a more serious charge. >> reporter: in the meantime, tim's family is pushing forward. >> the timothy j. piazzathey were instrumental in the creation of the timothy j. piazza anti-hazing ltaaw senayte b, a w that would make serious injury or death as a result of fraternity hazing a felony. >> no more college students should die for just wanting to join an organization. >> if there had been tougher laws on the books before, there's no question that a variety of these defendants could be facing much more time than they are today. >> reporter: but for the piazza family, their fight for the memory of their son carries on. >> tim was just the type of guy that wanted to bring people in and do what he can for them and make them happy. and very much inclusive. and he was just a great son and i think about him every day. i just miss him. it's left a big hole in our lives. >> our thanks to dan. >>> coming up next, a crime caper caught on camera. watch this searching for answers may feel overwhelming. so start your search with our teams of specialists at cancer treatment centers of ameri.ca the evolution

this morning timothy piazza's parents speaking out about the sentencing. >> the first step of some level of justice. >>> those stories plus road to recovery. what we're now learning about demi lovato's apparent overdose as she remains in the hospital one week later. >>> hail mary? the big changes coming to movie pass and thousands of subscribers calling foul. >>> total "met"down. >> see you later. >> the new york mets suffering the worst team defeat in team history, 25-4. >> big statement by the mavs tonight, in case you're wondering. >> the record fans are trying heart to forget today wednesday, august 1st, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on wednesday morning. i don't know a ton about sports but if you lose a baseball game by three touchdowns, that is bad. >> i'm sure mets are waking up and thinking did that really happen? >> we asked the guys in the control room, what happened? they said these just bad. >> not their

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he ruled those found guilty must pay the $27,000 funeral expenses for timothy piazza.nts, they are now required to show up for a preliminary hearing date scheduled for later thisdonth trial date set for early next year. >> it's a long road. morgan, thank you. >> all right. turning now to a growing headache for youtube. videos of conspiracy theories and fse information about a-list celebrities that appear on the site,any from a group up signs een holding at the president's rally in tampa last night. nbc's business correspondent jo ling kent has that story. good morninin >> good mo to you. youtube is the most popular platform in the world but now it's coming under fe once again for allowing conspiracy a theories mostly sunny information to spread, attempting to discredit hollywood stars andajor corporations. this morning two hollywood icons the target of fal conspiracy theories on youtube. >> stephen spielberg is a 'mdophile. >> just showing you tom hanks is part of theem sy >> the casual search for tom hanks on youtube turned up videos accusing the movie star of being a

>>> next tonight, the first member sentenced now for the alcohol-related death of sophomore timothy piazzat penn state. he did not receive jail time, and the piazza family is now reacting tonight. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the only former penn state fraternity member to plead guilty to his role in the hazing death of 19-year-old pledge tim piazza will not spend any time behind bars. 21-year-old ryan burke telling the court he's sorry, pleading guilty to hazing. prosecutors say piazza was given so much alcohol during a hazing ritual that he fell down a flight of stairs and eventually died. burke and 25 others accused waiting 12 hours before calling 911. the judge sentencing burke to three months of house arrest, 100 hours of community service and more than $3,000 in fines. piazza's family reacting to the news. >> hopefully this sentence is a deterrent to other people. future fraternity members, they need to know that there will be consequences. >> reporter: and david, those 25 other former fraternity brothers have all pleaded not guilty. some will be in court next month and

members of a penn state fraternity will be back in court in connection with the hazing death of timothy piazza. he died after a pledge event. police say he drank a dangerous amount of alcohol and fell down stairs. the men are facing a hearing on charges including relessly endangering another person and involuntary manslaughter. >>> one of the music ceremonies took place at rad city music hall. >> we're talking about the mtv vma awards. >> cardi b. opened up the show. she had a fake baby. she had the moon man. d otional highlights happe during the performance, she acted like, because she just had a baby, she had a performance that was big. ♪ logic performed his new song "one day." the stage was filled with immigrant children and the parents who came from behind a curtain. jennifer lopezetting the ouchael jackson vanguard award. and the queen ofreceived a tribute from madonna, the material girl. ny people were not happy about it. saying it wasn't enough of a tribute. and madonna made it all about her own career. franklin passed away last week from cancer at the age of 76. >> a lot of the critici

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the charges stem from the death of timothy piazza in february of 2017. the 19-year-old died after drinking large quantities of alcohol on his first night pledging at the beta feta phi fraterni fraternity. piazza suffered a traumatic brain injury from several falls. this was the first guilty plea in a case that involves 26 defendants. an attorney for the piazza family calls the sentence an important step towards justice. >>> he's not cryptonian, just human, but clark kent is superman in the pool, anyway. over the weekend, he shattered michael phelps' longstanding record from 1995, beating his time in the 100-meter butterfly by more than a second. not only is he fast, he's pretty smart. >> always have fun and never give up on your dreams, no matter what anybody says. and yes, that was one of my dreams, to beat michael phelps' record, since i was 7. >> phelps went on to win 28 olympic medals. clark kent has been swimming competitively for just four years. incredible. >>> all right, a federal judge stops blueprints for 3d printed guns from going online. how

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guilty plea in connection with 2017 fraternity hazing that led to death of penn state student timothy piazzaes. later died from trauma to head and abdomen. his expected guilty plea comes a week after another former fraternity brother ryan berg was? sentenced to three months house arrest. other fraternity brothers face charges in the case. >>> this morning, california's largest ever wildfire is burning out of control. only 50 percent contained. just one of many blazes that could make this the worst fire season in california's history. 18 fires ravaging the state. record setting temperatures and winds and years of drought made it a catastrophe there. 40,000 firefighters have been called to front line. some coming as far as away as new zealand. thousands of homes threatened in california. 11 days to burn an area that is as big as los angeles. >>> all right. would you like to switch gears and do a morning boost. >> hump day boost. >>> you know when you love a song and it comes on the radio and you get lost in the moment. a little girl knows all about this. getting attention online for smooth mov