but a lot of people -- >> i knew you would get a jab. i was waiting for it. >>> so a somali-american woman making history. >> becoming the first miss usa contestant to wear a hijab and burkini and now the first model to appearn theports illustrated swimsuit, this is video from theto shoot that took place in kenya where she was born and grew up in a refugee camp before moving to minnesa as a child. >> what a trail blazer. >> awesome. >> i was thinking in terms of weather. that is a change. growing up in kenya and then go to minnesota. >> it is pretty outside. >> yeah. >> it is allye in the of the beholder. we have clouds and sunshine. it is not bad. >> we have details. >> i do have details. listen, we have some sunshine out th it is a hazy sunshine out there right now. but it is not bad. there are temperatures in the upper 60s. right on cue we get the plane. temperatures yesterday in the low 60s so better today in terms of temperatures and warmer out there today. you could see the clou

we have keir simmons in the london bureau. is he likely to come to the u.s.to sweden may win out? >> reporter: i think it will take a long time. by that i mean years before he is seen in the u.s. if he ever is. that is the experience in previous extradition battles with similar issues to this. alex, i know we don't live in an era of open minds, but everybody needs to view this as objectively as you can. think about what is at play. the american security and intelligence establishment. you have the russian establishment. you have the journalists and journalism establishment all with opinions and insuranfluencr the julian assange case. here is what they are saying here. they are saying hold on a minute. how is it it appears the british authorities and american authorities were aware the ecuadorians were going to release assange from the embassy. the swedes were not told. they had a charge against him that could be rape. allegation of potentially rape. why were they not involved? that is one of the questions that british lawmakers are asking. they say sweden sho

keir simmons i want to go back to this weird optics. this guy was wanted on an arrest warrant, was given asylum by a country and normally when we think of asylum we think of him going to that country. never left london. he walked into the ecuadorian embassy. >> what we're going to see in the days ahead are two trials. there's going to the legal courts that judges will pass through and then the court of public opinion. what you rightly set out is that actually people have gone through a journey in terms of whether they support him or don't. depending on what he's leaked. in fact he was in that embassy because he skipped bail over allegations that he was involved in raping in sweden. those charges got dropped. that's why he's still there. wikileaks and julian assange always said is the big story here is they want to extradite me to america. he said that year in and year out. now you heard outside the court in london what they are saying told you so. see this was always about americans trying to get ahold of me. what he says now and this g

ken del landian in washington and keir simmons, give us a sense of the scene there. >> reporter: as you can hear, there's protesters around here. all waiting for the press conference that's about to start any minute. then we'll get a little more information on assange's status and where all of this will go from here. as we've all been mentioning all day, hallie, it's unclear what is going to happen to julian assange. a lot of the charges that are against him, for example the rape charges in sweden, those have been basically dropped. he's facing here in britain only charges of basically violating the terms of his bail. in the u.s., just this charge of maybe, possibly attempting to collude or to conspire for email fraud. so these charges aren't necessarily all that serious. the big question going forward is will he be connected with that 2016 dnc email leak. that's going to determine his fate and the future of this case. >> matt, stand by. ken, an important point here, the charges filed by the department do not relate to what was going down in 2015, 2016. they are from years before that.

keir simmons at his post where he will remain until this child comes into the world. good morning. good morning, guys. hard to believe, isn't it, we were here just under a year ago for the fantastic wedding in windsor. the streets, i have to be honest, are not full of people the way they were then. that's because, i think, harry and meghan are going guarded about this birth. here's away we know. meghan is pregnant. that's about it. if prince harry is feeling anxious, the soon to be father isn't showing it, handing out medals at the london marathon sunday. he looked, well, royally relaxed. he appeared an hour's drive from home. prince william giving nothing away saturday. he is away in new zealand. >> i have no idea. >> reporter: the intense speculation reports meghan past her due date this weekend. she is planning a home birth and even a magazine photo shoot fueled by the couple's unshakeable dedication to privacy. their house, frogmore cottage, well away from public view. >> the sussexes have decided it's going to be private. moving to frogmore cottage, which is cut

"today" senior international correspondent keir simmons is in seoul and has the story.r morning. >>orter: hey, savannah. good morning. it's incredible when you watch this interview to think that this is the defector watched by millions as he dashed across the border most dangero and yet he tells us it was a spur of the images were dramatic. a north korean defector fleeing across the border. collapsing in a hail of bullets. dragged to safety by south korean soldiers. pictures seen around the world. we showed them to the former north korean soldier who made that stunning escape. this is you running for your life. i still can't believe it's me, he says. the son of a gen in north korea, he lived on $100 a month. now he lives in a small apartment without his family but with his freedom. >> we heard two bursts ofbo aut 40 rounds. >> repieter: lenant commander daniel mcshane was the joint duty officer that day. >> he had, hoindeed, been s twice in the shoulder, twice in the stomach. and one went in and hit a bone and went up into hislung. so he was shot five times. >> reporter

