and savannah marks five years on "today" as we celebrate her big savannah-anniversary. today, friday, july 7th, 2017. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. 7:00 out on the west coast. we thank you for joining us on your fifth anniversary, which, congratulations in order. >> thank you very much. >> more on that later. but a lot of news this morning. >> a lot to goat to. >> starting with this highly anticipated high-stakes meeting between president trump and russian president, vladimir putin. that's happening at the g20 summit in hamburg. earlier this morning, they did meet and shake hands for the first time. their sitdown is expected to take place momentarily. now all of this coming just 24 hours after president trump acknowledged that the kremlin mettled in the 2016 election, but added nobody really knows for sure. and today on the streets of hamburg, clashes between protesters and police are getting worse. we've got it cov

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thank you, savannah.warmers? we wear leg warmers. once during a snowstorm, savannah walked through the snow. >> that was preleggings. >> i made her buy some new pants. >> that's a whole thing, too. when your friends tell you -- she was like, you need some new leggies. >> i toll her she needs to be pushier. more pushy. >> to get you to go? >> just in life. >> she goes, savannah, you need to be more pushy. said no one ever. >> savannah's like, don't be late. i'm waiting. i'm not late. >> why did you have to push in real life? >> push in this life. be pushier. >> i don't know what we're talking about now. that was random. >> i am sorry. i hope i didn't just dominate that. >> it was worth it. >> dominated aronerobaerobics. someone told me on twitter once i look like big bird. >> why do people think it's okay to be mean? >> they don't. they have the last laugh. >> hold up. they don't love me luke i loike you. >> do you have a bat? >> do you take your kids to a bar? let me tell you why i'm asking this question.

savannah? >> andrea mitchell in washington, thank you. >>> the president arrived in poland tonight with another tough leader on his mind -- russia's vladimir putin. on friday the two men will meet for the first time on the sidelines of the g-20 summit in germany. will there be a confrontation and just what is on each leader's agenda? hallie jackson is traveling with the president. >> reporter: with a few final words before leaving washington -- >> we're going to do very well. >> reporter: -- president trump predicting we're going to do very well, stepping on to his plane optimistic, stepping off it into the shadow of russia. in poland, the president's first stop, the threat from moscow looms decades after the cold war as warsaw looks for protection through nato and for a commitment to the alliance from president trump. >> because we are in nato so it has to be a very, very close connection. >> reporter: but what happens in poland only the pregame to what everyone will be watching on friday in g

savannah? >> all right, richard engel, thank you. by the way, you can hear much more on the trump-putin relationship in the first installment of richard's special series, on assignment with richard engel. it airs tonight on msnbc. >>> turning now to an urjtd warning concerning america's nuclear power plants, officials say hackers have launched a series of cyberattacks targeting a dozen of those u.s. facilities. once again russia is the prime suspect. nbc's pete williams with the details. >> reporter: u.s. officials say tonight they sent a bulletin warning of a series of cyberattacks beginning on may on companies that run a dozen nuclear power plants. serl u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news russian hackers are strongly suspected because the attacks resimible previous cyber intrusions known to have been carried out by the russians on electrical grids in other countries. among the targets this time, u.s. officials say, the wolf creek nuclear plant in burlington, kansas. the fbi and homeland security say the cyberattack appears to

savannah? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> so just what is president trump about to enter into as he sits across from russia's cunning and calculating leader? nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel with insight into that from people who have tangled with putin before. >> reporter: for president trump, meeting president putin may be a way to thumb his nose at critics to show he's not scared of the multiple investigations into his inner circle's ties to the kremlin, but for russians who have tried to stand up to putin, trump is being played and has been from the start. >> he's definitely playing into putin's hands. >> reporter: garry kasparov is a putin critic and iconic russian chess grand master. he says putin's no strategist but understands power. >> he's a dictator. dictators by definition don't play chess, i feel i have to defend the integrity of my game. i would rather say he's playing a poker game. >> reporter: he's a poker player. >> he's a poker player, a card player, a gambler

