and "willie and able."ch and punch in the miami sound, your name is going to come up right away as principal creator of the miami sound. what were the distinctive features of the music you were making that separated it from motown, philadelphia, new york? >> willie: the culture was a mixture of bahamian, jamaican, and people came down from georgia and alabama, but that bahamian influence was dominant. >> anthony: right. >> willie: we would have bands who would march from over town all the way to liberty city and back in big parades. this influence, the dancing and the moving and the marching, i would say that was the main difference. >> anthony: and you were teaching school during a lot of this period? >> willie: yeah, i was teaching school. i would walk in the front door of the school, look around, put my sign in, and walk out of the back door. and go straight to the studio. but you know, the principal knew what i was doing. >> anthony: yep. >> willie: i did most of the deep city music using that technique

here's willie geist. >>> good morning. this is an nbc news special report. i'm willie geist. there is breaking news out of thailand where a dangerous rescue mission has been going on to save a coach and a soccer team trapped in a cave. the first boys have just come out of that cave. let's go to bill neely in thailand. good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, willie and a very good morning here in thailand. it was d-day for the rescue. it is now freedom day for at least two of the trapped boys. just a few minutes ago right behind me along this narrow roughed jungle track, two ambulances, one by one, came very, very slowly with their precious cargo. we believe there was one boy in each ambulance and they just passed us about a minute and a half ago. first of all, on their way to helicopter and they will be transferred to the hospital about a 15-minute helicopter ride away. right now, we believe other boys, and they may be taking them all out two by two are either waiting for walking perhaps even diving through the murky waters of that cave system. t

here's willie geist. >>> good morning. this is an nbc news scial report. i'm willie geist. there is breaking news out of thailand where a dangerous rescue mission has been going on to save a coach and a scer team trapped in a cave. the rst boys have just com out of that cave. let's go to bill neely in thailand. good moouing. what can tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, willie and a very good morning here i thailand. it was d-day for the rescue. it is now freedom day for at least two t of tpped boys. just a few minutes ago right behind me along this narrow youghed jungle track, two ambulances, one one, came very, very slowly with their precious cargo. we believe there was one boy in each ambulance and they just passed us about a minute and a half ago. first ofall, on their way to helicopter and they will be transferred to the hospital about a 15-minute helicopr ride away. right now, we believe other boys, and they may be taking them all out two by two are either waiting for walking perhaps even diving through the murky waters of that cave system. the rescue has happen

>> willie simmons: no one else can compare with us.resent dockery plantation, where the blues supposed to been born. there's no one else can tell you that in his district is the home of b.b. king. can tell you that he represents the area where fannie lou hamer came from. where jerry butler was born. go on and name others. the staple singers. when we talk about the heritage and the culture and what comes out of the delta, that's all within this little district that i represent. so mississippi delta has that pride. >> anthony: 46 miles southeast is greenwood. a town with a lot of history. most of it of the not good variety. known unfortunately as much for byron de la beckwith, and tom brady's infamous speech after brown v. the board of education as anything else, fairly or not, it's hard to get past that. during all the years of cruelty and struggle from 1933 on, through it all and until today, this place, lusco's, was a beloved institution. once a grocery store, it turned restaurant to the money class, serving them in discreet quarters

i don't know, willie, what do you think? he has a lot of good choices, also leaves the state attorneys general saying mueller will give himself this information, we'll leave the charges on the state level and he can't pardon them. >> i think you're right, but it is donald trump, that's the thing you have to keep reminding yourself. you know the man well. it is still on the board that he would get rid of rod rosenstein and robert mueller because he is a man that lives in the moment and does what feels good without thinking about consequences. i wouldn't rule it out. still ahead, joe, russia pushed back and russia found an audience for their reality. ahead on "morning joe." this is frank. sup! this is frank's favorite record. this is frank's dog. and this is frank's record shop. frank knowns northern soul, but how to set up a limited liability company... what's that mean? not so much. so he turned to his friends at legalzoom. yup! they hooked me up. we helped with his llc, contracts, and some other stuff that's part of running