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correspondent keir simmons at his post, he will remain until the child is born. raig, good morning. good morning, guys, hard to believe isn't it tt we were here just under a year ago for that fantastic wedding in windsor. the streets, i've got to be honest, are not number of people the way they were then. that's because i think harry and megan are being so guarded about this birth. here's what we know. megan is pregnant. that's about it. if prince harry i feeling at all anxious, the shouldn't to be father sure i't owing, handing out medals at the world marathon looki well royally relaxed. no way would he appear an hour's drive from home if megan had been going into labor. brother prince william giving nothing away saturday. he's away in new zealand. >> i haven't got my phone with me. i have no idea. t >> reporter: intense speculation, reports megan passed her due de this weekend, that she is planning a home birth and even a magazine photo shoot, fueled with the couple's unshakeable dedication to privacy. the couple's house well away from public view. >> clearly th

keir simmons joins f us nowm russia where those talks are being held. keir, good morning. >> hey, craig. good morning. whver islected president in 2020, two of the most difficult world leaders they will face are in this city right now. president putin and kim jong-un. but it is another leader who is not here who looms overhis summit. president trump. because so much of what is happening here is actually abou messagingamerica. a hand of friendship and a diplomatic lifeline for kim jong-un. the north korean leader traveling to russia to meet president putin for the first time. and the timing is telling. kim turning to the u.s. aversely after president trump walked out of a summit with kim in vietnam. president putin walking into negotiations and reasserting himself on the world stage. kim crossing the border in his armored train, a nine-hour journey, greeted with a traditional gift of bre and salt. and giving an unprecedented interview to local tv. although it lasted only a minute. my warm greetings to all the russian people, he said. this morning, preside

. >> keir simmons, always good to have you. >> thanks. >>> 7:35.. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by nondrowsy 24-hour clitin. >> you can see it firing up arou the dakotas. look at the severe weather go rg through ionow. plus we got a lot of wind back to the west. and as that develops, we've got a high fire danger today. besides everything else going on. look at the extreme risks ro utugthho on into new mexico and arizona. for today, though, we've got that warmth down to the south. breezy conditions. that's why f we have thee danger. but back behind it, much cooler air coming in as we get into tomorrow that warm air moves to the east. raleig 73. louisville, 80. minneapolis drops down to 39 as that storm comes in. billings, t44. andn as we look into the weekend, temperatures new york city by 71 on saturday. cooling off in milwaukee. 44. same in st. louis. amarillo and for shreveport. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods.ng >> it is g to be a bright and sunny day start to finish. right now it's 52 here in washington. 49

keir simmons sharing his incredible adventure in africa saying how some of nature's most magnificentchef matt abdoo is here grilling for a great cause. we will tell you more about that, and this delicious recipe for brisket sandwiches. that holds a special place in his heart. >>> jam packed third hour of "today" coming up. kristen bell, luke hemsworth, t.i. and tiny ahead on the third hour of "today." >> first, a check of the weather. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by "missing link," now playing in theaters everywhere. >> let's take a look ahead at your weekend and see how it's shaping up. saturday a mild afternoon. severe storms though down through the lower mississippi river valleys. wet weather in the pacific northwest. then sunday, sunday severe storms move into the southeast. heavy rain in the ohio river valley. spring highs from 0.to the sest >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. getting ready for the game tonight at the shark tank and we have some beautiful weather all across the bay area. mostly sunny and still breezy with our high temperatures in th

keir simmons for us. thanks. >> you bet. >>> all right, the party is still going from minneapolis to charlottesville this morning. uva, the university of virginia men's basketball team winning its first ever national championship. and guys, it was an overtime thriller. >> jerome tips it up, far side. hunter! best of three to tie it! >> oh, dde'andre hunter. that three-pointer tied things up, sending virginia and texas tech into overtime and that's when the cavs pulled away for good. >> and virginia with the all-time turnaround title! >> just one year after getting bounced in the first round of the ncaa tournament, virginia crowned national champion, the final 85-77. by the way, the oddsmakers out in vegas already installing virginia as the favorite to win it next year. >> already? >> really? >> oh, yeah. >> is that normal? does that normally happen? >> not usually, but a lot will depend on de'andre hunter and whether he sticks around. 6'8" sophomore, talk he'll head to the nba. >> well, congrats. >> they