>> reporter: savannah, good morning. one person is dead, seven others injured after this twisting and turning amusement park ride unexpectedly broke apart at a high rate of speed. we do want to warn you some of the video you're going to see is disturbing. >> the whole ride, they just fell out. >> reporter: overnight something went horribly wrong at the ohio state fair, a swinging ride called fireball ripping to pieces sending passengers crashing to the ground. >> i saw the person fly off. >> at least one individual has come off the ride at the fair grounds. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a night of fun instantly turning spoke chaos an confusion. kaley bell amy said she was next in line and saw it happened. >> it was at its highest point and i saw somebody fly off the road. >> reporter: more than a half dozen injured riders were taken to nearby hospitals. >> multiple passengers were ejected at high speed with high energy. many feet, at least 20 or 0, if not more spot air, crashed at a significant distance from the r

savannah. >> all right, al. thank you so much.x americans have prescribed them every year. usually we're told to finish the entire course even if we feel better. a new study is calling that spoke question claiming overextremity is just as dangerous as undertreatment. dr. natalie, nbc contributor. good morning to you. >> morning, savannah. >> this goes against everything we think we know about antibiotics. what does this study find? >> it's very much challenging the dogma, shorter courses are inferior. we have to get over the fear of undertreating and recognize the harm of undertreating. i don't think we need to restate over and over again the big problem with antibiotic resistance due to inappropriate use of antibiotics. >> we need to review for bacterial in fedex. >> a couple of times, an acute respiratory in fedex, only viral. we only want to be treating for bacterial infections. where you can have your doctor culture so you know what you're sensitive to. >> there's two paths, long course and short. >> long course is going to be

savannah?>> more than two decades after he was acquitted of murder and nine years after his conviction of armed robbery and kidnapping, o.j. simpson's fate could come down to a few krut minutes today. in lovelock nevada where simpson will seek an early release this morning. >> reporter: in just a couple hours o.j. simpson will learn his future when he goes before a parole board. he will be here at the lovelock correctional center in nevada. he'll appear by video conference before the parole board which is a couple hours away in carson city. this hearing is expected to last only about 15 minutes. during that time parole commissioners can pepper simpsons with questions. a friend or relative could speak on simpson's behalf and one of the robbery victims says he plans to testify and will tell the parole board he thinks o.j. simpson should be released. the parole board will deliberate privately before coming back out and voting publicly. simpson is now 70 years old. he served nearly nine years for t

let's turn to savannah guthrie, the resident attorney and washington veteran. savannah, folks following around the edges of this russia story, what just happened here today? did it cross into a new legal territory? >> i think we've seen a piece of evidence that would be quite compelling to the mueller investigator, the special counsel looking into this. now has an incredibly compelling piece of evidence. it comes from donald trump jr. himself and signals a willingness not just to get information that's damaging to hillary clinton, but that he knows it's from the russian government, or it's purported to be from the russian government and greets it enthusiastically. even thinking about when would it be best to deploy that information, saying late summer would be great. so yes, potentially there's legal exposure, but people should take a deep breath. i can assure you this is just one piece of the puzzle that bob mueller is looking into. he will place it in context with regard to other e-mails. he'll be looking to interviews these witnesses. the statutes we're talk

come on, savannah. >> when i found out about this, i was so excited. >> savannah is a former aerobics mean, i love old school aerobics, jane fonda, step. when they told me you're going to tell me that aerobics is coming back. >> aerobics is definitely coming back. >> my spirit animal right there. >> now you go on instagram, you see the girls -- tone it up girls, all these people that have millions and millions of followers, they are showing their workouts and doing a much more glamorous version of what was going on back in the day. i've got this whole system called black fire i did a while ago. it was daily burn, a great way to have your phone with you, which is really cool. >> is it aerobics? maybe i'll try it. >> all this aerobic kind of stuff you're doing. you have minimal to no equipment. >> yes. >> that was like what we did, right? >> a video of savannah popped up. >> did you have leg warmers? >> sure i had leg warmers, leotards the whole thing. >> we're going to find it for you, bob. dig it out. >> did you love that. >> i still do honestly. >> they are wrapping us. all right. co

for now i'm lester holt with savannah guthrie, nbc news new york is next. our )special report )---- o.j. simpson testifying >>> and breaking news as you've been watching for the last 90 minutes. o.j. simpson testifying before a nevada parol board. good morning and thank you for joining us. >> it was a decade ago and it was a crime of kidnapping, armed robbery, and assault that landed simpson behind bars, this morning, he pleaded with those parol commissioners for a chance to come back home after expressing his contrition. we do have team coverage for you this morning. pete talked with a local attorney and bob riddell has been watching the nuts and bolts of this. and we know they were going to deliberate, bob, for about 30 minutes, we're about 15 minutes into that burden of proof do you pick it up from here? >> you can talk about what happened. this hearing started at 10:00 this morning. the naught was that kris it was only going last 15 minutes. it lasted an hour on top of that. he is sorry, he had no intention to commit a crime. he's done his time. that he