i'm willie geist. in about 24 hours, president trump will meet one on one in helsinki, finland, with russian president vladimir putin. just three days after 12 russian intelligence officers were indicted by special counsel robert mueller for interfering in the election that put trump in the white house. that president coming off a contentious nato summit and a visit to england spending the weekend in scotland ahead of tomorrow's meeting with putin. president trump greeted by protesters while he played golf at his club. so will the president call out president putin for his interference in the american election and push for the extradition of those 12 indicted russians? we'll have a live report from scotland and get into all of it with chuck todd. >>> breaking news out of chicago, protests erupted after a man was shot and killed by police in broad daylight. four people arrested, several officers injured. we're live in chicago with the latest. >>> and later, a sunday sitdown in nashville are w lady anteb

i'm willie geist. the immigration debate rages on this weekend as the streets were filled with tens of thousands of americans demonstrating across the country. they are protesting the trump administration's zero-tolerance policy and the ongoing separation of children from their families along the border. meanwhile, some democrats are calling now for the immigration and customs enforcement agency to be abolished. and the president says he hopes they keep right on saying that. we geelt into a'll get into all chuck todd in a moment. >> and dylan is tracking the heat wave. today is expected to be worst of them all with major parts of the northeast hit by sweatering triple-digit temperatures. and later, as we come up on those fourth of july barbecues, a sunday sitdown with the king of the grill, bobby flay. how a high school dropout built an empire on food and how he knew from a young age what he wanted to be. true or false, you asked when you were 8 or 9 years old for christmas for the easy-bake oven. >> y

i'm willie geist.ate rages on this beweekend as the streets we filled with tens of thousands of americans demonstrating across the country protesting the zero tolerance policy andof separati hildren along the border. some democrats are calling for the i'm graimmigration and cust enforcement agency to be abolished and the president hopes they keep right on saying that. we'll get to chuck tod in a moment and dyn is tracking this holiday heat wave, today expected to be the worst ovf thm all. >>> later, as we come up on the foth of july barbecues, a sunday sit down with the king of the grill, bobby flay, how a high schoout drop built an empire on food a k how hew from a young age what he wanted to be. true or false, you asked when you were 8 or 9 years old for an sy bake oven. >> i did. >> you got it? >> i got it. my fatherbos like how a baseball mitt? i said i'll take that, to >>> and harry smith later in the show. >>> let'segin with those nationwide protests over the on going separation of children om th

this is a 1943 willis silverlight and. willis and ford originally tried to design their own spin on the jeep. made one each better than their competitor. the government had to step in and say, no, we will make the plans, you build the cars. when you're out in the field, you have to be able to swap parts, so they had to be built for war. they had to be built to a standard design, which they were. willis put the jeep into civilian production after the war, and it would be, for many years, considered a very utilitarian vehicle. it would not really be until the 1970's that sport-utility vehicles came onto the scene, but you can trace them back to world war ii. through the 1960's, the american automobile industry treated its products as one size fits all. you could certainly order different trim levels, something with more accessories, more chrome in many cases, fancier. but that was it. germany really was the first foreign automaker to break into the american market with the volkswagen beetle. it is the design we would all dou

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

willy: right. you can see the same rationale applying when there is a challenge to a recess appointment, a challenge to a agency that lacks a proper quorum under its statute. agencies have gotten away for a long time with the idea that if we are caught, we will say what i said before, but with the proper certifications at the bottom. and that may not work as much anymore. john h.: john, i want to talk a little bit about an important first amendment case involving crisis pregnancy centers. can you talk about that? john e.: you may have noticed a pattern here. i am doing the weaponize first amendment docket. california adopted a law for so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which are essentially pro-life centers that try to counsel pregnant people considering an abortion out of doing so. they opposed two requirements on them, one for licensed centers and one for unlicensed centers. also something that is very important for this and was important for the majority is the requirements were gerrymandered i

he said, willie dirk just met her. she said, willie, senator greening is going to be in town and she saw you're letter. i if you really serious, he wants to talk to you. then it got torqued off again. and i said, okay. sure. i'll see him. well, so we met in the nordale hotel and greening -- he was getting up in years but here he was, harvard graduate. editor of the nation, former governor, former head of the oas, representative of the oas, author, and me, a little literal nobody but he took the time listen to me and said, willie, i saw your letter. he said, i'm the one who got rid of the no dogs or natives allowed signs, i'm the wound who encourages natives to get into politics. some of them even ran as republicans. and he said, on the land, he said, i've been trying to get the secretary of interior for years to do something about this problem. and then he sat back and waited for me. did not know this was a confrontation. and i said, well, senator, i said, you know, you did the right thing. getting rid of those signs.

