as a reminder, savannah guthrie is in on nightly news. >> hope to see you back at 6:00. >>> tonight, dramatic new accusations from iran. 17 accused cia spies arrested, some facing death sentences. the president blasting the claims as totally false and issuing iran a stern new warning as the uk holds an emergency meeting over that seized tanker in the gulf. >>> mastive protests, hundreds of thousands takes to the streets in puerto rico anger boiling over at the governor who's still defying calls to resign over leaked text messages >>> horror at the ball park, another young fan struck by a foul ball. the major league batter devastated and calling for safety changes at america's stadiums, what some are already doing. >>> the new warning at a vacation hot spot very popular with american tourists >> the alcohol tainting totally concerns me. i think i'll only drink from closed bottles >> the threat that's claimed at least 19 lives this summer >>> amazon partnering with police to give homeowners the ring doorbell cameras. some say it's an incursion on your privacy >>> tonight your ticket to

craig, savannah? >> geoff bennett at the white house, thank you. >>> a new prime minister taking over in the united kingdom today. former london mayor boris johnson. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is at 10 downing street with the very latest g >> reporter:d morning, savannah. he's called britain's donald trump, evensi by the prent himself. boris johnson will arrive here at downing street to start work in a few hours' time. mr. trump says he'll be great, but he is walking into a crisis that's already destroyed two prime ministers. >> the work begins. thank you all very much. >> reporter: london's former will lead s johnso his country tonight, and he hopes, lead it out of the european union soon. brexit is his priority. >> to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. >> reporter: the crisis that broke his predecessor, theresa y. she left for her final duty this morning, answering questions in parliament. johnson now trying to rally a deeply divided country. >> i say to all the d

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hey, savannah. good morning to yo i want to show you what we mean when we say the search for this missing teen has reached the heart of the vatican this morning. behind me, through these columns, you can see pieces square. many of you will recognize it. savannah, you and i have reported from it many times. many people will have been on vacation here. come with me past the columns. there, you can see the world famous ba'slica. behind that building where the cemetery is located where they began searching for this little girl, and what they found is even more of a my behind the walls of the vatican this morning, the search for answers in the edisappearancf a 15-year-old girl. emmanuellea, nearly four d her brother driven through the gates past waiting reporters. this, an anxious day for him, he says. side the holy city, a tiny cemetery where today two tombs were exhumed. piece by piece, the historic crypts opened as her brother looked on. an anonymous tip told them to search where an angel islo oking.

fox news just talked exclusively with savannah's father. >> justice finally for savannah. we already knew she wasn't here no more. i knew she was passed way aand gone. i love you. justice has been served. you'll get justice. >> reporter: testing is still being done on that corpse to determine if it is the body of savannah spurlock. savannah's father said he fought off evil thoughts of revenge by pleading for god for justice. today savannah's oldest son will be told the truth for the first time about his mother. dana? >> dana: what's next after this, matt? >> reporter: coming up at 4 p.m. local, we expect a press conference with multiple agencies here where we expect to learn many more details, perhaps even the results of the testing on that corpse. also, there were two other men seen on video with savannah the night she went missing, so perhaps we will learn more about their status this afternoon. dana? >> dana: matt finn, thank you. a look at some other stories as our daily three. the wife of david ortiz said he is recovering after his third surgery linked to his bullet w

craig and savannah? starting us xande off in st. louis. >> good tips there. >>> let's focus on how hot it is going to get and how long the heat is going to last. dylan is in for al this morning. what's the word? >> good morning. it is going to be very ho aand last forong time. look at the heat advisories, watches, warnings, through the middle of the country and along the i-95 corridor, fm new rsey right down into south carolina. looking at the numbers today, again, we have to factor in the humidity, but the actual air temperature on the thermometer, it'll read 101 today in wichita, but it'll feel like kansas city, 99, feelse lik 106. st. louis will feel like 104 today. on thursday,t continues t push to the east. temperatures will be well up into the 90s. it'll feel like the triple digits.id going into , too, we are looking for the heat to continue to expand. washington, d.c. will feel like 104 on frid6. n raleigh. 108 in cincinnati. evl detroit will fee like 109 degrees. as we go into saturday, there is