cole and savannah have a youtube channel.cribers. >> and the subscribers get to see the dances from the wedding. >> of course it got rambunctious. ♪ cole and savannah's dance got off rather traditionally. all lovie dovey as they whisper into each other's ears and talk about who has the nicest hair. and then -- >> i wanted to say congratulations, guys. we are so honored to be here. >> but here's all kinds of people doing a dance to a song, but if you're cole and savannah, you get the person who wrote and performed that song to have a video. that's russell dickerson. he let them know he can't be there and there's the daughter/daddy dance, everyone is having a dance with somebody's daddy. time for cole and his mom to have a bit of a dance. this is the point where i believe charity would refer tefr it as they get a bit turn tough. >> wh

savannah. >> hallie jackson traveling with the president. thank you. >>> turning back home now to new york police officer and mother of three killed in the line of duty. investigators say she was assassinated in an overnight ambush. tonight they're trying to determine whether the gunman, who was killed near the scene, had a grudge against the badge. nbc's ron allen now with details. >> reporter: an unprovoked random assassination. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: officer miosotis familia shot in the head through the window of a marked mobile command center. >> my partner's shot. >> reporter: the desperate fight to save her life ending some three hours later. the gunman, alexander bonds, 34, armed with a stolen weapon, chased down and shot dead by responding officers about a block away. a twice convicted felon out on parole. senior nypd officials tell nbc news they're investigating whether bond is the man in these videos making anti-police statements posted on a facebook page believed to belong to him. >> i'm here to tell you, police

hi, savannah. >> hi, savannah. >> mother/daughter bucket list.ing to see someone famous. and you will today. who do you want to see today? >> hoda. she's like, who is that? >> i have breaking news on the plaza. >> just married. >> we're pregnant. >> baby two on the way. >> talk about headlines. there's the news that hoda's got it. welcome back to "today." nice to have you along with us. matt has the morning off. he'll be back to take selfies next week. >> that's right. a lot going on on a wednesday morning. let's start your news at 8:00. >>> senate republicans are advancing their campaign to repeal and replace obamacare. tuesday's vote signaled a tough road ahead, even with a boost from john mccain. we get the latest from kristen welker. >> reporter: hi, carson. good morning to you. president trump is using his bully pulpit to get a health care reform bill passed. it failed hours after they opened debate on the issue. all highlights the steep challenge they face over health care. overnight, a setback for health care legislation. the senate reject

savannah? >> peter, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in jeremy bash. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with all this going on around jeff sessions. we saw the president trash sessions to "the new york times" last week. now, he tweeted, called him beleaguered. he rolled his eyes. you once staffed a cabinet member. can you put in perspective how unusual this is. >> it's astounding. the president of the united states is online bullying the attorney general. he's trying to twitter-shame him into quitting his post. let's make no mistake. what the president is trying to do is trying to say, sessions get out of the way so i can put in my own attorney general, who will fire bob mueller and shut down this russian investigation. >> if you were advising jeff sessions, what would you tell him to do? should he quit? >> don't quit. >> i think he should make the president man up and fire him. if the attorney general wants to stand his ground, he should be able to do so. >> car

good evening. >> reporter: savannah, good evening to you. this may have been the most important diplomatic meeting yet for president trump. formally face-to-face for first time with the leader of the country accused of meddling in our election, and that was topic number one for the u.s. with two different stories tonight on how that discussion went. the world watching to see where this relationship goes next. in front of the cameras, every move scrutinized. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> reporter: behind closed doors, every word. with president trump starting talks by pressing president putin on russia's interference in our election. >> the president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the american people regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. >> reporter: that coming just a day after the president decline to definitively say moscow did meddle. both sides say the issue came up today but each described it differently sharing only what