good morning. >> good morning, willie. first heard about the shooting at the "capital gazette" newspaper, she had an immediate sense of panic. she had a feeling this could be the same man who terrorized her for years. forcing her to move out of state for her own safety. >> i would be afraid that he could show up anywhere at any time and kill me. >> this morning, for the first me, lori is speaking out about her terrifying experience with the ecsud "capital gazette" gunman, jarrod ramos, w she says cyberstalked her for years. still living in fear, she asked ando withhold her full name location and to mask her identity. >> i have been tormented and traumatized and terrorized for so long that it has, i think, changed the fiber of my being. >> ramos now behind bars. chouged with fivents of first degree murder after police say he went on a deadly shooting rampage inside thef newsroom o the "capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis, maryland, taking the lives of five employees. >> a suspected t motive forhe crime, an ongoing grudg

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she said willie, send her to greening is going to be in town and he saw your letter. i said if you're serious about what you said, you want to talk to you. that worked up again and i said okay. sure. so we met in the nortel hotel . he was getting up in years ago and here he was, harvard graduate, former governor. former head of the oas, , author. and he a nobody but he took the time to listen to me and he said willie, you know, i saw your letter. i'm the one who got rid of the no dogs or natives. i'm the one who encouraged the natives to get into politics . some of them even ran as republicans. and he said on the land, he said i've been trying to get the secretary of the interior foryears to do something about this problem . and then he sat back and waited for me. i did not know this consultation and i said well, you know, you did the right thing. getting rid of those, it was the right thing to do. on politics, absolutely. that encouragement was wonderful because people need to be involved because they are effective . on the land, you supported statehood. you helped c

now on 5c, willie woo woo playground, award of contract. come up. >> president buell: a presentation and then we'll ask commissioner if his comments -- >> hello, commissioners. commissioner i am reuben schwartz, the newest project manager with the capital division, pleasure to meet you all and project manager on willie woo woo wong. a san francisco resident, parent and resident of bernel heights. two-fold agenda item, discussion and possible action to, one, award a contract for the construction of willie woo woo wong playground to c.l.w., to not go over $800,883,600, and increase it by 64,700,000, not to exceed $1,300,000. inspire public space, specifically 1.2, to strengthen the quality of parks and facilities. strategy number two, inspire play, objective 2.2, strengthen and promote healthy, safety and well-being of youth and seniors. and this is a very heavily used park. the site is being completely renovated. scope of work for the project includes the renovation of all existing park features, including athletic courts, children's play ar

john brennan, willie, said republican patriots, where are you? within the ensuing hours we saw there were a lot of republicans who were willing to speak out in various degrees, but in the end it was all words. a lot of words. we didn't hear from republicans about a lot of actions. for instance, i would group one category as the leadership with kevin mccarthy, senator mcconnell, senator cornyn, coming out in strong defense of u.s. intelligence agencies, but stopping short of actually condemning the president. then you saw another group much more forceful led by john mccain, for instance, who called this display actually disgraceful, and you saw a number of members who weren't just the usual retiring variety of republicans, including lisa murkowski, who also used similar language. however what i did not hear was a lot of republicans proposing specific action. actually, one of the only ones was senator toomey who said, unless vladimir putin is prepared to extradite these 12 russians, we should consider additional sanctions. and just to be clear, the

david willis is there.ibed him as an insider with a pedigree, clearly somebody who president trump has a lot of confidence in crays hill yes, and in actualfact, while confidence in crays hill yes, and in actual fact, while those confidence in crays hill yes, and in actualfact, while those remarks we re actualfact, while those remarks were being made in the east room of the white house, ben, the white house put out a press release —— confidence in? yes. they talked aboutjudge kavanaugh yes. they talked aboutjudge kava naugh working yes. they talked aboutjudge kavanaugh working in the bush administration, a graduate of the late gonna yale law school, and he worked as a clerk withjustice kennedy, as we heard —— graduate of yale law school. he was involved in the whitewater investigation into land dealings involving bill clinton, involving kenneth starr, which became the monica lewinsky investigation. he is described in the press release as a brilliant man with impeccable legal credentials. what that press rele