nbc senior international correspondent keir simmons has been following the story. we understand that u.s. officials were involved in helping this reach a successful conclusion. for five days this kidnapping played out, for five days we now know authorities were closing in. californian kimberly endicott was released days ago. nbc news learning dramatic new details after a series of arrests. >> what was important was the safety of the victims. we looked at how vulnerable the lives of the victims were. >> eight people reportedly held. the u.s. military providing assistance to help get the pair released, we're told. detectives say they waited until endicott and her guide were freed. while tracking the gang through cell phones. >> she's in good health and probably with a little bit of shock going through that ordeal. >> much of what happened during the kidnap, still a mystery. reports say the pair ambushed by armed men in military uniforms. made to walk long distances by foot and sleep out in the open at night. but it's not clear why they were targeted. while a canadian

and foreign correspondent keir simmons is with us this level. >> the level of pulitzer prize winningr on the panel right now. >> the star wars. >> you been precedented. >> why not be in a bar? >> isaacisaacson is. >> sum up this moment in history, after hearing the president talk literally out of three sides of his mouth in one minute or less. the family separation policy, a lot of people will look like -- i think history will look on this as a real black mark on this country. ivanka trump called it a low point in this presidency and the lowest point for her in this presidency. yet, the president is now lying, saying a different president came up with the policy, but it works. what's history going to look back at this moment like? >> well, everybody understands that this is something donald trump believes in. even in the clip, even in the 40 seconds you just showed, he said, i believe in this policy. i believe separation of family stops people from coming in. otherwise, they think it is a picnic, which is an unnerving concept for him to use. yes, you can probably point to times that

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let's go live to russia where keir simmons is standing by. keir, why exactly are these two guys meeting, and what are the headlines so far? >> reporter: well, look, their aim is to send a message to america quite plainly. you know, stephanie, whoever is elected president in 2020 in this city today has been two of the most difficult foreign leaders that that president will face. president putin and kim jong-un. they seemed warm. it was the first time they met. they even, steph, get this for symbolism, exchanged ceremonial swords at the end of the meeting. they met for one-to-one for an hour and a half, much more than the 50 minutes that were planned. from their point of view, it seemed to go well. what are they trying to get out of it? kim jong-un is trying to say to president trump i have more friends than just you in the world, you know, and he would like to see the sanctions weakened because there is millions of dollars worth of economic ties between this part of russia particularly and north korea. for president putin, of course, it's about

nbc's keir simmons, thank you very much. and still ahead on "moe that as a imagine storesfchl the people that were so shocked and stunned by bill clinton's personal behavior and then said oh, wait, personal behavior doesn't matter? and now suddenly they're worried about -- >> wow snp! we'll have that story coming up. we'll have that story coming up. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. ♪ the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ because the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. because the future only happens with people and i recently had hi, ia heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it's for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot

. >> let's bring in keir simmons.e to talk about as much as possible because it proves the united states is not the only dysfunctional government in the world. >> we're pretty dysfunctional. by this point we're ready, just do something, anything. it is shocking nothing can get done there. get us up to date. what should we expect? >> right, and i think that sentiment may be the sentiment that inevitably eventually breaks through the polarization in the u.k., the down-the-middle division which has really caused the inability of britain's leaders to, you know, reach a conclusion. you know, joe, i'm going to say this every time i talk about brexit this week, nothing i say right now may turn out to be right. that's where we are with brexit. we could crash out of the european union, it could be a long delay, it could be what they call a soft brexit. my prediction is that it will be a long delay. i think that's what advantages the europeans the most because the longer they can drag this out, the more they potentially persuad

today senior international correspondent keir simmons is going toboell us all this one. connery, daniel craig. prince william? it's got peoplelk g, a serious side as well, putting focus on people that devo their lives with very little ai accl ♪ >> reporter: the name, william, willia the duke secret service just revealed spending three weeks under cover with britain's world famousie james bond's mi6. the uk version of the cia hosting the future king for one of those weeks. though he did not as far as we know see actionike this, the father of three spent another week with mi5, the domestic intelligence agency made famous in shows like "killing e." and the equivalent of thecia, like ghq where we are told he held his own. >> there is a sense he is approaching his 40s, that prince william needs to take a more high profile role arc prominent role. he will be future king. >> reporter: the prince train as a helicopter pilot, serving in the royal air for calli it a humble experience, praising yhe every day people of the intelligence age who do extraordinary work to keep us safe. i