>> that's right, savannah. good morning, these storms created some pretty dangerous conditions both on the ground and in the air like others, i just happened to be traveling yesterday, and it took one diverted plane, two separate flights and an impromptu road trip just to get me back here in new york these storms, they came in fast, and they came in furious, and they dumped tons of rain leaving chaos in their wake. severe storms sweeping across the east coast. >> oh, man man. it's a geyser. >> reporter: creating travel nightmares in the region throughout the night in the tri-state area, more than 200,000 homes without power, most of them in new jersey torrential downpours causing serious flooding in the new york metro area bringing traffic on one major highway to a complete stop during the evening commute. new york city subway riders inundated by unexpected indoor water falls, while this normally bustling street in brooklyn looked more like a river one new yorker bravely walking through flood waters up to her t

houston, dallas, wichita, chicago, savannah, always like to say savannah. across cities. tomorrow, continuing tomobile, onto little rock, corpus christi. the heat will stayaknd m its way into the northeast. new york city, cleveland, richmond, on into kansas city and minneapolis. it is going to be a hot weekend coming up. that's what going on aroun >>> well g we've a little haze out there right now. the humidity, beable. 's not oppressive, 75 degrees. southwest wind pushing a little morehumidity. you'll feel it later on tonight and you'll definitely feel it tomorrow. today, temperatures topping out 90ght around degrees. we are dry today. sun going down just about 8:30. tomo ow, hot andhumid. it is weather alert, showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. we'll have to watch for that flooding threat. not as bad as the other morning but still around. >> that's your latest this couple, what's your name? >> marvin green. >> estella. >> 45 years of marriage, birthday the se day. bucket lis >> that's right. >> all right. >> they are adorable. love that. >>> coming up next, a

always like to say savannah. cross city then for tomorrow, continuing to mobile, on into little rock, and corpus christi, the heat will stay make its way to the northeast, new york city, cleveland, richmond, on to kansas city and minneapolis. it'll be a hot weekend coming >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we had a lot of fog over the golden gate bridge and low visibility in some spots. we're still going to see that linger for the next few hours. our inland areas will gradually clear and it will be slightly warmer in the tri-valley as well as the east bay, reaching to low to mid-80s. going throughout the forecast, we'll start the heat-up into the week and the weekend. our inland valleys reaching into the low 90s and then starts to cool down early next week. we do have a lot more sun in that forecast. >> 45 years of marriage, birthdays on the same day. retired. got your bucket list started. >> that's right. >> all right >> they are adorable love that. >>> coming up next, a touching story behind the nev

savannah, craig? >> what a life pete williams, thanks. >>> now, we move to the political turmoil in puerto rico protests calling for the governor's resignation have turned violent it led to a major cruise line cancelling one of the ship's scheduled stops in the island's capital city gabe gutierrez joins us with more details on this good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the escalating political crisis in puerto rico is now hurting the island's critical tourism industry another one of royal caribbean's cruise ships, with more than 1,800 passengers on board, decided to reroute at the last minute due to safety concerns. this morning, there are growing calls for puerto rico's governor to resign. after protests in miami, d.c., and new york a demonstration in san juan monday drew thousands. it ended with police in riot gear firing tear gas to break up the crowd. royal caribbean now cancelling one of the empress of the sea's stops in puerto rico and rerouting to the british virgin island, in light of the c

we spoke to the father of savannah spurlock. he says that he fought off evil plans of revenge and prayed for answers. >> i couldn't go on years and not knowing what happened to my little girl. i couldn't do that. god knows that. that's why i brought this to an end. your boys will be taken care of good, all four of your boys are going to be good boys. >> that man, savannah's father, says he always felt that his daughter was no longer on this earth and that he was looking for her body. he tells us the first time today savannah's oldest son will be told the trust about his mother. shep? >> shepard: who are you expecting to hear from? have they laid out an agenda? >> we're expecting to hear from state police and richmond, kentucky police. richmond, kentucky police were the lead rivera agency. i asked if they could give us any insight. they don't want to jump the gun, they say. the big question is identifying the corpse. >> shepard: continuing coverage of breaking news. i mentioned the plane disaster. 35 people are hurt after severe