. >>> the naacp honors former mayor willy brown. the dynamic guest whatcha' been doing braydon? reading let's see pictures, pictures,pictures there's a boy riding on his bicycle you can read too grandpa! ♪yea it's always better when we're together♪ >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> 4:42 a.m. tracking thundershowers for part of california later on today, the outlook for the best chance is to our east. likely east of fresno along the sierra spine. lightning, hail possible later today. for us, it's about the micro climate. 63 half moon bay, 75 in oakland and warm up inland 92 walnut creek, hotter than that, antioch going to a high of 95 later on today. reggie? >> thank you. >>> this morning many talking about a powerful, emotional moment during last night's 26th annual espys that aired here on abc 7. the arthur ashe courage award given to the group of women who survived the sexual abused by usa gymnastics and michigan state team dr. larry nas ar. more than 140 known as sister survivors took the stage. they

. >>> bruce willis' is family first. even his own daughters take aim.

he said, i was overcome by my love for bruce willis. >> jimmy: what? [ laughter ] really?. have you seen people cry at the roasts before? >> you know, one time -- i feel like -- it was >> jimmy: really. >> way back at a friars club roast. they roasted him so relentlessly. >> jimmy: no. >> he started weeping. >> jimmy: no. >> and i love danny aiello, he's a man's man. >> jimmy: sure. >> sometimes these things do get emotional. it's not even the jokes that hurt, i think you start to hear about your whole career and your whole life, and i think people -- the vulnerability as an actor, these actors, they get very emotional. >> jimmy: it's like a really mean funeral. it is. [ laughter ] >> i like that. >> jimmy: let's talk about "roast battle." i've seen you do it live many times. i was a judge on one of the incarnations. you're not doing tournament style anymore. >> right. >> jimmy: what is the format now? >> i wanted to do my dream matchups this time. instead of having a bracket, a tournament, i thought, if i just find the funniest matchups i can, it could be more of a party.

willie in for savannah.r away from our live concert, onerepublic. the lead singer is such a cool guy, right? >> it's a great band and i think people don't realize he writes a ton ofther songs y know, for ed sheeran, adele, beyonce. really talented ny. big crowd the plaza waiting for them to get started. >> we'll head out in a built, but first your news at 8:00. >>> president trump is stirring things up in the uk, even before tea with queen elizabeth today. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more on the pop, politics, and protests. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: and there's a lot of all three of those things, hoda. good morning to you. one memberamf part put it this way -- when you go to somebody's house, you do not insult your host. but that's exactly what president trump did when he here and essentially trashed prime minister theresa may's policies on brexit. the white house is being careful to point out, the president did no insult may personally, but he did go after her policyth

the willis is therefore us in washington. dave —— david willis of.omes down toa simple people? -- gone down. it comes down to a simple slip of the tongue. the problem is he also called vladimir putin strong and powerful and that is why some senior republicans are already seeking to distance themselves on his latest remarks. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell telling reporters that a lot of us know what happened in 2016 and it had better not happen again. a reference to russian meddling in the 2016 residential election, something that vladimir putin denied and donald trump seemed to believe his denial yesterday, only for that to be reversed. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, said that president trump's remarks were 2a hours too late and i think a lot of the people may feel the same way and the people may feel the same way and the damage had been done. we are talking about a very unpredictable, but is this somehow look slightly different to you in terms of other things that have arisen in recent times? yes it does. it appears to make t