savannah? >> a horrible story in san antonio, texas. gabe, thanks so much. >>> as we mentioned at the top of the show, the vatican's historic fountains are going dry. the holy sea says it is shutting off 100 of its fountains because of italy's drought. this past spring was the third-driest in 60 year. more than ro rome are facing water rations. the decision to turn off the fountains is reaching to pope francis' teaching. >>> frightening moments on a busy new jersey highway. look at the suv, beginning to swerve. suddenly, it swings to the far left lane. almost hits another car and turns over. amazingly, no other vehicles were hit during the accident. and the driver of the suv was also not injured. the wreck, as you can imagine, blocked two lanes of traffic for several hours. >> especiall t let's get a first check of the weather. hello, al. >> hello. we're looking at more rain in the southwest. boy, they're getting dumped on, that monsoonal moisture coming in there. maricopa, arizona. flooding, big problems, folks making their way slowly

savannah? >>> breaking news from president trump, he's tweeted he's banning transgender individuals from serving in the u.s. military by any capacity. the president says his decision comes after consultation with my generals and military experts. that's a quote. he adds, quote, our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and can't be disrupted by the tremendous medical costs that transgender would prevail. >>> the link between football and brain trauma. craig melvin has more on how the nfl is responding. >> researchers from the boston university school of medicine looked at the brains of 202 former football players and found evidence of the brain disease cte in all but one. this morning, a devastating blow to the nfl. 99% of deceased players' brains examined in a new study, showed signs of cte, a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. >> this is much more common in football players than previously anticipated. >> reporter: cte can only be formally

savannah? >> gabe gutierrez. sight for crews battling wildfires out west. in northern california, flames have destroyed 37 structures, a lot of them homes. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency on monday. the flames are feeding on fresh grass after a winter of heavy rain. about 4,000 people had to be evacuated from the area. in all, nearly 70,000 acres have fallen victim to wildfires across california. >>> we have a lot more ahead on a tuesday morning including a special moment for a coldplay superfan. >>> and a new program helping police officers cope with extreme stress. >>> and jenna bush hager finds out what it's like to be a nasa astronaut. >>> and why cassettes are suddenly cool again. move over, vinyl. first, these messages. what it' astronaut. >>> and why cassettes are suddenly cool agai agai ♪ uhhh... feeling good... feels like... pssh... um... haha...being surrounded by friends and loved ones. i'm able to sort of move through the world on a bit of a cloud. loud music. fantastic! you know wh

savannah. >>> all right. a concerning update to report on condition of house majority whip steve scalise who was shot during practice for congressional baseball game three weeks ago. overpass the congressman was readmitted to the intensive care unit at medstar washington hospital. this is actually a live picture of that hospital and where we find nbc's tom costello with the latest on the congressman. tom, good morning to you. >> good morning. he was one of five people shot on that baseball field three weeks ago, shot on the hip as you recall. trauma action surgeons said at the time it was a very serious injury, breaking bones, hitting internal organs, causing significant bleeding. now doctors say they are concerned about an infection. a setback for steve clease, back into intensive care after being shot in the hip at a congressional baseball practice last month pt medstar hospital releasing a statement overnight reading in part, congressman scalise has been readmitted to intensive care unit due to new concern

savannah. >> kristen, thank you so much.or more we're joined by eric fanning first openly gay leader of any military branch. secretary, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> first, your reaction. your reaction in your gut when you heard this ruling. >> many reactions, i think. i was disappointed, i was angry. frankly, i was shocked the commander in chief would turn his back on thousands of patriotic americans serving today. >> let me be devil's advocate because likely you don't like this decision. there are americans who think, wait anu pentagon, the military paying for this kind of surgery, this kind of care. what would the response be to that? >> my response is that it's a medical issue. if someone is qualified to serve, raises his or her right hand, makes that commitment to possibly put their life on the line, one of the things they get as a part of that commitment is health care. we treat this, we should treat this like any other medical issue. >> the white house has not said anything a

savannah? >> we'll see if we can get clarity on that. kristen, thank you. >>> let's focus in on the dramatic shakeup of the communications operation. how it will change the message coming out of the white house and what's been a rocky relation nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has that part of the story. hallie, good morning. >> hey, carson, good morning to you. that new communications director who is making a move from wall street to washington, is coming out strong against his own staff. warning he will not tolerate leaks. ant scaramucci tells me while the communications team is not working as well as it could be, he'd like to keep everyone on but says if he has to get rid of everyone but his secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, he will, if he cannot get the leaks to stop. the man now in charge of the west wing message, delivering a very clear one for his own team. >> tomorrow, i'm going to have a meeting with the communications staff and say, i don't like the leaks. so, we'r