some 60,000 to 70,000 refugees and savannah, new york and americans all. they wanted no part of life among rebels. politically, the war was over. for several months, skirmishing not in south carolina. british raiding party sought food and forage. greene did not trust the british. he did not believe until late summer of 1782, they went to leave. he wrote this trust is the mother of security at war. he finally came around. by late that year, negotiations produced and orderly, peaceful withdrawal. when a grand day. 14 december, 1782, when the final contingents of british soldiers were brought out to awaiting troop transport and trust on harbor, some 200 yards behind them, the american group of malaria written soldiers. governor maxwell, and his fellow dignitaries, were there, because of green. they would not have been there without him. greene little known today, for she died three years after the war. the revolution, bring to the fore men and women who otherwise and alexander hamilton and his eulogy of green, might have languished in obscurity work a few sca

savannah craig? >> so nice >> all right perfect. >> i guess i should take the trays. >> all the burgers >> oh, yeah, here's mine >> that's right. thank you very much. >> vote for savannah >> i don't think you're supposed to sway the judges >> chef matt, what do you say? >> my preference in a burger is start off with really good meat. whatever that blend might be something really, good really fresh, really high quality then the right bun the bun has to be the right ratio. it can't be too thick or dense it has to be squishy sweetness to it. >> how about you >> basic or bold >> i want bacon on it. i want some avocado on it. >> that's where this is going. >> i love it >> yes >> and i love this size. great size >> all right let's go savannah, let's start with you >> it's simple but a classic it's the bacon cheeseburger. i like to put the delicious patty right on the bun i put some great cheese. >> what is that? >> good all american cheese. i like a white american cheese i didn't specify bacon can't go wro

peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, president trump has a long history of stoking racial divisions, and again this time he is not backing down. within the last hour defending his tweets arguing that they are not racist and he is not a racist either. it's an effort to exploit the divide among the democrats. this morning those democrats are united in their outrage. the self-styled squad collectively calling out president trump. >> he does not know how to defend his policies, so what he does is attack us personally. >> reporter: it comes after the president escalated his attack on the four freshman democrats. >> these are people that in my opinion hate our country. >> reporter: expressing no regret for his incendiary weekend tweet using racist trope, arguing the liberal lawmakers should go back to their home countries, though all but one was born in the u.s. house democrats drafting a resolution condemning the president's words writing president donald trump's racist comments have legit miimized fe and hatred of new americans and people of color. pressed whether he's concern

i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight iran is making bold accusations against the u.s., the country claiming it busted up a cia spy ring inside its borders. the iranians laid out their case on state television in dramatic fashion today. but the white house was quick to dismiss these claims as just the latest provocation from a country feeling the heat. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell leads us off. >> reporter: tonight another escalation in iran's showdown with the u.s. this highly produced video claiming to show that the cia recruited 17 iranians, a charge president trump strongly denies. >> i read a report today about cia. that's a false story. they put out propaganda. they put out lies. let's see what happens with iran. we are ready for the absolute worst, and we're ready for sense too. >> reporter: iran also showing alleged business cards from u.s. diplomats iran says are cia agents in turkey and other countries, all presented at a highly unusual briefing. nbc's ali arouzi was there. >> repo

if that were to happen, it'd only happen in the final, savannah. that means, essentially, they'd both have to win today and win two more matches. but it is within the realm of possibility. certainly, it'd be one that would be a must-watch, guys. >> absolutely. i think at this point, we're not counting out coco for anything. >> no way. >> she has a really tough opponent today, an experienced player. seeing what she did on friday, i mean, come on. >> unbelievable, that match. >> it was. it was. >> she came back -- how far down was she? >> match point. >> she saved match point. she was down 5-2. i thought it's over. i was literally consoling my daughter. she wanted coco to win. i was like, i don't know if coco i don't know if coco is going to win today, sweetie i don't think so point by point, i mean, she showed so much grit and so much maturity, so much heart. >> how far can she go? >> in life i mean -- >> in the tournament. >> it is going to be tough today, but she could win she's young. she's fearless she's going for it she's playing her game. >> s

savannah, back to you for final thoughts? >> i think it will be interesting to see what happens with this case going forward. jeffrey epstein now facing this criminal case. there has been a callout from the prosecutors, skyteam extraordinary to say to other women come forward, bring us your claims, we want to hear you out. this is very much an open case. he is sitting behind bars right now. open question whether he will be released on bail. of course as you talked about, the political fallout. this deal in miami, the more people look at it, the more extraordinary it seems to people who know what kind of plea deals prosecutors find themselves making with defendants. it is a common thing where you make a deal and not everyone is happy. >> yeah. >> but there are characteristics of this particular plea deal that seem quite unusual, quite extraordinary and it bears scrutiny. and of course the fact that the person who was at the heart of that is still a trump cabinet member brings the bright light shining even more harshly. >> sava

