but the job that they have done here with the savannah bananas really was what savannah needed. >> theyot a fairy tail ending. the bananas won the playoffs in their inaugural season, giving them a huge boost for their year, with most games sold out. and they have a contingent of die hard fans now making it the hardest ticket to get in town. >>> in massachusetts, a coach turned entrepreneur has a mission to help children with special needs thrive through playing sports like hockey, baseball and lacrosse. nbc's kristin dahlgren has this inspiring story. >> reporter: if you're a kid in new england, you play hockey. >> go, go, go. go, go, go. >> reporter: 9-year-old patrick sweeney is no different. and that makes this one of the few places that's the case. >> there was a point where we didn't think skating would be possible. >> that a boy. >> reporter: patrick has autism, but thanks to a new system developed by coach joe delino, patrick is engaged. >> all i've done is found a way to communicate and connect with them. >> reporter: his system is called small light sports. >> follow. >> report

i'm savannah guthrie. this has been an nbc news special report. >>> you've been watching a special report on the aftermath of harvey and the continued efforts for relief and rescue there. >>> we're going to bring you more of our network coverage within the hour. now we return to our programming. agencies from across the area are springing into action to help the victims. virginia task force one, fairfax county fire swift boat rescue team left yesterday and will help with rescue efforts in texas. truck loads of equipm there and local volunteers from the american red cross moved its resource toss texas yesterday to help provide relief. >> montgomery county fire and rescue also sending help. the department tweeted that maryland task force one is headed to texas to help with search and rescue efforts. that's a team of 20. they'll join 26 other task force teams deployed to texas from around the nation. >>> stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of harvey. we have stories of survival and a look at some of the

it's a steamy thursday evening in savannah georgia. and that crazy guy in the yellow tuxedo is gearing up to entertain a sold-out crowd of baseball fans. >> we're about the show. if i'm going to be on the field i need to look like a showman. i looked online found bright colored tuxedo.com found the yellow one, now i have five of them. >> he didn't plan on sbefr taning, he planned on pitching in the major leagues. a shoulder injury ended that career. >> i took the internship is and had a lot of fun with it. at 23 i got offered the job of general manager in gas tone ya grizzlies. >> thefrp one of the worst teams in the organization. they had no fans, the team was demoralized. >> i realized we have a serious problem here, what did i walk into? so i started trying to learn everything i could about baseball business but more about the entertainment business. i read every book i could and realized wow we can't be a baseball team anymore. >> he was most inspired by p.t. bar numb, walt disney and bill vek. he decided the solution for the team

here is savannah guthrie. >>> good morning, everybody. if you come on the air the wrath of harvey is being felt across southeast texas. houston, the country's fourth largest city, mostly under water at this hour and mandatory evacuations were ordered overnight. for several neighborhoods there with another 2 feet of rain still possible. let's get right to gabe gutierrez in the flood zone in houston. gabe, good morning to you. we can barely see you it's so dark there and you're surrounded by flood water. what's the situation. >> savannah, good morning. we have seen rain constantly throughout the night. this event isn't over. the roads are impassable. houston is paralyzed. overnight, these rivers have continued to rise. bayous that run through the heart of houston is at record stages. authorities are considering and overnight, released water from two reservoirs and that will continue to increase the water levels here in houston. we have seen hundreds of water rescues overnight. dramatic rewaters are cues. authorities here in houston are defe

savannah guthrie in new york. this has been an nbc news special report. >>> meantime, new jersey's top search and rescue team expected to arrive in texas. governor christie deployed task force one last night. heart felt thoughts and prayers are with the people of texas at this difficult time. >>> philadelphia fire fighters loaded up early yesterday morning joining the first waive of firefighters who left for texas on friday. >>> american red cross workers and other volunteers from our region are answering calls for help. the red cross in philadelphia broke out emergency response truck. drove the truck. harvey will be first deployment. told us motivation comes with personal experience. says she went through four 00 hurricanes in florida. a live report from texas is just minutes away on nbc 10 news. stay connected to breaking developments on air and online with the nbc 10 app. we also have links to where you can donate money to the rescue effort. >>> 6:08. 61 degrees outside. talk about our weather as we continue to

with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. nice to have you with us. craig melvin is here as well because matt is in washington. he's at the white house this morning with a big intervie >> savannah and craig, nice to see you both. i tried to come down to the white house this morning to talk to the vice president of the united states, mike pence, who happens to be sitting right across from me. we're doing this interview, first of all, good morning, nice to see you. doing the interview in the roosevelt room just to give people the lay of the land here, it's just across the hall from the oval office, not too much of a walk from your office, just down the hall. it's a building or an office that people use here during the day for daily meetings, at least members of the white house staff do. we're going to talk to the vice president in just a moment, but first let's go out to the north lawn here at the white house. nbc's p

