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savannah, back to you in new york. savannah, back to you. >> incredibly intense times there.ators release their final report overnight on the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. it says unlawful interference by a third party cannot be ruled out. however, it reaches no conclusion about the plane's ultimate fate. nbc's kelly cobiella is covering this story from london. good morning. >> good morning. this report is lengthy, detailed. the work of air safety investigators from eight countries including the u.s. but families hoping for answers were disappointed. four years of searching, an exhaustive investigation, an aviation's biggest mystery remains unsolved. >> only conclusive in the wreckage is found. >> reporter: flight mh 370 disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing on march 8th, 2014. investigators this morning saying the flight was deliberately diverted toward the indian ocean, veering thousands of miles off course, but they couldn't explain why. releasing their final report, the investigative team says boeing 777 was air worthy. the pilot was very co

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savannah?edical concerns for the boys who have been rescued and for the ones who remain trapped, let's bring in nbc dr. natalie azar. we're so grateful so many of the boys have come out. and i was thinking about their medical conditions. if they have food and water and fresh air, are they going to be okay for the most part? >> i think the expectation, hoda, is everyone will be okay in time. the most immediate pressing concern is when they come out of the mouth of the cave, it's just their overall stability. they do their vital signs, what is their blood pressure, making sure they're not hypothermic, their body temperature isn't too low. they're oxygenating okay. then comes the challenging part in the hospital. now they're screening for infections. there is some unique susceptible in a cave setting for certain lung diseases, as well as contaminated water. they have to check their nutritional status. and something we have been covering as well is the psychological impact of this and their risk fo

with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> arn good g, everybody. welcome to "today" on a bright and early monday morning.o so niceave you with us. >> one of the things in the show is a very powerful interview you did in l.a. a few days ago. >> i really hope people will watch this. bode miller, who we know from eolympics, and his wife morgan, lost their baby girl. emmy. she was 19 months old. she towned. younk you know everything you node to know about water safetyyo i ask especially if you're around little ones, to interview. it changed me. i hope it changes a lot of earts and saves lives. i think itwill. >> it was difficult for them to talk about, but that is their purpose. >> first, it is a busy morning with lots to get to. we're going to start wh the raging wildfires out west. >> an important breaking story. happening in northern california. the death toll fromvehe mas carr fire is climbing. it exploded over the weekend. and it is only one of nearly two dozen major fires now rip

willie, savannah? >> hallie jackson at the white house.allie, thanks. >>> now to those mentioned, thousands of marchers protesting family separation over the weekend. some calling on the president to abolish i.c.e. the enforcement agency on immigration, but the president doubled down. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has that angle covered. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. 600 of those family together rallies fiercely critical of the president's zero tolerance immigration policy. at the same time president trump hammering democrats again painting them as weak on crime and falsely insisting they want open borders. president trump this morning tried to capitalize on new calls from some democrats to abolish or overhaul the immigration enforcement agency known as i.c.e. >> you get rid of i.c.e., you've got a country that you're afraid to walk out of your house. i love that issue if they are going to do that. >> reporter: the president defending i.c.e., calling them so brave and saying democrats could g

savannah. >> all right, bill.rump is in brussels this morning for the welcoming ceremony at the crucial nato summit and he's alady putting pressuren america's closest allies. oring a presummit breakfast, he accused thether nato countries of failing to pay their fair share forfe e. he singled out germany saying they are, quote, capti to russia because they pay moscow billions for oil and gas. the president's european trip will include a stopin in bri where he will have an audience with queen elizabeth and ce-to-face meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki. >> in the meantime the trumpon administraas made progress but fallen short of tuesday's deadline to reunite about 100 migrant children with their families gabe gutierrez on the border in el paso with what happens now. be, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. that federal judge says the government is making progress butidn't meet the deadline. the judge telling the government's lawyers that the dates he laid out are not oss pierational goals. this morning a 3-