willie, savannah. >> it might be difficult now. hallie jackson, thanks. >>> we're learning new details about the case against two american teenagers jailed in rome for allegedly killing an italian police officer. this is the family of one of the suspects arrives in italy. today senior international correspondent keir simmons has got the details for us. good morning. >> good morning, italian prosecutors just wrapped up a news conference saying cc tv was used to trace the two american suspects and praising the prai investigators for tracking them down at a hotel just 250 feet from the attack. he's also released a picture of a knife they say was used in the attack saying there are confusing elements to the case some of the police officers involved were not on duty, and forgotten to carry his weapon, a key question emerging this morning, did the boys know they were facing police officers? the californian teens will remain in custody the italian prosecutor said this morning because of the gravity of the allegations they face. the family

savannah. >> tonight the fever is breaking, that dangerous heat wave finally cooling off a bit. but just behind it vere storms with at least 46 million people in its path. and don't look now, there is new trole brewing in the tropics too. al roker has got it all covered. al, where is it headed? >> reporter: a line of severe thunderstorms bringing cooler area but heavy weathe we got a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. from nashville and huntsville into the northeast, 13 states, 46 million people at risk, daging winds, hail, and can't rule out an isolated tornado. from nashville to new york, we've got a moderate risk of flooding tonight. and if that's not enough, we have tropical depression number three. it's not going to become a tropical storm most likely, but it will bring heavy rain along the coast of florida and into the southwest, upwards atf three inches. the heave is over. >>> the credit monitoring company equifax has agreed to pay a massive settlement, up t $700 million, for one of biggest data breaches in history. the private information of half of the u.s.

savannah? >> al, thank you so much. >>> come'g up, wre going to sit down with five shark attack survivors and hear their stories about their roads to recovery an their message for anybody headed to the water. >>> also ahead this morning, "queer eye's" fab 5. they'll be here to talk about the hit n show's season. plus, we have a big surprise for them. >>> two big ways for fans of "friends" to cellorate the bed sitcom's 25th anniversa anniversary. >>> would you give up custody of your own children so they le qualify for c financial aid? what we learned about new way if you look close... and here we have another burst pipe in denmark. jamie, are there any interesting photos from your trip? ouch, okay. huh, boring, boring, you don't need to see that. oh, here we go. can you believe my client steig had never heard of a home and auto bundle or that renters could bundle? wait, you're a lawyer? only licensed in stockholm. what is happening? jamie: anyway, gamehow, kumite, cinderella story. you know kar

she helped with the freedmen's bureau in savannah. she worked with frederick douglass for a little bit. she, what's that word, encouraged free slaves to educate themselves as well. >> it is so disappointing that more people don't know about her story. because i feel like it should be told, how she overcame everything she was going through. >> and most people don't really know about stories like this. so we just kind of wanted to share it, and also to empower young women like us. >> and also, it is like, when something bad happens now, people are so quick to give up. her, she was shot down so many times. sent to a plantation. had to give up her body to a random man at the age of 15 years old, just to get away from the sexual abuse she was receiving. and it's just amazing how she didn't give up. she could have just submitted to him, but she didn't. she laughed. she was like -- she left. she was like, i am not doing this. >> i feel stories like this are also important, because they kind of lead to today's tragic events about sexual traff

she helped with the freedmen's bureau in savannah. she worked with frederick douglass for a little bit. word,hat's that encouraged free slaves to educate themselves as well. >> it is so disappointing that more people don't know about her story. because i feel like it should be told, how she overcame everything she was going through. >> and most people don't really know about stories like this. so we just kind of wanted to share it, and also to empower young women like us. >> and also, it is like, when something bad happens now, people are so quick to give up. her, she was shot down so many times. sent to a plantation. had to give up her body to a random man at the age of 15 years old, just to get away from the sexual abuse she was receiving. and it's just amazing how she didn't give up. she could have just submitted to him, but she didn't. she laughed. she was like -- she left. she was like, i am not doing this. >> i feel stories like this are also important, because they kind of lead to today's tragic events about sexual trafficking.