>> good morning, savannah. that's exactly right. there's another 15 to 25 inches of rain yet to go with this storm. it's not really going to let up until the middle of the week. let's look at the radar which tells a huge story here. we have feeder bands coming off of the gulf of mexico. it's warm moist air that helps to feed these storms. the line has shifted east into beaumont, texas, and parts of louisiana. but the storm is moving southeast at three miles per hour. it's generally meandering over the same area. it will draft into the gulf of mexico and it will maintain the tropical storm status. so far, we have picked up 15 to more than 30 inches of rain, in and around the houston area and across eastern texas. but we have more to go. the storm system, as it hits and taps into the gulf of mexico, we're going to see these heavier tropical downpours continue. look how expansive the flash flood warnings are, extending into lake charles, louisiana, which could end up with seven to ten inches of rainfall. we could easily pick up more th

savannah? a fixture in entertainment news and a familiar face "today." nearly three months ago sheshgs had surgery to remove a brain tumor right behind her right eye. at the same time, caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 brain cancer. we're going to talk to lmaria i a moment. first, a bit more of what she's been through in the last year. for maria menounos, life has been a perpetual juggling act. actress, author. >> so excited to be here. >> reporter: host of shows from "e! news" to "access hollywood." her close relationships with her family and partner of 19 years, kevin undergar ro, a respite fr her professional life. but her mother litsa was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that john mccain has and senator ted kennedy died from in 2009. she talked to megyn kelly about when she learned the news. >> i wish you gave this to me. i have the will to beat this stuff. and she doesn't. and careful what you wish for. >> reporter: just six months a

savannah? >> all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. >>> harvey's torrential downpours are now taking aim at other parts of the south. dylan is still in for al. she's got the storm's outlook, where this thing is headed now. >> and it's heading north. it is going to bring potentially flooding rain through parts of arkansas and western tennessee. here it is as a tropical depression. notice how it's finally clearing out across texas. even the heaviest of the rain is starting to come to an end in louisiana. winds right now are at 30 miles per hour. it's all about the motion, though. at this point moving north-northeast at 10 miles per hour. we have flash flood warnings just west of memphis across eastern arkansas, also west-central parts of louisiana. but we have flash flood watches through memphis through friday. we also have through friday some of those flash flood watches in nashville and even pensacola, florida, on the eastern edge of that storm and those rain bands moving through. as we go through t

he continued this gendered campaign, even though he recognized that his capture of savannah did little to tame the city's female civilians. who, as he described, quote, remained bright and haughty and proud as ever, end quote. confederate women faced the enemy on their own terms. work with the assumptions about war time standards of respectability and how they imagined union soldiers wi s ws treat them and their body, these women defended themselves and their property from what one women described as, quote, a hellish crew. no person is safe from them. end quote. the campaign against elite women we' reflected neither cruelty on the part of union soldiers. it did not target innocent women. sherman directed his men to bring the war to slave holding women because he understood that they had, in part, brought the war to the union and had sustained the confederate war effort. for starters, sherman and the union leadership recognized elite white women's roles in initiating the southern rebellion during the suecession crisis. and then kept them on the battlefield with supplies and letters of

craig and savannah?> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> the u.s. navy says divers have recovered the bodies of all ten sailors missing since "uss john s. mccain" collided with an oil tac oil tanker in sang apore last week. the remains were found inside the ship's flooded compartments. this was the second deadly collision involving a navy destroyer and a merchant vessel in two months. >>> let's head back to dylan for on harvey and the national forecast as well. dylan? >> craig, the rain is still coming down and that's going to be the story, heavy rain at least through wednesday morning. elsewhere across the racountry, let's see, there are the wildcats 'til we die weekenders. the watch me let if fly. this i gotta try weekenders. then we've got the bendy... ... spendy weekenders. the tranquility awaits. hanging with our mates weekenders and the it's been quite a day... ...so glad we got away weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break dir