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

but welcome to you and we'll get to the bruce willis thing, but we'll start with the deadly wildfires control. >> flames have incinerated hundreds of thousands of acres up and down the state. and the two largest of those are still far from being fully contained. the ferguson fire and the carr fire. >> a firefighter has died. brian hughes was removing brush and debris when he was hit by a falling tree. marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: with new flames igniting and little relief in sight, the carr fire near redding, california spreading in every direction. the death toll here rising to six. among the victims, melanie bledsoe and two of her great grandchildren. her body was found draped over the children in a final effort to save them. several others are missing. more than 500 structures destroyed. these photos showing the before and after of one of those houses. jerry case returning to his childhood home, finding what's left of his mother's wedding ring and little else. >> a lot of memories. >> pictures, everything, it's gone. >> reporter: more than 3,000 firefighters on the front l

. >> it's not often you get to hear demi moore talk about her ex, bruce willis.celebrities firing away at the actor star during his comedy central roast and e tet onli online.com's lauren zi many, a. >> they were married for nearly 13 years and are parents to three daughters who what watched as she said -- >> every day our daughters are incredibly well adjusted, two of them are half bruce willis. >> we know a lot more than we should about my dad. >> every christmas right after he would have his girls to make -- he would come down the chimney, with a t-shirt, waving that gun. >> back in 1995 he got his big break on the tv series "moonlighting." his former leading lady cybill shepherd was there. what is your favorite memory from working with him is the. >> well, we were very attractive to each other, not do anything. we realized at the last -- always better to ere on the side not consummating something. >>> coming up -- people think they know me. but they donreally don't. >> bobby brown on the record about whitney. getting real with "e.t." before his mini series ab

. >>> bruce willis' is family first. even his own daughters take aim.ready to roast their dad. >> >> i got to ask, dad is known as, i mean, really the ultimate action hero. >> i think when i was like, maybe 12 or 14, and probably just kind of starting to want to date guys and he said that the first guy we brought home that . >> rumer, tallulah weren't afraid to spill some secrets. bruce took friendly insults from his ex, demi. how is bruce feeling about this attention. >> not nervous. exhilarated. >> love you, dad. >> it will be a very interesting night for mr. willis. >>> meanwhile, there's nothing but love for tom cruise on his world tour for "mission impossible: fallout. first, paris. now it's london. >> we're very excited about it and just to, you know, have this kind of acknowledgment. >> it's just so heart. >> did you get a twerk from rebecca ferguson on the carpet? >> no, no, no, no, no. i leaned across in the screening last night in paris. i just leaned across. >> i can ruin your interview. >> the real mission impossible? keeping this crew in li

willie brown -- norman said, i have an airport named after me and willie brown said, i have a bridge named after me. charlotte has topped them all. she has the stairs on the rotunda of san francisco city hall named after her. how cool is that? also, since i am giving out some thanks. we should give great thanks to mark chandler. the director of international trade. without him, our sister cities would not be able to function. mark, thank you. and then, again, as the mayor said, the right hand man the does all the hard work, matthew. thank you. [applause] you know, i am so honored to represent the 19 sister cities that san francisco has. excuse me. as the mayor said, i am the cochair of the san francisco city association. the cochair with me is kathleen. [applause] and the heart and soul of the sister city, the hardest working person, the most important person is our executive director. as the mayor said to, osaka is the oldest sister city relationship that we have. last year we celebrated our 60th anniversary. we hope to go for another 60 years. the mayor mentioned that in order to p

willy brown is the chairman on fight at city hall checking out logistics. he said the mayor interned him for more than two decades ago and this is a proud moment. >> i want to make sure everything is perfect the way she would want it. >> with large screens projecting the ceremony, san francisco's giants announcer brooks moon will em see the event. commemorative posts will be given out as a young woman of color who's interested in going into politics it's really inspiring. >> the artist behind the posters is brooke turner. >> if there's a little girl ow, she will understand that the sky is the limit. >> the co-chair of the policy transition committee that works francisco is underway. >> everybody wants the same thing. we want a safe san francisco and good ideas are coming out about that. . >> they are thrilled to be part of a new chapter in the city's history. >> it brings hope. that's something that's lacking and really exciting. >> this area is scheduled to open to the public at 10:00 a.m. 1,000 seats are available to the public on a first come, first serv