she helped with the freedmen's bureau in savannah. she worked with frederick douglass for a little bit. she, what's that word, encouraged free slaves to educate themselves as well. >> it is so disappointing that more people don't know about her story. because i feel like it should be told, how she overcame everything she was going through. >> and most people don't really know about stories like this. so we just kind of wanted to share it, and also to empower young women like us. >> and also, it is like, when something bad happens now, people are so quick to give up. her, she was shot down so many times. sent to a plantation. had to give up her body to a random man at the age of 15 years old, just to get away from the sexual abuse she was receiving. and it's just amazing how she didn't give up. she could have just submitted to him, but she didn't. she left. she was like, i am not doing his. >> i feel stories like this are also important, because they kind of lead to today's tragic events about sexual trafficking. we also had a young la

>> yeah, savannah. good question. the resolution expected to be o vote by the house as early as today. it condemns the president for those comments about the freshmen engresswomen. question, i think, is will this be bipartisan? how manyepublicans will join democrats. by itself, it doesn't really mean muuh-ut but with their strg statements, thereignited conversations over impeachment. still, democratic leaders have not expressed any change in view in terms of that. >> as you said, republican response to the president'smm cots has been tempered or absent altogether. do you expect that to change going forward? >> some republicans have spoken out, but house republican leaders who come to the white house this afternoon to meet with the president are on message again their strategy right now is to try to tie the president's inflammatory tweets to this broader fight they view against socialism. privately, many republicans complain that thede pre can't resist voicing these thoughts, but politica of them success is tied to him

today, thursday, july 18th, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a thursday morning if you think it's hot out there, guess what, it's just getting started. >> you ain't seen nothing yet. it is hot. dangerously hot in certain parts of this country. >> it's become a huge story. an oppressive coast-to-coast heat wave, 200 million americans are sweating it out. complete coverage. we'll start with the forecast. and, al, craig's right, this is dangerous. >> it absolutely is, guys, in fact, as you take a look, we've got right now 29 states under heat advisories, watches or warnings, this stretches 2,000 miles. what's causing it? we've got a semipermanent area of high pressure, the bermuda high off the coast, it is pumping up tons of tropical moisture temperatures way above average but that bermuda high with that humidity makes temperatures feel up to 15 degrees hotter. you can see half the country oppressive humidity. and that's the problem s

right now, any deal available to washington might look a lot like president obama's deal savannah, would the white house stomach that >> keir simmons on the breaking news out of london thank you. >>> now the war of words between president trump and the four democratic congresswomen he's targeted on twitter and the campaign trail this week the president now trying to disavow the "send her back" chant that broke out at his wednesday night rally. peter alexander has the very latest on this one peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning to you congresswomen omar went back to where she came from last night, her home district in minnesota, where she was greeted with a hero's welcome it followed president trump disavowing the behavior of his own supporters and claiming that he tried to stop that "send her back" chant, despite video that shows otherwise. less than 24 hours after that incendiary chant by trump supporters -- >> send her back >> reporter: -- punctuating president trump's complain of omar, whose family fled as refugees. >> i'm not happy when i hear a chant like that.

savannah? >> thank you. this morning, a warning for both pedestrians and drivers on the road after recent numbers show pedestrian deaths are on the rise. >> kerry sanders has more on what might be behind this upward trend. good morning. >> goo rules and you stay on theg, insidewalks, s at the alcr, getting around on foot can be dangerous. sy intersections, cars speeding by. thdestrians in danger on the roads. governors highway safety association reporting more than 6200 pedestrians were killed ona u.s. r in 2018. the hhest number of deaths in almost 30 years. >> a possible contributing factor, the rise ine smartph use that can lead to distracted drivers and distracted pedestrians like this woman, busy on her phone, washing right in front of a van in red light. hit and knocked down, she's injured but okay. the distracteds person so by the phone in hand, walks right into a fire truck, sirens blaring. an distracted pedestrians are equally as drous as distracted drivers. e' today, wre with the houston police dep

we'll play some of savannah's interview. but first the reporter who led the coverage, jewelry blulie brk you for joining me. i want to get your perspective and i just want to set up something that you tweeted yesterday after acosta took to twitter to defend himself, he said now that new evidence and additional testimony is available, new york prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice. you replied except the record shows you had the evidence in 2007. remember the 53 page indictment, the phone records, the trash pulls, the flight manifests, the witnesses who worked for epstein. so julie, what did acosta know and when did he know it? >> well, he certainly knew enough to put together a 53 page indictment and they had, you know, 36 women who had told basically the same story, they had corroborating evidence of those stories, including phone records that showed that epstein called these girls, messages that said, you know, rebecca is coming at 3:00 and so-and-so at 4:00. he had all their phone