savannah. >> indeed.abe, thank you very much. >>> two people aboard a small plane were killed on monday when the aircraft made a crash landing on a golf course in mesa, arizona. officials say the pilot reported mechanical problems. they could not reach the airport a half a mile away. federal crash investigators are returning to that scene this morning. >>> a massive fireball was caught on camera after a broken down truck on the side of a road was clipped by another truck and then exploded on monday. this happened in eastern china. amazingly there were no serious injuries reported, but that smoldering wreckage shut down the roadway for nearly two hours. the exact cause of the accident still under investigation. >>> back to that dramatic video we showed you at the top of the show. take a look at the top of your screen here, a 43-year-old woman in rome steps on to a train then decides to back is caught in the car, the train drags her down the platform. eventually she does slip free but not before suffering m

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what that merger could mean. >>> happy savannah versery. celebrating five years of savannah today. back on great moments as we get start instead just a couple of minutes here on today. >> congratulations. we'll be raising a glass to you here in philly too. >> thanks ladies. >> see you at seven. >> see you in a bit. >> all right. now to this. >>> police in central jersey trying to solve let's call this an unusual mystery. >> want to know who left a big boat on a busy highway. take a look at this. 37 foot power boat just sitting on u.s. one. police sent out a tweet to try to find the owner. is this yours? it's been hauled away. police are still searching for the owner. if you know someone missing a boat: where did i leave the boat. police have it now. it looks like a pretty nice boat too. i wouldn't want to leave that there. >> i'll watch it for this weekend. i'll take it out. >> i'm sorry. i didn't see any signs that said no boat parking. i apologize. what a big misunderstanding. there's goes my boating weekend. decedent boating weekend too. showers this morning and some more shower

stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah savannah.tic light night press conference where they identified the body of 19-year-old dean finocchiaro. this is officially a murder case. police have in custody a person of interest. cosmo dinardo who they say tried to sell one of the young men's cars earlier in the week. police have been searching the dinardo's estate and the grandfather of one of these young men tell us that they discovered the bodies under a tarp and propane tank. all four men their ages ranging from 19 to 22. this crime has rattled this otherwise pretty quiet corner of pennsylvania and this morning it looks like authorities are right on the cusp of solving the mystery. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> president trump is now in france where he will hold a joint news conference today with french president emanuel macron. he is likely to face questions about the russia investigation here at home. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker is in paris. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to y

savannah. >> all right. news conference today with french president emmanuel macron. he is likely to face questions about the russia investigation here at home. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker in paris. kristen, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. president trump is here in paris to mark a major french event bastille day, also 100th anniversary of united states entering world war i. but he's looking for some more positive headlines with the white house practically paralyzed over the russia matter back in washington. >> president trump touching down on french soil just hours ago, but it's russia that's overshadowing his every move. this morning these images are under a microscope. video shot by nbc sports showing donald trump dining with a group of russians in 2013. >> you like russians. >> i like russians. i like him. >> at the dinner, the same people now at the center of the latest firestorm over russia. mr. trump's former business partner aras agalarov and his son emin, a t

savannah?peter alexander starting us off in warsaw. thank you. let's turn to nicole wallace for analysis. let's talk about north korea first. we're going to hear how fraught the options are with michael. in terms of the president's mind-set, we hear this tough talk. >> yeah. >> is the white house really prepared to take action that presidents before have decided aren't worth the risk. >> looks like the military are counselling him against doing so just because of how grim a but the president's messaging seems to have that in mind in that he's using that as the stick to entice china to eat the carrots. >> let's talk about russia. obviously friday is the big meeting with vladimir putin. who is known as a master manipulator. i mean this guy studies up. he knows his subject. he certainly will know how to press the president's buttons. how should the president for this? >> listen. if donald trump's brand is the author of "art of the deal," vladimir putin's brand is "former kgb spy master." i think t

up about savannah.e saw over the top of the senate and house of representatives office buildings and the congress and alive. branches of the government. and the law going to land the plane an here's a close up of the house office building. mendo their heavy thank you and this structure eight representatives as an office and which a government official both in. the senate office building is just across the capitol grounds both buildings are constructed of beautiful white model and are connected with the capitol by underground railway we abandon flights to. families who first knew it as a marshy lane. and not a proud nation is great for the dog of the capital. this magnificent structure found on capitol hill from which to radiate twenty one broad avenue on a stone was laid by washington himself but the building was not fully completed until the end of the civil law. at the top of a ground process of progress in a library where fifty miles of hill all modern american books. out of the wall present a remark