keir simmons at his post, baby watch day two, keir. what's the word?ht be onto something. we're going to thow you how do this. if you type some names into the palace website, the names arthur, rjames, o alexander. it looks likeaybe they've reserved those pages. which has fans asking, could it be a thboy? r affection for children has been unmistakable from the beginning. and any day now harry and meghan will welcome their very own child into the world. but the big h questionere is when. pomp and ceremony outside windsor castle this morning. the changing of the guard. but no news of any change to meghan's pregnancy. u.s. visitors to windsor castle hoping the royal baby arrives soon. >> i wish it would happen while we're here. tomorrow.ing to be >> reporter: it's going to be tomorrow? >> yes. tomorrow at about noon. >> reporter: royal watchers t hopi learn the baby's gender and even name thought they'd stumbled on more than a coincidence niovt. teep three names, arthur, james, and alexander into the royal url and the pace website appears. any other names

correspondent keir simmons is here with more. we're wondering more about the woman who was abducted as well. >> reporter: a beaut ul spirit is how those who know kimberly sue endicott describe her this morning. there whether there was an ransom paid to the grouphat held h hostage for five days. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: kberly sue endicott in this v latesteo just hours after she was freed. folks who know her overwhelmed with relief this morning. prayings what i've been or all week was her saf release so she could come back home to her family. >> reporter: saying this had been a dre vacation to see africa wildlife. the tourist from california b takeny police helicopter to uganda's capital monday. the u.s. ambassador meeting her. endicott and herafi guide released in the democratic republic ofng o. they were ambushed last week by four men and captured at gunpoint. this morning, a manhunt underway for the kidnappersno with ew lead. police in ugand insisting they were not involved in paying a ransom. the kidnappers demanded

keir simmons is going to tell us about this one. wow, keir. >> i know, right? >> undercover?an connery roger moore daniel craig. prince william? there is a serious side as well. putting a focus on people who devote their lives with very little acclaim. ♪ >> reporter: the name's william. prince william. the duke's secret service just revealed spending three weeks undercover with britain's world famous spice. james bond's mi6, the u.k. version of the cia, hosting the future king for one of those weeks. though he did not as far as we know see action like this. the father of three spent another week with mi5, the domestic intelligence agency made famous in british shows like "killing eve" and a week with the equivalent of the nsa called gchq where we're told he held his own with highly trained analysts. >> he is approaching his 40s. he needs to take a high-profile role, a more prominent role. >> reporter: the prince, who previously trained as a helicopter pilot serving in the royal air force calling it a humbling experience in a statement, praising the everyday people of the inte

keir simmons joining us with more on this project. >> this i one of those that gives people in our businessy v recognizab their first names. and who would have thought a british member of the royal family would haveit teamed up oprah to get people to talk about their feelings? >> reporter: this mo aing, powerful new dream team is taking on mental illness. britain's prince harry and the queen of american media herself oprah winfrey. teaming up to create a um multi-part dtary series on set to launch on apple tv next year. >> harry and i are going to normalize it to the point that people will be like, hey, i got mental illness. that's what you wal. to it out to the point where it's no s longerh a stigmatized big deal. >> reporter: the ptnership was announced on prince harry and meghan markle's instagram account say wr harry writes, our hope is this will be enlightening andinclusive. sharing global stories of unparalleled human spirit fighting back from the darkest places. a addi, i am proud to work with oprah. oprah responded saying delighted yobe partnering with hope we shed a lot of light an

keir simmons sharing his story. a real life "game of thrones." >> here's a question.for brisket sandwiches. >>> jam packed third hourf "today." kristen belle, luke hemsworth,a ti and >>> but first a check of the weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by "missing link" now playing in theaters everywhere. >> let's take a look ahead at your weekend and see how it'ssh ing up starting off with saturday. we expect to see a mild afternoon in new england. severe storms down through the lower mississippi valley river y va then sunday, sunday! the severe storms move io the southeast. heavy rain up into the ohio river valleys. spring highs that will dominate into the southwest. and some wet weather into the oncifi northwest. that's what's goinroun'swood we that cy chances after lunch. light showers through commute. then storms after the evening commute. those will lead into your saturday. most of saturday going to be dry. rain for sunday though. current temperatures out there right now in the 50s.'r on our way to right around 70 degrees. wed start our series

keir simmons joins us now. >> this gives people in our business pause just to say wow look at that collaborationve ever thought a member of the british family would team up with oprah to talk about their feelings. a dream team is taking on mental illness. prince harry and oprah winfrey. teaming up to create a multi-part documentary series on mental health. set to launch on apple tv next year. >> harry and i will normalize it to the point like hey i got mental illness. that's what you want, to call it out to the point where it's not a stigmatized big deal. >> the partnership was announced on prince harry's and meghan markle official instagram account in which harry writes our hope is that this series will be positive, enlightening and inclusive, sharing global stories of unparalleled human spirit fighting back from the darkest places adding i'm incredibly froubd working alongside oprah on this vital series. oprah responding to the post writing delighted to be partnering with you. i hope we shed a lot of light and change some lives. the series which two have been developing for months secretly was