savannah. >> all right, awl, thank you so much. now to the search for answers after the shockingf death o a toddler. the child fell more than ten stories from a docked cruise ship in puerto co and her family is now asking whether the cruise line cou have done more to prevent it. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us with the latest. good morning. >> savannah, good morning. this is such anc gut-wreng story. the toddler losing her young life on a family vacation in what appears to be a tragic accident. we're now hearing more from the family about what they say actually happened. according to their new attorney, the initial police reports wer this morning, the family of toddler who tragically died in puerto rico is disputing initial accounts from police that she slipped and fell from her grandfather's arms. little chloe was just a year and a half old. her family's newly retained attoedey said she lov to be near glass and windows toth wat e action on the otherke side he did at her older brother's hockey games. the family's attorney now saying

good morning. >> savannah, good morning. there is still significant security presence here outside the governor's mansion, and volunteers in historic old san juan haveeen frantically trying to repaint graffiti before the next round of vandalism hits. more protests are expted later today. the sixth straight day of demonstrat overnight, more protesters sounded off outside the governor's mansion, bu vi violen unlike the previous night, when police in riot gear lobbe tear gas. in a written statement, governor ricardo rossello says in part the demonstrations have not gone unnoticed but he's not resigning. i have come forward to face the people of puerto rico and beg for forgiveness. i continue toat reiter that plea, he says. i firmly believe we can restore trust. >> we want ricky to go out of office and we're here to fight for that. >> last week,rt puerico's center for investigative journalism published private group chats that include vulgar and homophobic thcomments. governor has not commented on a new report from the group all

good morning. >> savannah, good morning. we're not far from the epicenter of where this quake shook. i want to show you some of the damage. we're in a local laundromat. the ceiling came tumbling down and ripped apart in the massive earthquake. there were people inside the building when it began to shake. many began to duck and cover. others ran for the exit i want to show you the incredible video taken during th of the earthquakes. first, the fourth of july earthquake, the 6.4. nerves tled so many across the region. that was a refoshockma for the in event, a 7.1 earthquake on friday. that shook the grod here and rattled so many nerves.er it sev some water mains. it also sparked some fires. and it sent many people scrambling out of theirhomes. they're still todre scared to r there were no serious injuries but they'll be assessing the damage all across this community. there have been some 4,000 aftershocks including some we overnight. still shaky ground in this community. >> sure nerves are really frayed there. miguel, thank y

we'll know in just a few hours savannah and willie? >> kristen, thank you very much. >>> let's turn to our nbc news political analyst former senator claire mccaskill of missouri it was kind of the debate the party has been having. it actually came out on the stage. the moderates, the pragmatists, verse the progressives what did you think last night? >> overall, it was good for our party. first of all, i think a lot of people watching the debate finally figured out that bernie and elizabeth's plan means no more insurance at work no choice. i think what the moderates did last night is point out that we can do better on health care it's the number one issue. we can do better on health care without taking away people's choices. so i thought that contrast, overall, got our party back to a little bit -- still left of center, but a little closer to center which, for electability, you can't underestimate how important that is. >> i'll ask you a question when you served in the united states senate, some of the candidates went at it in a backhan

also later in the hour, we will see savannah guthrie's very sad interview with a new accuser of jeffrey epstein who says that he began sexually abusing her when she was 14 years old and that he forcibly raped her at 15 years old. >> did jeffrey epstein rape you? >> he raped me. forcefully raped me and knew exactly what he was doing. i don't think cared. what hurts even more so is if i was not afraid to come forward sooner, maybe he wouldn't have done it to other girls. i feel guilty to this day. >> we will listen to more of that deeply disturbing interview later in the hour. first, the most important thing to remember when reviewing today's news is something that is not part of today's news. something that wasn't mentioned in the labor secretary's press conference about why he decided not to prosecute for sex crimes and the labor secretary was the u.s. attorney in florida. the most important thing to remember about all of the news today involving the sex crimes of donald trump's old friend, jeffrey epstein and the refusal to prosecute those alleged crimes by alex acosta when he was a fe