with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. it's tuesday morning, 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. glad you're with us. craig is in for matt once again. and we've got a shot over the skies of houston. downtown houston, this is a look from our drone. and you can see the situation that's unfolding there. still unfolding at this hour. >> it has been raining off and on there all morning in houston. but perhaps some good news coming. dylan said we're on the back end of this thing. we will get to her in just a moment. also some harrowing tales of neighbors helping neighbors as well. >> we've got a lot to get to. overnight developments on this storm. the official death toll in texas stands at three but dozens more are missing at this hour. and that includes six family members who are feared dead after relatives say their van was swept away by the rising floodwaters. >> the coast guard alone says it is receiving upwards of 1,000 emergency calls per hour. and has already re

in savannah, he wanted to say, this is what happens if you surrender. if the whole confederacy surrenders, we can be friends again. those commanders appealing to him for guards for his wives, they were friendly. a lot of these men had served in the military together before they had gone to school together. a lot of the wealthy families, women will constantly ask for guards to protect against sherman's soldiers. the times they are given one. sometimes it doesn't help because it is for a night and the next night something else happens. as for the non-slaveholding women, sherman's march goes specifically through an area that they generally encountered slaveholding women. that is why it is easier to look at because those women leave a lot of letters. until they get to north carolina, they are not encountering a lot of poor white women. in north carolina, sherman's troops continue to ransacked and burned and do all these things, but he does direct his soldiers to treat with more respect the women of non-slaveholding families because he says they are not the

>> hug savannah. >> hug savannah? it's your lucky happy birthday. >> what's your name?sister. >> what's your name? >> eva. >> what's your name? >> maddie. >> luke. >> danny. >> what a cute family. >> everybody is celebrating the birthday. happy birthday, sweetie pie. let me check your box. >> cute. awesome. >> and you're coordinating with us. >> happy birthday. >> you have to coordinate, savannah. >> we're wearing our pink. >> yes. got the memo. >> by the way, she wants to catch a ball at a yankees game. take me to the game with you. >>> coming up, the cost of back-to-school shopping. so, unless you win one of the lotteries this weekend, we have a great way to pay for it and tidy up your home in the process. >>> then, we have cool gadgets to show you. for everything to deal the peel unpeelable eggs. >>> we have a search going for for "today's summer moment." we have five great new ones for you to vote on this week. take it away, al. >> starting with kelly, who captured this touching moment between dad and son on the paddleboard. the triplets love to sell lemonade to fri

at the end of the march to the sea and a brief occupation of savannah, they continued their campaign into the carolinas at the beginning of 1865. i the time the campaign ended near durham station, sherman assessed it inflicted more than $100 million in physical damage and acknowledged he had earned the scorn of confederates for civilianach to the population. having secured the surrender of john smith, the union proclaimed the march a success. the campaign had for field -- fulfilled its goals, to break the will of confederates and to destroy the material and human resources supporting the rebel military. today's talk is designed to get us to rethink the connection between these goals. between the breaking of the will of the confederates and the destruction of resources. rather than focus on the material world, my examination focuses on the personal reaction of southern women to the invasion. throughout the campaign, sherman's troop marched through the lower part of the south, purposely cutting through farms and plantations. this chosen path of destruction which commanders designed to

savannah? >> kristen, thanks so much. >>> in the wake of the charlottesville attack, a movement is gaining momentum in cities across the country to take down confederate statues. stephanie gosk is in one of the cities. >> reporter: the city council in lexingt lexi lexington voted to remove two statues. the debate has been going on for years in the u.s. it was that violence in charlottesville, virginia, that has fueled the fire. shouts of joy and relief in lexington, kentucky. >> the vote reflects passage of the motion. >> reporter: the motion to remove confederate statues from outside the courthouse. the council meeting met by emotional pleas. >> i cannot escape the color i am, nor can i escape my history. but i can do something about the present and hopefully the future. >> take down the confederate statues and show the world what americans really fight for, freedom. >> reporter: few among the crowd voted to keep the statues in place. >> it's not slavery. it's our history. >> reporter: a viewp