willie, savannah. >> terrible. steveha patterson, ts for the update. >>> now to the white house as president trump homes in on his second supreme court nomination. he's moving quickl to fill the vacancy left by anthony kennedy's retirement. interviewing four candidates monday with more to come. peter alexander following those developments for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the preside describing those first four candidates as very impressive people. each of their interviews monday lasting 45 minutes according to the white house. president trump to announce his pick in just six days. as he races through this selection process, the president is pubcly touting their credentials. president trumperoing in on his supreme court pick delivering a reality tv-style tease about his short list without revealing any names. >> interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academicall o ander ways. >> those first four

you don't have to say savannah.ef rossen. but if he comes knocking on your door, don't letim in. >> that's good advice anyway. >> exactly. >> that's good stuff. >> thanks for coming. >> that is awesome. savannah, these guys drove 3,000 miles. hello to you, too. >> we have a fun show coming up ead. mila kunis is here this morning. we're going to talk about her new moviein co-starrg with kate mckinnon. the one place you'll never find her. she'll reveal that. >> batten down the hatches. >> what's happening? >> jen and i get to fill i for megyn at 9:00. >> hopefully we won't just talk over each other,o excited. >> that's appointment tv. i'm sorry, i've got to tune in. mr. roker, a check of the weather. you betcha but first -- >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorogist chuckbell. mostly cloudy skies overhead. you can see on storm tea 4 radar, not really a lot of rain over the region. that may change laterth on in day. today's rain chances increase thadually with time. temperatures are i low 70s around the city now. 7

savannah and hoda?> thank you. >>> jennie carr reported the final moments of the duck boat. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so describe where you were. you and your husband were celebrating your 15th anniversary. you were on a boat as well? >> yes. we were on the branson show boat bell. >> so you looked out, over the water. i guess did the weather come on that quickly, that storm did it come just like that? >> you could see it approaching, but as we were getting ready to get on the showboat, the water was all choppy and wavy. so i went over to look out the window and as everybody else, and then we looked to our left and that's when we had seen the duck. and then we seen another one coming but the one that sunk it was having trouble. you could tell that it couldn't go very fast. he kept sinking down in the water a little bit. the waves went over the top of it. so i videoed it as much as i could for as long as i could before it went behind the showboat and that's where it sank. i didn't see any o

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first, though, savannah had to head off.megyn kelly today." also joining megyn, natalie wood's sister, supermodel, ronika webb as well. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> 8:56 on july 25th, 2018. i'm angie ff. we want to get to wtop's jack taylor. he has the fst 4 traffic. >> buoy, freeway airport, we had a crash. we still have a slowdown even though it's moved to the shoulder. avoid the b.w. parkway north bound after 100. everything has been cleared to the shoulder. residual slow down. t>>> the latn this weather alert day. that's next. ♪ ♪ summer's calling. the 2018 escalade is ready to move. our best offers on the 2018 escalade are here. join us for the made to move sales event. get 0% apr financing for 60 months, plus $2000 down payment assistance when financed through gm financial on a 2018 escalade. >>> good morning. we are still stuck in a rainy pattern today. we he more rain heading this way south of us currently, but that stationary front is goito sit here until tomorrow. then we're g

>> olympic star bode miller and his wife opening up to savannah guthrie about the accidental drowning of their daughter. >> not a day that goes by that i don't pry to goto t back t day and make it different. >> tonight, their powerful warning for all parents. >>> and an inspiring first day of school as lebron james pays it forward. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. what is happening in the west tonight is stunning even veteran firefighters. 100 wildfires burning, 17 of them in california. they're fierce, it's quick and it's behavior that is simply unpredictable. cameras near redding capturing this swirling tower of flames, a firenado. claimed thousands of structsure as another fire to the south near wine count wine country threatens thousands more. our national correspondent miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight. >> reporter: this is the fire fight crews are waging on the front lines after ripping into redding in northern california. the carr fire tore through more than 1,000 structures. at least six h