, willie was gunned down back in marat the st.ary's county school by a classmate. celine will also speak at the rally on july 21st. >>> new at 11:00, talk about a pricy one driver bought a $300,000 car yesterday only to total it today in fairf county. we'll show you what's left of the mclauren 720 s. he was going too fast and slammed into a tree in great falls. the sport car can go from 0 to 60 in under three seconds. and can top speeds at 200 miles wr hour. the driveent to the hospital, but we are told they will survivea >>> theh is on for missing boaters after a collision off virgin waters, strangers were able to rescue several people. an tonight we're following breaking news out of chicago at any moment. give us e expected to an update after oicers shot ff >>> we're tracking breaking news out of chicago involving -- a deadly police shooting. we can show y live pictures where we are waiting for a police news conference thatous to start at any moment. protesters gathering at the scene withinth minutes of shooting this evening. te

willy es capitÁn de este tipo de bote turÍstico en miami beach desde hace siete aÑos.usted ve que el tiempo estÁ malo, no puede salir. o si ve que a los 15 o 20 minutos que van a empezar a salirse va a poner malo o que algo viene, tÚ puedes decidir no salir. lourdes: dice que no tiene informaciÓn suficiente para saber lo que ocasionÓ esta tragedia y que por lo tanto no va juzgar al capitÁn que conducÍa el bote, que dicho sea de paso, sobreviviÓ y fue identificado. ¿se estÁ cuestionando si por quÉ decidieron continuar con el paseo? " estamos profundamente consternados por este trÁgico accidente. seguiremos asÍ no todo lo posible para ayudar a las familias afectadas," fue la reacciÓn de la compaÑÍa. pero el propio presidente ha admitido que el bote no debiÓ entrar en el agua bajo esas condiciones. estamos en pino verano, por lo que este tipo de entretenimiento turÍstico es bastante comÚn. los que trabajan en el negocio aseguran que no se trata de temer, sino de mÁs bien asesorarse bien antes de entrar en uno de estos aparatos y tomar uno de estos tour. sabe la calidad de

i'm willie geist. we are happy to be back with you this week after stepping away last week for golf. we have a lot to catch up on. >>> wildfires continue to rage in 13 states across the west this morning. we are on the front lines as firefighters work around the clock to battle the biggest one of them all, the devastating carr fire in northern california. the death toll now rising to five when a woman and her two great grandchildren could not escape the flames. we'll take you there live. >>> plus, we'll break down another eventful week for president trump as former long-time lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, fully turns against him. cohen releasing a tape that appears to depict him discussing with then-candidate trump hush money for a former playboy playmate. cohen also claiming, according to a report, the president did know ahead of time about that infamous trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign. we'll get into it with chuck todd and white house correspondent kr

moore was married to willis between 1987 and 2000. about why their marriage came to an end. >> yeah, she referenced her role in the 1997 movie g.i. jane. moore said it was because bruce was jealous over the fact that she rocked the bald look better than he did. i know a little something about that. you know what? it's my "diehard." >> and you're rocking it best. >> thank you. >> the comedy central roast of bruce willis airs on july 29th. >> that's going to be a good one. >>> next, there is reportedly a new special lady in the life of tim tebow. >> yeah. in a special interview with espn, the former nfl quarterback confirmed that he's dating miss universe. what's her name? demi-leigh. >> nel-peters. >> nel-peters. she's got a lot of names there. is she going to add tebow to the last one there? >> we'll see. while the pair has not put their relationship on display through social media, some fans couldn't help but notice when katie tebow posted a photo of her brother with the south african stunner. >> tebow tells espn's pedro gomez, quote

willie, breaking news. >> extraordinary. watched a 40 minute press conference where the president declared he changed nato, got them to pay up and pay more. french president macron denied president trump's claim that nato powers agreed to increase defense spending beyond previous targets. he watched that press conference, said i didn't agree to that. >> donald trump will tweet against him as he did trudeau, maybe accusing the french of scuffing their shoes to make them sound old. mr. secretary, people like you who have committed your lives to this country, i know you have great respect for others who have done the same and you understand the difficult walk they all have to make, the difficult journey. i just wonder what your thoughts are when you see a man who served this country so proudly, john kelly, and served this country proudly as your military assistant, sacrificed his own son, then had to sit through what john kelly had to sit through yesterday and grimace as the president of the united states was tearing our nato a