savannah?ws confirmed a shakeup this morning with president trump's legal team. attorney mark kaz owe wits will no longer lead the outside legal counsel. however, he still will provide legal guidance to the president. there are also reports that the president's aides are now gathering background information on members of special counsel robert mueller's investigative team. according to the "new york times" and "washington post," such information might be used to undercut mueller's russia probe. >>> fans and fellow musicians are remembering singer chester bennington of the rock band linkin park. his death came on the birthday of his close friend, sound garden singer, chris cornell, who committed suicide in may. bennington hit it big 17 years ago with linkin park's debut album "hybrid theory." they were about to launch a u.s. tour. bennington was just 41 years old. >> so sad. a great band and leaves behind a family and kids. >> when you think about his friendship with chris cornell, who also lost

hi, savannah. >> hi, savannah. >> mother/daughter bucket list, selfie with matt. >> we miss you, mattous. and you will today. who do you want to see today? >> hota. >> she's like who is that? breaking news on the plaza. >> we're pregnant! >> baby number two on the way! >> talk about headlines. good morning. welcome back to "today." nice to have you along with us. matt has the morning off but he'll be back next week. >>> let's start your news at 8:00. >> senate republicans are struggling to advance their campaign to repeal and replace obamacare. tuesday's vote signalled a tough road ahead even with a big boost from senator john mccain. we'll get the latest from kristen welker. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to try to get a health care reform bill passed but overnight the gop's latest effort failed just hours after they had opened debate on the issue, all highlighting the steep challenges republicans still face to overhaul obamacare. overnight, another setback for health care legislation. the senate decisively rejec

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savannah? willie? >> kristen stand by there. i want to keep this conversation going but bring in kasie hunt to course capitol hill for us. let's pick up right where kristen left off. are there the votes for the repeal now replace later idea? and is there any reason to think this gets easier with time? >> i'm not sure that there's a reason to think it does get easier with time. the reality, they set out the repeal and replace plan originally because leadership knew they didn't have support to just do a straight repeal. this is really the difference being between a party opposing a president, barack obama, in congress, and having to be the party that governs. you actually have some senators out at home at town hall meetings acknowledge that up front. say, hey, it's a lot harder to govern than we thought. and frankly, the repeal only push came out of a party that was trying to oppose instead of one that was trying to write laws. so i think this is still a very tricky political calculation. trying

thank you very much, savannah. >> he said your name. you said thank you very much savannah.d, i put swiss cheese on my breakfast sandwich. >> take the rest of the morning off. >> he's such a great player and is he a great sport and that's truly why i admire him so much. and i think everyone on the tour loves him too, so i'm in good company have some i've never seen you quite like this, in all the years this is special. >> it's funny because they were saying like you were a real dork around duran duran, i said that's fine i love duran duran. but that was 30 years ago in the is a live crush, this is happening in realtime. >> and europing veil into it. >> congratulations. >>> let's check in on carson. what's next. >> i'm ordering a crane to pick her jaw up off the floor. guys, delta just pushed back in a big way against a twitter rant aimed at the airlines but first these messages. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet coke, dr. pepper, and pepsi hear you beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and reminders

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cole and savannah have a youtube channel.hey have many subscribers. >> and the subscribers get to see the dances from the wedding. >> of course it got rambunctious. ♪ cole and savannah's dance got off rather traditionally. all lovie dovey as they whisper into each other's ears and talk about who has the nicest hair. and then -- >> i wanted to say congratulations, guys. we are so honored to be here. >> but here's all kinds of people doing a dance to a song, but if you're cole and savannah, you get the person who wrote and performed that song to have a video. that's russell dickerson. he let them know he can't be there and there's the daughter/daddy dance, everyone is having a dance with somebody's daddy. time for cole and his mom to have a bit of a dance. this is the point where i believe charity would refer to it as they get a bit turn tough. >> what? >> wait, it's supposed to happen? >> so crazy. >> what is the deejay doing to us right now? we better go with it. ♪ >> i have to be honest during this entire dance never once di