hoda, savannah? >> all right. kel low cobiella, thank you. >>> jury selection begins at the trial of paul manafort today. it is the first case on charges brought through the special counsel's russia investigation. kristen welker has more on all this. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. court is getting under way right now. this is the biggest test right now for the investigation of special counsel robert mueller. while the trial of paul manafort isn't focused on russia, it could provide a window into how deeply prosecutors have looked into the business dealings of mr. trump's associates. it comes as the president is up and tweeting today and as his legal team is rolling out a new line of attack. this morning president trump is under mounting pressure as the first of two scheduled trials begins for his former 2016 campaign chairman paul manafort. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. >> reporter: manafort is charged with an array of financial crimes dealing with those predating his time with the camp

savannah. >> hallie jackson at the white house, thanks. >> now to thef thousands marchers protesting family separation over the weekend, some calling on the president to abolis i.c.e., the immigration enforcement agcy, buthe president doubled down. peter alexander has that angle d covered. >> grning to you. more than 600 of those families belong together rallies fiercely erotical of the president's tolerance immigration policy. and at the same time, president trump is hammering democrats, again painting them as weak on crime and falsely insisting that they want open borders.es prent trump this morning tried to capitalize on new calls from some democrats to isab or overhaul the immigration and knowns enforcement agenc as i.c.e. >> you get rid of i.c.e., you have a country you're afraid to walk out of your house. i love that issue if they're goin to do that. >> the president defending i.c.e. agents, praising them as so brave and warning democrats could go after police next. top democrats disagree

savannah. >> thank you so much.ider this. right now, 44 million americans have a total of nearly$1.5 trillion in student loans. that's more than all credit card debt combined.ge the ave college loan debt for 2019 grads is nearly $4 000, and women, by the way, hold more of the debt than men. jean isff starting us with what we need to know when getting into debt. good morning. >> good morning. >> education is priceless, but not ally. exactly. >> so we have to start saving now. >> when your kids are little is the best way to do it. i actuallyike a three-pronged strategy. so first, startll with s contributions from the time they're really little. if you can put away just $50 a month from the time they are born until they go to college, you'll have $20,000 if it grows at an average rate. that's a good start. then layer oriends and family, so get your parentsyond aunts and uncles and cousins in the habit of making a gift to college instead of just giving them stuff. >> so smart. >> you c do this throughout their lives. th

a lifetime resident of savannah and georgia's first congressional district, mr. thompson is leaving a lasting legacy on the city. mainly he'll be remembered for owning and operating the famous miss wilkes boarding house restaurant which served some of the best home style southern cooking in savannah. ounded by his grandmother- in-law, miss wilkes, he did a seamless job of may taining the quality of food and restaurant which he worked with for 40 years. he was spotted often in downtown savannah enjoying coffee with friends, attending the st. patrick's day parade, and making other people's day brighter. he met his wife at the age of 12 and spent a great deal of time on the island in later years with his grandchildren. a u.s. marine corps veterans, long time savannahan, small business owner, husband, gather, grandfather, and overall genuine person ronnie thompson will truly be missed. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. villa, for five minutes. mr. villa: thank y

first, though, savannah had to head off.h "megyn kelly today." also joining megyn, natalie wood's sister, supermodel, veronika webb as well. we'll see you tomorrow. i )m - -... where did you get your mega >>> and a very good morning to you. it's 8:56. i'm laura garcia. where did you get your mega millions lottery ticket? if it was in east san jose check your tickets carefully. one ticket was sold with all the right numbers in the $500 million plus draw. the winner got the ticket at ernie's liquors. san jose officials will be at the store. the owners there will receive $1 million. they plan to share their cut of the winnings with employees and charities. 1, 2, 4, 19, 29. the mega number is 20. worth $522 million. >>> happening now, the man accused of killing 18-year-old neil wilson is in court. he was stabbed to death on the b.a.r.t. platform sunday night. cal was arrested monday. we'll have a live report on midday news. >>> and it turned into an early morning at city hall with lawmakers voting unanimously. at issue, whether