peter, good morning. >> hey, savannah, good morning to you. you'll be excused for experiencing a little white house whiplash watching this president. it really has been like a tale of two trumps. one sticking to the script talking harmony, the other angry and unplugged targeting familiar opponents like a speech in arizona this week. the president zigzagging from one night to the next with different messages to different audiences. first somber, then searing, then back again. the president punctuating a roller coaster 48 hours, the president with a message of love and unity to veterans. >> time to heal the wounds that divide us and seek new unity on the common values that unite us. >> it didn't feel like it tuesday night with critics arguing president trump is the one fueling divisions. >> we don't need advice from the washington swamp. we need right now to drain the swamp. that's what's happening, too, believe me. >> in arizona teaseing a controversial pardon, relentlessly attacking the media. >> but the very dishonest media, those people righ

savannah sellers is here to talk more about this. so what do we have coming up. back to central park in september, correct? >> exactly. but as you just mentioned, we did have the festival during the g-0 so global citizen is the global action platform that is aimed at ending extreme poverty by 2030 and it is unique because it is about taking action and not about raising money. so they will tweet at world leaders putting pressure on them to give football commitments and sign petitions and since 2010 global citizens have taken over 11 million actions that have resulted in over $30 billion in financial commitments and then those music festivals like we saw are sort of the reward for members of the community. so one such event did just happen in hamburg, germany and justin trudeau took to the stage advocating for women's rights an motivating young people to get involved. >> women and girls have health risks associated with pregnancy and child birth and malnutrition, it is a constant concern in societies where women and girls eat least and eat last. we look at a room f

savannah. >> all right, al.at we've always wanted to try. >> this morning it's megyn kelly's turn. she is down at wral, that's our affiliate in raleigh, north carolina. megyn, good morning to you. our raleigh, north carolina. >> for my "summer of yes," i wanted to take my family on a road trip. to remember what it's like to commune with nature and to reconnect with some of my fondest childhood memories. >> off we go on our camping adventure. i like our ride. how does it look? sadly, i haven't spent a lot of time outdoors since i moved to new york. >> my gosh. >> reporter: just like riding a bike. i feel like the disconnect. and i miss it. safety first. now, if we can just figure out how to put it into drive. >> it's okay if you drive now. >> reporter: and we're off. ♪ >> you guys hanging on back there? >> yeah. >> reporter: i wanted to go did growing up. as long as i live, those will be some of my fondest memories. so, we head off to make more memories. out of the big city in a 35-foot behemo behemoth. ♪ was sad

you can write, savannah, you're seven.your luggage. why wouldn't you? >> this is a trade secret, i have to travel with wine all the time because i sell my wine. >> tube socks. >> there's a reason to have tube socks. you can load them in your luggage or put them in the car seat. the best place to carry wine in the car is the slot behind the seat. stick them in tube socks. >> behind the seat. the pouch? >> that's the best place to carry wine. put them in a tube stock. >> help us get stains out of wine. >> drinking drinking drinking. then oops, i got some wine on myself. this is a trick of getting wine out of a cotton shirt. it's a little bit tricky. you stretch it out. dab it out first. take a rubber band. this might be a little more. you take salt after you dab it out, pour it all advance forward. we have the stain, we have the salt. boiling water. >> you pour boiling water on top of it? >> uh-huh. >> what's going to happen? >> it's going to take the stain out. it should take the stain out. it has taken the stain out in the

savannah? >> adamant denials there. peter, thanks so much. >>> a lot more to get to, including a rare august tornado that devastated parts of tulsa, oklahoma. it ripped through a shopping district early sunday and injured 30 people, causing widespread damage, as well. nbc's catie beck is there for us. catie, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. the damage here is just unbelievable. so many businesses along the path of this tornado had their windows broken out. businesses like the one behind me left destroyed. and witnesses saying this terrifying tornado came with very little warning. this morning, midtown tulsa is in shambles. a rare august tornado, tearing through the heart of this normally bustling shopping area. many buildings and businesses, destroyed. the roof of this home shattered after a tree tore a hole through the living room. toppled power lines, leaving thousands in the dark. perhaps the saving grace, the twister touched down just after 1:00 in the morning, when most people were

. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's talk about the president's words that we're focusing on at the moment and he said on saturday that this was an e greemgious display of hatred, bigotry and violence and he seemed to add on many sides. on many sides and he was asked and given an opportunity to specifically condemn white supremacists who are protesting. why didn't he call them out? >> he made a very strong statement that directly contradicted the ideology of hatred, hatred, bigotry, racism, white supremacy. those things must be condemned in this country. they're totally unacceptable, and you can be sure that this department of justice and his administration is going to take the most vigorous action to protect the right of people like heather heyer to protest against racism and bigotry. we're going to protect the right to assemble and march and we're going to prosecute anybody to the full extent of the law that violates their ability to do so. you can be sure of that. >> attorney general sessions, let me follow up a little bit, though. >> because you say it was a forceful statement,

savannah? craig? >> kristen welker for us from new jersey. >>> we're hearing from the vice president, mike pence, as he begins a week-long trip to south and central america. he singled out white supremacists, neo-nazis and the kkk, he defended the president for not citing those groups in his statement. peter alexander is traveling with the vice president and spoke with him one-on-one. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. i traveled to colombia with the vice president. during our interview, he did what many critics say the president should have done. he condemned white nationalists, white supremacists and neo-nazis. i began our conversation asking him why the president didn't call out those groups by name. >> president trump yesterday stated clearly that he condemns hate and violence in all of its forms. we will not tolerate hatred and violence of groups like white supremacists and kkk and the neo-nazis. the extremist fringe groups have no place in the american debate. we co

savannah? >> complicated. andrea, thank you very much. >> also breaking overnight, a tragic story from overseas. rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far after a mudslide in the outskirts of sierra leone's capital of freetown. a mountainside collapsed on monday. some of the deadliest natural disasters in africa in recent years. the president is urging residents in that area to evacuate immediately so military personnel and other rescue workers can keep searching for survivors. >>> history was made at west point on monday. simone askew is the first black woman to lead the long gray line at the u.s. military academy. she was name first captain at west point, which is the top leadership role for cadets. as first captain sheetz responsible for the overall performance of the core of cadets. askew calls the honor humbling and exciting. >>> court case we've been following. taylor swift speaking out after a jury in denver ruled that a former radio deejay did in fact touch her inappropriately dur

i told savannah, it's bigger than you.>> what's "trending" today? >> you dream any sweet dreams? >> nothing i share on televis n television. >> do you remember them? >> i was kidding. it's a joke. >> we'll see. according to a new buzzfeed article, we forget about 90% of our dreams within ten minutes of waking up. the average person has more than 1,400 dreams a year. seems like a lot. some only dream in black and white. this is reported in people over mostly 55. black and white tvs. recuring dreams means you have an unresolved issue in your life. >> i can hover. i can scoot around. >> like a witch? >> like the "jetsons." >> that's a good recuring dreams. >> what are your unresolved issues? >> she's happy. there's no deeper layer there. she's a happy, good person. do you have a recuring dream? >> i don't. >> what's yours? >> i have so many. i have the school dream. where you didn't take the class. >> i do have this one. >> you forgot to show up. i have the teeth falling out. i have it all the time. >> probably means somethin

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with matt lauer and savannah guthrie.live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it's a toous morning. we're glad to have you with us, craig is in for matt once again this morning. man, does your heart go out to the folks who are suffering so much in southeast, texas. >> it does, it continues to go out. i've been heartened over the last 24 hours to see random strangers pitching in to help out their neighbors. >> the help is sorely needed. let's get you caught up on the overnight developments on this storm. the official death toll at texas is at three, but dozens more people are missing including six family members who are feared dead after relatives said their van was swept away by rising floodwaters. >> the coast guard alone says it's receiving upwards of 1,000 emergency calls every hour. they also sayey >> shelters in the houston area are filling up and filling up quickly. some 7,000 people spent the night at the city's downtown convention center. officials had originally plan

matt, savannah. >> bill neely in seoul.hank you. >> even as the north korean crisis plays out we are learning about a series of bizarre incidents in cuba. u.s. diplomats in havana sent home after apparently suffering hearing problems and other symptoms, and officials say this was caused by a deliberate covert attack. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has the latest on this. try to explain this for us. >> reporter: this one is bizarre. it reads like a cold war spy novel. one government official saying incidents were so severe that some u.s. diplomats needed to get hearing aids. it comes as the relations between the u.s. and cuba has started to improve and now future of diplomacy between the countries seems uncertain. new questions about just what happened in cuba after a string of bizarre incidents that left a group of american dip malts in havana with severe hearing loss, attributed to a covert sonic device. >> it is a cause of great concern for us. it has caused a variety of physical symptoms in these american cit