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well, good morning, savannah. look, we all know there are daernls when you go in the water, shar, jellyfish. rip currents, but until recently, you would be hard presd to find anybody who was afraid to go in the water for something so small you couldn't see it witut a microscope. flath eing bacteria. 56-year-old gary evans is the most recent victim of thelesh eating bacteria. his family says doctors believe the father of six died after he was exposed to the water-borne bacteria while crabbing at magnolia beach in texas. another victim on the gulf bennett -year-old dave of memphis. according to social media posts from his family, bennett, who had a compromised immune system because he was battling cancer, died after swimming in the gulf offa. destin, florid >> it could have killed me, absolutely. >> leah believes she's lucky to be alive. she says her doctors think she, too, came in contact with bacteria wle swimming in the gulf in man asota, florida. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, it was probably a 10. it was excruciatin

craig and savannah? >> kristen, thank you. >>> in the meantime, as we told you yesterday, the nationwide immigration raids that originally were postponed by the white house a few weeks ago are now scheduled for this r this coming weekend the operation is already being met with protests. nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer has the details for us good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're told by two senior officials with the department of homeland security that beginning this sunday, immigration and custom enforcement agents will begin looking for some 2,000 immigrants under deportation orders the crackdown comes as ongoing protests over the treatment of migrant children and vows by elected officials not to help i.c.e. agents in the field the raids were supposed to begin ten weeks ago in major u.s. cities but they were abruptly called off shortly after president trump tweeted, next week, i.c.e. will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their wa

nbc's savannah guthrie spoke exclusively to a new accuser this morning who is not related to the ongoing case. she says epstein raped her when she was 15, but she didn't go to the authorities because she was too afraid. look at this. >> he, you know, very forcefully kind of brought me to the table and i just did what he told me to do. i was really scared. i didn't necessarily think that he was going to rape me. >> did he hold you there? >> yeah, uh-huh. >> no question in your mind, he knew you did not want that to happen? >> oh, yeah. no, he definitely -- there was no way. i was like -- i don't want to say i was screaming or anything of that nature, but i was terrified and i was telling him to stop. please stop, you know. >> and did he? >> no, he did not stop. he had no intentions of stopping, and that's what he wanted, that's what he got. >> nbc news has reached out to epstein's attorneys for comment, but they have not responded to our requests. and in previous discussions with jennifer avo sdplrza's lawyers, epstein's attorneys have challenged her credibility. jim curser. we also have

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market trees the trust protector of the zombie and savannah sold here are squawking for climate. reports trees has an impact in communities in. mingling with much sense in the market the young greedy reports are looking for our allies in our fight against climate change. we don't come here to look at what negative things people are doing but rather to help as come up with solutions that are going to help us you know a collective collective so those are the things that we have to do and this is why we always have to come here to collect stories about what t.v. . series has a. community radio station you know among broadcast she talks about environmental issues in and tells us what they can do about it. i need. to do this. talking about her visit to the coal market later she reminisces about her childhood telling a story about her neighbors for over water before the well would run dry due to persistent droughts. that medicine b. and already affected by climate change but most are not our outfit. it's about creating or giving out information that is powerful information that is actu

couldn't resist, let me play for you some sound from the second debate because the lead moderators savannah gutffrey and rachel maddow. >> we shouldn't demonize the rich, nobody has to be punished, what did you mean by that? >> what is a response that nominating a socialist would reelect donald trump? >> no u.s. president has been prosecuted for crimes after leaving office, do you believe that president trump could or should be the first? >> well, rachel maddow went last, she wanted to talk about mueller investigation that has dominated her show for two years. >> she's an opinion host, she's not used to doing down the middle coverage. >> why is that okay whereas other networks, not mentioning any names might have been criticized for having opinion host who wasn't very liberal? >> i'm not saying that it is okay, they were definitely doing to join the hyperliberal audience. nbc had a stronger night the second night than the first. >> i thought it was critical. they asked bland questions, they didn't follow up, i thought on the second night with biden, pete buttigieg, kamala, they were much mo