savannah pritchett/cashier:"i told her don't open the door until you hear the sheriffs."8 another 16, wait outside...and when pritchett locks the front door, they try to get in. after hiding the victim, pritchett unlocked the store and told the suspects the woman was using the restroom. sgt. tom letras/stanislaus county sheriff's department: "her being able to get this victim into a secured restroom with a phone to be able to contact law enforcement very well may have saved her life." deputies arrive guns drawn and storm the store. inside, they get 18-year-old anthony sandoval on the ground and arrest him. two 16-year-olds are also arrested. a gun is found inside the suspects' car, and another, in the store. savannah pritchett/cashier:"if i wouldn't have believed her, what would have happened to her?"pritchett hasn't been able to stop thinking about the woman and says she was just trying to do the right thing.savannah pritchett/cashier:"if you tell me that you're in well, let's try to figure it out and ( robin ) ( robin ) that was tom miller reporting. (robin) coming up o

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savannah's taking a couple days off. pu you'll be here today and monday. >> good to be with you, hoda. i want toee how the lemon story ends. >> we'll watch anything, honestly. two minutes.for the photographer rolled up on a rolling lemon and shot it. >>il s alert. >>> meanwhile, the president is making his way across europe and leaving a trail of controversy. >> that is our top story. president trump's first official visit toreat britain, this morning meeting with the prime minister after criticizing her in a new interview. and later, she'll have tea with the queen, all of it playing out under the back drop of large protests. we have it all coverert sg with nbc's hallie jackson. hey, hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda. good morning to you.th is the equivalent of president trump coming in and kicking prime minister may while she's down, going after her not personally but on policy related to brexit.ri remember, the minister is already in a precarious political position. add to that a stunning, new interview now f

savannah pritchett/cashier:"i told her don't open the door until you hear the sheriffs." county sheriff's department: "her being able to get this victim into a secured restroom with a phone to be able to contact law enforcement very well may have saved her life."> ( darya ) 18-year-old anthony sandoval and two 16-year-olds were arrested. deputies found a gun inside the suspects car and another in the store. ( darya ) two people are behind bars this morning accused of stealing a sacramento fire truck. the joy ride lasted two hours and took police on a chase through three counties. it all started in sacramento county while firefighters were working on a brush fire. police say a man jumped into the truck and drove off... stopping to pick up a woman and then led police through sacramento... placer and yuba counties.... finally counties.... finally stopping on highway 70 near oroville when the truck got stuck in a ditch. the man says he stole the truck to get help.

savannah, craig, back to you. >> all right.hank you. >>> we turn now to the big story happening at home. the president announcing brett kavanaugh as his nominee to succeed justice anthony ken di -- kennedy on the supreme court. we've got all angles covered. we'll start with peter alexander at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. brett kavanaugh heading to capitol hill within this next hour where he's going to meet with mitch mcconnell. a senior white house official telling nbc news the president made his final decision sunday night. then called kavanaugh to personally deliver the news introducing him to americans as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. with a signature made for tv reveal, president trump in primetime announcing his pick for the high court. >> i will nom neat judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> reporter: kavanaugh who spent the last 12 years as a federal appeals judge in washington. >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials,

ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah.s community is still reeling for what happened on this lake last thursday night. 17 lives lost ranging in age from one-year-old to 76. a ward of warning, some of the video you're about to see may be tough to watch. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: heartbreak in the heartland, a community coming together in branson, missouri, to remember the 17 lives lost in the devastating duck boat accident late last week. >> those who were strangers to us quickly became family. and we did what families do, we held hands, we hugged, and we cried together. >> reporter: among the victims, steve smith and his son lance who were visiting from arkansas. their family shattered. >> i don't know how we're going to make it. >> reporter: lance's sister lauren managed to escape and was able to get another child on the boat to safety. >> she felt really bad because she said i saw children all around me in the water, screaming. she said i wanted to help them but the waves were so high. that she said it kept pushing me

savannah, good morning. >> good morning. this is so much fun to be here.t worrying about likes and dislikes. meanwhile, the app founder evan spiegel doesn't share much and notoriously steers clear but since stay tuned is turning one years old, i convinced him to share a bit with me. filters, disappearing photos, potential confusion if you're not of the social media generation. we're talking about snap chat. its founder evan spiegel launched snap chat in 2011 and has joined the platform to 191 million users daily with 3 billion snaps a day. >> how have you changed as a leader? >> i think i was slow to understand what leaders really do. there's a lot of like tactical stuff you have to get great on. you have to think about leadership as the core of your job. >> spiegel recently made major changes to core features like where your friends' stories are and finding celebrities. >> let's talk about the redesign. do you regret it? >> what we wanted to do is be able to keep a smaller list of friends so you'd feel comfortable using our product and at the same time pr

into s what they brought savannah. those.footnoted so it's how many were involved hat with the foot notes. so follow that. if you're a person that knows these things this book shows what civilians are going through at home and how they're news.sing these from his father and he found out they did to deal with. had so -- again. coming in and saying it's just a battle to gettysburg. deal. how massive it was. we haven't heard anything from general lee. why is that? ?oes he want us not to know how 's unique in had civili process the news. so i would have been killed or wounded. everybody that he knew. site was killed or wounded. to the har developus job therehe comes through and is a second engagement. ne and he's is go making decisions. watch.t to go he wanted to see it for, through eyes.wn there are 93 slaves on the plantation. we know based on slave records eve been able to pinpoint who is who as far as ages to. it's doing that for plantations two se there are plantations. he mentions everyone that comes up. he's concern

it is from this location that general sherman led his troops down to savannah. it eventually brings an end to the civil war. so, it is especially important with the book, "the war outside of my window," because it is a georgia boy who is chronicling the civil war. janet croon has a bachelors science, political modern european history and russian language from the university of illinois in champaign. she has a masters degree from the university of daytona. i think they really neat thing diary,has taken this which the library of congress calls a treasure, and made it available for all of us to enjoy and learn from. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> thank you, very much. i have been working with this young man and his diary for a little over a year, and i have come to really fall in love with this kid. i have been a high school teacher for almost 20 years, and originally saw the article about leroy and his diary on facebook. we kind of think of him as a blogger from the 19th century with all of his entries. start with who he is. these are from the orig

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savannah and hoda. >> joe, thank you. >> will the weather provide any relief out there? dylan is in for al this morning. hey. >> unfortunately, not really. it's going to stale very dry out west. we've got the wildfires going and the carr fire is only 6% contained at this point. we are going to see very little rain and moisture in the air. we are looking at basically clear skies without a lot going on across the west coast. the humidity is also going to stale very low. it's the exceptional temperatures that keep things very dangerous in this area. temps as we go through the week, we're going to stay in northern and even southern california well up above 100 degrees through sunday, perhaps even into the middle of next week. the exception is southwestern california near l.a. you go inland a bit and that's the difference between temperatures in the 80s versus well above 100 degrees. this looks like this pattern will be sticking around through next week. >> dylan, thank you. as you just saw, busy morning at the white house. the president speaking out a few moments ago about t