savannah guthrie, and craig in for matt and hoda, as well. think about this storm about to hit land another time. >> when you did that bit when you can see what that rain meant rang true. >> more from houston. we want to get to a check of your headlines, beginning with the impact of harvey. >> one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. >> the death tom rises azhas delivers more rain. >> i wasn't expecting this at all. >> devastating. devastating. >> president trump vows support as he heads to texas. >> north korea fires a missile over japan in what is being described as an unprecedented threat. south korea responding with a test of its own. leaving the region on high alert. >> and pyongyang may not be done with its show of force. >>> a new study says four cups of coffe a day could lead to a longer life. >>> and maria sharapova shocks at the u.s. open after a 15-month suspension. >> everything is just for this moment. >> today, august 29th, 2017. >>> back to this morning's top story. the devastation from harvey. the thousands being r

>> good morning, savannah. that's exactly root.here's still another 15 to 25 inches of rain go with this storm. it's not going to let up until the milled of the week. the radar tells a huge story here. we have feeder bands that are coming in off the gulf of mexico. it's an endless subpoenaing supply of that warm, moisture, tropical air and that helps feeds these storm. line of heavy investigate rain has shifted east in beaumont texas and over into parts of louisiana. but the storm itself is moving 3 miles per hour. so it's still meandering in the same general area. it's g gulf of mexico that the help maintain this tropical storm status as it ticks to turn slowly to the north as we get to the end of the week. so far we have picked up about 15 to more than 30 inches of rain in and around the houston area and across eastern texas, but we have more go. the storm system again as it sits and taps into the gulf of mexico, we are going to see these heavier tropical downpours continue. look how expansive the flash flood warnings are extendi

matt and savannah. >> very disturbing, kristen. thank you. >>> new information emerging this morning about u.s. diplomats who may have been victims of some kind of mysterious sonic attack in cuba. nbc's gabe gutierrez in miami with the latest on the investigation. gabe, what can you tell us about this? >> matt, good morning. it sounds like something out of a spy novel. we're learning some of the victims of the so-called acoustic attacks were evaluated by doctors at the university of miami health system. reports now indicating they may have suffered mild traumatic brain injuries and possible central nervous system damage. this morning deeply troubling new reports suggest the apparent attack that caused severe hearing loss to some diplomats at the u.s. embassy in cuba is far worse than originally thought. state department says multiple u.s. agencies now investigating and they are very concerned. >> we are working and have been working to provide our staff and u.s. government employees with the best medical attention that we can provi

mat, savannah? >> kristen, thank you very much.ck todd and stephanie ruhle are here with more on this. the president has not been in politics very long and obviously there is a learning curve there. but what he likes to tout is his knowledge and success in the world of business. so when you have business leaders walking away from these councils of his. when you have people like tim cook and jamie dimon rebuking him and speaking out against him, in some ways might this send a stronger message to him than when politicians speak out? >> think about the irony, jamie dimon, the financial industry. this was the most hated industry in america a few years ago and now they're setting the bar in terms of moral leadership. this is a huge embarrassing blow for president trump and jared and ivanka who led this council. >> are they setting a moral bar or grandstanding? because you have to wonder if down the road when -- if and when president trump gets around to dealing with things like deregulation and tax reform, are these same people going to

. >> we miss you, savannah, from missouri.ank you for joining us. savannah is on vacation this week. we're happy to have hoda filling in. are you having fun? >> i'm having fun. that was a funny throw-back picture. >> a lot happening this thursday morning. let's get right to the news at 8:00. president trump hitting the road after pushing an immigration bill that goes right to his core supporters. >> his thinking on the war in afghanistan. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has it all covered. good morning. >> prosecute hoda, matt, good morning to you. the president is trying to get back to his base today. he'll travel to west virginia for a campaign style rally this afternoon. it comes on the heels of the president backing a sweeping and controversial new immigration bill. the white house says the proposal sponsored by two conservative republican senators would cut legal immigration by 50% within ten years. officials here say it will create a merit-pacbased system. it faces opposition in congress. limiting agricult