warren, dave and willie are still here. let me put a polyp for all of you. you first, willie. quinnipiac poll. asking are nfl players who kneel in protest during the national anthem unpatriot ilk? 35% said yes. 58% said no. this sort of loosely tracks what donald trump's approval ratings, higher than 35%. how perilous is it for the nfl to sort of track with the political opinions in the country? re: you know, i don't know. it's tough because i have talked to a lot of players in the locker room who have dealt with the issue regarding the anthem last year. you know, it comes across as if it's a black and white thing. it really is bigger than that. it's becoming a black on black thing. now you have ball players in the locker room who say, you know what, you're a brother, you're an hispanic man. how come you're not as passionate about this issue as you should be? that fracture divides a team. that's a layer. you have coaches who are minorities who may feel differently than other players or other coaches. it's kind of a fracture that's really, really kind of cut into the thread of

willie, got something good coming up?. >> thank you, hoda. >>> megyn kelly up next but first a look at news and weather. ♪ . >>> this is an nbc news special report. here is lester holt. >> good day everyone from london on an incredibly busy news day. in fact, we're coming on the air for two developing stories. first, let me set the scene. where president trump and the first lady are being welcomed by the queen. they choppered in and the honor guard will play the national anthem. in washington d.c. we learned of a news conference by rod reesen ste -- rod rosenstein. a news conference expected to start there shortly. our own indications it will be an announcement of some kind of indictment. pete williams is standing by. pete, what do you know? >> not much more than what you said, lester. rod rosenstein is overseeing the russia investigation and all the significant announcements have been made by him and we expect that's what we'll hear shortly and probably five or six minutes from now, new charges filed by the special couns

good morning, welcome to sunday today on this july 8 i'm willie geist. following breaking news out of thailand and we are happy to report this morning, the first boys have emerged from the caves and arriving at a hospital. the rescue started late last night with urgencies. with rainfalling, time is of the essence. we have lives team coverage from thailand where the first boys, again, are out of the cave. >>> president trump will announce tomorrow his supreme court nominee a day before he heads to brussels. and as his personal attorney general rudy giuliani says, new conditions for the president granting an interview. and later, a sunday sit down and a few swings on the range with one of the biggest stars in golf, jordan spieth. the three time major champion talks about rocketing into the spotlight at such a young age and trying to keep his life normal. >> i was raised by parents who preached humility. having fun. >> a sunday sit down with jordan spieth later in the show. but let's begin with the breaking news out of thailand. the first boys emerged from

hey, willie, good morning. >> good morning, guys. good to see you as always.oday" is golf phenom jordan spieth. i sat down with him in dallas ahead of the british open where he'll be defending his title in a couple of weeks. we talked about his meteoric rise winning the masters at just 21 years old, how his family has kept him grounded as the star has risen and his thoughts on g with jordan spieth plus the latest news and politics this weekend on "sunday today." you can catch us in the morning or set your dvr and watch any time. now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip and i'llood. thanks. >> one texas mother's trip to the gas staifying fight to save children. the woman opened fire on a carjacker who tried to steal her suv with her kids still inside. the mom said she feels she did what was necessary to protect her young toddlers. nbc's catie beck has more on the family's harrowing ordeal. >> nothing but five minutes. >> reporter: still shaken, michelle asked us not to reveal her identity. >> everyone wants to do anything to my kids, you know, i would

then in the men's single taking on markus willis trying to keep the castles in it. aviators come through with the win. they hand them their first loss. they had a kids clinic, sothing they do throughout the season. get involved in the sport. great gesture bys the cattles who had a message for someone heavily involved in fe sport tennis. >> how you doing? i don't know why you're not here doing this intervieho to see you around. appreciate all the love and support you show. >> cases refuse to lose, jim, get your butt out here, man. come on, we need. >> you they make it fun. i go my tickets sat add night empire. >> they direct sales. ndu can't say no. >> i there. they do make it fun. it's differents. ru it's different everything. the whole environment is great energy. >> the giant tennis ball makes me nervous. francis on a first name basis with you. >> he brought it big tonig. >> he brought it big tonig. >> dave,ht t still nervous about finding a new apartment? yeah... but popping these things really helps me...relax. please don't, i'm saving those for later. at least