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just search savannah's tree. back to you. >> all right, susan. thanks souch.n to southeast d.c. leon harris is down by nats park and getting ready for tonight's home run derby and the big all-star game tomorrow. leon? >> i'll tell you. it's so much fun down here. i wish you guys could come down here and join us. it's been anol ae blast. it's been had a long time since this city has experiencedn l-star game and an even longer time since the very first game was played here. eun yang takes us back to when fdr was president and the games were actually played in griffith field. >> pitches and c. the year was 1937. lou gehrig, joe cronin, bill dickie, joe dimaggio lined up among the all stars this. black-and-white photo at the library of congress shows baseball legends at griffith stadium ready to play ball in the sweltering july heat. >> here's the next aitch. he slaly ball weigh out into right center field. >> the first mid-summer classic to swing into the nation's capital. >> the excitement was monufintal. streeted and homes and businesses emptied and members of

road closure 3200 block of fourth street southeast between mlk avenue and savannah street.olice in that area. plse use caution and watch for that activity. beltway looks good as we take look in maryland. as we zoom out kenilworth avenue lks great. secondaries in the district are quiet. majors in virginia as well as maryland looking good. 270 and 66 still delay free. police activity blocks the shouer in fairfax. 66 eastbound.but that's not caug slowdowns. things on gq park pay and the inner loop through annandale look good. back to you. >> thank you erin. ciding the winner of themorning, democraticrimary in montgomery county exetive's a larget g a little more steexplosion shut down seeral streets in new york city. >> webre heading to eak. aiv le the beltway near oxon hill. it's:0 77, grde>>ee ♪s friday. s our time rightt m now. we're atgrees. live look at the capitol 71 de there. another beautiful day on tap. easy for mewhil te ito details s morning in the montgomery county nominee david blair isor now asking a partial recount after losing to long time county cncil elrich ta

meese scenes delays.trobus mlh ouavrtenue and savannah street. plan ahead.theast still dealing with a road closure 22 to 2400 block of fourth street northeast. so give yourself extrae. tim that's also slowing things down on rhode island avenue. 50 looks pretty good inb jnd and outboundt normal 66 westbound an earlier crtractor-traiash cleared that was before lee jackson highway. westbound side is quiet. eastbound side normal volume, about a 30 minute delay sudley road to the beltway. earlier crash did clear on the dulles toll roadra eastbound henoer l the inner loop normal volume as you come up from 267 to the legio bridge. otherwise, gw parkway is pretty quiet. 66 inside the beltway looking good and we're problem free right now 2 on. wide oisned. th crash just blocks the shoulder 95 sthbound after quantico. and right now metro rail lines are on time but this weekend some big service adjustments for the red line. coverage tm morning. fox5's anne cutler is out t there with very latt think thist they'reng hdistioann says it awt says,utjomani, r wuts t ahoseor

a >>nnouncer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is a friday morning. feels good. >> it certainly is. we're glad you're back. you were off shooting a big interview yesterday. >> yes. i had an interview, it's really important. i can't wait to tell everybody about it next half hour. >>> we'll get right to the breaking news tied to the investigation. >> it appears the president's former attorney and confidante is ready to talk, and what michael cohen could say may have major implications on special probe.l robert mueller's nbc national correspondent peter alexander's at the white house with our top story. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. so, we've been trying to answer these key questions for moreea than a now. what did president trump know about that016 trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton, and as importantle when did know it? this morning, the president's former fixer may know the answ

savannah pritchett/cashier:"i told her don't open the door until you hear the sheriffs."ther 16, wait outside...and when pritchett locks the front door, they try to get in. after hiding the victim, pritchett unlocked the store and told the suspects the woman was using the restroom. sgt. tom letras/stanislaus county sheriff's department: "her being able to get this victim into a secured restroom with a phone to be able to contact law enforcement very well may have saved her life." deputies arrive guns drawn and storm the store. inside, they get 18-year-old anthony sandoval on the ground and arrest him. two 16-year-olds are also a gun is found inside the suspects' car, and another, in the store.savannah pritchett/cashier:"if i wouldn't have believed her, what would have happened to her?"pritchett hasn't been able to stop thinking about the woman and says she was just trying to do the right thing.savannah pritchett/cashier:"if you tell me that you're in distress, okay, well, let's try to figure it out and get you out of it." (jrstone) that was reporting. (justine) next on kr