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savannah will you please step up here?ach and white chocolate smore. this is a vanilla bean smore. you have the marshrshmallow. >> this is crazy. >> it's a little crazy. >> this is how we like our smores. got to be messy. >> exactly. >> all of the flavors come together. one bite. will you step up? >> can you take the camera? look what dylan created over here on the ground. >> we have kind of a -- >> you have strawberry marshmallows here and we will stack this is a nice twist. >> we love short bread. >> come on over. >> isn't that the most decadent one? >> he has these salted caramel marshmallows. perfectly charred. this is going to go on our chocolate graham cracker. then you have candied bacon. and then we have -- it's crazy. >> where do you get these fancy marshmallows? >> you can find them on specialty stores and some in your local grocery store. different. this is a rits cracker for our base. then we have -- >> and then we have chocolate. you can just -- >> i love. these are kind of like swords. you have to -- peanut b

joe, good morning. >> good morning, savannah.er hour of testimony, taylor swift repeated her accusation over and over again. she says she's certain a radio dj intentionally groped her beneath her skirt while posing for a photo four years ago. on the witness stand, taylor swift offered unwavering testimony far more explicit than her music. it was a definite grab, a very long grab. he stayed latched onto my sple tooif. she said she was groped while posing for this photo during a preconcert meet-and-greet. the picture was introduced as evidence this week. looking at the image, swift told the court this is a photo of him with his hand up my skirt. you can ask me a million questions, i'm never going to say anything different. pressed on why she didn't immediately say something when the photo was taken instead of waiting until the meet-and-greet was over, swift said i couldn't have without the fans already in the room overhearing what i was saying. when mueller's attorney pointed out she could have taken a break, swift replied, yes, an

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studioin rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." nice to have you along with us on a thursday morning and a lot to get to, including that powerful display of unity in the wake of that violence in virginia. overnight in charlottesville. complete coverage and we'll start in charlottesville this morning with nbc's gabe gutierrez who was there. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the vigil not widely publicized as to not attract unwanted attention from white nationalist groups. but word spread and the response was overwhelming to honor heather heyer. by candlelight they came on the university of virginia campus, a solemn vigil as charlottesville came to grips with last week's violence. a slow-moving mass of people gallering peacefully over ground that hundreds of torch carry white nationalists had taken just days ago. those who attended singing spiritual songs and sharing messages of healing and stren h strength. >> this the community, the community

matt and savannah? >> peter, thank you. >>> we're happy to have nikki haley here with us, ambassador to the united nations. congratulations to the vote. 15-0, in the security council, who means you got russia and china onboard with this. looking at the list of sanctions, they're severe. they target a lot of north korea's expaorts, like coal and other minerals. $1 billion a year they can use for this nuclear program. but they have lived under tough economic sanctions in the past. why are they going to work this time? >> we don't know it's going to work. but it's something we needed to do. we said on saturday, this wasn't going to stop our north korea problem. it is going to send a strong message and a united message. it was a strong day for the united states. it was a strong day for the united nations. you had the entire international community tell kim to stop. >> you did. and you got china and russia onboard. and that was a diplomatic feat. and the devil is in the details, as you know better than anyon

hoda is in for savannah once again while savannah enjoys a little vacation time. >> good morning.the president's new chief of staff john kelly is quickly showing it is not going to be business as usual at the white house. >> he immediately dismissed newly minted communications director anthony scaramucci, five senior administration officials have been given the boot since president trump was sworn in a little more than six months ago. in a moment we will talk exclusively to senator lindsey graham to get his take on all of this. nobody likesor than senator graham so it's good to have him here. we have a lot of other news to cover as well. >>> let us start at the white house, nbc national correspondent peter alexander has a latest on the goings on. >> reporter: to be clear let's try to break this down. sean spicer quit because of anthony scaramucci who forced out reince priebus who was replaced by general john kelly who forced out anthony scaramucci. that was just the last week and a half. this morning underscoring the challenge that chief of staff kelly now faces a new report says

hoda is in for savannah, while savannah enjoys some vacation time. >> good morning, everybody. john kelly is showing it's not going to be business as usual as the white house. >> he immediately dismissed newly minted communications director, anthony scaramucci. five senior administration officials have been given the boot since president trump was sworn in five months ago. we're going to talk to lindsey graham to get his take on all this. nobody likes morning hours more than senator graham. it's good to have him here. we have a lot of other news to cover, as well. let's start at the white house. nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, has the latest goings on. >> reporter: sean spicer quit because of anthony scaramucci, who forced out reince brepriebu who replaced anthony scaramucci. chief of staff kelly faces a new report, says president trump overruled his closest advisers, including members of his own family, orchestrating his son's initial response to questions about a 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer. "the washington post" reports, that according to multiple sources