next to john is willie jay, a partner at goodwin proctor. a graduate of harvard law school and before that he clerked in the ninth circuit and justice antonin scalia on the supreme court. he also spent time at doj and has argued 16 cases before the supreme court. and like john elwood, he has received numerous awards and also described by chambers usa as, quote, a rocket scientist who is spectacular brief writing and keen and analytical mind mark him out as a rising star at the appellate bar. so now i'll resume my seat and we'll start talking about the cases. so neil, let's start with you and get right to the travel ban case, which is a case you or ha. >> it's great to be here with all of you and with these two. willie is probably the best briefer in the business. he's incredibly clear. and john is a fabulous advocate. so it is really great to be here. as you can see, i'm kind of stalling because i don't want to talk about the travel ban. it's a little too painful, so maybe before doing that i'm just going to give you a little bit of an overv

on "su willie, good morning. >> good morning, guys. good to see you.s week on "sunday today," my guest is homeland star claire danes. we got together to talk about growing up in show business, how the role of carry math i son on homeland has changed her life, and the emmy winner's most important proct to date, her growing family. our sunday sit-down with claire danes plus the politics and news on "sunday today." you can catch us in the morning or set the dvrat and us any time you like. for now we'll send it back to you, frances and phillip, and we will see you on sunday morning. >> see you then. >>r let's h about the weekend. bill karins again. >> talk about the good stuff or the b stuff. good stuff is in the ohio valley and great lakes it continues saturdays. it begs to push into th northeast on saturday. july heat continues from texas to the southeast. t you're not goi get that cool down yet. many areas of the west will stay hot thi weekend. including seattle in the '90s by the time we get to sunday. heavy rain and thunderstorms ossible in areas of k

david: one of her students was willie mays, i understand. condoleezza: my mom taught willie mays. david: was he a good student? condoleezza: i asked him once. he said she told me son, you are going to be a ballplayer. if you need to leave early, you go ahead and do that. [laughter] condoleezza: i said it didn't some like my mother, but i will hang on to it. david: your father was a republican. condoleezza: yes, he was. in the early 1950's in birmingham, alabama, there were not many republicans. the way that it happened is my father and mother before they were married went down to register to vote and the poll tester looked at my father, big, tall man, football player, and said, so how many beans are in this jar? my father could not answer the question. he said, you don't pass the test. my father went back to his church and told the story to the man who was one of his elders, and he said, reverend, don't worry about it. i will tell you how to get registered. you go down there and there is a clerk who is a republican. he said she is trying to build a republican party. if you say you

in new york, good morning i'm gerri willis in for lauren simonetti.'m adam shapiro in for cheryl casone. gerri: you may see politicians during vacation. one democrat in particular is getting a lot of attention, new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez is joining vermont senator bernie sanders this week stumping for other left-wing candidates. this even as the 20-year-old democratic socialist star's rising profile continues to rankle some democrats. >> if the victory of ms. ocasio-cortez in bronx and queens is taken as a direction of which the democratic party should go nationally, democratic party is not going to look to president in 2020. >> joe lieberman voicing that far-left democrats might fracture their party. caprie, i will start with you, are we going far left? >> i certainly hope not and i don't think so. i think the circumstances in the 5 burrows with the democratic socialist woman may be reflective of infrastructure that was built by bernie sanders in 2016, very mobilized democratic socialist movement here and, you know, we have seen obviously th

the roasted bruce willis errors on july 29. >> he is wrong. >>> the nerve of this guy.is literally going one mile per hour in a 30 mile per hour zone. he is easily 100. he should not be out on the roadways to begin with. i tried to talk to him, and he snapped at me. >> take a look at the culprit. deputy brian bowman waited patiently while this tortoise meandered along the highway. it took 20 minutes to make his way off the road and into the woods. this video has gotten a lot of tension. -- attention. >>> i have never seen diehard. let's go to ihop and see diehard. we will be back at noon. >> announcer: live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." ♪ now, here's wendy! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> wendy: hi. thanks for watching. say hello to my cohost, the studio audience.