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savannah. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you so much. let's bring in former cia director john brennan. he's wked for six u.s. presidents both republican and democrat and now nbc national security expert. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. >> you had very strongwords. you said this is treasonous. when i look at the press what happened see to president trump, i go back to a child of the '80s when presidentrump stood up to mikhail gorbachev and stood up to russia. here is an opportunity where tha president had chance and didn't take america's side. is that how you see it? >> yes he was given a chance to the world stage to say russia interfered in our election and it's intolerable andll the s not happen again. he didn't. he sided with hputin. blamed the u.s. >> he asked questions, whato you hold russia accountable for. right away he wenthiack to ary clinton and the election. he continued to criticizes americans and our intelligence. >> what does that do to fox news. he looked like a guy who just had a very satisfying lunch. he was smil

for tomorrow, heat index again over 100 in shreveport and mobile and savannah.theast and midwest with temperatures in the 80s and as we make our way out west, today, look at these highs. 101 in sacramento. 106 in vegas. 90 in albuquerque. as we get into the weekend, texas could see record highs with triple digits in friday for dallas and san antonio. las vegas will >>> good morning. i'm kari hall. micro climates around the area today. 50s in half-moon bay. as you work your way inland keep up the temperatures. antioch will reach up to 98 degrees. it is 96 in downtown san jose. upper 80 ts to lower 90s for mu of the north bay. your latest w. guys. >> al, thank you. much more ahead this morning, including are you being spied on inside your own home? a "rossen report" on what is going on with technology we use every day. >>> plus, is enough being done to protect kids with peanut allergie allergies? >>> and on "popstart" carson has the look at the new season of "the crown." >>> but first, the murder case that baffled police for years and the dna technology that just

savannah enjoying a couple of days off.y antebellum. >> you called it early this morning. you called the parting of the clouds. >> i'm so excited. we're going to get out there in a bit. again, savannah is taking a couple days off. on monday she does have an exclusive one-on-one interview coming up with robin wright. the house of cards star sitting down ahead of the final season of the show and opening up for the first time about the allegations of sexual misconduct against kevin spacey, her thoughts on the #metoo movement, what it's like shooting the star now without her former co-star. it's something you do not want to miss. >> should be an interesting conversation monday. >> we want to get straight to news. a lot going on. an overnight tragedy has underscored the risks in trying to rescue that boys' soccer team from a flooded cave in thailand. nbc's chief correspondent bill neely there with the very latest. hey, bill, good morning. >> good morning from the entrance to the cave complex, if the risk to those poise weren't c

in for savannah today. >> on a very busy monday morning.nland. >> president tru sitting down this morning for one-on-one talked with vladimir putin. the atmosphere filled with tension over russia's meddling in other countries including the united states. nbc white house cor kristen welker joins us from helsinki. good morning. >> hoda, willie, good morning to both of yo just moments ago, president trump and president putin made remarks kicking off the high-stakes meeting. both saying they're lookingar fo to the discussion ahead. president ump has vowed to raise the issue of election meddling, but on twitter this morning, again called the whole thing a rged witch hunt. a tweet the russian foreign ministry retweeted saying, we agree. mois rning, history is under way i helsinki. president trump and russian president vladimir pun shaking hands just moments ago as theyb rk on their first official face-to-facemeeting, both speaking out. >> i really think the world nts to see uset along. we are the two great nuclear powers. >> the president even pr

savannah and hoda. >> thank you. stay cool. >> all right.o what's up next with all this heavy rain? al is up in boston this morning. hey, al. >>hey, guys. good morning. craig melvin will be joining me. we're getting ready to go up the new england coast on our great outdoors trip. we're in sand pierpark. we're going to take you for a ride on that. first, let's get you to what's going on. that's up and down the eastern seaboard, a mess. we have qua omega block high pressure, both ends o the country, upper level low. you can see the secret stream bringing in 20 million people at risk for flash flood watches or warnings. as the systemontinues to push through over the next several days, there's -- it's not moving. nothing is going to move. all this moisture will continue to fuel storms. we havk a flood r for the mid-atlantic states, and look at the rainfall through friday. we're talking rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour in the noheast, the mid-atlantic, the southeast and atlantic states. as we head to florida, we're also looking at heavy r