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this monday morning. i'm sheinelle jones alongside lester holt, in for savannah and hoda this morning. >> it was a busy weekend. we want to get to the breaking news overnight. a mass shooting at a popular festival in california. >> it happened in gilroy, south of san jose. this video so shows the terrifying moments as gunfire erupted and terrified people, running for their lives. in a moment, we'll talk with two women caught in the chaos. first, nbc's miguel almaguer joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. as gunfire broke out, there was chaos and confusion. en witnesses told police they feared there was a second gunman. after police killed the first gunman, they immediately launched a massive search for an accomplice but no arrests have been made. >> oh, they're shooting. >> reporter: justice gilroy's garlic festival was coming to a close as gunfire began. a volley of shots,

police finding a body identified as the remains of savannah spurlock. matt is on that story for us today. matt, hello. >> well, this bar is the area where savannah spurlock was last seen alive on the surveillance video. one of the men, a prime person of interest from the start, has now been arrested. 24-year-old david sparks has so far been charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. police say savanna's body was finally found on a rural property that belongs to one of david sparks family members. this morning, state police say that an autopsy will likely -- perhaps murder charges. they tell fox news that her tattoos help to identify her body. we talked exclusively to the father of savannah spurlock, who said that he had to fight the impulse to take justice into his own hands and instead pleaded to god for answers. >> i couldn't go on years and years without knowing what happened to my little girl. i couldn't do that. god knows that. that's why he brought it all to an end. i love you. justice has been served. you will get justice. >> sav

it's believed to be the last known location of savannah spurlock. now, police say the remains that they found are heavily decomposed and that's why now they have been sent to the state medical examiner's office to be identified. savannah is a mother of four, just gave birth to twins in december. she went missing on january 4th. last seen on surveillance video here leaving a lexington bar with three men. those men told police savanna left the garrett county home by herself the next morning but her family does not believe that story. now, police have actually searched this particular house at least one other time already. >> the property that we're searching is a family member of one of our suspects. so that's kind of what brought us here before and that's why we are back here again. our hope is to bring closure to know what happened and to be able to answer a lot of questions. >> so investigators have been working throughout the night and as i mentioned things are moving pretty fast. we might have a development to share with you in the next couple of

land and sea they're under threat believe it or not wild dogs used to be a common sights on africa's savannah in the mid 20th century they were around hoff a 1000000 of them but their range has grown more and more limited and their numbers have been decimated and this week's show we had to southeastern zimbabwe to visit conservationists working to give these unique animals a future. as the day cools down life in the bush in south east zimbabwe begins to reawaken. leaving the african wild dogs spend the hottest part of the day sleeping in the shade. now in the late afternoon the pack comes together ready to go out hunting. it's the perfect time for jessica water maya to check up on them she heads a conservation project for wild dogs in the solve a valley conservancy. it's a protected area covering 3000 square kilometers. they are incredibly social pack animals so it's just the way that they interact with each other the way they take care of each other where they take care of the puppies or pack members pull together to look after each other and very different from other social convoys for exam

savannah is on a well deserved holiday week. and not just any day, it's your birthday. >> it is, sweet 21. >> can't imagine a better way to celebrate my birthday. >> we're happy to have you here. we're going to get to our top story. investigators trying to figure out whathe caused plane crash in a dallas suburb that killed all ten peoe onboard. we have the latest from the scene of the tragedy as well as the investigation into what went wrong. start at the scene with gabe gutierrez near the crash site in texas. >> behind me is the hangar that small plane crashed into. you can see the melted siding from all that heat. two pilot and eight passengers were killed and ntsb investigators are sifting through the wreckage to try to figure out what went wrong. this morning, tragedy in texas. >> everybody stand by. we had an accident on the field, so expect not to go out anytime soon. >>ntsb officials investigating what caused a fry plane crash that killed all ten onboard. >> we'd like to start by pressing our most sincere condolences to t

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this friday morning. i'm peter alexander, alongside sheinelle jones, filling in for our friends savannah and hoda on this post july 4th friday morning. we have some other friends outside today. >> listen, if you have to work the day after a holiday, it is a day like today. we have toby keith performing live, and the plaza is packed. people ready for this concert. >> that's country bro. not too late for you to come join us today. >>> we want to begin with the shaky holiday in southern california, where the biggest earthquake in two decades clocked in at 6.4 magnitude. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is near the epicenter, ridgecrest, california. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. this quake was powerful near the epicenter. as a matter of fact, there were two fault lines shaking in the area. it was so strong, it pushed this home off its foundation. you can see by the home next to