weather. >> rain or shine we're here for naill. >> we love naill. >> we love. >> naill. [ cheers andack to "today" on this memorial day monday morning. craig melvin alongside sheinelle jon jones, dylan dreyer. we have just a few of our friends. my goodness. this is quite the crowd. >> they've been out hear for days for this concert. >> at least the rain is kind of -- >> it's gone. >> it stopped for now. >> i think we might be okay. the tarps can come off. >> i'm glad you said that about the tarp. the tarps will come down when naill takes the stage, guys. >>> first, let's get a check of the morning's top stories. time for your news at 8:00. >> reporter: i'm kristen welker at the white house, where president trump has returned from his first foreign trip and is bracing for battle after "the washington post" reported over the weekend his son-in-law, jared kushner, tried to set up a back channel to communicate with the russians in december, before the inauguration. kushner is a focus of an investigation but not the subject of it. a source thinking in the white house, a few people suggest

. >> i love the fact that naill appreciate his fans. he says "thank you all, i understand you all must be freezing and soaked through. naill they are, but apparently you were worth it. >> we will hear from mr. horan this morning. >>> first, president trump dogged by mounting controversies tied to russia at home. we have full coverage starting at the white house with nbc's kristen w >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. the president was hoping his first foreign trip would help turn the page on the negative headlines over the russia probe, but instead he's back at the white house and the scrutiny is only deepening. with his son-in-law now at the center of some of the latest revelations. this morning, the president is back on defense. president trump returning to washington from his first foreign trip and bracing for battle after the "washington post" reported over the weekend his son-in-law jared kushner tried to set up a back channel for communicating with the russians in december before the inauguration. kushner is now a focus in th

naill said he doesn't care. he's selling out arenas and winning awards. here live on our plaza, monday morning for our next summer city concert series. >>> let's not get ahead of ourselves. out on the plaza, we have people excited. look at that. >> wow. what's happening over there? >> exactly. >> you think one direction should get back together in the crowd? can you hear me? >> they are just reacting to miley. >> all right, carson. >> thank you. >>> mr. roker? >> yes. >> what you got? >> the national hurricane center just released the latest hurricane prediction for 2017. and noaa saying they look for 17 named storms, 9 of them hurricanes. two to four major00. and the height of the hurricane season comes around the beginning of september. we'll watch for that, every 100 years. here's the names this year. see if your name's on it or somebody you know. nobody here. although our executive producer, dawn, is on there. it's probably going to be a weak storm. anyway -- >>> good morning, we have got sunshine and a pretty good breeze blowing, those wins picking u

justin bieber, coldplay, miley cyrus, katy perry, pharrell williams, usher, take that, naill horan.will be on the bbc, and live streamed online. sunday, june 4th. good for her. coming home, going back there to raise money. >>> now, to jessica chastain. the actress' comments about women are getting praise. after ten days of serving on the jury, the one thing she took away from the experience, was how the world views women, through the representation of its female characters. >> it was disturbing to me, to be honest. there are some exceptions, i will say. i to hope that when we include more female story tellers we'll have more of the women that i recognize in my day-to-day life. >> jessica saying she wants to see more proactive female characters with their own points of view. >>> and women-only screenings. we brought you this story yesterday in the orange room. here's some more. some theaters announcing female-only show times for the "wonder woman" movie. that has backlash online. jake from philadelphia said, i propose men-only screenings of "star wars" for the entire first week. an e

line-up -- justin bieber, coldplay, miley cyrus, katy perry, pharrell williams, usher, take that, nailloming on board. arianna will be headlining. the net proceeds go to the we love manchester emergency fund. and the british red cross. that concert will be broadcast on the bbc, it will be live streamed online, it's sunday, june 4th. good for her. coming home, being with the family going right back there to raise money. >>> now, to jessica chastain. the actress' comments about women are going viral this morning and getting praise on social media. after ten days of serving on the jury at the canes film festival, chastain said the one thing she took away from the experience is how the world views women, through the representation of its female characters. take a look. >> it was disturbing to me, to be honest. there are some exceptions, i will say. i do hope that when we include more female story tellers we'll have more of the women that i recognize in my day-to-day life. >> jessica saying she wants to see more proactive female characters with their own points of view. >>> and speaking of w