savannah is enjoying this timha off and of course is the statue of liberty. to normal y after a pre dramatic incident yesterday. >> lady liberty. we'll have more on that. we start this half hour with a check of the headlines starting scahat july 4th >>> climber in ctody. a demonstrate or scales the statue of liberty while protesting the separation of migrant families, tourists evacuated from the landmark as the standoff endsre with an st. >>> summer sizzle. very hot temperatucos shing the country from coasto coast as wildfires work their way across the west. millioh threatened wit no end in sight. >> i just hope to god these people get out. and nobody loses their life over this. >>> ticking clock. that soccer team trapped underground in a thai cave respecting au receg food and mediccare. >> they may not be all brought out at the same time, how strong they are. >>> a kentucky warehouse buckles sending barrels of bourbons crashing to the ground. >>ng and weddira csher. scary moments when aal fng tree branch barely misses a newlywed couple crebrating th wedding.

sheinelle and i holding down the fort while savannah and hoda enjoy the holiday.ican songs. >> what time is the cookout? when are you having me over? >> how about 4:00. >> busy morning. let's get you right to your news at 8:00 starting with a scorching hot temperature stretching across much of this country on july 4th. one person has died from overwhelming heat in new york. meanwhile out west around 60 wildfires have exploded out of control from california to colorado, central nevada bearing the brunt of it. thousands have been forced to evacuate. more than 100 homes have been destroyed by one inferno alone. dylan has our forecast in just a bit. >> now to that race against time in thailand to save a young soccer team and their coach found alive deep inside a cave. the mission now to bring them safely back to the surface before monsoon rains roll in at the end of the week. nbc's janis mackey frayer has the very latest. good morning. >> good morning, sheinelle. there is a looming threat of the monsoon rains due to hit at the end of the week and could push water leve

(savannah pritchett cashier)"and then this girl grabbed my hands and she was like very shaky and shes just kind of like please help me."in this moment -- pritchett says she could feel the woman's fear... (pritchett)"gave her my cell phone, i locked the door and i took her to the back and i hid her back there until the sheriffús got t of the bathroom" pritchett locks the front door... then a minute later -- this 18 -year old... identified as anthony sandoval... and another teen... tell pritchett he needed to use the bathroom.. the clerk says she recognized both teens... she says sandoval had claimed he had a prosthetic foot and cancer (pritchett)"wait, what? those guys that youúre outside with right now? iúve never had a problem with them, theyúre super nice to me, all the time."she unlocks the door... (pritchett)"they asked me you know whyúd you lock the door? and i told them she told me she started her period."within minutes pritchett says he realizes that deputies are on their way... he begs her to hide him... she says no... the door opens again... this time an armed officer storms

and they're opening up to savannah guthries the milllk about how quickly a child can be lost. >> it isiterally a child under 30 pounds can drown in 30 seconds. and y keep counting to 30 in m head. >> you can see savannah's interview today, following news 4 today. >>> good morning. we have rain mostly south of the area right no g as w through your morning, we should be dry at 7:00,8:00. we'll see the rain getting closer and moving in throughout the rest of the daytoe. we'll break down the timing of that and show you the rains chanor the rest of the week, coming up. >>> two trouble spots both in maryland. vehicle fires, 95 southbound before the beltway, at 21 same lineup out of new hampshire avenue. one left lane gets by there. (birds chirping, a running brook,) ahh. the new deer park sparkling is made with real ring water. it's so refreshing and delicious, you don't eled slo-mo models to sl it. real spring water, real fruit flavors and refreshing bubbles. just what's refre. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. it's 5:45. we continue to track a developing story out of pri